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SS eal - DETROIT. ‘Special to the Marine Record. July 20.—Well, the new steamer Grey- hound has~ commenced business, and has _ gone and done it; that is to say, she has _ made better time between» this port and Port Huron than‘ever previously recorded : by any other steamer. . Lam unabie to bring it down to exact hours and minutes at pres- ent, for that will have tu be recorded in the near future. The run from this city has been made on more than one occasion In five hours, and it now looks as if there will be a possible reduction of at least one Hour, for _ such, it is said, has been accomplished. She started out on her first trip Saturday morn- ing, making two or three calls on the St. Clair river, and her movements were not only entirely satisfactory to all concerned, _ but surprising to lookers-on along the route. This is what has been long needed on the Detroit and Port Huron route, as on the North river, a steamer that will make rapid time, with satety to all on board. Captain Wm. McKay, of course, pulls the bells, and has for the present as chief officer Captain Charles McIntosh, who has just retired from the Evening Star, while the propelling power is under the control of Mr, Huff, the late popular engineer of the Idlewild. The Evening Star, it is stated, will continue ply- ing on the route, but no farther than Star Island, leaving here at 4:15 p. m., and re- turning so as to.arrive here by 9 a. m., thus aflording those who desire it the opportunity to spend a night at the island and return in time for business the following day. ‘There are now no less than five steamers plying on this thoroughfare to accommodate the increasing travel, whereas, but a year or two back two boats were considered amply sufficient. At the present time there is only cut fare by the morning route, the steamer Ward charging twenty-five cents one way or fifty cents the round trip, which, of course, the Greyhound complies with. This sort of an arrangement is only a ques- tion of time, however, for it can not always last. The rate by the Cole and Idlewild continues as before announced, that is, fifty cents the one way and seventy-five cents the round trip, both being well patronized. The steambarge Porter Chamberlain was disabled in her machinery while on Lake Huron Thursday, and taken in tow by the Selah Chamberlain, which got her in the St. Clair river. Captain Lozen, of the steamer City of New Baltimore, is laying off for a few days and, with his family, has gone to Lake Superior, his first visit to that section; mean- while, Captain George Hosmer is in com- mand of the Baltimore.: The schooner Belle Hanscomb, which ar- rived up on Thursday, while on Lake Erie passed the wreckage of some unknown craft which had apparently been dismasted, but nothing further is known as to what really occurred, Captain Blanchard’s steamers and vessels were all chartered and took their departure from here. The steamer Dickenson and consorts bring lumber from Pine Lake to Detroit at $2.50 perm. The steamer Justice Field and con- sorts, lumber from Duluth to Chicago at $2.25. The steamer Saginaw, Captain Chris Smitb, came up from Toledo Thursday with two hundred passengers, a part of whom were excursionists, and considerable freight. She is well liked on the route and has a liberal patronage. Captain William Thorne, who this season sails the steamer Arctic,of the Lake Superior Transit line, has been connected with that route for upward of fifty years, and as oaly fifty years have rolled over him he is good for that many more. It is praiseworthy to note that he has commanded steamers since 1853, commencing with the steamer T. Whit- ney, on the Cleveland and Saginaw router maintaining a first class record during all that period. For several years he was con nected with the N. Y. and Erie line, and afterward run between Buffalo and Detroit. He resides inthis city and is held in high esteem. The steambarge Business passed here on Thursday, disabled, in tow of the W. L. Wetmore. The accident occurred on Lake Superior, by reason of which her tow bill will be somewhat expensive. | The steambarge S. C. Hall, having four barges in tow, met with a breakdown to her machinery Wednesday whileon Lake Huron, and was compelled to cast her tow adrift. She managed to get into the St. Clair river with her canvas, and her tow was picked up by the Kittie Haight and towed safely into port. With a strong northeast wind there is not much of amargin tor tugs, having from five to six vessels, getting through the rivers against a strong current. As evidence of this fact, two tugs, each having three ves sels, were over four hours, after passing this point, in reaching Lake St. Clair. The steambarge Manistique was unfortun- ate with her last raft. While on Saginaw Bay the other day,it was broken up and cast upon the shore near Harrisville. Eventu- ally, it will all be recovered. Captain James Chase, whom all the older sailors on the lakes know very well, was in the city on Saturday, meeting with old friends and acquaintances. Captain Chase lives in retirement at Trenton, and his his- tory, if published, would be full of interest to many. From first to last it has been un- tarnished. eS While Captain, Grummond was in Chicago a tew days since, he cast his eye nround for the purchase of a steamer to ply as an after- noon boat on the Port Huron route, but i found none to meet the requisite wants, There is no steamer plying on a route which performs her trips with greater regu- larity than the Atlantic, commanded by Captain J. R. Jones, whose geniality has made him a favorite from first to last with the traveling public. Always affable and of gentlemanly deportment, he is unquestion- ably the right man in the right place. The Detroit Drydock Company have put an increased force of men on the new steamer now in process of construction at their yards. Reports which reach here by the Luke Superior boats state that slow progress is being made toward raising the sunken ves- sel Thomas P. Sheldon, by mishaps which take place. On Friday, it was stated, one of the pumps gave out, which will cause a further delay to the contractors. There is a probability that during the present week Captain Ward’s new steamer, the W. H. Stevens, will put in an appear- |, ance at this port. She is highly praised, both in her construction and equipments. The first accident that has happened to the steamer Darius Cole since she came out occurred on Saturday afternoon while on the up trip, on the St. Clair river, after leaving Marine City, by the breaking of a’ key in the walking beam. She drifted down stream for half a mile, when she was picked up by the steambarge Sanilac and towed to the dock where repairs were made. The steamer M. D, Ward also had a slight mishap to her machinery, on her down trip, near Marine City Saturday, and was towed there by the steamer Mary. James Mallory, a sailor on hoard the barge Waverly, was drowned on Saturday, while opposite the lower end of the city, by fall- ing overboard, while in a fit, to which he was subject. He was 22 years of age, and hailed from Three Rivers, Michigan. His body was not recovered. Moffat & McVenn chartered on Saturday the steambarge C. N. Pratt, lumber, from Spanish River to Buffalo at $1.65. P. J. Ralph & Company report the charter of the steamer S. J. Macy and consorts, | coal, Ashtabula to Portage, at 55c, with re- turn cargoes of ore from Marquette to Ohio ports, at $1.20. This is an advance over previous rates. The barge Victor, lumber laden, water- logged in Lake Huron on Friday, but was got into Port Huron and pumped out with- out the loss of cargo, Graham, Horn & Austin, of Port Arthur, have requested bids from Detroit wrecking companies for raising the propeller J. S. Severns sunk near Michipicoten, Lake Su- perior. It is not very probable that anyone can be found who will undertake this job, which would doubtless be attended by even greater difficulties than the raising ot the Quebec. An expedition was recently sent to her for the purpose of locating her exact position and mark it with buoys. She was found just about one mile from Grosse Cap, resting on fairly good bottom in 117 feet of water. The Severns was valued at only about $8,000 and it is estimated that it would cost mucn more than that to float her. The Grace Amelia, a three-masted top- sail scow, and formerly owned at Port Burwell, has been lying at Windsor all sea- son, exposed to the sun’s rays, with no one, seemingly, tocare for her. Why she has not been fitted out no one appears to know. Yesterday it was discovered that she was leaking badly, aud soon afterward filled. She was builtin 1876 and needs thorough repairs, for it would appear that the choicest of materia] was not selected when she was built. The steamer Cole did not leave on her regular trip yesterday for Port Huron, something being wrong with her engine. The Idlewild took her passengers and freight. The weather is cool and fine, with N.E, winds still prevalent. Hatt, EAST SAGINAW. Special to the Marine Record. Cristies’ steambarge will be launched at Wheeler’s shipyard on Saturday next. Captain James Davison has purchased tke barge R. J. Carney, and she has been hauled out of his shipyard at West Bay City fora thorough rebuild. In last week’s Recorp in History of Navi- gation, it is mentioned that Captain H. L. McGlashan and his whole crew were drowned from the schooner Kate Bully, which capsized and went ashore at Point Sauble, Luke Michigan. In conversation with Captain Thomas Taylor, master of the barge Dayton, he tells me that one of the crew, John Stone, who was a few years ago mate of the Metropolis, is now alive, and was present at the disaster of the steamer Pearl at Fairport. The light established by J. W. Wescott and others on White Shoal has been tem- porarily removed to St. Ignace on account of a leak in the lightship. It will be re- placed in a couple of days. Michael Frank,night watch on the steamer L. G. Mason, was drowned on Wednesday last at West Bay Citv, he having stepped into the river in making aline fast. He only remained in the water about four min- utes, but all efforts to resuscitate him proved unavailing, Frank was a single man and resided with his stepmother in this city. The steamer Saginaw Valley took a large number of Saginawians to Cleveland on her last trip. : Messrs. George Shafter, Lewis Kriss, Rob ert Weston and Peter Peck, known as the Big Four Shooting Club, have purchased from Harry Shaw the fine steam yacht Laulie, and the sailing seow Jumbo, which they will use the-coming fall in their hunt- ing expeditions. The barge Dolphin, Captain Johnson, re- cently collided with the Mackinaw street bridge, making a hole in her port bow large enough to allow a yoke of oxen to pass through. She is being repaired. The barge Star of the North was in Bart- lett & Company’s sling for a new stem and then went to Hobson’ dock where her spar will be put in. . Saw. : BUFFALO. Lake receipts for last week included 1,508,- 140 bushels of wheat and corn. Canal ship- ments of grain were 1,091,700 bushels, and Trail shipments 480,110 bu<bels. Coal ship- ments for this season are 624,050 tons, a gain of 50,000 over last year. Work has been begun at the Union yard on rebuilding the propeller Quebec. R. Mills & Company have begun repair- ing the schooner, M. J. Cummings. The flour cargo of the propeller Nebraska, shipped by Pillsbury from Duluth, is being loaded into canal boats to be taken to New York. This isthe first flonr sent east by canalinavery long time. It is said that Pillsbury has contracted to send consider- able flour to the sea coast by the all water route. The steel steamer contemplated by the Union Steamboat Company is designed to be 310 feet keel, 335 feet over all, 42 feet beam and 26 feet depth of hold, to register about 3,000 tons. She will be built by the Union Drydock Company and will cost about $225,000. Work will begin at once and the keel will be laid after the launch of the Susquehanna. The Williams bucket hoisting apparatus has a rush of business on hand. After finishing the transfer into canal boats of the wheat cargo ofthe schooner Rival, work was begun on the Charger, and the Atmos- phere, C. B. Benson and Bell Hanscomb, were waiting to follow in the order named, all wheat laden from Detroit. Four large tubs are used tor hoisting, two at a hateh, and from 2,500 to 3,000 bushels per hour are transferred. The Express says that the shortage season seems to have again opened, judging by the experience of two Sandusky boats which un- loaded wheat at the Erie elevator yesterday. The barge A. J. McBrier with 7,800 bushels ran 30 short, which more than ate up the profits of the trip, The schooner Thomas A. Howland from the same port with 22,050 bushels ran 36 bushels short. A barge was loaded at one of the local docks with what the captain supposed to be a 500 ton load, and this amount was checked off by the tallyman. ‘To make certain the captain got the tally before he went to the main office of the dock to secure his bills and found that the load checked up cor- rectly. The bills were made out for 488 tons, and surprised at the discrepancy the captain placed the matter before his vessel jagent. He was advised to return and de- mand a bill for the full cargo. The clerk who made out the bill was profuse in his explanations, and, saying that the bill was made out before they received jthe tally, made the correction, Ata 60 vent freight, which was the rate received, the discrepancy was considerable to the vessel man. It is not known how often these mistakes are oc- curing, It was decided to unload the schooner O. M. Bond before holding a survey on her. The hole in her starboard bow was therefore planked over, and she was to céine out of dock to-night. She is to be ready for ex- amination by Friday morning. The propeller Nashua is undergoing alterations at the ‘Union yard. Her cabin has been cut off so as to allow for an extra hatch on each side and her gangways, ex- cept the aft ones, have been closed up. Bulk- heads have been constructed between decks. The changes will better adapt her for carry- ing coal and grain. The package freight business has been. unusually brisk. In previous seasons the propeller lines have carried up considerable coal, but this year the Union Line as yet has not taken a pound and the Western Line has handled only three or four cargoes, while the other line has car. ried much less, The steamer Ogemaw was docked Tues- day night at the Union yard fora new wheel, The wheel which was put.on the steamer Oceanica recently is one of Trout’. sectional pattern. The buckets are cast separately and are readily fastened to the hub by means of bolts. Itis argued that in this way a better shaped bucket for advantageous work- ing is secured, and in case of breakage both money and time are saved in replacing the buckets. The improvement in the form of the bucket is claimed to fully counteract the increased resistance from the hub. On account of scarcity of tonnage in the ereek yesterday the movements were dull, although freights continue firm. The fol- lowing charters were made yesterday: Steamer B. W. Arnold and schooner John Kelderhouse, for Chicago at 60c; steamer M. M. Drake and schooner Nellie Mason, for Duluth, at 45c; steamer J. P. Donald- son and schooner Brightie, for Superior, at 45c; steamer Chamberlain, for Marquette. at 50c; steamer Alpena and barges T. H Cahoon, Erastus Corning, and A. T. Bliss, for Hancock, at 50c. The schooner Grace — Murray goes '1ght to Toledo to load coal for Manitowoc at 60c. The steamers Ulyde and H. E. Packer go to Washburn and Duluth, and there was a probability of the latter taking up a coal cargo. The barges Car- penter, Uranus, and Stephenson go from Ashtabula to Sandusky for wheat cargoes to this port on through rates. Canal freights continued strong, though there was no changein rates. Fair ship- ments were made at 4c on wheat and 3%{c on corn to New York. The movement of new wheat is causing a better demand for boats, and higher treights may be looked tor. FRANKFORT. Special to the Marine Record. The wrecking tug Leviathan, on her way from Milwaukee to Mackinaw, called at Frankfort a few days ago. Steamship Gratwick and consorts sailed Wednesday with 2,000,000 teet of pine lum- ber, for Tonawanda. Congress has voted to lay a sub-marine cable from South Manitou island to main- land. This will prove a great convenience to mariners. Mr. F, Worden, brother of Admiral Wor- den, who commanded the Monitor when she fought the Merrimac, was in Frankfort a few days the past week. Tug J. H. Gregory is engaged in towing a quantity of logs from Platte river, via Lake Michigan, eighteen miles, to Frank- fort. Tug Rawson lifted 3,600 pounds of fish one day last week, the heaviest on record for 1886. BURMEISTER. KINGSTON. Captain Gaskin has purchased for the M, T. Company the propeller Europe now lying at St. Catharines. She will be brought to the city at once and fitted out, One of the heroes oft the Hall Arctic ex- pedition, Captain H.C, Chester, died at Noank, Conn., on Monday. a A ER Re at a A AR tM od NR ARN, FOR SALE CHEAP. The powerful tug Robert Varrant, 71 feet over all, 15 feet beam, 9 feet depth of hold. Engine 20x21, boiler 54x14, now carrving 100 lbs of steam, all in ex~ cellent condition. Address A, Q@. Rowell, 147 Rumsey street, Chieago, or at the Chicago Towing Company’s Office, 210 South Water street, Chicago. ~ $TEAMBARGE FOR SALE. This isone of the finest steambarges on the lakes, and was builtin 1884. She isin por cendition in every respect, serviceable, easy to load emd unload, and a great favorite. She ean not be duplicated: for the same money. Her dimensions are 131 feet keel, 143 feet over all, 23.4 feet beam, 8.4 feet depth of hold, and isclassed Al} by Inland Lloyds. She carries two masts. Her carrying capacity is 400 to 425 tons or 14,- 000 bushels of wheat,or about 240,000 feet of lumber on a dratt of 9 feet Sinches. Her engine is high pressure 18x20 and her boiler 64x12 feet of 7-16 Otis steel, Speed 10 miles loaded or WA light. Address MARINE RECOBD, Cleveland, Obio. SY SHORTED