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Schooner 8. V. R. Watson, from Toledo, Joaded mith ecrn for Walkerville, has. ar- rive She reports a rough passage. The tug that brought her out was obliged to put rs began. Monday -“ Bay City and lake City cf Concord and consort passed up. A despatch from Duluth says the Grand Marias harbor is open. ; The schooner Wawanosh, Captain John Reid, has received new keelsons, center. board box, refastening all over and calking. The stenmer Milton D. Ward, which will tun between Detroit and Port Huron in the Star Grummond line, is receiving an ex: tensive overhauling. Her improvements inelude tke tearing out of some of the state rooms to give greater deck room, and the extension of the hurricane deck 80 as to afford more protection to passengers. She will also have a square pilot house, abd in , and this week will he other large psssenger tin their new coat of og up and down the beautiful ge N. Brady will tow. five ber trade this season. Al] Clevelacd tor Port Huron fo ptain Ward’s second just been jaid at Wheeler’s ship- hich will be a duplicate of vens; 1500 tons burden, and to wild, CoNNOR, There has been a good demand for vessels here for several days back to load for But- ‘talo, and the opening of navigation will witness quite a reduction in Detroit’s supply of wheat. The present rateson wheat are 214¢ to Bunlalo, 14ge to Cleveland, 114c to San- dusky and 6!gc to Oswego. The schooner Francis Palms gets 23g¢ on wheat to Buf- falo, but all the following are loaded at the rates given above: For Buftalo, steamer Anna Smith, schooners Redwing, Belle Hanscom, William Home, Typo, Unadilla; for Cleveland, schooner Ganges; for San- dusky, steamer Handy Boy; for Oswego, schooner Noyes and John Wesley. Charles ‘W. Norton, the well known vessel agent, ‘made all the above charters, A few of the vestels have stored wheat all winter for ‘homas Burton will sail the pro- k tain M, Dahaney the ‘Captain Peter Max the in D. Curry the Annie J. Tayler the Potomac, ‘neon the J. D. Sawyer. ne “Soo” is about two inches 8 time last year, and navigation will be or ‘Bae : Beach the ice in the harbor is vy, but ts moving out slowly. 1 Charlevoix say that vessels : @ south pier well deep water and avoid an oak . ly six feet of water d harbor, and it will be ave some dredging done be- used ae a port of refuge. | the Marquette breakwater is be- Seven hun- |above, but the greater number have been loaded since the river opened. _ The schouner Groton arrived at Windsor | over 7,900,000 buehels. Of the wheat 6,640,- northern, leaving lers than 260,000 bushels of the lower grades, the highest of which - is about the equivalent of the highest grade to be tound in Chieago. The: increase in store fur the week has been 272,878 bushels as against a total in store of 10,447,840 bushels a year ago, and an increase of 27,549 bushels. There is a little uneasivess among vessel men on account of the prospective low char- ters for luke freights tor this season. At present but four cents is offered, while the rate last sommer ran as high as seven cents. But it was the high lake freights of last summer that turned large quantities ot wheat from Duluth to Minneapolis. A re- turn tothe normal rate will again turn the flow of wheat and flour in this direction and tend to stiffen the raies again, but they cer- tainly will not reach the high point of last year. ‘T'he new countries opening up to the trade of Duluth will also create a new de- mand for coal and it is reasonable to expect other respects be made to resemble the Idle- |.% very large increase in coal receipts. The development of new mines will also increase the ore shipmente, so, on the whole, there is nothing discouraging in the situation for the vessel interests, f The following items are taken from the Dututh News: The appropriation for the Duluth harbor range lights called for in the new sppropriation bill is $3,284.12. The propeller Swain, which is tied up near the elevators, has undergone extensive boiler repairs at a cost $2,700, It looks as if the council had about decided that a harbor m ster was an unnecessary appendage to the city’s official list. A force of men are at work preparing the Fremont tor the opening of navigation. She looks qu t+ neat in her new coat of paint. The I. H. Camp is ready for another sea- sons work, no extensive repairs having been which they received a rate aside from the| deemed necessary, It is not yet settled where she will run. The lumber for Grignon’s drydock is be- | The steamer Yosemite and consort C, N. | ing delivered. Mr, Grignon expects to bein | Ryan have been engaged togointo the Lake |, readiness for performing work for vessel Superior lumber trade for the season. ‘The | men by July 1, or a little later. terms of tbe contract have not yet been made public. ‘©, W. Norton negotiated the sale of the ‘schooner R. Doud from the Merrick estate to John Hurley at $7,500, cash. This is said by vessel men to be the cheapest vessel sold here this season, oh “* Ciiptain® Tutule “has sold the wrecked schooner Blazing Star as ske lies on Fisher- man’s shoal to Captain S. B. Grummond tor $900. Parker & Millen stated that they had re- ceived a dispatch that all hope of forming a hull pool for the season had been aban doned. Oaptain H. W. Phillips, who sailed the schooner Red, White and Blne Ja+t year, has bought an interest in the Golden Fleece, and will go in wer, as masrer, The steamer Isanc May and two consorts will this season carry 20,000,000 feet of Jum- ber from Serpent river to Tonawanda, under the management of John Crosthwaite The ice ciusher St. Ignace, bound for the Straits of Mackinac, passed Sand Beach at 10 a. m. one mile outside, She encountered some very heavy ice off that port but was ginaw route this season, leaving here first trip’ next Saturday. | to Buffalo to Chicago at 75 cents. ptain Ward says that charters have been “ 4for ore. trom. Ashland to Lake Erie orts at $1.40 per ton. © ‘ The City of Detroit will take her place on the Lake Erie division of the De:roit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., on Thurs- . day, thus making it a daily line as usual. The schooner Emma C. Hutchinson left Tuesday for Toledo, where she will load coal for Detroit. The tug Gregory towed her down. : The steambarge Saginaw is now on the ways at Clark’s drydock, getting a new stern putin her. [n addition to this improvement she has had an after gangway cut, which makes her easier to load. ‘The tug Marion Teller and steamer Pearl are also on the ways in Clark’s yard undergoing extensive repairs. Navigation at Whitehall is now open, tle ice having been broken, is moving out, - The Atlantic left on her first trip at 9 o’clock Saturday night. She bad a full load of freight and several paseengers.. She ar- C. W. Norton hs chartered the schooners rived at Oscoda Monday night and proceeded Gaveceand'W, Hl. Rounile tor wheat to Bul to Alpena, She is now in the ice, five miles | ;a}o ar 214c, and the Seamen, wheat g0 Cleve- out from that point. A heavy snow storm | land, 13¢:, free of elevation. not stopped, Vessel men regard the perfor- mance perfect and are loud in her pra se, from the south is prevailing there. DULUTH, At East Tawas the snow is two inches By the opening of navigation the Lehigh deep on the level. Valley Coal & Iron Co., will:.ave at Duluth The United News association has opened | cox! dock trontage of 2,500 and width ot 400 an office in the Grummond building, and is|teet, with 150 feet slips of eighteen feet of in shape to handle all kinds of marine busi- | water on each side. The superstructure is ness. They bave a competent corps of re-| thirty-six feet high. The distance around the porters, with finely equipped small boats to| dock is 5,800 feet, and its storage capacity is meet passing vessels day and night. A di-|estimated at 760,000 tons. The cost, with rect wire, with connections, to all important | equipments, will represent an investment of is a valuable adjunct to the aid pateg of business ice their office. There is no ice between Port Huron and Port Sanilac except a little along the shores, and there is nothing to prevent boats from making a landing at any place this side of Sand Beach. The Fort Gratiot light shone out Thursday night for the first time this season. Saginaw Valley ’longshoreman’s union and shore union haye decided to charge 50 cents an hour for loading vessels during the coming season. The lumber trade on the east shore of Lake Michigan has opened up in earnest, 1,000,000 feet lumber having already been shipped frcm Muskegon alone. The steamers Menominee and Ludington, of the Guodrich line, have commenced their regular trips between Grand Haven Chicago. $500,000. The Duluth Land & Warehouse Vo., have purchased forty three acres of land, water frontage, at the place named, and will em- bark in the coal trade at the opening of navi- gution. The docks will be 750 feet long by from 800 to 400 feet wide. The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co, will make an effort to release the schooners Riverside and Blazing Star, ashore at the lower end of Lake Michigan, and has ine structed Captain Tuttle to sell them as they lie. It is stated that a couple of wheat charter:, about 150,000 bushels, have bee: made at 444 cents per bushel to Buffalo. This would equal about $1.70 per con for icon f1om upper lake ports, There is in store in Duluth 7,649,095 The work of putting an after cabin on the Emerald and running her upper deck out over the stern is being prosecuted rapidly: She goes to Bayfield and Ashland as soon as the ice permits. ; The tug Hope, owned by the Supericr lumber company, of Ashland, is being built in Williams, Upham & Co,’s yard and will be rexdy to proceed to Ashland by the open- ing of navigation. The old machinery will Serve her another year, The J. H. Upham, Jr., has been almost entirely rebuilt and has received new ma- chinery trom Toledo, including shaft, crank and wheel. She has been enlarged for greater power and speed, The general fitting out of the fire boat David Sutton has been completed, and while her fire contracts call for readiness for ser- vice on and after the 25th of this month, she will in fact be fully ready some days before the specified time. The ice alone will hinder now. Owners of dredges are eagerly watching the congressional proceedings as regards the approp iation bill, The outlook for dredge work is said to be poorer this spring at this point than in years. Williams, Upham & Co, are expecting to make contracts for work at the other places down the lakes, but have nothing on hand as yet. The latter part of next weck Captain In- man’s crews will get the tugs Record and Williams moving around in the ice of the harbor. Captain Byron B. Inman, the well known owner of the Inman line of tugs, has gone to Bay City to see to the fitting out of the Ossifrage, the new screw propeller, which he will bring through as soon the ice will permit. This $80,000 pleasure boat, which has already been described in these columns, is 140 feet long, 28 foot beam, with cabin ac- commodations for from 75 to 100 passengers, and a capacity tor 500 excursionists, It will be warmly welcomed to the Duluth harbor, and the genial captain’s pride in his latest purchase is likely to be liberally shared by his townspeople. The Oasifrage was built at Bay City by F. W. Wheeler two years ago, is staunch and true, and will come here fitted out in elegant style, James Mayee, who has been at work on ascow in the slip west of the Wells Stone esiablishment all winter long has bis work so well completed that she will be finished in about two weeks. H. W. Pearson’s steam yacht, which ar- rived in Duluth about ten days ago, is attracting 4 great deal of attention, and is with great unanimity called a daisy. ‘The and | bushels of wheat and about 300,000 bushels | owner calls it Captain Tyler. The handsome of corr, oats, etc., a total of grain of! craft, which was builtat Spring Lake, Mich., weighs less than aton, all fitted out. In dimensions it is about twenty-eight feet long by 614 teet beam. Local vessel men are getting ready for the sea- son of navigation and matters are lively at the repair and buildivg yards about the herbor front. At Capt. McDuugall’s yard at the base of Rice’s Point the steel freighter is assuming shaie, many of her ribs being in position and the work of putting on the plates of her hull will go on rapidly. KINGSTON, The schooner Waier'own, Captain Beau- pre, has received a new windlass, night heads, and considerable repairs forward, After she is painted, ~he will be in good trim for the opening of navigation. Captain Fraser’s barges, South Hampton and Robert Gaskin, have received new frames forward and alt, covering boards, and sev- eral planks, They hnve also been thoroughly fastened, and whin painted, they will look well. The Scotia is having her engine com- pounded, which will inerease her power. The Pierrepont is painted, repaired, and ready to make her first trip, which, it is ex- pected will be made on Tuesday next. The B. W. Filer has been repaired to the extent of $400. She has been thoroughly ealked and painted, and a new foremast has been put into her, Ouptain Dandy is proud of her. No less than $2,500 has been laid out on the Jessie Breck. She has received new tim- ber heads, rail, covering boards, stanchions, keel box, windlass, sills, and several repairs to her stern She has also been refastened and will be as good as a new boat by the opening of navigation, Captain Rooney, of Coburg, who has pur- chased the schooner Herbert Dudley, has ar- rived in tie city and commenced fitting out tLe craft, AMHERSTBURG, : The schooner Mary, of Port Stanley, which went ashore in the bay at Sable river last fall, is undergoing a thc rough rebuild by Chas. Millard, the work being superin- tended by Mr. D. Millard. “The repairs in- clude new bilges and ceiling, stanchions, breast hook, decks and beams, hatches and comings, new mast, partners, pawlpost, bite timberheads all refas‘ened from keel to covering board, and a new suit of sails. She will be ready for sea by the 18:h of April. Captain Alex. Birnie, of Collingwood, is here, looking after the work doing on the steambarge Africa, which he commands, and uhg schooner Marquis, one of her consorts. The Africa is having her decks calked, ex- tensive’ répuirs fo her machinery and a new | smoke stack. She will also receive a new Trout wheel, which will be put on at Port Huron. The Marquis has received new bows, stanchions, rail and covering board, considerable new ceiling, several strakes of plank, a general overhauling and has been in dock and recalked. The barge Severn, another consort of the Africa, is at Colling- wood, where she has received new stanch- ions forward, covering board, rail, mast partners and hatchways, some new ceiling, and had her decks calked, The Africa and her consorts will trade between Georgian Bay and Chicago with cedar. James Wilson, who was second engineer on the steamer Alberta three seasons, will go first engineer on the Africa. Captain Larsen, of Toronto, will command the Marquis, and Captain Crawfcrd, of Sarnia, the Severn, SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB. The last regular powwow of the Saturday Night Club was held at their elaborately fur- nished club rooms on Saturday night of last week, and the business transacted was of such an important character that they did not get through until the next week. The meeting was called to order at 8 o’clock very sharp, and after the opening ceremonies were per- formed they wiped their lips and were clothed in due form. In the absence of the regular chapl:in, the duties of the office were grace- fully performed by Mr. Thomas Quayle, who made the opening prayer, in the sagctimoni- ous manner so becoming to him. Roll call was next tn order, and the H. D., after hunt- ing around, found that the facetious Boylan was considerably somewhere else. The treas- urer, upon consulting the records, found he was one year brhind with his dues, and a Chi- cago detective was at once put on his trail. After this important and serious matter had been successfully grappled with, the club, by unanimous vote, heaved a sigh of relief, wiped their lips again, and the other secret business was gone through with with fidelity, rapidity, and despatch. Accomplice Frank Wright’s conduct was scrutinized by a committee, ap- pointed for that purpose, and it was found necessary to publicly apprehend and repri- mand him for his dereliction; and after the manners and customs of this society, before tackling a weigthy job, they hove ano her sigh, wiped their lips again, and Mr. Wright was ordered to stand up, salute his superior officer and advance three steps, to the throne of the H.D. Tremblingly, with shaking knees and fearful aspect, he unwillingly obeyed. The H, D., too full for utterance, called upon an edtitor man to act for him in the capacity re- quit+ed. In a feeling tone the editor said: Mr. Wright, after due consideration, the soci- ety of which you are a member, haye endorsed | And close attention of a man was required at all | members of the Safdfday Night club find that Aecomplice Wright is bp List A incapaci- tated for want of @ éfine; that seeing the one he so proudly carriéd for so long a time has, from excessive and constant use, became un- equal to the demands of his old age. Re. solved, that since we are banded together for no common good, we present to Accomplice Wright a cane, strong, hard, tough, and as nearly what his demands require as is possible to be procured, hoping that it will ever be a stay and support in his declining years. The inscription on the cane was: seeeeeees eee the following: errs the majority of the : PRESENTED TO FRANK WRIGHT BY THE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB. ETERS Oee BOOED BOS EERED SESE Eee BEES EE EEY HOSES HEE Oh oe SPREE EE SSC aT te THE CHASE FOG WHISTLE MACHINE, The dangers attending foys on the lakes are well known to ail our sailor men, and all know that the regu’ations require that, during fogs, a signal shall be sounded at regular intervals, Under the old system of fog signals, the service seen aeeee seseeenes Os ee eeee weenceees Sear ret rttitt times while navigating in a fog, and thia service became so monotonous that Mr, Chase, engineer of the steamer Ohio, devised and patented a machine which, when attached to the engine, would sound the fog whistle automatically. The cut shows the position of the machine, and its action on the whistle. las During the season of 1 f steamships, thirty in number, wer equipped with our machines, The given entire satisfaction in each and we refer with pleasure, all those the owners and masters of said steai _ Wilson Transit Line, Cleveland, 0.— Spokane, Wallula, Kasota, To Missoula, Sitka. : ee _ Northwestern Transportation ( Forest City. 5 Cleveland Trantportation Col, 0. Steamers Sparta, Havana, Vien ie ownaend, Bradley Transportation Co., Cleveland, Oo,.— Steamers City of Cleveland, Henry Chisholm, Superior, E. B. Hale, M. B. Grover, J. 8. Fay, R. P. Ranney. H. H. Brown, Cleveland, O.—Steamers Smith Moore, Chas; J. Sheffield. Owen Line, Ghicago, I1l.—Steamer Ira H, Owen. Cambria, Outhwaite, Samuel 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 sivnal shall be given toa passing steamer, or for any other purpose, the moment the captain pulls his wire, the fog whistle machine is thrown out of gear and will not resume its sounding until it is permitted to do so by the master, Following is the report presented by the com- mittee: To the President and Board Inspectors of Steam Vessels: Your committee to which was referred the ‘Ghase Fog Whistle Machine” beg leave to re- port: ‘That we have carefully examined the ee same and find that it blows at regular intervals, pie being worked by the enyine, thereby insuring 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 vessels as an additional safeguard to navigation. H. 8. Lussocx, Gro, H. Starsvok, } Committee, W. D. 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