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EN see aR ER 2a Saturdays. _ manager. THE MARINE RECORD. 5 0 ee ee ite summer resort and the line will, no doubt, have a brisk and prosperous season under its able management. The Buffalo Elevator Association has agreed to reduce the shoveling charges on grain from $3.50 to $3.35 per 1,000 bushels. A special committee of the Lake Carriers’ Association has sent a report to President Millen show- ing that this small reduction is worth nearly $25,000 to vessels in one season. The Northern Steamship Co. will inaugurate the fourth season of passenger service Tuesday, June 15, when the first east-bound steamer is scheduled to leave Duluth. The regular sailings from Duluth will be Tuesdays and The first west-bound sailing from Buffalo will be Friday, June 18. The freight service of the North- ern Steamship Co. will begin April 20. Com. Theodore F. Jewell, U. S. N., of the Tenth Lighthouse district, which extends from Detroit to Og- densburg, is here prepared to take charge on the retire~ ment of Com. Gridley at the end of this month. Com. Jewell comes from ocean service, having been in com- mand of the cruiser Marblehead. The change is in the regular routine that prevails in the department. An offi- cer is given three years of detail service in the several capacities and districts. _ A new though minor element has entered into the Buffalo elevator speculation in the purchase by Capt. Thomas M. Ryan of the steamer Saginaw Valley, for the purpose, as is supposed, of using her to tow. his schooner, A. J. Rogers, in the Toledo grain trade. This means a material strengthening of the cut-rate elevators and a corresponding weakening of the pool. The burned Ryan elevator will not be rebuilt for some weeks, but in the meanwhile the grain it would otherwise handle will go through the Raymond, which is also out of the pool. Daniel H. Wilcox announces the establishment of a bureau of marine adjustment, of which he is to be the He has done some very intricate work in that line successfully of Iate, the steamer Northern Wave be- ing one of them, and there appears to be a demand not only for adjusters who are not connected with insurance agencies, but also for those who will collect as well as arrange the settlement of losses. This Mr. Wilcox pro- poses to do, and he is in a position to carry out his end of the business and all that he may undertake in this connection. : It is reported that there,is some prospect that the Buf- falo end of the Erie Canal will not be ready for opening till the middle of May. The canal has secured a large amount of steel rails from Pittsburg to come over the Carnegie road to Conneaut, and the canal boats will go up there for them. This new departure is a great card for the canal if it can be continued and if the exporta- tion of rails is to be a feature of the American iron trade it is likely to. On the other hand, the announcement of Supt. Aldridge that the canals will be opened for busi- ness on the first day of May is pleasing news for the boat- ment. The opening rates have been fixed at 3% cents per bushel on wheat and 3% cents on corn. Several. loads have been taken at these figures, but it seems to be the impression among the canalers that the railroads will carry the bulk of the first cargoes of grain to the East. The canalers believe that the railroads have become tired of carrying grain on a loss and that they will not go below these figures. oor vl COPPER HARBOR, MICH. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The ice here at Copper Harbor has been green and solid up till within about ten days ago, since which time we have had quite a thaw and if the weather continues navigation will probably open about the 20th or 2ist.. It would be a good thing for vesselmen if a branch postoffice or even a telephone connection was put in at this place, as we are twelve miles away from adequate assistance in case of wreck or in wishing to communi- “cate. ————_$_$—$—————— FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. The steamer Emily P. Weed is now called the Savona. The Lighthouse Keepers’ Association has been extend- ing its membership rapidly among the government keep- ers on the lakes. : a : : All buoys and lights are in position in Detroit and St. Clair Rivers, and the mail boat began the delivery of mail matter to passing boats April 12. ; The steamer Mark Hopkins, which was sunk in St. Mary’s river last season and raised and towed to Marine City, has had over $20,000 spent on rebuilding her during winter. : he wreck of the schooner George W. Adams, which «was sunk by the ice off Colchester over a year_ago, has been again located and a buoy placed on it. It is said the wreck is badly broken up. : From present conditions steamers will be able to force a way through the ice in St, Mary’s River by Saturday or Sunday next.. The locks will be ready by Saturday. The channel is open to the black can in Mud Lake. It is reported that Capt. John C. Pringle, Jr., and others have bought of Carter Bros. at Port Colborne, the wreck of the steamer Fairbank. Some of her machinery is good and her hull is sound enough for a rebuild. ‘ The prospect of the canal opening at on or about April 20th, is eagerly looked forward to, especially by those who expect to have appointments under the new Can- adian Government, but so far none has been made public. The committee of management will soon have to decide if any changes are to be made, as they are nearing the Opening of navigation. The number of boats grain laden from Chicago to Kingston and other lower Lake Ontario ports will be exceptionally large, as thirty or more have been chartered during the winter, and when the fleet ar- rives the usual spring rush is anticipated. The Toledo Harbor Tug Line reorganized on Monday. Capt. Nagle has purchased the tug Saugatuck and a lively tug war is threatened. The Toledo Harbor Tug Line has-nine tugs, the Vessel Owners’ Line two tugs, the Rooney fleet four tugs, and all are seeking work. The grain rate situation at present is absolutely feature- less at Duluth. Vessel tonnage is offered at 1% cents, but none has been accepted lately so far as can be learned. The ore situation seems to offer so much chance for speculation that it is expected nothing will be done in grain charters until ore rates are fixed. Quite an event is to be made of the launching of the Constitution next Saturday at West Superior. This is the first vessel of the usual model which the American Steel Barge Co. has built and according to the wishes of the Inter-Lake Transit Co., of Cleveland. She is to have a champagne christening. Shippers say they can get ore tonnage at seventy cents from the head of Lake Superior up to October 1st, but it cannot be learned that any tonnage has been contracted for. Some small slices of Mesaba ore have been made and sales agents for the old range mines are now hust- ling for business with but little present success. It will be learned with some degree of pride that the famous old yacht America that brought the cup from England, is being fitted out to sail again. Since the death of Gen. Butler, the yacht has been laid up, although she still belongs to the estate and the Butler heirs, among whom are several enthusiastic and skilled yachtsmen will sail the old racer once more. There is no more reason in asking the United States government to pay a bounty to sailing vessels to: enable them to keep the seas than there would be to ask the ship- owners of this country te pay a bounty to American ma- rine newspapers to keep them afloat. If sailing vessels cannot compete with steamships they must give up the fight—American Shipbuilder. A vessel 124 years old, that recently arrived at Kiel through the North Sea and the Baltic Canal, seems to prove that the good old times of wooden shipbuilding are not without proper justification. The Kieler Zeitung mentions the arrival at that port of the Danish sailing vessel, De Tro Sostere, hailng from Aeroeskjobing with a cargo of linseed cakes. This boat was constructed in 1772 at Rudkjobing, but is still perfectly seaworthy, tight and easily handled. There is nothing in the outlook to hurry the work of fitting out boats, and that fact is well known by vessel- | men. The movement of cargo of all kinds will be light at the start, and the longer the vessels are kept in port the better it will be for the trade. The manager of a large fleet a few days ago said that he was surprised to see vesselmen charter their boats for coal, when there was nothing in sight for them to come back with. They will get their boats at upper lake ports, he said, and will then} have to accept whatever rate the shippers feel like offer-| ing, and the pounding will commence at once, and it will be a hard matter to stop it after it gets started. i The wooden steamer City of Berlin, with grain from} Chicago, passed through the Straits of Mackinac on Fri-} day afternoon, the first boat of the season. which was solid to. Au Sable. The lighthouse tender] Dahlia was the second boat through the Straits of Mack- inac on Sunday, April 11th. Her captain reported heavy} was comnelled to bring his boat between St. Helena and the north shore to get through... The steamer Pentland succeeded in getting through the ice, next closely fol-# lowed bv the Wilhelm. The Thunder Bay life saving crew is composed of the} following members for this season: Keeper. Cant. J. D Persons: surfmen. Tule Frederickson, Eli Knudson Robert Lough, Will Cleary, Ed. C. Bishon. Geo. Winter halter. The neighboring station at Middle Island is manned as follows. Keeper, Cant. M. A. McLennan: surfmen. Jas. Hunter. Clarence Coburn, E. P. Motley Eber Warwick, Wm Findlay. David Allen, Frank Smith Edward Neimitz. Hereafter, it is understood. the appoint- ment of keepers will be by selection by the district super- intendent. and assistant inspector, instead of by civil ser- vice rules, as was contemplated. Surfmen, however, wil’ still be appointed under civil service rules. The American Shiv Windlass Co.. of Providence, R. I. have made an excellent departure inasmuch as they now manufacture the Shaw and Spiegle Patent steam towing machine in four different sizes, to handle steel wire haw- sers of 14 in., 1%4 in., 1% in., and 2 in. diameter. The size of the engines and the proportion of gears, size of drum etc.. are made to correspond with each size of hawser, sc that parties who have heretofore deferred ordering thei towine machines on account of the room that they take un will now find that for tug boats. or for smaller tows they can have a towing machine that will take up little patent flexible steel wire tow ropes. After passing} Mackinaw the steamer took the north passage into Lakefi Huron to avoid the large ice field in the south passage APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. Geo. Hall Coal Co., Ogdensburg, N. Y.: Steam Hecla—D. Hourigan, master; D, Dale engineer. mares Proctor—W. A. Russell, master; A. E. Cline, engineer Tug Wilson—Jos. Richard, master; Jos. Conliff, engineer. Tug Curlin—P. J. McGrath, master; Geo. W. Cline, en- gineer. Sherman—C. W. Howard, master. Bolivia— Jos. Gooder, master. Beals—Geo. Cote, master. Lyon— S. La Flam, master. Mathews—F. D. Linn, master. Dia- mond—Alex. Rabidear, master. Argosy—Jno. Gokey master. Mohawk—Laurent Vernier, master. Onondaga— Isidera Bennett, master. Richard—Chas, Richard, master. Capt. L. S. Sullivan, Toledo, Ohio: Steamer David W. Rust—Wm. J. Leaver, master. Schooners Cee Barnes—Geo. W. Burter, master. John Schuette—Jas. Robinson, master. H. H. Badger—Oscar H. Brown, ae Chicago Board of Trade—Geo. R. Bonnah, mas- er. j : J. C. Gilchrist, Cleveland: City of Genoa—J. L. Weeks master; James Mitchell, engineer. City of Naples—Geo. Bell, master; John Fritz, engineer. A. P. Wright—C. T. Gunderson, master; Alfred A, Green, engineer. C. W. Elphicke—W. H. Moody, master; Henry Jesson, engineer. John Craig—J. C. Byers, master; E. J. Rae, engineer. Rick: Shuck—F. A. Bailey, master; John Parks, engin- eer. J. C. Gilchrist—William Blattner, master; Henry Stone, engineer. John B, Lyon—B. Moshier, master; W. D. Schwocofer, engineer. Cumberland—W. G. Stewart, master;* Henry Mitchell, engineer. Columbia—F. A. Goodell, master; C. N. Albee, engineer. Hiawatha—J. P. Minskey, master; J. S. Taylor, engineer. Oregon—Henry Walper, master; James Hyde, engineer. Waverly—A. J. Green, master; E. Harris, engineer. V. Swain—Charles Hahn, master; John Erving, engineer. Schooners—H. A. Kent—D. C. Sullivan, master. H. D. Alverson—R. Jann- sen, master. F. A. Georger—Thomas Tucker, master. Moonlight—J. S. Jones, master. Verona—S. C. Philip, master. W. S. Crosthwaite—George Pollock, master. S. H. Foster—K. Hamringa, master. M. S. Bacon—J.S. Ellis, master. T. P. Sheldon—John McNamara, master. S. L. Watson—W. F. Hornig, master. Northern Steamship Co.: Steamers—North West-— George A, Miner, master; John A. Currier, engineer. North Land—Wesley C. Brown, master; John King, en- gineer. Northern King—M. H. Murch, master; John | ,O’Mara, engineer. Northern Queen—John F. Vaughn, ‘master; A. T. Stewart, engineer North Wind—Delos Waite, master; Thomas W. Jackman, engineer, Northern Wave—Martin Niland, master; John J. Darcey, engineer. Northern Light—M. H. Harberer, master; Frank Har- }tinger, engineer. North Star—William Thorne, master; William T. Pike, engineer. Lakewood, Lakeland, Lake Erie and Becker Transpor- tation Companies: Steamers V. H. Ketchum—William Ferguson, master; Frederick Pontzer, engineer, Pascal P. /Pratt—George W. Pierce, master; Harry Earaly, engineer. George es Roby—William Smith, master; William Young, engineer. Schooners Wadena—George Mackie, master. Annie M. Ash—Harry Peters, master. William D. Becker—George Richards, master. : The Kelley Island Lime and Transportation Co.: Steam- er Albert Y. Gowen—Charles C. Smith, master; Charles C. Smith, Jr., engineer, L.P. & J. A. Smith, Cleveland: Steamer Margaret Ol- jwill—John F. Brown, master; F. W. Wheeler, engineer. Schooner Baldwin—Master ‘ ; Mona Transportation Co.: Steamer George W. Presley— ‘Thompson, master; Charles Church, engineer. Schooner ; fi Nellie Redi — ice between Mackinaw and Waugoshance, and said heh} ene ack or) agen. i. : : WRichardson, master; Robert Leitch, engineer. Norseman fr Gilchrist & Fletcher, Alpena: Steamers Viking—Harry i —H. L. Foster, master; Thad H. Kneale, engineer, S. C. fHall—H. Bennett, master. Garden City—Jas. Brines, mas- yter. Fletcher—J. A. Stewart, master. Tugs Ralph—Jas. Putnam, master; Antoine Dennie, engineer. Arthur D. John Kenyon, master; Sam’l Kissack, engineer. Frank W.—John Lawrence, master; Byron Persons, engineer. John Owen—Thos. Lillis, master. Fred B.—M. A. Grant, master. Schooner J. B. Kitchen—B McCaffery, master. Barges Vinland—Chas. Hanson, master, Nellie Mason— J. B. Mitchell, master. Sam Flint—Thos. J. Stevens, mas- ter. Knight Templar—Hugh G. Hamilton, master. Rus- sian—Jas. Hamilton, master. Light Guard—Jas. Hanson, master. F. H. Lathrop—Jos. Coty, master. ' India—H. Hanson, master. Thompson Tug Line, Port Huron: L. D. Smith—Jas. Bell, master. W. A. Rooth—Jno. Grisdale, master. Hart Line, Green Bay, Wis.: Fannie C. Hart—H. W. Hart, master; Jules Scram, engineer. Eugene C. Hart— C. B. Hart, master; W. F. Long, engineer. C. W. Moore—Ed. W. Hart, master; James Miller, engineer. Welcome—P. Roulette, master; George Coulter, engineer. Lackawanna Line, Buffalo: Steamers Lackawanna— Frank Weinheimer, master; W. B. Lewis, engineer. Scran- Aton—James H. Green, master; Charles Van Every, engi- neer. Russia—John D. Green, master; William Brown, engineer, Arthur Orr—John Massey, master; Edward A, Carter, engineer. Chili—James Gibson, master; A. J. Wil- son, engineer. Florida—Henry Murphy, master; G. M. Wise, engineer. _Wyoming—Alexander Kelly, master; (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9.)