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AUGUST 22, IgoOT. one for Capt. Joiner of the Sagamore. Needless to say the poor captain will never apply for it.. .The barge was. lost through collision with a Northern line boat off Point Iroquois, July 29, and besides the captain, , Ira Ives the steward went with her. The body of the steward was picked up last Thursday near where the schooner foundered. The former owners of the Sagamore, Messrs. Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, very kindly telegraphed to ship the body to Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., where the late steward’s widow resides, but it was decided that this would be im- possible owing to the badly decomposed condition, of the body, and the remains were interred in Riverside cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, a BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. Thomas Newman has taken charge of the ferry steamer Superior, vice Capt. Ed. Hewitt, resigned. The steam yacht Zeta from New Orleans”to Chicago, E. W. Deming, owner, is expected to arrive here this week. Capt. Ralph T. Pringle is now in charge of the Annabel Wilson, ‘vice Capt. Peter Johnson, transferred to me Botts-' ford. The schooner A. A. Turner was libeled for sailors’ wages just as she was leaving Tonawanda’on Tuesday. The claim was paid and libel dismissed. Capt. Joseph Corcoran has again taken chips of the Ma- honing, relieving Capt. Martin, who had command during Capt. Coreoran’s recent illness. Continental Iron Works show specimens of welded steel plate work, Morrison suspension furnaces and Fox corru- gated furnaces at the Pan American Exposition, The Tonawanda’s docks are jammed with lumber, though cargoes have slacked up a little this week. Charters are made ahead so.as to keep the docks busy well on into the season, Repairs to ae boilers of the Northwest were completed on Monday and she got away late in the evening for Chicago. The boats have developed a great paneniget trade on their present route. The Rutland Transit Co. has been sued for $20,000 by Thomas J. Drake because of injuries he is said to have re- ceived in falling into the hold of the steamer Frost last win- ter at Chicago. The old timer Keweenaw, built in 1866 and now a lumber barge, isin dry dock for repairs necessary through being run into by the steamer New Orleans. She was formerly a side-wheel passenger boat. The Northern Steamship Co. people say it is yet too early to state whether the Belleville type of boilers will be con- demned and taken out of the North West and North Land, but they have given trouble enough anyway. The steamer C. B. Lockwood, with ore for the Lehigh dock, Tifft Farm, grounded while trying to reach her’ dock and will probably have to be lightered, though auEe were working on her early Wednesday morning. This year’s business is sharply disputing the claim that the Erie canal has outlived its usefulness. The tonnage moved in the week which ended August 14, was 23,822 tons greater than in the corresponding week, last year. ‘The loss on the steel barge Sagamore, ore laden, sunk off Point Iroquois through collision with the Worthieki Queen, will exceed $100,000, excluding any action for loss of life. She is in 12 fathoms and no steps will be taken to raise her. There is a foul bottom opposite the entrance to Coit-Slip’ and directly in the channel. The Western Transit liner Syracuse picked up a bowlder there this week while bound out and has had to be placed in drydock for survey and repairs. The libels in the Sagamore-Northern Queen collision case: will be filed here, as will also the libel in the Harvard-But- man collision. Proctors Shaw, Waite, Cady and Oakes of Detroit represent the Northern Queen and the Butman, while the Sagamore and Harvard are represented by Proc- tors Hoyt, Dustin & Kelley of Cleveland. ‘The following meteorological observations are furnished by the office of'the U. S. Weather Bureau, Buffalo, for the weeking ending August'17th: Prevailing wind directions for the week, N.—E. S. W.; highest velocity, 22/ S. W. on August 15th; mean tenmperatiiré for the week, 73°; highest temperature, 89° on 14th; lowest, 60° on 12th. Lyman C. Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y., is to be president of the recently organized line of lake cose boats with Capt. W. W. Brown, of Cleveland, as manager and H. W.Smith of _ Syracuse, treasurer, The following are the directors: L. C. THE MARINE RECORD Smith, William Nottingham, Charles M. Warner, George B, Leonard, H. W. Smith, Horace S. Wilkinson, of Syracuse, W. W. Brown and J. B. Cowles, of Cleveland. O., and Dr, A. G. Brower, of Utica. The latest addition to the elevator system of Buffalo is the new property of the Eastern Elevator Co. The plant consists of a working house fronting on the docks, behind which is a nest of sixty-eight steel bins, enclosed within a double row of large steel tanks. Each of the small bins is 15% feet in diameter, and the total capacity of the sixty- eight is 1,000,000 bushels. The large tanks are built in two rows, the twenty-two having a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels, making the total capacity of the plant 2,500,000 bushels. Lieut. J. H. Gibbons, U.S. N., has been detailed to take temporary charge of the local recruiting station in the Pru- dential building, during the convalescence of, Lieutenant- Commander Bull. The office will now,;be,. open,from 9g o’clock every morning till 4 o’clock in. the afternoon.. Lieut, Gibbons comes but recently from..service in the vicinity of the Philippines. He was navigator of the Brooklyn, which has been in Eastern waters for the past two years. During the last week, Lieut. Gibbons has dispatched 10 men to the receiving ship Wabash at Boston. He says that recruits.are coming in steadily. At a meeting of the Canal Baler act Committee of the Merchants’ Exchange Alfred Haines, T. S. Fassett, W. A- Rogers, John Cunneen and George H. Raymond were ap- pointed as a committee to confer with the canal improve- mentinterests of Greater New York at New York with the view of deciding upon some plan for canal enlargement to be presented to the legislature this coming winter. An ef- fort was made to have this conference held in Buffalo, but the New York canal men wrote that they could not spare the time necessary to come on here. ‘The date for the con- ference has not been decided upon, but it will take place in the near future. : ———— CHICAGO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The fourth steamer building for the Peavey syndicate at South Chicago, will be named the F..B. Wells. William J. Hackett, after several years’ service ashore with the Edward. Hines Lumber Co., will again enter the lake trade in the capacity of mate and pilot. It is reported that the old steamer State of Michigan, of the Barry Line, and built in 1873 has been sold to Cleveland parties and will be sent there on the arrival of the Terry. Now that the R. P. Fitzgerald is dry docked it is seen that her damages through striking at the Limekilns is much greater than was anticipated. She will be under repairs for a week. The W. P. Ketcham has been bought by Samnel Neff of Milwaukee for $54,000, She was built at West Bay City in 1893, is 946 tons gross and rates Ar with a valuation for in- surance purposes of $50,000. “The steamer F. T. Heffelfing will is launched at the yards of the Chicago Ship Building Company at 1 o’clock Satur- day. The Heffelfinger is the third of the fleet of four steel steamers building for F. H. Peavey and others. | The steamer W. H. Wolf picked upa boulder near Bal- lard’s reef when bound to Milwaukee and carried it to her > ‘This has been done by boats in the past discharging port. and is an argument in favor of wooden bottoms. Wolf will dry dock at South Chicago. The talk in the air about Lake Michigan passenger lines combining is not considered of much weight, nor can it be, when A. W. Goodrich, president of the principal line has not been consulted in the matter, although, he is not averse towards a proper consolidation of interests. The Alexander Nimick, coal laden, reached the S. C. Schenck coal dock at 35th street up the South branch, this is the highest point ever reached by a 300 foot boat 4o feet beam and dredging is being done for aclear 17 feet. The Schenck dock is fitted with good discharging facilities: The Dundee-built Canadian steamer Midland Queen is due here this week with some through cargo from Manches- ter, England. Her dimensions are 225 feet in length, 42% beam and 23.8 feet in depth, to carry 3,000 tons on a draft of 173% feet, speed a fraction over 13 knots, or 15 miles per hour. Coal shovelers at Racine asked 15 cents per ton for dis- charging; as 12 and 13 cents are the figures at other ports, men were ordered from Milwaukee to do the work at 60: cents an hour and the Racine Gaslight Co. had uniot’ruc- tions for a while. It is expected here that the men will ad- The _hot and cold water and electric call bells. just the differences between themselves before the end of the week. The following meteorological observations are furnished by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Chicago, for the week ending Aug. 21st, Prevailing wind. directions for the week, N. E.; highest velocity, 32 miles north east, Aug. 18; mean temperature for the week, 72°; Highest temperature, 87° on Aug. 14; lowest'66° on Aug. 29, The ‘Milwaukee life-saving crew are again at loggerheads with the keeper. This state of affairs should not be per- mitted at any station, asit reflects great discredit on the entire service. Prompt and effectual measures should be taken to stop this apparent carelessness. The servite’ is large enough and costs enough to make efficient transfers. The underwriters have fixed the insurance value of the steamer Terry, recently purchased by Miles Barry in New York for $19,600, at $75,000.. They wanted to make it $100,- ooo, but after considerable persuasion, modified their views to $75,000. Capt. Barry will have to pay a premium rate of 24% per cent for the run from New York oe the St. Lawrence gulf and river to Lake Ontario. Capt. John Craig, of the Craig Ship Building Co., Toledo, has been circulating around here this week and it would be , no surprise to learn that he has closed a contract for one or more steamers. It is thought that the Williams line’s new steamer, which officials of the company say will surely be built this winter, may go tothe Craig yard, inasmuch as. they have demonstrated their ability to build fast and good passenger steamers. The Graham & Morton steamer Puritan will ‘dive Chicago | for Buffalo August 31. The Puritan will lie at Buffalo two days at the centrally located docks of the Erie and Buffalo line, allowing passengers to use the craft as a hotel if they - wish. The entire trip will take about a week, and the round trip rate is $25, or $15 one way. It is expected that the Puritan will make four round trips during September. The advance sale for the first trip has been satisfactory thus far. F. W. Fellenz, traveling freight agent of the Pere Mar- quette Railway, stated recently at Manitowoc that owing to’ a rapid increase of business the company has opened ne- gotiations for another big steel carferry, to be ready for . service next season. The last boat built, Pere Marquette 17, has just been placed in service, and the Americau Ship Building Co. would require to make a miraculous effort to give the Pere Marquette Ry. Co. another boat prior to 1903. The steel cargo steamer Spokane has been taken off the’ -- Duluth-Port Huron route and will hereafter trade between Meaford on Georgian Bay and this port, carrying grain. The Grand Trunk Railway Co. has an elevator there of 7o00,- ooo bushels capacity, with a clean 20 feet of water leading — up toit and clear of all outlying dangers. The run can be made between elevators in about 48 hours, and the Grand Trunk will do the rest to the seaboard. This isin direct competition with the already well-established Canada-Atlan- tic route. The Barry Bros, are always on the alert where business is concerned. It appears that the steamer Terry bought at auction by Captain Miles Barry on a bid of $19,500, has in- stalled on board an ice plant: which cost the government not less than $25,000. This, it is said, was put in for the purpose of generating cold water for the ship, as she was intended for hospital service during the Spanish war, and it was ex- pected her station would be in tropical climates, where such equipment would be essential for the treatment of wounded soldiers. Inasmnch as Lake Michigan steamers never re- quire ice plants Capt. Barry will sell this one, and the figure obtained for it will no doubt render the Terry a remarkably cheap piece of first class vessel property. She is also sup- plied with numerous bath rooms, electric lighting plants The Terry is comparatively a new boat. She was built in 1892 for the passenger and freight service between New York City and New Haven. She was then known as the Hartford. At the commencement of the Spanish-American war she was pur- chased by the government, Her dimensions are: Keel length 220 feet, length over all 240 feet, beam 40 feet, depth of hold at shoalest point 13 feet. Her draught is between 1o and 11 feet, itis said. She is a twin-screw steamer, with triple expansion engines and four boilers to supply steam. In point of speed she will rank with the fleetest steamers on Lake Michigan. She has, it is said, been run as high as twenty miles per hour, but her average running is at the rate of seventeen miles per hour. This is the average of the North West and North Land in their runs between Buffalo and Chicago. 1