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1893 January 20, 1893 The steamers T.W. Palmer and Livingstone of the Percheron Navigation Company, both built in Wyandotte, have been chartered by the Henry syndicate to carry passengers at the World's Fair next sxraimer. Before the opening ofnavigation next spring both steamers will be converted from freighters into passenger boats. It is figured that each will carry 2000 passengers on deck without crowding. March 10, 1893 Work is being pushed at the Wyandotte shipyard. The hands employed on one of the new Cleveland steamers work imtil 10 o'clock every night, electric lights having been placed in and around the boat. The Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co. have made the following appointments to their fleet for the coming season:-Steamer City ofDetroit, Capt. A.J. McKay, engineer William Huff; steamer City of Cleveland, Capt. Dougal McLachlan, engineer John Sargent; steamer City ofAlpena, Capt. M. Lightbody, engineerJohn Jones;steamerCityofMackinac, Capt. HenrySlyfield, engineer Wm. McDonald; steamer City ofthe Straits, Capt. Dimcan McLachlan, engineer James Middleton. Theboats oftheNorthwestem Transportation Company willbe sailedas follows thisseason:-5.it Kirby, James Fraser captain, JohnHand engineer; KM. Peck, Cal. Chamberlain captain, I.H.Fosterengineer; Fayette Brown, David Girardin captain, Nicholas Anderson engineer; the new boat to be ready for service in July, E.C. Gatfield captain, John Hand will then be engineer on the new boat and William Watts will go as engineer on the Kirby. March 24, 1893 A Cleveland agent expresses the opinion that few season contracts will be entered into byvessel owners, andthatthecoming season nearly all the ore will be brought down on "wild" charters. Theold Grand Trunkcar ferries are to be remodelled and an upper deck put on for passengersand berths. They will run between Cleveland and Port Stanley. They will carry loaded cars on the lower decks. The repairs will be made at Cleveland. O It--L- 1 March 24, 1893 The steamer Cuba will ply between Montreal and Cleveland, and the Campana and Alma Munro between Montreal and Lake Superior the coming season. Secretary Carlisle has awarded the contract for building four lightships for use on the Great Lakes to the Craig Shipbuilding Company ofToledo, 0., at $64,460. One ofthe lightships will be stationed atBar Point, Lake Erie, and three atGreen Bay, Lake Michigan. The following appointments have been made inthe Farwell &Adams fleet - Steamers - Tom Adams, Capt. DuncanNicholson, Engineer Jas. Kelly; Farwell, Capt. D.J. Duncanson, Engineer W.F. Cullen; F.E. Spinner, Capt. Jacques Laframboise, Engineer Jno. Johnston. Schooners -J.H. Rutter, Capt. S.L. Ketchum; Shawnee, Capt. John Eberlein. Adispatch from Put-in-Bay says that with the exception ofa few land-locked places, including the bay, Ignan Harbor, and the channel between Middle Bass and Isle St. George, the ice is broken up and in detached fragments or in mile-length floes, is being carried down the lake and dispersed before the prevailing westerly winds, and the waters of the archipelago, so long ice-boimd, aredaily becoming more free to boating in all directions. April 1,1893 The Red Star and Star Cole Lines at Detroit have buried the hatchet and as a result of their agreement the steamer Greyhound will run between Detroit and Toledo this season. The large dredge valued at $38,000 that sunk last fall in a heavy gale just off Point Pelee - the crew, narrowly escaping, left the vessel to its fate - is now engaging theattention oftheowner tolocate her. There isonly one man who knows where the dredge is lying and this isAlbert Grubb of the Point. When this spring the ice began to break upand had cleared away from allbut one small place, the curiosity ofMr. Gmbb was aroused and hewas led to make an examination of that particular place. Upon cutting through the iceandby using a long barof iron he wasenabled to discover that something resembling in shapethe sunkendredgewas lying just beneath the ice thathad become fastened uponit. After the ice cleared away he returned to the spot and has seen enough to convince him that the lost dredge has finally been located. But itwould have been anentire loss only for his casual observation and taking this view ofthematter is thereason that hejustly asks the modest sum of $1500 to inform theproprietor wherehe can find his dredge.