i T&E MARINE RECORD. ghe Marine gecord. Pttbllilheil |Kvi<ry"TI(iir».diiy at 144 Superior ~~* Htrcet, | Lender Iliilldlnn.) t L'A. POMEROY, Eflitor and PFoprietor. TKItMH Ol' HllhSCIUTTlONl ..*10O .. 1.00 Che year, postage paid ......... till months, poHtus" paid .......... Invariably In mlvaiire. Subscriptions will bt continued until ordered step¬ ped by a written order, or at the publication office' The MAIlINb ItrcOUD can be found foraateby tbo following1 new adeslurs CI.tVEI.AND, OHIO-Gr FBowman, corner otPoarl and Datroll, street'. CHICAGO, ILL -Joseph Ofay, No. 0 Weal Randolph atreu. BUI (• AI.O, K 1 -C ltohmor, Michigan street Swing lirldgu SARNIA, ONT -I). M. McMaater A Co. hsCANAHA, MI0H,-Vt Minn) Uodley. MAMSILX,MICH-I L Soraorrlllo Arllika, Icttora anil queries on all subjects are sollcl- ted |___________________ ADVERTISING HATES. Ten rents per lino, nonpareil measurement, or SI 20 par Ini b, each Inaertlon, lour woeLa (H 00, with a liberal discount on ordors amounting to WO 00 or over All checksaud drafts aboulil be drawn to theorder of A A Pomoro} ________________--------------------------------------------------------Q Intered at Ihe t'ost Ollict' at Cleveland aa second^1 class mull matter cmniAND1, ohio, thursdai, juia 3. imu LIGH'IS AXD TORCHED Unit moie die expedient \ of cairylug an nbdiiilniice of light while -s Ulitig bus been foiud by ibe stern exponent ol the law up¬ on (lie attention of at least one inastet of craft. One would natmallj tblnk tbnt per¬ son il safety would be a sufficient guard against negligence In tills mattei, but In sal 111) g,^»»4iU!verytlilug-claerloug-famillujlly breeds recklessness. The coasting service Tceords a recent eunt, which masters ol vessels would do well to sdidv. A large lour masted schooner was sal'lng along oil the Delaware capes a Mule alter midnight, when she was <tin Into and sunk by a pass¬ ing steamer. The -teamoi people tcsilHcd in the case brought by the owners of the schooner to recovet damages, that thov saw u white light hearing about tbieo points on their starboaid bow, but, though they watched carefully, (lip) could not see any green or led light. As they could see no torch, however, they concluded the light belonged to a steamer. '1 he lodge, In glv-1 lug Ids opinion, held llinl the absence of the torch, the distinguishing light by which steamers tell schooners Irmii cnilt of their on n kin, was enough to free the owners of the steamer from TTabllit) Tills decision was rendered in the lace of Impnilant ti ali¬ mony tending to prove carelessness on the part of tbo officers ol the steamer. Jt wos declared that the schooner's lights were properly set and burning brllllantl), and that with a good lookout on the steamer these lights, and even the sails, could have been seen In tinie to avoid the collision The judge admitted tills, but claimed that the first and most flagrant negligence laid with the schooner in not. carrying a toicb, and that negligence In one could not excuse negligence in another, lteside, lie said, a llaming torch might have aroused the alien tlon ot oven this careless lookout. We think this Is a good point for vessel men to observe, It inpeifectly natural for men to say of those at whose hands they have sustained damages, that they ought to have seen what light there was. After an accident it Is but hu¬ man to try to avoid the responsibility, and this cry, "had they beoii oleic and watchful they might have avoided it," Is more famil¬ iar than any other. But II is wrong bpjh in logic and In law. The simplest way Is to comply with the law. Let vessel men have the prescribed, lights, all of thorn, sot and burning, and nothing can make them re¬ sponsible. All thoy ha\e to do in ease of accident by collision Into pi 010 tills tact and thev are sale. Thoy are not then called upon to show the neglect ol the olleudlng craft, that they have done thell ilul) Is cililcuce that no Judge can ignoie Theic Is another point of Interest In tho caseabovecited to which wecilll (beattention of the captains of sailing craft, that It that thd binnacle light was carried unusually high, so that It corresponded with the white light of a steamer, which also served to mis¬ lead the approaching craft. Vessel men will at once tee th> hnpotlaiico'pf bo placing lights as tk not only render thorn readily visible, but to make them servo the purpose of distinguishing between steam and'sail craft. Ship owners and ship builders are- the ones most concerned Ip this. Salety of gall ing depends very much upon tho quality Of the lights used and the~po8lllon« In which they are placed. _______________ THE CHICAGO BRIDOES. The groat city of Chicago may not be exactly a Venice, but If Ita area could he com¬ pressed to tho limits of that ronowneil city of the Ben, and Its rivers and canals bo brought within that boundry, the similarity between thorn would bo morestartllngthan many peo-. pie imagine. Think of 4,100 steam and 7,108 anil cralt, making a total of 11,203 vessels, ar- rlving.and clearing at that port In one jean which was the actual number in 1883. id addition to those we are not aware of tho number of tugs employed In pulling them about. A majority of these ciaft probably have to Uriel discharging docks somewhere In the heart of the city,'as the extent ot her lake (lockage In small com pat ed to that in¬ side and awuy from the lakes, w hleli oT nei en slty desturbs the sleepy guaidiaus of Chi¬ cago's, s) 6t0m of bridges. To these docks ca¬ nals have been built, rlyeis dredged out, and u atei w a) s, natural and ai tlflclal, completed and the constant movement of vessels In and about the city can therelore be Imagined. It-Is no wonclei that the coiottunt swinging of bridges and the Impedmcnt to travel and business is becoming a pu/zling question of remarkable tenacity It I" not the less a problem from the tact that the dimensions" of the shipping business Is such that ITciuT with «Dme degree of reason uige the damaging cflect upon craft brought about by their natural loads being so oltuu closed lot'the accommodation ol hind trnfjlc. In¬ deed, Chicago does not know what to do about It. Het city lathers are constant!), proposing new bridge oidlnancos, which bring them Into trouble lust In proportion as they restrict one class or make concessions to the other, bomo time ago a new rule nns pionmlgated whloh would keep the bridges closed twenty minutes In each half houi, 01, in othei words giving one-thlid of the time to the passage of vessels and two- thirds to laud tratlic. This roused tile whole maritime interest, and immediately petitions against the measure were sent around which were signed by man) of the wealthiest and most Influential business men of the tin. It does not (ako ver) gieat insight to see thai business men of piciu much all classes ale directly interested In the pioinpt discharge and loading ol cargoes. Ltunboi and e,oal dealeis mahufacturers, grain brokeis, with hosts Of others, to 11 loss degree perhaps, lose money b) delay and no one can tell how large a per ceutage of the Intetestcd vo:e the vessels would get If the question were balloted upon It seems to be quite certain that unless the tide of lake commerce Is turned some other wa) , science will luue to stop In to temove these mutual obstructions to business PROPOSED lVPHOl'l'MEXl OF IICf PALO HARBOR The requirements of (he lake commerce oie becoming more apparent each day It was thought that _Uio incieased dockage gained for Bullalo hurboi by tluM'Iflt farm Improvements would be adequate to the requirements of the Immense louunerceof that port, tot a great number of > ears, adding from three to lour miles of dock room, mid costing wl|en completed probably $4,000,000. But even this is not adequate to I lie demand and Oongressm n Rogers, of Buffalo district, who Is showing much interest in the needs of her harbor, bus again directed attention to the availability of Scajacqunda creek, and has obtained an order for the survej o| tho cieek by thegovernmont. Should the survey show that it would be practical to Improve \s soon as possible [ the creek foi harbor purposes,, the govern- aftet the law defines a necessary adjunct to I incut inn) at an early dn) take the necessary the sailing appaiatus of a vessel some enter- steps to add It to Bullalo liaibor. In tills prising Inventor tlnows upon the market an Interest the Bullalo" Express says, tinkle that will i-iui l'e leiji'lrdiuii-sj su I icqn id 1 imk I- u-illv ti pirt of Black Bock Harbor, but of lato years, owing to tho sewage of tho state ditch, Is so filled ilpasto bo accessible only for canal bouts and not even navlgablo for".them In many places when heavily loadt d. This creek opens Into tho lulrbor proper back of Squnw Island. It Is not broad at Its mouth, though deep, hut it short distance up It wldons atpolnts, mak¬ ing indentures into the innd which are ad* mlrably formed for slips. For abottt three- lotirtlis of a mile, If not to a greater distance, there Is sufficient width to allow the turning of large vessels. The entrance would pro¬ bably have to be widened ft little to admit oT the passngeof two vessels at the same time, but the principal work beyond this would be in deepening those parts of the creek which the state ditch sewage has filled up. Dredg¬ ing would doubtless ba easy 'and therefore rapid. On account of these facts the expense of making this part of the creek navigable would bo comparativcly"BHitill. Without/the dredging of numerous slips, which private parties owning property on the, creek would doubtless have done, a water front of at least throe miles would besecured. Weiepropoit) owners to dredge slips, this front would doubtless be doubled And perhaps trlppled. The great lines of railroads are now within ens) distance at this property bounding the creek and would be at small Inconvenience or expense in supplying! whatever rail facilities were needed. All craft, except schooners have a 8)stem of signals by which they can make signs of distress. A schooner has no means ot mak¬ ing such a fact known, she has u toich, It Is true, but the exhibition of that may be tor some other purpose mid no attention paid to it by the persons whose attention it Is desired to attract, the life-savers for in¬ stance, and vessels have been known to founder beeauso thelt distress could not be made known, and many crews Have been lust In tlte,8nmfl__way. The Bliowins__of_a_ toieli ma) lead tho life saveis to believe the vessel simply wantB a tug. This matter Should command the attention ot vessel Owners and legislators and a code ot signals for schooneis In df-tiess adopted as soon as ma) be. 'Ihe S)stein might consist of rockets or some oilier attractive means of Informing lookouts that a schooner was In danger, and In the meantime It would be well 11 the simple toich were given more consideration at the hands of lookouts, and it would he quite safe for the life saving crew to go out and see what is the matter with the vessel Jitter her torch appeared half a doyen limes. The beet way to ubviale this confusion would be to adopt the interna¬ tional (listless signal rockets or blue lights. On another page will be found a compre¬ hensive extinct ot the Dlugley shipping bill, passed by Congiess last week, and signed b) President Arthur on Filda) The bill went' intoellecton Tuesda), the 1st instant, and, as Bborn of its free trade and othei objection able feature;, attached to It In the Bliapo of amendmeuls, will be what Its author Intend¬ ed, a gieat .diet to (lie maritime Interests of the eoitnli). In passing tills hill Congress has removed a long list of charges and re¬ strictions which have naluially aided In making vessel pVoperty unprofitable and de¬ terred capitalists from investing largely In ships. By refeirlng to the extract above mentioned It will be seen that the bill deals pioperly with the question ol' limitation of llabllil), and also Unit It Is III a meas'Uiu'ie- clprocal, and that It will benefit Canada to the extent ol hot trade with ttila country. The President will issue a proclamation to that effect as soon as he Is olllclally Informed that Canada levies no tax on American ves¬ sels trading Into her pons. Tub local Inspectors of steamboats, who aie noted tor their desire to oblige masters, whenever It is consistent w Ith their duties, have adopted a mode of procedure under the new pilot rule which materially assists and simplifies Its working. After receiving an application pioperly signed, they exam¬ ine tho man as to his fitness to act as pilot 01 master '1 his done, (hey write out tho result ot tho examination and send it, with a cop) of the application, to the? next boaul ol In¬ spector, who In turn send it to the next. In this manner It goes the rounds ol the lake, and when all ba\c signed the application the applicant gets his license fioin the board who originally rccelu'ilhls application. It may not be generally known, that A. N. Moffat, o'f Detroit, Is really entitled to the credit of Instigating the measure o/trrled through the House of Representatives Inst week, relieving shipping of the onerous clittrgo of 70 and'GO vents for entering, and the same lor clearing, to 10 cents onoh on vesBclB engaged in domestic oommoroo, and will, as It has become n law, materially re. duco the customs expenses on lake steamers and vessels making short and frequent trips between portsjn contiguous customs dis¬ tricts. Tho bill was' strongly supported by 'stmlstloB._______________t On July 3d, and 4th, the Now York.Penn- sylvaiiin, aud Ohio railroad will sell slnglo trip local tickets to all stations on the line of its road at the regular fare, the same hefng" accepted for return passage to starting point on July 4th, Gth» flth and 7th, without extra charge, thus ailoidlng a round trip passage for the tare one wnv. OBITUARY. We arc pained to announce the doath of Mr. Oscar Cowle which removed him from his pleusant home No. 00 Clinton street on Sunday the 20th June. Oscar Cowle, was 31 years old and but a few weeks ago was In the full vigor ot young manhood. At the time he wastakeu sick, with inflammatory reumiitisiu and lever, he was employed at the Globe Iron Works', as assistant, book¬ keeper, of which dim his fattier, Mr. J. B. cowle, Is a meiubei. Oscar CHjyTe was a young man above lepioach ayilMwliom his father, mother and sisters took mych pride and pleasuie. THE PRUl'EU.Mt CUMBER! * Chicago,] Editoi of the Manne Iteuoul. I do not see that Mr. Payne's Mkr cor¬ rects any misstatements in my letter of May 81I, in which the engineer of Hie City of Jtome claims 1 stated ihe CumherlaVil wnnhl tow a vessel fustei than she would run alone with the old inachinei). What laid state was that she would tow icjumimjI^A fast, and I only took his own statements ot what she did betote. It id possible that on some extra occasion the Cumberland may have tinned the wheel as stated In that letter, but the Indications given In my letter was but an average, and on the down run, Chicago to Escanaba, light, tho wheel was turned eighty times with eighty live pounds ol steam, cutting oil at ten inches. Now, If my former letter gave evi¬ dence of wonderful results, this indication, which Is also an aveiage, will surpass It, I would further slate that all I kn<rw about the Cumberland's doings last season Is what Mr. Payne told me. I also had Intorma ttnu from englneors who speak the truth, who have run her engines tully as well as Mr. Payne. Masters who towed behind her say she laid broadside too most ol the time. It took three men to handle her in any tight place last season. One man can handle her wllli ease now In Chicago cieek. I fall to see the point Mr. Payne wants to make, un¬ less It Is .'(.question of ability. If so, the City of Rome mid the Cuinhei laud's engines are almost similar, and should give pretty nearly the same results, If pinpeily engineered. Now, II Ml. Payne will tinuster the interest he feels In the Cumberland to his own boat, ho Willi have Ills bands lull and may do won derful things too. Anything I have said my bills and i mining time will bear mo out In, and 1 am willing to back It up Htnutn Thomas, Engineer steamer Cumberland. At'iKii long debate tho ilver and harbo bill has been passed by Congress. As otlglnally passed by tbo House It ap¬ propriated $12,086,200. Tho Senate Com¬ mittee added fl,288,000, and the Senate itself made further additions of $230,500, making the amount of tho 'bill as it now stands $18,584,700. We havo heretofore given the amount of different items. Thkiik Is now a torch in oxlstetico that will enable schooners to notify approaching steamers of their exact position aud sailing course, and If It would be adopted by mas- tors generally no should have fewer collis¬ ions to record. The missing fishing crews, carriod away from the fishing Rounds!)) last week's storm, hnvojotuilied, having found a friendly ho on the Canada sboto. HAY CI1Y. Tho steamer Mettopolis tun into and dam¬ aged Ihe lhlrd stieot btldgeon the 1st Inst., obstructing navel. This swing has been can led awaj lour times. J