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THE MARINE RECORD. SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRS. NEWS FROM THE YARD. Aside from the launch of the Northwestern T'ranspor- tation Co.’s schooner George E. Hartnell at Chicago, last Saturday, the feature of the shipyard news of the week was ths strike at F. W. Wheeler & Co,’s shipyard, West Bay City. The announcement having been made last week that the men would be paid by checks, the em- ployes proceeded to make a fuss about it, and upon re- ceiving their checks they quit work. The local mer- chants had prepared themselves with cash in order to. cause as little inconvenience to the men as possible, but those merchants who had taken this precaution were in turn-roundly denounced by the men as being in league with the shipbuilding company. ‘The strike continued as strong aS ever until Monday night, when the men _ suddenly changed their minds, decided to accept checks without question hereafter, and returned to work Tues- day morning. sr : The large steel schooner George EK. Hartnell was launched on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock atthe Chicago Shipbuilding Co.’s shipyard at South Chicago. Her dimensions are 352 feet long over all, 44 feet beam, 26 feet molded depth. She was built for the North- western Transportation Co., of Detroit. The next two launches to occur will be that of the tug- yacht. hdna G., on Saturday, the 4th inst.,; at the Cleve- land shipyard, and that of the steamship George N. Orr at the South Chicago shipyard onthe 15th. The Union Dry-dock Co. may decide to launch the yacht Enquirer before the latter date, but they want to practically fin- ish her before placing her in the water. ie Chicago yachtsmen are going into the sport with a vim this year. In addition to the racing yacht Vence dor and the Siren of which mention has been made be- fore, W. R. Crawford, has contracted: with the Racine Boat Manufacturing Co., for.a fin-keel loop from de- signs by Joseph I. Myer, to be 65 feet over all, 44 feet level, 12 feet beam, 244 feet depth, and 81% feet draft. Seven tons of lead will be carried on the fin. She will be delivered by Jiine 10, so as to bein readiness for the international lakeregattas. ‘The Vencedor, also bnild- ing at Racine is in frame, but will be allowed to stand some little time before the planking is put. on. Sne is screened from view. The Siren will be planked this week, and will be the first out. There is no secrecy re- garding her. : ; GENERAL REPAIR WORK. — CHIcaco.—At the Chicago Shipbuilding Co.’s yard the tug Van Raalte was in dock to have a leak stopped, and the new tug Lutz for repairs to her shoe, which was damaged when she was being launched. At Miller Bros.’ shipyard the L. M. & L. S. Transportation Co.’s steamer Peerless is in dock for bottom calking and new outboard bearings. The tug A. Miller was in for repairs to her stern bearings; the tug Bob Teed for recalking her bottom; the tug Rosa- line for stopping a leak and repairs to stern bearings; the steamer Delaware had her bottom recalked; the steamer Portage is receiving some repairs and calking; the steamer Kaliyuga is receiving repairs to deck, en- gine room, and cabin. Port Huron.—Everywhere is heard the sound of the calking mallet as vessels are being placed in readiness for the opening of navigation. The barge Favorite has received new deck and deck-beams and new hatch coamings where needed. The Eva S. Robinson is re- ceiving minor repairs. Detrrort.—The St. Paul will have a new deckhouse, and her topmast spar will be replaced with a pole spar. Some new decking will also be laid, the entire bill ranging from $1,000 to $1,500. The tug Balize has re- ceived new decking and other repairs to fit her fora season’srafiing on Lake Huron. The schooner John Jewett is getting $500 worth of repairs, including a new deck, new cabin-trunk, interior repairs, and an over- hauling of her windlass and anchor deck. Besides the 50 feet added to the Fength of the Fayette Brown she received new deck-beams in 100 feet of the old structure. The repairs to the Progress this winter cost $10,000. The Norseman is being recalked and having a new rudder shipped. ~CLEVELAND.—At the Cleveland dry-dock the Hesper “is still undergoing repairs. In addition to calking and refastening she is to receive steel arches. The Sarah &. Sheldon is being strengthened with a steel cord 34x24 inches,and will have diagonal straps 34x12 at each.end. The Escanaba is petting a general overhauling. The C. B. Lockwood was in the Ship Owners’ dry- dock this week to stop two leaks. The J. C. Lockwood is now in, and is getting a new piece of keel, new gar- boards, some planking and bottom calking. QwEn Sounp.—Several steel plates on the cabin deck of the Athabasca were found to be so affected by rust that it was necessary to remove them. She is also re- ceiving new ceiling. The Alberta has received part new deck. . The cabin of the D. G. steamer Dolphin is being rebuilt. : CoLLINGwoop.—The work of rebuiiding the W. B. Hall—renamed St. Andrew—is being pushed. The steel arches are in and the upper deck will be putin soon. The machinery has not yet arrived. The Great Northern steamers will be painted white this season. The Northern Belle has had her engines rebuilt by Inglis & Sons, and has had some new frames and deck- beams. ‘The machinery of the steamer Maganetawan will be put in a new hull next winter. NOTES. The new tug building at Heath’s yard, Benton Har- bor, for Capt. W. H. Singer, of Duluth, will be named the Superior. The big lake tug John Owen is getting a new upper deck andrail. She was rebuilt last winter. J. G. Laird & Sons, of Ashtabula, are building a large fueling scow for M. A. Hanna & Co., which will be oper- ated at that port. It will be 180 feet long, 36 feet wide, and 16 feet deep. : David Dessault has begun extensive alterations on the passenger steamer Yattaw at Sandusky. rr 2 rr HISTORY OF THE BAG BOOM. The inception of the bag boom in 1891 marked the first year of any considerable movement of logs from Can- ada to the Saginaw Valley, 80,000,000 feet being brought there from Georgian Bay in that year. Therafts range from 2,000,000 to 6,000,000 feet, and while a raft occa- sionally goes ashore in a gale, loss is estimated at only 500 out of each 70,000 pieces rafted. In 1892 there was brought from Georgian Bay to Saginaw River 184,500,- 000 feet of pine logs. In 1893 about 270,000,000 feet went to Michigan mills, and the estimated quantity handled in 1894 was but little less than 300,000,000 feet. The Saginaw River received the lion’s share of the Canadian logs rafted last year, 142,000,000 feet having been en- tered at the custom house of Bay City, and 25,000,000 feet at Saginaw. The.total shipments received at the several Michigan ports were 579,229,742 feet. Many. millions of feet of logs designed for Michigan mills were hung up in Georgian Bay mills owing to low water, and could not be got out in time for rafting. The rafting season usually begins about June land closes early in November. The estimated value of thé logs handled last season was $11 athousand. Michigan lumber men have purchased large quantities of pine timber limits in the Georgian Bay district for the pur- pose of supplying their mills; The value of Canadian timber has been trebled by this demand for it, and the work of cutting and rafting logs has furnished employ- ment for Canadian labor and a market for vast quanti- ties of supplies. It is estimated that the quantity of logs rafted during the season of 1896 will approximate 300,000,000 feet. EEE DD Oo Oe THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE. Capt. Chas. EK. Motley, keeper of the Cleveland Life Saving Station, has re-enrolled last season’s crew. The list is as follows: No. 1, Arnold King; No. 2, Frank Hamilton; No. 3, David Sutherland; No. 4, Alex Colder; No. 5, Peter Coughlan; No. 6, James Richards; No. 7, John Hammes; No. 8, James Foster. Keeper Nelson Craite, of the Kewaunee 'Life-Saving Station, announces his crew for the season of 1896, as follows: Surfman’ No.1, John Haule, Jr.; No. 2, James White; No. 3, Ben Kuhlman; No. 4, Henry Lafond; No. 5, George Flaherty; No. 6, Peter Dionne; No. 7, Jos. Le- Clair. ‘The station opened at noon, April 1. The House took action a few days ago toward making the salaries of superintendents uniformly $1,800 per year. 3tophre EEE De Does anybody wanta private car? One of our adver- tizers wants to trade one forasteam yacht. See page 12. OBITUARY, GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON. Mr: George W. Williamson, of the firm of Williamson Bro., Philadelphia, the makers of the well known Willi- amson steam steering and hoisting engines, died at his home in the city on March 26, after a very brief illness. Mr. Williamson was a well known citizen of the old district of Kensitigton, having been born there in 1829, and where he resided all his life. He received his early education at the famous old Harrison school in that dis- trict, and was school mate with many of the now promi- nent men of Philadelphia. After the war he became associated with his two younger brothers, John D., and William C. Williamson, and established the manufacturing of hoisting engines. The success of the new firm was evident from the very first, and from a small beginning grew their pres- ent extensive plant, and their manufacturers now em- brace all kinds and type of hoisting machines. They were the pioneers of steering engine manufacture in this country. While not himself an engineer, his business qualities, in combination with the engineering abilities of his brother, soon enabled the firm to take first place in rep- utation as a business house, and throughout the country it has a standing second to none. Mr. Williamson had a large circle of both business and social friends, who were indeed shocked at his sud- den death, and who mourn the loss of a very dear friend, and to these and to his brothers and family we offer our heartfelt sympathy. He leaves a widow, one daughter and two sons, the oldest of whom, George W. Williamson, takes an active interest in the management of the firm. CAPT. J. M. CLOSSEY. The friends of Capt. J. M. Clossey, will be grieved to hear of his death, which occurred at his residence in Buffalo, Wednesday. Capt. Clossey had lived in that city for a number of years, and worked himself up to the position of lake captain. He had sailed on many a vessel in his day, and stood in high with his superior cfficers. Capt. Clossey had command of the Nyack when she ranin the Lake Superior trade. He was mas- ter of the steamers New York and Rochester of the Union Steamboat Co., several years ago. and last. fall sailed the steamer Owego. He was appointed last month to sail the Rochester, of the same line. rrr ARENA FOR APRIL. In the April number of the Arena, Justice Walter Clark, Ly. D., continues his illustrated description of Mexico in midwinter. The editor, B. O. Flower, writes at length on “’Phe Educational Value of Instructive and Artistic Entertainments, which appeal to the non-theatre going publio,’’ illustrated with severai plates showing various poses of the Grecian Art Tableau Company. J. Heber Smith begins a series of articles on ‘‘Man in his Relation to the Solar System.’’ Prof. John Clark Rid- path, Ly. D., treats of ‘‘Limitation as a Remedy,’’ in connection with the growing economic evils. Other val- uable numbers on scientific, social, literary and occult subjects complete the work. $$$ 0c 0 ecg COAL SHIPMENTS FOR 1895. Harbor statistics recently compiled at lake ports show the total lake soft coal shipment were 3,397,065 tons. Of this amount the Pittsburg district shipped 2,035,130; Ohio, 1,122,868; and the West Virginia mines 239,067. EB Oe B. M. Myers, of Chicago, wants to sell the twin-screw ‘steamers Romeo and Juliet, each with capacity for 125 passengers. George M. Black, of Detroit, has for sale the steam yacht Idler. See their advertisments. rer oe re A number of our subscribers have already directed that their addresses be changed, upon the opening of navigation, so the RECORD will be sent to themin care of the vessal on which they will be engaged, via the DETROIT RIVER MARINE POsTorFFICE. This river serv- will be continued this season, and made even more effi- cient than last year, and we call the attention of our subscribers to this arrangement as according a certain and reasonably promptrdelivery of the RECORD, week by week, to those engaged in the traffic up and down the lakes.