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NOVEMBER I, 1900. bes DETROIT. . Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. _ The steamer Nipigon dry-docked this week for general overhauling and repairs. The steamer Ed Smith No. 2 burnt on Lake Erie and since rebuilt at Port Huron is to have her name changed to Zillah. Col. Lydecker warns up-bound boats to check or stop at the wreck of the Martha so as not to meet down-bound boats at that spot. The Great Lakes Towing Co. has secured the contract for raising the steel schooner Martha, sunk by the steamer _ §. P. Wilbur in Lake St. Clair. Ga _ The wreck of the Leader, above Belle Isle, has been. en- _ tirely removed by the wreckers. A dredge will take out any clearing the channel. ~ abandoned. It now looks asif the race between the White Star liner Tashmoo and the boatsof the Cleveland & Buffalo line is certain. A. A. Parker has deposited his $1,000 with Stake- _ holder Westcott. Manager Neman of the C. & B. line put _ up his $1,000 some time ago. _ Mr. A.A. Parker, managing owner of the speedy White Star Line steamer Tashmoo hasplaced $1,000 against T. F. _ Newman manager of the C. & B. Line that the Tashmoo can _ walk away from any boatin this line. The test will occur nextseason. Mr. Newman challenged and Mr. Parker accept- ed the terms. The Wilbur is being repaired at the Detroit Dry Dock Co. The repairs, with the cost of docking, an agent of the underwriters said to-day, would cost $10,000, and it will re- quire ten days todo the work. The cargo of general mer- _ chandise on board the Wilbur for Chicago has been trans- fered to the Tuscarora. _ The Canadian department of marine and fisheries is solic- _ iting tenders for the maintenance of a lightship on South- east shoal, from about Nov. ro until the close of navigation. This action is taken in consequence of inability to sink the middle-ground pier this fall. The lightship will be more reliable than a gas buoy and can be kept out later. The cargo of 500 tons of coal has been Wrecking and salvage companies will soon get sore on submitting figures for work if they are'to be treated asin the case of raising the steel schooner, or tow barge, Martha. The manager for Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, ac- cepted all bids and then calculated to do the work himself. It isa fraud to get people’s figures when there is no inten- tion of closing an order. None of the bids received’at Capt. J. W. Wescott’s office for the raising of the sunken steamer Martha were accepted. It was decided instead to put Capt. W. W. Smith, the marine superintendent of the Minnesota Steamship Co., who is con- sidered the best fresh water wrecker in the country, in charge of the operations. The Great Lakes Towing Co.’s outfit is to be used in raising the wreck. David Carter, general manager of the Detroit & Cleveland _ Navigation Co., states that both of the Mackinaw boats will _ doubtless be lengthened in the near future, so as to be able to cope with the business of next year. ‘‘If we had more capac- _ ity we could find use for it, especially during the months of July and August,’’ he said. ‘‘The DetroitShip Building Co., will probably get the contract, as it built the boats.’ It is estimated that the work of putting in fifty feet in the two steamers will cost $125,000. Under her own steam the E. P. Wilbur, the vessel which collided with the Martha, went into the Orleans street dry- dock. Closer inspection of her in the dock did not serve to _ show that the damage done to her hull had been under- estitiated any. Superintendent Langell, of the drydock, found that twenty new plates will have to be put on her and a number of forward braces replaced. It will be about two weeks before the Wilbur can again be put in service, and the repairs will cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. __ Capt. Hiram Ives, who was prominently connected in Detroit business circles many years ago, died in Ruthven, Ont., Sunday of rheumatic fever. The body was brought to Detroit and the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the residence of the sister of the deceased, Mrs. B. G. Stimp- _ §0n, No. 603 Woodward avenue. Capt. Ives built the first _ drydock in Detroit, the dock being located near the site of _ the present Clark dock. Capt. Ives also owned and operated anumber of boats. Heclosed out his vessel interests to _ Move to Canada, from where he shipped: molding sand to _ Manufacturers in the States. _ enough as all yards are still open for work. The Eastern firm of Townsend-Downey Ship Building and Repairing Co., New York, submitted the above bid. ‘It is now likely that a ‘p department will readvertise proposals for another set of ids, United States Engineer Lydecker has reported the wrecked Schooner J. S. Richards a menace to navigation, and the United States district attorney has given Capt. Baker of the _ Wrecking tug Champion, and Capt. May owner of the vessel, timbers that may be imbedded in the bottom, complétely.. _ while’ the latest’ Hscanaba charters called for 65 cents. THE MARINE RECORD. E he : — x a few daysin which to remove the wreck. The Richards was sink in the Canadian channel by the steamer John W. Moore, and Capt. Baker, who ‘had the contract for salving her cargo of pig iron, was compelled by the Canadian au- thorities to remove the wreck before he'could také ihe catgo™ away. The Richards was towed over to the American side, and the Canadians were satisfied, but the United States’ “The suiken hull will officials have come in for their say. probable be dynamited. After making an examination of the lotation of the sunken barge Martha at Grosse Point it Take’St;’Clair today, Col. | G, J. Lydecker, United States engineer} issued the following cautionary notice to vessel masters: ‘The west half of , GrossesPoint Channel, in Lake St. Clair, is blocked by the ' sunken-barge Martha. Vessels can pass only through the easterly half and those bound up should check and stop so as not to meet down-bound craft in the obstructed section, nor should vessels bound in the same direction attempt to pass,each other in this section.’’ In event of a second col- lision in the vicinity of the Martha the channel might be completely blocked for deep loaded boats. By the exercise of a little caution the passage by the wreck is entirely free from danger. The circumstances surrounding the loss of the wooden built steamer John B. Lyons in Lake Erie September 13, in a heavy storm, are still fresh in the minds of many here- abouts, and now comes the suit of Mrs. William C. Tyler, wife of one of the sailors, who lost his life, against the Gil- christ Transportation Co., owners of the Lyons, for $20,000. Mrs. Tyler, in her declaration, states that the Lyons wasun- seaworthy, that the decks were rotten, and that the boat was overloaded. It is claimed she was but 21 feet deep and was loaded to 18 feet deep. There was but one lifeboat on the Lyons and one of the survivors says it was impossible to use that. The navigation laws require that the craft carry two boats, and the further claim is made that there was not the required life saving apparatus on board. As the result of a head on collision with the Lehigh Val- ley liner KE. P. Wilbur in Lake St. Clair off Grosse Point on Tuesday night, the barge Martha, owned by the Minnesota Steamship Co., Cleveland, lies sunk in the channel, with only her decks above water. The Martha was coming down in tow of the steamer Mariposa, loaded with 5,000 tons of iron ore for Lorain, and the Wilbur was bound up from Buffalo to Chicago with a general cargo. How the collision occurred neither Capt. Fuller of the Wilbur nor Capt. Kerr of the Martha will explain, but it appears that the Mariposa gave the signal to pass to starboard and the Wilbur respond- ed. It seems that the Martha took sheer to port and the Wil- bur struck ler, the Martha sinking in twenty feet of water. The Wilbur has a hole in her starboard side and her fender strake is smashed. On her port side there is a hole five feet broad through the plates. Damage will probably amount to $3,500. The Martha does not block the channel. The steamer A. A. Parker, bound up behind the Wilbur went aground in preference to running into the wreck, and her cargo will have to be lightered. The Martha is pronounced by the experts who visited the wreck to be the worst smash- up they had ever seen. The bow is gone and the vessel is a wreck for thirty-five feet aft as far as her collision bulkhead. Her steel plates were forced clear back and her cargo of iron ore was jammed back and thrown over herdecks. ‘The es- cape of the crew from death was considered a miracle. or or io DULUTH—SUPERIOR. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The railroadsare at a loss for cars to bring in the grain, though every effort has been made to get the necessary motive power and cars. The steamer Joliet slided into the dock at Washburn on Wednesday with force enough to knock in acouple of plates and she had to be taken to Ashland for repairs. There is now about 250,000 tons of anthracite coal on the docks here, so that we can’t run very short in any case and when production again begins through the cessation of the strike, then it can be sent forward by rail, another point in favor of the all-rail system will be that there will be no shortage of cars during the winter months. J. H. Darling and M. W. Lewis, of the United States En- gineering Department, when at the Apostle Islands for the purpose.of surveying certain shoals extending south from North Twin, surveyed the unplatted part of the shoal island. They have platted the shoal for a distance of a mile from the outside end of the previous plat, ‘ They ceased work after the water on the shoal attained a depth of 45 feet. A special to the Pioneer Press from Bayfield, Wis., says State Game Warden Bissinger ‘has seized the fishing tugs Cam and Anderson and all the nets belonging to A. Booth & Co., at their fishing grounds on Lake Superior, and ar- rested the captains of both tugs for unlawful fishing. Bay- field is the headquarters for the Lake Superior fishermen, and the action of the game warden will tie up a large number of boats., 07) Pecks -It is known that charters have been made this week at 60 cents on iron ore and cargoes are scarce even at that rate, This is sufficient to show how business at the head of the lakes is at present. The lumber rate, at $3, is the only decent figure in sight just now, and, of course, that is limited to certain tonnage. There is nothing offering on grain to induce coal cargoes to head this:way and the season is, therefore grad- ually closing. _ BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. at cael £ ts ore ai week’ ‘amounted. to “be efi nothing—Chicago, “Duluth ‘and ‘Milwaukee taking” about 2,009) tofis each” and another 2,006 tons divided Yamioug various ports. aaa Reais NCES ees The ‘steamer Georgetown, 1,358 gross and 919 tons net, built and hailing from this port, has been granted an official registry this week by the Bureau of Navigation, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. : With the anthracite coal tinérs'at work again it seems doubtful if much more coal will go by lake. The eastern’ trade has first to be taken care of and that will take the pro- duction until the close of navigation. : The Calvin Co., L’td., Garden Island, Ont., will build this winter a wrecking tug, also a tow barge of about ‘2,000 tons . capacity. The company is known as one of the best wreck- ing firms and shipbuilders in the province of Ontario, they also deal largely in timber. oil 4 aie oe Hingston & Woods have lost their case against the steamer Vulcan, which recently sunk one of her scows ‘loaded with machinery, and for which they asked $8,000 damages. The: trial was held in the United States District Court here; and will be taken to the Court of Appeals. ay It has been reported that the property of the Union Dry’ Dock Co. will be sold to Edward Gaskin and another man’ whose name could not be learned. The details of the trans- fer were not given out, as. all parties concerned were un-. wine to announce anything in advance of the complete sale, A bed of quicksand under the docks of the Union Iron Works. at Tifft farm caused the docks to give way on Tuesday. Several _ thousand tons of iron ore fell into the opening, and some of the hoisting machinery fell across the decks of the stéamet John Craig, which was unloading a cargo. The. damage 'to - the Craig will be about $2,000. Abo rs Rowland B. Mahany declared that if he is elected fo Con- gress this fall he will endeavor to get Federal assistance for the project of constructing excursion docks at some’suitable-” point in Buffalo harbor. He said: I do not suppose:the Fed- | eral Government will supply all the money, butifvwe can ~’ make a start, obtain an appropriation of $500,000, for-exam- ple, to begin with, we can readily get further assistance, from the State government and the city government. ; sa yy The aldermanic committee has asked Corporation’ Counsel Cuddeback to render an opinion as to who shall be compelled to pay for removing the grain from Blackwell canal,:which fell into the water during the burning of the Dakota elevator. The cost of dredging the shoal out of the canal will-be:about:... $600. It is the opinion of some that the elevator:company -- should stand all expenses, and, on the other hand, it isi said that the city must keep the locality habitable, hence foot the bill for cleaning and dredging. hace sae AC It is now understood that Edward Gaskin and Lewis War- - field, supported by New York capitalists, have boughtof the . Erie Railroad Co. the plant of the Union dry dock, and will. .’ continue the business under the name of the Union Steam- ship Co, The investment will amount to more than $1,000,000, Mr. Gaskin, who has been superintendent of the dock for several years, says the new company will make a specialty of building first-class steel vessels for lake and ocean service. This is all I can leaen of the deal at present, though it'is said © that the E. R. R. Co. is in it somewhere with Gaskin as:theit * representative. Fay sae Construction upon the new life-saving station at this har- bor will be begun in the near future. The station ‘will’ be located on the south pier, opposite the entrance of Erie basin, and will cost between $50,000 and’ $75,000. The ports of Chicago and Racine on, Lake. Michigan are also to have new stations. Plans.are’ being’: pre- pared at Washington. Superintendent. Kimball says the Chicago station will be the equal -of any: station . in the service. $8,000. The site is about a quarter of a mile east‘of: the present station, or in the angle of the south pier and harbor. breakwater, bringing out even with the light near that point. Racine’s new station will be located between’ the light-house and the shore in Racine harbor, and will algo be a very fine station when completed. The steel steamer Georgetown was successfully launched): from the yards of the Union Dry Dock Co, on Saturday.’ THe’ Georgetown is the first steel vessel to be-built im Buffalo for!. coast or ocean service. She is 258 feet long, 40 feet beam and 18 feet 3 inches molded depth, andis the largest. boat that can be taken through the canals to the ‘St. Lawrence. _ Six of these steamers will be put into'service by the Atlantic Coast Lumber Co., and one built at the Craig yard in Toledo’ has already been put into commission. The company has ~ docks at Georgetown, S. C., and has purchased the’ George- « “ town & Western railroad, which is being rebuilt and ex- tended north and south into. the timber districts of Sotith » Carolina. The launch was under the supervision of Edward Gaskin, superintendent of the Union Dry ‘Dock, and» there was not a hitch in the arrangements for putting the boats in ©, the water. : rr Ir is reported that the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railway is . to open a new winter steamship line between St. Joseph, Mich. and Milwaukee. The details of the plan will be given — out in a few days. Its stone foundation: is to’ :cost about 3) ~