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: i G ¥ 4 he Marine Record. in elevators while passing through different oo . BHecort, | floors to the vessel, especially if there is a Dlavine ree | disconnection and the mate of the vessel is ——— = | Wublished Every Thursdmy at 144 Superior, on the wrong floor, and it has been recited, Street, |Leader Building] Cleveland, O. | and it is now a legend, that such cireum- : 1 Donp’p | stances often happen, as the last mentioned A. A. POMEROY, EDITOR AND PROP R- where many bibsleate of grain weighed in TORMS OF SUBSORUPTION: never got past the first, second, or third One yeam, postage Paid 2.2.2... eseeeeee seeeneee $2.00 floor. The tally men tnay swear to the Six months, postage paid...... .csecsee ceseeeees 1.00 amount tallied but they cannot swear te the Invariably in advance. __, quantity which reached and passed into the oasis THE MARINE RECORD can be found for | Vessel. ; sale by the following news dealers: | Judge Brown in reaching a common sense pola ASD, O:—G. F. Bowman, cornér of | decision defines a good point, which shows ana Wi ie Biceets 2 he is master of the sequence of the logic in CHICAGO, ILL.—Joseph Gray, 9 West Ran- | this case, that the bill of lading was made | , » beamed . dolph Street |to obviate the difficulties usually thrown BUFFALO, N. Y.—A. C. Brideson Michigan | in the way of deducting shortage and that tert as ne ; the consignors of the grain were also the wing Bridge. SSE lb e owners, and insists that the master had no Also, Miss McCabe, Elk Street, near Ohio. : : : : DULUTH, MINN.—C. F. Johnson, 117 West more authority to sign a bill of lading, tora Superior Street. cargo that was not in the vessel than he ESCANABA. MICH._Wm. Godley. had to sign a bill for the sale of the ship, as TETRA aH a ——— | was obviously done in this instance, but that Subscribers and others are respectfully invited | the owner of the vessel may. The amount to use'the columns of the MARINE RECORD | of freight money on the 496 bushels short is for the discussion of pertinent topics. involved in the same point and it was held ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN on| Dy the judge that if the mistake was made at APPLICATION. the Port Huron end of the route, which the Messrs. Bottsford deny, the vessel] was not entitled to freight on that quantity, but, if the mistake was made at the Buftalo end, where the shortage was discovered, as al- e leged, then the vessel was entitled to freight GRAIN SHORTAGE. money on that number of bushels, The Buf- ‘One of the questions likely to be the most | fajo elevator people, at the time, stren- prominent before lake men during the com- ously denied that the mistake was with ing season ix that of shortage in grain car-| them, goes. We assume that as sueh shortages} While maintaining the belief that ewners have been numerous in the past years, and as | of yegsels must, by united and persistent mo measures to correct the evil are likely to efforts, thwart the schemes of the elevator ‘be taken by the elevator people, the vessel | people, we do not wish to be charged with men must do allin their pewer to make a| ignoring the rights of the owners of the successful atand against the outrage, and | orain, but we do insist that if the vessel has adopt a proper course to insure that end. | heen able to show that she has delivered all {In another column of this edition will be} ghe received, it isin order for the owner of found Judge Brown’s decision in the case of | the grain to investigate and unravel the Robert Law, (owner of schooner Lizzie A- mystery of the elevator tribe, to whom he Law,) vs. J. E. Bottsford et al, (consignors | mugt look for satisfaction. and also consignees) to recover the value of 496 bushels of wheat deducted from the] py, changes noted in the Rxcorp last freight money of the schooner. week regarding the geographical limits of This as atest case, and the decision of | the Supervising Inspectors districts and Judge Brown as a precedent, add great| other matter is as follows: strength to the cause of the vessel owner) Pesolyed, ‘Nhat this Board earnestly re- and will stand in the same relation to four) commend, as an additional safeguard against bushels as it does to four’ hundred bushels | accidents, that all steamers of twenty-five tons and over, navigating the waters of the and accurate mocounts should. be kept by. United States flowing into the Gulf of gmasters of shortages at each elevator, the Mexico, shall be previded with tubes of ‘accounts being kept separate. While the| proper size, 80 arranged as to return the levator people have the advantage in their | sound of engine bells to the pilot house. ability to withhold payment for apparent| The Board also adopted a new blank form Entered at the Post Office at® Cleveland as second- less mail matter. OLEVELAND, GHIO, PHURSDAY, MARCH 4. shortage, and thus keep the master out of | of application for efficers’ licenses on West- the use of so much of the earnings of his|ern and Southern rivers, which are to be vessel, he will now have the courage to | used as soon as printed by the Department, adopt the remedy to recover with a fair, we | to the exclusion of the. forms now in use, may say certain, chance of succesr, inas-|in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and much as Judge Brown has declared that the| Tenth Supervising Inspection Districts. master has a right to show that he has de-| They will be known as Form 2124a, (Wes- livered all the cargo he received, which has | tern Rivere,) for masters, pilots, and mates; Joeen heretofore denied him. ‘The theory | and Form 2124), (Western Rivers,) for engi- cannot be successfully established that the} neers. Local inspectors in the districts -case of the plaintiff was won here because ef | named will make special requisitions fora weak bills of lading, giving the vessel more | sufficient supply for their respective dis- ‘scope than those instruments usually do, for | tricts. these bills contained the stipulation that, “It} The Board authorized changes in the is agreed between the carriers and shippers | geographical division of the Fifth and and assigns that in consideration of the | Eighth Supervising Inspection Districts as freight hereon named, the said carriers | iudicated in dtalics in the following descrip- ‘have supervised the weighing of said cargo | tion of said districts: inboard and hereby agree that this bill of| Fifth District embraces the Upper Mis- lading shall be conclusive as between ship | sissippi river and its tributaries, above pers and assigns, and carriers, as to the| Keokuk, Iowa; the Red River of the North; quantity of cargo to be delivered to con-|and that part of the Missouri river and its signees at the port of destination, and that | tributaries above Yankton, Dak., and all ‘they will deliver the full quantity hereon | ¢hat portion of Lake Superior bounded by the named, or pay for any part ef the cargo not | State of Minnesota, delivered at the current market price, the} Eighth District embraces all the waters value hereof to be deducted from the freight | of the lakes north and west of Lake Erie, money by consignors, if they shall so elect, | with their tributaries, except that portion of and thereupon the carrier shall be su-j| Lake Superior which is bounded by the State of brogated to the shippers’ and Owners’ rights | Minnesota, and also includes the upper por- of property theretor, tion of the Illinois river down to and in- It ean not be questioned that the foregoing cluding Peoria, Il. provides as strong a defense as any bill of lading likely to be accepted by any| Asa large amount of the lake tonnage is master, and may therefore be looked upon as/owned at Cleveland any move for the the limit of strength in favor of the elevator | enhancement of the value of the property men and involves the mystery of the ele-| should recover full ana unqualified support yators. But this is not the only line of de-|of Cleveland men, and itis the policy of fense enjoyed by the elevators, as it was | Cleveland owners to be largely repre- shown that a portion of the cargo| sented at the meeting of the Vessel Owners was taken from one hatch and wheeled | Association, to be held in Buffalo on Wednes- over to another in order to trim the|day, the 10th inst. Questions of much vessel for crossing the Lime Kilns, But] interest to owners will come before the the judge held that the burden of proot was | meeting for discussion, including the steam upen defendants to show that in the transfer| shovel charges, grain shortage and the any ef the grain was lost. effects of the Lizzie A. Law decision and its The theory will not obtain that grain | bearing on bills of lading. It is to be be shrinks while in transit over water any more | lieved that the present limited membership than one that rice will lose bulk by boiling, | of Cleveland owners in the Association will neither can it be held that any amount of | be increased, and that all will take greater grain will feed the fishes through the seams | interest in the good work the association Some person interested in the improve-| to ask you todo me the favor to continue ment of Chicago harbor and the rights of} the same. vesse] men to necessary facilities on the| We had « hurricane for three days be- lake front at that port should endeavor to|tween Cape Hatteras and the Bahama Is- discover and remove the obstacles which de-| lands, This line calls at Nassua, N. P., both ter District Attorney Tuthill from investi-| ways. It is composed of the following gating and reporting upon the encroach- steamships, which are the most popular out ments of the I}linois railroad. Mr. Tut-| of New York: Steamship Cienfuegos and hill’s pretext in objecting to conform to the | Santiago, calling ac Nassau; Santiago de instructions of the war department is that } Cuba, Cienfuegos at Guantanamo. The Ha- there has been no appropriation made to in- | vana steamships are Newport, Saratoga and | demnify him for his services, which is! Niagara. broadly suggestive ef the quaint adage that | Mr. Smith and family, of Detroit, whose |a ‘bird in the hand is worth two im the; acquaintance I had the pleasure of making, bush,” or “nest hiding,’ as it were. were passengers to Nassau. I believe he a a THE great need of a lighthouse at Two | Harbors has been laid before the lighthouse owners and masters to stimulate Represent- ative Foran to give it all the support that this great interest of navigation demands, as there are over 300,000 tons of ore shipped annually from ‘'wo Harbors. LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION. Burrato, Mareb 2. To the Editor of the Marine Record. The annual ‘meeting of the members of the Lake Carriers’ Association will be held at Buffalo in the cemmittee rooms of the Merchants’ Exchange on Wednesday, March 10, at10a.m, The president will submit a brief report, showing the origin and purpose of the association, its work during the past year, and its plans for the future. A new board of managers will be elected, and other business of much importance will be brought before the meeting. The present status of the negotiations with the Chicago board of trade for the establishment of a uniform form of lake,and lake and rail bill ot lading will be shown. Also, what has been done toward securing a reduction in the charges for shoveling grain at Buffalo, and the pros- pect for ultimate success. Criticism will be invited, and suggestions for the future. It is expected that the meeting will be one of unusual interest, and as large an at- tendance of vessel men as possible is de- sired. It is hoped that all the members will attend who can do so,and it is especially desired that all ot the present board of man- agers should make a point of being present. Members are urged to make an effort to bring other vessel men with them, It is expected that réduced rates of trans- portation will be secured’ on the railroads between Chicago and Buffalo. Notice will be given in the daily press of the concession obtained. : : “- OIL ON THE WATER. PEQUAMING, MicH., March 1. To the Editor of the Marine Record: T have notived lately a great deal in the ReEcorD about’ pouring oil on the water. If it will not take too much spacein your paper I will state my experience in regard to oil. Last October I was bound from this port to Duluth, with three scows heavily laden with lumber. When off Porcupine mountains a heavy gale sprang up from the east. It was not very long before my scows were coming sidewise as well as endwise and the seas were breaking entirely over them. 1 asked the engineer how much oil he had. He said, ‘‘lots of it.”? I then ordered a small stream of the oil to. be dropped into the water. It was not long before it reached the end scow, and there was not another sea broke on the decks of my tow. Of course we were running before the wind and made alee under Michigan island. I am satisfied that if we had not used the oil [should have lost my entire tow. I must say that it is a good thing in many cases. We shall use it a great deal this year in raft- ing. Caprain JAY HURSLEY, OBITUARY. Another of the old lake veterans has passed away, Captain Oliver Drovillard, at his residence in Detroit, Wednesday even- ing,at the age of 68 years. He was of French origin, and was born in Detroit. He com- menced life upon the lakes in 1834, chiefly on sail vessels, and was well acquainted on the upper lakes. The two last vessels ke sailed were the New Hampshire and the Mona, of which he was part owner, but for the past three years he has lived in retire- ment. The cause of his death was conges- tion of the liver. He leaves a wife and three grown up sons, Captain Drovyillard was widely known by lake men and had many friends, STEAMSHIP CIENFUEGOS, Harpor Crenruxaos, February 14, Special Correspondence to the Marine Record: I take the opportunity of dropping youa few lines. You will recognize in me one of the subscribers of your valuable journal, of a graintight vessel, but it is possible that | has marked out and can accomplish if it has|and as my subscription may possibly run grain muy escape from grain tight schutes| the necessary support. enna ally tie es meen ie ene eh he lal ahd oe ihe out before my return, I thought it but right board, and it will now be the duty of vessel | jis the owner ot the well known raft tow- ling steamers Scheoleraft and Manistique. ' In conclusion I wish te add that an acci- | dent has occurred to our steamer which you may have heard ere this. Cienfuegos being a natural barbor, bas a narrow entrance with a bend in it, and a vessel of any size may passin or out without any difficulty. It is the custom of sailing vessels, when get- ting under weigh, to co so very early in the morning so as to take advantage of the land breeze; sometimes as early as 2a. m., as they have to heave up their anchors. We had a pilot on board and as the wind was very light we overhauled a barque, going out in tow of atug, about half a mile in- side the bend. Our captain signaled with the intention of passing her on our port hand, but as the tug took a sheer our cap- tain ported to avoid sinking the tug or the barque. The conseqnence was we went ashore on a very abrupt bank mixed with coral, and stove a holein our bow from the 10 foot mark for 15 feet under our fore foot, turning our stem and plates over to port for adepth of 3 feet, leaving a hole between the first, second to third angle iron frames large enough to admit a man’s body. Her water-tight bulkhead saved the ship. The Cienfuegos has been here two weeks with all the cargo out forward,and Mr, Red- man and Mr. Raymond, the ship ironer, of the firm of John Roach & Son, arrived to make repairs. BoaTswaln. Continued from Jirst page. DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. March 2.—The present cold snap which set in on the 26th ult. and continues at this writing to hold over, proves the severest of the winter so far af least as concerns navi- gation on the Detroit river. ‘The ice has seriously interfered with the movements of the ferry steamers, and yesterday they were hemmed in midway of the channel and were released by those at liberty to render assistance, including the mammoth steamer Lansdowne which until now has bid defiance to ice barriers. This is mainly caused by shelving which has created a thickness from eight to ten feet. This state of things has not occurred for several years past. Contrary to what was predicted in my last letter the breach between the shipbuild- ers and carpenters seems no nearer settle- ment than at the commencement, The lat- ter have avowed their determination to hold out until their demands are complied with. {n the rupture thus far it appears that the ship joiners have taken no hand in the mat- ter for the reason that they have no sores which require healing, and consequently keep right along with their work so far as required. As was stated in my last letter Cuddy & Doran, outside jobbers, had a few men employed at work on Captain Grum- mond’s steamers, who demanded an increase of pay. Captain Grummond told the job- bers to keep the inen and comply with their demands which, for a time, settled the diffi- culty, but when made known tothe majority they too were compelled to knock off, To a visitor yesterday the shipyards pre- sented a holiday appearance and no work- men in sight. ‘This being the state of affairs such work as must absolutely go forward, if not carried out here, must go elsewhere as soon as time and weather will permit, and to this end it is stated that the steamer Northwest, now lying at the Detroit dry- dock, will be taken to Craig’s Shipyard at Trenton for reconstruction as soon as the ice is out of the way so that she can get there. Another narrow escape from drowning occurred on the river recently by an indi- vidual named Thomas Massel making a {ool- hardy attempt te cross the stream in a skiff at or near Sandwich Point. He saw some- thing floating down the Stream which to him seemed a valuable prize, and he pulled out for its recovery, When about fifteen rods from shore his shell was overturned by a cake ot ice. He found refuge on the ice, but the skiff passed on down stream. The ice neared the shore where fortunately he effected a landing, nearly frozen, and more _ dead than alive, ee Captain Charles Hanscombe who, a year ‘the