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| = ag 36. e Globe aoe Ayers Company will ‘the engines and boilers for Moore & ow’s two new ones. ‘Orders have been placed with the mills \d at the North Chicago mill by a northwestern road for 70,000 tons of steel rails to be shipped by lake to Duluth. aptain James Millen, of Detroit, who was in this city Friday, purchased the schooner - Daniel E. Bailey, of the John Spry Lumber - Company. The consideration is $22,000. While freights are not quite as strong as during the earlier days of the week the mar. ket is firm and will continue so to the end: Schooners Joseph Paige and Reid Vase were _ chartered for ore Escanaba to Ohio ports at $1.60. Other transactions yesterday were. not made public. Mr. J. C. Gilchrist and others of this port, | have purchased the schooner H. D. Alver- son from Dunford & Alverson, of Port Huron, tor $33,000. The Alverson is almost anew ship, being launched last year. She _isin tow of the propeller Australasia and vill continue to go behind the latter ship the remainder of the season, In emulation of some of the high jumps, recently reported from Brooklyn, a sailor on board the propeller Oscoda, last week accepted a wager of $1.50 to jump from the viaduct, eighty feet above the water. He made the jump, went to the bottom of the river, about fourteen feet, and soon appeared, entirely unharmed. James Monkman, engineer of the tug Doan, died on Monday. The tugs of the line all draped in mourning. The funeral took place Tuesday, the tug men attending ina body. Joseph Todd, Joseph Dewhirst, George Stevens, Charles Hendrickson, Michael Flannigan and Edward Donaldson acted as pull bearers. Messrs. Quayle’s Sons, in order that they may push forward the large amount of work under contract, have leased ground fora large yard opposite the blast furnace. They now have two steamers under contract for Messrs. Moore & Bartow and a schooner for the Wilson Transit line, the latter being well under way. Mr. Quelos, who has been living in Pains- ville for a number of years, has returned to the city and is now at Presley & Company’s yard superintending the construction of the steamer for Mersre, Palmer & Johnson. The Republic line of boats built at Mr. Presley’s yard are the last ones Mr. Quelos worked on. Captain George. Berriman and others, of this city, have placed a contract with Wm. Radcliffe for a steamer, to be completed next April. The new beat will be 240 feet keel, 89 feet beam, 21 feet depth of hold. Mr. Radcliffe has an enviable reputation asa shipbuilder and those whom he builds for always get the worth of their money. The schooner David Vance is getting her topsides recalked at the Globe drydock. The yacht Twilight wasin drydock to havea seacock put in; the schooner Columbian to have her bottom recalked; schooners John Magee and Richard Winslow to have bottoms recalked; the tug Tom Maytham to have shoe and rudder fixed, bottom overhauled | some calking, carpenter work and painting. The schooner Uranus goes in to-day to have her bottom overhauled and centerboard box plugged, after which the steamer H. B. Tuttle will go in to have her stern bearings fixed, In the reports concerning the fire on the J.S. Fay last week the papers done injustice to H. F. Holmes, mate, in saying that there was no one on board, when the truth is that | ing when she left Ashland only 16 feet of | almost the entire crew was on board, one watchman being on duty and the other be- low. The firemen, waa in his berth at the time of the fire and but for the exertions of |} Mate H. F. Holmes, who fought his way through the fire in time to pull him out, he might have lost his life. The tug James Amadeus deserve credit for taking a schoon- er out of danger and getting the first water on the fire. CHICAGO. Special ta the Marine Record. Grain freights are firm at 51g cents on wheat and 5 cents on corn to Buffalo. ‘Lumber freights have gone up one shil- ling. The schooner Eagle Wing, Captain J. L. Gallien, was chartered Monday to carry 17,- 000 bushels of corn to Sarnia at 31g cents, this is the best charter made to that port for many years, The splendid new steambarge W. R. Stafford, Captain H. McKenzie arrived here Monday morning at5 a. m.,. her first ap- pearance at this port. She was recently launched from Franx Wheeler’s shipyard at Bay City and reflects great credit upon him, as she is one of the best looking and most elaborately finished barges that ever entered this port. Hef cabins and engine room are highly finished in cherry and walnut and are exceedingly well furnished. She is 204 feet over all 84 feet beam 13 feet 6 inches depth of hold, a single decker ard carries three lofty masts, Her engine, a steeple | compound, 24x46 and 48 was built by the Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, and her boiler, 12 feet 6 inches long, 12 feet diameter, of 34 inch steel, was built by the Globe Iron Works, Cleveland. Her first trip up the lakes must have been a very pro- fitable one. She arrived at Milwaukee from Buffalo with 1064 tons of coal and her consort the Mears with 1,000 tons of coal on the 3nd inst., discharged their cargoes and arrived at Chicago on the 6th. The Staftord took on 33,000 bushels of corn at a five cent treight and left this port for Buffalo on the night of the day of her arrival. At Miller Brothers shipyard the schooners Annie Dall, Wanette, Jessie and Jagon Parker and the tugs Tom Brown, Parnell and Welcome were in dock and had leaks stopped, the tug Van Schaick had repairs to her wheel, tug Flossie Thielcke some re- paire, propeller Waverly for repairs to her stern post, the schooner Nurman for calking, the schooner Mars received a new port bow, the schooner Kate Hinchman had her top- sides calked. At the Chicago Drydock Company’s yard the schooners C. Harrison, ©. A. King, White Cloud and Florence Lester were in for calking; schooners Duncan City and C.O. D. to have leaks stopped; the tug Monitor to have her stern bearing fixed; the steambarge Oswegatchie had her decks calked; schooner Eagle Wing her topsides calked; barge T’. J. Bronson a new Cathead; tug Black Ball had a line taken out of her | wheel; schooner Kate Lyon a new cathead ; propeller Cuba some new stanchions ana | rail; steambarge Colon Campbell some deck calking; barge Newcomb some culking, barge Senator a new jibboom; schooner Maggie Thompson some new stanchions and rail. ; The propeller Iron Age, of the Detroit Transportation Company,Captain R. Moore, iron ore laden from Ashland, bound for South Chicago, went on an unknown reef or shoal Tuesday at 12:30 p. m., off Hyde Park, | about a mile outside of the stake buoys an- chored off there. ‘The tugs Robert Tarrant, Tom Brown and W.H. Wolf went to her assistance from Chicago and the tug Holli- day from South Chicago, her, but could not release her. 18 feet of water under her stern and 18 feet 6 inches under her bow, and she was draw- water. A lighter was sent for from South Chicago and about 40 tons of ore were put on her, and Captain Moore had a quantity They pulled on | There was | | CLEVELAND. O.. SEPTEMBER 9. 4886. of her load moved forward, and at daybreak Wednesday morning she was pulled off by the tugs Tarrant and Holliday and went on to South Chicago, She was not leaking any. The fine new steambarge J. H. Outhwaite, recently built by W. H. Radcliffe, Cleve- land, went up the river at noon Wednesday. This is her first appearance at this port. She is a splendid looking ship, and we hope to see her here often. The old schooner Pilgrim, which was lying on the bottom of the river, near Davidson street bridge, was taken in tow Tuesday by the tugs Ewing and Miner to remove her out into the lake. She was pulled along by the aid of a lighter until she; reached State street bridge when the chains broke and she settled down in the north draw of the bridge, which will com- pel all vessels going up and down the river to take the south side of the draw. She will be removed as soon as possible. The seamens’ union held a meeting at this port Tuesday evening and raised wages to $2.50 per day on grain and iron ore vessels, $2.00 per day on lumber vessels, and on ves- sels bound to Canadian ports $2.50 to those ports, and $2.00 per day returning. The Penokee, which struck a reef in Georgian Bay, went into drydock at UVollin- wood for repairs, which amounted to $288. When the Penokee arrived at Chicago, Col- lector Seeberger notified Captain Young that he must pay duties on the repairs to this government to the amount of $139, which was done under protest and an ap- peal taken to the treasury department. The captain claims that the vessel was forced to make repairs at a foreign port by stress of weather, and consequently is not amenable to the law passed in 1866 for the protection and benefit of American shipbuilders. The trial trip of A. Booth & Son’s new steamer Vernon was a very jolly affair. About two hundred invited guests were present, and a ride of about three hours’ duration was given them on Lake Michigan; also a fine lunch, composed of enough and to spare, of Booth’s excellent pickled oys tere, sandwiches and beer, and an unlimited quantity of champagne and cigars. Vernon Bvoth, after whom the steamer is named, did the duties of host in excellent style. Toasts were given for the prosperity of the boat and her owner, and builder, and pleas- ant songs, commemorative of the happy event, were given by a quartet, which was joined in by very many singers on board. The Vernon glanced over the water pleas- antly and without any jarring, although she did not attain the rate of speed which was anticipated. She will no doubt make better speed when her machinery gets into thor- ough working order. She has gone to Lake Superior to take the route of the steamer A. Booth. WILLIAMS, FRANKFORT, Special to the Marine Record. ‘The steambarge Gratwick with two con- sorts, arrived, light, from below, and are loading umber for Tonawanda, after which they will make a few grain and coal trips. Captain John Mitchell reports that the red and black buoy that was on the 16-foot spot, off the Waugoshance, is gone, and the attention of the lighthouse establishment is ealled to this important fact. The U. S, steamer Dahlia recently passed tbat plaee and should have reported it. Captain Mitch- ell says it has been gone over three weeks, The old scow Mt. Vernon, built at South Black river, Michigan, in 1855, is loading lumber for Racine. She is an old settler, still in good condition. BURMEISTER, SAULT STE MARIE. The steambarge N. K. Fairbanks, while passing through the canal, grounded and was run into by her consort, schooner B, F. Bruce, The jibboom of the schooner ear- ried away the steamer’s smoke-stack, beside damaging the light upper works of her after cabin. The steambarge George I'. Hope and con- sort, bound down, stuck in the canal twenty- $2.00 Per ANNUM SINGLE Copixs 5 CENTS . four hours, and the steambarge Tacoma, botind up,also stuck, but was soon released. MILWAUKEE, Special to the Marine Record, ‘The launch of the fine steambarge at the Milwaukee Shipyard Company’s did not take place on Saturday last. She will be launched on Thursday of Saturday of this week, At Wolf & Davidson’s shipyard the pro- peller Oceanica had her second rudder made and shipped Friday night, and she left for Buffalo, The schooners Anna O. Hansen and Cascade and the scow Three Bells were in drydock to have leaks stopped and some ealking. The work on Wolf & Davidson’s new steambarge is being gotten on with rapidly. Her deck frames are nearly all in and the diagonal steel strapping all on the outside, and the outside plank is being put on as fast as possible. We are pleased to mention that Mr. Wolf is recovering nicely from the injury he received while superin- tending the work on board the new ype barge a short time ago. Captain James Butler is recovering slowly from the accidental jamming of his instep on the elevator at French’s hotel. Mr. A. E. Banks, president of the Frank- fort Lumber Company, who are owners of the wrecking tug Gregory and schooner Anna O. Hansen, was in Milwaukee Satur- day looking after the firm’s vessel and tug business. The schooner Thomas Hume, Captain Ca, Baker, bound from Muskegda \to Chicago with lumber and lath, put into this port Saturday morning, leaking badly. She was pumped out and put into Wolf & David- son’s drydock to have leaks stopped. Captain H. Kramer, owner of the schocn- ers Lake Forest and Granger is Very seri- ously ill at his home in this city. James Sheriffs, Vulcan [ron Works, has just added to his already complete engine building machinery a fifty-inch lathe, cost- ing $2,000 and a planer 6 feet wide 5 feet high, 16 feet long, costing $4,000. He is also getting a 16-inch slotting machine and a 36-inch lathe, 20 feet long. Mr. Sherifts calculates to have the best machinery for marine work inthe country, He will com- pound the engine of the tug Goodenow by putting on her frame one get of the steam- barge Graves cylinders. He is busy casting several large propeller wheels. James Sheriffs received a letter last week from Captain D, R, McDonald, tormerly of the steambarge Jim Sheriffs, from San Diego, California, where he now resides. He is commander of the steamer Coronado. He says it is a boss country out there; that there are no cold winters to contend with; that he is dolng well, and that himself, wite and family are all enjoying perfect health, He requests Mr, Sheriffs to contract to build a marine engine 20x22, and boiler 7 feet 6 inches diameter, 14 feet long, surface con- denser, and a 7-feet, 10-inch wheel, and all the machinery complete for a tug whicha company there, in which Captain McDon- ald is interested, are about to build toda towing out of that port. WILLIAMS, DETROIT, The Tug Association having advaneed the rates for river towing 20 per cent Chicago tug owners, or rather all but one of them, are anxious to make a similar move, From the beginning of the season all of the lines have allowed a discount of 40 per cent from the regular tariff. The discount, it is claimed eits up the entire profits and some of the line managers want to put rates up to 80 per cent of the tariff. The Dunham Towing and Wrecking Company, which is at logger- heads with its competitors, . positively re- fuses to muke any charge in rates, The seaman’s union held a meeting Tues- day and resolved to demand $2.50 per day on grain vessels beginning on the 8th. The Detroit river tugs have. raised theic rates, A-captain stated Tuseday that the 20 per cent rebate allowed for the past and the present season s») far has been thrown off, and full schedule rates are now in force.