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THE MARINE. RECORD. & . fine < one and:will surely not be allowed to remain idle any length of time. ; ol. J. H. Horton, manager of the Lehigh coal ship- ping interests here, is in New York. He has been ter- tibly afflicted bya disease of the eyes, that attacked one eye after the.other quite a long time ago and came near rendering him entirely blind. It is expected. that when he returns about the last of the month he will be able to see out of one eye, which promises to be restored per- manently. The fight has beena long one and often a doubtful one. Buffalo and Cleveland will have to ccngratwlate each other on the successful fight made against the Detroit bridge bill. If the officers of the Lake Carriers’ Asso- ciation at both ports had not made every effort it would have been carried through anyhow. President Brown has sacrificed business without stint in the cause and the battle up to date is won. This port has shipped 84 coal cargoes so far. ‘The list may look small, and there has been any amount of com- plaint.of no business, but the size of all lake cargoes is so much greater than formerly that the aggregate is al- 2 were larger than is Bupposed JOHN CHAMBERLIN. : CLEVELAND. GENERAL MANAGER PANKHURST, OF THE GLOBE IRON WORKS, AT THE TRIAL OF A BATTLESHIP—LAKE ERIE no ES CEEVELAND, May 14. Gen. Mangr. John F. Pankhurst, of the Globe Iron Works Co., was one of the guests on board the builders’ trial of the fast cruiser Brooklyn, built at Cramps’ ship- yard. Thé speed made by the Brooklyn was a trifle over 21 knots per hour. ‘Word comes from St. Joseph, Mich., of the death of Capt. Curtis Boughton, aged 82. He began sailing out of this port when he was but 13 years old. He removed to Lake Michigan, and was at one time the owner of 12: ‘boats, and retired nine years ago with a-snug fortune. . The Conneaut-Port Dover car ferries are reported to be doing big business. ‘There is now 17 feet of water at Port Doaver, and considerably more at Conneaut. It is said that both boats will be kept busy pretty soon. One day last week the No. 2 carried across 55loaded cars in 24 hours. ‘Mr. A. B. Beach, formerly with the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co.,is now manager of the recently organized Marine & Railway Truck Co. He has his office in the C. & B. building on River street, and is prepared to haul anything from a box of § cigars to a twenty-ton forg'ng. = --A rumor comes from Brook lyn, N. Y., to the effect that M H. Hanna’s ‘steamyacht C - manche has been chartered to Wm. C. Whitney. ——<$- oe a. THE. FREIGHT SITUATION. Notwithstanding large quan- tities of grain is being shipped from Duluth, the wheat is still going forward in undiminished volume, and the rate holds good at 3c, witha demand for a great deal of capacity. ‘This is not only holding up the ore rates, but insures firmness for the entire season. Much of the ore already brought down has applied on sales made - last season, and a leading shipper states that if wheat keeps on absorbing the tonnage the lake fleet will not be able to get down as much ore as was brought last year. This does not indicate that there will be any scarcity of loads, and the action of the managing owners of two of the largest lake fleets which are free from connection with the shippers, in refusing to tie up their vexsels at any of the contract rates yet made, has already been demonstrated to be most wise. Duluth and Ashland are paying $1on wild boats and Marquette 90c; in one in- stance $1.05 was paid from. Marquette to. Tonawanda. A sudden falling of in corn shipments from Chicago, which brought the rate down to 1%c Wednesday, caused the Escanaba ore rate, which had been firm at 70c, to drop to 65c, with notakers. The strength of Lake Superior rates will, however, undoubtedly correct this as’ soom:as the tonnage can be distributed, and next week will probably see Escanaba firmer than ever. In coal freights the Lake Superior rate holds steady at 35c, wilh a little freer supply of cargoes, and fewer boats waiting for loads. Lake Michigan coal rates are strong on account of the poor down rates, and tonnage is none too plenty at 40c to Milwaukee. Five cents more was paid on some cargoes during the week, and this rate may yet be established. The 40c rate stillrules on hard coal to Milwaukee. ‘Several WRECKS AND WRECKING. The’ first serious collision occurred last Thursday evening at Sailors’ Encampment, between the M.-B. Grover, bound down with ore, and the John V. Moran, bound up with package freight.. The Grover struck the Moran on the port side amidships, cutting into her two feet, from the upper rail to the bilge. ‘The Moran re- ceived temporary repairs and proceeded to Duluth. About 10 per cent of the cargo was damaged, the water rising in the hold three feet. The Grover was unin- jured. The Moran and her cargo are covered by for- eign underwriters. A collision between the steamer Corona and the schooner Smith & Post occurred in Detroit River Sun- day. The stem of the steamer struck the port quarter of the schooner, raising the stern about eight inches on the port side, and badly springing sides and deck. The damage will be about $1,000. The steamer Acadia, bound from Toledo to Kingston with 21,000 bushels of corn, caught fire in the Welland canal on Saturday last, from electric light wires. The fire,water and smoke have, it is thought,ruined the cargo, and the hull is badly burned inside. The steamer Glengarry and schooner St. Peter col- lided Monday in the Welland, and the schooner began to leak so badly as to necessitate a temporary patch. She will be docked at Toledo. Capt. James Reed has gone with his wrecking expedi iton to set about raising the Cayuga. Capt. Jay Hursley, of Sault Ste Marie, has covered himself with distinction by releasing the schooner H. A. Kent, which, withthe Moonlight, went ashore at the “THE CITY OF BUFFALO~—FINEST SIDE-WHEELER AFLOAT. mouth of Chocolay River last season. Three previous attempts by other parties had proved expensive failures. tugs and a sandsucker constituted the equipment.. The Kent was in excellent condition and did not leak when floated. Capt. Hursley is confident of getting the Moonlight off also, but she is upon an old stone pier and will prove a harder job than the Kent. The Kent and also the Moonlight, if released, will be taken to dry-dock at Superior. The Escanaba Towing & Wrecking Co.’s tug Monarch, acting for C. A. Macdonald & Co., general agents of the underwriters, have released the steamer Jim Sheriffs, which went ashore on Big Summer Island late last fall, with a load of coal. She was taken to Ksca- naba, and after discharging her coal will be docked at Milwaukee. One pump kept her free of water. The wreckers worked 14 days before releasing the ship. The wreck of the tug Frank Mattson, which went ashore during the gale of wind last fall near Fairport was purchased by Capt. B. N. Parsons, of Vermillioa, last week, for $100. Capt. Parsons, with the tug Tele- phone and a wrecking crew, left for that place on Tues- day night of last week and returned to Vermillion with the wreck on Thursday, and she will be thoroughly re- built and used as a fishing tug. EO OD Beeson’s Inland Marine Directory is now’ being dis- tributed to subscribers and will be placed on sale at once. The directory is more complete than-e€ver, show- ing its uniform and steady growth, and is an attractive book, ;indispensable for any marine Office. THE NEW CITY OF BUFFALO. The past few weeks have been full of work for Gen. Mangt. Newman, and Gen. Pass. Agent W. F. Her- inan, of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., who have had.on their hands nearly all. the: details of arranging for the inaugural trips of the new steamship City of Buffalo, and of providing properly for the care and entertainment of about 2,000 guests on the various por- tions of the trip, to say nothing of the thousands who are to be carried out for matinee lake rides from Buffalo and Cleveland. The new steamer has come up in every respect to the highest expectations of builders and owners, and to the public at large who will en joy opportunities of looking her over, at the dock and tunder way, she will be a perfect revelation. ‘The first trial trip of the City of Buffalo was made by the builders last. Thursday morning. On board were. Messrs. Frank E. Kirby, who designed the huil; Andre Fletcher, president of the W. & A. Fletcher Co.; ‘of Hoboken, N. J,, who have built nearly every side-wheel engine of large size that is now in use in this country; Consulting Engineer Taylor, also of the Fletcher com- pany; Secretary Gilbert N. McMillan, of the Detroit Dry-dock Co.; and C, B. Calder, Superintendent of the Detroit Dry-dock Co. The workmen were still in her giving the finishing touches. Mr. Fletcher opened the throttle fae the first time, and she was run up into Lake St. Clair, and then turned about and run down the river to Sandwich, after which she returned to the D.& C. dock. She was heartily saluted everywhere, and crowds of Detroit enthusiastic people gathered in the docks to see her as she sped over the water. Everything worked to the best satisfaction of all the people concerned. Unfortunately, on her second trial Saturday, a break occurred, which, while slight in itself, de- layed the boat for several days while a new part was being sent for At a later trial the City of Buf- falo was turned, itis stated, com- pletely around in a circle whose diameter was less than twice her own length. Going at full speed she was stopped, reversed, and gained sternway in 90 seconds. Started ahead at full speed she reached a maximum rate of 31% turns per minute in just 60 sec- onds, on 105 pounds of steam. Her working pressure is 130. The trial was made with Mr. Lewis Nixon aboard, who pro- nounced her the fastest side- wheeler afloat. -Mr. Nixon, now manager of the Crescent Ship-yard, Elizabeth, N. J., stands at the head of naval architects in this country, and is consulting engineer to the government in all the- work of building crusiers, and his opinion is cer- tainly one to which too pee importance cannot ‘be attached. She was made ready to start for Cleveland on Thurs- day, instead of Tuesday, and will reach Cleveland this afternoon and Buffalo Friday morning on her first trip. — EEE ae FREIGHT NOTES. Gladstone’s sh'pments for the week ending May 9 were: Ore, 9,000 tons; flour, 38,000 barrels ; grain, 190,- 000 bushels ; lumber, 400,000 feet ; cedar, 45,000 pieces. The April report of the Collector of Customs for the port of Duluth shows 55 arrivals, of which 40 were light and remaining 15 brought the following goods: Coal, 11,014 tons; stone, 1,125 tons; cement, 220 tons; fresh fish, 13,713 pounds; salt fish, 60 half barrels; 'total ton- nage 15,491 tons. Sixty-eight boats departed, of which only 9 were light. The shipments were as follows: Wheat, 1,894,416 bushels; oats, 776,000 bushels; flonr, 115,020 barrels; ore, 25,500 tons from Duluth, 21,300 from Two Harbors. The week ending at midnight May 7, was the heaviest traffic in the history of the Sault Canal. There were 581 boats locked through, a daily average of 83. Ashland shipments for the week ending May 9 were 63,000 tons of ore, and 4,200,000 feet of lumber. Shipments of hard coal out of Buffalo during the week ending Saturday night aggregated 33,785 tons.