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THE MARINE RECORD. : MICHIGAN MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. Contracts for the care of sick seamen in Michigan hos- als have been let by the supervising surgeon-general nd the following are the successful bidders: Detroit, patients to be cared for at the Marine hospital, utside patients at 90 Griswold street, burial to be fur- nished by J. W. Maney & o., at $9 per person; Escanaba, attendance by acting assistant surgeon, Delta county hos- pital to furnish quarters, subsistence and nursing at 86 cents a day; Grand Haven, attendance by acting assistant surgeon, Anna Farnham to furnish the quarters, subsist- ence and nursing at $1 a day, James Barnes to provide burials at $15 per person; Ludington, attendance by act- ing assistant surgeon, Mrs. H. D. Linsley to furnish ‘quarters, etc., at 80 cents a day; Manistee, attendance by acting assistant surgeon, Mercy hospital to furnish quar- ters, etc., at $1 per day, and to provide burial at $15 per person; Port Huron, attendance by acting assistant sur- geon, Port Huron hospital and home to furnish quarters, etc., at $1 a day, J. W. Kelly to furnish burial at $8 per person; Saginaw, attendance by acting assistant surgeon, St. Mary’s hospital to furnish quarters, etc., for 90 cents a day, at $2 day for contagious diseases; Sault Ste. Marie, ie attendance by acting assistant surgeon, Mrs. Annie Little to furnish quarters, etc., at $1 a day, J. Vanderhook to provide burial at $15. oo JUSTICE REQUESTED. Considerable feeling has been engendered through the recent dis- charge of an old and trusted employe of the _ Light-House Depart- “ment. The matter has been talked about for the past few weeks and now it is learned that Congressman Corliss will request the restora- tion of Capt. Samuel Rioux as commander of the light-house tender ~ Marigold. He has pro- cured affidavits to con- trovert the charge that Capt. Rioux is not sober and that he can- not read and write, his “evidence to prove that ‘he can write consisting of a letter written by Capt. Rioux himself. He will submit these ~ documents along with ‘the history of Capt. s ‘Rioux’s long service as mate and master of the Marigold, and will de- mand that he be given his old place back. The testimony in the old seaman’s favor is very complete. It has been rumored that he has not been quite stylish enough for the pilot of a light-house tender, but surely this is a very indifferent reason for his complete discharge from the service. oO Da NOTICE TO MARINERS. : PORT DOVER BACK RANGE LIGHT. A back range light, established by the Government of Canada, in connection with the light heretofore maintained onthe west breakwater pier at Port Dover, Lake Erie, in the South Riding of Norfolk, Ontario, was put in oper- ation on the 11th instant. The tower stands back from the shore, 1,700 feet N.E. - from the front light on the pier, and consists of a skele- é ton steel frame work, surmounted by an enclosed wooden lantern, the whole painted red. The tower is 45 feet in : height from the base to the cowl on the lantern. "The light is a fixed red catoptric light, elevated 45 feet 7] oe ~ above the lake level. It should be visible seven miles in and over a small arc on each side of the line of the range. range. ‘ The two lights in one show the harbor entrance and ‘lead up to the pier in the best water. This notice affects Admiralty charts Nos. 332 and 678, i ; vit and the substance of it should be entered in the Canadian List of Lights and Fog Signals after No. 046. Dpartment of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, June 15, 1897. br SE Rk tae ROE eee nmap SAILING YACHTS. (IIlustration.) Although the more wealthy lovers of aquatic sports will always indulge in the most pretentious and expen- sive models of steam and other fancy: tonnage for their recreation, yet, a class will exist who believe that the very acme of yachting enjoyment lays in the use and handling of sailing yachts and the physical as well as mental exer- cise and practical ability necessary to safely manipulate same in all weathers and under varying conditions. Our attention has recently been directed towards a few very comfortable and handsome looking craft of this style as turned out by the Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, of Morris Héghts, New York City, and, through the courtesy of that firm we herewith reproduce an illustration of the handy sloop-rigged yacht Kabeyun, which it will be seen is an excellent cruising yacht for a limited number of persons—however, the builders do not insist upon build- ing solely after their own plans or ideas nor any exclusive- ly special sail tonnage; rather do they ask for the ideas, sketch or description of what intending purchasers re- SLOOP YACHT KABEYUN. 38 FEET OVER ALL. qure and then work along the lines suggested by the owners or those who intend handling the craft. The above named firm have in their employ an experi- enced designer of sailing yachts whose advice is given gratuitously to those who may be in doubt at any time relative to. fittings, efficiency and general seaworthiness of any craft entrusted to, or contracted with the company to build, so that satisfaction is at all times guaranteed to the patrons of the now well-known consolidated company; furthermore, their industry is not confined to building sailing yachts, as the preponderance of their trade is in constructing steam yachts, naphtha launches, auxiliary cruising launches and water-tube boilers as well as multi- ple expansion engines up to four cylinders.. The New York office of the company is at 50 Broad- way, where models and plans of all descriptions are kept at hand for the convenience of their patrons. —2——————— $a aa Messrs. DeGrauw-Aymar & Co., manufacturers of flags, 34-35 South street, New York, have issued a very neat booklet of flags in colors including the flags of all na- tions, international code of signals, weather signals, also yacht club and private signals, all of which go to make up a most attractive item in trade literature. This calls to our attention the notice that the work is only issued for the trade, a proviso which we understand to mean that it is not for general or indiscriminate circulation, but t strictly for their patrons in the flag and bunting indus- try. Our New York friends are to be congratulated on their taste and enterprise in offering to the trade so con- spictious an evidence of their desire to furnish the best in design, quality and workmanship, and on which they stand ready to furnish estimates whenever called for. STE SStnneeendinecsatnecnameeeeeee EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. According to the usual weekly freight report furnished the Marine Record by Messrs. Funch-Edye & Co., New York, it is stated that but few boats have been closed for grain, and the enquiry is by no means brisk, the mar- ket is beginning to feel the effects of a large decrease of tonnage which has until recently been offering so freely. Although we do not believe that freights for later months will appreciate, it appears likely that the effect of this state of affairs will result in an advance of rates hitherto ruling for June and July to figures approximating, if not reaching, the price for August boats, viz.; 2s 9d@3s to Cork f. 0. b. Berth freights should likewise show a.mod- erate advance in the near future, from which outside large tonnage is bound to profit. On the other hand, the demand for timber boats from the Gulf ports has fallen off very considerably, and there is little inquiry for deals for prompt shipment from the Provinces. The difference in the respective views of shippers and owners for berth business to the far East is narrowing down, but at the moment the require- ment for case oil in that direction appears dor- mant. Our market for sail tonnage remains un- changed since: our last report, and we have nothing of particular in- terest-to mention. Fix- tures have been com- paratively few on ac- count of the continued want of suitable ves- sels, but rates remain firm and prospects fair. —— MARITIME LAW. THE WAVERLY, (District Court, E, D, Wisconsin, January II, 1897.) Salvage — Extent Risk—State of Weather. The extent of the risk assumed in undertaking to tow a disabled vessel is not to be gauged by the results alone; and the fact that the towing line was speedily taken, and that no mishap occurred, is entitled to consideration only so far as it tends to show the state of the wind and sea. of Same—Compensation. Fifteen hundred dollars allowed, upon a valuation of $67,000, to a steamer and cargo, worth $75,000, which, in threatening weather, at some risk, took in tow and brought to port a disabled propeller found in Lake Michigan, some 20 miles from the west shore, off the port of Mil- waukee. This was a libel by the North Michigan Transportation Co., owners of the propeller Charlevoix, against the pro- peller Waverly, to recover salvage for the services of the Charlevoix in taking in tow and conveying into port the Waverly, which was found disabled in Lake Michi- gan. Markham, Nickerson & Harper, for libelant. Schuyler & Kremer, for claimant. Seaman, District Judge. There is no material conflict upon the determining facts in this case, aside from the allegation of the distance of the Waverly from Chicago, and from the west shore, when picked up by the Charle- voix; and in that regard I find no practical difficulty, as both the course of the Waverly prior to the accident, and the time occupied by the tow in approaching the west shore, concur in placing the location approximately 20 miles off that shore; and, from the course taken and the lights sighted after the tow commenced, it is appar- ent that the start was from a point about east of the port of Milwaukee. The Waverly was a freight steamer, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE IT),