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4 eg ware tle bridge or 18g SERVICE, ans i. » Nov. 1886. ur paper of the ithout all the necessary this time of the year, iminal negligence,” shed in the Mich., No- and her co existen r that several vessels eré ashore at Presque Isle, there is added ment that ‘many lives were being account of the scarcity of the life _apparatus,”’—the quoted words be- ical with those in your article. is no life saving station within a iles of Marquette, and what the ch means to complain of is evidently absence of life saving stations with their "apparatus, and not that any existing life saving station is deficient in apparatus. No complaint of the lack of apparatus at any stations has ever reached me since the establishment ef the present system in 187], and it isafact that every station in com- mission is amply supplied with the most ap- proved modern appliances. — It is gratifiying for me to be able to tell you that during the terrible gale in question | not a life wa’ lost within the field of station operations, but many brilliant rescues were effected at distances far beyond their legiti- mate scope. For instance, one of the crews on the west shore of Lake Michigan, Sturgeon Bay canal, traveled a distance of thirty miles with their apparatus over fearful roads and saved several lives, and even the people imperiled upon the barge Wallace and her consort, twenty-four in number, were rescued, after the futile efforts of the local residents, in which several nearly perished, by the brilliant expedition of the crew of the ship canal life saving station made by water and rail from that place to Marguette, a distance of one hundred and ten miles. In the face of such a record I know you will be glad to correct your statement, in justice to a service which you have here- tofore so often highly commended. I need hardly remind you that the absence of stations where they are needed is not the fault of the Treasury Department, and that they can only be established at points authorized specifically by law. Yours respectfully, S. I. Kimpa.u, General Superintendent. THE petty world of dime museums and horror-seekers is richer by at least two fools than if was a week ago. A young woman named Sadie Allen, in company with a man named George Hazlett, went through the Whirlpool Rapids at. Niagara on Sunday, enclosed in a barrel. Hazlett had been through the rapids before in a similar vehicle, but as it was the young lady’s first venture in these waters it is not astonishing that she was very “sea-sick.” The fool that fired the Ephesian dome, the fool that leaped into the crater of a volcane in order that the world wight think he was immortal but whose poor humanity was betrayed by his shoes being belched out, are historical, but they have left an innumerable progeny who inherit their characteristics. Sadie is undoubtedly one of them; Hazlett is another; so is Mr. Donovan, the Suspension Bridge jumper. They are scarcely entitled to a niche 1n the temple of fame, but there must certainly be vacant places ready for them in the museums of the country. Sadie is just hankering to be gazed upon by the public at ten cents a head. 8T. GLAIR SHIP CANAL. D STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, 34 WEST has street, Detroit, Mich., November 30, 188. Wealed proposals for furnishing all materials and labor and constructing revetment at St. Olair ship canal, Michigan, will be received in triplicate, att office, until 2 p. m., December 30, 1856, and then publicly opened. For further particulars apply a office. . M. POE, Lieut-Col. of Engineers, : Re Brig.-Gen. U.S. A. . Drydock Company, for Captain Peck and tim “Sorrow on Pan ‘leaves any of the ‘NEW WINDLASSES. — 2 The American Ship Windlass Company, of Providence, R. I., have received the fol- ‘| lowing orders since our last report, viz: steamer No. 77, building by Detroit _| Drydock Company, for Captain Peck and | others, a Providence steam capstan aft. For steamer No. 78 building by Detroit others, a Providetice steam capstan wind- lass and a Providence steam capstan aft. ° For steamer No. 79, building by Detroit Drpdock Company, a Providence capstan , windlass of latest style. _ For steamer building by Globe Iron Works, at Cleveland, for the Mutnal Transportation any ot Cleveland, a Providence steam to go aft, in addition to the steam 88 and steam capstan previously d for steamer building by same Captain Peck, of Detroit, and H. of Cleveland, ‘ease building by Houston & Wood- Poridge, Linwood, Pa., a Providence vertical ‘steam yacht windlass. ghee PN For schooner about starting by _Henry Sutton, New Haven, Ct.. « Providence cap- stan. windlass with T. J, Southard & Sons, patent messenger chain windlass, which have become eo popular with masters of coasting schooners, Putas 4 A Providence pump brake windlass, new style, with Grater’s patent clamp and wrought iron toggle for barque Kennard, of Boston to replace a wood windlass. For revenue cutter Gallatin at Boston, to replace her present windlass, a Providence pump brake windlass, new style with Emery & Cheney’s patent rubber stoppers. For ship Lornty, owned by L. G. Burnham & Company, Boston, now at New York, be- ing fitted’ for a coal barge, a Providence steam pump brake new style. The immense amount of work now under Way at the shops of the American Ship Windlass Company is proof positive that their windlasses and capstans are taking the | Place of all others in the market, and that the}merits of the machine are acknowledged by all vessel owners and masters. The house | now has more orders on the books than at any one time since it was established, in 1857. ; TRULY BENEFICIAL. Te the Editor of the Marine Record. Mr. Gibson, a marine engineer and chief | engineer of the Hiawatha, met with an ac- cident which caused his death. He had his left arm jammed by a collision of the tug Justice Field, and died in four days from blood poisoning. He left a wife and three children to:mourn him. They were de- pending on him for support, and there being a small payment on the homestead due, I started:a subscription list-to raise“ money ‘tot clear this of debt, so as to !eave the widow clear. One of the brothers of No., 2 of Cleve- land, John Thompson, volunteered to assist, and he has done nobly, as he has paid to me $252 and says he thinks he will be able to raise $50.0 more. I collected $71, making in all $823, which I deposited in the Detroit saving bank to the widow’s credit, and on Thanksgiving I handed her the bankbook. Teafs were her only thanks, as her heart was to full for more. I am informed that the engineers of Buffalo collected 50 doliars which they sent, direct to the widow. This is one of the benefits of the Marine Engi- neers’ Association. Jas. H. Rei, Chief Engineer of the steamer City of Cleveland. “TEARS were her only thanks.’’ ‘hat is what Chief Engineer Reid writes about the widow of Wm. Gibson, the chief engineer of the Hiawatha, who was killed in a col- lision with the Justice Field. A small sub- scription had been taken up for her by the boys. The widow has three children, “Tears were her only thauks.’? Nothing more elequent could have been written by Brother Reid. ’ A dear thing is charity, and even sweeter is the just recognition of the fact in such words as these—*‘tears were her only thanks.”’ fi Bee A rigs eli se THE government is good enough to place buoys on the lakes in the fair season, but it is evidently very poor economy to take them j up just when they are most needed—that is, in the fall, when storms begin to brew. It is true that when the ice breaks up the buoys are liable to be swept away, but what matters a buoy or two if their absence is the cause of loss of life? It is undoubtedly the case that the practice of removing the buoys at the beginning ot the bad weather ‘is fraught with danger to the mercartile marine, and less parsimony and more con- sideration for the welfare of lake sailors would be appreciated by a large community who believe that one life saved is worth innumerable buoys, LOCAL SLEEPER TO NEW YORK ON / THE LAKE SHORE “FLYER.” An elegant new sleeping car has been put on the famous Lake Shore Flyer ieaving here daily at 12 o’ele@k noon, arriving in New York city at 7:30 next morning. This train, with its elegant new dining and sleeping cars, is without question the finest New York train out of Cleveland. ing car accommodations secured in advance by calling at the City Ticket Office, Su- perior street. . or ae ies al A [ Vessel Passages Continued from 2d Page.) SSE PASSED PORT COLBORNE. | Port Coiporne, Nov.29.—Passed, down—- Schooner Nassan, Chicago to Ogdensburg; schooner Gulnair, Toledo to Hamilton; A.E, Vickery, Chicago to Ogdensburg; , steam- barge Sir 8. L. ‘Tilley, and consorts, 'l'oledo to Kingston, 7 Port CoLBornf, Nov. 30.—Pussed down —S‘eamship W. J. Averill, Chicago .to Og- densburg; schooner Maggie MeRae, Wind- sor to ‘Toronto; tug McArthur, Windsor to |. Toronto, hat one * Port CoLpornr, Dec. '],—Passed down —Schooner G, C. Finney, Chicago o- densburg; steambarge Lothairand. and tug Mocking Bird and_ba tie, bound up the lake, tan in b and schooner steambarge M. twick and two. ropeller Juniata an rost, W. A. Haskell. -con- naut tug Cru- Arctic, Newburg. |. Derrorr, Dec. 1.-—Passed up, morning— Barge Schooleratt and schooner Wm. Home, H. 8. Hubbell and one barge, tug Record and two barges, steambarge A. A. ‘Tl’ rner and one barge, C. F. Curtis and three barges, Inter Ocean, D. F. Rose, J. er Dauntless, arge Cumberland, tug In- ternational West. SAULT STE Marig. Noy. 30.—Afternoon, down--S'eambarge George Spencer. T'wo vessels of the tug Niagara’s tow and steambarge Snook are at anchor in Waisky Bay. The ice was four inches thick in Mud Lake Monday. The crews of vessels in winter quarters here are going by overland ronte to St. Ig- pace. PASSED THE STRAITS, Mackinaw Ciry, Nov. 29.—-Afternoon, down—Tug Reid with schooner H. D. Al- verson and one other. Morning, up-—Propellers Buftalo, Alaska with schooner, Harry E. Packer. schooner Higgie, propeller Escanaba, 'T. W. Palmer and consort, Afternoon—Schooner Waukesha, propeller R. J. Hackett and consort, Ohio, Vienna and consort, schooners Scotia, Granger, Mineral State, and Emma OC. Hutchinson. Mackinaw Ciry, Nov.30.—Morning,down —Propeller Business, Conemaagh. Afternoon—Propeller Clarion. Morning up—Conestoga, propeller Syra- cuse. Afternoon—Propeller Lehigh. The tugs Hagerman and Welcome left at noon for Milwaukee. No ice in the straite, although snow has fallen nearly all day, but it has cleared off. Mackinaw Ciry, Dec, 1.—Morning, down —Tug Samson with schooners S. L. Watson and Queen City. Afternoon—Onoko, Morning, up--Propeller Starucca. In harbor—Propellers E, B. Hale, D. Bal- lentine, Veronica, Fred Mereur, W. H. Bar- num, John F, Eddy, Avon, C. J. Kershaw, aud H, J. Jewett, schooners Abira Cobb, Northwest and H. W. Sage. Around the Lakes Continued wou Ist Page. | —— LUDINGTON. At davlight Monday morning a schooner passed Ludington and when off Point Au Sable. She hoisted a flag at half-mast. The Point Au Sauble life boat went out, but when the boat was 600 yards out the flag went to the masthead. The lifeboat ate tempted to turn and was capsized. The crew clung to the boat, which did not regain an upright position, but drifted ashore. Three of the crew lost their lives, Captain Flynn and Orrin Hatch died from exposure, and Jobn Smith was caught under the boat and drowned, The schooner kept on her course, OWEN SOUND. Special to the Record. Marine The Canadian Pacific boats Alberta and Athabasca have had a very successful sea- son. They have each made twenty-eight round trips between Owen Sound and Port Arthur. Both are now in harbor here and -Sleep- , | vessels are here, Bu a nsort, { nT tional, Oneida _H. Farwell and ‘Schooners Penokee, N. C, Morning, down—Tug Wilcox, steamship | ( ; ae S are being laid up for the winter. Consider- ing the fearful fall we have haa, and the _ difficult route we have to navigate, from ~ Georgian Bay to the north shore of Lake . Superior, where it is nearly aiways snow- — ng, I think it a pretty good record, andI | ‘| for one feel grateful. i : Boe E. B. ANDERSON, | Master of the Steamer Alberta. a MINORVIELE. © ') o ee Sunday night while the Chieago tug J.C. - Perrett and her tow of barges were lying at - Menominee, the son of Captain Parker, mas- ter of the Butcher Boy, was suffocated with stove. Three of the crew barely escaped o Chicago on. the barge. here to-night. While This caused her barges to foul with each | other. She then steamed ahead again, and — ‘would have avoided a collision had not the tow line parted between the first and second barges, resulting in two yawls being smashed, and consilerable damage to the upper works of the Batcher Boy and | Empire State. The schooner H.W. Sage, with 1,300 tons of ore from Escanaba for . shtabula, was towed infor shelter badly | on this trip. All of yesterday’s wind bound ‘The- Cuyahoga is in ? SEEING MILWAUKEE, _A special to the Manistee, Mich., sa; went ashore three at 8 o’clock Mond were 1 has On a cargo of lumber and to Pierce & Coleman, Toledo. bow is gone. Captain Little is not sure to whether he will rebuild her or not. Ogemaw and tow are here being stripped _ ready to go into winter quarters as soon as . they have an overhauling at Dunford & Alverson’s yard. Schooner H. C. Richards is stripped and gone into winter quarters at the C. & G. T. R. R. dock. At last the schooner D. Provost trouble, O. B. J. Atkinson, attorney at law, having paid off all her debts and had her re- leased from the U. 8. marshal. The tug International, of the S. A. Mur- phy tug line, was seized by U.S. Marshal Phillips on Friday, but was released on Saturday and left tor a tow. Schooner C. H. burton was out on Lake Huron thirty-six hours and was towed back by the tug Beckwith. She will likely go into winter quarters. Work on the ‘lilden goes on very slowly. | They are stripping her of everything that can be gotten off handily. Captain Fields superintends the work, No one seems to know who the man was that was drowned at Fitzgerald’s dock the night of the 26th ult. The bodies of Thomas Walters and John Davidson, two of the crew of the Menekau- nee, who lost their lives on Lake Michigan, were brought here Saturday afternoon. They will be buried Sunday. Steamship Campana arrived down, bound for Toronto, where she is to receive four new boilers, which will increase her speef about three miles per hour. She took on 100 tons of coal at J. W. Thomson, Jr. Barge Middlesex was towed back from Tawas by the tug Wilcox and will go into winter quarters here. She also broke her windlass at anchor at Tawas and will get a new one at Dunford & Alverson’s, Tug Sweepstakes arrived down with the schooner Unadilla and the lighter Young America, ‘The schooner will unload her cargo here and lay up. Tug Sweepstakes leaves here with a full wrecking outfit to release the schooner Metropolis, ashore at Mission Point. Cap- tain Geo, McCloud goes with the tug. Mr. George Harrow, one of the oldest steamboat owners, died at his home, near Algoma, aged 82 years. I gas which escaped from the cabin’: iced up. She has thus far heen two weeks >