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1897 February 12, 1897 Aline ofcar ferry steamers between Detroit and Toledo is to be organized and ready for operation by next June. The plan is to tow these ferries or barges. It is claimed that the railroads can be beaten thus by several hours in the handling ofcoal and other freight. Durmg 1896 the total freight through both the Soo canals was 16,239,061 tons records bynearly 1,250,000 tons. There was a reduction of tons passing the United States canal as compared with 1895, aresult due to the Canadian canal. February 19,1897 Jaines McBiier ofErie has gone to the rivers ofAfrica for another name for one his steamers. He has changed the name ofthe steamer EmUy P. Weed to Savona. February 26, 1897 at ClCTetadl" steamer Carnegie, which was launchedat Clevelmd on Saturday, has alength of400 feet between petpendiculars 420 feet ITu ' K Her wat«?ottom isTfSdSmd has aballast capacityof2000 tons. The engine is atriple-expansion, 23 38 and •11 u tftP httti awheel 13 feet in diameter with 17 feet l^d' Steam^besupph^ by three Scotch-type hollers 12 feet In diameter Ti Bfeet o^ ca^g aworlds pressure of 175 pounds. The Carnegie carries three nole snaS and IS supplied with steam gear throughout. She is expected to ran^r anon tons ofore on M'A feet mean draft, or about 6000 gross tons on 16^eet. February 26, 1897 Hughes Bros. &Bangs of Syracuse, N.Y., have divided their biv R„ff , bre^ater contract with Dunbar &Sullivan and the two firms lilI nrof f work with H.T. Dunbar as manager. prosecute the The steamer Forest City and barge Nelson, wintering at Detroit ingthened with steel outside chords and arelte« tu. aL. f t ii- !,i r nj'UiJ. 1 T - r I t,. ] I £.1 j •P'T I PJ j r l< L I I I •P T I t. J > 1 1 1 1 1 Capt. Al. Reed, who commanded the steamer Maricopa last season, is to sail the Brazil,vice Capt. Gibson. Capt. John Smithhas been transferred from theE.C. Pope to the Selwyn Eddy. Capt. Williams, last season mate of the Boston, will command the Nyanza. The civil sundry appropriation Billwhich carries appropriations for river and harbor improvements has been passed by the United States House of Representatives. Lake items in the Bill include $1,090,000 for completing the 20- foot channel. No appropriation has been made for gas buoys. March 5, 1897 Death of Capt. Thos. Hayes.-Capt. Thos. Hayes, who died at his home on Rankin Avenue yesterday (Thursday) morning, was bom inAmherstburg on the 4th ofJanuary, 1853, and has always made his home here. He began sailing when about 15 years ofage and was one ofthe best-known men on the lakes, having been in charge of the wrecking tug Saginaw for the past 9 years. He retumed home after laying up the Saginaw at Windsor in the early part of December and was then suffering with what afterwards proved to bea serious attack ofmalarial fever which left him very weak. He recovered sufficiently to gooutduring the warm spell last weekbut in his weakened condition it proved toomuchforhimandhe tooka severe cold on Thursday oflast week which later developed into pneumonia. Drs. Park and Fisher werecalled in and theysent forDr. Clark of Detroit, but their efforts were unavailing and he passed away early yesterday moming. Deceased was married to Maggie, daughter ofAntoine Bemard ofthis town, in 1879. Besides his wife, four children, 2 boys and 2 girls, the oldest of whom is 16 years of age, survive. One brother, John, of the Detroit Police Force and three sisters - Mrs. A.A. Parker and Mrs. Thos. F.Manning of Detroit and Mrs. John Fenning of Chicago, also survive. Deceased was amember ofMilne Lodge, No. 336, A.O.U.W.' ofWindsor, inwhich he carried an insurance of $2000. The fimeral will take place from the family residence, Rankin Avenue, on Sunday aftemoon at 1:30, thence to the R.C. church, where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock, interment taking place in the R.C. cemetery. ' Ancient Order of United Workmen 3