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| Special to the Marine Record. ‘ron, left on Saturday for Buffalo, her own- in getting in. ~ “meeting to that end is looked for soon. DETROIT- # % hew wrecking company in Detroit. The collapse of the Detroit Tug & Transit Com- pany last fall left an unoccupied field fer such acompany here and accordingly the organizatien has been formed and will be April 19.—The steambarge George L. Colwell, with barges in tow, passed up on Saturday evening, being the first arrival from the east, and Lake Erie of the sea- eady for business as soon as navigation son, leaving beyond a doubt a free passage opens. The persons interested are Captain to Buffalo via north shore of Lake Erie, and James Millen, A. A. Parker, John Pridgeon, before this reaches the eye of the reader Jr.,and John Quinn. The tugs Crusader, business in that quarter will have generally Sweepstakes and John Martin and the resumed. . schooner Young America, the latter to be The steambarge Esc inaba, laden with] used for lightering purposes, comprise the 50,000 bushels of wheat, taken on at Port Hu present fleet, whieh will be enlarged as the necessities require. The equipment includes Y | two rotary pumps, one centrifugal and one Worthington, ‘he lighter, which hasa The tug Martin Swain, of Grummond’s| capacity of 16,000 bushels of grain, will be fine, succeeded in releasing the barge Star | furnished with steam hoisting gear, derricks, of Hope, stranded at Point au Pellee, a short pump, jack screws, and hawsers of the latest time since, and with cargo, brought her to| and most approved make, The main station this port. She can be made good for further | of the company will be at Detroit, but it is service at no great expense. probable that a substation will also be estab- The steambarge Sakie Shephard, Captain | lished at the straits. Humphrey, with her consort, has already| The new offices and sterage rooms for the made two round trips between Luke Erie | Lake Superior Transit and other lines of ports and Detroit. : steamers, are being fitted up in good etyle, The propeller Atlantic succeeded in reach- | in the brick block, between Shelby and Gris- ers being assured there would be no difficult _ ing Alpena,and is expected here to-day. She | wold.streets, and Mr. Whiting will shortly was two days and nights passing through | remove to his new quarters, one hundred miles of ice on whe upward passage. ¥ Hat. FRANKFORT. Special to the Marine Recora The schooner Groton, grain laden, has Tugs D. P. Halland Alice M. Campbell taken her departure for Buftalo. will leave on the 19th for Charlevoix where Nothing decisive has been done thus far they will engage in harbor towing. They as regards towing rates on the rivers, but al are both powerful pullers, and will fill a long felt want at the above place. The The propeller J. W. Steinhoff, which for Campbell measures 29 gross tons and has an some time was a popular passenger boat be-| engine of 24-horse power. The Hall is 55 tween Detroit and Chatham, is to be con- | gross tons and her engine is 20-horse power. verted into a ferry boat, to ply between But-| Built at Buffalo in 1881. falo and Fort Erie. She was sold four years} The tug Canfield, of Manistee, will take ago to a party at Owen Sound for $15,000, | the place ot the Hall at this port, and it is but did not prove a paying investment. | rumored that A. Banks has purchased the Two years ago she was liable to-seizure by tug John Gregory, of Manitowoc. This is the Canadian government for smuggling, | a strong tug of 46 net tons burden, built at and skipped to the Sault where she was | Milwankee eight years ago, and rates Bl. moored in Uncle San’s waters, remaining| ‘The Frankfort Lumber Company has there ever since. The matter has since| bought the schooner Annie O. Hanson, of been arranged, and in future she will be em-| Manistee, on private terms. She is 185 ployed as above noted. ~ i tons, a little old, having been built at Depere The first raft movement of the season oc-| eighteen years ago. ‘ curred on Thursday, one being towed from -During the week the schooners C, Ams- here to Toledo by .the steambarge School-| den, George H. Marsh, Morning Star, J. B. craft and tug Torrent, containing 3,000,000 Prime, Joseph Duval, have cleared: for west feet. It arrived from Lake Huron last fall, | shore ports. hie too late to be taken through. he tug John Owen, owned by J. Emory having arrived.on the 16th. Owen, of this city, has taken on a supply of| Captain Patshaw, of schooner Una, who coal, to proceed to Chicago as soon as there was at North Manitou island yesterday, re- is a passage threugh the Straits. She will | ports drifts of ice north of the islands. bave as consorts this season the fine schoon-| Tug Cynthia is running as ferry on Betsy ‘ers Michigan and E. A. Nicholson, recently | lake, as usual. purchased by Mr. Owen, and now grain| Schooner Mischicott is being fitted out loaded at the above port. Captain John P, | and loaded at Onekama (Portage lake). The ‘Young commands the Owen, as heretofore; tug Wallace will break a passage through the man for the place. the soft ice to let her out of the lake. Northeast winds continue more or less, BURMEISTER. and, according to an old proverb, will be DULUTH. prevalent until the middle of June. Notice has been received here that the office Notwithstanding the reports of steamers|o0f the deputy collector of custems at Su- starting out from here for Port Huron, none! perior will be moved to Conner’s Point, have thus far reached that goal save the; where the main business of vessels on the Atlantic and two or three steambarges, and | Wisconrin side of the bay is done, large coal those by dint of a kard struggle through the | docks being located there, and which is two ice barrier. or three miles from Superior proper. This The weather has been quite warm for| movement was long desired, but the in- several days, affording those who enjoy | habitants of Superior fought against it. The basking in the sun along the docks, a golden | new deputy, W. H. Saford, lately took pos- Opportunity, and there are hundreds of | Session of the office, and he decided upon them. the change, which will be of great advantage Yesterday there were two arrivals from | t@ vesselmen, Buffalo, the steamships Hiawatha and Ka-| Very few wheat charters have yet been sota, with their consorts, enroute to Lake| made here, the total to Buffalo being but Michigan, the first of the season, leaving no | 200,000 bushels, most of which was chartered doubt remaining of open navigation in that |@ few days ago at 33g cents. There is very quarter, and this presents an incident not | little demand as yet for vessel reom. The previously recorded, viz: unobstructed navi- | first boat to leave here for Lake Erie will gation to Buffalo and the St. Clair river | probably be the Nebraska with 74,000 barrels under a heavy ice blockade, andit would by | of flour. There will be about 150,000 barrels no means be a matter of surprise if Macki-| Of flour here for shipment by the opening of naw Straits were ahead of the St. Clair, ac-| navigation, A heavy rainstorm must have cording to advices received this morning, had a good effect on the ice, and a few days and, as above stated, one of the rarest things| Of warm weather will honeycomb it so it in Jake history. will break up by the 25th. The steamer City of New Baltimore ar- The Herald gives the following list rived from the Flats yesterday morning and | of the captains who will sail the boats In reported no change in the situation. Steam-|the harbor: Nebraska, Captain Parsons; barges that have been detained there for Stewart, Captain Sullivan ; Spencer; Cap- several days have been compelled to return | tain Donahue; Ella G. Stone, Captain Con here to renew their supply of eatables. O’F lynn; Eliza Williams, Captain Harris; The steambarge Egyptian and consort|Camp, Captain Ed. Brown; Brower, Cap- arrived here on Monday, coal laden for| tain Vas Palmer; John Martin, Captain Eli Lake Michigan and wil] remain here until | Jacques; Rambler, Captain Yocum; Hattie the St. Clair river is navigable. Lloyd, Captain Ed. Bishop; Free Trade, The tug Colton, of Teledo, arrived at the| Captain Hibbard; Eviston, Captain Ed. Springwell’s drydock on Sunday, and re-| Smith; Nellie Cotton, Captain Jack Jeffery; turned with the propoller John C. Gault in| F.S. Danforth, Captain Jas, Cole; Ame- tow. thyst, Captain Fred Green; Oddfellow, The schooner J. F. Joy is at Malden, dis-| Captain Dan Aaker; Maggie Carroll, Cap- charging coal. z tain Phil Jackson. The steambarge Juno, laden with corn, OWEN SOUND, came up from Toledo on Saturday, and dis-| The steamer Africa was burned to the charged her cargo at Walkerville. water’s edge last night, but no other pro- For some time there has been a quiet move | perty was damaged. The Africa was valued ment on foot looking te the organization of | at $30,000, and was insured for $15,000. Schooner W. H. Dunham is loading here, |. Ihe Maxine Recond. BAY CITY. Special to the Marine Record. The propeller Arundel, of the Shore liue, succeeded in getting outside on Saturday, and to Alpena on Sunday. She had ona large amount of freight and her arrival at Tawas and other shore points was hailed with delight by the inhabitants. The Me- tropolis will probably make a trip the latter part of this week. The propeller C, A, Forbes was the first boat of the season to enter Saginaw river. The floar mills of Saginaw and this city have upward of 1,400 barrels of flour, wait- ing for shipment to shore points. The steamer Dove, now being fitted up at Whittauer’s drydock, is torun on the Duluth and Two Harbors route as soon as navigation opens in that locality. The propeller Wm. St. John will here- after be known as the Island Belle. She will run on the Uaseville and Heisterman Island reute. The propeller Atlantic was the first craft of the reason to reach Oscoda, ' The Gratwick, Smith & Freyer Lumber Company of Oscoda, have started their mills for the season on the ten-hour plan at eleven hour wages. Last year’s hands are all engaged. © They are the first to start, and it is likely that the others will adopt the same plan as to wages, The steamers W. R. Burt and L. G. Mason are now running on the Bay, City and Sagi- naw route. The steamer Lucille arrived Sunday night, and there are promises of lively tinies on the Saginaw during the coming season. The Lucille is officered as follows: Captain, M. Mahar; mate, John Devaney; clerk, James English; engineer, John Busted. A gentleman from Alpena tells of the narrow escape from capsizing of the steamer Golden Eagle, which has made several trips between Alpena and Black River since the Opening of navigation. She encountered considerable ice on the lake which she would run into and crush, She ran onto some submerged ice, however, that did not give way, and being round bottomed, she ca- reened and went over on her beam ends, but fortunately the ice then parted and she was freed from it, struck the clear water and was righted. A bad scare was the only re- sult. It is said by knowing ones that when Mr. | Frank Wheeler gets in his new band saw mill he will have one of the most complete ship building plants en the great chain ot lakes. ; Captain George King, jr., is to command James Davidson’s new tug that is to tow the log boats. : Hundreds of people visited the deck Sun- day afternoon to see the steamer Lucille that is to ply on the river route. Saw. TOLEDO. Special to the Marine Record. Schooner R. Hallaran, A. J. Rogers, and J. F. Palms left for Buffalo Tuesday, and Monticello,, A. P. Grover and propeller Osceola for the canal. Captain G. W. Stoddard takes command of steamer Mascotte this season. Captain Frank Wetm ore gees in the propeller J. C. Gault, and Walter Cotrill, formerly mate of the Gault, takes command of the steamer A. L. Hopkins, of the Wabash line. Schooner Havana is at Columbus dock, loading for Escanaba, and E.R. Williams for Green Bay with coal. Captain James McNalley has been ap- pointed harbor master here, vice Captain Thomas Higgins resigned. Propeller Cormorant and schooner Rich- ard Winslow are at the Columbus dock, loaded for Washburn, waiting orders to leave. : Captain L. B. Woodruff, of Elyria, has bought the schooner E. R. Williams from M. I. Wilcox, of this city, for $7,500. Cap- tain Woodruff has taken charge of her and is loading here with coal for Green Bay. Propeller Egyptian left here Sunday, loaded with coal for Milwaukee. Tug Torrent and steamer Schooleraft brought over twe rafts of timber trom De- troit last week for the Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Company. Tug Colton brought the steamer Gault over from Detroit on Sunday. J. PORT HURON. The tug Mocking Bird was taken to Detroit on Wednesday, where her machinery will be overhauled. Stone & Co. of Saginaw, have purchased the barge Sanilac, and will run her in con- nection with the propeller Saginaw Valley, on the Bay City and Uleveland route. The Buffalo & Port Huron Transportation Co. have purchased all of Captain Wm. Forbes’ vessel property that he is interested in on the lakes. Captain Forbes has gone to Scotland on business. MILWAUKEE. Following is the fleet of vessels, either loaded or chartered to load grain, which will start out from lewer lake ports when navi- gation opens: Schooner Joseph Paige, 40,- 090 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; schooner Itasca, 25,000 bushels barley for Buffalo; schooner Porter, 47,500 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; schooner Moonlight, 50,000 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; schooner Houghton 23000 bushels of wheat for Toledo; schooner Marengo, 41,000 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; schooner Angus Smith, 36,000 bnshels of wheat for Buffalo; schoon- er Pathfinder, 40,000 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; schooner Saveland, 44,000 bushels ot wheat for Buffalo; schooner Richards, 42,- 000 bushels wheat for Buffalo; schooner Merrill, 40,000 bushels wheat for Buffalo; schooner Scove, 20,000 bushels wheat for Buffalo; schooner J, I. Case 48,000 bushels of wheat for Buftalo; schooner Waukesha, 24,000 bushels barley for Buffalo; steamer Hecla, 52,000 bushels of wheat for Buffalo; steamer New Orleans, 63,000 bushels wheat for Buffalo. The total vessel capacity chartered for lower lake ports is 635,000 bushels, of which 586,500 is wheat and 49,000 barley. Freight rates opened at 3 cents a bushel, and have ranged as high as 4 cents at Milwaukee. A number of contracts have been made on pri- yate terms, and it is conjectured that most of these contracts have been made above the quoted rates. The fleet that was all loaded here before the opening of navigation last year had 935,550 bushels of grain on board. The deficit of this year is accounted for by the fact that a large number of boats have gone to Chicago to load this year. Wolf & Davidson have received a dis- patch announcing that the steambarge Jim | Sheriffs, with corn from Toledo had arrived at Port Colborne. She will be the first beat through the Welland canal this season. The barge J. H. Rutter, corn laden from — Ch'cago, sprung aleak off Waukegan at 3 — o’clock yesterday afternoon and arrived here at 4 o’clock this morning with the Farwell and Godfrey. Men from both barges were put aboard of her to assist at the pumps, | which were worked continually, At one time she had two feet of water in her held, but her cargo is prebably not damaged, she having a false bottom. She will be docked here, but elevator room for her cargo can not be secured betore Friday. ; The steambarge D, W. Rust and consorts Butts and Clint, and schooners Pathfinder, J. I. Case, Angus Smith, Itasea, and J. B. Merrill sailed for below this afternoon, Some were obliged to pay $2.50 per day for sailors. The H. C. Richards, Marengo, Save- land, and H. M. Scove are still here, unable to get crews. ELK RAPIDS, The propeller Leland left Monday evening for Manitowoc. The bay is full of broken ice, buta few hour’s south wind weuld earry it out. BUFFALO. The steamers Kasota and Hiawatha and the propeller Boston were chartered for coal to Chicago at 60 cents per gross ton and cleared. Other vessels have been offered at the same rate. Canal treights were quiet at 6 cents on wheat to New York. The main and breakwater lights were shown on the 15th for the first time this sea- son. The Horseshoe Reef light was put up Saturday night. Charles Hamilton and others have bought the old Northern Central propeller Nashua of W. E, Warriner, of Detroit, for $16,000. She is totow the barges Potomac and A. Vought. The Rube Richards and consort, S. V. R. Watson, sailed Sunday. Captain S. V. Parsons, who surveyed the car transfer Huron, at Port Huron, found a damage of $5,734, Mr. W. W. Tyler has sold one-third of the barge Uranus for $3,333,34 to Captain Den- nis Galligan. He bought the whole a few weeks ago for $6,000, Galligan left for Menominee to fit her out. The Western ‘Transit Company will abandon the docks at the foot of Washing- ton street May 15, and occupy new docks at Coatsworth slip, where it will have 1,400 feet of dockage, including the Coatsworth elevator with a capacity of 40,000 bushels. They are talking seriously of fitting it up. On the east side of the property a freight house, 540x90 feet, will be built, the docks onthe west side being made acoal dock, They will receive coal from canal boats at this dock, and also use it for a fuel dock. They expect to build a trestle next year. The Oceanica and Tacoma have been chartered to Chicago at 60 cents, gross. Cleared to Chicago, propellers Hiawatha, 1,400 tons coal; Kasota, 1,900 stons coal; barge Rube Richards, 1,000 tons coal. sf