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THE MARINE RECORD. E SSS SS that the Buffalo one does, it will do more than is looked for here. Capt. G.orge McLeod is back from a three weeks’ trip to his old home in Prince Rdwaid Island. He says that the boat from Boston to Halifax and thence on to the island is not to be beaten for accommodation or atten- tion to passengers. He missed a few choice wrecking jobs while he was away, but will get enough of them now before the season is over, and he knows how to take care Of them with the best of them. There was a sight in front of-his dock last Friday that made Agent Fisher, of the Cleveland & Buffalo line look both pleased andsorry. The City of Buffalo came up to the dock after being delayed nearly all day by the monster excursion from Ohio, so loaded with people from main deck to pilot house that it reminded a person of a swarm of ants on a sugarcask. ‘“‘If I only hada camera,’’ moaned the agent, ‘‘what a picture it would make!’’ ‘‘And what an ‘ad’ for the line, too,”’ added his acquaintances who had come down tw look at the sight, ‘‘you have missed the chance: of your §ife.’’ ‘It is too bad that the big passenger iiner North West must lose a trip right in the creain of the season. The company did a remarkably graceful thing in taking care of the passengers in whatever way they desired. Some were sent forward to destination, some waited in Detroit at the company’s expense and some came back to Duffalo on the boat, to waittill the North Land sails on Tuesday night. eo Iv’s a trifle queer that there is not a boat laid up here yet, unless it be the smallest Lehigh liner, for all the expectation that there would be half the lake fleet idle by this time. If every wild boat in the list should go out of business the 90 liners would keep this harbor fair- ly busy, especially with all the crowd of excursion boats to huddle in about the foot of Main street. There is going to be flour carried by the new lake and canal route hereafter. The canal took out 17,451 bar- rels’ last month, and, strange to say, the report is that the transfer to ocean steamer in New York is a decided improvement over the rail delivery. '[Then the route is cheaper than lake-and-rail besides. Tjake receipts for the last week were as follows: Wheat, 602,000 bushels; corn, 1,645,654 bushels: oats, 1,015,478 bushels; barley, 177,000 bushels; rye, 95,000 bushels; flaxseed, 112,000 bushels, fl ur, 292,752 barrel-; copper, 5,085 tons; pig iron, 2,078 tons; iron ore,22.313 tons; lumber, 12,723,223 feet; shingles, 3,050,000. Ship- ments were: Coal, 50,925 tons; cement, 24,656 barrels; salt,-11,790 barrels; sugar, 42,132 barrels. = People who frequent the docks are much taken with the tricks of a ‘‘Rube,” as they call him, who plays the fool for pay on one of the excursion line’s boats. He would have been the king’s jester'in the days when such service was common, but in these cheap times he has to make faces and strike whimsical attitudes on a steamboat’s paddle box. If the stories of the money he gets are half true he can be proud of the talent that comes so near to making a monkey of him. CHAMBERLIN. } DETROIT. SEVERAL LivES Lost IN THE VIOLENT WIND StToRM— EXCESSIVELY HoT WEATHER KEEPS WOODEN Boats IN COMMISSION. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. DETROIT, August 11. Detroit has been visited by several violent storms during the past week, and several people have been drowned. During the storm of Sunday evening several yachts were overturned, resulting in five drownings and several narrow escapes. Capt. William Fisher, of the tug Arthur. Jones, saved five men from one yacht, and picked up another yacht without any crew. It was one of the worst storms ever seen on the river. It blew many chairs overboard from the ferry steamer Fortune, blew one of their lifeboats from the davits, and nearly blew her passengers off. Capt. Lockeridge, of the Idlewild, said it blew and drowned out his signal lights, and put out all but three of the Grosse Point range ights. orne casualties included the capsizing of the yacht Corsair. Allon board succeeded in climbing up on the overturned boat with the exception of Frank Hughes, who was drowned. William J. Thiemer was drowned while bathing from the yacht Alberta. John Helke, Jr., was drowned while bathing near Pecke Isle. He was one of a party on the steam yacht Alma. Were it not for the excessively hot weather, say some vessel men here, they would put their boat in ordinary at once. Incidentally it may be remarked that vessel men are here about universally in favor of some ade- quate system of combination, could it be effected. : From indications itis thought that Capt. Perkins will have no trouble in organizing a harbor of Ship Masters and Pilots here this fall, and getting a good mem- ey, Norton is doing a little chartering, but there is not yet enough demand to make business at all brisk. The Mongaugon, owned by the Hurleys, and chartered to Cape Vincent at 3%c, is reported from Port Dal- housie to be leaking badly. eee John “Stevenson, agent for the Thompson Line, re- ports that they received their first consignment of peas from the Lake Huron shore on Monday. ‘This line an- nually brings down some 50,000 bushels of peas for D. M. Ferry and other seed men. x C. A. Chamberlin is keeping fairly busy, but says that loads are so scarce that it is very hard to keep charters filled. John Walsh, manager for J. & T. Hurley, reports their business very dull, though their varied interests outside of vessel lines makes it possible for them to do something all the time. The Killarney Fish Co. have had a phenomenal run of fish on Lake Huron and can scarcely take care of all that come, Then, too, the season is a very poor one for selling fish, and the company is obliged to store many thousand dollars’ ‘worth that ‘would otherwise be sold and disposed of. Secretary Kay, of S. F. Hodge & Co., says that the dull times are affecting their business in that many boats which are laid up on Lake Erie do their repairing there, and they lose the passing calls. Nevertheless, they are fairly busy, and are building some order work. They have added a lubricator department, under charge of acompetent man, and vessel owners may do well to examine what they have to offer. Of course the firm will bid especially for marine lubricator and oiler work, and their long acquaintance with the marine trade should give them immediate favor. The sad death of Mr. Kdward Hinkle, of this city, by the accident to his yacht Azalea, at Port Huron, Sun- day, is the cause of general sorrow among his many friends here. When the Normandie struck the yacht Mir. Hinkle was knocked over board, and was caught and crushed between the yacht and the dock. The agonizing scene was witnessed by his wife, who is still prostrated over the affair. Grant Grummond says their passenger business. on the State of Michigan is very good. ‘They have had full loads for four or five trips, but their freight trade is slow, The Swain has still a month or six weeks’ con- tract raft towing to do. McC, i 5, CLEVELAND. Yacut Races ExXcrrinc Great INTEREST THIS WEEK— THOMAS QUAYLE SERIOUSLY ILL. Moe CLEVELAND, August 12. The yacht races have been absorbing the interest this week. The grand review of Monday terminated rather disastrously, Owing to the severe squall, but luckily, without fatal results. Perhaps luck is not the right term, for the utmost vigilance on the part of the life- saving crew andthe captains of several tugs prevented the loss of life’ The Canada carried off the honors Wednesday, in the 46-foot class, the Vivia in the 40-foot class,and the Sybil in the 25-fcot class. The steam yachts Enquirer and Say When will try conclusidns Thursday in a 30-mile race from Fairport to Cleveland. Mr. Anthony Malone, secretary and general financial man of the Calvin Co., extensive lumber dealers and vessel owners, of Garden Island, Ont., is in the city this week in connection with some work to be done on the steamer Bothnia (Br.) by the Globe Iron. Works Co. The boat is to receive steel arches and some other work. In- cidentally, Mr. Malone is looking aftér some details re- garding a contemplated rebuild of the machinery of the steamer Calvin (Br.). There has been considerable complaint of late about heavy logs and possibly worse obstructions in the upper main river. The Devereux and Fedora both damaged shoes and wheels while. coming down the river. The matter needs immediate attention. The American Steel Barge Co. entered suit in the United States District Court, at Cleveland, against the owners of the steamer Philip Minch. The libelant is the owner of the whaleback barge 104, which April 24 was en route with coal from Ashtabula to Superior. While in Detroit River the barge was in tow of the steamer A. D, Thomson and at5 p..m,, in broad day- light, the Minch’ collided’ with her, striking her amid- ships on the starboard side. The claim.is made that the collision was entirely due to the carelessness of the. crew aboard the Minch. The damages and loss to the boat, the libelants claim, is $6,741.30. ae Mr. Thomas Quayle, the well-known veteran ship- builder, is critically ill at his home in the East End, and his friends are greatly concerned over his condition. His illness is an attack of Bright’s disease. Mr. Quayle has not b.en well for some time, and experienced a short but dangerous illness last winter in Florida. Mrs. Helen D. Bradley, widow of the late Alva Brad- ley, and mother of Mr. M. A. Bradley, died last Thursday evening at the family home on Euclid avenue. Standard oil barge No. 75, came in from Lake Superior Tuesday, in tow of the steamer Gladstone. It was reported that she would engage in the oil trans- portation business on Lake Erie, but she is believed to be going to the Atlantic coast, whither she has been destined for some time. She will first make one or two trips between Cleveland and Buffalo. We are just in receipt of first copies of a new Hydro- graphic Office chart of the St. Mary’s River, covering the distance between Shifting Point, at the head of Little Mud Lake, and the Turning Buoy, in Mud Lake proper, with a part of the Winter Point Range. The price of this chart is only 25c, although made from the latest surveys. For sale at MARINE REcORD Offices, Fourth Floor, Western Reserve Building. THE SAULT PASSAGE RULES. The. fining of thirty or more vessels under the new rules for the regulation of navigation through narrow passages in the St. Mary’s River has resulted in a more thorough study of the rules by the masters, who are al- ways informing themselves regarding the distances between points specified in the rules. In order to sat- isfy desire for knowledge in this respect, Capt. W. S. Mack has measured the distances on the chart and has made out tables something as follows: ABOVE LOCKS. Big Point toupper end of canal 10,100 ft. or DIGUS esnad us wee a Asie 2 miles, 18 min. BELOW LOCKS. Government pier to float light at head of Hay Lake..... ...... 6% miles 54 min. (Here follows navigation through Hay Lake, not covered by rules, of 5 miles.) South end of Hay Lake to can buoy above the dyke.......... 216 miles Can buoy to Harwood’s Point 3% miles Harwood’s Point through Little Mud Lake to turning buoy at Point of Woo0ds..77%..7. 3% miles Point of Woods turning buoy to turning buoy No. 7 above En- CAM Peet scot uses cases 1 mile Encampment Buoy No.7 to Mud Lake turning buoy........... 4 miles 630 ft. 14 miles 2 hours The matter of current has been urged a good deal by the few complainants against these rules, but Capt. Mack points out that the only two places where any current worth mentioning exists are 4,125 feet of the Hay Lake Channel, where the cut is through the islands, and 6,750 feet along the dyke, the total distance being a little more than two miles. He has written to Col. G. J. Lydecker for information as to the exact speed of the current at these places, but states that it - is not so considerable as to be considered dangerous. TEED oe a : FREIGHT CONDITIONS. ‘While boats that have been idle are going into com- mission again, still others are laying up, and there is no doubt that the total number of boats in ordinary is considerably in excess of what it was a week ago. Car- goes are in moderate supply at Chicago, but if too many of the largest class ships go there the rates will be demoralized. Corn is now paying 1% cents to Buffalo. At Buffalo-hard coal still pays 20 cents to all ports, but the Ohio soft coal rate has dropped from 25 cents to 20 cents. There is a little inquiry at Duluth for vessel room for wheat at 154 cents to Buffalo, and 3 cents to Kingston, but no general movement from the head of the lakes can be expected for two weeks yet. Ore has ceased to be a factor in the market. —_—_—_—_—_—_—EEEED ee —e BREAKWATER AT CAPE VINCENT. -The $25,000 appropriation allowed for the improve- ment of the harbor at Cape Vincent will be largely ex- pended in beginning the construction of a breakwater there. Mr. William Pierson Judson has been survey- ing the harbor bottom, and making a close study into the natural conditions which exist, in order that the best location may be selected for the purpose. Mr. Jud- son finds that the bed-rock is found 14 and 15 feet be- neath the blue clay which forms the bottom. The clay is very soft, and the proposed structure must be sunk through it to the rock, which is, onan average, about 35 feet below the water level. The present appropriation will serve to construct only about 125 feet of this break- water, but this will prove avery respectable beginning. _ LEED BOAT BUILDER ASSIGNS. M. R. Davis, doing business in his own name and also underthe firm name of Davis & Son, boat builders, Kingston, Ont., assigned last month to Robert J. Mc- Kelvey, of Kingston. Mr. Davis has the sympathy of his creditors in his difficully, and a compromiise at 40 per cent has been arranged, time being given for pay- ment. The principal creditors are: Thomas Myles & Son, $391; McKelvey & Birch, $500; Kingston Foundry, $281; °S. Anglin & Co., $248; Canada Locomotive and Engine Co., $2,000; Booth & Co, $141; Rathbun Co., $234; Ontario Bank, $100; W. Mitchell, $100; Chas. D. Durkee, $100; preferred claims, $1,278. ‘There are some thirty odd creditors of amounts under $100, the total liabilities being about $4,850, with assets valued at $2,800.