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THE MARINE RECORD. CHICAGO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The schooner D. R. Martin, Capt. Wm. Chamberlain, was dismasted by collision with the Metropolitan L bridge on Saturday afternoon. Prof. Cleveland Abbe, of the United States Weather Bureau, ‘Washington, speaking of the estimated 10,000 cubic feet a second as the probable outflow of the Chicago drainage - canal, says the general effect on Lakes Huron and Michigan will be to increase the present outflow to about 70 instead of 67 inches annually. Joseph Berlyheim, the well known and popular general passenger agent of the L. M. & L. S. Trans. Co., will com- _ plete his twenty-fifth anniversary in marine service this sea- son. He has been with the lL. M. & L. S. Trans. Co. twenty- - three years, and their general passenger agent since 1880, and has made a great record in building up the company’s passenger business. _ he tugs and other property of the Dunham Towing & - Wrecking Co., and Barry Brothers’ Independent Tug Line, _ which are to go into the Great Lakes Towing Co., were in- spected last week by Capt. James Davidson, shipbuilder, West Bay City; T. F. Newman and W. A. Collier, of Cleve- land, who were accompanied by Harvey D. Goulder, Esq., admiralty lawyer, also of Cleveland, who was to draw up the consolidated agreements. The marine hospital service in its last report publishes a statement made by H. F. Otto, chief engineer on a Lake Michigan steamer, expressing the opinion that the lake steamers often take aboard water for drinking purposes from the Chicago river owing to inattention to ther pumps. Surgeon Sawtelle of the hospital service, commenting upon the report, says that much of the enteric fever reported from the Chicago branch of the service is due to this cause. The United States revenue cutter Fessenden collided with the car ferry Pere Marquette last week in the straight cut at Milwaukee. ‘The Fessenden was coming in from the lake where she had been anchored. ~ No one was injured by the collision, although it looked as if the Fessenden was going to be badly damaged. As it was, one of her wheel boxes was only slightly injured. The car ferry should keep away from revenue cutters, nor should the Fessenden try to run down a peaceable trader when going about her own busi- ness attending to nobody. The steamer Sachem formerly owned by Ed. Ayers of this city is not having such good fortune since she was bought by Toledo owners. The same master is on her and she is stillin the lumber trade, or was, and will be again after her collision damage is fixed up and her stem straight- ened. It is rather strange that a master should have so marked a success in keeping clear of trouble for lo these many years and then on a change of trade run butt into, lumber, I was going to say, but she has nearly always been loaded with that, more or less, so I’ll just make a clean collision case of it. Lyman E. Cooley, American vice-president of the Inter- ee national Deep Waterways Association, says that a party of set officials of the association and a dozen or more representa- ae tive citizens who are interested in the deep waterways move- g “ment, will probably be organized for a trip to Canada in August, to see the opening of the Soulanges canal. The new canal is the last link in the chain of improvements that the Canadian government has been making along the St. Lawrence for a number of years. As soon as it is opened, boats drawing 14 feet of water or less can pass freely from the ocean to the Great Lakes and vice versa. This change, according to Mr. Cooley, who has studied the transportation problems of the country for many years, will have a far- reaching effect on commerce. Four of the officers of the waterways association are Chicago men. : ——— ee FOLLOWING is a list of the naval and merchant steamers which the William Cramp & Sons Ships & Engine Building Co,, Philadelphia, now have on their books: Battleship Ala- ’ bama, U. S., 11,500 tons; battleship Maine, U. S. 13,500 tons; battleship Retvizan, Russia, 12,875 tons; cruiser Var- eee aig, Russia, 7,054 tons; steamships (not named) 2 for the International Navigation Co., 12,000 tons each; steamships Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura, for the Oceanic Steamship Co., 9,690 each; steamship for the Plant System, 6,920 tons; two steamships for the Ward Line, 5,000 tons. Total, 114,919 tons. The three steamers for the Oceanic Line are for the trade between San Francisco, Cal., and Sydney, Australia. This route can hardly be considered as a coastal one, not- ‘withstanding the inference has been given out that the greater part of the vessels now building are not intended for the foreign trade. Bat SE" PRET S ESS SI RE LR EEE, S ‘ laid up at his home here. DETROIT. : Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Repairs and alterations on the steamer St. Paul will be completed at the Orleans street yard of the Detroit Ship Building Co., some time this week. S. F. Hodge & Co. shipped a new propeller wheel to - Cleveland this week, to be placed on the E. W. Oglebay, which lost her screw on Lake Superior last week. River Queen is the name B. W. Parker says he will sug- est for the new steamer building at the Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Ship Building Co. for the White Star Line. Capt. George McCullough, of the State of Michigan, is Capt. George Doner is in com- mand of the Michigan during Captain McCullough’s illness. The Parker Chartering Co. has purchased the barge Lyman Casey from the Morrison estate. She will be used in the coal trade and is now being fitted out at Marine City. She carries 700 tons. The steamer Kearsarge had a narrow escape from ground- ing, if nothing worse, last Sunday. When entering the river at Port Huron her steering gear became disabled and the tug Mason got holdin time to prevent her drifting ashore. The Detroit Ship Building Company, late the Detroit Dry Dock Company, passed into direct control of the shipyard combine July rst, the beginning of the fiscal year, with the following officers: President, Alex. McVittie; vice-presi- dent, W. C. McMillan; secretary and treasurer, M. E. Farr; consulting and designing engineer, F. E. Kirby; general superintendent, C. B. Calder. Last week the Central Lumber Co., Saginaw, received a raft from Georgian Bay containing 4,500,000 feet, and the firm expects another raft this week. Large quantities of lum- ber are coming over from Canada and upper Michigan, and a few million feet from Green Bay, but the lake shipments are smaller than ever before. Local buyers take all the mills manufacture and buy largely outside. The Navy Department has placed the Michigan at the disposal of the state from July 20to 28 inclusive, for the in- struction of the naval brigade and Adjt.-Gen. Case has just issued an order for the first battalion to takea practice cruise. The commanding officer of the brigade is ordered to assemble the battalion on board the Yantic—which vessel is to accom- pany the Michigan—at this city on the morning of July 20. The Carmona has left the drydock and resumed her regu- lar trips on Tuesday. Repairs to the St. Paul will be com- pleted by Saturday, and the John F. Eddy, which has been undergoing repairs at the lower dock for the past eight weeks will also be finished the latter part of the week. The F. H. Prince arrived on Monday for a new spar and the J. Emory Owen will come in later to have her topmasts taken off. It is stated that the small passenger steamer Unique is to be put in service again after being in limbo at Sarnia, Ont., on account of her debts. It is understood that the Frontier Iron Works of this city was one of the heaviest creditors, but an arrangement has been arrived at whereby she comes into the possession of an eastern syndicate. She is being fitted up and painted and will go into the excnrsion trade among the Thousand Islands of the River St. Lawrence and vicinity. Capt. John C. Brown, who lost his life through the found- ering of the steamer Margaret Olwill in Lake. Erie on Thursday morning, was a brother of Wesley Brown, master of the steamer North West, and of George A. Brown, master of the steamer Arrow. Two other brothers are also lake captains. Capt. Brown was born at St. Clair, Mich., 34 years ago. His service on the Olwill covered a period of five seasons William Doyle, one of the lost crew, was a brother-in-law of Capt. Brown. It has been decided that Mr. EK. S. Wheeler, formerly su- perintendent at St. Mary’s Falls canal is to be chief assist- ant to Col. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., with head- quarters in Detroit. While stationed at Sault Ste Marie Mr. Wheeler drew especial attention to the serious problem of maintaining the lake levels and he has probably given more expert thought to this question than any other lake engineer. In his new. position he will be given all opportunity to devote especial attention to the physics of the lakes and it may be confidently expected that much real good to the actual lake interests will grow out of his labors in this direction. Mr. F. B. Dickerson, postmaster, kindly furnishes the in- formation that during the month of June the marine post- office received 46,191 pieces of mail, and delivered 43,467 pieces, which is 33.23 per cent. greater for the month of June this year than for the corresponding month last year. The number of vessels passing during the day time was 1,535, at night 1,606, total, 3,041. The large percentage of in- crease of mail handled is especially notable. It can thus be seen that besides giving excellent and trustworthy facilities for handling marine mail matter, the service is of a statisti- cal nature regarding vessel passages. Mr. Dickerson has well earned the thanks of the majority of those sailing on the lakes, as well as the good will of masters, owners, ship- pers, consignees and others by his expressed determination to make a valuable branch of the postal service out of the river work at this port, had Mr. Dickerson been a whit less positive in his bearing, it is quite possible that the Detroit river marine postal service might have been abandoned, or at least temporarily so, CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. res Joe Toth, while on his way to Toledo on the steamer State of New York, was drowned last Saturday. His © home was on Madison avenue. eae Ensign C. C. Fewel, U. S. N., who is now in charge of the branch hydrographic office at this port, has been promoted to a lieutenancy under the naval personnel bill. The steamer Arrow will give regular weekly excursions from Sandusky to Cleveland every Tuesday during the sea- son. She leaves this port at 4:20 p. m., and Sandusky at 7:30 a, m. W. H. Mack, manager of the Boutelle Towing Co., which was organized to operate a fleet of vessels on the coast, who was on a visit home for a few days, returned to Boston on Wednesday night. The steamer Somerset, 173 tons gross, built at this port in 1854 now hails from New York. Her official number is 116,882. This speaks well for the way that vessels were put together here 45 years ago. Citizens of Houghton, Mich., will present the new Besse- mer line steamer Douglas Houghton, now nearing comple- tion at the Globe works of the American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, with a United States ensign. There is quite a lively little contest in towing at this port, and the two large companies are keeping close watch on a philistine named the Helene. The little craft, running in- dependent, picks up quite a share of business, but it is said that her days are numbered. A meeting of vessel owners was held at Capt. James Cor- rigan’s office, on Friday, June 30, to protest against the re- moval of Donald M. Mackenzie, superintendent of the ‘‘Soo” canal. Suitable resolutions were passed, but it is thought that the political situation will have much to do with his re- tention or dismissal. 2 The dredging of the outer harbor has been commenced, under the direction of U.S. Engineer Jared A. Smith. The fund available for this work is $75,000. Three dredges will be put at work. There has been some little murmuring about the detention on this work, but it will now be thor- oughly done and completed at an early date. eB The connection of Manager T. F. Newman, of the C. & © B. line, with the tug combination interests, seems to occa- sion surprise in some quarters, but it is now learned that he ~ was one of the principal promoters of the combine, along with James H. Hoyt and W. A. Collier. It is also under- — stood that these gentlemen netted a handsome figure for. their services to the consolidation. Capt. E. Rathburn has ‘“‘swallowed the anchor’’ and taken a position ashore with the Tonawanda Iron & Steel — Co., Tonawanda, N. Y. Among the boats which the Cap- tain has handled are the Santa Maria, Jessie Farwell, John — F. Eddy and John Plankinton. His old associates and — shipmates will no doubt be pleased to learn of his getting a_ position ashore and will wish him every success in his work. The Lake Erie & Detroit River railway has issued a folder giving a lot of information concerning the big car ferry Shenango No. 1, which operates in connection with that road between Port Stanley, Port Dover, Ont., and Conneaut, O. The Shenango makes two round trips a week between — Port Stanley and Conneaut, leaving the latter place Mon- days and Fridays at 9 a. m., and arriving at Port Stanley at 4p.m. Wednesdays she leaves Conneaut at 9 a. m. for Port Dover. Rey. J. W. Malcolm, in his address at the funeral of Mrs. Hunt, drowned through the foundering of the steamer Mar- garet Olwill, off Lorain last Thursday, severely censured the owners of the steamer for the loss of life. The handling of — the steamer was left entirely at the discretion of her master, Capt. Brown, and it is thought that the reverend gentleman could not have understood the situation or he would not have made such a statement against the owners of the steamer, who are well known residents of Cleveland. “Mr. Thos. W. Bristow, superintendent of construction at — the Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Dry Dock Co., and the ~ Cleveland Ship Building Co., for twenty years, and who has — for the past year. been in business for himself asa marine — expert, surveyor and consulting shipbuilder, departed for the State of Michigan this week, to engage himself in the © state of matrimony. Mr. Bristow’s friends, and they are legion, will wish for elegant weather to prevail, so that he — may convoy his consort in the pacific paths of pleasantness — throughout the life-long cruise. Capt. Willoughby, of the side-wheel steamer State of Ohio, who first sighted the wreckage of the Margaret Olwill, picked up one castaway and lost the other, is connected by family ties with the Hon. W. J. White, of chewing gum fame. Capt. Ira Mansfield, steamer Sacramento, who passed the scene of the wreck an hour or two later, is also connected through marriage with W. J. White, he launched his yawl boat and picked up three men whom Willoughby didn’t sight. The ex-Congressman can probably get life-saving medals for both masters if he is so disposed. ; SS oo or io THE steel steamer Clarence A. Black, bound from Lake — Superior to Chicago with a cargo of iron ore, ran ashore on Round Island, Straits of Mackinac, on Saturday night. Tugs — bes lighters were immediately dispatched from Sault Ste. — arie.