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Clair which “passed down in It was also ascertained that accumulation of ice in the St. Clair river is 1 sic eda Huron, while later advices do no at Lexitigion, has made but little pro- ' She, however, succeeded int away from that point and proceeded pyage until reaching Point au Bar- t could get no farther and conse- quently returned to Sand Beach and with - difficulty got into that place. J. B. Merrill received a letter to-day?’ dated last night, from S. J. Perry, assistant agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway at Escanaba, Mich , which contains the following passage relating to the con- dition of the harbor: ‘The ice is still very firm and solid and unbroken as far north as the eye can see. Teams with heavy loads are crossing the bay on the ice every day.”’ _Adense tog prevailed on the rivers on Wednesday morning, rendering navigation next to impossible. The steambarge Burlington, with barges in tow, stranded on Bellaire reef, but was enabled to float without vutside aid. The propeller Riverside, not being aware of the Burlington’s dilemma, shaped to go clear] of her, but ran on herself, carrying away her rudder. She succeeded in getting up to the city, but was compelled to lay by for repairs; meanwhile the propeller Gazelle has taken her place. A later and more serious misfortune happened the Burlingten and her consorts, on reaching Point au Pellee. At anearly hour on Thursday morn- ing the consorts were driven ashore, one ot which became a total wreck and the other bids fair to meet a like fate. ‘The vessels in question were the Star of Hope, of 267 tons burden, and the W.S. Vanatta, of 159 tons. The Hope was built at Cleveland in 1856 by Quayle & Martin, and the Vanatta at Fairport in 1862 by Hayes. ‘They arrived at this port at the close of navigation last fall, lumber laden tor Cleveland, and had] they proceeded on at that time could have reached their destination as was subse- quently shown, but the steambarge which had them in charge deciined moving on. Captain Grummond sent the tug Martin Swain to effect, it possible, their release, but on reaching there nothing could be done, and it is doubtful whether the Hope can be saved. Thomas R. Ryan for wany years, a well known steward on lake steamers and for a long period on the Detroit & Cleveland route, is seriously ill at his residence in this city, with no hopes of his recovery. He re tired from that occupation some years since. Charters on wheat from Detroit to Buf- falo are made at 214c, and to Cleveland 1}gc. Seamen’s wages $1.50 per day. Captain Ruelle’s harbor tugs have been in active service for some days past. The Mc- Kinnon, of that line, on Saturday traueferred the steamer Manitoba from Springwell’s to the upper part of the city, where she will remain until the insurance company who own her succeed in getting her American- ized. She has been out of service two years. The tug J. L. Miner, also of Ruelle’s line, brought the barge India, owned by D. Whitney, jr.,of thiscity, from Trenton to che Springwell’s drydock, and transferred the barge Jenness thence to this city. The steamers Darius Cole and Milton D. Ward will comprise the Cole & Grummond Detroit & Port Huron line, with J. B. Baker as manager at Detroit, and not A. N. Moffat, as was erroneously stated a short time since. The upper light ou Bois Blanc island was yesterduy moved tour degrees and eighteen minutes to the westward, and two light boats placed on the west line of the cut and one on the blasted rock on the east side. Lhe depth of water available will be the same as last year. Captain Alex Ruelle the other day sold his scow, the Here, to a party from Oak Harbor, O., for $500. Mr. Norris, who was clerk of the steamer Ward last season, has taken the same posi- tion on the steamer Idlewild. There is .at present awaiting shipment at Detroit 646,000 bushels of wheat. Jozeph Gordon, interested in vessel mat- ters at Bay City, was here a few days ago to effect an arrangement already agreed upon in the Saginaw Valley, to fix the lum- ber carrying trade, commencing May Ist. It was pretty generally signed here, but as the same movement has been made in years going too far to say that such petitions will not hold water, as before the period arrives some one is sure to get outside the traces. Mr. Gordon proceeded on to Toledo, and possibly may reach Cleveland, The prepeller Pacific, owned by A. Chees- brough, Eeq., of this city, itis said, is under contract to ply this season between Toledo and Ogdensburg, in connection with the Vermont Central railroad. Captain Wilson will command her as formerly. The propeller E. K. Roberts, owned at this port, will be sailed by Captain John Thorburn, a resident of Kincardine, Canada, The excursion steamer Saginaw will be commanded by Captain Chris Smith, last season on the Evening Star. The Star will be sailed by Captain Win. McKay until the Greybound is ready, The tug Niagara, Captain John Donor, and the Champion, Captain John A, Miller. J.T. Whiting, Esq., the efficient manager of the Lake Superior Transit steamers at this port, will, in a few days, remove to new quarters between Griswold and Shelby streets, which will be the landing place of the boats this season, and where, under his management also, the Union Steamboat Company and Western Transportation Com- pany’s steamers willstop. A. Oheesbrough, Esq., who for some years has been the agent ot the Union line, retires from the business, The schooners J. R, Pelton and Lafrinier’ with coal from Cleveland are at present dis- charging at this port, The steambarge Lowell, with four barges, in tow, all laden with coal trom Toledo arrived at this point Monday afternoon, en route to the St. Clair river, and will remain until the ice blockade is removed in that stream, Neither the steamers Idlewild or the M. D. Ward have thus far been enabled to effect a passage to Port Huron, the ice embargo being the worst ever previously recorded, The schooner Rival is discharging ven at Malden from Cleveland. The propeller Atlantic,. above reported ice bound at Sand Beach, has returned to Port Huron. Harber Master O’Neil is neve. the life preservers along the docks renovated and newly painted, Brady’s wharf, at the foot of Woodward avenue, is undergoing much needed repairs. New piles are being driven and new plank- ing will be laid down. The worst snow storm of the season set in this morning from the northwest, and already there is a depth of snow six inches on the level, with much drifting which pre- sents a discouraging aspect on marine af fairs. The official pumber of the new iron steamer Darius Cole, whieh was -assigned this week, is 157,183 and her tonnage is 588.20 gross, 402.11 net. HALL, CLAYTON. Special to the Marine Record, There promises to be a merry war during the coming season over the final struggle for the supremacy of the river by the Riche- lieu & Ontario Navigation Company. The St. Lawrence Navigation Company, of Que- bee, the only surviving competiter of the R. & O. Company, appears nothing daunted by the preparations of the latter to run an op- position to the Saguenay line of the St. Law- rence Company, and a resolution has been arrived at not only to stoutly meet the threatened opposition, but to carry the war into Africa and inaugurate epposition to all the leading lines operated by the Richelieu Company. ‘Thatthe St. Lawrence Company is in earnest is shown by the fact that Hon. James Ross, the Quebec millionaire, one of the largest shareholders of the St. Lawrence Company, and Mr. Bagot, one ef the direc tors, have gone to New York where they are to see about procuring steamers to place on the lines between Quebec and Montreal, and Montreal and Hamilton. A short time ago Rochester capitalists met to organize a steamboat compsny and build two large steamers te run the south shore ef Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, and to run from Rochester to Ogdensburg, connecting with steamers to Montreal, ex- pressly for the summer travel. This has been talked of every year, and is not any farther advanced than years ago. They, like congress, talk a fellow blind, but don’t execute. ‘I'wo fine steamers on this side of the lake would pay well, for the Richelien | | naw City, and is being well patronized. stopping at four American poris inside of | Company has had their own way for years, twelve miles, never leaving a dollar on this side of the lake. damper on them with a round turn. Itis said that the Ogdensburg Railroad Company has chartered the propellers John | Pridgeon, Oneida and Pacific, and will se- cure the Frost, Haskell and Averell; rece titel erui-ampea cnt ae ee Ee The Dingley bill put a)’ Mhe Marine Record. to Ogdensburg, and the others from Chi- cago, We hope that this istrue. It will seem like old times when the Northern Transportation Company were running so many boats down the St. Lawrence, Captain Eldridge Kendall is building an- other new scow and has herin frame. She is 65 feet keel, 16 feet beam, 6 feet depth of hold, has cabin forward, with single spar, mainsail and jib. The ice has again blocked the river trom Round island to Prospect park. A warm south wind is needed to break it up once more. ‘The wind for a few days has been northeast and cold. B. ‘ TOLEDO. Special to the Marine Record. Propeller Lowell and. tow left here Sun- day morning, loaded with coal for river ports, : We are having the worst snow and wind storm of the season to-day. Barge Agnes is at the Columbus dock loading coal for Detroit, at 25c. Propeller Cormorant and schooner Rich- ard Winslow are to load at the O. C. dock this week for Washburn, on contract. Schooner O. Mitchell is at Wabash eleva- tor No: 5, loading corn for Oswego, 4c. Scow J. H. McGruder is at Columbus dock, loading coal for Windsor, 25c, I. I. Millard and L. §. Sullivan have bought 3-5 of tug Syracuse trom Brecken- ridge Brothers for $1,800, : Tug M. A. Green is in Young & Miller’s slip receiving a coat of paint. Toledo Harbor tug office which was at 74 Water street, last season, will be removed to} 64 Water street, for the present season. J. BAY CITY. leu to the Marine Record. Mr. Richard Armstrong, itdhiaper of the Saginaw river fire tugs, has all of his boats in commission. ‘he fine tug James Hay will be stationed at East town for patrol work and transfers, and Captain Wm. Armstrong will be in command. ‘he ferry Daviil Sut- ton will ran on the Carrolton & Milwaukee route, same as last season, At present the passenger boat Handy Boy, is running be- tween this city and East Saginaw. She will go on the Stone island route after the River line steamer W. R. Burt comes out, The steamer C. B. Hull, belonging to same line, will try her luck on the Bangor route. Business about the docks is booming and the sound of the calking iron is heard on all sides, Mr. Joe Elliot, the boss sign writer, is doing some elegant work on the shore line steamers. The propeller St. John, belonging to James Roberts, will ply on the Caseville route during the coming season. Henry Lester, of Marine City, will be on deck this season with the tug IT’, M. Moore, and will also doa _ little commission busi- ness. The can buoy and channe! stakes are be- ing painted and will be placed in position as soon as practicable, Captain L. Slyfield has sold all above deck of the sunken barge Wm. Lewis for $50 to Mr. Sprague, the lime kiln man, who will fit out a scow with the same for his stone trade. Captain Byreu Armstrong, who is to be master of Frank Wheeler’s new passenger boat that is to run in connection with the Detroit, Bay City, & Alpena Railroad Com- pany at Black River, was formerly master of the steamer C. B, Hull, that plied in the ex- cursien business on the river last season. By is a good fellow, and we wish him luck with his new charge. SHaw. EAST SAGINAW. Special to Marine Record A. N. Pinet & Brother, of this city, have made arrangements to handle the tug Tom Maytham during the season of 1886. She will be commanded by Captain James Bell, while Engineer Jolin Davis will handle the throttle. ‘he Maytham is having extensive repairs made to her boiler, while A. F, Bartlett & Company are repairing her cylin- der and otherwise putting her machinery in first clase shape, and when she comes out she will be better than ever. ‘I'he Maytham is a great favorite with veesel men trading at this por',as she has a record for three seasons past of net doing one dollar’s worth of damage. The passenger steamer Charles P. Fish has taken her route between this and Sagi- The Moiles Brothere, owners of the tugs Tom Dowling, Laura Gibbs and Frank they have a large contract for log towing. | A terrible wind storm from the north | came up Monday night and prevailed all| the | day Tuesday. piling the ice up on the shores | TePhone No. 1993 rings I'racy are making extensive repairs to their | tugs prior to going to Lake Superior, where | SYEA) PUJAPS AND LIGHLERS, i pena mre ele aah rae ahaa b} high, The water in the river was going down rapidly, but has changed its course and is on the rise again. The barge Fostoria is discharging her cargo of coal at Beese & Company’s coal yard, preparatory to fitting out for the sea- son. Captain Charlie Sonsmith was informed yesterday by two gentlemen from Lexing- ton that no water can be seen on Lake Hu- ron from that port. Captain Wm. Mitchell’s tug Music, it is understood, will tow the barges Commodore, W. L. Peck and Favorite this season in the Ontonagon lumber trade fer the Diamond Match Company, of Cleveland. Inspectors and vessel owners at this end of the river will, during the coming season, endeavor to have all lumber, carried from the Saginaws, entered at the Custom House, by having captains clear from this port. It has been the custom in the past to take on a portion of a load here and finish out below and enter the entire cargo at Buy City on their clearance paper, thus swelling the shipments from that port toa figure much larger than the actual shipment would make, The barge G. W. Wesley is being repaired to the exrent of $800. She is having iron knees put in and carpenter work where re- quired. It is expected she will rate Bl when she is finished. _A fisherman who came in from outside Mondzy reports the ice two feet thick, but getting rotten. Frank Palmer, lighthouse keeper at East Tawas, says there is ice on Saginaw Bay, as far as the eye can reach, and he will discon- tinue the lights until the ice moves off. SHaw. DULUTH, ; Special te the Marine Record. There are 6,300,000 bushels of grata in store here and about 60,000 tons of coal left. yet. The ice is still solid, but not nearly so_ thick as last winter, and it is thought that — an opening wilt Jet boats. ap “— as any a ‘May Sth. 5 There are only abet 250,000 beiatiol: of grain chartered and the price of wheat is: nearly as high here as in Battie: Fee Py Ogee ke gee The Herald says Alex Cheba isacandi- date for the position of inspector of boilers’ and Captain Munroe for inspector of hulls: Mr. Crawford is an engineer who hus had a practical experience of a quarter of acen- tury, and no man is better qualified for the position than he. Captain Munroe is an old sailor, and he has had practical experience enough on the lakes to amply qualify him for the position. STURGEON BAY, Special to the Marine Record. Cold weather and nertherly winds ‘since March 20 will retard opening of Green Bay, at least two weeks. Schooner Luna of Manitowoc, which was forced to winter here, has been sold to parties of this place. Consideration $500. Her former owner Captain Oleson has bought an interest in scow Minch of She- boygan. The tug Jessie Spalding will be on hand again this season to do canal towing, She is receiving new skylight frames, repainting, etc. Captain Frank Jacobs will handle her; Mark Holt engineer. It is the intention of her owner, E. S. Minor, to put in another boat as good as the Spalding, in the spring, if business warrants it. Last season there was hardly enough towing for one boat; but if it increases at all this season vessels trad- ing through the canal may depend upon having two good boats at their disposal. One of the boats will be kept on the alert for wreck calls and will have lighter, steam- pump, haueers, etc. The name Sturgeon Bay canal has been changed to Minorville, to distinguish the canal from Sturgeon Bay City. Vessels wanting tug at any time should address tug office at Minorville, SAND BEACH, The prepeller Atlantic of Grummond’s line, is meeting much opposition from ice iv her attempt to reach Macinac City. She lay at Sand Beach last Saturday. EAST TAWAS. Captain Plough, with the same crew as last year, opened the life saving station on the Ist inst. RUELLE & CO S TUG LINE. J.L. MINER, C.D. fagealasS QUICKSTEP, RIVER AND HARBOR TOWING, WRECKING “ SPECIALTY. UP RIVBE OFFICE, DOWN TOWN OFFI | Belle Isle Ico Co.'s Dock, veut ly, W. Westcott’s foot of Woodward Ave. Telephone No. 55. DETROIT. gone by and on several occs sions, it is no! Oneida and Pacific to ran to Toronto and|of Saginaw Bay from eight to twelve feet! Pi ci can A i eR