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THE MARINE RECORD. OCTOBER I0, IQOI. ie thabiai pha DULUTH-SUPERIOR. Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. Grain freights are slow at former quotations and vessels chartered ahead have now the best of it. ‘The receipts of Manitoba wheat, at Duluth during the month of vs bee phan were 681,000 bushels; shipments 248,000 bushels. There has been but very little Shedee in the Duluth wheat situation during the past week.. The demand from the East still continues very tame, shippers reporting it easier to buy back their shipping contracts than it isto make new ones. Capt. C: M. Davis and Capt. Kidd held a survey on the . Case, which had a touch-and-go damage while upbound with coal. The Case strnck west of Detour in thick weather, breaking ‘her forefoot and damaging planking. The cost of repairs is estimated at $1,800. Those who have madea study of the conditions of the ‘weather. on: the upper. lakes, have predicted that “there will be. an early close of navigation on Lake Su- “perior: Some of the old skippers are a little backward “about making predictions, but they say that the-fall weather -on the upper lakes has been extraordinarily severe so far. The steamer Ottawa, of the Canada Atlantic Line, struck on a bowlder off Great Duck Island on Tuesday, breaking a plate in the after ballast tank on the port side. The break »* was not serious enough to detain her and she proceeded to ‘this port to go into drydock. The Ottawa was in ballast - trim when she or up and the total damage will be but - hovers in the‘air. | . dntimated ‘that this model had received the approval of Frank oe. -Judge Lynde Harrison, whe isa aincctoe of the Consoli- sated Lake Superior Co., and of the Ontario Lake Superior sick decides that. the anit’ of Alton Miller, of New York, . against the Consolidated Co., for an injunction to restrain ~ ‘the purchase by the Consolidated Co. of the stock of the ‘Ontario~Co., has been withdrawn by the plaintiff in the ‘United States Cirenit Court, The plaintiff is ordered to pay the defendants’ costs. Capt. Inman’s project for the construction of an ice-break- ing steamer to navigate the lakes winter and summer still While at Sault. Ste. Marie, last week, he E. Kirby. to the’extent that the latter now constitutes one of ‘a company formed to build three of the steamers. Capt. Inman thinks that the first three boats will be running a year from the coming winter over the lower lake routes. The Ashland Lumber Co. sold two cargoes of lumber this week, amounting in all to about a million feet. One cargo --of No.:4 boards was sold to parties in Lorain, O., and “< parties. - Wiggins wert to Washburn with C..A. Nicoli, of the Nicoli ‘<Brothers Lumber'Co.; of Cleveland, to look over some stock ‘ ‘another cargo of No. 5 boards was sold to Muskegon, Mich., » This stock was on the Ashland docks. D: L. and it is very probable that Mr. Nicoli will make a purchase eran’ he returns east. * Capt. Reed, of the steamer Harvard, belonging to the Pittsburg Steamship Company, is reported to have probably located the wreck of the steamer Hudson. When off Eagle harbor on his last trip to Duluth, ‘there was a heavy dead “swell running. At intervals, in the trough of the sea, could be seen at some distance from the Harvard, what looked ‘like a spar protruding a few feet from the water. ‘Reed pricked:off the spot om his chart, and it is expected an “official report will be made of the locality. .It.is said that the spar probably would not be visible in perfectly smooth water.» It would appear from.this, if the object noted isa - spar of the lost Hudson, that the boat is resting.on an even - keel and in water-not,.so deep as to make her. recovery im- "possible. SP lagsiaehs It is reported. that. ss Booth. Ponipetiy egatemchacta put- ting on a line from Duluth to Sault Ste. Marie, either next season Or the season of 1903. If the next season, then the . company will build two boats the: coming winter instead of one. Qne boat will be built, to be. Teady to go into commis- sion at the opening of navigation, and will be on the north Captain shore run, making three trips a week to Port Arthur, and at least two a week around Isle Royale. The Argo will go on the south shore run, to which trade it is better adapted than the north shore trade, and when the company is ready to operate between Duluth and the Sault a second boat will go on the south shore. It is said that when the Duluth-Sault line is established the boats will touch at all south-shore points offering any traffic. or ae ee ’ CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The Chase Machine Co., marine machinery, gas and gaso line engines, etc., has just completed and shipped one of its worm-geared, friction-driven engines to the order of the Pittsburg Coal Co. This machine is designed to operate the spout of a coaling plant. Lines from one set of drums raise and lower the spout, and the other drums swing it in or out. Offerings of ore tonnage are light all around and “while shippers are not pressed for vessels they would not be able todo any business if the movement of grain was heavy enough to cut any figure. Grain is slow reaching Duluth and vessels under charter are delayed in getting cargoes. Two boats were placed for wheat Wednesnay, Ft. William to Buffalo, at 23% cents. Major Kingman, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., believes that, with the shore east of the river properly Grovented. other docks will be located there, which will increase the shipments through Cleveland’s water routes. On this be- lief the Lake Carriers’ Association and the maritime board of the Chamber of Commerce, aided by Major Kingman, will, during the fall, carry on a campaign for an appropri- ation for the harbor work of Cleveland. The casualties caused among deeply laden vessels by the — recent stormy weather is attracting some attention and lead- ~ ing owners to the exercise of caution. A recent circular letter from the manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.’s fleet, it is said, instructs captains of the smaller vessels not into a St. Lawrence river barge. to load deeper than 17 feet from now on until the close of navigation. It may be remarked, however, that the Pitts- burg Steamship Co. have no old wooden coffins to lose, those who have them are less magnanimous, The Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. is at work on a 100- ton pontoon crane for the Brooklyn navy-yard. It is to rest on apontoon 6oxioo feet and will have'an overhang at either end of 45 feet; the total length of travel being 190 feet. At 45 feet overhang the crane will have a lifting ca- pacity of 1ootons. The crane is provided with automatic counterweights so that the pontoon only lists three inches in picking up a 1oo-ton load. The pontoon is being built at the Cramp’s shipyard, Philadelphia, and the entire equip- ment will be completed before the end of the year. = Capt. A. R. Robinson, of Conneaut, master of the Crescent City, which rescued the crews of the M. M. Drake and the Michigan, on Lake Superior, received a telegram from Capt. A. B. Wolvin, general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., saying that the company will send reward money to be divided among the members of the crew asa token of the company’s appreciation of their heroism. Capt. Robinson did not know the amount of the sum to be divided. This, from Capt. Wolvin, is a step in the right direction and he is latterly doing things about right all the time. The officers of the Great Lakes Towing Co. do not express any great fear of the opposition which has started against them at Toledo and Buffalo, headed by Captain Sullivan. The principal reason for this is that the tug company re+ cently purchased, with the Maytham outfit, about all of the tugs on the lakes which might put up any sort of a fight against their better equipment. Those boats left outside are either not large enough to do any damage or are not num- © erous enough to go around. Added to this the company now claims to be giving good service to patrons, and they have faith in the stability of their relations with vessel owning campanies. The crews of the steamer M. M: Drake and ofthe schooner Michigan, which foundered on Lake Superior last Wednes- day, made their report at the office of Captain James Corri- gan, who owned the lost boats. The Crescent City came up to the Michigan at noon and found nobody aboard. They tad been taken on the Drake at 1:35 p. m., and the’ schooner sank at 2:05 p.m. At 5:30 p. m. the Drake was spoken and the captain asked for assistance. The smokestack of the Drake had been carried away by the 'jibboom of the Mich- igan when the schooner was pulled up to the Drake. When the Crescent City got alongside the Drake the crew of the latter were breaking up cabins and furniture to make steam ‘formerly of: the Hudson. to work the pumps. The Drake was sinking then, and at 5:40 went down. The Northern Wave had twice attempted to rescue the Drake’s crew. Two lines were got across and four men taken aboard the Wave. Then the Drake punch- ed a big ‘hole in the rescuer’s side and the Northern Wave withdrew. The Drake was overtaken forty-five miles west northwest of Whitefish Point. It was snowing and hailing and a high sea was running. The men were landed at the “‘Soo.’’ The statistics of iron ore shipments have been noted with interest by ore selling firms inthe past week. The Iron Trade Review says: The total movement from all upper lake ports in September was 2,893,669 gross tons, against 2,519,043 tons in September, r900—an increase of 374,626 © tons. For the season up to Sept. 30 the shipments this year were 15,157,105 tons, as compared with 14,885,065 tons to Sept. 30, 1900. Thisisan increase for the season of IgoI over 1g00 to same date, of 272,040 tons, or 1.83 per cent. Esti- mates on the season’s total are beginning to be made. They fall somewhat under 20,000,0co tons for water and all-rail shipments. Last year the movement by lake was 18,570,- 315 tons, the all rail shipments bringing the total up to 19,- 059,393. If unsold ore comes down to a fair amount this year, the next two months might readily yield a total of 4,500,000 tons by. water. yet to buy considerable ore, both Bessemer and non-Bessemer, to carry them up to the opening of navigation next year. There has been a fair amount of buying in the past month, and sellers have now comparatively little to offer, On some of the best Bessemer ores of the Mesabi range advances of 15 and 20 cents over early prices have been obtained in these recent transactions. ————— i oe own BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to The Marine. Record. The hull of the burned steamer Avon is to be converted She was recently pur- chased by the Hannan Co., of Ogdensburg, and the work of removing the machitlery will be begun as soon as the new owners get the craft in their hands. The Gilchrist Transportation Co., owners of the steamer City of Genoa, which was damaged by fire recently, has libeled 110,000 bushels of wheat which are stored in the Bastern elevator... The action was brought for $7,500 for services rendered the owners of the wheat when the vessel was burned. The remains of the late engineer Vogt, of the ill fated Hudson, were laid to rest in Pine Hill cemetery, The pall- bearers were:selected from the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Associations, One of the bearers was mate Rebenhagen, The Marine Engineers sent a beautiful floral piece in the-form of a roll of honor. ». The new Independent Tug Co.’ will, it is said, place two tugs in service at Tonawanda. that thought they could tax the lake tonnage to the ground may not be equal to the occasion any more than Collier was. In any case the Independent Towing Co. are willing to take a fighting chance if what I hear is correct. ’ Manager Gibson L,. Douglas, of the Western Transit line, has just received an interesting souvenir in the form of a neat little box made from a piece of wood taken from Lake Erie ‘to New York on the first trlp of the first canal boat, the Seneca Chief, on Nov. 4, 1825. The box was made in New York city and has been carefully treasured by its owner, un- til presented to Manager Douglas, who will in turn present it to the Buffalo Historical Society. Capt..A. C. Potter, of the Lehigh Valley liner Saranac, has noted protest because of the stranding of his vessel near the lower end of the St. Clair ship canal on Saturday. It appears that the steamer Whilhelm, with barges in tow, ‘parted her wheelchains and took a sheer toward the Saranac. This necéssitated ‘stopping and backing on the part of the latter, and her stern was thus swung aground. No damage was sustained, tug bills were incured in order to get off. 4; The hull of the:steamer Avon of the Union Transit Co., which was burned:on Lake Superior several weeks ago and declared a constructive total loss, was sold to John Hannan, of the Hannan Coal & Transportation Co. of Ogdensburg, and will be immediately repaired. At first it was thought ‘that the Avon would be converted into a barge and used for the lumber trade, as it was believed the expense of putting her machinery in condition would be too great. It has, how- éver been decided by her new owner to rebuild. RES DANY EDS YRE EN ee aS eS TR It is evident that furnacemen have ~ Capt. Cy Sinclair, the new | manager of the syndicate octopus and wealthy capitalists —