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4 Blarvine Becord. . Published Every Thursday at 144 Superior Street, |Leader Building) Cleveland, O. A. A. POMEROY, EDITOR AND PROP’R TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, postage paid Six months, postage paid...... .ccccssee sereeeeee Invariably in advance. Y THE MARINE RECORD can be found for sale by the following news dealers : CLEVELAAD, O.—G. F. Bowman, corner of Pear] and Detroit Streets. Evang & Van Epps, Superior street, Cleveland. R. A. Castner. 254 Detroit s‘reet, Cleveland, ASHTABULA HARBOR, O.—C. Large. CHICAGO, ILL.—Joseph Gray, 9 West Ran- dolph Street. CHICAGO, ILL, —August Semper. 345 Noble Street. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Miss McCabe, Elk Street, near Ohio. DETROIT, MICH.—N_ F, Stewart, Ft. of Woodward Av. ‘ DULUTH, MINN.—C. F. Johnson, 117 West Superior Street. MARQUETTE, MICH.—J. A. Vannier. ESCANABA, MICH.—Wm. Godley. SARNIA, ONT --D. McMasters, ST. CLAIR FLATS, MICH.— McNiff & Son, Subscribers and others are respectfully invited to use the columns of the MARINE RECORD for the discussion of pertinent topics. SSSR TEN aes 2 I as Rie a ae rn ore Wee tno ete se Neeviera Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland as second- class mail matter. een pee ie rn ae ee Were ee CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEB 8. i ——— TABOOED VESSELS. Jt has been held by the dailies that the recent action of the Chicago marine under- writers in refusing to make a rate for Bl vessels was for the purpose of driving that class out of the grain trade. The motive which led to this action has been closely : scrutinized by owners and has been freely commented on by them. While the pool : declines to insure, any company belonging ‘to the pool has been granted the right, in- dividually, to insure Bl vessels, which is whipping the devil around the stump. - While the pnesent demand for grain vessels ‘continues, and as long as insuaance com- panies are in existence for the purpose of taking their chances against any unknown ‘quantity, B1 vessels will be promptly in- sured. It has been supposed that Lloyds’ underwriting association, of London, was ies organized for marine insurance, and that it would take none but the best risks, but it has transpired that there is no limit to the chances that the association will take. Policies haye been issued upon very curi- ‘ous future and uncertain events; that is, whether or not a man would be married, or whether or not ke would receive an ex- peeted inheritance; whether or not grain would command in the marketa few months ahead a given price. With these facts in view there is no reason to believe that ma- rine underwriters will deprive themselves, voluntarily, of the handsome premiums they are certain to reap from the great amount of tonnage classed Bl., especially the local agents. Is it not more reasonable to believe ’ that the Bl vessels have been .refused a rating for insurance purposes’ in order to make owners of that class uneasy and eager to cover their vessels against losses? With this state of mind prevailing the companies 4 will be enabled to exact an exorbitant pre- mium. It is doubtless the purpose to make : it difficuit for B1 vessel owners to obtain in- F surance, but it is certain that a company will be provided to take the risk and the premium pocketed. - —_———— ono SHIP CANALS. In commenting on practicable routes from the west in the interest of cheap transporta- tion for grain, the New York Maritime Reg- ister says: The Mississippi river is the great natural outlet of the west and in time ought to prove of great value in moving our crops to the seaboard, and ought to prove of immense value to our farmers for this pur- pose. Jn connection with this the Florida ship canal would prove of great service as it would tend to shorten the ocean route, and vessels using it would avoid the dangers of the Florida Keys. This would be one of three very good routes, Another route and a comparatively quick one would be by way of the St. Lawrence river, connecting by eanal with Lake Champlain and the Hudson river to New York. ‘This route has quite recently had attention called to it, and if it were in operation it might prove of con- siderable advantage in moving grain quickly by water route to the seaboard. But the Mhe Marine Reconii. waterway that could almost immediately be | made available for this purpose with a com- paratively small outlay of money is the Erie canal. This could readily be made into a ship canal, and it could be made available long before any of the other proposed routes could be got ready. There must in time be more than one great outlet for the products of our western country. Increase in their quantity and variety will demand this; but there is no doubt that if the Eriecanal were enlarged to a ship canal it would still retain the greater share of that traffic for very many years to come. ‘That it would be of immense advantage to this state and to our port goes without saying. But in advo- catIng this we do not decry the Florida ship canal, which, if built, would shorten the distance and make it less dangerous for ves- sels sailing berween gulf ports and Europe. Whether it would prove an economic fac- tor in getting our grain to the latter place it is somewhat uncertain. It is stated that Chicago capitalists are becoming interested in this scheme, because of the advantages it is supposed to possess. If, however, these same men would turn their attention. in some way to the work of connecting the great Jakes with the Erie canal, it might prove quite as valuable an undertaking to them and much more useful to the western farmer, THE activity of the ore carriers this sea son demonstrates the lack of dock room at Cleveland, and the delay experienced in discharging cargoes makes it evident that our facilities for handling ore can be greatly improved upon. The entrance that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has effected into Fairport, over the Pittsburgh, Painesville & Fairport road, and the construction of the Brown system of hoists at that pert will soon relieve some of our docks and draw business away faom Cleveland. There has already been uneasiness expressed on that point,as a large amount of ore has been contracted to go to Fairport, thence to Pitts- burgh, over the P. P. & F. road. Pitts burgh iron manufacturers who control a large proportion of the furnaces and mills in that city, have invested in docks and machinery at Fairport and are fast getting into shape for quick work. Tuer American steamship lines have con- cluded, in order to better serve their patrons and the public, to carry the U. S. mails under the terms proposed last year by the postmaster general, that is, the sea and in- land postage. Congress passed last year a bill providing for the carrying of the mails in American boats, but the postmaster gen- eral placed his own construction upon the measure, and the result was that the U.S. mail continued to be carried in ships flying a foreign flag. All this is contrary to good policy, rnd measures should be taken to en- force the spirit and letter of the act refer- red to. The affairs of the new Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company are prosper- ous. Twenty per cent of the capital stock has been paid in and a certificate to that eflect has been filed in the office of county elerk in Monroe county, according to law. The directors met August 27 at Rochester and elected the following officers: Presi- dent, C. L. Stowell, Rochester; vice presi- dent, Charles A, L. Fisher, Montreal; secre- tary, Frank L. Stowell, New York City. The company is a strong one and the line will fill a long needed method of transporta- tion. May the Ontario and St. Lawrence company live long and prosper. Bo a ce eae VESSEL OWNERS whose crafts are engaged in the lumber trade, are now wearing those pleasant smiles which decorated their coun- tenances years ago. The sullén features and the flattened pocketbook are not seen now. ‘The boneyard does not loom up like a nightmare as it used to, and all becauee there isa boom in the lumber carrying busi- ness. The present is the busiest time ves- sel men have had this season. Boats are in LAUNCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. Ap immense concourse of people aseem- bled to witness the launch of the largest steel steamship on the lakes, the Susque- hanna. The interesting event occurred on S.turday at a quarter past five o’clock, and as she dropped into Blackwell canal she was saluted by the noisy tugs in the ‘neighbor- hood. The Susquehanna was designed by George B. Mallory, of New York, and buil' by M. M. Drake of the Union drydock Com- pany, Buffalo, She will cost about $220,000 and is calcluated to attain a speed of fiftecn miles per hour. While she is not yet complete, and will not go into service for four or flve weeks yet, her engines aud boilers are ready to go into her. The Susquehanna is a spar decked steam- ship witha hull of steel, propelled by a double expansion, inverted, vertical, direct acting, jet condensing three cylinder com- pound engine. Upon the upper deck are the houses of officers and crew, steering gear, galley, siore room, mess rooms and ice houses, machinery for handling cargo, anchors and steering gear, metal enclosures around hatches, engines and boilers and companion ways to forecastle. At bow and stern there are solid bul warks of steel with open rail between filled with net- ting. She is rigged as a fore and aft schooner, two masts with foresail, mainsail, forestay. sail, mainstaysail and topstaysails. One funnel or smoke pipe located on spar deck abaft of funnel and fitted to work cargo winches, steering gear and pumps. Steam and hand steering gear, Providence steam windlass and capstans forward, steam cap- stan and steam steering gear aft. Steam winches at each of the four cargo hatches. The spar deck is of steel with wood cover- ing. The pilot house, captain’s and offi- cer’s rooms and mess rooms finished with ash and California red wood. Second or main deck of steel, unsheathed, is clear be- tween end bulkheads and unobstructed by anything excepting machinery inclosures. Between decks she has eight feet four inches space, well lighted by forty large side lights and fitted with four large hatches aud eight side ports ur gangways for handling cargo. The lower hold issubdivided by seven water tight bulkheads, forming four cargo holds, two machinery and boiler spaces, and two collision spaces. The forward or collision bulkhead extends to the spar deck, in which is placed the steam windlass. Aft of collision bulkhead is hold No. 1, to contain 24,000 bushels, of wheat, then No. 2, of same size, then the boiler compartment then hold No. 3, for 42,000 bushels, then the engines. Abaft of engines is hold No, 4, having capacity for 8,000 bushels, anda ballast tank under the orlop beams to carry 120 tons of water for trimming ship. She is quite sharp aft and will be able to go from port to port without cargo. Length over all 323 feet; between perpendiculars 302 feet 4 inches; depth moulded at lowest part 25 feet 2inches; beam moulded at 40 feet; depth forward 32 teet, aft 29 feet. The hull is entirely of steel excepting a few iron parts of the internal enclosures about engines and boilers. * Engines, built by H.G. Prout, are to work under a boiler pressure of ninety pounds per square inch above atmosphere. One higb pressure cylinder 36 inches in diameter, two low pressure cylinders 51 inches, all of 43 inches stroke of pistons. These engines are to be managed from the lower engine room on the level of the shaft Steam will be supplied by four boilers. each 16 feet in diameter and 11 feet long, made by the Lake Erie Boiler Works. A super heater 10 feet 6 inches outside di- ameter, 7 feet 5 inches inside diameter, thir- teen feet high, stands over the fire room, which rans fore and aft, and between the two pairs of boilers, which face each other. Each boiler has three furnaces 40 feet in diameter with grate bars 6 feet long, mak- ing 240 square feet, total area of grates. Forward and aft of the boiler space and} under the main deck are the coal bunkers to hold 250 tons. The boilers were built with great demand, and instead of captains | hydraulic machinery, all holes drilled in hustling here and there after a load, ship- pers are on the promenade for available boats. Lumber is in good demand at New York and Ohio ports, and owners of stock on Saginaw river are hurrying it to market, ie iantis crea as ale es KINGSTON, From the report of the chairman of the board of inspection, compiled up to 31st day of December, 1885, we get the carrying ca- pacity of the steamers on our bay as follows: Alexandria, 586; Ontario, 440; Armenia, 294; Varuna, 175; Nellie Cuthbert, 90, Utica, 30, Empress, 680; Hero, 425, Gipsy, 170; Rein- deer, 140; Deseronto, 83; Annie Gilbert, 80, The law confines the owners, agents or captains of steamers to keep within the above limit. | places. Fire and engine rooms unusually well ventilated. Fitted with steam and hand pumping gear for every hold, and fire extinguishing gear in every compartment to work by hand or steam. There are nine complete engines and three steam pumping engines on board. ‘The Susquehanna is owned by the Erie and Western Transportation Company, the Anchor Line. sdtiaSte a ie AE SSE AT a recent meeting of the Central Traffic association it was agreed to recommend that all lake freight carried by the steamers now competing with the pool lines be included in the pool and that the representatives of such steamboat lines be invited to attend the next meeting of the association. PTE la a SS IST [ Vessel Passages Continued from 3d Page.) ———oOOOO OOOO Mackinaw Crry, Sept. 6.—Morning,down —Propeller Kittie M Forbes.schooner A. J. Rogers, Annie M. Peterson, J. Loomis, Mc- Laren, tug Crusader with schooners D. E. Bailey. R. B. Hayes, Constitution, and one other, propeller Dean Richmond, schooner Manzanilla. Afrernoon—Metropolitan, propeller Al- pena and consort. Morning, up—Propeller Josephine, John B. Lyon with schooners John W. Hutehin- son, Minnie Slawson, propeller Albany, schooner F. C. King, propeller Monteagle with schooners White Star and Mystic Star. Afternoon—Schooner Parana, propeller Arabia, schooners John: B. Merrill, and Moonlight, Evening Star and Waukesha, propeller J. H. Outhwaite with schooners Thomas Gawn and Typo, City of Rome with schooner Red Wing. Mackinaw City,Sep.7.—-Morning,down.— Schooner Mary C llins,propeller New York, Afternoon-: Yosemite and consort, A. Fol- som and consorts, Ira Chaffee and consorts. Morning, up—Propeller Clarion, steam- barge Raleigh with sehooners Niagara and Lucerne, schooner Monterey, “tug Justice Field and five barges. Afternoon—Schooner City of Sheboygan, propellers Svracuse, Canestoga, schooner Schuylkill, Newburg. Mackinaw Ciry, Sept. down—Propeller Favorite. Afternoon—W, R. Stafford and consort, City of Grand Rapids. Morning, up—Schooner H. Bissell. Afternoon—Sames F. Joy, propellers Fa- vorite, Tioga, schooner H, Taber. PASSED PORT COLBORNE. * Port CoLBORNE, Sep’. 2.—-Passed up— Steamburge Lincoln and one barge, Kingston | to Toledo. Down—-Schooner Gleniffer, Detroit to Kingston; propellers California,Chicago to Montreal; Lake Ontario, Toledo to Mon- treal. Port COLBORNE, Sept. 3.—Passxed up— Scshooners M. J. Cummings, Charlotte to Port Huron; steambarges Albion and Ark, Quebec to Cleveland; steamship W. J. Av- erill, Ogdensburg to Chicago, : Down—Schooner Flora Carveth, Cleve- land to Brockville; steamship W. I. Frost, Chicago to Ogdensburg; propeller St. Mag- nus, Duluth to Montreal. Port CoLtBorne, Sep. 4.—Passed up— Schooner Mediterranean, Oswego to San- dusky; F. D. Barker, Oswego to Toledo; propeller Armenia, Montreal to Chicago; Down—Schooner Oliver Mitchell, Chicago to Kingston; D. Freeman, Cleveland to 8.—Morning, Belleville; Sassacus, Cleveland to St. Catha- me rines; steambarge Oiego, Toledo to Ogdens- burg. ; Port Couporne, Sept. 6.--Passed up— Schooner Blazing Star, Oswego to San- dusky; D. G. Fort, Fair Haven to Chicago; E. H. Rutherford, Thorold to Toledo; pro- peller L. Shickluni, Toronto to Toledo. Down—Schooner Rival, Detroit to Og- : densburg; barges Augusta and G.M.Neelon, pe Marquette to Garden Island; A!batross, x Cleveland to Cobourge; steambarge Enter- prise and barges, Cleveland to Brockville; Lincoln and Lisgar, Toledo to Edwards- burg; Clinton and barges, Bay City to Mon- : treal; propeller Alma Munro, Toledo to =7% Montreal; steamer Sir S. L. Tilly, Emerson : to Garden Island. Port CoLBorne, Sept. 7.—Passed up— Schooner Comanche, Charlotte to Chicago; ; E. Murton, Hamilton toCleveland; Nassau, Charlotte to Chicago; General Franz Siegel, Ogdensburg to Sandusky; John Wesley, Charlotte to Detroit; yacht Cora, Alexan- der Bay to Cleveland; steambarge Abercorn, Oswego to Siginaw City; steamship W. A. Haskell, Ogdensburg to Chicago. fone Down—Tug Kate Williams for Lake Hu- rar Eup schooners Nassau, Comanche, D. . Fort. g Port CotBorne, Sept. 8.—Passed up— Schooner Mary Lyons, Oswego to Chicago: Undine, Kingston to Ashtabula; Erie Belle, Toronto to Ashtabula; Grantham,Oswegoto __ Duluth; barge Southampton, Port Robin- son to Cleveland; propeller Dominion,Ham- __ ilton to Duluth; St. Magnus, Kingston to — Cleveland; steambarge Scotia, Kingston to | Cleveland. . «Mere Down—Steambarge Tecumseh and barge M. C. Cameron, Chicago, Chicago to King- ston; D, R. VanAllen, Cleveland to Oshawa, PASSED DETROIT. ~ ee Derxoir,Sept. 6.—Morning, up—-Tug Cas- _ tle and schooner Hattie Wells, propeller — Newburg, barge Waldo Avery and consort, propeller Wm. H. Stevens, tug Music and three barges. : ; Afternoon—Steambarge Porter Cha lain and three barges, propeller Syra ers and Pandora. oe Afternoon—Propeller China, stea Progress, ‘Tecumseh and consort, D tine and consort, Oceanica, Geo. r and schooner Marquis, Missouri and th barges, tug Porter and schooners Martin, Three Brothers, and G@. $ Derroir, Sept. 7—Passed u Barges Rhoda Stewart and fou : Rudolph and two barges, 8S. C. H. three barges, propeller J. H. De Castle and schooner Arthur, K s Oswego and schooner Reindeer, Char and schooner Hattie Wells, : Afterncon—Propeller Cleveland a barges, schooner. George, prope steambarge S, J. Macy a dine and two barges,tug I. N. Foster, Benedict and one barge. 4