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Canada and are authorized to carry goods and passengers from one port orplace in Canada to another, subject only to such dues orregulations as Canadian ships are subject to. 4. This act shall take effect as soon as and remain inforce so long as the like privileges ofwrecking, towing andcoasting inUnited States waters areextended to Canadian vessels by the Government of the United States. February 15, 1889 A cast steel boiler willbe placed in the tug W.B. Castle at Port Huron. Capt. McNelly, for many years on the steamer Waite, will be captain ofthe steamer Pearl next season. The steamer Mary has been running regular trips between Port Huron and lower St. Clair River points for eleven months. The cold spell of this week fmally stopped The last report from the wrecked steamer Starucca is that the machinery is still to be seen above water, but covered with ice; that on the breaking up of the hull, large quantities of freight were washed ashore and are now frozen up in the small icebergs along the shore. The Montreal Transportation Company are having a fine schooner built at Garden Island near Kingston, Ont. Her dimensions will be 245 feet over all, 38 feet beam over all, 17 feet hold. Estimated carrying capacity 70,000 bushels of wheat She will carry four masts and is to engage in the upper lake trade. At ameeting of the Lake Carriers' Association in Buffalo, action of aradical namre was taken, it being no less than to ask for the resignation of Capt. James W Millen of Detroit as amember of the board of managers. At the Association's annual meeting at Cleveland, Capt. Millen, much to the surprise of other members argued on behalf of the proposed bridge over the Detroit River. It has since been discovered that he is one of the incorporators of the bridge company and so his resignation is asked. The steamship Thomas W. Palmer was launched at Wyandotte Saturdav The new steamship IS ofcomposite construction. Her frames are of steel, her bottom and about ^elye feet up each side are of six inch oak plank, and above that the sides and bulwarks are ofsteel. She has three masts and one smokestack, and in general appearance resembles the E.M. Peck. Her accommodations for officers and crew are unusually well fitted up. Her dimensions are:-Length of keel, 280 feef length over all, 296 feet; extreme beam, 42 feet; depth, 22 feet 6inches. She has two ,J1 I I p I'^ 1 I'll1jj-j U-, U-, I U f Scotch boilers, 11x12, which are allowed a working pressure of 160 pounds. The engine isa triple expansion, the cylinders are 20, 32 and 54 inches in diameter and the stroke 42 inches. Her propeller is 12 feet 8 inches in diameter. The capacity of the new steamer will be 2500 tons on a draft of 16 feet and she cost $180,000. In about two months an exact duplicate will be launched at thesame yard for thesame company, the Percheron Steam Navigation Co., ofwhich Wm. Livingston Jr. is manager. March 1, 1889 L.T. Sullivan, G.H. Berriman and Capt. E. Winchester ofToledo have bought theManitowac schooner C. C. Barnes for$17,000. Captain Winchester willsail her. Capt. H.W. Bogart will sail the propeller B. WBlanchard next season and Captain Norris, who sailed the schooner R.B. Hayes some time, will command the propeller H.A. Tuttle. The new Michigan Central car ferry Transfer isshowing itselftobeanexcellent ice boat. She beats the Michigan Central about twelve minutes in making the crossing when the ice is heavy. The latest move on the part of the vessel owners is a proposition again this spring to not fit out until May 1st. Ameeting witli that end in view will probably be called within a few days. The ferry steamer St. Ignace can cut apassage through the ice both ways, load andunload and make the round trip between St. Ignace and Mackinac City in one hour and fifty-five minutes. The trip isover fifteen miles long and this isgood time. The steamship Romania is having some caulking done at Cleveland. Captain J.R.Crowley will command her the coming season. Engineer Welch, who was with Captain Crowley on the steamship Bulgaria last season, will go on the Romania next season. D. Whitney of Detroit has sold to Captains Truman, Moore and others of Lorain, O., the schooner H. W. Sage, the consideration being $26,000. She has been thoroughly repaired since her collision last fall with the steamer Lansing. She carries 1400 tons and willbe commanded by Captain Moore. Thekeel of thenew steamer which the Globe IronWorks Co. have contracted to build for IraH. Owen will be laid at once onthe blocks which the North Shore has just vacated. The dimensions ofthe new steamer are keel 262 feet, over all 276 feet beam 38 feet, molded depth 23 feet. Compound engines, cylinders 28 and 50 inches with a 42 inch stroke, boilers 9 feet 6 inches in diameter, length 16 feet. As