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THE MARINE RECORD. = = LT enero LE eZ t meeting of the association it will take at least two veeks to fix prices and allotments for the different mines, and it is not likely that any of the shippers will be in the market for tonnage before that work is completed. Vessel or oo FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. The new Anchor Line grain elevator at Erie will have a _ capacity of 600,000 bushels and cost $100,000. o Owen Sound, Ont., in Georgian Bay, is intending to increase the elevator capacity of the town to 800,000 bush- els, and to build sheds to store 30,000 barrels of flour. Supervising Inspector John H. Galwey of Detroit has been at Grand Haven examining candidates for the vacant - local hull inspectorship. Capt. Fred Houghton of Racine goes from the steamer City of Venice to the Zenith City and his place is to be taken by Charles Ainsworth, who was mate of the Thomas Cranage last season. Capt. James Cunningham, of the steamer Curtis, To- ledo, will move to Buffalo, N. Y., this week with his family. The Curtis will trade between Conneaut and Buffalo. J. J. Hill contemplates adding 2,500,000 bushels capacity to the 3,500,000 bushels that his system at Superior already has and the house in all probability will be of steel con- struction. It is now reported that Ashtabula Harbor is to have another shipchandlery. William A. Lloyd, a lake engineer formerly with the Globe Iron Works of Cleveland, will be the manager. Green Bay marine men are predicting an early opening of navigation. From the present prospect they think that steamers will be able to get out of that port by April to, which is a week or two earlier than usual. The Duluth Herald states that orders have been made for the sale of the Inman tugs A. C. Adams, Pathfinder, Edward Fiske, Effie L., Bob Anderson, J. L. Williams and steamer Henrietta, to pay the claims against them. A dredge is being fitted out at Lorain for work at the Cleveland Shipbuilding Co’s site. The river will first be widened to the new dock lines, after which the dredge will Seance work on the drydock excavation and the two slips. Capt. T. J. Southard and wife left Toledo this week for Philadelphia. They will visit New York and Jersey City before returning to their home. Mr. Southard’s old partner, Mr. Frank Andrews, keeps the Andrews House in Jersey City. . The Lake Erie car ferrys Shenango Nos. 1 and 2 have been meeting with hard luck this week and in fighting their way through the ice met with some minor damage. One _ ferry will require a new propeller wheel and new bearings; the other will only want a new wheel. The small fish tug Toiwo was libeled at Lorain Tuesday on a suit brought by M. Kingsborough of Cleveland. Deputy United States Marshal Kelley made the service. The libel is the result of an account held against the for- mer owners of the Toiwo. ; - Work on the new elevator of the Northern Steamship Co. at Buffalo is going ahead with all possible dispatch. The contractor has asked for proposals for about 900,000 feet of oak for docking and will need 175,000 feet of elm or tamarack for piling. Capt. Christopher Peterson, of Marine City, late master of the steel steamer J. J. McWilliams, died last week. Capt. Peterson had been connected with the Gratwick fleet for six years. Prior to going into the McWilliams he had been in command of the W. H. Gratwick and W. F. Sauber. : ~The Sturgeon Bay Advocate gives currency to a report that Capt. Edward Cox is negotiating for the purchase of the Hart Line steamer Welcome with a view of putting her on the route covered by the steamer City of New Baltimore last season between Milwaukee and Port Wash- ington. A new vessel company has been organized under the name of the Green Bay Vessel Co. Its incorporators are P. F. Shrall, O. L. Harder and Abigail Harder. The capital stock of the new concern is placed at $50,000, They have purchased the steamer Normandie for $45,000. She was built in 1894 at Green Bay and is of 430 tons capacity. The tug Chamberlain left Ashtabula Harbor on Tuesday morning for a short run out into the lake to note the presence of ice. The dredge Continental was fired up and started: work on the dry dock slip. The ice, which now appears to have left the shore entirely, with a shifting of the winds, interferes with dredging, but unless this hap- pens the work will be pushed with vigor from now on. Benjamin Colwell and Frank Fisher of Buffalo have brought an action against James Cobell of Marine City and G. Francis of Bay City, Mich., to recover $226.50 al- leged to be due them for lightering the C. L. Young, which was caught on Horseshoe Reef in a storm last fall, of 450,000 feet of lumber. The defendants are owners of the vessel. To secure themselves the plaintiffs have se- cured an attachment for the amount of the claim against the schooner. ite Capt. J. C. Ricketson, we understand, has resigned from the management of the Inter-Ocean Transportation Co. of Milwaukee and the firm of David Vance & Co. has taken ‘the taxes. over the management of the fleet. Poor health is assigned for the reason of the captain’s retirement, and no wonder, for he has given the best years and efforts of his life to upbuilding the interests of the Inter-Ocean Co. and we presume that he has his reward. A crib built of solid masonry surmounted by a tower will replace the piling at the clump or “angle” at the head of Sturgeon Bay as soon as the work can be completed after the opening of navigation. A substantial structure will likewise be erected at the north end of the canal at the same time, ftom which lights for the guidance of vessels will be exhibited. Two new St. Lawrence River passenger steamers, to ply between Toronto and Prescott, are still talked of by the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., but it is under- stood that Canadian builders have not been asked for bids as yet, as it is not intended to have the vessels go into commission until the spring of 1808. The steamers are to be about 265 feet long and of high speed, probably better than twenty miles an hour. Capt. Richard Horsefall of West Bay City is 72 year's old and has sailed 61 years without missing a season. Commencing when 11 years old he advanced, filling all positions until he became master. He has been with the Mills Transportation Co. 25 years uninterruptedly, and the Neal family think as much of Uncle Dick Horsefall and his wife as if they were near relatives. He has probably sailed longer than any shipmaster, and it is doubtful whether another captain on the lakes has seen so long and LLOYD’S REGISTER OF SHIPPING... During 1896, 31 steamers of over 5,000 tons each have been classed in Lloyd’s Register as compared with 17 duirng 1895. Eight sailing vessels of over 2,500 tons have been classed in 1896, all except one having been built in France. The largest steamers classed durtng the year are the “Cestrian,” 8,761 tons, “India,” 7,911 tons, “China? 7,899 tons, and “Algoa,” 7,575 tons. The largest sailing vessels are the “Caroline,” and “Montmorency,” 3,015 tons each, and the “Rhone,” 3,011 tons, all built in France. The largest sailing vessel built in the United Kingdom, which was classed during 1806, is the “Lady Wentworth,” 2,715 tons. Of the tonnage classed during the year, 877,174 tons, or 05% per cent have been built in the United Kingdom. Among foreign countries, France contributes the largest amount of tonnage. The return includes a statement showing the countries for which the vessels have been built. 645,345 tons, or 70 per cent, have been built for the United Kingdom, and 275,016 tons, or 30 per cent, for other countries. Among the latter, Germany leads with 84,365 tons; Russia has > TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER, TONNAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF VESSELS ADDED TO THE REGISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE YEAR 1896. (Prepared from information supplied by the Registrar-General of Shipping. ) A.—NEw VESSELS BUILT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. i 1896, STEAM, SAIL. ey eee RE: poset ise ote |: ig REO EG GRAND th WooD AND | Woop AND Torars renee EN APTOS || STEEL, IRON Composite || TOTALS. | STEEL, TRON. Composite || TOTALS. REGISTERED. Tons ||_ ‘Tons 1 ¥ons || | ‘Tons || Tons aq : | ons Tons No.| Gross. ||N©-| Gross. ||N®-| Gross. ||N°-| Gross. idee Gross. ||N©-| Gross. ||N°-| Gross. || N° Grose: No. Game JamMuetityiees cau oie 25 | 37,8607 || 5 Repo. | . | 30-1 38,618 || a 201 ae 6 252 || 7 o7I PCDEMATY ane rece ne 36 | 61,755 7 971 ||..--] ++ || 43°| 625726 || 1 I, 109 eee |e 8) 940 || 19 Pay z Sei Mameniiix.. oi: nichem eis os a 33 | 82,839 5 734 1 | 35. || 39. | 83,608 | 4 5,088 I 72|| 13 627 || 18 5,787 || 57 | 89,395 April. os ... || 34 | 80,925 9 1,232 2 79 || 45 | 82,236\)) 2 3,498 2 214 || 12 | 506 || 16 4,218 || 6 6,454 May.. || 28.) 44,311 6 896 2) 76 || 36 | 45,283 N.... han I 261 || 17 768 || 18 1,029 || 54 | 46,312 June.. 37 | 68,810 | 6 865 I 40 || 44 | 69,715 8 7,401 AB ESC 934.|| 29 8,335 || 73 | 78,050 PUby rea oat || 3x | 36,462 4 629 4 177 || 39 | 37,268 ]) \3 5,803, Sos 9 275 || 12 6,078 || 51 | 43,346 August oo... 31 | 75,696 8 1,315 3 III || 42 | 77,122|| 1 1,986 I 245 || 14 651 || 16 2,882 || 58 | 80,00, September taucaee occas || 32 | 76,147 lack _ 825 3 59 || 42] 77,031 || 6 3,522 ERG NES 783, || 24 4,305 || 66 | 81, 36 OCtODer satis ey Dec chachacth 4 | 69,141 6 825 ||.... ie 47 ; 5 3,843 | 16 791 || 21 4,634 || 68 yeh WNOVemibet ee ees 36 | 46,048 9 | 1,566 os | 45 | 47,614 2 1,764 | ar 500 || 13 2,264 ||.58 | 49,878 December............ ...0: 34 | .70,105 || 7 984 || 1 14 |] 42 | 73,103 |) 3 | 3,494 6 492} 9 | 3,986 || 51 | 75,089 Total oii ek 1398 | 750,106 || 79 | 11,593 || 17 591 ||494 | 762,290 || 36 | 37,709 || 5 792 ||161 | 7,519, ||202 | 46,020 ||696 | 808,310 Pippa ee { | successful service. He will have a vessel this coming sea- son, and is now at Port Huron visiting the Neals and other members of the Mills Transportation Co. The attorneys for Frank McLain, in whose favor a judgment of $4,000 was rendered early last month for in- juries sustained on the steamer Escanaba through defective running gear, have taken steps to secure the payment of the money. It was recently stated that the liability was entirely covered by insurance against accident, but it turns out to be covered only to the extent of $1,500 or $2,500. The Escanaba is the property of the Escanaba & Lake Michigan Transportation Co., the stock of which is held by the Ira H. Owen estate. A suit has been begun in court at Marquette by the Pioneer and Arctic Iron companies of Neguanee against the city of Negaunee and the supervisors of the county of Marquette.- The complainants’ lands in the city of Ne- guanee were assessed unusually high last year and they objected to pay their taxes. The city was about to enforce collection, and the present suit is brought to prevent either the city or county officials from selling their property for The amount of money involved is $3,858.78. Capt. W. H. Singer, says the Duluth News-Tribune, has returned from a trip down the lakes, where he has been for the past four weeks. He says he will enter upon the season of 1897 with a very satisfactory prospect for a fair share of the vessel-towing at the head of the lakes. He made some contracts in midwinter, and has made others on his late trip to the lower-lake cities. Capt. Singer says he has, in addition to his contracts, many good promises for business. He thinks the prospects for the season of navigation are on the whole encouraging for the vessel interests. Owners of small tonnage, especially the now old time sailing craft, will be pleased to learn that an unusually large amount of cedar has been got out on the Michigan peninsula this winter. A prominent dealer in cedar at Menominee is quoted as saying that endless quantities of poles, ties and shingles are piled along the line of the Chicago & Northwestern railway between that place and Escanaba. The same can be said of the territory through which the Wisconsin & Michigan, the St. Paul and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic pass. All along the Green Bay shore the cedar business has surpassed every- thing else this winter. The fishermen for the time aban- doned their nets and cleared land, heretofore untouched. Hard times also have compelled the farmers: to: harvest their cedar. The dealers at Menominee and vicinity have spent much money in getting out cedar, and the produc- tion is greater than for the past three seasons combined. way have about 17,500 tons each; various British Col- onies, 12,560 tons; and Holland, Sweden and Japan about 10,000 tons each. é oe or or NOTES. i The success of the new monthly publication, The Puri- ton (111 Fifth Ave., New York), is unparalleled in the history of illustrated magazines. The firm of Jackson & Church, Saginaw, Mich., are doing a fairly good business inasmuch as they corral all of the new and repair work in their vicinity. They are also worthy of note relative to their castings and general engineering work. A new illustrated monthly called Navigation, Steam Power and Electricity, has been started in London. It contains 24 pages of reading matter and advertisements; the pages are 9x12 inches. The Journal Publishing Co., of Bangor, Maine, has issued the second edition of A Cronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation; by the late Rear Admiral Geo. H. Preble, of the U. S. Navy. . Barry Bros, Independent Tug Line, at Duluth, an- nounce that they will be all ready for operations at the early opening of navigation. It is further stated that they will give service by the most powerful boats at the head of the lakes at the lowest going rate. There are only 486 square-rigged American vessels afloat, divided as follows: 137 ships, 2904 barks and bark- entines and 55 brigs and brigantines. These vessels are all-of wood, except the iron ships Tillie E. Starbuck and Clarence S. Bement—American Shipbuilder. The Standard Rope & Twine Co. have removed their offices from 206 Western Reserve Building, Cleveland, to 801 Spitzer building, Toledo. This port was selected as being a more central point for the distribution of their products. Mr. J. B. Solomon, their agent, reports busi- ness as being good. Half a century has passed since S. Thayer Carr, who lived in Jackson for many years, carried in a grain bag on his back, in 1846, the first specimens of iron ore from the famous Jackson Mine, near Neguanee, to Marquette, some 17 or 18 miles. This was the first ore carried to the lake. The aggregate output of iron ore in 41 years to date is 107,618,540 gross tons. To this immense total the 25 years prior to 1880 contributed only 13,010,705 tons. From that time the increase yearly has been steady and large, cul- minating in the record breaking figures of 10,420,037 tons in 1895, with the year just passed a close second, on a basis of 9,934,828 tons. There are those who believe that 1807 - will outdo this record.