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Kk eK * CHICAGO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. At Miller Bros.’ the steamer H. R. James and M. F. Dut- ters were in dock for bottom calking. Captain Henry Bundy has sold his steam yacht Glad Tid- ings to a syndicate of Chicago yachtsmen. The Rutland line steamers Gov. Smith, Capt. W. 5. Shay and F.H. Prince, Capt. Kiah, left here for Ogdensburg Monday night, Dec. 4th. The tug Harry Lydon wasin the Dunham Towing and Wrecking Co.’s floating dock for re-ironing, the tug J. H. Hackley is in for repairs, calking and ironing. The first winter meeting of the Chicago branch 3 of the Shipmasters’ Association will be held Wednesday, Dec. 13th, at 3 p. m., at their hall, at the Le Grand Hotel, Wells street. The steamer Holden loaded 350,000 bushels of oats and left here for Buffalo, Sunday night. This is the largest number of bushels of grain ever carried out of this port in one cargo. The Chicago branch of the Shipmasters’ Association will give their eighth annual reception and ball on Thursday evening, January 11th, 1900, at the Medinah Hall, corner 5th avenue and Jackson block. The new tug built by Burger & Burger, shipbuilders, Man- itowoc, for Capts. Peter Barry and Joe Lamoreaux, was launched Wednesday, Nov. 29th. She will arrive here in about two weeks. The dimensions of the tug were given in a former issue. : On her last trip the steamer Soo City of the Holland and Chicago line brought in 500 barrels of the first beet sugar ever turned out by the factory at Holland, Mich. ‘The beets were grown in the immediate vicinity of Holland and off down the country towards Saugatuck. It’s all off here now with grain cargoes since Tuesday night. The Majestic was the last boat to have her cargo covered, and it is not likely that any more business will be done until next season. Reports from the Straits still show that navigation is open, but insurance on cargoes is not pro- curable. Capt. Hargraves, of the schooner John Kelderhouse, was called home to Detroit, on his arrival here last week, by a message informing him of the death of his son, who was killed by falling from the mast to the deck of the steamer John Emory Owen. The laying up of the schooner was left to Capt. Dennis. J. B. Bates & Co., shipbuilders, have recently purchased the office and shop of the Marinette Barge line, adjoining their old quarters at 22nd and Sangamon streets. They are “making preparations for a large job of winter repairing. The steamer Gogebic is at their yard receiving new floor, new deck forward and new planking on bow. _ The steamer Geo. N. Orr, with package freight and grain left here last week on her initial trip with the Canada-Atlan- tic line. The Geo. N. Orr came into possession of the com- _ pany Nov. 1, while the Arthur Orr, which was bought at the "same time, was surrendered to the new owners Oct. 1. The latter vessel is now carrying wheat from Fort William. ‘The schooner D. R. Martin, one of the consorts of the - steamer H. Luela Worthington, which went ashore at Long _ Point last week, has been released and towed to Alpena. The schooner loaded ties at Black river and was in tow of the tug Westcott bound for Alpena, when she went ashore -inafog.) The Worthington and her consort Wilbur arrived here Monday night from Alpena. Many vesselmen visiting this port will be sorry to hear that Mrs. Bridget Burns has passed away this week. She is survived by five children, all of Chicago, Wm. J. and Nicho- las F. Burns, Mrs. J. F. Kearns, Mrs. Lizzie Plantz, and Mrs. J. W. Finn. Mrs. Burns held considerable property on the river, and for over forty years she carried her hold- ings in a skilfuland business-like manner. Mr. N. T. Burns ‘now carries on the business of his lately deceased mother. 5 It would make eastern firms fairly burst with envy to _ witness the Armour annual calendar for this year. Admiral - Dewey as a frontispiece in gold, bronze and colors is simply a masterpiece of the printer’s art. The pages following show the man and the girl, and the coming admiral behind the gun, all highly and elegantly colored. The girl, behind the man picture is beyond comparison, but the ‘‘coming ad- aes is not only superb but ‘indescribable as a two year old. The Goodrich Co.’s steamer Atlanta, Capt. D.M. Cochrane, has been taken off the Chicago, Grand Haven and Muskegon route for this season. By the addition of the Atlanta to the west shore fleet the company will have five steamers running delivering it at Depot Harbor. THE MARINE RECORD. DECEMBER 7, I to Milwaukee and all points north all winter. In addition to the daily 8 p.m. boat every day in the year, there will also bea daily, except Snnday, boat to Manitowoc, a boat once a week to Sturgeon Bay and twice a week to: Kewaunee and Algoma. The Iowa, Indiana, Atlanta, Racine and Georgia will cover the all-winter schedule. The steamer John Plankinton is at the elevator ready to load grain for Buffalo, having reached there just before the expiration of insurance. It has not yet been decided whether the steamer will be sent down this fall or load the grain and hold it here until spring. So far as could be learned this is the last charter of the season with the exception of line boats yet to go. The Chemung will close the Union line business Saturday, and the Author Orr will take the last cargo of the Canadian Atlantic line the same day, returning here after The last boat for the Le- high Valley is scheduled for next Tuesday. Five steamers of the Menominee line, which have been under charter for two years to the Canada-Atlantic railroad, are now being returned to their new owner, the National Steel Co. The Grecian left Escanaba with a cargo of ore at 6 o’clock Friday morning, the Roman left here Friday night to load iron ore ‘at Escanaba, and the Briton left Gladstone Friday, for Buffalo, with a cargo of package freight. The German, which is bound from Duluth to Depot Harbor, will return to Escanaba. The Saxon, bound to Depot Harbor with general merchandise, may go back to Escanaba or go to Lake Erie direct. The charter was for two years, and called for the delivery of the boats on Lake Erie at the end of the season. The International Seamen’s Union began a convention at local seamen’s union headquarters yesterday. The meeting will last the full week. National legislation will have a day to itself. ‘Ihe so-called Hanna-Payne shipping bill will be taken up and other matters relating more directly to the conditions and welfare of the sailors themselves. The meet- ing is held at 122 North Desplaines street. Delegates were present as follows: Atlantic coast, 4; Pacific coast, 4; Great Lakes, 4; Gulf of Mexico, 1; British Columbia, 1. The lake delegates were: William Penje, H Lindholtz, Chicago; M. Michelson, George Pearson, Milwaukee. Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco presided, and William H. Frazier was secretary. Committee chairmen were chosen yesterday. Saturday night the Chicago seamen’s union will give a ball in honor of the national delegates at Aurora Hall, Milwaukee Ave. and Huron St. ULUTH—SUPERIOR. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Shipments of iron ore from Marquette this season amounted to 2,720,000 tons, nearly 500,000 tons more than last year. The Collingwood citizens will grant a bonus of $50,000 to the promoters of the new shipyard to be built there. Capt. Alex. McDougall, of Duluth, and Messrs. Thomas and J. J. ._ Long and Charles Cameron are the leading men in the project. Whitney Bros., of West Superior, began driving piles at Houghton this week for the new merchandise wharf of the Calumet & Hecla Co., at Lake Linden. The dock will be 40 feet wide and 1,500 feet long, beginning at the coal dock and stretching toward the smelters at South Lake Linden. The Duluth, Masabe & Northern Railroad will build a new ore dock this winter, making three in their outfit. It is stated that the dock will be the largest on the lakes, and make Duluth’s storage capacity greater than any other port. The work will be done by the Barnett-Record Company, of Minneapolis, and will be started at once. Capt. Inman has designed a freight steamer capable of navigating the lakes throughout the winter season. The principal departure from the ordinary hull construction is in a ram bow, to cut under and through the ice, instead of the presént style of a sloping fore foot so that the vessel’s bow raises on top, allowing her weight and pressure to break down the ice. The modelis also adapted for the cargo trade throughont the season of navigation, her general hull dimensions being given as 500 feet in length and 50 feet beam. Shipments of ore have ceaséd from the Duluth docks of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern road, with a total for the year of 3,300,000 gross tons, which is against a total of 2,635,000 tons last year. The Eastern Minnesota is still shipping and will have a total of about 890,000 tons. This road shipped only 550,000 tons last year. The Duluth & Iron Range has passed a total of 3,900,000 tons and is ship- ping almost as actively as ever. It is intended bythe com- pany to carry on business until as near January 1 as possible, and its total may be 4,300,000 tons. This will mean Min- nesota ore shipments of 8,400,000 tons. i ‘Lumber shipping by lake from the Duluth-Superior docks has ceased for the season. According to the custom house reports on the shipment of lumber an aggregate of 393,460,- 750 feet has been sent forward this year. The aggregate shipments for last year were 337,072,000 feet, showing a gain for this year of 56,474,000 feet. Including the all rail ship- ments of lumber from Duluth the total shipments will be considerably in excess of 400,000,000 feet. Two Harbors shipped 21,088,000 feet of lumber this year, which is consid- erably more than was ever forwarded before in any one sea- son. This brings the lumber shipments from the head of the lakes up to a total of 414,557,750 feet. The rail ship- ments during the year will easily bring the total amount up to 425,000,000 feet. “can hold wheat as well as any elevator. BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The Selwyn Eddy loaded here on Wednesday what is said to be the last coal cargo of the season but no doubt a few more loads will clear if the weather holds as it is. The steamer W. H. Gratwick will be placed in dry dock and damage received through grounding in Niagara river made good. ‘This, of course, will end her season’s work. _ The large steamer W. D. Rees, of the Wilson Transit Line, arrived here Wednesday with a cargo of flaxseed and grounded in the creek before reaching the elevator, partl blockading traffic. a The Bessemer boats are chartered to carry and hold for winter storage here about 14 million bushels of Duluth © wheat. These big scows are good floating warehouses and Coal shipments from this port up to December Ist exceeded — those of last year by over 288,000 tons. The heaviest ship-— ments from this port were made in 1892, when 2,852,330 tons were exported. Up to date this year the shipments compared with 1892, are about 100,000 tons less. Several cargoes of coal will leave here this week without 2 being insured. When owners risk the hull, underwriters — ought to take a chance on cargoes. A broker told me yester- — day that if owners would get together and cover some of — their own risks profits would be found and navigation pro- longed, or rather, that one factor would give the other result. The Sherwin-Williams Co., 100 Canal street, Cleveland, write the Buffalo Forge Co. as follows: ‘‘We have your favor of the 20th inst. asking about our heating system. We desire to say that the heating system installed by you last year was quite satisfactory. Weare also running it during the summer, not so much for cooling as to get circulation of air through our basement, with entire success.” The Merchants’ Exchange points out the lack of harbor facilities for modern lake commerce. Edward Smith, Charles Brunn, Capt. J. J. H. Brown, C. H. Keep, R. R. . Hefford, Maj. Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, U.S. A., and many vesselmen agree that improvements are badly needed, and steps should be taken as soon as possible ~ to carry them out. Mayor Diehl is in full accord with the ~ views presented by the marine community. es The total appropriations asked for on account of river and harbor improvements under the continuing contracts system is $15,582,026, an increase of nearly $10,000,000 above present appropriation. Under the Missouri River Commission ~ $1,000,000 is asked for, and under the Mississippi River Commission $3,000,000; Buffalo harbor, $116,661; Buffalo entrance to Erie basin and Black Rock harbor, $198,113; = Dunkirk harbor, $20,000; Tonawanda and Niagara river, $100,000; for a small light at Youngstown, $2,000; Wilson harbor, $2,500. z Lieut. Robert L. Russell, U. S. N., who, since the middle — of September, has been in charge of the naval recruiting office here has been ordered to remove to Cleveland, and the recruiting station will be closed on Dec. 8. Since opening the station in Buffalo, Lieut. Russell has enlisted 270 men. In view of the fact that so many new ships are building for the government, the Lieutenant thinks that the chance of promotion for recruits is very good. His standard of men has been very high, and he has been complimented on the splendid showing made by the men who have been senton — from this port. The Montreal harbor commission held two long private sessions on Wednesday. The Hon. J. Israel Tarte, minister of public works, was present and the commission discussed further the Harcourt-Conners syndicate’s elevator proposal. After the meeting the Hon. Richard Harcourt, W. J. Conners of Buffalo and H. D. Goulder, Esq., of Cleveland, hada ~— conference with the commission. When this was finished — it was announced that the basis of an agreement had been reached between the commission and the syndicate’s repre- sentatives. Itis in effect what has been stated already as ~ embodied in the clauses of the syndicate’s offer. An im- portant penalty clause was added. ‘The clause provides specifically that if the syndicate does not bring to the port of Montreal in three years the volume of trade guaranteed it forfeits all its property; that is, 25,000,000 bushels are guaran- teed for 1900, 35,000,000 bushels for 1901 and 35,000,000 for 1902 and the same each season thereafter. That is the mini- mum. Therefore, if the syndicate has not brought 95,000,- — ooo bushels of grain to Montreal in three years over and ~ above the present trade and the natural increase, it forfeits Bee its property, elevators, etc. as eo oo DETROIT. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The Progress and W. D. Rees, both bound down, had a — slight brush at Lime Kiln Crossing, on Monday, but there. was no collision damage so far as learned. Great credit is due Col. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers, — U.S. A., for the well-advised, prompt and vigorous manner in which he raised the blockade at the St. Clair Flats canal, caused by the grounding of the Fritz. It is reported that the Craig Ship Building Co., Toledo, is” closely figuring on, if not already contracted, to build a — large passenger steamer for the Lake Michigan trade, also — Lea other new work is about being closed for the Toledo yard,