Marine Record, August 7, 1884, page 1

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DEVOTED. CO IvfM E R C E,v E N G1 N E E R I IN G A N D SCI' E N C E VOL. VI. NO. 37. i e ^ CLEVELAND. O.. AUGUST 7,1884. 12.00 Pii Atunm Si.voti Conn 6 C**T» MOUm TEE LAKES. « CLEVELAND. The barge Saginaw hot been raised nnd placed out of the way of harm in the o'd river bed. Captain Greenhalgh's tug Marv Virginia la receiving tome Improvements, In the way of » new heater, etc. ' The «cow M. O. Keyee was" libeled on Tuesday by Franz Lenzke, who olalms $12.75 seaman's) wage*. The sOhoonsT Gnrlb.ildU whloh went on the rocks In the Sault river'recently, waa damaged to the extent of $800.' The schooner 0. P. Heath, from Mus¬ kegon, lost forty thousand shingles from her deekload In the squall of Buolne. The present breakwater, In Its completed condition, will be surmounted by a parapot to obstruct the.sens from running oyer it, ^rhjLcargpjmboard thejohoonetXuoy_A-- Clark, sunklasTfall In Little Travere Bay, has been recovered, and there Is probability of the vessel being raised. It Is said that Captain Anderson, Iraedi- ate'ly after the collision with the steanibarge Osborne telegraphed his resignation as mas¬ ter of the Alberta. It is well. It Is thought that Captain Molntyre will take command of the steamship Alberta, as It was given out that lie- was to be master of one of the Scotch boats when they came on the lakes.-----------— - At the Globe drydock since our lust report the barge Star of the North received some now plank, had her bottom calked and n leak stopped and the propeller Smith Moore had her sternbearlng brasses adjusted. On Thursday the Canadian Pacific railway propeller Alberfu wns libeled by the owners o( the propeller Pacific for the damage done to that steamer July 9 by collision. The own¬ ers of the Pucitio claim that tl)ey are entitled to (3,142,60. Captain Thomas Wllford nnd the crew of ilio sunken-steambarge Osborne desire to extend thanks to the officers and men of the Hecla, which took them In tow ior many courtesies. Captain Graves In his kind atten¬ tion provided them with everything neces¬ sary for their comfort. A libel was filed in the United States dis¬ trict court on Friday last by the G'obe lrbn Works against the river tug Ballze for $299 10c. and Interest from August 7, 1888, being on an account for repairs and material fur¬ nished the tug in 1888. She wns seized by the United States mnrshalUnd held until Satur¬ day when the claim and costs were settled In full and the boat released. The steamer Progress, Captain I. B. Gold¬ smith, master, arrived at thin port Monday afternoon at 8 o.'clock. In doing this she has coniplejted s very quick round trip, which U shown by the fact that she left this port on last Wednesday night at 12:80, and proceed, tag light to Eicanabn took on a cargo of 1,820 tons of ore and returned at the. hour above named, thus completing the round trip in less than five days. The tugs Mary Vliginla and C.E. Bolton, of the Whlto Stack Line have returned to tills port to stay after spending some weeks in the lowing business at Ashtabula. Cap¬ tain GreenlmTgh has found It impractical to do a successful towing business at two dlf- feient ports, He has now again concentrated nls forces and will do theTbest he can In these dull times at the harbor of Cleveland. Cup- '"In E. J. Bruwn, looks aftei the Interest of 'he Hue here. The steambarge -Mary Prlngle, now at tills port, has had her main boiler flues pntohod up, and her small boiler flues are out undergoing repairs at the Globe Iron Works. Mr. Richardson, of the Arm of H. J. Webb & Co., managing ownor of the J. M. Os¬ borne, has been In Detroit on business, look Ing^oward the settlemoatof the collision, with the owners of the steamer Alberta. Charles M. Hazen, has assumed the steam¬ boat nlj business heretofore owned by Bart- lett A C»., nt 93 River street, Cleveland, and Is'prepnred to furnish all kinds of lubricat¬ ing and other oils at reasonable prices. cmcidb. SpxUI It the llartti Streri. A movement Is on foot among tug owners looking to the reduction of expense In the management of tugs but some of the owners ire In favor of reducing the wages of the mon, a mode that lajjoLUkeljuo prevail a* they are liable to the same amount of hard work as would be done In better times. The Goodrich passenger steamers are said to be well patronized. Every steamer brings In and takes out large crowds of passengers, who seize opportunities to escape the heat and business of the city by taking a day ol recreation on the lake. The Lake Superior steamer* are also doing well. The tug Alpha was disabled.when out on the lake Sunday, by her piston going through^ the oyllnder head, antHvas f6we{I~to~tlie Peatherstone Works for repairs. The United States steamers Dahlia and Andy'Johnson have arrived at this port durS Ing the past week. The new litish street bildge is a great Im¬ provement pu the old one, nn'l the machin¬ ery which runs it works first rate The elec- ti Jo light used thereon le much admired. The steamship Lyoomlng, Captain James Todd, struck an obstruction In the draw of the 16th street bridge, last Saturday and bioke her wheel and stern bearing' She went to Miller Brothers' drydock, and got fixed up. At Miller Brothers' drydock the schooner Geoige got about thirty feet ot new gar- board plank and some calking; the Anchor Line steamship Lycoming a new Sheriff wheel and a new stern bearing, the Two Fannies got a leak stopped. Many vessels arc] laying In ordinary wait¬ ing for oluu tors. Some ot their owners have seilous thoughts of laying them up, as the present freights are not paying. Captain David Williams, of the schooner Windsor, which arrived at this port last Thursday, picked up two men(mimed Fred. H. Veloy and John Henry, of Ctieboygun, about sixteen miles ease from Cheboygan, Midi. They stated that they were going from Detour to Cheboygan when their yacht capsized In a heavy wind and sea on Satur¬ day. They clung to her until Sunday at 2 Ta7m., when Captain Willioms, hearing their orles, rescued them in a very exhausted state, and generously landed them at Cheboygan. Matters are getting very serious along the docks (or want of proper police protection. Robborlcs are frequent and vesselmcn are assaulted and beaten when endeavoring to protect their property. Police Constable Mutphy, who Is along the docks In the day- jlme, does his very best to keep things,In or¬ der, but as soon as he Is oft duty Jhe troublo commences. Why do the city authorities al¬ low such a state ot things to exist 1* Captain Audi oil Rattra) of the tug Mock lng Bird, glvos great praise to the hoys at the |lfe saving station at Sand Beach harbor. He says the Two Funnies must have gone to the bottom without their efforts. He also remembers the great service rendered lilra tome time ago, whet) the Mocking Bird broke don n and dispatches were conveyed some twelve miles through the woods by them to enable him to get aid from Port Huron. The schooner Red, White and Blue arrived at Chicago Tuesday with her foretopmast broken off. Just how she lost the spar could not be ascertained, but is believed to have been broken by lightning. James O'Nell, a member ot the seamen's union and a well-known navigator, died at the marlne-hotpltal In Chicago on Tuesday. He was fifty years of age,. The funeral ex-, penses were borne by the union. The wrecking expedition sent to recover the outfit of tbeTvrecklng schoorieTLucy J. Clark has been successful. Tho schooner Cuyahoga arrived hero with the outfit. The Clark was wrecked near Cross Village, at the foot ot Lake Michigan, lust fall. Three men Were drowned. Late charters to Kingston include schoon. ers Samana, wheat at 4 cents; Bolivia, corn at 8%c. To Port Huron, schooner Pewaq- kee, corn at l^e. To Buffalo, propellers Portage, wheat;,Tacoma, corn, and B. A. _Pncket, corn-at-l^oj-«choonerJ. IrCase, wheat at 2C. Lake freights are 1?., cents/or corn and 2 cents lor wheat to liiitliilo.. It Is rumoied that tho rates of caign insurance will be advanced September 1st. The Rush street bridge will be- loimally nccepted from the contractors ro-ilay at 2 o'clock, during which ceieuionj navigation will bo practically closed, as the council has given notice that no bridge between Rush street and Wells street will be opened between 2 and 4 o'clock. T. W. pull ru. Special to th* Marine Record The Wallula cleared Saturday with 700 tons of copper ore from Montana (valued at $100,000,) and 45,000 bushels ol wheal. The copper is the first shipment of a consign¬ ment of 10,000 tons to follow this season Schooner F. B. Gardner, from Toledo on the 10th of June, Is now discharging her cargo of coal at the Ohio Central Coal and Barge Company's dock. ■The first shipments of Iron ore from the Vermilion mines have reached Two Har¬ bors by rail, this being about one year from the time woik was first commenced on the Duluth <fc Iron Range Railway. The company nil! commence to ship ore by lake about the l."|th of August, by which time tho road will be ballasted up to the mine. The Ohio Central Baige & Coal Company have received about 75,000 tons of coal this season. The total arrival of coal at this end of the lake lor the season Is as follows: 160,000 tons at Duluth, and at South Duluth, 30,000. That report of the chamber of commerce special committee on harbor had the good effect of securing a reoonimendirtlon fiom Major Allen for a considerably larger ap¬ propriation. . Th* Canadian schooner Brock arrived here and will take a load of timber down the north shore for the Canadian Pacific There ore now orders In here for a million and a half of timber to be used In the con¬ struction of bridges, etc., along the llfleof the road. - B, iriukKFOKT. Special to the Marine Record, r- Mi. Kern -and assistant lighthouse re¬ pairers, havei finished their work on South Harbor pier head light and leturned to De¬ troit. They moved the house Co the outer end of the pier and put up a new, substantial tramway of heavy timber, to withstand the drlftsand and Ice in the fall and winter. Mr Kern had the misfortune to lose his watch on the lake. It lays In tiyenty feet of water. • Speaking of watches. One of the crew of yacht Grand Rapid* Eagle, while sailing across Platte Bay last Saturday, lost over¬ board a valuable gold watch, worth $150, It lays In twenty-five feet of water, and a buoy is placed near by to mark the spot. The owner intends to send a diver to pick It up. Ihe yacht Evangeline Of Pentwater was suden iceently and later found beached at OtterlCreeW,1 Platte "Bay^ Her owner was no- tifleHr^">~iook~ 1 er Taij T buck to her home port. Colonel Lion Silverman, of Chicago, Is spending a few days in Franklort. He Bays thntlio and A. E. Goodrich bought tiie ol* sidewhecl steamer Huron in early da} s and brought heron Lake Michigan and started the first boat of the now well known Good- lieh Transportation Company. They next bought the steamer OJJbjitzTInd Mr. Silver¬ man sold out to Goodrich, and engaged in other business. Colonel Silverman holds a life free pass on the boats of the Goodrich line. The tug L. Q. Rawson, has been thorough¬ ly rebuilt at Manistee and now L'omes out spik span new; alio will engage In totvlug here, Captain Robertson in command. A party of United Statos harboi englneeis spent last week In resurvaylng Frankfort haibor and found no less than 18 to 10 feet in the channel. D C. Whltwood, of Detroit, who took tho flistconttact to build the harbor here, in 1807, spent the past week in Frankfort on the Lake. L. B. BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Jlecord A board of Inquiry, consisting of Collec¬ tor William Livingstone, Captain G. B. sh¬ eer and D B. Hodgson, of Detroit, lias been formed for the purpose of investigating the causes that led to the sinking of the Federal steamer Fessendon at the entrance to Pren¬ tiss Bay, July 8th. Tho board fs empowered to summon u Ituesses and will sit in Buffalo. Captain Putnam, of Wilson, Is building a canal schooner of 7,000 bushels capacity at this port, which ho expects to have In com¬ mission In about a month. She will be 02 feet over all and 22 feet beam. D. S. Aus tin & Co. will furnish her outfit. Tho name of the propeller Colmado, whose repalrB are about completed, will be changed to Lackawanna, The Fessendeu has had the damaged plates In her hull replaced by now ones, and Is again ready for her mission. Repoits ure prevalent here that t'ie line propellers will icfuse to carry grain from Chicago to this port lor loss than 2'^. Tho expected advance In coal freights took place yesterday.' Quite a number of engagements were made at 70 centMo Mil¬ waukee and Chicago, a' lalse of 10 centi-. Charters comprised the steamers Clyde and John Prfdgeen for Chicago, steamers Pin- gress, J. O. Kornhaw, Belle Cross, schooner Marengo, aud barges Little Jake, G. II. Wand, h. Clement and Chicago Board of Trade, for Milwaukee. Sl 4

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