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~ lake to Buffalo last fall. THE MARINE RECORD. Ne 2 the management of the Carnegie mines will have four other vessels engaged regularly the coming season in moving ore to Lake Erie ports. It is presumed these four vessels, the Harper, Nimick, Tyrone and Antrim, will bring return cargoes of coal for the Youghiougheny & Lehign Coal Company. It is‘now believed that a new line of steamers will be put upon the lakes, to be operated upon this course, about July 1, as the flour sheds and merchandise docks are now being constructed at that end of the line will not be ready before that time. The transportation men at the head of the lake are generally pleased with the outlook and they are of the opinion that when the new route shall have been established there will be a large reduction in the matter of rates. : The passenger and freight boats of the Northern Steam- ship Company will land hereafter at the foot of Fifth ave- nue west, Duluth, the lease of the Duluth Transfer ware- house having expired. The three-story brick block on the Fifth avenue dock, formerly occupied by Wells-Stone ‘Mercantile Company, has been leased, together with dock room sufficient for the company’s purposes. The purchas- ing department of the line will be located there, as well as the other local departments. The building will be al- tered to suit the demands of its new occupants. There will be a big grain fleet to leave here for Buffalo when the word comes that navigation is onen at the Soo. Already there are about 800,000 bushels of wheat afloat, and it is expected the amount will be increased to 1,550,000 bushels in ten days at which time it is expected the sea- son will have begun. Pickands, Mather & Co. have placed whalebacks for 700,000 bushels of Superior wheat at 2 cents. All told, there have been chartered between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 bushels of wheat to go forward, of which amount 1,500,000 bushels will go to other ports than Buffalo. The rates range from 2 1-2 cents down to I 3-4 cents. The steamer Rees, which wintered at Superior, will be the first boat of the season to depart from the head of the lakes. She cleared on Saturday afternoon for Washburn, where she will load wheat, and from there she will go to Buffalo. The Northern Light was the first boat to clear from the head of the lakes last year. She left here April 24. There are a number of other boats now anchored in the Superior and Duluth harbors that are anxious to clear. There are now at the head of the lake harbor about six which are loaded with flour anid the only thing that prevents them from going out is fear of the opening of the Soo at the required time. It is of general interest to note that there is a great dif- ference between the present depth and draft of vessels of last year... This year the depth that vessels may safely load to is sixteen feet, while last spring at the opening it was thirteen feet six inches. Vessels now loaded with wheat in the Superior and Duluth harbors are the Coralia, 153,060 bushels; La Salle, 82,248 bushels; Zenith City, 160,000 bushels; barge 107, 95,000 bushels, barge 105, 100,- 000 bushels; barge 129, 104,352 bushels; barge 104, I01,- 000 bushels; barge 133 106,492 bushels, Trevor, 109,700 bushels, making a total of 1,018.852 bushels. The steamer Tosco is loaded with 80,406 bushels of flax. Of the 1,108,2558 bushels of grain afloat in the harbor practically all of it is wheat. Before the fleet commences to move this amount will be materially increased. perhaps by 250,000 bushels. The last of the fleet of grain boats ex- pects to get away from here Tuesday. . The Rees in all probability will be the first boat of the season to pass through the locks. It will be a matter of interest to watch for the record breaking cargoes this spring. The big steamer Queen City now holds the medal for Lake Su- perior and Lake Michigan, and her owners propose that she will hold it again this season. The Queen City, as will be remembered, broke all records when she carried 156,256 bushels of barley and 58,000 bushels of wheat, which is equal to 5.400 net tons, from the head of the The Queen City also holds the record for the heaviest cargo out of Chicago, having taken a load weighing 6.210 net tons out of that place last sum- mer. The conditions this season for large cargoes will be better than last year for the reason that the channels have been deepened in a number of places since last fall. oe or or FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. A draft of fourteen feet will probably be allowed in the Welland canal this season. A red spar buoy has beer placed off the north end of Isle aux Peches, Lake St. Clair. ~The Manistee Transit Company has leased the steamer Bon Voyage to make the daily runs between Menominee and Manistee. ~ A new chart of Green Bay and approaches, corrected to March 1, has been published by the United States Hydro- _ graphic office. Both channels of the Straits of Mackinaw are now open, according to a telegram received by General Man- ager Carter, of the D. & C. line. : The steamer Wyoming, rebuilt this winter at Algonac, was re-launched on Monday. Capt. Joseph R. Inches will have charge of her this season. The steamer M. H. Boyce is under charter to Eber Ward, who will run her in his line betweers Duluth and Buffalo-in the package-freight trade. Capt. Joseph Russell is in command of the steamer F. & P. M. No. 4. © Capt. Frank Dority, who brought out one of the Ann Arbor carferry steamers and who last season commanded one of the Shenango carferries on Lake Erie, has been assigned to the command of the big carferry Pere Marquette. John Cowan has secured the steamer Lizzie Madden and consort Noquebay for lumber, Menominee to Buf- falo, at $1.25 per 1,000 feet. This is one of the lowest rates ever reported. Capt. Matt Lightbody, of the steamer City of Alpena, is seriously ill at his home at Detroit of pneumonia. Capt. Slifield will be in charge of the Alpena, pending Capt. Lightbody’s recovery. The Chase Machine Company, of Cleveland, has begun suit at Sandusky against the schooner Charles Wall to re- cover $250, alleged to be due for supplies and work on the vessel. The Wall was seized pending the settlement of the claim. peaks The lights on the lightship in Lake St. Clair and those along the channel, of the St. Clair River, extending to Port Huron, are again in commission. The buoys are also in place and boats can make the trip from Detroit to Port Huron in safety. Capt. David Cochrane will this season command the Goodrich line sidewheel steamer Sheboygan, which has, during the winter, received a thorough rebuild as well as extensive repair work upon her engine, the entire cost of which is placed ‘at $40,000. Sunday trips will be resumed by the Fall River Line. commencing next Sunday, April 25th, while the leaving time from New York will be 5:30 p. m. instead of 5 p. m., as at present, commencing on the same date. ‘The Pris- cilla and Puritan are in commission. In the enforcement of Sault river regulations during the coming season, the new revenue cutter Gresham, Capt. Davis, will have as tenders two fast steam launches, each in charge of an officer. The launches will do the patrol work, taking orders from the Gresham as conditions re- quire: : A The Donnelly Wrecking & Salvage Co.. Kingston, ee purchased the wreck and salvage (including all the eauip- ments and outfittings saved) of the propeller “Acadia,” wrecked on the north shore of Lake Superior in Sep- tember: last. aes ; A London dispatch says: “In the House of Commons Secretary Chamberlain announced that a contract had heen signed between the Canadian Government and the Pattersons, of New Castle, for a fast steamship service be- tween Canada and Great Britain. The contract still re- quires the sanction of the Imperial Government.” The steamer Lora, which has undergone lenethening and other important improvements at the Milwaukee Drv Dock Companv’s south yard during the past winter, will be known by that name no: longer. She is now the Alice Stafford and her port of hail is Milwaukee. The steamer belones to the Soo line, and will plv between Gladstone and Georgian hay in connection with the Canadian Pa- cific railwav. The canacity of the craft in her enlarged form and with the additional room gained by the removal of one of the two boilers which she had been carrying, is nlaced at 000 tons. Col. Lvdecker, United States Engineer in charge of the canal lock and other government improvements in the Sault river. is giving personal attention to the completion of the dredging contracts and to direction as to the parts of the work that are to be hurried. so as to provide the greatest posible draft of water early in the season. Some arrangement will also be made at the Sault so that sne- cial care will attend telecraphic announcements regardine the draft of water through the river and canal. It is the intention of the government officials to give the vessels full benefit of the available draft. but groundings and acci- dents of all kinds that cause expense and delay must be avoided as far as possible. oo oo APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. Following are the masters appointed to the principal vessels of the James Davidson line: Appnomattox— Capt. Stevenson; Rappahannock, Capt. Olson; Sac- ramento, Capt. Mansfield; Nicaragua, Capt. Coleman; Al- geria, Capt. Olsen; Armenia,. Capt. Murphy, Grenada, Capt. George Starkey: Paisley, Capt. Charles Starkev. The following have been appointed officers on the Do- minion government cruiser Petrel: Captain, Ed. Dunn; first mate, A. J. Frame; second mate, F. Arnold Jarvis; chief engineer, A. J. Brown; second engineer, W. H. Lin- ter. eel Bale The St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Com- pany. John H. Haggerty, manager, Toronto, Ont.: Steam- er Algonquin—Captain, James: McMaugh; engineer, Jas. H. Ellis. Steamer Rosedale—Captain, James Ewart; en- gineer, Richard Childs. Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, Owen Sound, Ont.: Steamer Manitoba—Captain, E. B. Aniderson:: en- gineer, Robt. Kenny.. Steamer Athabasca—Captain, Geo. McDougall; engineer. Wm. Lockerbie. Steamer AlI- berta—Captain, Jas. McAllister: engineer, A. Cameron. The Mathew’s line officers, Toronto, Ont.: Steamer Niagara—Captain, James Morgan; engineer, John Grav. Steamer Clinton—Captain. John Boyce; engineer. P. J. Carr. Schooner Emerald—Captain, John McCribbon. Clara Youell—Captain, W. J. Colwell. Lisgar—Captain John Fahey. Grimsby—Captain, Grant Horne. The North Shore Navigation Company officers, Col- lingwood, Ont.:. Steamer City of Collingwood—Captain, W. J. Bassett; engineer, C. Robertson. Steamer City of A rene —~ Midland—Captain, F. X. La France; engineer, W. Whipps. Steamer City of Toronto—Captain, A. C. Cam- eron; engineer, D. McQuade. Steamer City of Parry Sound—Captain, E. Walton; engineer, J. L. Smith. The Toronto Ferry Company steamers: Primrose— Captain, C. Tafford; mate, H. Cotter; engineer, H. Brownley; second engineer, J. Armstrong. Mayflower— Captain, Geo. Moulton; mate, M. Livingston; engineer, S. A. Mills; second engineer, J. Pickard. Shamrock— Captain, T. Jennings; mate, T. Churchill; engineer, E. Abbey. Thistle—Captain, A. Martin; mate, N. Usborne; engineer, C. Lerally. Kathleen—Captain, J. Fertile; mate, McLaughlin; engineer, Paddy Carr. Gertrude—Captain J. Tymon; mate, P. M. Oslen; engineer, Wm. Hopkins. Island Queen—Captain—J. Titus; mate, Olwood; engi- neer, T. W. Wood. Luella—Captain, T. Hinton; mate, Wm. Joice; engineer, John Smiley. J. L. Edwards—Cap- tain, Wm. Scott; mate, Henry Brown: engineer, Jno. D. McGinnis. Arlington—Captain, H. Farr; mate, Ed. Law- rence; engineer, J. Wesley. Mascott—Captain, Henry _Forio; mate, Henry Hanna; engineer, Wm. Flood. Bessemer Steamship Company, Cleveland: Sir Henry Bessemer—Captain, E. M. Smith: engineer, Richard Masten. Sir Wm. Siemens—Captain, R. E. Byrns; engineer, J. W. McKchron. James Watt—Captain, F. W. Stenton; engineer, Frank Warner. John Ericsson— Captain, H. W. Stone; engineer, R. L. Lawson. Sir Wm. Fairbairn—Captain, C. G. Ennis: engineer, S. W. Arm- strong. Robert Fulton—Captain, N. B. Nelson: engineer, J. B. Hayward. Geo. Stephenson—Captain, John Lowe: engineer, H. J. Reynolds. James B.. Neilson—Captain, C. E. Moody; engineer, E. W. Fox. Henry Cort—Cap- tain, John Ward; engineer, Bernard Woods. Schooners: Sir Joseph Whitworth—Captain, H. A. Byrns. John Scott Russell—Captain, L. C. Cole. Alexander Holley—Cap- tain, Peter Peterson. Geo: H. Corliss—Captain, Harry Gunderson. Alfred Krupp—Captain Wilbur Holdridge. James Nasmyth—Captain, W. J. Hunt. Sir Isaac L. Bell— Captain, A. McArthur. Sidney G. Thomas—Captain, W. B. Clendenin. W.°Le Baron Jenney—Captain, : M. A. Bradley, Cleveland: Steamers: Alva—Captain, J. H. Wysoon; engineer, J. N. Kirby. Geo, Stone—Cap- tain, M. Mulholland; engineer, Edwin Black. Hesper— Captain, Paul Howell; engineer, P. H. Doyle. Passade- na—Captain, L. Stough: engineer, J. H. Gilbo. Glad- stone—Captain. Henry Peterson; engineer, J. F. Maha- ney. M. B. Groyer—Captain, W. E. Morris: engineer, Richard Mahoney. _ City of Cleveland—Captain. C. H. Francke; engineer, John McCaffrev, Henry Chisholm— Steamers: Captain, P. H. Smith: engineer, C. W. Eaton. R. P. Ran-— ney—Captain, J. H. Holmes: engineer, A. R. Crook. EF. B. Hale—Captain, Jas. Lawless: engineer, A. L. Eeeart. J. S. Fay—Cantain, Dick Neville; engineer, Robt. Simp- son. Fred Kelley—Captain, ——: engineer, ——. Su- perior—Captain, S. C. Allen; engineer, ——. S. E. Shel- don—Captain, E. Saveland: engineer. G. F. Hunt, Schooners: Adriatic—Captain, A. B. Keller. Tohn Mar- tin—Captain. S. W. Gould. D. P.-Rhodes—Captain, Tno Bridge. A. Cobb—Captain, N. Gifford. Sandusky—Cap- tain, ——. Thos. Quayle—Canptain, — Negaunee— Captain, A. B. Parsons. Southwest—Captain, Fred Green. The officers in charge of the tug Ames, of the Lake Michigan Carferry Transnortation Company this season are as follows: Captain. Ed. Evans: mate. James Parker: chief engineer, Samuel Davis: second engineer, A. Rash. Captain Robert Emerson is in command of carferrv barge No. 2 and Cant. Alex Leath is in command of the No. 3, in place of Captain John Wall, resioned. The Nos. 2 and 2 will be in the Ames’ tow and the Nos. 1 and 4.in the Fisher’s tow. The steel tue S. M. Fischer of the line is in command of Captain Thos. P. Dun. The carferry barge No. t is in charge of Captain James Cavaugh, and the No. 4 is in command of Captain Robert Emerson, of the No. 2. oa CHICAGO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Chicago River Improvement Association held on Friday, a resolu- tion was framed for presentation to the State Legislature giving the consent of the state to the purchase and con- demnation of lands along the rivers in that part of the United States in connection with the widening of the river. Following is the resolution: “Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the State of Illinois, That the assent of the Gen- eral Assembly of the State of Illinois be and the same is hereby given to the United States to acquire title to, by purchase or condemnation proceedings, with the laws of the United States and this State. and to hold and possess all lands necessary for widening the Chicago River and its branches, as provided for bv act of Congress entitled ‘An act making appropriations for the construction. repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers.and harbors and for other purposes. which became a law on June 3, 1806; and the State of Illinois hereby cedes to the United States jurisdiction over any or all lands so acquired.” A committee consisting of John C. Spry, George E. Adams and Francis Beidler, was appointed to see that the resolution is properly introduced. in accordance ~