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ROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND. If the owner of barge Sylvia Morton will all at fice he will learn something to his advantage. _ Ed. Suckow, mechanical engineer, and in- - yentor of Suckow’s marine jack, was in the city la uturday. 2 Mr. P. V. Carroll, Buffalo agent of the Green Bay Line, Russia and Colorado, was ‘this week. pn. Chisholm, R. Wallace and mbia have been chartered, coal, Cleve- 1 to Chicago, at 70 cents. . John T. Costello last season chief ineer of the steamer Oscar Townsend, goes as chief of the steamer Harry E. acker. 9 \ Mr, J. C. Gilchrist of Vermillion has pur- _ chased the steamer Oregon, not the Oregon of Cunard Line fame, but the Oregon of the lakes. Captain Anderson, late of the.tug Joe Harris, is to be chief mate of the new boat building at Quayle’s yard for Moore, Bartow ‘and others. Captain John Archer and his brother have bought the tug Cushing. She is fitted out ready for business and Captain Archer ~ -swill pull the bells... . Captain R. H. Cowley, will sail the steamer F. M. Butters this season between Lt ding- ton and Chicago. Captain Cowley is now in Ludington fitting out. P[Chaplain Jones, of the Sailors’ Bethel has sold the old floating bethel toa firm who will use it for receiving fish. The price paid for the bethel is $175. At Globe drydock the propeller Oscar Townsend received a new mizzen mast, new fore foot, new shaft, new wheel, and was refastened trom the keel up. The water in the river is lower than it has been for a number of years at this season and it will probably be found at a low stage at the several crossings on the lakes. Robert McCutchin, last season second engineer of the Empire State, has been ap- pointed chief engineer of the steamer Wal- lula and has gone to Chicago to fit out. It is reported that Lovis Presley, of Presley, Arthur & Company, and Captain C. Stickney have bought the tug Ida Sims for $1,500. Captain Presley will not sail her. Captain George Judson, well known and popular, has been afflicted by another stroke % of paralysis, which is very serious as he is at this writing unconscious, and it is thought will not recover, Captain Peter Christianson of Manitowoc stopped off here yesterday on the way to Buffalo, to fit out the steamer Rube Richards. The Richards js chartered for ore from Esca- naba to Ohio ports. Captain Andrew Lent who sailed out of this port for many years, and who will be remembered by all Oleveland navigators, died at Oxford, Mich. last Saturday ; age 59 3 Aopen oe ro years. Hie remains were taken to Conneaut, | O., for burial. Weat Lent is rebuilding the steamer J. Luella Worthington, The Worthington will be changed from an iron ore to a lumber earrier by her new owners, the Spaulding Lumber Company, Chicago. Captain Tray- erse wil) sail her. The engine of the tug Sameon has been compounded, the cylinders being 24 and 43x28, by the Globe Iron Works in addition to her other improvements mentioned last week. She has also received new valves, steam chests, all new brasses and new con- nections, making her a very powerful tug. The docks are beginning to assume the activity incident to the opening of naviga- tion. Extensive repairs are being made, preparations to receive the first boat from Detroit for the season well under way and the fishing tugs are making their first hauls. for the islands for lime stone; and other movements will be made in a few days. The purchase of the Oregon by J. ©. Gilchrist & Company necessitates changes in the appointments printed on another page of this week’s Recorp. Captain J. L. Weeks of the schooner Foster will command the Oregon, Captain George Bell the Foster, Captain Charles Gunderson the Crossth wait and Captain Harry Gunderson the Francis Palms. Captain E. Rose has been appointed to the schooner Havana. A libel in personam was filed in the United States district court on the [8th inst. by E. L. Kelley of Detroit, Mich., against Robert R. Rhodes, James F, Rhodes, Marcus A. Hanna, Leonard C. Hanna and Arnold ©. Saunders. The action is brought to re- cover $1,005, claimed as damages resulting from the detention of the schooner M. F, Merrick, of which libelant is part owner, at the port of Mamainse, Ont., during the month of September last. F.J.and@G@. C. Wing appear as proctor for libelant. The Variety Iron Works recently brought suit against Thomas Murphy, of Detroit, ‘| for $3,884, due on a boiler furnished one of Murphy’s tugs last season, and other items. Mr Murphy contested the claim on the ground that the boiler was not properly -eonstructed .and. delay in delivery, while the Variety Iron Works held that the boiler was up to requirements, waiving the delay. After ten days trial the jury rendered a ver- dict of $2,684, twelve hundred dollars less than the amount sued for. H. D. Goulder, Esq., appeared for Mr. Murphy, and Messrs. M. M. Hobart and J. bP. Dawley for the Variety Iron Works. The Cleveland City Ferge Company, Cap- tain Thomas Coe, superintendent, shipped last week a stern frame, cranks and shafts to John Roaeh & Son, to go into a vessel now under construction at their yard. This is said by experts to be the finest piece of forgiug ever turned out. ‘The Cleveland City Forge Company are now at work on two other stern frames for Mr. Cramp; also, cranks and shafts. The same firm is forg- ing a stern frane, cranks, shafts and con- necting rods for Mr. Vanderbilt’s new steam yacht. It is said that this yacht, about 1400 tons, will be the most elegant yacht ever put afloat. The sales recorded during the past week are 1-80 of propeller E. B. Hall, executors of the Bradley estate to Robert Wallace. Consideration valuable; 1-80 of propeller Henry Chisholm, administrator of the estate of Merwin Thompson to Marion Thompson for $1,000; same to same 1-104 of propeller R. P. Ranney for $666,67; same to same 1-16 of schooner Ahira Cobb for $1,000; 1-256 of propeller City ot Cleveland, H. F. Loomis to Hurlbut Becksted for $500; 1-104 ot propeller R. P, Ranney, same to same for valuable consideration ; 1¢ of schooner San- dusky, executors of Bradley estate to C.-E. Grover for valuable consideration; 1¢ of propeller Superior, same to same for valu- able consideration; 1-16 of propeller Su- perior, C. E.Grover to M. A. Bradley, $1,- 250; 1-16 of schoener Sandusky, same to same, $1,000. Engineer Q Miller who with engineer O. , N. Steele and D. W. Johnson has been in ; Washburn, Wis., putting up the engine built by the Globe Iron Works for the new | 900,000 bushel elevator at that port, re- | turned to Cleveland on the 20th to get acquainted with his family. Mr. Miller re- | turned to Chicago Tuesday to fit out the ma- |chinery of the propeller J. H. Devereux. | Engineer O. N. Stee] stopped off in Chicago to look after the machinery of the propeller | Onoko but he will probably come on to | Cleveland before uavigation opens. On the completion of their work of fitting up the machinery and after it had been worked on the first receipts of grain the contractors, O.. MARCH 25. 1886. $2.00 Pek ANNUM SINGLE Copies 5 Cents to the engineers that the machinery entirely filled the specifications and that they were better satisfied with it than any machinery they had ever had anything to do with. Mr. O. T. Flint superintendent of the marine department of the Aetna In- surance Company, and general agent of the Greenwich Company, has been in the city this week for the purpose of adjusting certain abuses existing in the insurance agency business. Mr. Flint will, in a day or two, send experts to examine into the con- dition of the wreck of the O. Maxwell and if she'is found to be in as bad shape as has been reported she will be abandoned by the company and the ioss paid at once. Mr, L L. Ordner will, as soon as naviga- tion epens, again be found at his old stand at Main street bridge ready to furnish fresh country milk to all vessels entering or leay- ing port. Mr. Ordner is prompt to act on order and guarantees tu satisfy all customers Mr. Ordner has been at work at the Variety Iron Works during the winter. Much work has been done by the above firm, on vessels laid up at this port among which may be mentioned the propeller Benton, whose ma- chinery has received much attention, the cylinders bored out, new valves, etc., anda new boiler. The Hubbell had her cylinder bored out, boilers jacked up-and retalked | ! and other repairs. Y The work of releasing the schooner D. P. Rhodes, which was grounded on piles in the old river bed, and two anda half feet out, by the aid of one of Suckows marine jacks was a complete success, and occupied but two hours, under the supervision of Captain Stone as wrecker and Mr. Suckow as engineer. ‘The schooner could not be pulled off for fear of tearing the planking on the bottem, but by the appliance of one jack she was lifted and, as the jack is ad- justible, gredually forced back into the wat- er by the movement ofa strong universal | ball joint. Our readers will remember see- ing an illustrated description of this new wrecking tool in the MarinE Recorp of the 25th of February, but in case they desire further information regarding it they should address Ed. Suckow, 28 Fremont Place, Buf- falo- N.Y; The contractors and sub-contracters for building the proposed fire boat were present at the meeting of the board of fire com- missioners last week to have their contracts ratified. Mr, Thomas Fleming, of the firm of Stovering & Fleming, proprietors of the Excelsior lron Works, informed the | board that he had contracted with Murphy & Root to build the bull, The latter firm are well known ship carpenters, and their contract was speedily ratified. Lumber has already been ordered and work commenced, at the head of the old river bed. Some changes in the hull were suggested by Mr. Root, but the board decided to take no steps in the matter until Architect Cowles had | been consulted. Superintendent of ma- chinery Cornelius Murphy was appointed resident superintendent of the driving ma- | chinery to be placed in the boat, under the | supervision of Mr. Cowels. According tothe | contracts the boatisto be finished and ready } | for service in three months, or July 27. Mr. Fleming, hewever, promises a 4th of July | excursion in the craft. Murphy and Root will bave the hull ready for the machinery | within seventy days. EAST SAGINAW. | Special to the Marine Record. The steamer Wellington R. Burt Is re- ceiving athorough overhauling and some new stanchions. Her boiler has received new tubes and a new inside of steel aa cost of about $3,000. Captain Robert Medler | Messrs, English and Maher who reeently purchased the steamer Pickup have had her name changed to the Lucile, She will run between Saginaw and Bay City. Captain Michael Maher will command her and John Buster will be engineer. WILLiaMs. CHICAGO, Special to the Marine Record. Steamer Minnie M. has been in drydock at Chicago Drydock Company’s, for some repairs to her bottom some calking and iron sheathing forward, Captain Peterson, of Cleveland, arrived here Monday to take charge of the schooner Erastus Corning. : Market firm and vessels in good demand, and as predicted in my last, freights have advanced so that 314 cents is now offered to Buffalo and the following have been char- tered and are loaded or are loading since my last: Propellers Onoko, J. H. Devereux, R. P. Ranney, City of Cleveland, Thomas. W. Palmer, S. E. Sheldon; schooners §, J. _ Tilden, Ahira Cobb, Golden Age, John Kel. | derhouse, H. J. Mills, W. A. Sherman, M, W. Page, Charles Foster, F. L. Danforth, George, George M. Case, and City of She- boygan. * Captains Wm. Trinter and Thomas Wil. _ ford, of the iron steamships Onoko and J. _ H. Devereux, arrived here Moviday’ to super-— intend the fitting out of their respective steamers. Engineer Steele, of the @noko, is expected Wednesday. : The Excelsior Iron Works, of this city, of which Andrew Ritter, (the efficient past national president of the National Marine Engineer?’ Beneficial Association), is super- intendent, is crowded to its fullest capacity with marive work, having the machinery of over fifty steamboats to overhaul and put in order for the coming season. J. W. Bz BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. Joseph Schumaker, chief engineer of the steamer City of Rome, has gone to Chicago, to fit her out for the season. The Rome and her consort, the Redwing are grain laden for Buffalo. Connolly Bros. & Oo. have bought of O. T, Flint, general agent of the Etna in- surance eompany, the iron ore cargo in the barge Cyclone, which is sunk at Alabaster, Saginaw bay. There were Originally 861 gross tons, and the price paid was $375. As soon as the ice has cleared away the buyers will make efforts to recover the ore. Captain S. A. Murphy of Detroit was in town last week. He said that he would continue the wrecking and towing business, but probably not on so large a svale as heretofore. He expected to have control of the tugs Balize, Gladiator and Kate Wil- liams, recently bought by Captain Thomas Muaytham, and also of the Canadian tugs Charlton and International, besides the schooners H. Bissell and Starling. He still has charge of the wreck of the steamer Quebec, which lies sunk in shallow water in the Sault river, and as soon as the j Weather permits he will pump her up and tow her to Owen Sound, The Lackawana is building at the entrance to the harbor a large dock, with a capacity of two hundred cars daily for the handling of Lake Superior ore. The new Anchor line propeller now has her keel laid and frames bent. Owing to some doubt about her being able to clear the rocks at the Lime Kilns with the draft as first fixed npon, her model hus been some- What modified. As now decided upon she she will be 322 feet long and 40 foot beam. The ice, which was well rotted, bas moved | will be in command, Wm. Ryan engineer, Judd Gugwire mate and Douglass Morrison steward. She will run between East Sag- inaw and Bay City in conjunction with steamer L., G. Mason Captain John Rogers, The schooner Venus will likely get away | J.T. Moulton & Son, were plessed to say | engineer Joe Nichols, clerk Chas. Letts. out of Buffalo river altogether, and out of the Blackwell canal up to South Michigan street, Captain James W. Condon left last night for Detroit, where he will join the light- house steamer Haze as first mate, Captain McKenzie remains in command. tosuper-