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JULY 3, 1902. routes that are cutting into rail and canal shipments to New York are by the way of Georgian Bay and the St. Lawrence river, and the rate to Liverpool by this route is at present 114 cents a bushel cheaper than via New York. Canadian shipments for the week ended June 28 are shown to be greater than New York’s by 617,143 bushels, and greater than those of all the chief American ports on the Atlantic by 250,459 bushels. ‘The total shipments of all grains by the way of Canadian ports for the week were 1,002,265 against 742,806 by American Atlantic ports. ' After serving at various stages of her career as a pas- Senger steamer, package freight liner, and in the coal and ore trades, the steamer Nebraska is now being remodeled for use in the lumber trade. For two years the Nebraska has been lying idle at a dock in Milwaukee, having been taken there after stranding in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. The steamer was sold recently to Samuel Neff, of Mil- watikee, by the insurance companies, and by him transfer- red to J. J. Bolan and others, of Buffalo. The alterations will cost about $12,000. The blast furnace of the Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co., which has been tied up by a strike since early in April, will start up again July 5. Sufficient help has been se- cured, consisting of former employes and new men, to operate the plant. Sufficient ore has been accumulated to keep the furnace running for several months. In addition to its own fleet to bring forward ore, the steel company has secured the steamer Ralph and consorts Harold and Connelly Bros., and the steamer Watson. ‘These boats have been engaged in the lumber trade. During the strike the plant has been put in fine condition, Manistique and Portage Lake divided three small car- goes, (2,750 tons) of anthracite last week and nothing more was done. ‘The eighth week in the coal miners’ strike sees a Settlement apparently as far off as at any time since mining ceased. A recognition of the miners’ union is the principal cause of the contention, other demands be- ing subordinate to the main issue. ‘There is also a short- age, or at least no surplus, of bituminous, as the miners are curtailing the output, and fears are felt that the non- union mines in Allegheny and Reynoldsville may close down in sympathy, in which event there would be a de- plorable shortage. The union miners will observe their contracts with the operators and will not break their agree- ments. After twelve hours’ work as captain of the trust tug Babcock, Capt. Walter Judd tore down his license and left the vessel. Judd is a Tonawanda man and has been a member of the Buffalo lodge of licensed tugmen. He said in quitting work that he could not endure the jibes of union men along the water front. It is claimed that the tug trust will have a full fleet in service here at what- ever cost. The other members of the Babcock’s crew are from some upper lake port, and will probably stay at work. Andrew Boehringer. a seaman who. was employed on the steamer ‘Troy and who had his left leg torn off by a tow rope, was granted $675 damages in the United States District Court. He sued to recover $10,000, The acci- dent occurred at Duluth last year! The unemployed tugmen propose to carry their case to Senator M. A. Hanna, with the expectation that he will intercede in behalf of arbitration. The officials of the Licensed Ttugmen’s Protective Association are confident that Senator Hanna will be able to bring ‘about an early adjustment of the trouble. It is claimed that, while he has never participated in the management of the tug trust, he holds some stock in the concern. This, in -connec- tion with his powerful influence, will, it is thought, put him in position to adjust the difficulty as no other man could. It is also learned that the Secretary of the Treas- ury, Elihu Root, is disposed to push the cases of license cancellation against the tugmen and that he has so in- structed the Inspector-General of the Steamboat Inspec- tion Service. If such is the case, and it comes from good authority, Senator Hanna can well be appealed to to straighten out the tangle, especially as the Secretary of the Treasury can only be acting from hearsay or preju- diced representations. Wm. Petersen arrived at Montreal and will have three of his turret steamers on the lakes between Port Arthur, Port Colborne, Buffalo and other ports in a few days. He also states that other boats would follow,:as he be- lieved the turrets would prove model grain carriers. The Newcastle ship owner was asked if he expected to be re- couped the $50,000 deposited with the Canadian Govern- ment at the time he attempted to float a Canadian fast line, and he replied that it would be a particularly hard case should a refund be impossible. When he put up the $50,- c00 he did not declare that he had the $2,500,000, but apart from the deposit in question, the spending of $80,090 of his Own money manifested his good faith, and he said his failure to float the enterprise had been brought about by circumstances absolutely beyond his control. This view he considered would be shared by the Canadian people, They had seen, in fact, Mr. Connors, of Buffalo, make a declaration that he would carry on certain improvements in the harbor of Montreal; the contract had also been Signed and a deposit was made, and although Mr. Connors failed to perform the work his money was returned; and in veiw of all this Mr. Petersen could hardly believe that when the evidence of his own good faith had been made s0 clear his case would be treated differently from the one mentioned. THE MARINE RECORD. DETROIT. The steamer A. E. Stewart, will be launched at Bay City - July 8, and will then be towed here for her machinery and. boilers. It has been reported to the light-house inspector that the gas buoy at the lower end of the St. Clair Flats has been carried away by some vessel. ‘The present location of the buoy is not known. The steamer Sailor Boy has been chartered to run be- tween Toledo and Monroe, Mich., on the Raisin river. She will be sailed by her owner, Capt. Richard Arm- strong, of Detroit. Toledo parties will manage the steamer. Capt. James S. Moiles, for the past two years master of the Marcia, died here on Thursday last, of typhoid fever, after an illness of three weeks. He was 54 years of age, and had sailed the lakes since 12 years old. He leaves a widow and four children. Herman Kolch and John Lenkeitus, both young men, were drowned off the steamer Tashmoo on ‘Tuesday, as she lay at her dock. The men were scrubbing one of her paddle wheel boxes when the plank they were standing on gave way, throwing them into the river. Lenkeitus leaves a family. : Capt. E. B. Marquette will retire from the command of the steamer F. L,. Vance, about Aug. 1, to take charge’ of the new light-house tender. He will be succeeded by Capt. F. W. Van Patten, of the steamer Roswell P. Flower. ‘The vacancy on the latter steamer will be filled by the promotion of Edward Zwemer from the position of first mate. A special from Alpena says: om Garrity, keeper of the Presque Isle light, picked up a sealed bottle Saturday containing a note as follows: “Steamer Hudson, off Keweenew Point, rolling like a ball and all hands ready to give up the ghost. An Oiler.” ‘The paper had turned yellow and the writing is in pencil. The Hudson was lost last fall on Lake Superior with all hands. The note in the bottle is regarded as genuine. The Inspector General of the Steamboat Inspection Ser- vice, James A. Dumont, has issued an order from Washing- ton, to the Local Steamboat Inspectors, and to all the at- torneys of the Great Lakes Towing Co., to appear at the prosecution of the striking men and to cross-examine the defendants and their witnesses. Should a conviction be secured under this arrangement, at Chicago, it is probable that the licensed tugmen will appeal the cases on the ground that Mr. Dumont is exceeding his authority, and is favoring the tug trust. The United States Geological Survey has resumed field work for the topographic mapping of a portion of Michi- gan. ‘The special map on which work is now being done will be known as that of the Ann Arbor quadrangle, repre- senting the district surrounding the city of that name. Like other topographic maps issued by the Geological Sur- vey, not only the ordinary features will appear in detail, but also the relief or topography of the country, with ele- vations above sea level. Topographic features of special interest which will be represented on the Ann Arbor map are the terminal moraine passing through Ann Arbor and Naturally the professors ° the old shore lines of Lake Erie. and students at the university are interested in the work, and it will afford the students an excellent opportunity for field practice. The work is under the supervision of Topo- grapher E.. C. Bebb. Secretary-Treasurer Henry C. Barter, of the Interna- tional ’"Longshoremen’s Association, whose office is at this port, said that there is absolutely no truth in the report to the effect that at the annual convention in Chicago next month an alliance with the Licensed Tugmen’s Pro- tective Association would be attempted. Mr. Barter says that no organization can affiliate with the ’longshoremen while they have a strike on hand, as the I. L. A. is not borrowing trouble. When the tug strike is settled and the tugmen get back to a working basis there may be chances of their becoming a part of the ’longshoremen, but not under present conditions. Several propositions to affiliate with the International ’Longshoremen’s Associa- tion will be made at the Chicago convention, which will open July 12. Since the last convention in Toledo a year ago 105 new locals have been gathered into the folds. There are strong indications that ‘several cities on the lakes will make an eager effort to secure the naval train- ing station, for which a preliminary arrangement is made in the naval appropriation bill recently passed in Congress, which provides for the appointment of a board of naval officers to make an examination and report concerning several proposed sites and the practicability and probable cost of such an establishment. Several Michigan cities, including Marquette, St. Clair'and Lunington, are striving to devise means to Secure the station, and Detroit, with its almost unequaled river front, will also doubtless make a plav for it.’ Milwaukee will make a strong bid for it, and her claims are being ardently supported by the Represen- tatives and Senators from Wisconsin. Some doubt ex- ists, however, as to whether or not the latter city could provide a suitable site. Minnesota and Illinois are pre- paring to present their claims for the institution, which all recognize will develop into one of considerable impor- tance. CLEVELAND. The first of the Mitchell steamers building at Lorain will be ready for launching in “about, six’ weeks. € ef Capt. Baker, of Duluth,» has purchased the schooner Nellie Redington:from her Cleveland awners, for $12,000. The attempt of the Pittsburg Steamship Co,, to do its own towing at: Ashtabula, with. boats chartered from the Great Lakes Towing Co., has been dropped. The small steamer Skater, owned by Capt. William Downs, has been chartered for the season to H, S. Lavine, of Cleveland. The Skater will be used in the excursion business between Cleveland and Euclid Beach park. General Manager A. B. Wolvin, of the Pittsburg Steam- ship Co., who was here this week, said that his company was not going into the vessel towing business, and that ae tugs would be chartered to tow the vessels of the big eet. The Portage Coal & Dock Co. has been organized, with W. P. Murray, of Cleveland, as president, and Harry G. Dalton, of Cleveland, secretary and treasurer. The capi- tal stock is $100,000. Docks with a storage capacity of 80,000 tons will be completed Aug. 1. : ‘ The tug Lutz, of the Great Lakes ‘Towing Co., cleverly picked up the schooner Von Straubenzie last Sunday and saved her from being dashed to pieces on the breakwater. The Straubenzie was in tow at the time but the line parted as she was entering the port. Fairport Harbor’s commerce is booming and at present it is doing the largest business in its history. ‘The receipts for June show. it to be the banner month for all time in the past. The receipts aggregate 259,409 tons and the ship- ments of ore were 230,008 tons. It is now reported that the cash capital of the new shipping firm, the Cleveland & Detroit Navigation Co., which was' recently incorporated in Columbus, is about to be increased to $500,000. Shippers here and elsewhere will be interested in the enterprise. The Great Lakes Towing Co. have now a majority of their tugs at work, and the list is being added to daily. Their old employes are still on strike, but it is found pos- sible to gradually secure other men who they find readily adapting themselves to tugboat work. The C. B. Line chartered the large steamer Pasadena from Buffalo to this port with a general cargo. ‘The regular ‘pas- senger boats carry a large quantity of cargo, but, it com-. menced to pile up in such great quantities that extra ton- nage was found necessary to clear up the receiving docks. President McDonough, of the Licensed Tugmen’s Asso- ciation, who was shot by a member of the crew or one of the special officers on board the syndicate tug Grover, is getting along nicely, at Huron street hospital. Grand President McCarle, wired the local members of the asso- ciation to spare no expense in making the injured man comfortable. The steel steamer J. M. Jenks, recently built. at the Lorain yards of the American Ship Building Co. for W. A. Hawgooed, reached Ashtabula on Monday after her first round trip. She carried 6,101 tons of iron ore. W. A. Hawgood, managing owner of the steamer, went up the lakes with his family on the first trip made by the new boat and expresses himself as being satisfied with her. The double daily service of the Detroit & Cleveland Na- vigation Co., is now open between this port and Detroit. It will be continued through the months of July, August, and a portion of September, or until the excursion sea- son for the year is over. This completes the full service of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., every boat which it owns being now fully in service. It has been reported during the past few days that the new Cleveland & Detroit Navigation Co., which was in- corporated last month for a small sum, will increase its capital stock to $1,000,000. It is claimed that a number of wealthy business men of Cleveland, Chicago and De- troit are behind the new company, and that the steamer Manitou has been practically secured for next season. Capt. J. C. Ryan will appear before the Local Inspectors of Steamboats, to-day. Capt. Ryan, who was formerly in the employ of the Great Lakes ‘Towing Co., is now master of the independent tug Edson. He is charged with refus- ing to tow the passenger steamer City of Detroit, on May 21. O. C. Pinney, Esq., attorney for Capt. Ryan, said yesterday that he would be ready to go ahead with the case. ror oo rr THE OLDEST SHIP. IN THE WORLD. What is stated to be the oldest ship in the world has re- cently been sold at Teneriffe to be broken up. This is the Italian ship Anita, registered at the port of Genoa. The Anita, which resembled Christopher Columbus’ ship the Santa Maria, was built in Genoa in 1548, and effected her last voyage at the end of March, 1902, from Naples to Teneriffe six or seven weeks ago. The Anita was of tremendously stout build, and had weathered countless storms and tornadoes in all parts of the world; but it was also the slowest ship afloat taking 205 days on one voyage |