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VOL. VIII. NO. 34. MROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND. — The schooner Foster is getting a new fore mast at Greenhalgh’s spar yard. The steamers City of Cleveland and Pearl took large excursions to the islands yester- day. — Captain Frank Holland has been ap- pointed master of the’ propeller Cleveland, and Captain Adam Miller “of the schooner Old Concord. John Dietrich, of the harge Norway, is missing, and it is supposed that he has been drowned. The life saving crew have been dragging for his body, Captain H. Parker has been appointed master of the schooner Erastus Corning, re- lieving Captain Foster, who has had tem- porary command, but who was obliged to attend to his business at this port. The Globe Iron Works Company have se- cured a lease of ground which will extend their territory about four hundred feet west of the present works, so that they may be able to put up two boats at once. A division of the interest of the Globe Ship- building Company in the iron steamships J. H. Devereux and William Chisholm, _ gives each member of the old company 1288-17,500, except J. H. Smith, who holds 598-17, 500. : Engineer H. W. McGinnis, of the pro- peller Sparta, who has been suffering some months from neuralgia in its worst form, has been compelled to lay over, and En- gineer George Fitzpatrick will take charge of the Sparta’s machinery. The steam yacht Peerless was inspected by Messrs. DeWolf and MaGrath on the 29th, who allowed her a certificate to carry one hundred persons, including crew. The Peerless will leave soon on a cruise, taking in the north shore of Lake Superior, Mr. Fred Ballen, draughtsman of the Detroit Drydock Company, came down on the City of Cleveland yesterday. He in- spected the working of the machinery of our new namesake, which is now working very smoothly, and developes 2500 horse power. Mr. Fred Palmer, of the firm of Palmer & Benham, vessel owners and brokers, will start on a pleasure trip to Marquette on the steamer W.L. Wetmore. Mr. Palmer has been attending strictly to business during the last three years and deserves a holiday. His wife and Mrs. Fred Saal will accom- pany him. Captain Jack Greening, an old time ves- sel owner, died at his home on Barber ave- nue on Tuesday night, aged 81 years, Mr. Greening owned at one time the schooners George Worthington, Correspondent,Emeu, Perseverance, and tugs Old Jack and H.N,. Martin. The funeral will take place to day from All Saints church, In the Globe drydock this week the steamer Progress had buts calked and repairs to | rudder and stern bearing. Scow Sassacus had bnts calked. Tug J. W. Bennett re- ceived a new wheel. land received a new wheel and had buts calked. Steamer Columbia received a new Globe wheel, 10 feet 6 inches diameter and 13 feet lead. Engineer Wm, Gibson, of the propeller Hiawatha, while the boat was passing the Sault on Tuesday, had his left arm taken off just above the elbow, probably by a fender, while saluting the engineer of the Justice Field. Mr. Gibson was taken to the marine hospital at the Sault, and amputation found necessary just below the shoulder. En- gineer Grant will meet the Hiawatha at | Duluth and fill the position made vacant. On Saturday last the tng Castle visited the wreck of the tug Kate Richmond which went ashore four miles north of this port | jast fall, for the purpose of ascertaining | whether she could be saved, Asteam pump | was put on board and worked for an hour | without effect, and then an examination of Steamer City of Cleve- | the hull was made, which resulted in the discovery that her back. was broken. She was accordingly abandoned as a total loss. The Kate Richmond was an old schooner, having been built here by Calkins in 1855, She was rebuilt in 1866, and received exten- sive repairs in 1872. The model for the iron steamer to be built by the Globe Iron Works Company for Hanna & Company is finished and shows some improvement about the stern over the boats recently launched at their yard. The new steamer will be 268 feet keel, 286 feet over all, 39 feet beam and 24 feet depth, and will carry a water bottom similar to that in the Spokane. The machinery, the draw- ings for which are yet incomplete, will be triple expansion, the first on the lakes, and calculated to develop a speed of about eleven miles an hour, the ship having a cargo of 2500 tons. This is one of the steamers an- nounced in the Marinz Recorp last winter. She will carry ore on: owners account. The propeller Onoko rrrived in port Mon- day with 2500 tons ot ore, She clears light for Duluth to load grain for Buffalo, at 33¢. The Onoko, under command of Captain Trinter, with Engineer O, N. Steel at the machinery, has been doing excellent service this season. On her first trip, Chicago to Buffalo, she brought down 100,000 bushels of wheat, She has made five trips light to Duluth, bringing down about 90,000 els of grain to Buffalo each time; one » tr from Buftalo to Chicago with 2878 tons of coal, bringing down 2700 tons of Escanaba ore to Cleveland, and two trips light to Ash- land, with ore back each time, making five grain cargoes, three ore cargves and one cargo of coal, and seven up trips light. The city fire tug was launched at Messrs. Murphy & Root’s shipyard yesterday, the usual number of people witnessing the event, including Chief Dickinson and the members of the board of fire commissioners. The tug was canted over on her side and took water without a jar. She is 80 feet over all, 62 feet keel, 23 feet beam and 10 feet depth of hold, and fully sustains the reputation of her builders. The engine built by the con- tractors, the Excelsior Iron Works, Messrs. Stovering & Fleming, of this city, is 18x20. The boilers and pumps are not yet set. The new boat will be towed around by the com- pany’s works on Columbus street and be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, as she is now behind the contract time. She will have a large boiler and pumping power sufficient to throw twelve 214-inch streams, equal to six steamers. ‘lo the Recorp is dne the credit of directing the attention of the officials of Cleveland to the need of a fire boat on the river for the protection of the vast interests concerned, and we have labored to that end without ceasing. A prominent member of the department said at the launch: “The fire boat is a result of learned day after day for years why the de- partment should have a fire boat. Through been held, petitions sent to the council and the board, and arguments presented show- ing the usefulness of the craft. Mark the result. It has taken time, but here is the boat.” BUFFALO. The Canadian propeller Pratt came in light and went into the Union drydock for a new wheel. Mr. Ed. Suckow, mechanical engineer, sh~) ip | calking. and inventor of a valuable marine jack, has | CLEVELAND. O.. AUGUST 5. 14886. CHICAGO, Special to the Marine Record. The handsome excursion steamer Cyclone, Captain S. L. Brown, arrived here from Cleveland Monday evening. She averaged twelve miles per hour on her trip up. She will carry two hundred passengers, and commences on her route between Chicago and Cheltenham Beach Wednesday. We hope she will bocome a favorite with the ex- cursion people. ; The steamship Siberia, Captain W. W. Morse, with iron ore from Ashland, arrived off Chicago with her consorts the Bloom and Plymouth early Saturday morning. She left her consorts at this port to unload, and went on to South Chicago to unload. Captain John Prindiville returned from Port Huron Saturday night, where he sold thé steamer A, J. Wright to Messrs. Bots- ford, Jex and others for $11,500. The steambarge Rhoda Emily and con- sort the Guiding Star were chartered on Monday, to go to Marquette and load iron ore for Ohio ports at $1. 25 per ton. This is considered one of the best charters this season, _ Nae le. § eqns’ Albany, Captain ne iN nday We re mereliaaiee from “Buffalo, on he n ith round trip this season, At the Chicago Drydock Company’s yard the steambarge Escanaba was in dock for She also received a ne izzen.| mast; the schooner W.H. Dunham Na tugs W. H. Wood and Brothers were in for calk-. ing; the steambarge Fayette for fixing stern bearing, calking and general repairs; the steam canal boat Montauk received some new beam and ceiling; the schooner An- drew Jackson new cross trees; the schooner Ellen Williams had her center board box calked; the steambarge Lincoln, barge Gib- raltar, propeller Hiawatha and schooner White Star received some plank in their sides; the schooner Minnie Mueller a new main topmast. At Miller Brothers’ Drydocks the schooner Carrier was in dock to have leaks stopped; tug Rebel and scow Laura Johnson to have leaks stopped; the schooner O. Shaw, tug Crawford, schooners Eveline and City of Chicago were in for calking; tug Mary Me- Lane to have her shoe fixed; one of Tetley’s sand scows for calking; the schooner J. G. Masten received a new topmast; schvoner Clara a new jibboom. The launching of the new fire tug Gey- ser at Miller Brothers’ shipyard last Thurs- day afternoon was a great success, and a large number of the leading men of our city were present. After the ceremony of christening had been done by the breaking of a bottle of champagne across the bow of tbe boat by little Miss Pearl Miller, daugh- terof Mr. Thomas Miller, one of the build- educatedjpublic sentiment through the med‘. umship of the newspapers. The bublic have | ers, the boat glided off the ways gracefully into the water. Then speeches were made by Muyor Harrison, Fire Marshal Swenie | und others, in praise of the boat and the their instrumentality public meetings have j | took of the wine, beer and cigars which had | taken his departure for the Panama canal | | his assistance, they expect to bring the work | into favor. The survey of the wrecked schooner O. M. Bond has‘ been concluded and the result | figured up as follows: Damage to hull, $2,608; to rigging, $1,719; to outfit, $648.19; total, $4,975.19. The Bond will probably be re paired here in order to complete her trip with her cargo of coal. where his talent will be sorely tried if, by | purposes for which she was to be used, after which a goodly number of the visitors par- been plentifully supplied for the occasion. The cost of the boat when completed will be about $35,000. She is 105 feetin length, 23 feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold, and will be furnished with two 18x20 propelling engines. She will be able to throw one four- inch stream 400 feet, two three-inch streams | 400 feet, eight two-inch streams 200 feet, or | fourteen one and one half-inch streams 200 | fourteen barges. feet. Her station will be at the Throop street bridge, and in the department she will be known as Engine Company No. 87. The present crew of the Alpha, consisting of twelve men, under command ot Captain Cowan, will be transferred to the Geyser, The steambarge Lincoln of St. Catherines, | Captain Duncanson, and her consort the Lisgar, loaded wheat Wednesday for King- ston, at a 446 cent freight. Grain freights are firm at 3 cents on wheat $2.00 PgR ANNUM SINGLE Copizs 5 CENTS and 234 cents on corn to Buffalo, with a tendency to go up, in consequence of the good freights now offering for iron ore. The barge Plymouth went into drydock Wednesday morning to have a leak stopped which commenced while her load of iron ore was being unloaded, Tuesday morning just after bridge hour as the schooner Alva Bradley was going up the south branch of the river, in tow of the tugs Parker and Bob Teed, the steambarge Susie Chipman, also going up the river, in her hurry to get by, collided with her in the port draw of Main street bridge and smashed about fifteen stanchions and a por- tion of her rail just forward of the mizzen rigging’ on the port side. On Saturday the Marinette barge line of Chicago sold the barge Marinette to the Oscoda Salt and Lumber Company for $12,- 500. The Marinette was at once chartered — for acargo of grain to Midland and will hereafter go as a consort to the ‘propeller John Otis. It is reported that the Marinette : people intend disposing of their en: consisting of the propeller J. c Owing to the libeling of the P el. Burlington recently, and her 5 : tying up here, her three consorts, t - Oak, Wyandotte, and Iseman, have been de- _ tained in port, unable to get away, A pro- position was made to Ca LU owner of the tug Gorda and he aveepted, The 7 its and will be brought back by the Gordon. The tug was selected for the trip on account of her good qualities. One thousand dollars is the price paid for the trip. The propeller Armenia, which eleared from here Friday night, took fifty pas- sengers for Montreal, from Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. They were all excursionists, armed with return tickets. » The government steamboat inspectors re- voked the passenger license of the steamer Daisy Day, and issued her a certificate which permits her to carry nothing but freight. The steamer measures 146 tons, and was built in 1880. She formerly hailed from Chicago, but changed owners last spring, and has since been employed in carrying lumber and a limited number of passengers between Little Point Au Sable, and Chi- cago. Her last license, which was issued by ex-Inspector Warren, allowed her thirty passengers. ‘This expired and when Cap- tain Sinclair reinspected the boat he pro- nounced her unfit for the passenger trade and annulled her passenger permit. ‘his action was based on the fact that her bulk-« heads are not water tight, there being an open space of eight inches between the top of the forward bulkhead and the deck beam. The Miller Brothers are rebuilding the schooner Moselle. She will hereafter be known as the Harry Channon, in honor of our well known Chicago ship chandler, Soon after leaving port last Saturday the schooner Clara carried away her jibboom in asquall. She returned to port and received anew one at Miller Brothers. WILLIAMS, ERIE. Early in the season several of the Anchor line vessels ran aground while trying to get out of the bay. The Anchor line agent com- plained to the collector of customs thata bar was forming at the channel. Car! F, Palfrey, captain of engineers, was notified and he spent ten days taking soundings. He has notified the collector that there is no bar, but that the buoys were not set in the right place and thereby mislead the vessel] cap- tains, hence the trouble. The inspector of lighthouses has been notified. DULUTH, Captain Baker, of the revenue cutter Andy Johnson, says he has no authority to in- vestigate the reports of the robberies of bodies from the wrecked steamer Algoma by the fishermen of Isle Royal, but will visit the island while cruising on Lake Su- perior and made inquiries about the reports*