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RIVERS AND HARBORs, The river and harbor bill last year aggre- he Marine Record. * The duty from whieh the repurter derives his | title is tha: of recordin eraf. gress toward building the Cleveland break water; the na es of all passing | ang ‘Scott’ sNewCoast Pilot These, with the hour and direction, are j gated $10,500,000, It appropriated $225,000 for Buffalo harbor. The measure failed to become law. A bill for nearly twice the size —$19,432,783.18, to be precise—will be re- ported to the house by the Louisiana demo- erat who is chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors, Buffalo gets $200,000 this year, which isa) we expected, but is by no means al] we need or could use, On the avowed principle that “the present billis practically tor two veare,” Buffalo’s portion should have been $500,000. Our claim was $400,000. ‘The is the way in which the difference was distributed: Ci ar- lotte, $25,000; Dunkirk, $15,000; Great Sodus | bay, $24,000; Little Sodus bay, $16,000; Oak Orchard, $6,000; Olcott, $5.000; Wilson, $5,- 000; Tonawanda (River,) $10,000. The engi- neer in charge of this district has protested against asystem of driblets, instead of the concertration of the appropriation for a dis- trict where it will do the most good. For instance, how can $15,000 be expended honestly at Dunkirk ? One of the most deserving demands was of $7,000,000 for the improvement of upper Jake navigation, as follows; strengthening and deepening the channel of Detroit river, and dredging ot the lakes between St. Clair an Huron, the dredging of Hay Lake chanrelin the St. Mary's river, connecting Lakes Hu- ron and St. Clair, and the enlargement of the locks at Sault ate. Marie. The committee reports $1,000,000 for St. Mary’s River, $500,- 000 for Hay Lake channel, and $130,500 for the Detroit River. Some interests fared far better proportion- ately, however. The Washington cor’ es- pondent of the Detroit Free Press reels off a string of state harbor appropriations, and comments: ‘Not only are these appropria- far beyond any preceding total received by Michigan, but there are a vast number of examinations and surveys ordered made, without a specified sum in each case, as has been the custom in other years, thus swelling the total very largely.’’ Member Nutting was-not able to induce the committee to report in favor of his O3- wego ship canal. Chairman Blanchard, in- deed, prides himself on the assertion that ‘there are no canal projects in the present bill.”?. Hennepin, good bye! But what is $200,000 for the INinois river doing there? And what are the chances of the bill be- coming law inany form? Of course it will be tampered with in the houses. Last year’s rocedure wus interesting. Debate was sup- ressed on the original measure. In the com- mittee of the whole a substitute appropriat- ing $7,500,000 was voted, and this reduction was called a great piece of economy, But «when the committee reported to the house, that body rejected the substitute and the original bill was passed without debate. The penerous senate no sooner had its hands on the bill than it ran the appropriation up to 10,500,000, and in this shape it went back to ho _the rules were suspended, no de- te was allowed though discussion was ed for, and the matter was put at once in ference—and when a bill gets to a con- ‘that is the last the ference—committee, | een . course ntry ever knows about it unless it be- Cleveland did not have Presi- ur’s course. He did not veto the * or wepleeiod to sign it before con- djourned. He can take the same this year. The bill is twice as large, but it might be worth to the democracy what it cost the country. The Buffalo Ex- press would not advocate the measure be- cause the treasury is full. All we wish is that there was some way by which needed improvements on the great lakes could be obtained without a dip into the general “pie.” Perhaps the simplest way would be to authorize the president to veto specific ap propriations in the river and harbor bill, in- stead of compelling him to strain at or swal- low the grand total. . ST. CLAIR RIVER MARINE REPORTING, Quite a number of years ago, before the fast steamships began making things lively on the great lakes, a reporter used to hang around the wharves and notedown the names of passing ves- sels. This was done during the day, and such vessels as passed at night had to go unrecorded. In those davs a vessel-owner was usually con- tent to know that his vessels had passed up or down the river two or three days after the evint had happened. Butsoon the lake shipping began toassume a differeutaspect, Slow steamers began displacing the sailing craft, and later fast sieam- ers took the place.of the slow ones. The demand for informativn sooo became such that night re- ports were necessary and when newspapers, along he lakes began to pay wore attention to inland marine matters these vessel passages were printed every moroing. The recording of names was soon reduced to a system, and now it is next to impossible for a vessel to escape the eye of the reporter, no matter how stormy or dark the night is or how thick a fog hangs over the river. The marine reporter was first brought to notice in 1881, when a representative of the London, Eugland, Graphic saw a marine reporter deliy- ering a message to a passing vessel, and made a sketch of it, which appeared in the Graphic of November 26 of that year, Regarding marine reporting the Graphicsaid. ‘It would be difficult to find an empleyment which requires more nerve, experience, and physical endurance thaa it requires, At Port Huron where al through shipping of the lakes passes, this position is one of great importauce and continual danger. * * telegraphed to sll thedaily «apers along the, Whereas, We learn from competent authority lakes fr m Buffalo to Chicago.”” That this work | that fully 2,000 feet of breakwater can be con- is dangerous and requires great skill is easily | etructed during the season of 1888, costing not understood when the nature of the work is | which have to be delivered to the ve-sel as she| propristed for that purpose, so that early con passes, tracts can be made, thereby insuring a1 exten- Ofteu,on aceon: t ef so: ¢ unforseen occurrence ded gsr i | areca of protec f te destin«tion of a downward bound steamship | 3 & of protested space for refuge purposes, has to be changed from one port to auother a‘ter | *V4ilab'ein time this year for the severe storms she has left Escanaba or Marquette with iron «re. | that usually prevail every fall, thus probable |knows, Telegrams are often sent by owners | 8s then $150,000, provided such a sum is ap-| To accomplish this the re, orter rows out when the boat comes in sight, and as she passes throws bs line on b ard. It is caught aud twisted | craft is jerked nearly out of the water when the line tightens up. of the ship the message is handed to some one on | board, In some cases the steamship checks her speed and thus the work is made much easier. | but even then in cases where the nivhtis dark and stormy the work is hazardous. B-sides his people ashore. The captain know the deptu of water at the Limekilns, and perfor) 6 tumerous other services. He keeps continually posted on | the whereabouts of vessels end can ata moment's | notice tell about where an. large vessel may be | found at any time. This is done by wateh- ing the arrivals a d cl arance at all the lake| porte. | a MARINE TRADE COUNCIL A Chicago paper says two movements of | great import to the vessel interests of this, city and the lake are now on foot and are | being pushed vigorously. One is the forma- | tion of a marine trade council having control | of all the labor interests here, and the other} isthe organization of the steam-boat men as knights of labor. The marine trade council will be formed next week with delegates from the lumber vessel unloaders, grain shovelers, coal heavers, salt laborers, iron ore shovelers and the seamen’s union, aud will represent about 2,500 men, Its purpose will be’to unite the different organizations that the business of this port may be more directly affected from the standpoint of labor. Its results wil! doubtless be to sharply define the duties of each occupation around vessels and keep off encroachments, on what the unions believe is their especial province, Another result will be to involve all the organizations in strikes where one trade goes out on account of some grievance. The movement to bring the steam- boat men within the knights was inaugurated as the January meeting of the Seamen’s dis- trict assembly at Toledo, on the request of several local assemblies, but so secretly has the plan been putin operation that it has es caped even the attention of most of the steam- boat managers. At that time it was decided to accept wheelsmen, watchmen and l!ook-ont- men on steamboats as members but as a dis- tinct class from the sailors, having seperate cards, which limited them to employment on steamboats. This class of mariners number | around @ timberhead, and the reporter’s little | While thus towing at the side | other duties the repo:ter delivers letters, takes | saving valuable lives and property engaged in lake commerce, Whereas, The great importance of securing | continuous work and thereby early final comple- tion of euch a necessary waterway improvement | cannot be overrated; therefore Resolved. That the n embers of Congress are | hereby most respectfully, but urgently requested | | to give due consideration to the i-terests of the great interlake commerce and permit such an ar propriation, say not less than $150,000, for the Cleveland breakwater, so as to ensure the com- pletion «fas muh work as can be done during | | this year; | Resolved, That the secretary be requested to | | forward to Senators Payne and Sherman and to Representatives Foran and Grosvenor, copies of this action of the board with request that every effort be ade to secure a commensurate appro- priation. Vessel Owners! The Cheapest aoe ae Are furnished as, Comfortadles. Blankets Table linens, Towels, ete., a8 well {3y” Sheets, | Pillow-cases, are s:wed to order, at shortest notice &}ior 20 per cent less than big ex- pensive establishments are accustomed to charge. Owing to the extreme small. ex- penses of the Boston Dry Goods Store of Kobn & Co., 213 Detroit st., second door trom corner Pearl it is them only_gejwho CGEORCE SCOT Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, | With new Maps and Illustrations corrected tothe | opening of N.vigation in 1888, IS SOLD BY SHIP CHANDLERS AND BY THE 'UBLISHER. AT 162°LaRNEDst.. E, DErRortT, Mic 4 a ICH. "PHE TUG MYRTLE, of Sandusky, Ohio, for sale cheap. Is in first-class condition. For ee lars write to FPREO GROCH. Sanducke. A psa had t sok A er. — whet deb Dnnn ods hot FOR SALE. JROPELLER TOLEDO—About 700 tons capacity. Apply to EBaR WARD, 5t Griswold Street. Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE sae TUG CAL DAVIS—Over all 65 feet, beam 14 feet, depth of bold 6% feet, draws 7 fret of water. Has boiler allowed poundsof stem, outboard shaft (no engine.) All in good ¢ ndition. Price, $1,200, For further information «dress HENRY LAY & CO., Sandusky, Ohio. Propeller Wheeis. FoR BARGE TUG?, CANAL BOATs AND YACHTS Two, Three or Four Biades for SPEED OR TOWING 12 Inches to 14 feet in, Dia meter VULCAN TRON WORKS From 80 NoRTH Marine News. The UNITED NEWS AS- |\SOCIATION, Detroit, Mich., make a specialty of reporting | passages and mishaps to news- papers and owners of vessels and delivering orders day and night. Reliable Service and Reasonable Rates, Correspondence Solicited. Address UNITED NEWS ASSOCIATION. Grammond’s Doek, Detroit, Mich. Established in 1859, HENRY LEOPOLD. Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of fine and plain save 20 per cert unnecessary taxes. Give a trial order to KOHN & CO, 213 Detroit Ress second door from corner of Pearl. 6. W. ELPHIGKE& 60, Yessel Agents MARINE UNDERWRITERS. 6 and 8 Sherman St. Parker peek PHL REO, [hh PARERTON & COLE, about 5,000. The opening of the bars of the seamen’s assembly to this numerous class has resulted in large numbers joining the order at Buffalo, Cleveland and Oswego. The movement will be inaugurated here next week. With the men once organized, there will be at once some demands for the reform of sey- eral matters in which the men now think themselves aggrieved, and it would not be surprising if strikes followed in case their demands are not granted. The movement will be pushed at Milwaukee, Detroit and other points where the steamboat men are numerous. In the meantime the seamen’s union is making strenuous efforts to streng- then itself among the sailors. Port Huron Machinery & Supply Depot, PORT HUKON. MICH. Manufacturers’ Agents and Dealers in Boilers, Engines, Steam and Wr-cking pumps, Engineers Supplies, and Fit-outs for Steamers and Vessels. ‘405 and 407 Water st., East. Look Our For Breakers. Dont leave port without a case of DODGES CANVAS OIL BAGS FOG SIGNALS WANTED, A petition is about to be circulated among vessel owners and marine men in general in FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY, And Manufacturer of Countess, Shelving, Bank and Bar-room Fixteres, Mattrasses and Vessel Furniture A SPECIALTY, Warerooms 798 and 800 Lorain-st., near Ful- ton. Factory 10 Willet-st. CLEVELAND, OHIO. (Cleveland Dry Dock Co, Shipbuilding, Drydocking, Re- pairing and Spar Making, CLEVELAND. OHIO. FOR SALE. ARGE COL. BRAQKEL—She carries 260M feet of lumber, 420 tons of coal. Had $900 worth of re- pairs last season. Fit out good. Price $1,600. Men- tion this paper. ED. J. KENDAI.L, Port Huron: Kingston, Coburg, Port Hope, Hamilton, and Toronto, to be presented to the minister of marine, regarding the placing of fog whi-tles at Long Point, sometimes known as Point Peter, and at Nine Mile Point, at the foot of Simcoe island. The American gov- ernment, during the winter, has had fog whistles placed at Thirty Mile Point and also on Tibets’ Point, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The petition will no doubt be largely signed, as its contents interest every mariner and person who has friends who make their living by sailing. It shows the minister of marine that Point Peter is a point of land that all vessels trading through the Welland canal and from western points on Like Ontario, bound for Kingston, steer aboard, filled and ready for use. You may need them before the season is over, Mortimer H. Dodge, 122 Water St., Cleveland: P. Ht. DOYLE, PRACTICAL STEAM FITTER AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, ENGINERS,’ SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS, Rubder Goods and Packings Con stantly Kepton Hane, Parttcular atlention paid to vessel work, AIR PUMP VALVES A SPEOIALTY. 8! Main st., Cleveland, O. FOR SALE CHEAP, HE boiler and machinery of the tug George Hand, a for, on making which tkeir course is altered all in first class condifion. Apply to ‘or the channel between the main HENRY McMORAN or for the ¢ and false D. M. RUNNELS, Ducks, In years past there have been maby lives and much property lost in this vicinity. i Nine Mile Point is shown to be a point of land about eight miles from Kingston, where the channel becomes narrow and where Port Huron, Mich. in stock 14, 16, 18,20 and 22 feet long. Yawi Boats cae 16, 18, 20 and 22 feet long. ARTHUR & BOYLA Steamboats, Tugs, etc DEALERS IN LACKAWANNA ANTHRACITE COAL. Docks: Ft. West River St., Whisky Island, C. P. R’y. Slip, Gov ernment Pier OFFICE 130 RIVER-ST.. CLEVELAND, OHIO. CLINTON ST-., CHICAGO; ILL. | Steam and Hand Steering Wheels to Order. Shops ft. of ORLEANS ST., DETROIT, MICH. FOR SALE. '.HE SCHOONER VENTURE—tLength 50 feet LT veceatt 15 feet, denth of hold 4 fee"; caparity 43 tons; built in 188°. idirese wm. FARAGHER: 38 West linton St., Cleveland, 0, | A2 VESSELS WANTED. | JN EXCHANGE for improved Ruffalo cit p= | erty. three-fourths of a mile from Ci.y Hall, Weet Side. Fine dwelli g houses that alwars rent. Address, M. BROS,, 22 Hoot St., Buffalo, N. ¥. FOR SALE. 180M Sails and outfit in Price, $2,800 cas Sey iT OR SALE, and must be sold partners Propeller Benton, A2. quick—Too many Aver ‘ge load, 300M. $28,000. Barge Midnight, A2. Average load. 885M. $8,000. Borge Roscius, B}¢. Average load, $6,000M. | Terms to suit purchasers if parties good. For fur. ther particulars, address, N. D. FISHER, Cleveland, 0., K. J. VANCE. Bay City, Mich’ FOR SALE. \UG ANNIE ROBERTSON--Length 51 feet, beam Tr 13 feet 6 inches, depth 6 feet. eogins f ineees square, and new steel boiler list August, allowed 125 lbs of steam. For further information enquire of LAY BROS,, Sandusky, Ohio. OR SALE, the passenger steamer M. E. MINTER, 13 tons net, 60 feet long over all, 184 feet beam, bollecaneoe: a pols. taathe 10x12, Seotch type ler 444x8. She is fully equi: ped for the passenger business. Terms, $2,000. “Addtees; CAPTAIN RICHARD Lt alae Muskegon, hh. | FOR SALE, | QCHOONER VERNIE M. BLAKE—For sale ch | KD Cupacity 60 tons; dimensions, keel 55 faat, beens | 19 feet 6 inches, d pth of hold 5 feet 6 inches. Address 22 Territt street, Cleveland, 0. FOR SALE. HE SCHOONER LEN HIGBY—For sale cheay uy Capacity 55,000 feet of lumber, Sailsand outfit In good condition. Repairs made in 1887, Address D. A. BOELKENS, 92 and 94 Third Street, Muskegon, Mich. STEAMBOAT FOR SALE. | IRST-CLASS in every respect. Nearly new. Ca F pacity—400,000 feet lumber, 650 fone de ore, $00 tons of covl, 25 000 busheis of grain, and in addition | the best tow boat on the lakes and the most econom- j teal of fuel. Present owners no further use for her. Address LUMBER, care of € lowry, S_W. Div. P. 0., Chicago, I. For DALE, Te Steamers Russell Sage, John C. Gault, and A. ition and rate L_ Hopkins, all in first-class cond Al. For tull particulars adress A W. CuLTON, Manager, Toledo, 0, SEE SETTAB DN AUB ATARI FOR SALE. al FINE IRON ‘UG M, D. Length of keel 67 feet, depth 8 f-et Sinches. High diameter, 23 inches stroke; boiler 14 feet lon 8 inches diameter. She isin ie r excellent condition, For fusther particulars aprly to A. RUELLE, 372 Atwater Street, Detroit. CARRINGTON— breadth of beam 16 feet, ressure engine 20 inches DEMROM BOR WORKS, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF Clank’s Patent Metallic Life Rats. HIGHLY INDORSED — BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISING IN- SPECTORS. Life Roats"“*. (a sett , Coaled Day and Night. SIGNAL For Steamers and Sai Lake Ontario verges into the St. Lawrence river. All vessels bound for Kingston from all western ports, and ports on the south shore steer for this point, In the vicinity of the two points referred to, during the first four months of each sea- son, fogs are very prevalent and in the last month snow storms prevail, so that in either fog or storm neither land by daylight or the warning at night can be seen, and in conse- quence the danger to navigation is very great. _—_ The following resolutions were offered by Mr. Gardner at a recent meeting of the board of trade: ‘ ; Whereas, We are informed that $75,000 only have been recommended for appropriation byCon- PATENT FLUTED LENS% PERFECT COLORS. GET THE BEST AND AVOID COLLISIONS.” These Lamps give a more brillant light than any Signal Lamp now in French Wrought Ircn | Steamboat Copper, Tin, '. FELTHOUSEN LAMPS _ They have been adopted by the principal Ocean and Lake Steamers Over Ten Thousand Now in Use. WE ALSO MANUFACTURE THE CELEBRATED of all Sizes for Steamers and Hotels. 139 & 141 MAINST., BUFFALO, N. Y¥, ’ s ling Vessels. use. Ranges and Broilers and Sheet Iron Workers. & RUussELL,