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launched by the 20th of this month, making ness. The wheel is really an old idea put Captain George | tion, She was valued at $35,000, her compasses cn ber : Basgricriy a lagalee. The wrecking tug Leviathon ~has gone to her assistance, - : ASHTABULA HARBOR. Special to the Marine Kevord. ; We notice at our docks a staunch looking steamer the Germanic bailing from Buftalo. React 2 It does us good to look upon such craft. wade has: just artived at The pleasure tug Al Beatzhold is here Baltimore oyster beds. ! painting and fitting up as a first clas yacht ecesaary repairs. She will go to Conneaut if there is sufficient Craig, t his Trenton yard, has! qepth of water at that point for safety in mer about the size of his las | entering, it not she will remain at this port allplanked. The Dry Dock | as jong as she may find paying business. ili the mactunery. He is} The steamer Chi-holm is having ceiling steam yacht fir Mes-F8. | patched and is receiving a coat of paint. of Detroit, 100 teet over all,} The L. S. & M. 8. depot at this place is 9@ built by the Fulton Iron | being enlarged and entirely: refitted, re: heel tteamboat 110 feet} painted and presents a fine appearance, The on.the river route between | move was necessary to accomodate the Jarge alter, Cy oe | ' +» d force of men and officers to care for our fast jathan has stripped the schooner | increase of business. ore at Fisherman’s Shoals asd} Tne new Brown hoist on L. 8. & M. 8. : Adie pe dccks is in succesful operation. im from Two Harbors last night ere The H. W. Sage, light from Buffalo, loads arters at private rates, understood to; | She jo minus figureheid piney st ie | coal for Duluth. ia aha t > Wilber carried and has had considerable repairing forward» made neeessary by a collision on Lake St. Clair. She is having ceiling patched at Saaiish Devney’s yard. s success here in Americanizing the| The A. Y. & P. docks present a very mebec into the F, E, Spinner, did |lively appearance. The eight leg Excelsior. him in Cleveland, where he has been | hoist is in successful operation and unloaded the schooners M.C. Upper and Jos-| the steamer Corsica, 2485 tons, in ten hours which he released from the shore at Port | und fifteen minutes. E. J. Baker and Geo, A long effort tosecure the American | 8, Raser have a patent on the hoist and are and they are gone to Toledo in tow | ready to bet on their rigging for fast work. tug Kate Williams to load coal for! we noted the unloading of sixteen buckets ae eu ginad : Hor. | in two and one half minutes. Dp a ey DULUTH. ; A feature of the late shipments is the cargoes of the stea uship Gogebic and Nahant, the former to Detroit with 68,000 bushels wheat and the lat- ter with 49,000 bushels to Milwakee.’ Both these cargoes go to ports at one time leading in tue wheat ‘trade of the country but which have now become so reduced inthat business‘as tobe forced to send to Duluth for wheat to keep tneir mills going. Duluth will be sending wheat to Chic- ago at the next tnrn of the wheel. The rates on these cargoes are about 3 cents per bushel. These shipmente illustrate, as well as anything is coming down from Chicago with of grain on a draft of 14 feet 5 and 14 ge Bunn, in the United States court, is decree for t! e of the schooner Annie In the case of Charles D. Elliott against G. A. R., an order was issued fer the tion .of the: proceeds of the sale of the supreme court in the old inte of the d against Charles D. Ham- wreckers succeeded in raising the dock where she is being repaired. ket, aud the decadence in the same respect of the at ambarge Davidson brought up 2,- | eastera cities mentiosed, ne ‘of coal on 141% feet draft and fully| Vessel men arriving here state that the ice to her builder’s expectations, _—‘| though in large masses, is rapidly wearing away the Milwaukee tugcompany’s new barge, |" # Very rott-n. The new steel ship E. P, Wilber, of the Le- ating de Sbepoyenn, writ probably be high line, is on her way to Duluth with her first cargo. Her tonnage rating has just been made and is 1902 net tonnage. : ©-The fine new steamship, Chas. Stewart Parnel is in port for the first time. The new May Durr is also in port with cedar ties, Though not so ; large as most of the new vessels, she isa fine manufactured a new propeller wheel, which | erat, Both are on their malden trips, ; he hopes will revolutionize the wheel busi- The Canadian Pacific Railway company, it is rumored, is about to build another boat for its toa new use and consists of five blades} jine from Port Arthur to Owen Sound, to be the with arim around the outside, The idea} jargest vessel on the lakes. She wiil be built in has been used most successfully for drawing | this country. They a'so propose building six foul air out of buildings where the circula- | immense iron boats for service between Chicago tion is bad. With his wheel Mr. Bangs|aod Owen Sound. The rumor is given for what hopes to overcome the washing in of the | it is worth. banks of canals. In the trial] the whee] | There is now about five million bushels of drove the boat all right, but when they re- | Wheat in store in Duluth. versed it all the blades broke from the hub Flour shipments for the week have been 56,- Sheriff's works report a wheel shipped to 770 barrels, 32,859 to Buffalo, 14,575 to Sarinia tug Nellie, of Pensacola, Florida, one tor and 3,886 barrels to Erie, There are now in M ares store 146,009 barrels, all but 3,750 of which was tugs C. M. Biter spd John Murtn, o in St. Paul & Duluth warehouses, luth, one to tug Davidson, of Chicago, and } : tug Sarah Smit, of Gladstone, and others,| Northwestern Miller: There is said to be 2,- The steambarge Tarrent is in deck for a OOD; 00) puphels ef eats eed ene lnithe ele- 4 5 vators at Ft. William, Ont., will necessetate a new Sherifl’s wheel, - | fleet of eight 25,000 bushels vessels to convey it Some of our reporters mist have weak east, Nearly as much more is thought to be eyes, asthe propeller Waverly is reported |,ti) in Manatoba and the Northwest, as clearing from Chicago, passing Mackinac Saniernnna and being ashore at Grosse Point all at the rte i valid and the trath of the matter was| ed a shipping sched of these ason on she was finishing out her load here after | -“**°°"Per!or occured Monday morning at half : hree, when the schooner Maggie McRae i n Chicago, | Past three, BB : paving received * partial load I : Ay) went down ten miles out from Thunder Cape 28 miles from port, in 600 feet of waters She Special to the oe with the schooner Laura, were consorts of the Steambarge S. ©. Baldwin and consort steambarge Bruno, all leaving here for Kings- India are loading lumber for Buffalo. ton with heavy loads of wheat. They struck The tug Eagle of Onekama was here Sun- | # heavy field of ice after passing Silver Islet, day, June 2, for repairs to engine. She is| The Bruno, leading, was badly damaged, and a very peculiar model, originally intended for |the Maggie McRae, the first tow, had her a passenger steamer but proved too cranky | bows stove in, filled with water went down in and is now used in fishing. Her original aboutgan hour. She isatotal loss. The crew cost was $10,000. ofseyen men had time to save clothing and Frankfort life station was supplied this|@xcape tothe Bruno. The Laura, the last week with a new Dobbins life boat, She|tW, escaped injury. The Bruno returned is a beauty and Captain Matthews takes juet here for repairs with the crew of the lost ves- pride in her, sel on board and the Laura intow. The Mag- Lake Michigan passenger steamer’s com-|8i¢ McRae had « cargo of 25,000 bushels of plain of very dull business. wheat consigned to Ogilvie Montreal. . Vessel The steambarge Tecumseh, and ecnsort|#2d cargo are acomplete loss. ‘The vessel Caroline and M. C. Cameron, loaded timber | belonged to J. & J.T. Mathews, Toronto atPierport, tor Montreal, and departed Satur- and has been in the lake service since 1873. day. Burmeister, | She had a registered tonnage of 315 tons and PORT DALHOUSIE. was yalued at $10,000, The cargo was worth The schooner M. A. Muir came off dry-| $25,000, which is insured in full. . dock Tuesday after having extensive re-| Up to last Thursday evening the amount of pairs done to her to fit ber up for the grain wheat shipped from this port via the lakes a- trade, She leaves as consort of the Enter-| mounted to one million, ten thousand bushels: prise for Port Arthur to load grain for Port} There arrilyed and was inspected to-day 17 Huron, cars. MACKINAC CITY, TOLEDO. The propeller California, which now lies sunk| The contract forthe erection of the Toledo in 50 feet of water twelve miles from Mackinaw, | Dock & Cos! Company’s new dock at Ironville on the north shore of Lake Michigan, has been | has been let to Messrs. A. D, Duck and Garri- purchased by E, Pease, of East Saginaw, who | gan Bros. for $18,000. will raise and repair her, The California foun-| The tug Andrews bas taken theschooner Locke dered in a gale October 3, 1887, and eight lives | to Sandusky, where she loads coal for the ‘‘Soo.” acity 2, 700 tone on ‘were lost by the disaster. Divers report her commanded by | resting on a clay bottom and in excellent condi- The propeller D. W. Powers is ashore on Skil- ‘into this port Friday night about 10 o’clock .weigan sailor, who got into the yawl to clear it Ihe Marine, Reconil SAND BEACH, Special to the Marine Record. usual amount of craft from seeking shelter in the harbor lately. The only craft seeking shel- ter lately was the tug George N. Brady with five barges and the schooner Maumee Valley, Messrs. Huxtoble and Ingles have added a amall vessel of the lap strake variety to the al- ready large fleet of hookers in this vicinity. The schooner is called the Lucinda, is 52 feet over all, 15 feet beam and 5 feet in the hold. Messrs, Hinkley and Green's dredge No. 6 with dump scows and tug came from the Soo Baturday to dredge in the harbor here. PORT HURON, The Ayon, bound up about 8:45 a, m., near the flats, collided with and sunk the steam- barge, City of Mount Clemens. The Avon lowered the small boat and put the crew on one of the barges in tow, The Mt. Clemens isfrom the “Soo” with aload of wood for Detroit. The steambarge Point Abino, loaded with lumber, sprung a leak and sank at her dock at Marysville. The ferry Dotmer has left with a steam pump and full wrecking ontfit to raise her. : The barge Transport, going ap Black ‘River with a load of stune for the Sulph te fiber wo ke, strack a pile and sunk in ten feet. of water. The schooner [ronsides is at anchor at Sarnia bay to get away from one of the owners, There is a dispute over the ownership of the vessel, which will have to be settled by Judge Brown, KINGSTON. The steamship Algonquin, whose arrival at Montreal about @ month since was at the time noted, left Catin’s dock on Tuesday, where she has been successfully unriveted and seperated into two sections for passage through the canals, She will proceed as far as Prescott or Ogdens- burg where she will be put together, and thence gotoPort Arthur, her anticipated route being between that ;ointand Kingston. Mr. Conway, canal superintendent, has charge of her as far as Preacott, The schooner Neelson loaded down too low with ore this morning, and went on the bottom at the stern. The Pierrepont pulled her off. ~The steamer Maynard commenced ‘running regular trips on the Cape Vincent-Alexandria Bay route Tuesday morning. At present she will leave Alexandia Bay every morning, and connect with the 11:25 a. m, train, then leave for the Bay where she will remain at.nights, LORAIN. While the schooner G, W. Adams was making aman was lost overboard, A brisk breeze was blewing at the time and John Brempsen, a Nor- away, losthis balance and fell in, Immediately the vessel was hove to, the boat lowered, and two | life preservers thrown to him. The tug let go the line and a thorough search was made for about two anda half hours, ‘but the man was not found, He having on oilekin aud sea boots it intsupposed he sank at once. Every effort of |.’ Captain H, L. Mills and crew-was:put forth but of no avail, SHEBOYGAN, Geo. Gearlds while hewing timber in the ship yard Monday, had the misfortune to cut his right leg below the knee quite badly with a broad axe. He will be unable to work for some time, A water hydrant has been placed on the dock near the Sheboygan Coal Co’s office by the City Water Co., for the use of vesselmen who may wish to make use of it by attaching a hose to fill boilers or wash decks, Mr. Kramer, a Chicago attorney, was here yesterday, taking the testimony of the crew of the propeller Pridgeon, which sunk the steam- ship Selah Chamberlain off Sheboygan two years ago. SANDUSKY, The tug Oswego, of Detroit, towing the barges Star of the North and Fostoria, for this port, and the Eliza, bound for Cleveland, lumber laden, from Saginaw, went ashore rounding Cedar Point Saturday night at 10:30 o’clock. The Star of the North sprung a leak and is lying in nine feet of water. The Eliza is hard aground and will have to be lightered. Tug Buffalo, of this port, succeeded in pulling he Fostoria off. While at work the Oswego caught alinein herrudder. The tug Swain s on her way from Astabula to effect the re- lease of the barges. EAST TAWAS, Much has been said und written about the something which the propeller Lehigh struck in Lake St. Clair, and, as itis claimed the spot is buoyed, why not send a diverdown and examine, as it may be the hull of the pro- peller Oregon, which left Bear Creek about thirty years ago, load d with wood, and savk off Gresse Point. Captain William Dana, of Algonac, spent part of one summer dragging tor the wreck, ‘The propeller was owned by the late O. M. Hyde, and was bound for Detroit. RACINE. The can buoy marking the passage over Ra cine reef broke loose from its moorings some time Saturday night and drifted away. As the reef is a dangerous one a red spar buoy has been placed in the same spot for the pres- ent guidance of vessel men. As soon as the regular buey can be recovered Or a new one obtained it will be replaced. ST. IGANCE. The schooner Charlie Marshall, with a cargo of cedar for Chicago, ran on a large rock in Me_ Kay’s Bay while going at the rate of nine miles anhour. The tug Waldo A. Avery went to her and released her and brought her to this port. She is considerable damaged, ove whole plank being torn ‘off. Reid & Co,’s diver, Dodd, is patching her bottom, aod when finished she will be taken to Milwaukee by the Avery. | ERIE, The revenne cutter Perry is being fitted and The long spell of fine weather has kc pt the} will go into commission June 10. Captain Men. driques, commander, and with Lientenant Good- ing aud Wadsworth and Chief Engineer J, RB. Daily, have reported for duty, Boats at the hard coal dock load on an aver- age of three hours each. The water is good in in the day and vessels get quick despatch, EAST SAGINAW, Shipments by water from Saginaw river to Jane 1, which include few cargoes moved in April, were 79,189,000 feet lumber, 9,795,000 feet shingles, and 2,206,000 pieces lath, About the 15th of this month the Lehigh Valley line steamers are to begin to call reg- ularly at Gladstone, Michigan for down freight. As soon as the docks there are ready coal is to be carried up. LITERARY NOTICES, HARPER’S MAGIZINE comes before the public once tore, wel deserving the attention it will receive. The work throughout, both literary and artistic, meets the usual high stindard de- manded of this periodicul. The frontispiece isa ortrait of King Lake, the historian of Lord Rag- an in the Crimeau War, engraved from a pho- tograyh by Kruell. The initial article, by R. R, Bowker, on ‘‘London as Literary Centre,’’ presents many interesting facts abut the writers who have made that great city their home, Of course only a few, comparatively, could be men- tioned, but Mr. Bowkers’s selection has been indeious, The portraits are excellent and nUmerous—twenty seven of them, in fact, In the June number a second paper on this subject Will be given, devoted especially to novelists, “ Winter in Algiers” is a continuation of F. A. Bridgman’s article, begun in the April num- ber, and contains even more details of men, wo- men, and children, and things animate and in- animate, than its predecessor in April. Life, death, marriage, and divorce, not to mention bath, food, and religivus worship, are clever! treated. The numerous illustrations are excel- lent specimens of the art of Ameri-an wood- engravers, i A third paper on the West by Mr. Warner is devoted to Chicago, The advantages and dis- advantages of that city are compared, and the ormer are‘ found to beso many and so great that the latter'sink into insignificance, From a business, architectural, and social pint of view Mr. Warner admires Gmieago immensely, OOO At Kingston Ont. the M. T. Co, intend at once laying the keel for 8 70,000-bushel barge, POSALS FOR A SHORE PROTECTION AT PRO) ERIE. PA., AND FOR THE IN : Pea IRON TO BE USED U. 8, ENGINEER OFFICE, Beate Burrato, N. Y., May 29, 1888, — Sealed proposals im triplicate will received at this office until 12 M., Easterm Standard time, July 2, 1888, for furvishing materials (except iron) and bulla’ ing a shore protection en the lake side of the neek of the Peninsula at Erie, Pa., and for furmishiag the iron required therefor. Protection is 6,000 feet jeng. Funds available $52,000 80 much will be puilt as condition of appropriation will admit. ew ificatioms and all necessary information will be furnished an application. F. 4.MAHAN, Captain ef Engineers, FOR SALE HEAP.—The hull, a burned tug Paddy Mu Bay. Two H.P. engines, and were axtoion i e SHIP WELLS. Josepl Moffett, of Cleveland, Ohio, has re- ceived patent for ship wells, which will prove of great utility on all vessels. The specification form part of letters patent No. 381,943, dated May 1, 1888. The application filed February 20, 1888. Serial No. 264,595. (No model.) To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Joseph Moffett, a citi- zen of the United States, residing at Cleve- land, in the county of Cuyahoga and state of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in ships, of which the follow- ing is a specification, This invention relates toships, and has for its object to provide a quick and ready means of getting down into the hold of loaded ships with a suction hose of a pump for pumping out the water which may, by reason of acci- dent, as collisions, epring aleak, or otherwise, getintothehold. ; It consists in providing reserve wells in the ship, reaching from the deck down into the bottom of the hu!l, into which the suc- tion hose of a pump muy be inserted and ce tn ce draw the water from the bottom, the water in the hold having access to the wells, there- by greatly facilitating the labor and reduc- ing the expense of removing water from loaded ships without removing or disturbing the cargo. ‘To accomplish such results I construct and attach to ships wells or com- municating tubes from the deck down into the hold, substantially as shown in the ac- companying drawings, in which— The figure is a longitudinal section of the bull of a ship, showing the location and ar- ranyement of the said wells therewith, A in the several figuresrepresents a a cas- ing or tubing reaching from the deck {a to tiie bottom of the hold of a ship, forming a well or vertical chamber, In the lower part of said casings are made vetical s:ots b, ex- tending from the bottom upward about two feet above the said slots. A second row of similar slots qare also made about two feet above the said slots} ‘These slots are two inches wide acd oneinch apart, the bars forming a grating through which water may pass into the well. Within the casing is pro- vided a valve, B, consisting of a box open at each end and fitted to slide snugly in the lower end of the casing. It is designed to close the slots on the inside of the casing A, and is made long enough to cover both rows of slots bandc. At the middle part of said valve are made openings in the sides, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. To the top of said box B are attached rods DD, having eyes or loops d on their upper ends. The rods are designed to be u for Ree ae 5 a THE CHASE FOG WHISTLE MACHINE, The dangers attending fogs on the lakes are’ well known to ail our sailor men, and all know. that the regulations require that, during fogs, a signal shall be scunded at regular intervals, Under the old system of fog signals, the service and close attention of a man was required at all times while navigating in a fog, and thia service became so monotonous that Mr. Chase, engineer of the steamer Ohio, devised aud atented 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, : 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 every cage we refer with pleasure, all those interested to the owners and masters of said steamers: Wilson Transit Line, Cleveland, O.—Steamers Spokane, Wallula, Kasota, To i Missoula, Sitka, | : bei teresa Northwestern Transportation Co., Detroit, . Mich.—Steamers Fayette Brown, R. J. Hackett, Forest City. Cleveland Transportation Co., Cleveland o.— Steamers Sparta, Havana, Vienna, Townsend, Bradley Transportation Co., Cleveland, Oo.—~ coeer ea A Tite ee Chisholm, uperior, E, B. e, M. B, Grover, J. 8, R, P. Ranney. 3 Sire H. H. Brown, Cleveland, 0.—Steame Moore, Chas. J. Sheffield. pea, Owen Line, Ghicago, I11,—Steamer Ira H, OCamabrt Outh Jambria, Outhwaite, Samuel Ma & Rhodes, Columbia, Aurora, maeeried fhe machine is at all times under of the captain; that is, if it is n wads “tane sivnal shall be given to a 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 pda to do so by the master, ¢ yolssinge the report presented by the com. ~ mittee: Sore pineiiaen | To the President and Board ti Steam be required mend it a aiaitas prbeors vessels as an addition: a *% » Rol INSON, > ent manetertnrer ene the Ch ; me ‘achine Co., ase Fi a Clevel Fes ae baad of Elm snd Spruce streets, Whistle raising the valve whenever the well is to be used, and hold it up for uncovering the slots, 8, to trecly admit water into the well. The lower ends of the slots are beveled down- ward to prevent the lodgment of grain or other matter which comprises the cargo of the ship. There may be made a holein thedeck over the well, which may be closed with a suitable cover, or there may be scribed a ring in the top surface of the deck to indicate the loca- tion of the well underneath. Then, when necessary for use, a hole way be cut through the deck for the insertion of the pump suc tion hose. From the foregoing it will be ceen that the ship having these wells may be loaded with the cargo completely surrounding the well, - and then in case of emergency will be pro- vided with a ready means of withdrawing the water from the midst of the cargo with- out having to remove or disturb it, the opera- tion of which is as follows: When required to withdraw the water from the bold, an entrance through the deck is made by cutting a hole or removal of a cover, as betore stated. Then the valve is raised by the rods and secured in that posi- tion by running arod or bar through the loops or eyes above the deck, This opens all the slots and gives ready ingress of water to the well. Now the suction hose of apump may beinserted through the deck and passed down to the very bottom of the hull and the water pumped out, The casing and valve shown in the draw- ings are designed to be made of heavy wood plank, in which case the well is made with square sides. By making them of metal they may be made cylindrical; but they should be strong enough to withstand hard blows or usage without injury. Having Gescribed my invention, what claim is— The improvement in ships, consisting in the combination of the casing A, secured between the deck and the bottom of the hold, said casing having the slotted or grated open- ing bcin its sides at and near the bottom, and provided with the valve B, playing in- side of the casing, for closing the said slots when down, and having the middle open- ings, whereby when raised by the rods D free openings are wade through the slots or grate ings, communicating with the interior of the wells, substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified. JoszeH Movrverr. itnesses, Gxzo. W, Trssirts, F, W. CapweELt, Rights to Manufacturers for sale. Address, G. C, Barnnzs, Cleyeland,O. -