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a the Marine Recon. THE SAULT CANAL AND HAY LAKE} coal, CHAWNEL, Major Farqubar’s recent visit to Duluth was in behalf of a measure which has an almost direct bearing on Baffalo, in which le became interested during the lust session of congress, and which he proposes to fight until the whole thing is an accomplishe fact. It was largely through the efforts of Major Farquhar that an appropriation of $250,000 wus obtuined for the beginning of | work on a new lock in the Sault canal, and 150,000 for the improvement of the Hay Lake channel. As all engaged in lake com- merce will readily see, these two improve- ments mean a great benefit to this city, as well as Duluth and other Lake Superior ports. Major Farquhar visited Duluth for the purpose of more actively interesting the board of trade and individual members of that now thriving city in the scheme for pushing these improvements through. Sia- tistics are to be gathered showing the vast territory that is now tributary to Duluth by means of its railroads and proposed exten- sion of waterways. Duluth has the North- ern Pacific, which brings the trade of the northern belt; the 8-. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, which carries the pro- duct of the Red River Valley; the St. Paul & Duluth, which connects the lake with the mills of St. Paul and Minneapolis; and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, extending into Southern Minnesota, Iowa, and Southern Dakota. ““Now,’’ said Major Farquhar, ‘‘all this territory, and much more, in the near future must, from force of circumstances, seek Duluth as the outlet for its productions. The present lock in the canal, by which the falls of St. Mary’s river are overcome, is 500x80 feet, with a depth of 16 feet of water. What we propose is to build another lock 700 feet long between gates, with 21 feet of water, s0 that boats drawing 20 feet can be locked through. Now, we have the starter for this work. Surveys and estimates are made, plans drawn, and $250,000 appropri- ated. Next year we hope to get another $250,000, and then, in the Fiftieth Congress, the remainder of the million anda half must come. The present lock, so I am informed iby lake men, can not begin to care for the business during a rush. The result is a ‘delay, something under which no man is patient. Time is money in such cases, and considerable money, too. But the old lock and the new will do away with all this. ‘With the depth of water increased to 21 feet ‘the size of boats would be enlarged. On this peint Horatio Seymour, Jr., said some time since: ‘Theiron or steel vessels that would be built could withstand any ordinary storm and keep on their course; they would be of ocean model; with the same crew and alttle more coal they could carry grain jieago or Duluth to Buffal for less an is now charged, and makea fair return on the investment, transporting 3,500 tons 0 DI W St. Mary’s lock there is no good on why all] this should not come directly lo, Certainly such business is worth eh PE yee EE : “his city, with the Erie canal to the sea- “board, is the natural outlet for all the pro- ~duct of this great territory, and to this city ‘it must come. It will come all the sooner when these improvements for which I am now at work are made. By the time Sc. Mary’s lock and the Hay Lake channel are as they should be the conuections between Lakes Erie and Huron will undoubtedly be made so that boats drawing 20 feet of water ean pass from Duluth to Buflalo without any trouble, “The improvement of the Hay Lake channel is most desirable. Now boats are obliged to tow sixty miles to make forty- eight, and moreover the present channel is partly through Canadian waters. a dangerous course, for boats do not dare to go throuh in the night time, and vessels are, therefore, often obliged to lay over a whole There you have a profitable business both ways. All our present elevator room and much more would be needed to care for the grain. What more could a_ person want ?”— Buffalo Express. The ehipment of Montana cattle via Du- luth and the great lakes to the eastern mar- kets is only a question of a shorttime, The only difficulty at present is the lack of proper scommodations on the boats, but it is understood that at a very little outlay all the large boats could be so arranged as to carry cattle. .The people of Montana are looking to Duluth for an outlet.—Duluth | Herald. RECORD OF VESSEL PASSAGES. PASSED DETROIT. Detroit, Oct. 7.—Passed up, morning— Steambarge Nipigon and three barges, tag Mocking Bird, propeller Fountain City, steambarge Wm. Chisholm, propeller New York, schooner H. D. Root, tug Shoo Fly, schooner Atmosphere, steambarge Ovemaw and three barges, Afternoon—Steambarge Garden City and five barges, tug Crawford and schooners M. F. Merrick, Wm. Shupe, steambarge 8. Langell, schooners 8. M. Stephenson, F, M. Knapp, Ellen, Kincardine, and schooner Parana, tug Charlton, steambarges S, Shep- pard, Oscoda, City of Mt. Clemens, pro- peller St. Magnus, D. W. Rust and consort, propeller China, tug Porter and gchooners L. A. Law, John O'Neill, Morning, down—Propeller Armenia, Wis- sahickon, schooners Schuylkill, Rival. Afternoon—Tug Colton, barge Tacoma propellers Starucca, Syracuse, tug Ballen- tine, steambarges Kulkaska, Queen of the West, propeller Juniata, steamoarge Kasota and consort, tug Crusader,steam barge Salina and four barges, Handy Boy. DETRoIT, Oct. 8.—Pussed up, forenoon— Tug Park and schooner Mediterranean, steambarge Progress, Erin, Bay City and three barges, propeller Conestoga, tug M. Teller, Ella Smith and one barge, steam- barge Wm. Cowie and two barges, A. A. Turner and three barges, V. Swain and consort. Afternoon—Barge Superior, consort, and schooner 8. H. Kimball, tug Torrent, pro- peller Philadelphia, tug A. Folger, schooner George Foote, John Rice, barge Lean]. Morning, down--Propeller W. A. Has- kell, tug Beckwith and schooners A. P. Grover, Midland, Rover, steambarge V. H. Ketcham, propeller Nyack, tugs Moore, Winslow, schooners George, Belle Mitchell, Southwest, Torrent, barge Mackinaw. Afternoon—Burges Juno, B. W. Arnold, Smith Moore, Colonial and consort, pro- peller St. Louis, tug Jessie, steambarge Sanilac, tug Oswego, schooners H. Fi'zhugh, J. F, Card, barge Annie Smith, schooner J.C. King, Mineral Rock and three barges, tug Crawtord. s Derroir, Oct. 9.—Morning, up--Birge Morley, propeller Empire, State, tug 5. 3. Rumage and barge Lim Baker, steambarge George Spencer and consort, Tempest and three barges, propeller Toledo, barge Point Abino, R, J. Hackeit and consort, Kalkaska, Afternoon—Tug Sweepstakes, propeller Dominion, tug Joseph Reid and schooner Charles Foster, barge Michigan and four barges, tng John Martin, schooners Florida and David Wagstaff, barges H. E. Packer, Fairbanks and consort, M. M. Drake. Morning, down--Barge Nashua and con- sorts, tugs Champion, Wilcox, schooners C. H. Burton, Zach Chandler, Red, White and Blue, and M. Stalker, tug Sweepstake: and schooners D, E. Bailey, Unadilla, Uan- ton, Monterey, barge John N. Glidden and consorts. ; j Afternoon—-Propeller India, tug River Queen and schooners F. J. Dunford, O. J. Hale, barge Forest Citv and consort, pro- peller Montana, barge Ed Sinith and four barges, D. Leuty and four barges, tug Porter and schoouers Constitution and Smith and Post, barge M. Sieken and four barges, Siberta and consorts, steambarge E. B. Hale, and schooners Thomas Quayle, and Gulnair, Undine, propeller Missouri and three barges. Derroir, Oct, 10.—Passed up, morning— Tug Porter, steambarge Lowell and four barges, Fred McBrier‘and consort, tug Cru- It is also | sader, schooners Angus Smith and Nashua, Sumner and consort, steambarge J. H. Outh waite, schooners Thos. Gawn, G. W. Davis, C, F. Curtis and three barges, R. Wallace night—so much wasted time, and a costly | and consort, tug Winslow and schooner M. waste, too. The improvement of this chan- | §, Bacon, steambarge Keystone and consort, nel will, therefore, save twelve miles of | tug John Owen and schooners Michigan, towing and much valuable time. **Now as to how this wil) direetly benefit Buffalo. Duluth, and all the vast territory reached through her, must be supplied with coal mined in Pennsylvania and brought to this city for distribution. Buffalo is the natural market tor: Duluth business and it should be brought here. Wheat can be brought to Buffalo much cheaper than it can be carried to Chicago and from there sent tothe seaboard. ‘That is self-evident. There is no good reason why we should not store the grain here instead of nearly all of it being held at Daluth and Chicago. ‘The Duluth people want us to bulk and grade grain. If we do that we can knock Chicago out in short order on Daluth business. I am glad to see that something in that lineis already beingdone.. Our merchants might just as well as not have the resulting com- missions, and our elevator men the storage charges. ‘Then there is another class who will be benefited, and as is well known, that Class is quite numerous. I refer to the scoopers and longshoremen, With the Du- Juth business brought to its natural outlet you can readily see the advantage which would result to them. “Now, with large boats, which are sure to follow the improvements I am interested in, transportation must necessarily be cheaper ; a profitable businesss can be done on a closer margin. A boat bringing wheat from Du- luth to Buffalo is sure of ‘A return load of Nicholson,steam barge Salina and four barges, H. C. Schnoor. Afternoon--Propeller Boston, tug Park, schooner O. M. Bond, barges Mackinaw, H, 5. Pickands, JE. Potts and one barge, Rhoda Stewart and four barges. Morning, dowu—Lug Charlton, schooner Halsted, barge D. Ballentine and consort, tug Oastle, schooners Itasea} A. L. Andrews, J. 8. Richards, tug Swain, schooners H. P. Baldwin, E. R, Williams, St. Louis, Owosco, D. 5. Austin, propeller Lycoming, Lehigh. , Afternoon—Propeller Tioga, Rochester, steambarge Cleveland, two barges, schooner C.C. Crawford, tug John Martin, steam- barge City of Cleveland and consort, Oscoda, propeller Idabo, steambarge John F, Eddy and consort, schooners M. J. Cummings, Venus, International and schooners John Kelderbouse,*John Wesley, Arthur, Havana, barges Otego, schooner M. A. Muir, PASSED PORT COLBORNE. Porr CoLBorne, Oct. 7.—Passed up— Steambarge Erin, Kingston to Chicago. Down—Steambarge W. B, Hall, Kingston to Duluth : Port COLBORNE, Ost. 8.—Passed up— Schooner Willie Keller, Ogdensburg to San- dusky. Down—Schooner Ella Murton, Erie to Hamilton; Watertown, Cnicago to Kings- ton; propeller Armenia, Duluth to Mon- treal; Alma Monro, Duluth to Montreal. Port CoLporne, Oct. 9.—-Passed up— | Schooners J. G. Worts, Wellers Bay to | Cleveland; Jennie White,Oswego to Toledo; Severn, Trenton to Chicago. Down—Schooner Mary Lyon, Chicago to Kingston; Kate Kelley, Detroit to Ogdens burg; Samana, Toledo to Ogdensburg; steambarge Lincoln and barge Lisgar, Chi- cago to Kingston; steamship W. A. Haskell, Chicago to Ogdensburg; propeller Armenia, Duluth to Montreal. THROUGH THE SAULT. SAULT STE Marte, Oct. 7.—Morning, down —Steambarge Siberia, schooners Plymouth, Nelson Bloom, steambarge Eseanuba, steam barge Forest City, schooners H. H. Brown, Ishpeming. propeller B. W. Blanchard. Afternoon, up—-Steambarges New Or- leans, 8. F. Hodge, City of Rome, schoore Redwing, propeller Athabasca, steambarge W. L. Wetmore, schooner Brunette, steam barge S. J. Macy, schooners John Burt, | Camden,propeiler City of Montreal,schooner George Sherman, tug E. M. Peck, schooner Selkirk. Arrived up, afternoon—Schooner J. E. Gilmore. SavLT ste Marie, Oct. 8.—Morning, down —Tug Mildred, schooner Conquest, pro- peller India,steambarge Minnesota,schooner Massasoir, steambarge Vienna, and schooner Verona, tug E. M. Peck, schooner Grace Holland. Aftternoon—Steambarge Wocoken, pro- peller United Empire, steambarge Continen- tal, schooner Magnetic, propeller Idaho, steambarge Iron Chief, schooner [ron State. Morning, up-—-Steambarge Henry Chis- holm, schooner Alva Bradley, steambarge Wallula, tug Constitution, schooners O. H. Johnson, Horner, Afternoon—-Propellers Arctic, and R. A. Packer, steambarge Minneapolis, schooner Wm. McGregor, steambarge Sparta, schoon- ers Sumatra, L. Hanna, steambarge Fred Kelley, schooners Queen City, M. R.Warner, steambarge Columbia, schooners Comrade, Jura, steambarge Havana, schooners Genoa, Helena. SAULTSTE Marie,Oct. 9.--Forenoon,down —Steambarge Alcona, schooner Alta, tug E. M. Peck, schooner Laketon, steambarge Alpena, propeller Onoko, Afternoon—-Propeller Winslow, steam- barge S. E. Sheldon, schooner 8S. P. Ely, steambarge Rhoda Emily, schooner Guiding Star, Morning, up—Steambarge Wm.Chisholm, propellers City of Owen Sound, Cuba, and schooner Donaldson. Afternoon—Tng Mystie, schooner Save- land, propellers Fountain City, James Pick- ands, tug A. J. Smith, schooners Annie Vought, W. L. Peck, R. N. Rice, Autonto, propeller Acadia, steambarge D. M, Wilson, schooner Manitowoe,Chester B. Jones,steam- barge. Nipigon, schooners Middlesex, Mel- bourne, Eureka, schooner J. E. Gilmore. jeared—down, torenoon—Propeller Pa- cific. SavuLT ste Marix, Oct. 10.--Morning,down —Steambarges Russian, Republic, schooners Jas, Crouch, Grace Holland, propeller Jas. Fisk, Jr., steambarge C, H. Green, schoon- ers Mattie C. Bell, Rusa Sonsmith, steam- barge Waldo A. Avery, schooner H. A. Hawgood. F Afternoon--Propellers St. Paul, Atha- basea, steambarge Minneapolis, schooner Wm. McGregor, propeller Joseph L. Hurd, steambarge Business, and schooner Kate Winslow. Morning, up—Propellers Cuba, Alberta, Peerless. Afternoon--Steambarge Porter Chamber- lain, Ida Corning, A. 'T, Bliss, steambarge Cormorant, schooner Richard Winslow, and steambarge Simon Langell, schooners S. M. Stevenson, F, M. Knapp, propeller Empire State, steambarge V. Swain, schooner Hel- vetia. Arrived—-up, afternoon Schooner WBiiza Gerlach. THROUGH THE STRAITS. Mackinaw Ciry, Oct. 7.—Morning, down --Schooner Narragansett, John N, Glidden with schooners Fred A. Morse and G. H. Warmington. Afternoon—Schooners Arthur, propeller Conemaugh, schooner M. A. Muir. Morning, up—Propeller City of Grand Rapids, schooners Our Son, Hattie Wells, propeller Commodore. Afternoon—-Propeller Delaware. Mackinaw Crry,Oct. §.—Morning,down— Propeller Syracuse, D. Ballentine, schooner Northwest, schooner John Miner, propeller Wm. H. Barnum. Afternoon—Schooner Planet. Morning, up—Schooner Comanche, pro- peller T. 5S, Faxton, schooner Higgie and Pensaukee, propeller Gordon Campbell and schooners Annie Sherwood and Allegheny, schooner J, I, Cuse, George. Afternoon—Propellers Buffalo, and New York, Mackinaw City, Oct. 9.--Morning, down —-Propeller Rochester, Yosemite and con- sort, ‘Tioga, A. Weston and two barges‘ schooner Ida Keith, E, P. Beals, Louie A. Berton and Fanny Campbe!l. Afternoon—-Propeller Iron Age, Jim Sheriffs with schooner Pathtinder, Dean Richmond, T. H. Faxton. Morning, up—Propeller City of Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Afternoon—Propeller Progresss, D. W. Rust with schooners L. C. Butte and D, K, Clint,propellers C. J. Kershaw, Philadelphia. Mackinaw Crry, Oct. 10.—Morning, down ——Schooner Geo, M. Case, C. C. Barnes, pro- peller Arabia. Afternoon—Propeller Vanderbilt, 'T. 8. Christie with schooner H. A. Kent. Morning, up—Schooner Jas. D. Sawyer, propeller Avon, schooner Belle Brown, Marengo, A. Boody, Ellen Spry, Daniel G. Fort, Swallow, City of Sheboygan. Aiternoon—Schooner I. N, Foster, pro- peller Grand Traverse. : : Afternoon—Steambarge W. H. Stevens, | NEW LINE MOVEMENTS. The Vermont Central railroad company, which operates a line of steamera between Chicago and Ogdensburg, is negotiating for the purchase of the steamers Russell Sage, J. C. Gault, and A. L. Hopkins. These boats are owned by the Wabash railroad company, and are at present running be- tween Toledo and Buffalo. Their combined value, as set down in the insurance register, is $206,000. Some months ago, when the buats were in the hands of a receiver, they were offered to the Vermont Central com- pany for $175,000, but just as the sale was about to be closed the company backed out and decided not to take them. Now the company is anxious to get the boats, but the Wabash people are asking $190,000. [t is said that the sale is likely to be consum- mated in aday or two. Itis also announced that the Vermont Central will make some extensive changes in its line at the begiu- ning of next season, ‘The most important will be the establishing of a line of steamers between Chicago and Owen Sound. This line is to be composed of the steamers Walter L. Frost, W. J. Averill, W. A. Has- kell and two others, probably the Pacific and the John Pridgeon, Jr. Large warehouses are to be erected at Chicago and Owen Sound on water frontage that has already been secured. The boats will carry grain and merchandise from Chieago to Owen Sound, where they will connect with the Canadian Pacific railroad. Their cargoes will then go by rail through Canada to Ogdensburg, thenve over the Vermont Cen- tral railroad into New England. ‘his in- novation, however, will not cause the water route between Chicago and Ozdensburg to be abandoned, as the company has made a contract for the construction of two new steel steamers, and these, together with the Wabash boats, if purchased, will run on the present route through the Welland canal, HASTENING CLEVELAND’S SUPREMACY. Recently Mr. J. H. Sargent, a well known and highly respected veteran engineer of Cleveland, outlined a project upon which he bas bestowed much study, looking to the utilization of the lake front on the. western outskirts of Cleveland for manufacturing purposes. Briefly, his scheme is this: Constructa belt line road counecting with all the leading railroads and terminating in a triangular piece of land, west of the city, having a lake frontage ot about 1144 miles. To recover this land, which for ages has been encroached upon by the lake, he would build a breakwater in trom 18 tv 20 feet ot water, and about 7,000 feet long. Ihe cost of these several parts of the main project he roughly estimates as follows: IRON acne Wewan we glared ae 400.000 Cost of filling docks.... 1... 2. «+--+. 400,000 Gost qf land ail So) sp ea ae 100,090 Contingencies,. .... 2.2. .22.......2. 200,000 Dotala ccs el ic eae es $1,500,000 These improvements completed, he would have a ship channel, entirely isolated, free froin floods, or shoals, or running ice, a mile and a quarter loug, 300 or 400 feet wide, and 16 to 18 feet deep, as accessible to the shipping of the lake as the Harbor of Re- fuge now is. Between this channel and the Belt Line Road would bea strip of land 1,000 or 1,200 feet wide, with 7,000 feet front upon both. Between the Belt Line and Lake’ Shore & Michigan Southern roads there would be 100 acres more of land, 3 Asked what he would do with these tacili- ties after he had them, he replied: ‘Let us erect a plant of blast furnaces and convert- ers along side a slip from the ship channela thousand feet long, sufficient to turn outa thousand tons of steel daily, these furnace would consume 1600 tons of ore daily as tast asit could be taken from the ships, so the ore might be taken from the ships to the furnace tops; so with the limestone brought by water direct from the quarry to the furnace, and on the opposite side of the slip might be the stock piles for winter’s use. Now as to fuel; let the coal be brought to the hundred acre purchase and coked there, saving the gas for heating and finishing purposes. This wonld be on the upper plain, and the coke might be transferred direct from the evens to the furnaces, ‘This property would be free from all public streets and thoroughfares. The steel would pass right on to the plate, bar and rail mills, the plates and raile passing on to ship yards, shipping and railways with the minimum amount of handling. This provides for consuming annually a half mil- lion tons of ore and a half million tons of coal right here oo a water channel free from all other business of the city—from all draw bridges and complicating interests, If you make your own gas, the disturbing question — ot batural gas is eliminated. The matter of © filling the docks will be largely done by the works themselves.” sre Ga We understand Mr, Sargent isin co munication with several leading capitalists — in regard to carrying out the project, in which, however, he cannot himself lage. active part.—Iron Trade Review. = = == ee Wy The creditors of the shipbuilding fi Goss & Sawyer, and pra Sawy Ms Ps ard, met in Bath, Me., recently, it to a circular from the boa powered to handle th insolvent firms i leo eo | | Continued on 4th page} eae ¥