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ul for any such ves- ion until such cer- granted it; and for section the owner and shall be liable to a to imprisonment for not ths, or both in the dis- @ the duty of the mas- h vessel to cause such certifi- ‘ovided for, and in case any | be engaged in navigation at any euch certificate so displayed, a be liable to a penalty of not The District Courts in the several istricts, where any of the offenses in this act may happen, shall have on of said offenses; and the expenses equent upon the inspections and granting rlificates required by this act, shall be. rided for, in the same manner as like ex- s arising from the inspection of steam heretofore required by law. * rE MARINE UNDERWRITERS. The meeting of the underwriters inter- ested in the Inland Lloyds Vessel Register vas continued tn the Lloyds office. There present, besides Manager Butes, ten nderwriters, as follow: Messrs. O. T. int, representing the Aitna and Green- ich; H. S. Sill for the Sr, Paul Fire & ‘Marine; Townsend Davis, for a round half dozen companies; C, W. Elphicke of Chi- ago for the British American; David Vance and Frank L. Vance of Milwaukee for the Commercial Union; Thomas G. Crosby of Chicago, for the Union of Philadelpbia and ‘Manheim; G. W. Franklin of Chicago for the Boston Marine; J. J. Clark, of Detroit, ' for the Detroit Fire & Marine; G. A. Tisdale f Cleveland, for the Mercantile of Cleve- jand. The business taken up was the considera- _ tion of the propositions made by the vessel owners and the election of the Lloyds management. The proposition made by the Lake Carriers’ Association was that vessel ‘owners through that body be given an equal ‘voice in the rating of vessels and that balf of the expense be borne by it. To this the un- writers agreed and the executive com- ttee was empowered to confer with the managers of the Lake Carriers’ Association in order to make the proposed arrangement. If itie made, no vessels will hereafter be rveyed except by representatives of the inderwriters and the Lake Carriers acting together, Itis feared on the part of some, ~ however, that vessel owners, especially such as have no grievances, will not cure to pay tor rating their vessels, and the Luke Car- riers’ Association, having no authority to sassess them, will not find it easy to raise the funds. E Another point raised by the vessel owner ‘was that no man could rate a vessel without dooking her over, and though this is equiv- alent to saying that no jury can give an in- telligent verdict in a murder case without dnaving seen the murder committed, the un-" derwriters acceded to the demand for extra ‘Lloyd managers, and appointed Captain John Rice and John Martin of Buftalo, to -dook at the reports from whieh the ratings ; are made up and decide whether, in their pinion, Manager Bates had correctly rated the vessels. They will go over the whole make up of the Lloyds. The three disputed vessels, the Cumberland, Anna Smith, and _ John Pridgeon, Jr., will in this way come under their authority, anditis expected that if they coincide with Manager Bates no further protest will be made by the owners _ against his rating. es But in case the owners are still dissatisfied it is arranged that they shall in each case select an Inspector, the executive committee of the Lloyds another, and these to choose a third for the inspection of the vessels, their decision to be final. The vessel owner in euch case is to pay the cost of inspection. It is quite generally believed that this latter step will not have to be taken, as itis known -that the joint meeting between underwriters and vessel owners had a salutary effect on ie the late difficulties. aed The new rules for the Lloyds adopted lus, __ fall by the board were in cases approyed by _-__ the underwriters. It is held that these rules ate _ do not greatly change the style of classifica- because everything can now be reduced to rule, and a vessel owner will hereafter know exactly what he must do to secure a certain rating. For this reason it is stated that in spite of the complaints there will be more Bates, of Buffalo; executive committee, ‘Townsend Davis, of Buffalo, chairman; O-ear T. Flint, Henry S. Sill, of Buffalo; Geo, W. Franklin, of Chicago; J. J. Clark, of De- troit. The only change was the substitution of Captain Crosby for Mr. G. A. Tiedale of ‘Cleveland as vice president and the reduction of the executive committee from six to five members by the dropping out of Mr. Tisdale, This was done at the latter’s request and it seemed to be rather necessary that a quorum of the committee be kept in some one city, On account of the work laid out for it to do» ‘The salury of Manager Bates was raised $500, which may be considered an expression of the general approval of his management during the past year, In the afternoon a long session was held by the underwriters at Smith, Davis & Co.’s, but none of the proceedings were made pub- lic. In reply to the natural sugggestion that the meeting was for the purpose of fixing up ahull tariff for the season it is stated by authority that nothing of the kind was done and no tariff has been agreed upon. THE new rulesand regulations of February 11, 1887, are: That the class globes of signal lights are in no case less than 6 inches diameter and 6 inches io height, [clear glass.] Ship owners and captains, before buying, should ask to see ‘‘Helvig’s’” new designs and improvements in signal lights of elegant finish and workmanship, ‘superior to all others, and fully as low in price. © First-class Merchant Tailoring a Done in the nobbiest style, according to monthly new fashion plates, and. the prices made as low as.for ce ean, gar- ments is adopted) by Jos. L. Kohn, practical tailor and cutter, who furnishes none but Gent’s, finest Dress Suits, Business Suits, single Pants and Vests with the guarantee that none be delivered unless they are to the entire taste of the customer. Call on 3 J. 1. KON, 218 Detroit street. {Around the Lakes Continued from 1st Page.] PORT HURON, Special to the Marine Record, The schooner Wm. Young was sold to Captain Bailey and others, for $2,700 cash. That is called a very low price for # vessel of her class. Steambarge Maine is in the Wolverine dock, being calked and receiving a general overbauting: The Crosthwaite will be as good as new when she comes out of Dill’s dock. The B. B. Burkhart will eome out with three masts this season, with Capt. James Hail as master, She is just about right, Tug Mocking Bird is being overhauled both in hull and machinery. Steamer Oscoda is receiving a new main mast; also a coat of paint under the keen eye of C, M, Green, the painter. Mr. C, E. Easman of Saginaw, was in the city looking after his vessel property. Capt. Holland has begun to fit out his steamer Porter Chamber] n. Capt. Hill of St, Clair, has sold bi el the Miunie Davis to Capt. H. N, Jex, and otuers of Port Huroo. The str. Geo, King arrived to get her new boiler, made here by Love & Scofield. The Phoenix Iron Works closed two very heavy contracts at Carleton & Cvle’s office Thurs- day evening. They sold to Robert Holland, of Marine City and Capt. Pringle, of St. Ciair, a large fore-and-aft compound engine and boiler complete, and to the Saginaw & Toledo Trans- portation Co., a steeple compound engine for one of their freight boats. The two ec ntracts aggregated nearly $40,000, The Phenix Iron Works em)loy a large force of men, and are one of the most subs’ antial firms in thestate. They are reaching out for trade, and are known all over the country as manutacturers of first class boilers and engines, Oe All you can see for ten miles out in Lake Hu- ron is solid ice. Gapt. Lon Gox’s new steamship will be named the ‘Tom Adams,” The steamer Mary is now making regular trips on the river route, Large quantities of ice has been running in St. Clair nver during the week, : Capt. Will Hutchinson’s large new steam barge was launched at Bay City last week, In the year 1887 the steamer Mary made her first trip to this city from Marine Vity on March 10th. This year she made her trip one day la- ter. E. W. Parsons will again act as clerk of the ves tion, but that they are especially valuable) steamer Darius Cole this coming summer. Mr, Parsons is one of the most courteous, obliging and pleasant steamboat clerks on fresh water and is yery popular on the river route, 8ST. IGNACE, Yhe arrival of the great ice crusher, St. é ratings up this year than ever before, for | Ignace, is being anxiously awaited here in owners ask and obtain exact information us| the hopes that she will be able to keep open ss month. Lioyds were elected: to what is neceseary to reach a certain rate. | a channel between Cheboygan and the town The register will be published sometime this | of St. Ignace, and prevent a delay in the mails that has become monotonous, It is The following officers of the Inland|hardly likely that the St. Ignace will start President Oscar T.| for some time yet, and this is due toa Flint, of Buffalo; vice president, Thomas G. | singular and unexpected circumstance. She Crosby, of Chicago; secretary and treasurer, | was placed in the drydock to be completed Henry 8, Sill, of Buffalo; manager, W. W.j|and when all ready to come out and start ¥ . north it w»s found that she drew too much water to float out owing t» the additional weight of machinery that had been placed on her and also because the lakes are very low, Sixteen. pontoons were made at considerable expense and attached to the hull to give it more buoyancy, but co far she has not been lifted enough and etill remains in dock. The problem «f how to break the ice in the straits is small compared with the | Whe Marine Record. to $25.000. ‘The Lackawana Co, has als been negotiating for the Cuba, Russell Sage and John C, Gault. Her owners wanted $85.- 000 for the Cuba. : A petition has been presented to the Buf- falo common council asking that vessels be prohibited from tying up in the narrow mouth of the harbor. Captain George W, Talcott, an old time lake mariner and tug man, well known in other one of how to get the St. Ignace out of ) the city, committed snicide late Monday her present trouble. BUFFALO, k Special to the Marine Record oN H. G. Trout, ot the King iron works, Buf- falo, is making tbree propeller wheels for | night at his home at No. 470 Swan street, At about 10:30 o’clock a man boa ding at} the house found Mr, Talcott lying upon the fioor in his bedroom. A bullet hole in the right side of his head and a 38 caliber © lt the Montague iron works, Montague, Mich.,|revolver lying within reach of his hand to go with engines building by. those works, one for Davidson & Holmes and Captain John Lang. Also, for Rogers & Bird, Sauga- tuck, Mich. A cult of greaticterest to lakecarricra was last week decided by a supreme court jury, after a trial before Judge Lewis. November 27, 1880, the steatnbarge James Davidson, loaded with 60,000 bushels of corn from Chicago to Buffalo, ran int ice on Lake St. Clair, stove a hole in ber starboard bow by the contact, and consequently damaged 20,- 000 bushels of the grain. She put back to Port Huron, repaired the bow, and went down to Detroit, w she, with several other down-bound ves ag compelled to remain during the: winter, because of -heavy ice at the head of Luke Erie. he dry corn was unloaded by band, and after the wet stuff had been removed it was returned into the Davidson’s hold. The damaged grain was sold at 17 cents per bushel. The Great Western Lnsurance Co. had $16,000 on the cargo, and the Continental $17,000, The loss was settled by them, In 1885 the Great Western, which had gone out of business, ‘| sued Captain James Davidson, owner of the steambarge mentioned, for her general aver- age portion of the expense caused by handling the corn to remove the damaged portion, The defense held that the vessel was in no jeopardy at that time, and won the suit. In the present case the Great Western peo- ple sued Captain Davidson for its portion of the entire 108s on the cargo, amounting with interest due to $8,348, The plaintift claimed that caution was not used by the boat’s offi- cers in proceeding down Lake St. Clair so late in the fall wheti thé icé was on its sur face; that the carrier was guilty of negli- gence, and therefore liable for the damage done. The defense showed that the boat’s bows had been properly ironed before 'eav- ing Chicago; that she was carefu'ly and prudently managed, and that when she en- countered the ice she was not running more than two wiles an hour; that the Davidson had the barge Ogarita in tow, and both in- tended to remain in the ice till daylight. The leak was first noticed shortly after 6'p. m., when the boats were lying to. <A verdict of no cause of action was soon agreed upon. Vessel owners have taken much in- terest in this case, since it involved a most important point. The plaintiff maintained practically that a vessel has no right to sail in the spring or fall when there is danger from ice, and that if she dues so she becomes responsible for any damage done to: her cargo or herself, The Continental Co, joined issues with the Great Western, and if thr latter had been saccessful in this suit Cap- tain Davidson would have been called upon to settle with it also. It is understood that the Great Western will now pay Captain Davidson about $700, its general average portion of the cost of making good the boat’s damage. H. G. Trout, has a contract with the Mil- waukee shipyard company, or John Fitz- gerald, and others to build an engine a dupli- cate of steamer Omaha, Thomas Ryan has hauled his schooner Pride of America from the beach at Char- lotte, Lake Ontario, or the ice over deep water. He expects her to float when the ice breaks up. The steamer Wyoming has been leased by the Western Transit Co. from R. Mills & Co., for another season for $35,000, the transit company to pay all expenses, One of the old boilers of the propeller Cuba, isto be placed in the steamer D, J. Foley, and the latter’s engine steeple com- pounded. The Cuba is being provided with two new boilers, Work on the propeller Saginaw Valley at Black Rock is progressing slowly. She will hardly be finished by May 1. The steambarge D. J. Foley, which was brought up from the coast, is undergoing considerable work to better fit her for the lake trade, The Lackawanna peopleShave chartered the propeller Northerner from Captain Thomas Maytham :nd others for the en- suing season. The consideration is not stated, but it may safely be placed between $20,000 showed too plainly the suicidal intention. Dr. F. RK. Hill was at once sent for, and upon examining the body he pronounced the man dead, Coroner Durney was notified and took charge o1 the case, ‘he deceased was 57 years old and leaves a widow and two children,a son andadaughter. The family did not hear the pistol shot and had not noticed anything peculiar in the cap- tain’s actions during the day. It is said, however, that he has of late been acting rather irrationally, and it is supposed that during a fit of temporary insanity he did the deed. , TOLEDO, Capt. Daniel Bannatyne died here Sunday af- ter suffering fr m rheumatism for nine years, | Gapt. Bannatyne came to this country from Scot- Jand on the United States frigate Independe:.t and afterwards sailed on the store ship Lexing- ton. located in Toledo in 1850 and sailed the lakes then until confined by sickness, His last vessel was the H. 8. Walbridge, which he commanded seven years. : Vessel inspectors DeWolf and McGrath are here inspecting Howell’s new propeller Doug- lass, which was launched at Gilmore’s drydock Tuesday. She 1s the.old Morning Star length- ened and altered throughout and will be used in the fishing trade, Capt. Hubbard transferred one half interest in the tug Andrews to Williams & England for two-fifths of the Syracuse, which he sold to Joe Skeldcn and Henry Sullivan, Sullivan and Hubbard have made the follow- ing appointments of officers to their fleet: Pro- peller Monohanset, A. Fitts master, Fred Trauftler evugineer; schooner Massasoit, Joho Grady master; schooner Peuokee, Joseph Skel- don master; schooner John Schutte, James Wood waster; tug Andrews, Ed Williams mwas- ter, Wm. England engineer; tug Mary -A. Green, Jas. McKinley master, E. Passano Engineer; Tug Syracuse, James Skelton master, Henry Sullivan engineer; tug W. EB. Rooney, Wm. J. Leaver master, Jaues Farr engineer; Jerry Parya has rebuilt the tag J. S, Spin- ney from the keel up; she has got the machinery formerly used in her old hull. She is owned by C. G. Curry and Captain John Dunseth. The lat- ter will have command of her, and Frank Sayen will be engioeer. She will be launched this week, A. L. Mills has rebuilt James Rooney’s tug Thompson Brothers, She will be launched this week, : The tug Pathfinder left Toledo for Detroit Tuesday morning, to tow two scows to Toledo for James Hardy. The tug Christian left Toledo for Port Clin- ton, her new home, Tuesday morning, She will be used in the fishing business by the Port Clin- ton twine company, who haye purchased. her from Capt. M. J. Earight. Cunsideration $5,000. The schooners Maumee Valley and \W. H. Rounds, are receiving new decks. The sciooner Annie P, Grover has received new stanchions, stringers, plank sheer, bul- warks and rail. The barge Brooklyn has received five strakes of new planking on her topsides, new plank sheer, stanchions, bulwarks, rail, and floor ceillng, The schooner St. Peter has received some new stanchions and new rail all around. The schooner Josephine, owned by Chese- bro Bros., has received new fore and muain- masts, and has been converted into a barge. H. P, Tobey, shipchandler, is fitting her out with new wire rigging and altering her sails. H. P. Tobey is supplying new wire rig- ging and altering the sails of the schooner Montana; also, supplying new wire rigging On the schooner Montgomery. The Presque Isle Park and Steamboat Co. commenced fitting out thei¢ steamers Wednesday. Captain J. M. Mitchell who commanded the steamer Saginaw last sea- son will be euperintendent of the steamers and have full charge at the Island. Captain L. M. Stoddard will again have command of the steamer Evening Star, and Captain Harry Tyrie formerly of the propeller Morn- ing Star, will command tke steamer Sagi- naw, Capt. W. P. Bryan, who commanded the Grace Grommond when she was a side wheel excursion steamer, will this season command the steambarge J. Rumble of River Dale, Lilinois. A. W.Coltou returned from New York Sunday eveniny. There has been nothing done with the Wabash boate yet, Mr, William Campbell, who was chief en- gineer of the steamer Flora last season, will be engineer of the steamer Saginaw, this season, WILLIAMS. or Jack Benline, Dan BKurde and Jake Sibilla were rowing on the St. Gair river Monday evening when their boat capsized and Burde and Sibilla were drowned. Benline clung to the boat and when rescued was nearly dead from exhaustion and cold. . —————— , LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION, TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION UPON ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS RE LATING T2 THE NAVIGATION AND CARRYING BUSINESS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE WATERS TRIBUTARY THERETO, WITH THE INTENT TO IMPROVE THE CHARACTER OF THE SERVICE RENDERED TO THE PUBLIC, TO PRO- TECT THE COMMON INTEREST OF LAKE CARRIERS, AND PROMOTE THEIR GENERAL WELFARE: BOARD OF MANAGERS, 1888, THom4s MARTIN. - - = = Oswego, N. JaMES ASH, - - - = = Buffalo, N. Y. W. Burrarp,- - - + = Buffalo S.D, CALDWELL, President, - + Buffalo, FE. T. Evans, - 2+ * - Buffalo, N. Y. W. P. Henry, Bi doo <i . Buffalo, N. Y. PP. MiuLeR, + - - = = Buffalo, N. Y. Frank J. FrrtH, Vice President, ~ Erie, Pa, M.A, BRADLEY, = - = = Cleveland, 0. H. M. HANNA, - _- .- = THomas Witson, Vive President, - A. W, Corton, - 2 = = JaMEs W. MinuEN, Vice President, EBER WaRD, Na Ore: James Davipson, - Jos AUSTRIAN, - - Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, 0. Toledo, O, ~ Detroit, Mich. Lapel cm i ay City, Mich, Chicago, Tl. W.M.EGan, - - = + = Qhicago, Ill. Ira H. Owen, Vice President,- - Chicago, Ill. R. P. FivzGeRALD,- - - + Milwaukee, Wis. Davi Vance, = = - «= = Milwaukee, Wis. Atex McDoueatL, - = + Duluth, Minn. Hagry MurPHY, Secretary, - - Buffaio, N, Y. Jas. CAREY Evans, Treasurer, - Buffalo, N. Y. MARINE RECORD—OFFICIAL PAPER, THE CHASE FOG WdISfLE MACHINE, The dangers attending fogs on the lakes are well known to all of our sailor | aud-all know that the regulations require that during — fogs, a signal shall be sounded at regular: int vals, Under the old system of fog service and cl attention quired at all times while and this service became so mono! Chase, engineer of the stean and patented a machine which, to the engine, would sound the fog whist mation: lysis? ee eS EES 'Theecut shows the position of the and its action on the whistle. pps “ i) } SS 4 g =~ } ad AS i 5 \ ey \ y During the season of 1887, the following named steamships ‘thirty in number’ were supplied and equipped with our machines, The same having given entire satisfaction in each and ev- ery case, we refer with pleasure, all those inter- ested, to the owners and masters of said steam- rs. Wilson Transit Line, Cleveland, O.—Steamers Spokane, Wallula, Kasota, Tower, Yakima, Missoula, Sitka, N. Western Transportation Co., Detroit, Mich.—Steamers Fayette Brown, R. J. Hacket, Forest City. : Cleveland Transportation Co., Cleveland, O.—Steamers Sparta, Hayanna, Vienna, Towns- end, Bradley Transportation Co,, Cleveland, O,— tea mers City of Cleveland, Henry Chisholm, Superior, E. B. Hale, M. B. Grover, J. S. Fay, R. P. Ranney. H,. H, Brown, Cleveland, O,—Steamers Smith Moore, Chas. J. Sheftield, Owen line, Chicago, Ill.—Steamers Ira H Owen. Cambria, Outhwaite, Sam!l. Mather, R, R. Rhodes, Columbia, Aurora. The machine is at all times under the control of the captain. That is if it is necessary that a signal shall be given to a passing steamer, or for any other purpose; the moment the captain palls his wire, the fog whistle machine is thrown out of gear and will not resume its sounniug un- til it is permitted to do so by the muster, Mr, G, C, Barnes, of this city has been: to Washington to present the merits of the fog whistle machine to the board of supervising in- spectors of steamboats, now in session there, aod is well pleased with the results of bis mis- sion, Following is the report presented by the com- mittee, To the President and Board of Supervising nspectors of Steam Vessels. ; Your committee to which was referred the “Chase Fog Whistle muchine” beg leave to re- tort: That we have carefully examined the same and find that it blows at regular intervals, being worked by the engine, thereby insurin regular and continuous blasts for any length of time that may be required and would recom- mend it or similar device to owners of steam yeoete as an additional safe guard to naviga- tion. 4.8. Lussoox, Gro. H, StaRpuck, } Committee, W. D. Rozprnson. The manufacturers are the Chase Fog Whistle acMhine Co., eorner of Elm and Spruce streets, Cleveland, O,