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. "4 er #] 3 » 4 by f y : ’ MARCH 22, 1900, CHICAGO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. R. Armstrong, of Detroit, has been in this city sev- eral days. Capt. Andrew Flagstead, of Montague, Mich., was in. Chicago on Tuesday, on business. Capt. Ole Groh et al., of Sheboygan, Wis.,. have sold the: tug Sheboygan to C. Maytham, of Buffalo. The tug Commodore goes into the floating drydock for a new wheel and repairs to her stern bearing. Mrs. J. B. Mullen sold the schooner Emily B. Maxwell to. Capt. Ole Hanson, of Milwaukee, for $7,850. Frank H. Osborne, insurance agent, returned Monday from a successful business trip to London, Eng. R. J. Dunham has resigned his position as assistant secre- tary of the Great Lakes Towing Co. at this port. The only charter reported for some time was one recently of an Anchor line steamer for corn to Erie or Buffalo at 3 cents. D. EK. Linn, formerly with the Dunham Towing Co., and new representing the National Lead Co., of New York, was in this city Monday. Capt. Geo. Tebo intends to start a new fueling dock in Chicago, for the benefit of himself and his friends, not in opposition to the trust. The many friends of Capt. Richard A. Davis (Uncle Dick) well be sorry to hear that the old gentleman has been very sick for the last two months. Capt. Thos. Ledden, of the steamer Sachem, returned last Thursday from a seven weeks trip to Cuba. He went via New Orleans and returned via New York. Johnson & Knudson, ship carpenters, are giving the barge Alice B. Norris new deck beams and entire new deck and hatch coamings and hatches, also a new raised bow. The announcement of thedeaths of Capt. Lyman Hunt, of Buffalo, and Capt. Joseph Nicholson, of Detroit, last week,. was received with much regret by their many friends here. Capt. Thos. P. Dunn, of Milwaukee, and an engineer, left here Sunday night for South Haven, to fit out the steamer City of Grand Rapids, and bring her over here for the Barry Bros,’ Trans. Co. Capt. John S. McNeil, of the steamer Thos. Cranage, left. here Monday for West Baden, where he will recuperate for two weeks. Hesuperintended the repairs and had the Cranage loaded before going away. Capt. S. Davidson and Engs. Harry O’Hara and John Cleghorn commenced Monday fitting out the steamer Mabel Bradshaw, at Holland, Mich., for her new owners the Chi- cago & Muskegon Trans. Co., of Chicago. The Graham & Morton Trans. Co.’s steamer City of Lonis- ville, which left here last Thursday night, got jammed in the ice off St. Joseph and did not arrive at that port until Saturday afternoon, when she was assisted in by the tug Andy, after spending about 36 hours in the ice. Capt. S. R. Chamberlain and Frank B. Higgie will enter into partnership in the vessel agency and insurance business here. Capt. Chamberlain will attend to grain charters and Capt. Higgie to lumber charters. They are well-known as very perservering, reliable business men, and may good luck attend them. At Miller Brothers’ shipyard the barge Annabell Wilson is receiving a new stern, the schooner Commerce steel plates on her keelson, the steamer Ionia some new rail and re- calking top sides, remodeling cabin and deck-house amid- ships taken off, the tug Tom Brown is in dock for repairs to hull, new pilot house, tow post, smoke stack. The Chicago Journal will endeavor to maintain for the shipping season of 1900 a most complete and accurate ma- rine department, under the direction of Mr. William Bullock In the outworking ofthe Journal’s desire to publish all of the marine news, it is stated that the co-operation and friendly assistance of those actively interested in marine and allied pursuits becomes most desirable. The Journal may be assured, through Mr. Bullock, of the RECORD’s good will and best wishes for the season’s work. The steamer Mary is receiving a thorough re-build from below the tight water mark by the Graham & Morton Trans. Co., her owners, at Benton Harbor. Her original lines, designed by Herreshoff, have been retained, her frames are all up and her outside plank of Missouri oak 30 to 60 feet in length is being put on. Her state cabin will be finished in mahogany and between decks she will be finished in yellow birch. She will have an electric and search light plant and all the latest modern improvements for the com- fort and safety of her passengers. No expense will be spared to make her luxurious and perfect in every detail. She will leave Chicago daily at ro a. m.and 7. p. m. during the excur-, ‘ sion season, and will make the run from the company’s dock at Chicago to their St. Joseph dock in 3% hours, running 20 miles per hour. Capt. W. A. Boswell will be master and W. F. Johnson chief engineer. : At J. B. Bates & Co.’s shipyard the barges Halsted and Oak Leaf, schooner Belle Brown and steamer J. H. Prentice are receiving new fore and main masts; the barges Middlesex, R. L. Fryer and Parana new main masts; the steamers W. L,. Frost and Mecosta new foremasts; the steamer R. J. Gor- td : THE MARINE RECORD. don is receiving a thorough re-build; schooner Parana new quarters and stern, part new deck beams and deck,stringers, stanchions and rail; schooner Richard Mott had top sides and ceiling re-calked; schooner Robt. Howlett new deck beams and deck, some new stanchions; steamer W. L. Frost extensive general repairs nearing completion; steamer C. F. Bielman received some new rail and quick work; schooner York State some new stanchions, stringers and rail, part new deck beams and deck, new planking on quarter; schooner Belle Brown new stanchions, stringer and rail forward and general re-calking; steamer John Rugee is receiving a new steam steerer. f Neen ee aEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED SAGINAW, MICH. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Things on the river front look like a break up, and spring- like weather prevails. The steam barge C. H. Davis has been sold by Capt. Has- kins to Saginaw parties, names are withheld. Capt. Marion Dehand has gone to Manistee to fit out his tug C. J. Gnewuch, which will be stationed at East Tawas. Messrs. Gary & Shannon, of this city, have purchased the steam barge Wyoming from Loud & Sons, of Au Sable. Price is said to have been $7,500, , Capt. A.C. McLean has been confined to his house for several weeks with inflammation of the stomach. His son Andrew is conducting the business. The American Ship Building Co. had one of their hoists wrecked by blowing off the end of the track in the recent blow, this is the third time this has happened at this plant. Capt. Charles Sonsmith, master of the schooner Rosa Sonsmith, has just returned from Milwaukee, where the Son- smith is loaded with grain. He reports several good offers for his boat but prefers to run wild and take his chances. Frank Van Lieu, Deputy U.S. Steamboat Inspector, of Port Huron, is spending his 15-day vacation with friends in this city. Van says there are more boats in the Eighth district than at any time in the past 10 years, and everything points to a very prosperous business the coming season. Van is.a well-known personage in Saginaw vessel, circles and a one- time resident here. He will be remembered by old vessel men as being connected with the sinking of the steamer Marine City, off Alcona, Mich., Aug. 29th, 1880, when he was rewarded, by the merchants and mariufacturers of De- troit, in the presentation of a solid gold watch and chain for valuable services in saving passengers and crew from the ill- fated steamer on that awful night. Van is the right man in the right place. OO Oe DETROIT. \ Special Correspondence to The Mari.e Record. The excursion season has not quite opened yet but pas- senger boats are beginning to make a move to fit out anda week more will surely see some of them churning away at it whether there is much money to be made or not. The following bids fora new fireboat, were opened on Monday by the fire commisioners: Jenks Ship Building Co., Port Huron, Mich., $105,000: Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N. Y., $96,000; Detroit Ship Building-Co., Detroit, Mich., $90, 000. Capt. Alex. J. McKay, of the D. & C. fleet, and Capt. Byrnes, of Cleveland, visited Supervising Inspector-General Dumont at Washington to show why the rule requiring ves- sel masters to pass an examination every five years should be rescinded. The offices of the White Star line, at the foot of Griswold street, have been converted into baggage, ticket and passen- ger rooms, and the old quarters of the United States ap- praiser, across the street, have been made into beautiful offices for Traffic Manager Bielman and Chief Steward R. B. Kernehan. Harry Lewis has been appointed engineer of the steamer Kirby to succeed Edward Perry, who recently resigned and went to England. The Kirby will begin her season about April1, and will make trips Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week returning on the following days. This sched- ule will be maintained until June 1, when the daily trips will be commenced. Secretary H. C. Barter of the International Longshore- men’s union, returned to Detroit Wednesday from the con- ference between the union and dock managers at Cleveland. He states that this will be a banner year for longshoremen, an average raise of 33 per cent. on all work has been prom- ised, and the prospects for lake freight business are very bright. The ore and coal handlers have been granted the raise, and all the petty difficulties that arose last season have been amicably settled. On April 2 the only remaining body of longshoremen still waiting for a uniform schedule, the package freight handlers, will meet at Erie, Pa.,when it is hoped a like satisfactory rate of wages may be established. The Goodrich Transportation Co. announce that a new passenger and freight steamer, which will be one of the finest on the lakes, will be built thissummer. The estimat- ed cost of the steamer is $350,000 to $400,000. She will run between Chicago and Milwaukee. The officials refused to discuss the details of the new boat, but state that the plans were being designed by the company’s architect, W. J. Wood. The boat will be 256 feet overall and 4o feet beam. She is to have three boilers of the Scotch type. eleven feet in diameter and eleven and one-half feet in length. Her engine will be triple-expansion and she will have a speed of seventeen miles an hour. berths for 268 people. Mr. Norman B. Conger, of the United States Weather Bureau, has been promoted to a post of enlarged importance, with headquarters in Detroit. The position isa new on and its duties are of a supervisory nature. He will travel all over the country inspecting weather stations, and will have _ charge of all the marine work of the lakes, His marine work will give wide range for his powers in gathering infor- mation as to lake levels, rainfalls, special weather condions, etc., and building up the science of the lakes’ weather. Mr. Conger’s promotion is a recognition of 22 years’ faithful and competent service in one of the world’s newer departments — of science. In that period of time he has established rela-! tions with the merchant marine of the lakes and with the shipping interests of Michigan that have been of a close and permanent nature, and has made legions of friends who will ——— welcome his promotion with feelings of gratification. ee She will have — STEAMBOAT OFFICERS APPOINTED FOR THE | SEASON OF 1900. Wm, Smita & Co., Waukegan, Ill.—Str. Alice, Capt. Richard Smith; Eng. Henry Ernst. % MANIrTou STEAMSHIP Co., N. F. Leopold, Pres., Chicago. — ‘ —Str. Manitou, Capt. Allan McIntyre; Eng. R. lL. Peck. PICKANDS, MATHER & Co., Managers for Huron Barge Co., Cleveland.—Str. Pathfinder, Capt. D. H. Mallory; Eng. ~ C, A. Heisnee. Schr. Sagamore, Capt. E. C. Joiner. McGraw TRANSPORTATION Co., Bay City, Mich.—Str. City of Paris, Capt. E. D. Ballentine; Eng. Wm. C. Mc- Dougall. PICKANDS, MATHER & Co., Managers for Boston: Coal Dock & Wharf Co., Cleveland.—Str. Appomattox, Capt. Hugh Stevenson; Eng. E. J. Arnold. Schr. Santiago, Capt. H.C. Eldridge. ote City of Venice, Capt. Chas. Ainsworth; Eng. G. Z A. McDougall. it W. W. Brown, Cleveland.—Str. Geo. Presley, Capt. C. — D. Woodward; Eng. Hayner. Fick; Eng. same as last year. Schr. Nellie Reddington, Capt. S. Le Bran. 6 PICKANDS, MATHER & Co., Managers for Interlake Co., Cleveland.—Str. Kearsarge, Capt. Robert McDowell; Eng. Ll. H.. Sebastian. Victory, Capt. Fred. Hoffman; Eng. Thos. Treleaven. Schr. Constitution, Capt. William Holly. — LAKE MICHIGAN & LAKE SUPERIOR TRANSPORTATION Co., Chicago.—Str. Peerless, Capt. H. B. Page; Eng. J. R. Bennett. City of Traverse, Capt. John M. Twitchell; Eng, Edward Meeh. Jay Gould, Capt. Chas. Wilson; Eng. Henry _ Chalk. Osceola, Capt. Joseph White; Eng. James Oay. Moor#, JOHN W., Cleveland.—Str. John W. Moore, Capt. R. Neville; Eng. A. G. Bohland. | Louisiana, Capt. Truman Moore; Eng. Anthony Ward. Colonial, Capt. R. J. Neville; Eng. Geo. Masters. Marquette, Capt. EK. D. Chilson; Eng. © Siberia, Capt. Frank B. Chilson; Eng. F. C. Burrows. J. L. CRosTHWAITE, Buffalo.—Str. Niagara, Capt. M.A. Budd; Eng. W. P. Boynton. St. Louis, Capt. Jas. Brines; Eng. D. Struble. Bge. Champion, Capt. Jno. Jordan. Tug S. M. Fischer, Capt. Fred. Johnson; Eng. G. A. Rogers. Bge. No. 3, Capt. Wm, Chambers. No. 4, Capt. Wm. Burk- hardt. a SICKEN, M., Marine City, Mich.—Str. Geo. King, Capt. Wm. Burns; Eng. Peter Britz. M. Sicken, Capt. John Kuhn; Eng. Wm. Sicken. §.K. Martin, Capt. Chas. Kobel; Eng. John Dashaw. Sch. Teutonia, Capt. Harry Lawrence. Thos. Gawn, Capt. Julius Lawrence. KE. J. McVea, Capt. Chartrau. Melvina, Capt. Harry Larsen. Geo. Gullett. Levi Rawson, Capt. Jos. Kobel. Whitney, Capt. John Lozenzen, St. Joseph, Capt. DRAKE & MAvYTHAM, Buffalo.—Str. Chili, Capt. James Gibson. W. H. Gratwick, Capt. Joseph Hulligan. Thomas Maytham, Capt. L. B. Cummings. Vega, Capt. A. Oldorff. America, Capt. Robert Gibson. Brazil, Capt. J. H. Smith. Lackawanna, Capt. F. Weinheimer. Scranton, Capt. James Grace Green. Vulcan, Capt. J. N. Smith. J. W. Moore, Capt. Richard Nevill. City of Berlin, Capt. John Buie. Case, Capt. J. D. Peterson. Russia, Capt. John D. Green. Cuba, Capt. Robert Young. Alcona, Capt. W. T. Sutherland. Sch. Antrim, Capt. Geo. McMinn. Tyrone, Capt. S. Kelly. H. W. Sage, Capt. John Lachlan. Alta, Capt. John Mc- Namara, PICKANDS, MATHER &-Co., Managers for Minnesota Steamship Co., Cleveland.—Str. Manola, Capt. John Nalvestedt; Eng. D. A. Black. Mariska, Capt. A. J. Talbot; Eng. David Burns. Maruba, Capt. F. J. Crowley; Eng. John Dupont. Marina, Capt. M. K. Chamberlain; Eng. W. A. Meddaugh. Matoa, Capt. C. H. Cummings; Eng. W.W. Tyler. Masaba, Capt. W. E. Chilson; Eng. A. L. Wilcox. Maritana, Capt. A. P. Chambers; Eng. John McLaughlin. Mariposa, Capt. J. W. Morgan; Eng. F. A. Smith. Maricopa, Capt. Henry Zealand; Eng. B. F. McCanna. Mataafa, Capt. Frank D. Root; Eng. Theo. A. Myers. Mauna Loa, Capt. C. H. Bassett; Eng. Geo. Arnold. Malietoa, Capt. G. B. Mallory; Eng. P. J. June.- Sch. Malta, Capt. A. W. Burrows. Marcia, Capt. W. D. Graham. Manda, Capt Chas. Van Gorder. Martha, Capt. Henry Gegoux. Magna, Capt. C. E: Copeland. Maida, Capt. A. G. Tappau. Maia, Capt. W. A. Reed. Manila, Capt. E. A. Hill. Madeira, Capt. John H. Collins. Marsala, Capt. Henry Culp. Fedora, Capt. F. A. - ~ Spademan, Capt. | wa