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Neer LAD teeta THE MARINE RECORD MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. alter Wyman, supervising surgeon-general U. S. Ma- vine Hospital Service, with the approval of O» L. Spauld- , acting secretary of the Treasury, has made the follow- contracts for the care of seamen entitled to relief from he service up till June 30, 1808: Ashland, Wis.—St. Joseph’s Hospital to furnish quarters, ‘subsistence, nursing, medical attendance, and medicines, 87 cents a day; contagious diseases, $1 a day, and to pro- e for the burial of deceased patients, at $9 each. _ Ashtabula, Ohio.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Mrs. Henry Whelpley to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day; contagious diseases, $1.50 a day; Gregory & Burwell to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $11.50 each. _ Buffalo, N. Y.—The medical attendance to be furnished by a medical officer of the Marine Hospital Service; Buf- falo Hospital (Sisters of Charity) to furnish quarters, sub- -sistence, nursing and medicines, at 80 cents a day; con- tagious diseases, at $2 a day; and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $10 each. ne Chicago, Ill—Hospital patients to be cared for in the Se United States Marine Hospital; Bartlett & Co. to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15.50 each. Cincinnati, Ohio.—Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; dispensary at the hos- pital, southeast corner of Third and Kilgour streets; Ed- ward Busse & Co. to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $13 each. Cleveland, Ohio,—Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; Flynn, Abel & Froelk to furnish ambulance service, at $1.50 for each patient, and United States Marine Hospital; out patients to be treated to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $14 each. Detroit, Mich.—Hospital patients to be cared for in the dispensary, No. 90 Griswold street; J. W. Maney & Co. to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $9 each. Duluth, Minn.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; St. Luke’s Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 75 cents a day; John W. Stewart to provide for the burial -_of deceased patients, at $15 each. - Grand Haven, Mich.—Medical attendance by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Anna Farnham to furnish quarters, subsistence and nursing, at $1 a day. James Barns to pro- vid efor the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Erie, Pa—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Hamot Hospital Associa- tion to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medi- cines, at 71 cents a day. Care and treatment of cases of contagious diseases to be furnished by the Health Depart- ment of the city of Erie, at $2.85 a day; V. Heidt to pro- vide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. ‘Escanaba, Mich.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; - Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 86 cents a day. __ Sturgeon Bay, Wis.—The medical attendance te be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon. - Superior, Wis.—The medical attendance to be furnished -by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; St. Mary’s Hospital to - furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 90 cents a day; Patrick O’Reilly to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Ogdensburg, N. Y.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; City Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing and medicines, at $1 a day; the city of Ogdensburg to care for contagious cases, at $3 a day; Nutall & Murphy to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $9.23 each. Oswego, N. Y.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Oswego Hospital to fur- nish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at $1 a day; John F. Dain & Son to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Sandusky, Ohio.—The medical attendance to be fur- -nished by an-Acting Assistant Surgeon; Good Samaritan Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at + $p-acday; and to provide for the. burial of deceased pa- tients, at $15 each. “Port Huron, Mich.—The medical attendance to be fur- ‘-mished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Port Huron Hos- pital and Home to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nurs- Delta County ~ ing, at aS a day; J. W. Kelly to S. for the burial of deceased patient, at $8 each. Manistee, Mich.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Mercy Hospital to fur- nish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 90 cents a day; Switzer & Merkle to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $11 each. Ludington, Mich.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Mrs. H. D. Lins- ley to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 80 cents a day. Toledo, Ohio.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; St. Vincent’s Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 80 cengs a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day, and to pro- vide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; Mrs. Annie Lit- tle to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day; J. Vanderhookto provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Milwaukee, Wis.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; St. Mary’s Hos- pital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medi- cines, at 80 cents a day; George L. Thomas to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $14 each. Marquette, Mich.—The medical attendance to be fur- nished by an Acting Assistant Surgeon; St. Mary’s Hos- pital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medi- cines, at $1 a day, and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. re EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. The anticipated advance of freight for grain cargoes to Cork f. 0. b. from range of ports has taken place, and we can today quote 2s 9d@3s as applicable to this business from date to well into August. Berth freights have like- wise improved, although in less proportion than those for smaller entire cargoes, and large vessels can now obtain from 2s 3d@2s 43d to picked ports. Owing to absence of pressure of open tonnage’on the market, the decline latter- ly prevailing for deal and timber freights has been checked, and these freights have assumed a slightly advancing tend- ency. General business, apart the trades named, has been light, and the enquiry for boats limited; some demand still existing for berth boats to the far East hangs fire, owing to the unyielding attitude of owners of suitable tonnage. This week closes again on a very quite market for sail tonnage, but owing to continued light offerings, rates re- main very firm, and any increased demand could scarcely faill to produce a moderate advance. ee es A LARGE TUG A dispatch from Bay City announces that F. W. Wheeler & Co. have secured a contract for the construction of the largest ocean tug in the world. Brown & Co., of Pitts- burg, are to be the owners. The plans and specifications are being made out at the company’s office in that city, and will be completed in that city, and will be completed in a short time. The tug will be 156 feet long, or eleven feet longer than the ocean which Wheeler & Co. are building for W. G. Wilmot, of New Orleans. The beam, engines, and general specifica- tions for the new craft will be about the same as those of the Wilmot tug, recently illustrated in the columns of the Marine Record, but the hold will be six inches deeper. The new tug will be used in the coast trade about the Gulf of Mexico, and will be constructed sufficiently strong to cross the Atlantic when desired. The measurements of the new boat will make her the largest in the world, with the Wilmot tug the second in size. The keel of the new contract will be laid as soon as suf- ficient material arrives to keep a force of men employed. Wheeler & Co. have already sent orders for the material, and it will begin arriving in about two weeks from the Carnegie Iron Works. With the addition of this contract to the work alreddv at the yard, the plant will soon be in full operation, and a large force of men will find employment for some time. OO oe oe A Legal Dilemma.—“Who own’s the mule?” “Plase yer haner, I owns wan half of ‘im, and Tim Fogarty ewns the other half.’ “Then what’s the trouble?” “It’s just this, yer haner, that Fogarty won’t let his half work.” “Ah, that’s a nice point; I adjourn the court—I must look up the law,” nae Ns “om AN OCEAN EXPERIENCE. The following communication has just been received: Portland, Oregon, June 23, 1897. To the Commercial News, San Francisco.—Dear Sir:— Will you please give in your columns the particulars of the. passage of the Balaklava, from London to,San Francisco — , in 1888? I believe she arrived on June 5, 1888, after a 430- day passage. Thanking you in anticipation, I am, : Yours very truly, JAMES LAIDLAW. From a detailed account published when the vessel ar- rived here, the following extracts are made: The ship ar- rived June 5, 1888, as above stated, and was placed in quar- antine. She was 436 days on the voyage. Sailed from Tilbury dock March 25, 1887, 4 in the after- noon. i Passed Beachy Head Saturday, March 26th, at 10 in the morning. i Tuesday, July 5th—i03 days out; off Cape Horn; heayy gales; weather very cold; several of the crew frost-bitten and unable to work; ship laboring very heavily and lan- yards and iron-work carried away daily. Wednesday, July 27th—124 days out, lat. 47 20 S., lon. 79 W., blowing a hurricane; noon wore ship to SW.; wind West, with a terrible sea. 10 p..m.—The ship was dismasted, the masini dete ing pumps, winches, mast, combings, deck plates and four- teen deck planks, making a great hole in the ship’s deck, — through which a large quantity of water went down into the hold; the ship is settling fast; the heavy weather. con- tinued all night and all day Thursday; heaving cargo over- board and trying to stop hole in the deck, but find it im- possible, and the ship is full of water; the crew are more or less disabled, my own leg being broken. 4p.m., Thursday, July 20th—Launched the lifeboats, in- tending to lay by the ship until she foundered or the gale moderated. ; 5 p. m.—No. 1 lifeboat got adrift with sail-maker and an able-bodied seaman. 5:30 p. m.—No. 2 lifeboatwas scove to pieces and ten men drowned, including the mate, carpenter,-cook and one apprentice, the rest able-bodied seamen; the second mate went mad and one of the sailors has gone wrong in the head; God help us! how will this end? Saturday, July 3oth, 127 days out—Have got hole in the - deck partially stopped; seven feet of water in the ship; heaving cargo overboard and bailing water; crew most contemptible cowards; it is impossible for a man to look at them without feeling the utmost contempt. From Monday, August Ist, to Saturday, August 2oth, the _ ship was drifting about the ocean a complete wreck; crew employed bailing water all the time and heaving cargo overboard to lighten the ship. Saturday, August 25th, lat. 45 S., lon. 76 W., the first fine day we have had since the ship was dismasted; stepped a jury-mast and cast loose from the drift anchor, Sunday and Monday, August 21st and 22d, off Hamline Island; heavy gale from NNW.; had to wear ship and stand to SW.; our sails are now all in rags and pieces, nothing more left except two old spankers and-two jibs, — the remainder having been usd to stop the hole in the deck. i Friday, August 26th, still off Hamline Island and still — blowing a heavy gale. é Saturday, August 27th—Off the Island of Huapo; still blowing a gale, with heavy hail squalls. Sunday, August 28th—Came to anchor in a small bay— an island bearing SE.; distance about twenty-two miles; looking for inhabitants. On the 31st of August found the town of Guillon, where I reported the ship to the captain of the port; was or- dered to engage ten seamen; one interpreter and a pilot and proceed to Ancud; secured a steamr at Chousy, and on September 14th anchored four miles off Ancud. The log then details Capt. Palmer’s trip to Valparaiso and return with a surveyor to fit out the ship; the ship lay at Ancud fitting out until the 26th of January of the pres- ent year, when she sailed for Valparaiso, arriving there on February 5th. Thursday, March 22d, sailed for San Francisco. In his entry of May 25th, he says: “From the toth to the 25th of May we have averaged about ten miles per day; nothing but calms, calms every day; when is this miserable passage to end? surely we are going to have a change soon. The last entry in the log was made as the unfortunate ship entered the harbor, seventy-six days from Valparaiso, and ends with “Thank God!”