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THE MARINE RECORD. APRIL, Io, Ig KanaKwknKe DETROIT. _ Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. William Murdock, for years in command of boats in Smith, Boutell and Reed lines, died of paralysis last Saturday morning at Bay City. He was 48 years old and leaves a widow and two children. he steamer William F. Fitch, building for the Franklin Transportation Co., of which Mr. D. R. Hanna is presi- dent, will be launched at the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co., Saturday. The steamer J. J. Hill, formerly owned by C. T. Mor- ley, of Marine City, has been sold to Eastern men whose names are withheld. ‘The understanding is that she will be taken to the coast and used in the trade. The steamer Mark Hopkins was placed in the Orleans street dock of the Detroit Ship Building Co. last Sat- urday, and will receive repairs made necessary by her long rest on the beach off Long Point. She will be given new steel arches and steel trusses, a caulking and general overhauling. 1.e following meteorological observations are furnished by the office of the United States Weather Bureau, Detroit, for the week ending, 8 p. m., April 8, 1902: Prevailing wind directions for the week, west; highest velocity, 36 miles from the northeast on the 8th; mean temperature for the week, 39 degrees; highest temperature, 53 degrees on the 6th; lowest, 28 degrees on the 8th. x The Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Line will be in oper- ation now in less than two months, the two boats being well along toward completion at the yards of the Detroit Ship Building Co. ‘Ihe line will probably have eventually a six months’ season but the plan at present is to operate the boats from about May 15 to October 15. The boats will be held in port for nothing but foggy or thick weather as their great power, and immense beam and weight will enable them to proceed through any sea that might arise on Lake Erie. ‘Vhe vessels of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. have opened the season with bad luck. Half a dozen boats of that fleet have been in trouble during the past week, and four of them have gone ashore.’ The big steamer Van Hise went on Bois Blanc island in the Straits Sunday night. Wed- nesday reports were that the steamer Lasalle was ashore on White shoals, and that the steamer Crescent City and Lake Superior. After jettisoning about 600 tons of ore the Van Hise was released Wednesday afternoon. R. R. Meatheny, of Grand Rapids, and Daniel W. Kauf- man, of Marquette, have awarded to the American Ship Building Co. the contract for building two car ferries, each with a capacity of thirty cars, to cost approximately, $1,000,c00. ‘The ferries will be aco feet long by 58 feet wide, to draw 20 feet of water and will be the most pow- erful on the lakes. ‘They are to be built either in Detroit cr Cleveland, that matter to be settled in the future by the company. ‘The ferries will ply between Manistique, and Northport, connecting the Manistique, Marquette & Northern railroad and the Traverse City, Leelanau & Manistique line, across the upper portion of Lake Michi- _ gan. ‘These lines recently came into possession of the syn- dicate represented by Meatheny and Kaufman. tracts also are let for a new outfit of cars. oo or MILWAUKEE. Special Correshondence to The Marine Recora. The excursion steamer City of Grand Rapids will be operated by a brewery firm between this city and White- fish Bay during the summer. Capt. Edward Saveland, one of the best known masters on the Great Lakes, died here Monday after an illness of a year. He had resided in Milwaukee about forty years, during which period he had sailed the lakes. By the terms of a deal closed in Manitowoc Tuesday, the Reiss Coal Co. will, beginning May 1, assume charge of the Wisconsin Central coal docks in that place, formerly operated by the Jones & Adams Coal Co. The Reiss company also controls the Northwestern coal docks. Damages of $10,coo a year to their stock of dry goods from smoke and soot emitted from the smokestacks of ‘the steamers of the Goodrich Transportation Co. are the basis of an injunction filed against the transportation com- pany by Gimbel Bros., of this city. The firm seeks to en- join the steamboat line from operating its steamers in sucu a manner as to allow them to emit smoke in viola- tion of the city ordinance in regard to the smoke nuisance. whaleback barge 130 were stranded on Point Au Sable, The con-_ CHICAGO. : Special Correspondence to The Marine Record: The first line boat to leave at this end of the route was the Chicago, of the Western Transit Line, which left South Chicago Monday afternoon. She went light to Duluth to take on a full cargo of flour, for Buffalo. Considerable grain in small lots and mainly up the south branch was on the market. this week at 1c for corn and 13éc for wheat to Buffalo. ‘Two or three small cargoes will probably be placed at these figures. : The steamer Wilkesbarre, of the .Lehigh Valley line, this week loaded the first cargo of package freight ever shipped from South “Chicago. The cargo consists of 4,700 tons of flour, glocose, and general merchandise taken on at Rock Island dock, and 500 tons. more loaded at the Belt line dock. The: steamer [zon was successfully launched at the South Chicago yards of the Chicago Ship Building Co. last Saturday afternoon. Miss Cora Prendiville weilded the champagne bottle, and the big fleet of steamers now undergoing repairs at the yards did their best to deafen the big crowd of spectators with their whistles when the boat struck the water. The following meteorological observations are fur- nished by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Chicago, for the week ending Wednesday April 9, 1902. Prevailing wind directions for the week northeast; highest velocity 33 miles, from the north on the 8th; mean temperature for the week, 37; highest temperature 61 on the 6th; lowest 23, on the 7th. When Capt. John Jurgins, of the tug Harry C. Lydon, returns to Chicago from Toledo he will find awaiting him two warrants for his arrest. One is for the alleged viola- tion of the law regulating the dumping of refuse off the city water front, and the other is for his alleged failure to obey the orders of the harbormaster. The warrants were issued Monday on complaint of Louis Smith, of the gov- ernment engineer’s office. Violation of the law prescribing that refuse must not be dumped within five miles of the harbor, it is said, have been frequent during the past few years, especially since the beginning of the work on the drainage canal. Capt Jurgins, however, is the first tug captain to be proceeded against for the offense. In his complaint Smith recites that on March 27, while the tug Lydon was towing two loaded scows down the river, the captain was ordered by Assistant Harbormaster White to stop and allow an examination as to whether an inspector was aboard. Capt. Jurgins did not stop. The alleged viola-_ tion of the dumping law was committed the same day. It was found upon inquiry at Lydon & Drews’ office that: Jurgins had been assigned to some harbor work at Toledo, for which the company has a contract, and might not re- turn to Chicage this season. —_—_————— ae DULUTH-SUPERIOR. Special Correshondence to The Marine Record. Capt. William Bassett, who for several seasons has been master of the steamer City of Collingwood, will com- mand the new steamer Huronic, which will run this sea- son between Sarnia and Duluth. The light-house keepers and their assistants of the lights on Lake Superior who have been spending the winter at their homes in Duluth, have taken up the duties of their stations this week. Among those who left Monday morn- ing are, John Malone, keeper, and Albert Malone, assist- ant keeper of the light in Menagerie Island; Alex. Shaw, keeper; John Campbell, first assistant, and Henry Casey, second assistant, at the Passage Island light. The steamer Howard L. Shaw cleared here Monday with 252,000 bushels of flax for Buffalo. She enjoys the distinction of having carried the three most valuable cargoes ever loaded out of Duluth. She carried two cargoes of high priced flax last fall, and it now transport- ing the third. The value of the cargo which she took out yesterday was $440,000. Her three flax cargoes had an aggregate value ot $1,300,000. The tie-up of the tug fleet here is complete, and all the employes of the Great Lakes Towing Co., including the dispatching force, have been laid off, until settlement of the firemen’s strike. The difference between the fire- men and the tug company has now resolved itself into a test of endurance. Vessels will be able to do their own towing until storms arise, when the situation will become serious. Some important amendments have been made to the harbor regulations of the Duluth-Superior harbor. ‘The recommendations for such were made by Capt. D. D. Gail- ‘lard and were approved by Assistant Secretary of War William C. Sanger, April 3. ‘The amendments have to do with log towing through the Duluth ship canal. Here- tofore, in recent years at least, log towing has been pro- hibited through the waterway. This year it is to be per- mitted under certain conditions. The new rules permit of wider rafts being towed through the Wisconsin entry than last year but there is a limitation on the length of them, which did not exist before. "The new rules seem to be very liberal and the lumber firms will probably find them entirely satisfactory. . riers, and J. J. Joyce, president of the Grain Shovelers’ BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record: : The name of the steamer H. J. Jewett, of the Union Steamboat Line, will be changed to Binghamton. It is the intention of the management of the line to have the names of the vessels of the fleet-all correspond with those of cities along the line of the Erie. The John Mitchell of th W. H. Gratwick Line has also been changed to Majo The following meteorological observations are fur nished by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Buffalo, for the week ending April 9, 1902. Prevailing wind direction for the week, scuthwest; highest velocity 49 miles, from the northeast, on the 8th; mean temperature for the week, 40; highest temperature 57, on the 6th; low est, 30 on the 5th. Navigation was opened at this end of Lake Erie at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, by the departure of the steamer Progress, of the Corrigan fleet, followed by the | Robert Wallace, Minnesota, towing barge Frank Ewen, Bulgaria, Kennebec, John Eddy, Wyoming, Plankington, H. W. Oliver, Senator, Colonel, Beilman, Aurania, Hutch- inson, and Spencer. . The last. boat got away at 1 o'clock. The first boat to arrive was the Carnage. ; Bateman, McDougall & Palmer have purchased the plant of Dunbar & Sullivan at the “Soo” and will add it to their Buffalo yard as soon as navigation is opened. The machinery is new and consists of large punch, shears, hori- zontal punch, angle-iron shears, radial drills and other machines. A large shop is to be erected for their reception. When put in position the firm will have a modern plant and be able to handle all work with dispatch. An agreement to regulate the handling of all grain at this port has been reached. ‘The agreement with the Lake Car-. riers’ Association provides that all men employed in the handling of grain at Buffalo this season shall be union men. In the event of any trouble arising between the I. L. A. and the Lake Carriers’ Association the difficulty is to be settled by Thomas W. Kennedy for the Lake Car- local union, No. 109. If these two men cannot agree, a — third disinterested party will be called in and the decision of any two will be final. The wage scale for unloading vessels is fixed at $2 per 1,000 bushels, with $3 for overtime. The price for handling wet grain will be 30 cents per hour. The ten life saving stations of the tenth district of the United States life saving service opened their doors at mid- night last. Friday, following the orders of Capt. Chapman, the superintendent of the district. ‘These include the sta- tions along the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario. They will remain open for the rescue of all distressed ships in those waters until the close of navigation in the fall. The stations along Lake Eries are located at Point Marblehead, Ashtabula, Cleveland, Erie, Fairport and Buffalo. The stations on. the shore of Lake Ontario are at Fort Niagara, Charlotte, Oswego and Big Sandy Point. All of the boats at these stations have been thoroughly overhauled during the winter months and are now ready to be put in com- mission for the coming season. Several boats of new de- sign have been sent to the stations on Lake Ontario. The following bosses. have been appointed by Superin- tendend Kennedy: City elevators, A and B—Bosses, John Keefe and James Quinn; assistants, Timothy Sullivan and Patrick T‘ubriday. Niagara elevators A and B—Bosses, Wm. Naughton and John McGowan; assistants, Thomas Barrett and Peter Arbor. Great Northern Elevator—Boss, Michael McNamara; assistants, Patrick McDonough and Edward Fitzgerald. Electric Elevator—Boss, Stephen Sharrow ; assistant, Thomas Manaher. Coatsworth, Kellog and Wheeler elevators—Boss, John Leardon; assistant, — Michael Driscoll. Great Eastern Elevator—Boss, Michael Griffin; assistant, Neil O’Brien. Marine Elevator—Boss, James Walsh; assistant, John Breen. Dakota and Frontier Elevators—Boss, Thos. Sheehan: assistant, Thomas Cav- anaugh. C. T. R. R. Elevator—Boss, James McNamara; assistant, Maurice Griffin. Evans, Ontario and Bennett Elevators—Boss, John Costello; assistant, James Murray. Erie Elevator—Boss scooper, Daniel O’Dea. Export Ele- vator—Boss scooper, ‘Thomas Ellis. Wells Elevator—Boss scooper, David Coughlin. Exchange Elevator—Boss scooper, Michael Donovan. ———— i oa oe MARINE PATENTS. 696,304.—Combined windlass and warping winch. Jacob R. Andrews, Bath, Me. x ees raft. Daniel G. Martens, London, Eng- and. 5 696,581.—Self-loading bucket for dredging. Joseph A. Mumford. Roslyn, N. Y. = 696,621.—Life-boat. Carl E. Pearson, Bergen, Norway. 606,666.—Horizontal paddle wheel for propelling ships: « Viktor Berg, Abo, Russia. Isaac A. Wilson, De- 606,703.—Hand power propeller. troit, Mich. 2 696,723.—Marine railway. Charles M. Davis, Cam- bridgeport, Mass.; assignor of one-half to Jacinthe S. Condinho, East Cambridge, Mass. 696,748.—Rope clamp. Clark F. Rigby, New Martins- ville, W. Va. 606,874.—Seine pursing machine. William B. Gloucester, Mass. Lantz,