THE MARINK 'RECORD. $he Marine Record, Publl.lnl K»it> Tlmrxluy lit 144 Superior Street, |I.cndor lllllldlllll,] ' . A. A. POMEROY, Editor and Proprietor. TKiiMfi of simspniirrioNi 82.00 1.00 Ono y*ar, postaRe pnld...... ttil moblllS, pOltllIRO paid ItiTurJnblr In advance. Subscriptions will Is: continued until ordered irtop- jicil by ii wl Ulan order, nr at' I lift p'tlhllcal Ion ollUe- Th« MAIUNK HF.I OKI) tau be, found lor itl< by tho following nOwitde.i|eiH • l'I.I.VKI.ANI>, OHIO—(.. V llow.man, corner of Pearl and P.ilroll,slicels. lillO\(i(>,lM.-.imoi)liUm]t,Ku.!i\Viwtllnnilol|ih alrcfl. BUIFAMI, N. 1 -C. Ilohmor, Mli-hlwin »trcot Hwmi;Ilrii)|;u. • ..SA.11NIA, OST-fi. J|. Mi-Murtui ilCu. U-CAN.AIIA, MM'll.-Wlllliiiuliudley. MANIhJ'hi., MlL'll.-.l. 1'. SuiiiiTTlIlii Arllcl.'i, li'ttin mi il .juvrli's on nllJHiHJucIa ores tod AKVKKT1SINO KATKS. Ten cents per I In*-, Iter inch, vucli insiTHon. ouiuirell measurement, orS1.20 , lour wi'iiku SI 10, willi a liberal illHuiunt ou ordi-is aiiiniuitlim to 940.00 or over All checks iiiiu dr.ifls should licdriiwn to Ibeonlor of A A. I'oiuarol. ^__ UUmlnl Ibe hist Olllceut Cleveland class mall mallei as second- Cl.l.VI.I.AXU, OHIO, T11UHSHAY, JUIA 10.1884. Ciipiiiln Simmons, being xuiiiuvvliiit it guiilus lu his way, leads ns to expect still gronter improvement In Ills sen broke. iN.otir iii'ciiimc'of the raising o|. tho pro¬ peller Oni'UIn, Inst week, we won1 Icdlntothe eimr ofglvlngto Cnptnln bonnclly, tho Cu- iindlnn wrecker, the credit of Unit grunt unci successful work.'but which credit justly be¬ longs to Messrs. Backer & Youngs, of Now "York, mi ni'coiintnf whose oporntlons-wlll be found mi iinother page, - ,Wu were assist¬ ed In mnkjng this mistake by the statement which hud obtained Hint Messrs. Bncker & Youngs.hud abandoned the undertaking nnd that Mr; Donnelly lint] mndo n proposition tii Messrs,. Dlmlck wlilch fhey hud nccepted, niul Hint Cnptnln Doijtielly hud cninmenced work. The facts, ns obtained from Messrs. Djmfck, boar iix out In suiting that there was no occasion for the proposition of Mr. Doiineny, Unit It had never been considered by them, nnd Unit all .(lie credit of Hijxtfn- dcrtilkiugis due to Mcfni's Bncker & Youngs. The propeller Oneldn Ii now owned by L. Dlmlck & Bro.. of Bull'ulp. .•I .>A'.l 11JIAKE. Among stcnniboutineii It-is awell known Inct-tliiit niiiny nceidenls eouYfTbe avoided If some ell'ectlve means could be found for iiiHinmly stopping steamers, ns rnilroiiil trains me brought ".o n stand by the Westlng- nouse nil- Innke. ( onsldering the stildee •Inveniora have iinide In other directions It is somewhat astonishing that this menus has not been ndopled belore tills time of stopping vessels when In danger ot going Intu col¬ lision. The problem is not a dlllleult' one. Fricllon could not be applied lo steamers as to car wheels. It Is true, but the advantage In the density of the element through which the vessel pusses Is almost great eijnugli lo counlerbnlatuc Ibis obstacle, and science should, eie llils have made n»e n| the water Lo slop ns well ns lo propel n bout. An eastern man has been iusplied with nu Idcn of till- nature, nnd not only this be has put It into such practical demonstration Unit it is now in tibeoii Hie steamer Florence, running on the Sea Heath route Iriiiu New Yoik city. On each side nt her stem post Is hinged n great tin, nxl>'._.„ leet made ol boiler plate braced Willi angle Iron. The llnsnie arranged to tit In the rim "f the vessel, vtheie they me secured by simple catches, wlilch nre con- trolU'd thiongli lilies lending Iroin the pilot bouse. When Uie-e tins are closed I hey pi ess ngnlnst springs so that when the catches arc released Hie tins are thrown out trom the siile^ol Hie ship nud are caught by the water. 11 the vessel Is under headway they are instantly thrown out until they stnud nt I right angles with the keel. As they assume this position tKey bring up ngnlnst pnweiful springs. Where these springs are attached we arc not now advised. I'he master ol the Florence, Captain Simmons, testified t» the ellect ol opposing one hundred and seventy square feet ot boiler Iron lo the lorwnrd progress ot the steamer, which wioj uinklng perhaps loiirteen miles all hour. Being in danger of a collision, the brakes were released, and the steamer was stopped so quddculv that some ot the passengers were stnggeied and otheis almost thrown Iroin their seats. JSot only was the headway of the sleniner cheeked but she wnsnctunlly reversed inside her own length, the engines having been' stopped. By the notion of tho springs against which tho (Ins open, they having been com pressed hs the Hub. took the water, expanded afterward with such force as to give the Florence a perceptible refictlon. Tlie tins were itt once closed by lucitns of chains which run from their outer edges through hawser holes to the engine. We are of the opinion that some appliance will finally he tulnptoil that will social' mltlgale the sudden stopping of a steamer hi the same space ns to avoid throwing the passengers around tlie cabins as was the case' at this trial, and which will evidently be necessary efore Hie brake inn be Hindu practical. AJIOl'T LAKE AND OCKAN TRAFFIC. ' Kacinh, July 7. Ktlil'ir vf the Murine Jleeoril. Dkaii Sin—in your Issue of July Dd, In reporting bike and ocean trnlllc, I would of¬ fer these few 'additions. I chartered the first ve»»el in 1876 for the European trade, the schooner Challenge, of Racine, ot the burden of nJiiety-iiljie'tons. .She loaded deals In Muskegon for Quebec. The ocean charier from Quebec to Dublin Was optional, she being under 100 tuns. The charterer had the option' of taking her or not, If the British Lloyds would insure Iter cargo nnd It the captain would consider her seaworthy for the vovnge. She was accepted nnd sailed Irom Quebec In Jul), making the passage from Quebec to Dublin In eighteen days and thirteen hours, from dock to dock, fastest time ever made. 1 also chartered the En¬ terprise, Captain John Powers, now (harbor mnsler at this port.) from Muskegon to Gins- govt, iiIsq tho schooner City ol Manitowoc, Captain Higgle, andliutf the brlgautine Me¬ chanic, which I took command of in person. TheEnterpilse was shld utter being dismast¬ ed on He voyage Irom Glasgow lO'Ci'on- stadl. Gulf of 'Finland, in Russia. i>lt— mnsledln the Mlnoh Sound, Orkney Islands, she mis towed buck to Belfiist^wheie she was sold Into tlial port and made Into a coll¬ ier, In Hie Scotch trade. The Challenge » as sold In Dublin, mid Is yet running on the Irish coast, cairylng wheat and"corn, principally Irom the big ships that unload at that-port to other porls In Ireland. TheClly of Mnnltowou was on her thlid vovnge to Kill ope,, got ashore on Anticnstl Island, nud whs u'l'lerward saved by wreckers and taken to Qilebec, out of which port she,sails under' another niiuie. The Mechanic was sold In London In 1877, and' was sent to Periniui- buceo, BraviJ, at which port she was con- deuiueil and sold as nn-eaworthy, and bro ken up. As regards the brlgautine Wimcoina, she was sold ou her arrival, and bought bun Belfast, sent to Troon, Scotland, and loaded coal fcr lleiiierarii, West .Indies. Before getting clear of the channel she went nshore on tho const ot County Down, Ireland, and became a total wreck. The Middlesex was the lake craft that was abandoned at sen, not Hie Waucoina, as I saw Hie Waiuoinu after she was strn'nded. In 1877. I nlsosnw anoth¬ er vessel In Swansea, Wales, In 1877 from Iho lnke«, the schooner Marj L. Higgle, of Chicago, .Captain Hatch. She went,to the Cape of Good Hope, and afterward brought a return cargo lo Montreal. As .regards Hie future of the lake nnd ocean traffic, when the St. Lawrence river canals are ueppened you will see a class of vessels, both steam and sail, built for the trade, that will take cargoes trom our, lake ports direct to Europe and bring passengers in return. .The Immigration In the next 100 years will far surpass that of this centiiry. LAUNCH bF THE GEORGE SPENCER. On seeing the ubovo name for Captain Thomas Wilson's new stoniuer, launched yesterday at Qiinyle's Sqns' shipyard, our roallers.wlll think that Captain Wilson has departed from his custom ol milking all his vessels sail under Indian mimes. Such is not tho cuso, however. It Is well known that Captain WIIboi1\Wiis raised by the In¬ dians of the Northwest nnd could follow a trail with tl o best of them, nnd was' noVcr stumped'to do sixty miles n day. After be¬ ginning his salllng'cnreer, nnd on returning to the settlements, after having been caught lu the Ice on Luke Superior In the winter, where ho was obliged to lav up his vessel, bo would ."generally go on toot, nnd it was n godd st rider who could keep pace \vltli him.' But to revejt to our title. George Spencer lives In Dnliilh.and he and Captain Wilson Irave long upon intimate liieiuls, having been on the War path together, which'account" lor the honor Mr. Spencer had coulerred upon him In naming this line stenmei. He said that as he hadon several occasions been taken tor an Indian, It would be very appropriate to call the new steamer George Spencer, although the name did not have the peuuliar syllables which constitute an Indian name—Wallula,"Minnehaha, Hia¬ watha, Tncoimi, Kiisota—quiteu« llneji tieet as there Is on liie lnkes^ but wenieof.thc opinion that George Spencer spoils Hie mu¬ sic, qven If he Iiss been taken for nu Indlnnr We ilo not remember ever having seen such n crowd of people at any launch before In Cleveland, the banks along the river, the docks nud bridges and every available place being lined with Interested spectators. Not only this, but the river wasa busy scene, and one coii|d imagine that all the tugs In the har¬ bor intended to be present with a tow', Hie R. K. Hawley being the most prominent, as she did not know where to1 put the schooner James F. Joy, lumber laden; the irrepressi¬ ble Fannie Tuthill was also present with the lumber laden Galalea, the Maggio Sanborn with the Exile, the Charles Henry with two mud scows,' l)io C. Ciisilo-wllh two canal boats, the starkweather with a diedge and the Dreadnaught without anything. The lumber laden schooner Louisa was also hroiight'lu, but she was lied up and the lug fjnt nwiiv before uc could lell the color ot tlie smoke. Altogether It made a bu«y scene, and Hie new strainer was welcomed In a gracious way by every one of them ns she slid dow n the ways and Into the water with out a jar, a mode ot launching which Qiinyle's sons' h'nve got veil tine. As the George Spencer settled In the river she drew 4!,, (eel lorwnrd nud II fe.et aft, and carried her lines vory nicely. She Is somewhat smaller than ihe Kasota, being 215 feet over all, 280 feet, keel, 87 feet beam mill 10 feet depth ol hold; she has steel arches on her celling and on the frames outside, boiled through und through; and carries three miens. Her keel was laid on tho 18th of Feb ruary, and her filet Ii nines raised on the 20th. Taken altogether, the George Spen¬ cer is another ship that Qiinyle's Sons piny well he proud ol having been iho builders The eiigini, wlilch was built at the Globe Iron Woik", Is a fiiic-aml-iift com¬ pound, 27 and ."ill by 3D Inch stroke, crunks opposite, i\|Ui steam revers¬ ing gear, muklng It a duplicate of the engine built by this Arm for ihu Robert Walbioc' and similar lo the machinery for Captain Wilson's other new steamer," the Kiisota. The Spencer bus a hoisting engine on the spar deck with n pony boiler sufficient lo THE CLEVELAND REGATTA. . The faces of the yachtsmen who doslrcil to pnrtlclpnto In the yacht racc,oiiJthe4tli wore gloomy frovns whentbe rnln-bognnto I'nll, but before the day was far advanced the sky began to brighten, nnd .ropes were unknotted, sails shaken out, and the boats balled. The visiting yachts, with -strange colors nt tlio masthead, seemed proud of tho . emblems of victory which some of lliemonr. rlcd, and the masters ware pleased that their desire KnrdiPto them was about to be real¬ ized.- The boats were brought round t,o tho out- edge of the-breakwater, and (listened lim straight line. /rhe"boats'iin'd their cuptnlns wore as follows: . FlrBt class, Ives, Cnptnln Ives, of Detroit; Loulsb. Cnptnln Hart,of •Detroit. Second-class,. Fanchon, Cnptnln KniiK Put-ln-Bay; Lulu, Captain Henry Gcrlach, ot Cleveland; Scud, Captain Ells'- worth, of Bnllido; Clinrm, Cnplnln Klntiscr, of Toledo; hover, Captain Overbeck, nf Cleveland. Thlrd-clnss, Lndy Ida, Captain Lyman, 'of Cleveland;' Fieddle. Captain Brenunn, of Cleveland, and Til*, Captain Kendall, of Cleveland. ' The lake seemed in a happy mood, and by 11 o'clock Its surface «■»< as smooth nsa meadow. The tug Forest Cliy, hearing Cap¬ tain Judsou, Mr. R .E. Mix ujul Mr. M. A. Bradley, steamed out pi the harbor, and wor.l was passed along "nil ready." Then the signal gun was tired, and at the same Instant the»honls s.iot away into the water. A strong, stead) breeze was blowing iroin oil shore, and tlie boatsjjllded rapidly awaj from their mooi ings. Friends ol the dlfl'cr- «nt-pHiilciiiauta_lUieiLtJie breakwater and the piers, and cheeied ns their lespectivn favorites were discerned mopienlaiily ahend in the race. The course hnd been staked out l.efoie Hie nice, and each shipper could see what was before him. It was a diamond shaped track, live miles on each side, or twenty miles from the start to the wind-up. The'lake could not have been In a better condition. Bye and bye, however, the wind tiled down, and the bpnts moved more slowTy. It livened up again n Utile later, anu the winning boats shot ahead. The Lulu was perhaps Hie most promising local craft, nud for a lime hopes were enter¬ tained that she nilghi win. The Function wns, however, the first bout to reach the' home stake, milking the distance in three hours, tlltytwoinluiiles nnd tltfee'n seconds. The Lulu .wns only about loin minutes behind her, while theoiherciaft weic strung along from ten minutes lo an hour nnd n quui ter behind her. The time occupied by the dltleient bout- In milking the distance was as follows: H. ranclion, I'aplaln I-'mila...................... .1 l.uln, Captain i.erlach.............................. tl Suud Captain Kllnworlli............,........... 4 Charm, I nplalu Klatiaer................! ...... 4 ltotiir, Captain UTerhecW........................4 Ives, Captain Ived............................ .*> ldiU) Ida, Captain I.yiuau.......„.............. 5 I-ruddle, Cnplaln Brennan........................ 5 Trln, Caplaln KandJII............................... 5 Alter the race a supper wns served nt. the clubhouse, where the prizes were awarded, ihe Function-taking Ilrsr mojiey and the Gardner Cup, and ihe. next live boats in tbo order above given the $17.1, $.10, ft0, $25 and $10p'ii2es. [Detroit—Continued fioni 1st Po(ie.\ Freights at this port are scarce, and but one cargo of staves bus accumulated for a month past. The arrivals ol coal have been, very limited nnd, aside trom lumber loi owners, none arrives tor sale on the market, as has been the case in limes past, and con¬ sidering ihe values of commodities, freights are nominally lair. Tlie tug II. lialleutlue, which has been en gaged lu railing on Lake Superior for some time past, bus returned to this port, where «he Is owned, for overhauling, and will le- tlre until business Improves. There are seven or eight barboi tugi owned at this port, and as stated in a previ¬ ous letter, the times do not seem to improve 11. ■S rtl IB 68 ■";> 10 38 i 20 H3'| 50 'ill <J .10 IS .1.1 •il 30 2- "tl1. wlih them. On the contmiy, either one ol run Ii; the bilge and lire pump la operatodJ-them could perform all the work required The Sdaverns, with a cm go of supplies, Is sunk In 120 teetof water oil' Mlcbeplcoten. The tug International bus gone to release her and will also attempt Ihu release of the steambarge Georgian, ashore at Peninsula Harbor. 'I he Georgia!! Is loaded with oats. She Is almost on ends,'her bow being out of water, and her sUyjrln forty feet. by the hoisting engine. She has one return Hue boiler, Oils steel, 10) j feet ill diameter by 17 feet long, with double furnaces nnd will carry 100 pounds of steam, There Is n wrought Iron pan und Iron deck beams un¬ der the boiler nnd Beadle's hot ."air casing over the boiler. The outfit of the George Sponaer Includes that necessary adjunct to safe navigation, tho Providence ship wlndjass, from the American Ship Windlass Company, of Prov¬ idence, i ~Capfaltl Thomas Murplm hiBt year master of the Minnehaha, will \j,all tlie^iieorgo Spencer. Tine Now York Mull nud,Express vigor¬ ously culls upon ocean steamers to cast an¬ chor in u fog,saying that the lino which an¬ nounces that Ibis will be done will gain inuclDol' Ihe confidence hi the people. bore, but nil nre gritty nud do iWt leel dls posed to lay by, and as forming a combina¬ tion Is simply among the Impossibilities, all nre losing money. Captain Mill* stoutly considers he Is rlghtlully ordained, and will not ylqld worth a cent. Charters are about at lttst quotations, and have not Improved. Some are given as p. t-, whloh are of no lntorest to the general read¬ er, and are not worthy of special notice. Lumber from Bruce mines to Wulkerville, opposite this city, is quoted at $1.75; from Pciiettingulshlne, Jl.,10; cord wood trom Rogers City to Detiolt, $2 per cord; suit, from Tawus to Green Buy nt 15c per barrel. The steamer St. Pnul, Iroin Luke Superloit arrived this 'Tuesday) noon." The barge Magnetic, which follows In 'lic wnku ol the su'umbnrge Continental, is re¬ ported stranded Itrtbe Sault river, but with c