The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4 THE MarinE RECORD. aoe stead for the club house last Saturday afternoon was a very interesting affair. The members are boatmen all right and haveacanal boat as foundation of a boat house full of craft, but every soul of them tooka bicycle along and the upper deck of the yacht looked like a stray wheel factory. Next Saturday there will bea full day put in at the club and a number of races and games will be on the programme. Capt. C. A. Davis, of the ocean schooner Governor Ames, has been here ona visit to Mr. A. J. Russell, of Russell & Watson. The schooner is the largest of her class afloat and is carrying soft coal this season from Providence to Newport News. A round trip was made by her in 11 days not long ago. The captain is the largest owner in the schooner and has others besides. He is therefore not confined to sailing and has been in- dulging in a trip up the lakes, coming back filled with praise of the wonderful things he hadseen. Something came up that demanded his presence on the big schooner and he returned home in haste. This has been the dullest port on the lakes in regard to real news for weeks. It would be wicked to wish something might happen here, for marine news is usu- ally bad news for somebody, but itisa trifle odd that with a long string of accidents on the lakes the past week, such as is unusual at any. time, there is nothing but the quiet coming and going of the fleet to chronicle here. There is a sign of labor troubles in certain directions. Now it is scoopers, now ’longshoremen and now lumber shoyers, but the complaints are mostly the work of the professional agitator, in print or put, and the prospect is that nothing will come of it all. JOHN CHAMBERLIN. DETROIT. INSURANCE ON HULLS SHOWS UP WELL AS COMPARED WITH BUSINESS IN FORMER YEARS—OPPOSITION TO REMOVAL, OF PELEE ISLAND LIFE-SAVING STATION. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record, : DETROIT, May 26. Chartering of grain, or covering cargoes with insur- ance is almost athing of the past in Detroit, and since the British and Foreign captured the bnlk early in the spring, brokers are doing less than ever. . - In marine hull insurance, however, the companies report the usual amount, and claim that the restricted form of policy used this year as compared with last, has not diminished the volume of business done. What the vessel men want is safe insurance, under a safe policy and they will have it even at a high price, rather than run nnprotected. . Bissell’s big wharf, which has been leased to the Northern Steamship Company, is without doubt, the finest dock frontage on the chain of lakes; combining ease of access, length and water depth, with one of the finest ware houses on fresh water. Numerous complaints have been made by vessel cap- tains about newspapers printing despatches, or in giv- ing an accident or stranding, a sensational or alarming heading and notice. They say that it often seriously hurts them and can do no one any good, and in the ma- jority of instances suddenly frightens all who are in- terested in the vessel or her crew. Although it is probably too late for a protest to do any good, stillone may be raised against fhe removing of the Pelee Island Life Saving Station from its present location to Point Pelee, no one will deny, but that the need is lessened for one in its present location is not true. Any one familiar with the North Passage knows how hopeless would be the task for a life-saving crew to pull over to thesouth end of Pelee Island, in time often to be of any service, and that the most of the bad reef lies thereabouts a glance at the map will show. The saving of the crew of the Brenton a short time since, amply illustrates this, for in her position at that time, the matter of an hour would mean life and rescue or loss and death. H. M. McCormack. CHICAGO. PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE SUNRISE-133 COLLISION —SUMMER PASSENGER Boats GOING INTO Commtis- SION—MONDAY’S GALE. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. OFFICE OF THE MARINE RECORD, } CHICAGO, May 27. 4 The steamer Robert Holland and consorts Sophia Minch and Warmington arrived here Saturday night with 1,760,000 feet of lumber from Duluth. The Sunrise, one of the most noted schooners on the lakes, is now a total loss, through collision, which sent her to the bottoin of Lake Michigan. From Capt. Dun- can Buchannan’s statement it apppears that early on Thursday morning last the schooner, bound down the lake, light, was running free under her lower canvas in a steady breeze from the SSW. in a dense fog when two of the regular fog signals (three blasts) were heard on the port side. The steamer blowing the signal passed all clear, when directly afterward the whaleback barge No. 133, consort of the steamer (Gratwick), ran into the schooner, striking her on the starboard bow about eight or nine feet from the stem and damaging her so badly that she soon filled and sank, Her captain and crew were compelled to take to the yawl boat as soon as possible to save their lives. They were taken on board the No, 133 and afterwards transferred to the Gratwick. The Sunrise went down about 65 miles N. by E. % E. from Chicago. Her captain and crew speak in the highest praise of the captain and crew of the Gratwick, who treated them with great consideration. Capt. Buchanan and his crew lost everything but the clothes they had on, and the captain also lost $140 in cash. The Sunrise was of 439 gross tons and was built at Cleveland in 1862. She was owned by Wm. Scheele, of Sheboygan, Wis.. and Capt. Buchanan, who had put large repairs on her last winter. Her owners have libeled the steamer and barge. In the foundering of the schooner Sunrise through collision with whaleback barge No. 133, Capt. Duncan Buchanan has lost most of his savings. He is not despondent on this account, however, and is ready to buckle down to hard work again, partly contented with having saved his own life and the lives of his crew out of the casualty. Capt. Wallace is here from Cleveland, engaged with the O.S. Richardson Fueling Co. Other things being equal it is safe to say that the friends of Capt. Wallace will give him a good share of their patronage. The Weather Bireau'service must have been taken by surprise on Monday morning when the small cyclone and heavy thunder .struck, this locality. The Graham & Morton Line steamer City of Louisville, which left St. Joseph Sunday night for this port, caught the weight of the blow, which Capt. Griffin reports as one of the worst storms he ever encountered, although it lasted only a few hours. ‘The steamer, which since her re- build is practically new, and has powerful machinery, behaved splendidly in the heavy gale and squalls, which ‘struck her first when in midlake, and she rode through without any damage, many of her passengers hardly realizing that the storm wasso heavy as to endanger life and property, Grain freights are stronger on a basis of 14c on corn to Buffalo. There has been considerable increase both in supply and demand during the past few days anda further rise in freights is anticipated soon. J. A. Calbick & Co. chartered the steamer Maggie Duncan and consorts Tyson and Favorite for salt from Ludington and Manistee to Duluth and for lumber from Duluth to Chicago at $2; steamer EK. A. Shores and con- sort Uranus and steamer John Spry and consort John- son for lumber from Duluth to Tonawanda at $2. Capt. George Tebo, of the Independent Fuel Co., is always energetic after the interests of his firm, and few if any steamers enter or leave the river without receiv- ing a visit from Capt. George. Owners of Chicago yachts are busy at work fitting up for the season and there is every indicatton ofa greater interest being taken in yacht sailing this year than ever before. Several new craft have been added to the already good-sized fleet, many of which are nearly ready for service. Capt. W. M. Egan has had a very delicate operation performed upon his eye, necessitated by the inroads of glaucoma, a disease, which, unless arrested in time, invariably results in blindness. Capt. Egan’s friends all feel relieved. now that his eyesight is so much im- proved. Re : A pleasant surprise party was tendered on Monday night to Mr. Hugh MacMillan, the well-known agent for the Western Transit Co. at this port on the occasion of his fifty-third birthday. Among the friends who called to congratulate Mr. MacMillan were Capt. J. S. Dunham, Jas. Carry Evans, Rugene Henry. Daniel T. Helm, Henry Werne, C. A. Macdonald, T. IT’. Morford, Wilfred Massey, Geo. Harris and Thomas C. MacMillan. The Goodrich Transportation Co.’s splendid twin- screw steamer Virginia will commence running between Chicago and Milwaukee on Wednesday, June3. The Virginia is a great favorite with the traveling public who will hail with much pleasure her advent for an- other season. Capt. James Davidson, the well-known shipbuilder of Bay City, visited this port last Saturday. He is look- ing as well and hearty as ever. Mr. Philip J. Minch was here last week looking after the recent collision case between the steamer Onoko and schooner Mary D. Ayer. Capt. J. W. Melchert, formerly of the schooner Char- lotte Raab, has fitted out and will sail the schooner Jessie Phillips. We wish him much success. The Graham & Morton Transportation Co.’s fine side- wheel steel steamer City of Chicago made her first ap- pearance here this season on Saturday and commenced running between this port and St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. The company’s steamer City of Louisville arrived Monday morning, her first appearance here since her rebuild which has much improved her and given her a fine appearance. The passenger traffic by lake is speedily picking up and there is now a considerable movement in travel be- tween Chicago and other Lake Michigan ports. THOMAS WILLIAMS, CLEVELAND. THE CRUISE OF THE EpNA G.—SHORT PARAGRAPHS CONCERNING EVENTS IN NORTHERN OHIO Ports. CLEVELAND, May 28. The cruise of the Kdna G. will long be remembered by the party who went out on her last Thursday morn- ing for a ride to Detroit, as she beft the Clevele yard to go to her owners at the head of. ike The compass had not been adjusted, but 1! sidered too trivial a matter to keep a boat 4 ; gating Lake Erie, and she started out about 8 o’cl last Thursday morning and was headed for the at Point au Pelee. The Edna G. made the run in style, and bowled along easily at 16 miles per cording to the patent log. This rate of spee have taken her to the Dummy in three hou noon there was still no land in sight. The guest ered in the bow, forming a veritable Christopher | bus group after the John Rogers style as they through the haze and tried to discover . They, like Columbus, were also seeking the North- west Passage, and according to the sequel they had almost the same luck. Finally ‘(Land ho’ was discoy- ered on the port bow, but instead of getting into the Queen’s dominion closer approach revealed. to.them that they were nearly to Sandusky. The local attrac- tion of the steel hull had been too mich forthe mnad- justed compass, the card of which was of about as much use as if the dial of a Waterbury clock had been in 1 place. The slight motion of the boat had evidently shaken the card around to the left gradually and the trusty wheelsman had kept his wheel going to starboard until the Edna G. had described a gigantic semi-circle, voyaging something over a hundred miles before San- dusky was reached. The course then lay along the south shore. But the compass was adjusted’ on Detroit River before the Edna G. went further on her trip. The yacht behaved admirably all the while. She did not make steam readily at first, but this was,becaus the firemen were unaccustomed to her tubulous boiler: Mr. Coleman, who represented the Babcock & Wilcox Co., on the trip, finally went to the stokehold and super; — intended the firing, and the good results were ver quickly shown. ‘The Edna G. is a crack boat, and bet probably do more fancy cruising than hard work tl simmer. Bu di) tO See Capt. Frank Brown, who has been in) charge of Pickands Mather & Co. fuel business for the past fous years, will now have charge of Hanna &. Co.’s fue lighter at Ashtabula. bis Capt. W. H. Moody, of the steamer C W. Elphicke, and Miss Jennie Larson, both residents of Vermillion, — are to be married the latter part of this week, at port. The exact date will depend upon the arrive down of the Elphicke. aN Sa The new hoists at Ashtabula, erected last season b: the King Iron Bridge Co, of Cleveland, made-a record last week in unloading the Coralia. The previous carg of 4,462 gross tons was taken out by the portable hois in 18 hours, but the new Kings beat this récord badly — last Friday, when they unloaded a curgo ofthe same size in 13% hours, half the load going into carsjand the © remainder into stockpile. : » Sele hegeel E. H. Holden, of Two Harbors, bought the littl wg Carrie B. at Ashtabula afew days ago’ and had her hoisted on board one of the Minnesota boats, to be'taken to Two Harbors. bail fs Supt. Kiah, of the Tenth Life-Saving District, Cleveland this week. 7 Mr. W. J. Leary has been appointed general edstern — agent of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co’) with headquarters at New York, vice, T. B. Lynch,,deceased. oe vo ER ib RULES FOR PASSING INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. Gen. Supt. F. H. McGuigan, of the International Bridge Co., requests THE RECORD to print the following : Tugs and other steamers navigating Niagara River, in order to pass the draw of the International Bridge are requested to adopt the following course of signals: — First.—On entering the river, and when opposite the Dummy Light, one long blast of the whistle must sounded, continuing for at least 30 seconds, to distinguish it from ordinary tug whistles. ee: Second.—In approaching from above, leave buoys on ~ starboard side and pass through draw on portside of — swing pier. eae Third.—At night a red light will be placed on the u and down-stream ends of the pivot pier rests, also two red lights on the pivot pier, viz.: One on the each side to-. mark channels. A red light will be placed on each of : the two piers, on each side of the pivot pier. Th ; bridge will be provided with three lights, placed about 15 feet above its top, viz.: One in the center and one ‘ near each end. These will show .three.red lights to — navigators when the bridge is closed against vessels; 3 and when the bridge is open for vessels to pass the three — lights.will show green to midway between the extreme ‘ red lights of the pivot pier and the red lights on the - pier of the fixed spans. pe ies pen Fourth.—During the day, if for any unforseen cause or accident the swing should not open on the approach — of vessels, a red flag, indicating danger, will be hoisted — on the flag-staff on the swing; at night a red light will — be hoisted. woe ee eee Fifth,—In foggy or smoky weather, when vessels are G approaching the bridge, keep a sharp lookout for short — fog whistles from the tug International, and draw en- gines at intervals of 10 seconds until draw is sighted.) SEMPRE.