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x br ie eat al } i y Sree : ee ; ; < aa = AT. i PFs W good One. “AROUND THE LAKES. —— “CLEVELAND. Wm. Radcliffe is building a tug for Mr. Fred Grob, of Sandusky, to be 70 feet over- all, 15 feet beam and 7} feet depth of hold. At the Cleveland drydock the steamer Hiawatha has had her rudder fixed and buts calked, and the steamer Spokane had a hole on the starboard side patched. The two steamers under construction at Quayle’s yard for Pickands, Mather & Co., are well along and show the beauty and con- yenience of their construction. One has al- ready received her machinery and the engines for the other will soon be ready to put in place. Both engines were built at the Globe Tron Works, | ~ The boats of the Cleveland Transportation Company are located as follows: The Havana, Helena and Genoa, all coal laden, are safe in Chicago; the Townsend and Kelley and the Vienna, Sumatra and Leonard Hanna are all at Escanaba, and will lay up there. Captain McKay left for Escanaba Tuesday. Ags stated sin a dispatch from the “Soo,” the propeller Sparta and schooner Helena of the same fleet are on Lake Superior. At, Quayles Son’s shipyard the fine tow barge, Wadena, built for the Wilson Transit Line, was launched today. As she upholds the reputation Quayles Son’s have earned during a long series of years as shipbuilders it is unnecessary to. say at this time that she ‘ie launch was a ‘perfect suc- i cess in every respect, although the inclement weather and the lateness of the season made a numerous attendance a question of slight moment. The keel of the Wadena was laid August 6th, and the work has been pushed along withvigor. The Wadena, as we have said, is acredit to her builders. She is 218 feet over all, 210 feet keel, 37 feet beam and 16 feet depth of hold. One of the peculiar features in her construction is a round stern. The cabin was built and set up inthe shop before going aboard the barge in order to ex- pedite matters. Captain Thomas Wilson is to be, congratulated on the addition of this new barge to his already fine fleet. The keel will at once be laid for a steamer of good di- mensions at Quayle Son’s yard for Captain Thomas Wilson, to be completed in the spring. At a meeting of the directors of the Cleve- land Shipbuilding Company on Monday, Mr. H, .D. Coffinberry was elected president, Robert Wallace vice-president and William M. Fitch secretary. At the meeting questions of moment, relative to the establishment of the new company, were considered, the prin- cipal one being that of location. It has not yet been decided where the company wll build its shops and drydock. Ashtabnla Har- bor has been considered by the company asa favorable point and one of the advantages of one of the slips in the old river bed has been closely considered. Itis the purpose of the new company to build machine shops for the building of marine engines, and the building of a basin drydock for the repaie of vessels. While there is much pressure being brought to bear on the company for the location of the works at Ashtabula or Lorain, it is almost cer- tain that it will not go out of this city for lo- cation. It is true that real estate owners offer land to them without price; it is not possible that they will leave the central point offered ! by Cleveland’s reputation as a shipbuilding | port, as the difference in time and the cost of transportation of scrap, etc., necessary in iron shipbuilding plant, would soon make the eco- | nomy nominal, but it is not probable that a CLEVELAND+*O.. Voree, one of the crew, was canght in the | ia far from being bluff. She has considera- tow line and killed. The Ellsworth has on board 23,000 bushels of corn tor Ogdens-| handsome as a clipper yacht’s. burg. CHICAGO. Special te the Marine Record. ble of a sheer and her stern and run is as Captain Todd says she steers excellently and isa splendid sea boat in heavy weather. A full description of her dimensions, ete., have The first grand ball of the Chicago Tug | peen given before in the Marine RecorD. Pilots’ Association will be held at Brands’ The schooners Melvina and Greén Bay, hall, corner Olark and Eve streets, Thurs-| which arrived here last Thursday with pig day evening, December 9th. Music by Nev-| iron, experienced very bad weather coming ans & Novak. <A large attendance is eX- | yp the lake. They lost a number of their pected. The Anchor line steamship Lycoming, Captain Joseph Corcoran, arrived here Fri- day morning with merchandise from Buf- falo. Captain Corcoran reporta that at 10:20 a.m. on the 25th of November when about twenty to twenty-two miles north-east of the South Manitou islands, he saw the Union line steamship H. J. Jewett, some eight or nine miles‘off, flying a signal of distress. He immediately bore away for her and found that she had lost her rudder and was drift- ing about in a helpless state, He obtained a line trom her after considerable difficulty in a heavy sea and snow storm and took her in tow about 11 a. m. When off the south-east end of North Manitou island, the Jewett’s tow line parted, when, as the water was smoother under the lee of the island, the Lycoming ran upalongside. Lines were got out forward and aft and he towed the Jew- etttoan anchorage under the South Mani- tou Island at4p.m. The captain and crew of the Jewett were greatly pleased tbat. the./poWsler, and ¢he-crew“did*splendid work in} ea! Lycoming came along at the time and ren- dered them such valuable assistance; other- wise their splendid ship would most proba- bly haye gone ashore and some of their lives been sacrificed. Captain Corcoran took a letter from Captain Robinson, of the Jewett, to Mr. Corlett, the agent of the Union line at Milwaukee, and two tugs were sent from that port to tow her to Cheboygan, and get a rudder fixed: to enable her to proceed to Buffalo where she is bound with a eargo of merchandise froin this port. The Peshtigo company’s fleet, comprising the steamer Boscobel, Captain Wm. Nichol- son, and six barges, have made fifty-two trips and have had a very successful season. They are now laid up, The schooner L. B. Coates, Captain O. Hanson, will go to Manitowoc this week to lay up. The steamghip Albany, Captain Frank Williame, arrived here at 10 a. m. Monday morning with 1,500 tons of merchandise from Buffalo. She left Buffalo the Friday previous at 9a.m., making the voyage up in a little over three days against heavy winds, seas and snow storms. ‘The short- est trip made by the Albany this season be- tween Buffalo and Chicago was made in two duys and eighteen hours, and her long- est trip three days four hours, The tug Theseus arrived here Monday | night from Buffalo. She left that port on | the 11th in command of Captain Stepheu E, | Chatterton, and a very rough time has been | experienced all the way up. Sheis an iron tug 70 teet over all, 16 feet beam, 8 feet | depth of hold and measures 85 gross tons. Her engine is 22x20 and boiler 13x7 ft. 4 in. She was built by David Bell at Buffalo in 1882. She will go to Cairo to do towing for H. ©. Towing. The magnificent Anchor line steamship ; Susquehanna, Captain James Todd, arrived | from Buffalo Saturday evening with 2,000 tons of coal, 800 tons of merchandise, and 800 tons of coal for her own consumption She has a splendid appearance and has re- | | ceived great praise from the large number | of persons who have visited and inspected | her, and Captain Todd has been untiring in | | his efforts to explain ull her excellent ma- | chinery .and appliances, which are all of the | most modern and improved construction OSWEGO. jand pattern. Everything about her re- The echooner Lem Ellsworth is ashore at | minds your correspondent of an ocean ship. | Carlton Island, A large tug has tried un- Her stem is straight and she. has & good | successfully to release her. ~Char'es W. | looking bow which although not very sharp | decision in the matter will be reached for | some time. The names of the directors of the new company. have been mentioned in a former issue of the Recorp; it is, therefore, ‘pot necessary to repeat them at this time. sails and were forced to throw their deck loads overboard to prevent them from found- ering. ff A large number of vessels have arrived since my last letter, nearly all of which have stripped and gone into. winter quarters. The Western line propeller Commodore had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire this evening. She started down the river and was bridged for two hours above|. Harrison street. Shortly before 7 o’clock, and while lying in the middle of the chan- nel, flames were discovered over her boilers, and in fifteen minutes her boiler house was entirely consumed. Prompt action on the part of Captain Gardner and his crew saved the the big steamer and her cargo of mer- chandise. The combined value of both is not far from $200,000. As soon as the alarm was sounded the steamer’s hose was run out, and in less than,two minutes her pumps were working. The boiler house, built of pine and dry as parchment, burned like preventing the flames from spreading. The loss will not exceed $200. The steamer was to have left for Buffalo but will be detained until she can be thoroughly examined. ; WILLIAMS. BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. Navigation is about closed for the season of ’86 and all who have been engayed in lake business feel pretty good. There has been more money handled this year by lake men than for several years past, and vessels, now laid up, have contracted few debts, a substantial proof of the revival of business. Quite a number of boats and vessels will winter in Buffalo, the names and. owners ot which will be given later. A few more {rom above will arrive during the week to load with grain and will stay here. The Nahant met with an accident which detained her, here some forty-eight hours, She damaged her rudder and stern post by coming in contact with the government pier. She was obliged to unload 500 to 600 tons of her cargo of hard coal, before going into dock. Steambarge Kasota went into dock to get new forefoot and piece of stem and bottom calked. After repairs she will be laid up here. Her consort, [. W. Adams, has al- ready stripped. There are two boats here loading for Chi- cago, the James Pickands and the Australa- sia. ‘They will get away on Wednesday if the weather permits, We are haying winter weather here, and it looks anything but encouraging to lake carriers. Those who have concluded to tie up their boats have displayed much better judgment than those who are tempted by the $1.50, free in and out. It is certainly a good freight, but let us hear how much is left when they get through. To-day at noon the limit to the season rates expired, and one-fifth is to be added for a privilege of five days, and a second five will double that rate. ‘The City of Cleveland is here, and after | being unloaded will go to Cleveland. The New York and Boston, of the line boats will load up here, The Tioga and Rochester will assist the disabled steamer H. J. Jewett down, The great log boat Wahnapatie is here with a deck load of iron rails, to be delivered at the head of Lake Michigan. ‘The tog Mocking Bird will tow-her ip, wind and weather permitting. She isa vessel of noye) construction, and one of James Davidson’s $2.00 Pax Amuow great efforts as a substitute for rafting logs The steamer F. E. Spinner was sold on November 20 by a United States marshal for $35,200 to S. A. Murphy for the Lake Transit line of Chicago. Murphy has failed to come forward with the money, so the marshal read veHtines, her for sale Decem- ber 3. The iomaive on the Ohio's bottom amounted to over $5,000. She left this morning under command of Captain paseo ‘son, formerly on the Nashua, Many of the vessels now arriving will be laid up at once. Among these are the pro- peller Nyack, India, Araxes, Russia, Calu- met, Hecla, Delaware; and the schooners M. A. Muir and Champion. The propeller Lehigh, whieh left Tuesday, is the last Anchor line boat to go oF - this port this fall. The schooner Lem Ellsworth. Seciaer at Carlton Island. A large tug has tried, un- successfully, to release her, — Charles Voree, one of the crew, was caught in the tow line and killed. The Ellsworth has on board 23,000 bushels of corn for Ogdens- burg. - WM. DETROIT. t The steamer Oregon, owned by s é. Gilchrist and others, of this city, bound from Buffalo to Detroit, light, was run into by the steamer Alaska, of Ashley & Mitchell’s line, and dan ae tos prevent co from % doliig down in deep water, Both the Alaska and Oregon. were making their last trips of the season, the former be- ing en route to Huron, O., with a cargo of sundries, and the Oregon coming to this city to load wheat. The Alaska left Detroit at 2 a.m.,and when she was clear of her wharf Captain Albert Harryman went to bed, leay- ing John Pender, the mate, on wateh. Two hours later the steamer had passed Detroit river light, and the wheelman, Edward Fife, anew man, saw lights directly ahead and apparently within a short distance of the Alaska. The up bound craft blew two whistles, meaning that she would take the starboard side, which were responded to by the Alaska, and Mate Pender ordered Fife to starboard the wheel, The order misunder- stood the latter and-turned the wheel to port, heading the Alaska directly into the course of the approaching steamer, Mate Pender noticed the mistake when it was too late to avoid a collision. Immediately after the ev]- lision the steamers separated, the Alaska heading for Bar point, about two miles dis- tant. When it was found that she was not leaking she put back to the wreck, but could not make her out on account of the darkness, and came on to Detroit, with no other dam- age than the loss of her stem, Her consort, the schooner Francis Palms, shipped her tow line and ran into the river under gail. The Oregon Is in bud shape, badly hogged. Fifty minutes after the collision the water put out the Oregon’s fires, and a tug came out from Amherstburg and beached her on Bois Blanc island. Captain Weeks blames the Alaska for the collision. She was after- ward released and taken to Detroit for re- pairs. It seems that she is not greatly dam- aged. MANISTEE, The tug A. P. Wright went ashore three miles north of this place at 8 o’clock this morning. The crews were rescued by the Manistee life saving crew. The tug was towing the schooner A. J, Dewey when the line became entangled in her wheel, ‘Thus disabled she drifted on the beach, Lineman Henry Danforth swam iashore at the risk of his lifeand procured assistance. SAND BEACH, The schooner James F. Joy ran ashore above Port Hope Friday night. The tug Castle an: two life saving crews are work- ing ather. She was released after jettisoning 100 tons of ore. The crew all right. She was insured in the hull pool for $14,000, { Continued on Sth page.) SINGLE Corixs 6 Canta _ thy 1b er. ; Oe hole bans island t to AORN a oe SS ! ; f J