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ie JULY 13, 1899. THE MARINE RECORD. 7 ag asso a ra ero ocean ee TE en THT a AS Jak CLEVELAND. _ Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. : The Standard Contracting Co. has chartered the tug C. E. _ Benham for the season. ot The iron ore shipments from Ashland, Wis., this season _ are already reaching close up to the million ton mark. Capt. Dunham, of Chicago, was here this week and stated ___that negotiations were still pending for the sale of his large fleet of tugs. Another body picked up after the loss of the Margaret Olwill has been identified as that of Frank Hipp, late watchman of the Olwill. ___ General Manager D. E. Ford of the Superior Ship Build- - ing Co., was in the city this week on business relating to the two large steel tow barges to be built at Superior, Wis. Mr. Herman, G. P. and F. A. of the C. & B. Line, who has been under the weather for some time, is again to windward and attending to business with his ac- customed briskness and energy. _ Capt. George McLeod, wrecking master for the insurance firm of Smith, Davis & Co., Buffalo, was here this week to hold a survey on the steamer Sequin after he released her from her stranded position near Ashtabula. Dredging is the order of the day at this port and three , powetful ‘‘mud catchers’’ are at work. There is to be no _ more groundings and vessels are to be given every facility, _ including dispatch, as well in entering as in leaving port. Material for the construction of the fleet of 500 foot steel _ steamers is now being received at Lorain. There must have been some figuring ahead with the mills and furnaces when the American Ship Building Co. can secure material, while _ others are seeking for it in ton lots. ___ The dry dock at the yards of the Craig Ship Building Co., Toledo, is to be lengthened to 550 feet. The contract for _ excavation, etc., has been awarded to Geo. H. Breyman & Bros’. The Toledo yard has not yet been included in the plants managed by the American Ship Building Co. The Times, Lorain, Ohio, always on the lookout for the best interests of that port, pertinently suggests the establish- ment of a life-saving station at, or adjacent to Lorain. The ~ loss of several lives through the foundering of the Olwill has brought this question prominently before the citizens of that thriving neighboring port. _ The steamer Mae, recently launched at Craig’s shipyard, will take a cargo of corn to Kingston, and thence to New York, at which place her owners will take charge of her. The new steamer Porto Rico, now building at Craig’s ship- yard, will be ready to leave for the sea-coast some time dur- ing the coming fall. ‘ The Great Lakes Towing Co., with an authorized capital "of $5,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton, N. J., todoa towing, wrecking and salvage business on the Great Lakes. Of the capital stock one-half is to be preferred; paying 7 per cent. non-cumulative dividends annually, beginning Feb. _ I, Ig00. The incorporators were nominally Jersey City men. The schooner Sophia Minch, in spite of her age, is too _ good a vessel to leave her bones on the beach at Ashtabula. _ She has always been well kept up and was a favorite vessel - of the late Capt. Minch, besides she is still on her first let- ter. Likely she will change hands, be jacked up, floated and - repaired, she would make a good barge for the Tonawanda _ shoal water trade. _. There are labor troubles again at the Conneaut ore docks. _ It appears that an assistant disputed the authority of Capt. E. Day, who has been a superintendent of ore docks for two or three generations. A matter of new blood, over-riding the old, whether it is right or wrong the labor bosses resent- ed the change, others joined in sympathy. It is said that Capt. Day has resigned his position. - Wm. S. Mack, manager Boutelle Towing Co., Boston, Mass., visited Cleveland again this week and stated that he is under the impression that there will be plenty of lucrative business for this lake-coast towing company as soon as they _ getin fair working order. The tug Sweepstakes sent to the coast will be under repairs until the end of the month, at which time the tug Peter Smith will be ready to leave - the lakes for coast service. ' The Anchor Line steamer, China, had a slight brush with the end of the breakwater when coming into port on Tues- - day, but beyond giving her passengers a little flurry, no _ damage was done. The Anchor Jjne is a great favorite ith passengers, those who have traveled speak well of the line, and induce others to take the trip. For a Lake Superior cruise people require to book well ahead if they ‘want to travel on the fine, steady old Anchor Liners. “had the pleasure of meeting on Friday last Mr. Archi- bald Denny of the well known shipbuilding firm of Denny Bros., Dumbarton, Scotland. Mr. Denny was taken under convoy while here by former acquaintances and friends, cluding Mr. Robert Logan, naval architect and consult- ng engineer, Mr. James Wallace and Mr. R. L. Newman, of the American Ship Building Co., Mr. Richardson, of the Sherwin & Williams Paint Co., and other representative men in the marine line of business. Mr. Denny spoke very highly. of the shipbuilding plant at Lorain, the works of the Walker nufacturing Co.,Cleveland City Forge, the Brown Hoisting d Conveying Machine Co., and the Sherwin & Williams at Works, as well as other important industries to which courtesy of inspection was freely offered him. —) Clark, George, bge. 134. The schooner George H, Warmington and the Canadian Steamer Sequin ashore near Ashtabula since Sunday last were released and towed to this port for dry docking, sur- vey and final repairs. The schooner Sophia Minch whieh stranded at the same time has been stripped as far as pos- sible and it is now thought will be abandoned as a total loss: The Minch, 635 gross tons, was built at Vermillion, O., in 1873, she was still on her first letter, A2% and valued for insurance purposes at $8,000. Malitoa and not Texas will be the name of the steel steamer that is to be launched from the Lorain yards of the Ameri- can Ship Building Co., in August, for the Minnesota Steam- ship Co., which is represented by Pickands, Mather & Co. This is one of the two steamers bought while on the stocks from A. B. Wolvin and others. ‘The other vessel, the Penn- sylvania, retains the name given her before she was bought over. Malitoa corresponds with the names of all other vessels of the the Minnesota line, which begin with M. and end with a. Col, Jared A. Smith, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, in charge of the conservancy and improvement of rivers and harbors within this district, says that he had ordered a goy- ernment dredge at Toledo to proceed to Sandusky and be- gin operations as soon as it can leave drydock. The con- tract for the dredging there provided that the work begin July 15, but unfortunately E. J. Pryor, who had the job, died at Houghton, Mich., July 4, and some delay will result due to the formality of notifying his bondsmen, they being required to carry out the contract. I suggested last month that the Eureka built at the Lorain yards of the American Ship Building Co., for Messrs. Hawgood, and others of this port, might as well have ap- plied for and been given signal letters at the time that her official number was granted, as it is the intention to take her to the coast for winter work. The Mae built by the Craig Ship Building Co., at Toledo for the Porto Rico Steam- ship Co.,(Messrs. Miller, Bull and Knowlton )has had her sig- nal letters granted. I mention this because it is not the custom to grant signal letters to lake vessels, but it is an essential for coast and ocean service. The work of making a biological survey of Lake Brie un- der the auspices of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, which was begun last year, will be continued during the coming summer. It will be in able hands, its scope broad, and much interesting information should be obtained and possibly much practical good achieved. ‘The party will consist of Professor Jacob Reighard, of the Univer- sity of Michigan, as director; Professor H. B. Ward, of the University of Nebraska; Dr. H. S. Jennings, of Dartmouth College; Dr. Julia B. Snow, of the University of Michigan; R. H. Pond, and a number of assistants. The station from which the survey will be made is at Put-in-Bay. The work contemplates, besides special research, a study of the fauna and flora of Lake Erie. Some of the special problems that it is hoped to solve are the growth of fishes, the food of young fishes reared from eggs, and the source of food of cer- tain aquatic insects and other invertebrates. Two cranes are under construction at the works of the Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machine Co., at this port for the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, and one has been placed in operation. It is driven by a single electric moter of about 150 H. P., of the Elwell Parker type, and built at their works in this city. The crane is mounted on a steel trestle, which runs alongside the ship under construction. The travel of the crane along this trestle is 725 ft., and the underside of the cantilever is 92 ft. from the ground. Its lifting capacity is 15 tons at 60 ft. out on either arm, and five tons at 95 ft. The total length of the cantilever arms in'all is 202 ft. The gauge of the track along which the crane runs is 20 ft., and the crane has a speed up and down the trestle of from 500 to 700 ft., per minute against the wind. It hoists its maximum ‘load 125 ft. per minute, or five tons 350 ft. per minute, or I,000 pounds 700 ft. per minute, and the trolley can travel along the cantilevers at 800 ft. to 1,000 ft. per minute. It covers two battleships. At present there is on its right side a 13,000-ton battleship for the Russian Government, and on the left side is the new battleship Maine. ee LETTERS AT DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE. JULY 12, 1899. To get any of these letters, addressees or their authorized agents will apply at the general delivery window or write to the postmaster at Detroit, calling for ‘‘advertised’’ imatter, giving the date of this list and paying one cent. Advertised matter is previously held one week awaiting delivery. It is held two weeks before it goes to the Dead Letter Office at Washington, D. C. Granville, Fred. Gibson Everett, str. Bessemer. Glass, Jos. H., str. Nimick. Henderson, Robert. Highes, Claude, str. City of Naples. Jones, Wm., str. A. Laura. Kelly, John, str. Lagonda. Kirstere, Paul, str. Troy. McKenzie, Geo. R., str. America. Rickett, Ed., str. Cherokee. Smith, Chas., str. Uganda. Augustine, Horatio, str. Fitzgerald. Anderson, William, str. Cherokee. Brown, Thomas. Bishop, Geo., bge. Halloran, Buck, Lewis, str. Sam Mitchell. Drew, Angus, bge. Halleron. Diem, Arthur C., str. Peshtigo. Disseau, Frank, str. Marquette. FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. Ten of the largest. vessels in the world, representing a total tonnage of 100,000 tons, are’ now being built or over- hauled at Belfast, Ireland. John Stevenson has chartered the Fostoria and Jupiter to carry cedar from Escanaba to Detroit at $1.75, which is an advance of 25 cents per cord. The total expenses of the steamer Gaspesia for her winter’s drifting in the ice of the Gulf of St. Lawrence will form an interesting record, the items so far known, including $12,- 500 salvage for the steamer Kite and about $12,000, wages to the crew, for which they libeled the ship at St. John’s Newfoundland. “lave you all you want for your trip?’ enquired the offi- cial. ‘‘Yes,’’ answered the captain of the warship, hesita- tingly; ‘‘that is allI ought to expect.’ ‘What is there that you would like?’ ‘Well, to tell thetruth, I think I would like to have a few stenographers posted about the ship so as to have official and verbatim reports of any con- versations which may occur.’’—Washington Star. The United States Attorney-General, has 22 claims against the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique for loss sustained by the sinking of the Bourgogne under consideration and he says that the recent decision in the French courts in the case of similar claims is important. ‘The decision estab- lishes the fact that the French law is similar to the Amer- ican law which is necessary to give the claimants ground for action in the United States. While excavating a channel in connection with some dock extensions at Dunkirk, there was found buried under the sand an ancient man-of-war. It is believed to be one of the ships which composed the Spanish Armada which was en- gaged in the final battle off Gravelines in 1588. A number of Spanish ships are known to have been driven ashore and wrecked upon the coast between Calais and Dunkirk, Three old cannon have been recovered from the wreck at Dunkirk so far. Speaking of exhibition mermaids, a correspondent of the London Telegraph says: ‘It may not be generally known that Japan exports these shams in assorted sizes, in glass cases, at so much a footrun. They are made of the body of a fish and the dried head of a- monkey, so skillfully united that it is difficult to detect where one begins and the other ends. Oflate the market for mermaids has been flat; at one time they were fairly common in the curios- ity shops. Much interest has been taken in English shipping and naval circles in the new torpedo boat destroyer, Viper, which is shortly to be launched on the-Tyne, she is to’ be fitted with Parsons’ turbine system and is expected to have a speed of 43 miles an hour. the turbine system is inapplicable to ocean liners owing to the quantity of coal necessary, but experiments are being made which, it is hoped, may result in rendering possible the application of the system to ocean steamships. In that case the Atlantic will be crossed in three or four days. It seems quite simple and natural like to name the spars of a four masted ship, as the fore, main, mizzen and jigger, giving the yards, sails, running gear etc., after the names of the masts. A difficulty seems to crop up though in naming the after stick and canvas carried by a five masted schooner, several of which are now building. The sail on the after jigger mast might be called—a ringtail chaser, poop disturber, a quarter lever, which might be abbreviated to mean the old man’s necktie, collar or dido. Like to know what they will call it anyway; everything must haye a rec- ognized name, even to a bonnet, earings or save-all. A bottle was picked up a few days ago on the beach of Park Point, Duluth entrance, by C. O. Rosen containing a message saying that the writer had drowned himself in the lake off Two Harbors. It is signed by Fred Kenka, 417 Sharp street, New Orleans, La. The note is dated Lake Superior, June 15, 1898, and says that he is tired of life. The note also says that the writer’s trunk is at the Com- mercial hotel, Two Harbors. According to the date on the note, the bottle has been floating in the lake for over a year. The message is written on a piece of paper torn froma memorandum book, in pencil, and evidently written up by an educated man. , During the recent hot spella Washington housekeeper made her mid-week pilgrimage to the Center market, and, of course, everybody, sellers and buyers, showed the effects of the intense heat. ‘To one good old colored mammy, sell- ing garden sass, the lady spoke sympathetically about the heat and wound up by saying, ‘‘It is dreadful, isn’t it?” ‘“ Deed ’tis, chile; ’deed ’tis,” chimed in auntie, ‘I tells you dat forty yeahs ago, when de good Lawd made de wed- der, we didn’t have no sich sizzlin’ days as dese; but sence dese here wedder bureau men’s taken to fixin’ it, dey jes’ sends us anything dey likes, an’ dey ain’t skillful, chile, dey ain’t skillful.’’—New York Sun. The Inland Ocean, Superior, Wis., says that the officials of the Superior Ship Building Company have again been compelled to deny the reports that they would construct no more vessels at that place. General Manager D. E. Ford states that the material for two steel barges, duplicates of the new John Smeaton, the largest cargo carrier upon the lakes, has been ordered and that work will commence about July 20th. It is the intention to build the two barges together, one being situated on each side of the big crane. The boats are to be duplicates of the John-Smeaton and the force of men that will be required will probably be upwards of twice as large as the crew that was employed last winter on that barge. At present it is thought | that,