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JuLY 26, 1900, DULUTH—SUPERIOR. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The steel steamer I. W. Nicholas is now carrying package freight between Buffalo and Duluth for the Lehigh Valley company. Frank Bagley, of the steamer William Chisholm, broke his leg, and was taken to St. Luke’s hospital, where he is resting easily. His leg was caught between the fenders and terribly mangled. His home is in Cleveland. The elevator capacity at the head of the lakes is to have another increase. The Great Northern road will tear down its elevator, which is a wooden structure, with a capacity of 1,750,0co bushels, and on its site will put up a modern steel elevator, with a capacity of 2,500,000. The situation as regards lake freights is quiet and un- changed. The average movement of wheat is about 1,000,- ooo bushels a week and stocks are now down to less than 10,000,000 bushels. The liners are taking nearly all of the grain offered, as the rate, two cents, is not sufficiently at- tractive for the wild boats. The steel steamer William P. Palmer was enrolled at the local customs office yesterday. The vessel belongs to the American Steamship Co., with A. B. Wolvin vise president and managing owner. She was recently built at Cleveland and is 242 feet long, 43 wide and 26% feet in depth, witha gross tonnage of 2,293. Net tonnage, I,609- “ The Bessemer steamer Douglas Houghton carried the largest grain cargo out of Manitowoc that has ever been carried on the lakes. She took 368,000 bushels of oats. The record which was held by the Wilson line steamer Andrew Carnegie loaded 332,1co bushels of oats last year. The Houghton’s cargo was shipped from the Northern Grain Company’s elevators A and B. The Duluth grain market is dull and we hear that the Chicago market is not as active as it was. The corn rate to Buffalo holds at 2 cents. Medium sized vessels are in fair demand, but cargoes for the big Rockefeller vessels are not very plentiful, but the boats of that fleet will not break the tate, as they will be kept off the market as soon as it shows ‘any sign of weakening at this end of the route. Lumber is quiet. Down at the Lake Erie yards there is but little call for stocks, and the hookers are mostly all en- gaged in the ore business. On the face of it lumber-carry- ing pays better than ore, but after all charges are settled up, the man who carries ore at the present going rate has more money left than had he taken lumber. The going rate on the latter is $2.25 out of Lake Superior. The wheat at Duluth was reduced 1,000,000 bushels during the week. There are now 10,000,coo bushels in the eleva- tors there. Last year 8,500,000 bushels of flax went through the Duluth market. The coming crop will probably wit- ness receipts aggregating 12,000,000 bushels.. Friday 200,- 000 bushels of oats were sold at Duluth. The government was the purchaser, and will probably export it to China. An order by Judge Lochren was filed in the United States court yesterday, in the admiralty case of Cody & Addis vs. the tug E. T. Carrington, directing the Fidelity Deposit Co., of Maryland, to show cause why judgment should not be rendered against it on its surety stipulation in the case men- tioned. On June 11 a judgment was rendered against Cody & Addis for $313.10, for which the Fidelity Co. was surety. The situation as regards lake frieghts is quiet and un ~changed. The average movement of wheat is about 1,0co, “e000 bushels a week and stocks are now down to less than 0,000,000 bushels, The liners are taking nearly all of the grain offered, as the rate 2 cents, is not hardly payable for the wild boats, or as we term unchartered tonnage; though, there is nothing wild about them. It is also possible that these bottoms would be spoken of as ‘‘tramps”’ if they were -down on the coast. The consummation of a large deal, whereby the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines become the sole owner of the Rouchleau Ray property on the Mesaba range, was reached a day or two ago, by the filing with the register of deeds at Duluth, of the instruments transferring the undi- vided half of the property. The property in question since the first discovery of ore deposits, has been considered of _ great value, anditis said that not many years ago it would have required an immense amount of capital to even tempt the owners to sell. Just what particular significance at- taches to the transfer as made could not be ascertained, but it is likely that it will have a tendency to greatly stimulate the mining industry on the range. Capt. Alex. McDougall has returned home from Colling- ond Ont., and St. Louis, Mo., where he had been in con- nection with the shipbuilding matters, in which he is largely concerned. The affairs of his company are being rushed at both points as rapidly as possible, and the yard at Colling- wood will bein shape to begin active operations in about two months. ‘“The yard at Collingwood will be one of the finest in the entire country,’’ said Capt. McDougall, ‘‘al- though it will not be as large assome others, It will be . equipped to construct any style of vessel, either iron or wood, and as soon as completed boat-building will begin at once. At the St. Louis yards boats are rapidly nearing completion and three of them will be launched within a very short time. Aside from this we have nothing to give out for publication at the present time.’’ Capt. McDougall said he would re- main here about two weeks, after which he would make another eastern trip. THE MARINE RECORD. President C. M. Schwab, of the Carnegie Steel Co., and James Gayley, George Lauder, Judge J. H. Reed, Thomas Lynch and D. M. Clemson, members of the board of direc- tors of the company, arrived at Duluth Saturday evening on the North Land, and after stopping a short time took a special train over the Duluth, Missabe & Northern for the ranges, where they will make an inspection of the proper- ties in which they are interested. President Schwab said: “‘There is much less to worry over in the iron market than has been generally supposed by the public. The prospects are good for a general revival, as the demand has been stim- ulated by lower prices which now prevail. I look for steel and iron industries generally to run very steadily from this time on.’ The Youghiogheny & Lehigh Coal Co. tested, this week, the new apparatus at the East End dock. The first boat which has brought coal there for over a year was unloaded slowly. There are three rigs to be tested. The machinery is of the latest pattern and clam shell coal buckets carry about 2,500 pounds of coal each. This dock is the only one having this kind of rigging at the head of the lakes. Being new, the machinery worked slowly at first, and many small repairs and changes were necessary to get everything into good working condition. The concrete work at the dock is still uncompleted and a force of men is working there. The receiving of coal will continue more or less right along, however, and before long the dock ‘will be handling a large amount. Eventually it isto hold upward of 200,0co tons. The old dock held but 60,000 tons. J. J. Hill’s handsome steam yacht, Wacouta, arrived from Buffalo this week. The Wacouta is easily the finest craft of her class on fresh water. She represents $1,300,cco in- cluding her furnishings, which are luxurious. The yacht is built of steel throughout and is fitted with triple expansion engines and two boilers of the Scotch type. She measures 232 feet over all, 208 feet on the water line, 32 feet beam, 17 feet 5 inches depth of hold and 14 feet draft. Sheis bark rigged and carries 10,935 square feet of canvas. Her deck house and interior plan give her an abundance of living rooms. The Wacouta, formerly known as the Eleanor, was purchased by Mr. Hillfrom Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardezo of New York, The boat was built by the Bath, Me., Iron Wks. in 1894. Her registered measurement is 1,138 tons. The crew numbers 53 persons, including the servants. Capt. George A. Minar, formerly master cf the steamship North West, is in command of the Wacouta. “ ii or i — CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. James Calbick, Chicago, was among the visitors here this week. The steamer Rube Richards came in hereon Monday and went into dry-dock for repairs. It is reported that Capt. L. B. Cummings has been relieved of the command of the steamer Thomas Maytham. The steamer Simon J. Murphy, of the Eddy-Shaw fleet, on her first trip loaded 247,000 bushels of wheat at Duluth for Buffalo. The tug Matt H. Esser, built at Lorain by H. D. Root for Capt. Burke, of Erie, was succesfully launched at Lorain, on Tuesday. The steamer Rensellaer will be launched at the old Globe ship yards, Thursday afternoon at 20’clock. Sheis 474 feet over all. The steamer Harvard is carrying some large cargoes. One day last week she carried to Ashtabula 6,822 tons of ore from Duluth. A complete electric light plant is being installed on the propellor Pascal P. Pratt at the yards of the American Ship Buildirig Co., Lorain. Capt. George Butterfield, an old tug man of Toledo, is dead at Jacksonville, Fla. He was 76 years old and was one of the first tugmen in Toledo. The schooner Sophia Minch, which was pulled off the beach near Ashtabula Monday, was towed here on Tuesday and placed in the lower drydock. Bids were opened Saturday afternoon in the office of Col. Jared A. Smith, for work on removing and rebuilding a sec- tion of the old west pier at Huron. : A Washington report states that Capt. Moore, of the rev- enue cutter Winona, stationed at Mobile, Ala., is to succeed Capt. Hodgsdon as captain of the Fessenden. The schooner George Corliss, of the Bessemer fleet, which has been tied up to the east breakwater for the past month, cleared for Erie yesterday, where she will be laid up. When the steamer North West left here on her last up trip for Duluth, she had every berth and every stateroom taken. This was the biggest sailing in the history of the company. The big steel steamer building at the Jenks yard at Port Huron, for the Wilson Transit Co., and which will be named Capt. Thomas Wilson, will be launched about September 1. The steamer Edward Smith No. 2, which was burned off Avon Point and was raised again and brought into port Sunday, discharged her cargo and was taken into dry-dock for repairs. The steamer Princeton, being built for the Pittsburg Steamship Co., will be launched from the yards of the Amer- ican Ship Building Co., Lorain, on Saturday instead of Fri- day as at first intended. The launch is scheduled to take place promptly at 120’clock. Capt. Frank Rae, of Ver- million, will sail the new steamer. a SS SSIES eee ET EL 5 -————ssSsSsS9S9393020E0$0$02o°&, ES Very little Milwaukee coal has been covered by freight contracts, and dealers are somewhat inclined to hold off until they are satisfied that bottom in carrying charges has been reached, Capt. James Corrigan has offered a liberal reward for the bodies of his two daughters, and if they are picked up by a vessel and brought to Cleveland he will also pay for any time that may be lost by the boat. The ore market is in about the same condition it has been for the past week or ten daysand thereis no change in sight. There are not many vessels on the market and the demand for chartering is considered light. The Pittsburg Steamship Co.’s steamer Princeton will be launched at the Lorain yards of the American Ship Building Co, Saturday at noon. The new boat will be christened by Miss Katherine Reed. Capt. Frank C. Rae, of Vermillion, will sail the Princeton. The Shelby Cold-Drawn Steel Tube Co. have issued a handsome booklet in which they state their claims of the seamless tube as compared with the lap-welded tubes, They supplement their remarks with a list of the names of 56 bat- tleships, cruisers, gunboats, torpedo boats, etc., of the U. S. Navy, in which the Shelby boiler tubes are used. Coal rates to Lake Michigan ports were marked down Io cents this week, making a cut of 25 cents in the Milwaukee rate since the shippers started to fight for lower rates. Ton- nage is offered freely at all Lake Erie ports, and with the demand light the shippers are having things their own way. Charters were made at 40 cents to Milwaukee and 30 cents to Gladstone. The schooner Sophia Minch, which was on the beach at Ashtabula for over a year, was placed in dry dock this week. She was found to be in good condition. Her bottom did not suffer much and repairs on her will be completed Saturday night. She will get a new rudder, stern post, a few bottom planks and will be recalked. The Minch will tow with Capt. Barry’s steamer Gordon Campbell in the ore and coal trade. The burned steamer Ed. Smith will be placed in one of the upper dry docks. Capt. George McLeod, of Buffalo, who is looking after the work for the underwriters, says that it will take about two months to complete repairs on the Smith, and that the work will cost at least $20,000. Her machinery.is in very bad shape and will all have to be taken out and sent to the shop. Her engine was built at Detroit and it will be sent there for repairs. The American Ship Building Co., controlling practically all of the shipyards of the Great Lakes, is the first of the large industrial organizations to make, at the end of a year’s business, a comprehensive statement of its affairs. Mr. W. JL. Brown, of Chicago, who is at the head of this organiza- tion, has said that it would be his aim to conduct the con- solidated yards on business principles equal to the best that prevailed in any of the several smaller companies previous to the consolidation. Lake Michigan coal cargoes are not offered freely, but tonnage for Lake Superior ports is in fair demand anda number of vessels were chartered for the head of the lakes at 40 cents. There are not many vessels on the market, as most of the Lake Superior traders that usually take up car- goes have contract coal. - The supply of wild ore tonnage is about equal to the demand and rates are unchanged at $1 from the head of the lakes, 90 cents from Marquette and 70 cents from Escanaba. The freight market is again quiet and very little coal or ore tonnage is being chartered. No futher changes in rates were made. Lake Michigan coal cargoes are very scarce and itis just as difficult to place boats now as it was before the rates were cut to Jo cents to Milwaukee and 30 cents to Gladstone. Tonnage for Lake Superior ports is in fair demand and the rate holds steady at 4o cents, and the opinion is that there will not be much of any change in that rate, for at least this week, although everyone feels certain that the Lake Su- perior rate ought not to fall below 50 cents. — OO SO KINGSTON, ONT. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The schooner Madcap, sunk lately at Genora, has been raised and is dry docked at Picton. The Calvin Co.’s rafts which were stranded in the Cedars on Saturday were successfully taken off and are now at Quebec. The tug M. M. Drake, of Oswego, is in Davis dry dock being rebuilt. She was lately purchased by Capt. Logan, of Montreal. The propellor Algonquin, after unloading grain for the Montreal Transportation Co., left on Friday for Cleveland to load railroad iron for upper lake ports. Capt. Estes, for forty years a captain on St. Lawrence river steamers, has been given command of the fast little passenger steamer Unique. : The passenger steamer Argyle broke a wheel eccentric on Thursday when near Picton and repairs were made and the vessel proceeded to Thousand Island park the same night. The Calabogie Mining Co. has received a contract to supply 10,000 tons of ore to the Midland Furnace Co. of Midland, Ont., and the first shipment of 2co tons was sent along yesterday. The ore will be shipped by K. &-P. to this city, and then by G. T. R. to Midland. :