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a4 the Lakes Continued from Ist Page.]| . A general meeting of the tug engineer and iGdseo firemen’s association will be held Monda ; next, January 31, at 200 South Water street. in Cowans, of the schooner} The grand brotherhood of lake marine Jansen, arrived here on Friday, | engineers held a mee'ing at 200 South Water hooner after she was pulled off] Several new members were initiated, and the I'wo Rivers by the tug Gregory. Cap-| affairs of the brotherhood looked very Cowans came along on the tug Gregory | promising. They will hold their next meet- P litowoe to Milwaukee, thence by ing January 4th, when the election of icago. The captain and his crew officers for the coming season will be made. need a very severe time while ashore; At the annual meeting ot the marine engi- wo Rivers, ‘from the frost and snow, | veers’ beneficial association, No 4, of Chi- ough fortunately none of them were|cago, held Tuesday night Jast at No. 208 ten. LaSalle street, the following officers were ‘Sam Donaldson, of the firm of Donaldson | elected: President, Martin Stroder: vice - Bros., shipsmiths, Chicago, returned last} president, Thomas Corrigan; treasurer, Friday from Buffalo, where he had been to| James Donley; recording secretary, J. J. spend a week with his relatives and friends, | O’Connor; financial secretary, D. W. Wise; to spend Christmas and New Year with his| corresponding secretary, M. G. Canfield; family and friends at home in Chicago. ehaplain, William Pinkham; conductor, N. At the Chicago Drydock Compuany’s yard | L. Crawford; door keeper, Edward Morris. the steamship Cermorant went out of dry-| The delegates elected to attend the national dock Friday and was replaced by schooner | Convention, which will be held in New Julia B, Merrill for a rebuild, und schooner| York, January 10th, 1887, were Martin Skylark for a new center board box and |Stroder and T. Dowd, : new keelsons. ‘he schooner Cuyahoga went| The city authorities have accepted the out of their other dock Friday and was re | Contract of the owners of the tug Monitor, placed by the steambarge Hickox which of $400 per month tor three and one-half will receive new frames forward and new | Months, to do the work of keeping the gates ceiling; the schooner Nauiad is receiving tree from ice at the water works crib, there- some repairs to her ceiling prior to loading. | by Preventing a stonpage of theywater sup- “Another tug named the Ruby hus been| Ply of our great city. Whether the city “added to our Chicago list. She arrived here | #Uthorities have done right in accepting the ‘from Saugatuck in tow of the tug J. We lowest teuder of tug owners and employing Parmelee, Captain Dahlke,: on Wednesday, | ® second class tug to do their work at the the 22U. She lett Saugatuck, where she bad | crib remains to be proved, but your corre- been built by Captain John Martel, Satur- spondent is of opinion that if the cold day, the 18th inst. She was towed by the| Weather of the last few days continues to Parmelee to South Haven, thence to St,| Strengthen, our, city will be in the same Joseph, which port they lefc Tuesday even- dilemma as the city of Cleveland was not _- ing, as the weather looked like hardening |!9ng ago, without a supply of water, which up. Some excellent pluck was shown by |if it lasted only a few hours would cause, Captain Dahlke and his crew in attempt- tremendous expense und inconvenience to ing to cross the lake go Jate in the season, | OUr great city. WILLIAMS, The new tug has been built for Bodenschatz CLAYTON, & Earnshaw’s stone company, and is 62 feet ee 40 the Marine Becora. oyer all, 14 feet beam, 9 feet depth of hold.| The propeller Nipigon, of Montreal, was She will receive the machinery and boiler | burned to the water’s edge on the night of of the old tug Martin Green, which is nearly | December 21. She had but recently been i tin Al condition before| brought to this port for the winter, after < gietgeriag having been pulled off Salmon Point, Luke Miller Bros., shipbuilders, in accordance Ontario, where she was nearly wrecked in. with their usual custom, made each of their | 0M Of the late blows. The fire is supposed to employes the present of ‘ fine turkey, to have started from a stove in the cabin. We render more complete their enjoyments on understand there is no insurance. The cap- Christmas day. tain and mate were in charge of the vessel, At Miller Bros.’ Drydocks, the steamer They were 00 her and had a fire in the stove Gity of Traverse is getting an extensive re- in the cabin. Towards evening they left the build; the steamship Australasia and the | oat to go to the willage, and during their schooner Golden Fleece are in dock waiting | 2>sence she took fire. The flames were dis- for the weather to moderate to enable them | C¢Vered about 7 p. m., but at that time they to get out. Four of the Dunham wrecking had made 120 ss progress to be ex- and towing company’s tugs will take the tinguished. She wil probably be rebuilt place of the Australasia and will receive | here this winter, Bog waa built in 1873 in mew wheels; the steambarge Annie Laura Canada, and if there is no insurance the loss for new bottom planking and other repairs; | Wi!! be nearly $25,000. C. M. M, the tug Munson,to have a leak stopped, will FRANKFORT. go into the dock now oceupied by schooner | Spectalto the Marine Record. Golden Fleece. Tug John Smith will leave for Manistee The aGnaner Orkney Lass was purchased this week, where she will be rebuilt this at marshal’ sale last week by Miller Bros.,| Winter. She will be raised two planks shipbuilders; consideration $200. higher and have her stern _widened out, George A. Cameron, of the V. O. T. Captain Thomas Ruddeck will personally Company, accompanied by his wife and | oversee the work. He says their season’s daughter, will spend the latter part of catch was 186,000 pounde of lake fish. January upon his farm in Lisbon, D. T. Tug Hannah Sullivan, Captain Mulhagen, Seaman James Burke reported at the office | left Thursday for St Joseph to Ro into of the seaman’s union that he did not ship mer quarters. Tug L. G. Rawson is also hat con-| laid up. oe ‘ageal soi gg ae W. W. Woodward, with his steam scow The invalids at the marine hospital en- | @nd tug Slyfield, has recovered the anchors joyed a Christmas dinner at the hands of | #24 chains of the Menekaunee, and brought Uncle Sam. them into port. ne Captain D. C. Nelson, of the schooner The small steamer Hattie Winter, en route Mary L. Higgie, lost two of his children last | from ‘Traverse Bay to Saugatuck, is shel- week by typhoid pneumonia. Another child tered, She resembles 4 floating ice cake. ig down with the same malady and is not ex- The propeller Sanford is sheltered at Man- pected to recover. istee, destined to Frankfort. ; The Chicago Towing Company was organ. The new life saving station is completed, ized Monday afternoon by electing the fol- and ready to be turned over to the depart- lowing to constitute the board of directors | ment by the coatractors, Captain Thomae for the ensuing year: John A. Crawford, E. Matthews, who bas been keeper of Point W. Walsh, A. G. Rowell, W. B. Dean, E. Betsy station for the past ten years, a veteran Van Dassol. Captain W.B. Harmon was|it the service, and so faithful in the dis- chosen manager of the company. charge of his duties that his station ranked Three charters were made Monday. They | high with the department, has been ap- were all for flax seed to Buffalo, and the rate, pointed keeper of the nee station. Captain was 6 cents. Schooners Mary L. Higgie, H. Miller, of Beaver island, will command 22,000 bushels; schooner Naiad, 22,000 Point Betsy station next season. bushels; schooner James Mowatt, 35,000} The shipwrecked crew of the Annie Oo. bushels; total capacity, 79,000. The Higgie Hanson have arrived home again. ‘The ves- and Mowatt will at once begin to load at the'| 8el was released by the steambarge Grace Empire warehouse. Williams, and tug Gregory and towed to Captain J. W- Minskey will command 8, | Manitowoc BuRMEISTER. Cobb’s steambarge Annie Laura next sea- PORT HURON. son. It is rumored that the G. T. R. contem- Messrs. Gjeston & Swinson, sail makers, | plates running a track across the upper por- 210 to 216 South Water street, have stowed | tion of Sarnia bay to connect with the south- away 45 suite of schooner’ssails and gearinjern division track. If this is done it wi?) their lofts, for winter care and repairs. | necessitate the commencement of filling up They will commence work on several new | the north end of the bay. suits, which they have received ordersfor,| Captain John S. Botsford, has gone to as soon as the holidays are over. California. re ue ae Rete : Mhe : Manine Recoril, MILWAUKEE. Special to the Marine Record. Mr James; Scholes, of S. F. Hodge & Co.’s Riverside iron works, Detroit, arrived here on the 23d, to figure on building an engine for Wolf & Davidson’s mammoth, the keel for which will be laid as soon as the Ros- well P. Flower is launched. The fraines for the new mammoth are now being sawed out, and she will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, Her dimensions will be: Length of keel, 325 ft; beam, 41 ft. She will be diagonally steel-strapped and steel-arched, diagonal straps 614g inches in width by 5¢ inehes thick, parallel straps 22x34. Her engines will be triple-expan- Morley: Russian, Captain. James Hamilton; schooner Lambert, Captain {Trudo; scow Buena Vista. There is a great deal of work going on here this winter at Gilchrist’s shipyard, The Charles Hinkley is getting all new decks and deck frames; the big Michigan is to be calked all outside; the tug Westcott is having her boiler repaired and a cubin; the tug Efe L. will get a new cabin; the tug Ralph is to have a new fire box put into boiler; tug Seawing is having considerable work done to her bull and boiler; the tug Alanson Sumner is having her two boilers taken out. They will be replaced by a new Scotch boiler, 12x12. F. W. Gilchrist in- sion, of the following dimensions: High-/| tends making her one of the finest and best pressure cvlinder, 20-in. bore by 42in. stroke, and 32-in. bore by 42 in. stroke; low pressure cylinder, 54-in. bore and 42-in. stroke, with a working pressure of 159 Ibs, of steam. Two S:otch boilers, 10% ft dia- meter by 114g ft in length, will be put in. She will have all the latest improvements, Including steam steering gear, steam wind- lasses, capstaing, and electric lights. Hodge & Co. have also just closed a con- tract to furnish Graham & Co., of Benton Harbor, Mich., with fore-and-aft compound engine, high pressure cylinder, 22 bore by 30 stroke, low pressure cylinder 42 bore and 80 stroke, with a working pressure of 125 {bs steam; steam reverse gear and all modern improvements. This engine will be placed in a new hull now being built, and intended to run in the excursion business between Chicago and St Joseph. The engine is guaranteed to give the boat a speed of twenty miles an hour, Mr Scholes states that at the present time Hodge & Co, have in process of construc- tion two triple expansion engines, four fore- and-att compound engines, and are com- pounding seven old engines steeple style, and have several contracts in view. At Wolf & Davidson’s shipyard the repairs | consist of the following items: The steamer Dean Richmond was in drydock last week for recalking and general repairs. Her arches were strengthened with steel plates 15x54 inches, full length on both sides of the arches, bolted through. Her hull was also sheathed with steel for her winter’s work between this port ana Grand Haven. Her place in drydock was taken by the steamer D, W. Rust and tug John Gregory for general repairs. The steamer Maggie Marshall, recently ashore at Manistee, is in the boxes. She will receive steel arches 16 inches wide by 5 inch thick fore and aft inside the hull, and other repairs, which I will report later. Captain E. F, Thorp, the lightning wreck- ing artist, has closed a very successful s2a- son’s work. ‘The Leviathan has surpassed all record by releasing every vessel that she has been called upon to assist this season. She has done her work speedily and well and has had no breakdowns or mishaps while working at wrecks. She will receive an entire rebuild this winter, and be length-. ened 15 feet. She will algo be furnished with an electric light for night work. Wolf & Davidson had a new deck laid in the office last week and held an impromptu reception, at which Captains Thompson, Humphrey, Lund and Butler danced a French tour, Steve Smith, W. & D’s knight of the quill, and Louie Bleyer, marine re- porter for the Evening Wisconsin, executed a double clog in great style, after which Mr. Wolf opened several kegs of spikes. The music was furnished by Polar Julius and a fog horn. Speaking of Louie Bleyer calls to mind the fact that the marine column of the aforesaid Evening Wisconsin presents a decidedly improved appearance since Louie has taken a trick at that part of the wheel, and I know from facts that have come under my personal observation that the subscrip- tion list has also been considerably benefited thereby. We have felt the want of a first- class marine column tor sometime. Now we have it, and if I steal some of Louie’s thunder occasionally when I am in a hurry to furnish an item for the Recorp, I hope be will forgive me. Carrain Kipp, ALPENA, Special to the Marine Record. The following vessels are in winter quar- ters at this port: Steambarge Garden City, Captain Alva Shaver; steamer Golden Eagle Captain Persons; tugs Alanson Stuer, | Captain C. A, Richardson; Effie L., Cap- tain Thomas Lillis; Ralph, Captain F, W. Gilchrist; G. W. Westcott, Captain G. R. House; Wayne Isabel, Captain Purdy; G. A. Fisher, Captain Furguson; Grayling, Captain D. Lincoln; Angler,Captain Busha; Fisherman, Captain Garwan; and Seawing. Barges, Michigan, Captain Thomas Stev- ens; Sam Flint, Captain Foster; Edward Harmon, Captain Wm.Fowls; Light Guard, tags on fresh water, Cc, . ERIE, Special to_the Marine Record, . ; Supplementary to the fleet elsewhere we add others laid up at Erie: Anchor line— Propellers Juniata, Olarion, Wissahickon ; barge Allegheny, Steambarges—Minneapolis, Folsom, KINGSTON, The steamer John Thorn was brought to Kingston last week by the steamer Pier- repent, Considerable trouble was ex- perienced in getting the Thorn out of the lower bay on account of the ice. The upper works on the Thorn have been remodeled and greatly improved. She will have some heavy forging done during the winter, The fine freight and passenger steamer Ida has been sold by Captain Garrett to Mesers. James Williamson and Mr. William McCarney, the present popular purser of that boat. Captain Garrett intends to de- vote his attention to the navigation of the St. Lawrence and lakes, for which purpose he is now building a beautiful new pleasure boat at Kingston. ah STEAMSHIPS AND BARGES BURNED. A dispatch from Cairo, Illinois, on the a 28th, reports the destruction by fire of the Mississippi Valley Transportation steamer R. S. Hayes and four barges, and the Anchor line steamer City of Natchez, while i : lying at the bank. The fire is supposed to _ have originated in the aft cabin of the eee steamer Hayes, soon enveloping the whole _ boat, burning her to the water’s edge. The fire spread to the City of Natchez, lying just below the Hayes, and in a few moments she, too, was a mass of flames. Four barges alongside of the Hayes, loaded with cotton, soda ash, and sundries, also took fire and were completely destroyed. Nothing but the wrecks of the burned hulls remains. The City of Natchez was built at Jeffersonville three years ago, and was valued at $100,000. She was one of the finest boats on the Mississippi. Fhe Hayes was built by the Valley Company abont five years ago, and valned at about $50,000. The loss of barges and contents will reach about a million dollars. The insurance is not known at present. A strong north-west wind at the time of the fire held the boats” to ‘the bank and prevented tugs from saving the fleet. Two barges lying on the outside of the burned boats were cut loose and towed to a safer harbor by tugs. The burning hulls were towed to the other side of the river and beached. Captain George H. Rea, one of the oldest steamboat men in the west and for several years president of the Mississippi Transpor- tation Company, died at St. Louis Saturday, aged 70. The exports of merchandise from the United States during the twelve months ended November 30th were valued at $705,- 320,337, against $702,190,541. The imports of merchandise were valued at $577,828,146 against $659,318,637 for the same period last year. The question has arisen as to what depart- ment of the government is properly charged with the care and custody of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty. The president now has the matter under consideration. It is likely that while the lighthouse board will con- tinue to superintend the illumination of the statue, the structure itself will be turned over to the charge of the war department, H.G Veout, of Buffalo, has received an order for propeller wheel from Captain Jos, Jenks, of New York City, for the steamer Sarah A. Jenks. He has also received an order for wheel from Philadelphia for the steamer Whilldin, belonging to the Balti- more and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, which is the second boat of the line he bas made wheels for. He also recently shipped two wheels to Mobile, Ala. Captain D. P, Dobbins, went to Washing- H.G.Hamilton; Charles Hinkley,Captain H. | ton Tuesday.