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t LEE Te Sages eae eT ‘ ae crannies i ieereeetiiacodetiaee ee tet ca EN eae ‘Ihe Marine Reconil gests the significance ot the name borne by this vessel, Charlemange ower, Jr. Cap- tain Wilson seems fairly to revel in sug- _ gestions of the far northwest. With keen _ foresight of the sources of future business and the region whose traffic must come in large degree to the lakes, he reaches across the continent for names for his fleet. The steamer Hiawatha and her consort, the Minnehaha, respectively, recognize the poetic sentiment, but Kasota, Tacoma, Wallula and Spokane certainly contain business proposi- - tions. They mean the mountain territories and the Pacific coast. This vessel, however, is to directly recognize in the name of Mr. _ Tower the new and important relations to our city of the opening and dlevelopment of another mining district. To the enterprise and capital of Charlemagne Tower, of Phila- delphia, long identified with the manufactur- ing and mining interest of Pennsylvania, and of Charlemagne Tower, Jr., nowa resident of Duluth, and managing the ruil- road and mining interests of the Minnesota iron company and their associates, ure we indebted for the very substantial contribu- tions already made and hereafter to be in- ereased to the business of our Lake Erie ports by the development of the Vermillion iron district on the north shore of Lake Su- perior. The legend therefore of this single name along the lines of the beautiful vessel is at once a graceful and proper recognition of the agency through whom these new re- lations to the trade of our city have been created, And now, congratulating you, Messrs. Quayle and Captain Wilson, upon successful completion of this noble product of your combined skill and capital, we give the Charlemagne Tower, Jr., godspeed. _ Welcome always, noble ship, to Cleveland harbor.” ‘ All interesting details of the construction of the Tower were given in last weeks |. Recorpd. She will gointo the ore and grain trade under command of Captain James Lowe, with George Averill as chief engi- neer. OBLTUARY. -FRANK A. KENNEY. It is with deep svrrow that we announce the death of our friend and correspondent, Mr. F. A. Kenney. He died at the home of his parents in Sandusky on the 17th of June of consumption, after an illness of some ‘years.’ Several times has this dread disease confined him to his home for weeks, but on each occasion his courage and tenacity of life brought him around, only to be finally vanquished by the great enemy of mankind. Mr. Kenney wasa young man of sterling qualities, persistent in his desire to do good and to make friends of every one. His communications in the Marinrk ReEcorp have been read with interest by all, and being thoroughly conversant with lake mat- ters his statements were always reliable and to the point. He was kind and generous, with keen, sensitive ideas of right and wrong, sociable and genial in disposition. He died in the harness and his worth is tes- tified to by the Sandusky Local, in a neatly made monument bearing the inscription, “Unto him cometh peace forevermore.”’ THE INTER LAKE YACHT ASSOUIA- TION. The second annual regatta of the associa. tion will take place under the auspices of the Michigan Yacht Club on Lake St. Clair, near Detroit, on Monday, July 5th, «nd Tuesday, July 6th. The squadron cruise of the association will immediately follow the regatta and finish at Put-in-Bay on the 10th. OFFICERS OF THE INTER-LAKE YACHTING ASSOCIATION. Hon. G. W. Gardner, Commodore; H. C. Hart, Vice Commodore; A. W. Machen, Rear Commodore; J.8. Williams, Secretary and Treasurer; Dr. A. E. Claypoll, Fleet Surgeon; E. P. Day, Measurer; George Gascoyne, Assistant Measurer; George H. Ketcham, Surveyor. B@ARD OF DIRECTORS. Hon. George W. Gardner, Chairman; C. W. Kelly, Cleveland Yachting A-socia- ‘tion; Ex-Com. O. W. Baker, Michigan Yacht Club; G. W. Bills, Ohio Yacht Club; A. W. Machen, Toledo Yacht Club; G. H. Beebe, Put-in Bay Yachting Association, REGATTA COMMITTEE. W. Scott Robinson (C: Y. A.) Chairman; J.H. Clegg,M. Y.C.; M.T. Huntley,O. Y.C.; J. H. Hepburn, T. Y. C.; G. H. Beebe, 2 oe ae ee Wee OFFICERS OF THE MICHIGAN YACHT CLUB- Henry C. Hart, Commodore; Alfred E. Brush, Vice Commodore; Arthur J-Phillips, Rear Commodore; Arthur F. Albertson, Secretary; Fred Fayram, Treasurer; E. Brady endell, Measurer; A. Thuner, M. D., Fleet Surgeon. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. H. C. Hart, Alfred E. Brush, Arthur F. Albertson, Fred Fayram, H. B. Scott, Jobn H, Clegg, Bernard Youngblood, Frank H. Reeves, Chas. F. June. * PROGRAMME, Sunday, July 4. The reception committee of theM. Y. C. will meet yachts arriving from Luke Erie ports, at the mouth of the Detroit river. Tugs will be provided to take yachts to M. Y. C. anchorage. Monday, July 5. The Inter-Lake Yacht- ing Association races, on Lake St. Clair, start from off Grosse Point, at 10:80 a. m. Second, fourth and fifth class yachts will compete. Tuesday, July 6. Inter-Lake Yacht Asso- ciation races, over same course, starting at 10:30a.m. Firstand third class yachts will compete. Wednesday, July 7. Review of all yachts of the association, by Com. Gee. W. Gard- ner and staff, at 9:00 a, m. - Start for the cruise among Put-in-Bay Isiands, at 10 a. m. Friday, July 9. Squadron cruise among Put-in-Bay Islands. Saturday, July 10. Breaking up of meet. LAKE SHORE EXCURSION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND OALI- FORNIA. The L. S. & M.S. railroad have arranged to run an excursion to San Francisco by way of Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Ogden and Salt Lake, leaving Cleveland July 20, 1886— offering their patrons their finest lines across the continent, and at lower rates than ever made before. Special inducements to mem- bers of the Grand Army and their friends. For particulars call on or address M, E. Gaul, passenger agent of the L. 8S. & M.8. railroad, 178 Superior street, Cleveland, O. TEACHERS’ EXCURSION. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway will sell excursion tickets to Topeka, Ks., and return at one fare for the round trip to all teachers wishing to attend the National educational association held at Topeka July 13 to 16. Tickets will be on sale at the city ticket office, 1738 Superior street, and Union depot on and alter July 6. For further information call on or address M. E. Gaul passenyer agent, city office. [Around the Lakes Centinued from 1st Page. ] MILWAUKEE, Special to the Marine Record. There is a dearth of marine news here at the present time, so you will have to be satisfied with a retrospective account of things generally. There area few coalers arriving; and some grain being shipped, so much, in fact, that Milwaukee is again prominent a3 a grain shipping port; long may she wave. The propeller Alaska, in’ leaving port, came very close to making a wreck out of the scow Minnehaha; as it was ske jammed her slightly, though not enough to amount to anything. I notice in your reports of speed that the H. J. Jewett and Onoko have each made re markable time and I would like to call your attention to the time made by the steamer D. Ballentine in a trip to Buffalo and return. She made the round trip in eleven days and seven hours with the schooner Northwest in tow. As we all know that the Northwest is larger than a small sized canaler and car- ries an elevator or coal mine as ballast, this time is considered equally as good as any made by any of the racers, and Captain Tinney has good. reason to be proud of his boat and his engineer, Frank Caton, as well. The man that Keeps the machinery in shape neceseary for such running is entitled to his share of the praise also. At Wolf & Davidson shipyard things are humming, W. H. Wolf’s in his shirt sleeves superintending his baby yacht, (by the way he is undecided as yet whether to name it Henry Ward B. or Wm. Jamison, but thinks that Tinney is entitled to the most honors.) Mr. Davidson has an eye to things generally, and Jim Butler’s mouth gets wider and wider as each plank goes to its ! place on the yacht. The propeller Lawrence was in the drydock yesterday for a new wheel. I'he schooner Chas, Foster is getting some new covering boar¢ aud stanchions; the schooner Eliza is on the boxes for a re- ealking. Captain Ed. Thorp brought the schooner John Raber from Cheboygan in a leaking | condition, She was docked and thoroughly recalked and repaired. Ed thinks the Levi- athan is a darling and her four big steam pumps incomparable. Wolf & Davidson must be credited with having accomplished the greatest feat of | docking ever done on the lakes. They | docked the large four masted schooner J. H. | Rutter with her cargo of 65,000 bushels of | corn, drawing 154g feet of water, and had | her high enongh on the blocks to put plank iu her bottom. Murphy has done the un- | paralleled wrecking, and this is the un- | paralleled docking; no necessity toelevate a | cargo to get iu the dock here. Captain Ben Chambers, during his last trip here, blossomed forth as a progressive | eucherist of the first water. Caprain Kipp. KINGSTON. The price paid for the tug Mixer by the Dominion Bridge Company was $3,500. | Captain D. H. Murdock was accidentally drowned while crossing Grand river, Utah. DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. June 29,—I am reminded by the date of this communication just twenty-six years ago that two of our Jake vessels, the bark Norman and brig John H. Harmon sailed from Chicago with cargoes of corn, for Bos- ton, Mass., the former 3845 tons, the latter 275 tons burden; and also, the schooner Gem, 306 tons, for the same destination. The Harmon was svuld at Boston for $4,000, and was subsequently lost between Cape Breton ana Halifax. The Gem, edal laden, was wrecked in Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, in the month ot October, 1871. L. B. Demass, son of John Demass, has opened a ship broker’s office in this city, on Griswold street, and as there are several in full bloom at this port, vessel masters or owners can not fail to be accommodated with cargoes at almost any time. John Craig, the ship builder at Trenton, whose business for a short time past has been lying dormant, has renewed operations by the employment of some twenty men, including laborers on the new vexsel he has on the stocks which is now being planked. Captain E, Thomas, of this eity, sold the other day, his vessel, the W. H. Rounds, to Toledo parties, for $6,500, cash down. She was built in 1875, and is 808 tons burden. The propeller Arctic, of the Lake Saperior Transit Company line, has brought from Hancock this season seven cargoes of cop- per to this port, aggregating 2100 tones, and is expected here to-day with 400 tons more. Towing vessels through the rivers and straits, which, of late years, has been rapidly on the decline, owing chiefly to the increase of steambarges, the decrease of tugs and the few of those. lett taking to other busi- hess, was first started up forty-two years ago, the steamer Romeo being the first. Occasionally, however, some of the few tugs left pu!l through With quite a number, as of yore. ‘The tug W. A. Moore passed down on Saturday, with no less than eight on the string, which is set down as the champion tow of the season. All were deep loaded with ore or grain, with an aggregate of 4,000 tons. HRN: Moffat & MacVenn chartered during the past week the steamer ©. N. Pratt and con- sort, lumber, French River to Buffalo, at $1.65. The Pratt takes a quantity of chain to French River at $3 per ton. The schooner Augustus Ford, lumber, Alpena to Detroit at $1.13. Schooner Oorsican, cedar ties, Cheboygan to Fairport at 614 cents each. L. B, Demass chartered the barge Church for lumber, the memoranda of which I have lost. Captain Duncan McLachlan, and the Macs are legion just now hereabout, but in this instance I refer to the social and genial Scot, of the Idlewild, who has been navigating with much caution and prudence for the past twenty years, beginning at the lowest ratlin and climbing deservedly aloft until at taining his present position, His present command has been for six years, contin- uous, by promotion, from the steamer Evening Star, which he also sailed. Mac is aman of few words, and what he says, you may rest assured, is well meant. Young and somewhat bronzed, there are still better pesitions in store for him. The propeller Atlantic, owing to a mis- hap in the Straits, did not reach Cleveland on her last trip down, and instead went into drydock here for repairs, She left again Saturday evening on regular time. Captain Blanchard’s fleet of six vessels arrived here on Thursday from ‘Traverse City, twenty-four hours ahead of their regu- lar time. The tug Admiral Porter came up from Ashtabula with three, large loaded vessels, against a heavy head wind and sea, on Thursday, which shows that her towing qualities have been by no means lessened. The tug Metamora, which was built at Cleveland twenty-two years ago, and was first sailed by the late Captain Bob Hackett, is now engaged in towing timber vessels from Georgian Bay to Kingston. In her day she was the champion over all other tugs in these waters. The steambarge Ira Chaffee left here on Thursday evening with a tow for Toledo, and on reaching Grassy island one of them, the George Worthington, came in collision with the barge Magnet which lay at anchor. The Worthington got the worst of it, and was towed back for repairs, The propeller Saginaw Valley has made nine trips this season, and during that time has transported two millions of shingies each trip she has made, The steambarge Calumet was inspected at this port on Friday, and in the meantime was placed in the Detroit drydock for over- hauling. ‘Ihe barges Ironton and Case were also attended to at the same dock. Detroit drydock and ribboned, is under- going an improved process of iron strapping and otherwise ironed. The straps extend from the topsides to well under the bottom, where they meet and are thoroughly bolted to every frame the whole distance. In point of strength she will have no superior on fresh waters. As her completion is not urgent, the work will be carried out in the most approved and substantial manner. The new steamship Spokane, launched recently in your city, passed up the other day, and attracted much attention from ob- servers along the wharves. Everybody asked where the d——1 did that name come from? ‘Phis shows that among the numer- ous devises there is something in a name. The tug Kate Williams left here on Fri- day with a party of wreckers for Presque Isle, Lake Huron, for the recovery of the machinery in the tug Kate Moffat, burned a year ago last May, and run ashore in twelve feet of water. The tug Hercules, owned by Captain Wm. A. Mills, and one of his harbor fleet, took fire early on Tbursday morning and nar- rowly escaped total destruction. It origin- ated in the locality of the engine, while all on board were asleep, but all got ashore with- out harm.. The damages are roughly esti- mated at $1,500. She will soon be in readi- ness for business again. The steamer Chief Justice Waite, with excursionists, came up on Thursday from Toledo, took in the city, and left quietly and peaceably. The propeller Ovonto, passed duwn on Saturday, her first movement this season. She is now sailed by Captain J. H. Martin. The propeller Byron Treria has gone into the Detroit drydock to arrange her stern bearings and for repairs to her machinery. A party was here on Saturday to engage wreckers and a sub-marine diver to recover the cargo of the bark W. H. Vanderbilt, which sprung aleak and sunk at Long Point some time since. . oe The business on the Detroit and New Baltimore route never was better, steamer Baltimore arriving yesterday with thirty, passengers, and a full cargo, including seven — head of cattle. Hat. © PORT HURON. : f A short distance below Port Huron on Sunday morning the officers of the steamer __ City of Mackinaw: found the body of a dead man on board. It transpired that he was a deck hand who shipped the previous night, name unknown. He was about 35 years of age, dark hair and weighed about 180 © pounds. Death was probably caused by heart disease. The steamer Flora was detained here by a breakage in her machinery. . The schooner Ariel was in Dunford & Alverson’s drydock during the week receiv- ing repairs. S. A. Murphy has been offered $15,000 for the wrecked propeller Quebec, but he re- fused the amount. The tug Wm. A. Moore passed down with eight vessels in tow. This is the largest tow of the season. Work on the barge Morley is being rapidly pushed along. There is now 40 men em- ployed on her. She has got to be ready to sail July 15th. z Last week the tug Mocking Bird lett Grand Island, Lake Superior, for Bay City with 4,000,000 feet of raft—the largest ever towed by any tng before. DULUTH. The Negaunee is having her hull re- painted at the Northern Pacific dock. The Kittie M. Forbes brought the first cargo of lime stone for Corrigan’s lime kilns, The R. R. Ranney blew out her steam chest upon her arrival in port Monday, But slight damage was done. She is being repaired at the Northern Pacific dock. The A. Booth is laid up for thé present and is receiving a through overhauling. Her cabin is being repainted and when com- pleted she will be even handsomer than be- fore. The engine and other machinery for . Seeler & Owens, new sawmill at Tower was taken upon the Dove. The mill will be in running order in two weeks and will employ seventy-five men and turn | out 100,000 feet of lumber per day. M. E. Chamber’s tug James Bardon was out in the bay and her odd appearance caused many a mariner to shudder as he thought of ‘‘Flying Dutchman,” or some similar piratical craft. The Bardon needs a little ballast on her bow. Williams, Upham & Company’s dredge No. 7 was taken to the docks and some slight changes made to the dipper. The | dredge was taken to Fort William, Ont., by the tugs J. W. Williams and John Martin. There are still five dredges at work in the The new steamer now in frame at the harbor. —< win coe: