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i t ; } | } 1 i i } t i t (5 The Marine Record. e t HISTORY OF LAKE NAVIGATION. | BY J. W. HALL. Written for the Marine Record. CHAPTER LXXVIII, During the navigation of 1861 five United | States revenue cutters were dispatched froin | the lakes to New York City on account of their being too small tor lake service, the ' government having determined to substitute steam vessels of larger dimensions. The | cutters thus sent out, and names of masters, | were as follows: Revenue cutter A. V. Brown, Captain Douglas Oitinger; revenue cutter, Jacob Thompson,Oaptain T.8.Thomp- fron; revenue cutter Isaac loucey, Captain Brow.; revenue cutter J. 8. Black, Captain Lanagan; revenue cutter Howell Cobb, Cap- | tain Williams. Only eight vessels were sent to sea, as fol- lows: Bark Ravenna, Captain D. N. Malott, wheat, Chicago to Liverpool; bark Alexan- | der, Captain A. Muir, staves, to Liverpool; brig J. G. Deshler, Captain A. M. Mann, wheat, Milwaukee to Liverpvol; schooner Gold Hunter, Captain Durand, wheat, Mil- waukee to Liverpool; schooner Caroline Simpson, wheat, Genesee river to Liverpool; schooner Colonel Cook, Captain Humphrey, wheat, Milwaukee to Liverpool; bark Niag- ara, Captain Muir, wheat, Detroit to Liver- pool; schooner Clarabel, 219 tons, Captain Barst, lumber, Cleveland to Boston. 1862—During the navigation of 1862 one propeller and six tugs were dispatched to the seaboard, chiefly to New York or Boston: Propeller Congress, 398 tons, Captain J. Robertson, oats, Chicago to New York. ‘Tugs Governor, Hippodamus, Dictator, Os- wego, Lady Franklin and G. W. Gunnison, bound for New York City. Brig J. G. Deshler, Captain R.. Stringle- man, wheat, Detroit to Liverpool. Schooner Bridget and bark Printice of Wales, bark Chieftain, Captain McTaggart, schooner Sirius, schooner G. Laidlow, Cap- tain Campbell, bark St. George, and bark T. F. Parks, Captain W. H. McLeod, coal oil, Sarnia to Liverpool. Bark D. Cornwell, Captain D. McDonald, deals, Port Burwell to Liverpool. The bark Sliepner,191 tons,Captain Waage, arrived over from Bergen, Norway, during the season with emigrants, took on a cargo ot wheat and rye at Chicago and left, home- ward bound. 1863—Bark Chieftain,Captain McGlashan, coal oil, Sarnia to Liverpool. Barks Ravenna, Captain D. N. Malott, and Vanguard, Captain Wn). Jones, and brig J. G. Deshler, Captain Stringleman, copper and staves, Detroit to Liverpool. Rees Brig Hanover,Captain W.Galloway, wheat, Milwaukee to Hamburg. é eae Schooner Howell Hoppock, Captain D. M. Tucker, copper and staves, Detroit to Liver- ool, — d : “ Bark Ravenna, second trip,Captain Malott, and brig Cressington, formerly the Deshler, staves, Detroit to Liverpool. : ‘ _ Bark Sliepner, Captain Waage, wheat, Chicago to Norway. — ee Sloop Skjoldoman, Captain Raathe, pro- visions, Chicago, to Norway. ‘The two last named vessels came over from Europe and returned, — Schooners Owen Bearse, Captain Bearse, Alice B., Captain Chase, and I. Lafrinier, walnut, Toledo to Boston. é The tngs J. H. Foss, Albert Degroat, W.G. Fargo, Maria Love, Sentinel, and Mary Grandy were all sent from the lakes to New York during the season, chiefly for govern- ment service. ‘The tugs Mary Grandy and Maria Love subsequently came back to the lakes,their names,meanwhile, were changed, the former being called the Balize, the latter the Clematis. 1864, May—Bark Mary Roe, Captain Mc- Crae, walout, Port Stanley. ‘Lug A. A. Turner, Captain Ralph, Detroit to New York. schooner M. Kinnie, walnut, Toledo to Boston, Schooner Alice Curtiss, walnut, Toledo to | Boston. ! Schooner Mary Brown, walnut Toledo to Boston. Schooner Boston,walnut,Toledo to Boston. June—Bark ‘Thermutis, Captain Tucker, copper and staves, Detroit tv Liverpool, Schooner Plowboy, walnut, Toledo to Buos- ton. schconer Saranac, Captain Gale, copper and cedar, Detroit to Liverpool, July—Schooner Yorktown, petroleum, Cleveland to Liverpool. i August—Lug T. C, Jewett, from Buffalo to New York, Bark Huron, Captain Bromick, timber, Detroit to Boston. October—B. K. Wirralite, Captain Foran, oil cake, Detroit to Liverpool. Bark Wavetree, staves, Port Stanley to Liverpoo!. Bark Etowah, Captain Wraight, copper, Bruce mines to Liverpool. schoouer Octavia, lumber, Cleveland to Boston. ‘Tug U.S. Grant, Buffalo to New York. Bark C. E. Rosenbury, Captain Horton, sujplies, Milwaukee to Europe. Propeller W. H. Merritt, horses and sup- plies, Kingston, 1865—Brig Sea Gull, Captain Jackman, veneral cargo, ‘l'cronto to Port Natal. Bark ‘hermutis, Captain Gale, copper, Brice mines to Liverpool. Schooner Saranac, Captain Wraight, cop- per, Bruce mines to Liverpool, Bark Rosenbury, Captain Bearse, walnut, ‘Tvledo to Boston. : Bark W. S. Pierson, Captain McMillan, iimber, Sandusky to Hamburg. Brig Lucy A. Blossom, Captain Lynn, walnut, Detroit to B>-ton. Ite a eee: St EN ene lene ae ee TOE -|}sunk in Lake Ontario in 1862, Schooner Union, Captain Geel, emigrants, Lake Michigan to Nicaragua. Bark J. Drummoud, Captain Jackman, walnut, Port Stanley to Hamburg. Schooner Clyde, walnut, Sandusky to | Boston. Bark Thermutis, second trip,Captain Gale, | petroleum, Cleveland to Liverpool Schooner RN. Brown, Captain Higgins. Vangtard had her name changed to Wirra- | walnut, Toledo to Boston. Bark Wirralite, Captain Jones, copper, Bruce mines to Liverpool. Bark J. DeMolay, Captain Mills, copper, Bruce mines to Liverpool, 1866—Schooner Erie, Captain Bilch, To- | ledo to Boston, Schooner E. M. Baxter, walnut, Toledo to Boston. Schooner Sanarac, Captain Wraight, iron ore, Bruce mines to Liverpool. Brig Vidon came over from Norway and returned witb a cargo of corn. Schooner Superior, Captain Lewis, wal- nut, Port Huron to Boston, Bark J. De Molay, Captain Tucker, cop- per, Bruce mines to Liverpool Schooner Junius, Captain Wick, walnut, Toledo to Boston, On reaching Lake Erie she sunk and was a total loss. British gun boat arrived at Windsor from ; Liverpool, 1867—Bark Cella, Captain Hunter, peas, Toronto to Cork, Schoover Narragansett, Captain Murphy, petroleum, Cleveland to Liverpool. 1868—There were but three departures this year, as follows: Brig Sailor Boy, Cup- tain Humphrey, oats, from Chicago. The. bark IL. H. Cotton took on a cargo of petroleum at Cleveland for Liverpool, and was burned soon after leaving port, October 25th; Captain George DeWolf master. Bark Etowah, Captain Patterson, petro- leum, Cleveland to Liverpool. 1869—Etowah, Captain Campbell, petro- leum and staves, Cleveland to Liverpool. Bark Thermutis, Captain Dick, refined oil, Cleveland to Liverpool. Steamer Washington, flour, Chicago to New York. Schooner Union Jack, wheat, Kingsville to Europe. : Schooner Phebe Carherine, wheat, from Kingsville to Europe. The brig J. G. Deshler (renamed the Cressington), arrived at Detroit from Liver- pool October 14, 1863, laden with salt and pig iron, in command of Captain John Jen- nings. A few days later she took her de- parture again with a cargo of staves from Detroit, via’ Cleveland. After vetting to sea she was never more heard of. ‘The schoouer Lilly, which sailed from Lake On- tario, while on the coast of Ireland, in 1859, with a cargo of gunpowder on board, blew up. The brig John H. Harmon was sold for $4,000 at Boston in 1860, and was soon after lost between Cape Breton and Halifax: Schooner Dean Richmond was’sold in Liver- pool soon after her arrival out in 1856 price not stated. The schooner Cherokee was sold in Liverpool in 1858. The bark D. C. Pierce was captured and destroyed by the rebels in the spring of 1861 at Norfolk, Va. The schooner Cataraqui, laden with raitroad iron, sprungaleak and sunk in Lake-Ontario in 1864, Bark Magenta sprung aleak at aea and was abandoned in 1860, The schooner Republican was wrecked on, the island of Arbacatoa, April 26, 1860,and proved a total loss. The schooner Grand Turk was wrecked at Leland, Lake Michigan, in November, 1869,and one life wes lost. Schooner Kate L. Bruce was sold at auc‘ion in Boston in 1859, Schooner Twin Brothers foundered at sea November, 1860. Schooner W. B. Castle sprung aleak and was abandoned at sea March 18th, 1861. Brig Sultan was wrecked on Lake Erie in Septemb :r, 1864, with loss ot six lives. Schooner Sophia Smith was made a barge, and was afterward lost at Port Austin, Lake Huron, September, 1874. Schooner Ada eprung aleak and sunk at sea December, 1861. Schooner Sarah Hib- bert was sold in New York for $6,500, in 1860, and was lost at Nagg’s Headin March, 1861. Schooner Indus was converted into a brig and wrecked on the seaboard. Burk Pride of Canada was sold. in Liverpool for $10,500 in 1850, and was wrecked on Cariboo island, St, Lawrence river, July, 1862. Brig Globe was chartered for coal oil, but did not depart. Brig Black Hawk was wrecked at Point Bet-y, Lake Michigan, October, 1862, with 19,000 bushels of corn on board. Bark H. E Howe was sold at London, England, for $7,500, in 1860. Schooner Colonel Cook was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1858. Schooner Bridget was wrecked at Long Point, Lake Erie, en route to sea, in 1862. Schooner C. Reeve, laken with corn, Schooner D. B. Sexton was wrecked in the Straits of Gibraltar in 1862. Bark E.S. Adams, wheat, sunk by collision in Lake Erie in 1863. Schooner Sirius, while en route, was wrecked at Father Point, October, 1862. Bark Mary Roe, wheat, sunk in Welland canal, while enroute. Brig Hanover was sold at Ham- burg, Germany, October, 1860. Bark Ra- venna was wrecked at Cape Henry in 1864 while en route from Liverpool to Baltimore. The schooner Howell Hoppock had her name changed to Etowah in 1864. Brig Caroline | was sold at London, England, in 1860. ‘The schooner Owen Bearse was wrecked en the | Delaware breakwater, Atlantic coast,October 29,1867. Schooner R. H. Harmon had her ;} name changed to Wavertree in 1865, and | was wrecked on Lake Huron in November, 1867. Schooner M.S. Scott was wrecked at | Racine with a cargo of grain in 1866. Bark | | lite in 1865. Propeller Detroit returned to the lakes, had her name changed to Con- ‘gress, and was wrecked at Thunder Bay, | Lake Huron, in 1873. Schooner euDiues) } laden with walnut tor Boston, was lost off Long Point, September, 1866. Schooner St. | Helena was lost on the const of Africa in the | winter of 1861. Sehooner Clifton was sold Schooner Kyle | in New York, for $2,000. Spangler was wrecked on the Atlantic coast, Steamer America was. wrecked,on the coast of Texas. Steamer Peerless was condemned | at New York City. Schooner Messenger was condemned as unseaworthy ut New York in 1871. TREASURY NOTICES. STEAMERS REBUILT, WHEN REQUIRED TO HAVE WATER-TIGHT BULK HEADS—CASE OF “B, F, FERRIS.”’ ‘TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 13, 1886. Sir: The Department is in receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, in which you eall attention to the opinion ot the local inspee- tors of Cleveland, Ohio, that the steamer “B. F. Ferris,’”’ originally built in 1870, and rebuilt in 1879, “requires three water-tight bulkheads betore she can pass inspection, June 28, 1886, notwithstanding the late in- spéctors of the district had passed said: steamer as exempt from the provisions ot section 4490 Revised Statutes, because the date of her original building was.previous to the enactment of the statute referred to.” In reply, you are informed that a similar case to that of the “B. F. Ferris” was sub- mitted to the Solicitor of the Treasury in 1885, and that officer rendered an’ opinion, dated September 30, 1885, in substance, that a vessel rebuilt since August 28, 1871, though originally built previous thereto, “can not be considered as completed within the letter or the spirit of the law’ before the date in- dicated, and is, therefore, liable to the provi- sions of Jaw requiring three water-tight bulkheads on passenger steamers navigating the oceans or the great northern or north- western lakes. In view of this opinion, the Department sustains the action of the present inspectors at Cleveland, in requiring the steamer ‘‘B. F. Ferris’? to be provided with the “three water-tight cross bulkheads’? before grant-: ing to said steamer a passenger certificate to navigate Lake Hrie, between Sandusky and Catawba island. To A. Wehrle, Jr., Manager, steamer “B, F. Ferris,” Sandusky, 0. i REPAIRS ,TO AMERICAN VESSEL IN- CANADA NOT THE RESULT OF AN EMERGENCY—DUTI- ABLE. | E ee TREASURY DEPARTMET, May 14. 1886. Sir: The Depar¢ nent is in receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, transmitting the appeal (54246) of Wm. Griffin, owner of American schooner “F. J. King,’’ from your decision assessing duty on the cost of certain repairs made to such schooner dur- ing the past winter at Garden, in Canada, The statement of the owner shows that the vessel arrived at Garden Island during the last autumn, and, being in {a decayed and leaky condition, was subjecred to eon- siderable repairs, which cost $2,681.88, but no evidence is produced to show that such vessel, while in the regular course of her voyage, was compelled by stress of weather or other casualty “to put into” Gar- den Island to make such repairs. In the absence of such proof, the Depart- ment, referring to section®3115, Revised Statutes, must reject the appeal. . To Collector ef Customs, Cape Vincent, N. Y. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—a ENGINEER CORPS, U. S. A. Bria. GENERAL O. M, PoE, f No. 34 Congress-st West, Detroit, Mich. LizoT. Cot. W, E. MERRILL, ; ; : Custom House, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lieut. Cou, WALTER McFARLAND, P.O, box 93, Station A, New. York, N, Y, Lieur. Col John W. 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