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< ‘the ele a nton by John Craig his port. She is a truck, and with her ck presented a fine ap” Beecher dock. Her about 88 feet, Jength eam 18 feet, depth 8 feet of about 40 tons, custom’s ie has two spars which ental, as she will carry hinery is amidships,with a tack give her a very salty wer vn by the Ful- s,and’are fore and aft com-| ae improved kind, 10 and 4 ingh stroke sher boiler is6 ft. feet 4 inches length, allowed a 110 pounds to the equare inch; : rout wheel 4 feet in diameter meiderable lead, and it is ¢xpected make anywhere from thirteen to files per Hour; she is decked over ished, with a heavy brass rail all a with accommodation for twelve or forecastle is nicely fin- ood and will accommo- She will be commanded ipt. A. E. Hudson, and Alexander Bain beergineer. This is perhaps the fin- boat in this port; will cost when fin- ied, which will be in about ten days, _ Captain Ben. Boutelle, a prominent ves- owner of Bay City, was in town Mon- No less than nine aecidents have been re- a on the lakes wishin tke last three due protably to the thick weather, yri6 feet, allowed. a, working, 3 wd the equare ineb. PB ughiy rebuilt and. paired and is now in most excellent con- dition. She will take her route between Cleveland and the Islands. She made a raat trip taeeday ard fuACaahes. ‘proved ery satisfactory. _ At the yard of John Oades everything is ata standstill, owing to a strike among his men. Captain Oades, when the Charles ‘Hebard was completed, rather than close up his yard and turn off his men, took a con- tract to build a scow lighter to tow as con- - gort to the Hetard, at a very low figure; he says that solfar as he is personally inter- ested he would rather not touch the work, but he considered that the work of building the scow would keep his men working un- til other orders came in. Saturday night he notified his men that in consequence of the above, and owing to the hot summer weather, which kept men from doing a full day’s work outside, he would reduce the wages of all high-priced men twenty-five cents per day, and Monday..afternoon they all went out on a strike; by 12 o’cleck Wednesday they will all bave been paid off, and unless the strikers decide to return to work at proposed rxtes Captain Oades will be released from his contract and will close up his yard until fall. The new steamer Charles Hebard left this port for up the lakes, making on her maiden trip 12 miles per hour up the river, which is equal to 14 miles per hour down. One of the builders of her engines took indicator ecards between here and St. Clair which showed 425 horse power, cutting off at 12 inches and 650, cuiting off one-half stroke, which is considered very good. The stesm yacht Lucille, built for Ed. Henkle of this city, made her trial trip Tuerday to the satisfaction of all concerned. Her engines worked splendidly. At the Detroit Dry¢ock company’s dry- €ock the St. Paul is in dock for repairs to couplings, calking anda general; overbaul- _ing. The Riverside Iren works have made a new crank shatt for Captain Ruelle’s tug Carrington, repaired the air pumps of the tug Swain, put in new brasses and con- siderable other repairs on the steamer Ga- -gelle and done considerable work on the tugs Torrent, Sweepstakes, W. A. Moore and made a new universal coupling for the steamer St. Paul now in dock. They are also giving the Justice Field a new wheel. _ The new propeller Robert C. Wente, built for the Manistee Lumber company by Linn of Gibralter,and whose engines were a fore and aft compound 19and 36 by 30, furn- ished by Samuel F. Hodge, started on her first trip last week, and her machinery has proven most satisfactory in every respect; engineer and owners expressing themeelves as being more than pleased with them. The largest tow of the season passed down Tuesday a. m., consisting of the tug Sweepstakes with the echooner Melvin 8. ‘Bacon, C. H. Johneon, Hartford, Selkirk, Montana and W. H. Rounds. The schooner Lake Forest, which was ashore at Skilligalee, was released Sunday by Grummond’s wrecking tug maarab. wi AMHERSTBURG, Last Friday the schooner Irorsides ar- rived here with a load of coal for J. G. gant new smoke and heat of Chicago, We left Chicago ‘to South ‘Haven, in a little ‘over six hours, After making a substantial breakfast on board |that home comforts could be had ad libitum, ‘I enjoyed very much the pleasant walk in and Mullen ‘from Cleveland, and Saturday, the captain diecharged his men and pxid them off.. Now the men are going to make it in- inaforeign port. They are interviewing the United States consul at this port und there is no doubt but what they will receive his protection, as there isa heavy penalty attached to the offense the captain of the Trous‘des is charged with. SOUTH HAVEN. Special to the Marine Record. » » 1 : Through the kindness and courtesy of H- W. Williams, owner of the splendid new pas- ssenger and freight steamer which bears his name, your correspondent was enabled to en- y a couple of days and nights away from the at 11:30 p. m. Saturday and made the run over a a the steamer I looked up a good hotel, the “Pacific”. kept by host Brown, where I found around South Haven and at Avery’s Park and beach; and where I picked wild straw berries listened to the sweet singing of the birds and watch the wild rabbits in their sportive antics in the woods, Good bass and pickerel fishing can be had in Black river which runs through South Haven ont into Lake Michigan. I vis- ited the life saying station and made the ac- quaintance of Captain J. H. McKenzie, the keeper and his crew of seyen fine, hardly look- ing young men all ready forduty. Although South Haven life saving station was only es- tablished in the spring of 1887, it has been sup- plied with an old fashioned 8 o ars English style life boat, which it would be impossible for the crew of 8 men including the keeper to manage as she is too heavy and unwieldy and in fact would require a tug to tow her to do any service. The surf boat is also too large for the crew to manage, -being a twelve oar boat and the man who steers her would stand a much better.chance of being knocked over | board than of staying onthe raised deck att. Eyerything at the, station is kept in perfect} order and it isa pity that such an establish- ment for life-saving purposes should be sup- plied with such useless life boat. the most serviceable and complete life boat in the world ,and it is being used by foreign na- tions, andif Uncle Sam would only give en, couragement to one of his sons he would place one of the Dobbins patent life boats at every life saving station inthe United States. TI also paid a visit to Captain J, L. Donahue who is in his fifteenth year as keeper of the light house, and found that the light house had this season been supplied with a new gasoline light which will keep burning eight days and nights in case of very bad weather. The light is of the fifth order a fixed red. Captain Donahue lost a leg in the strife be- tween the north and south, but is every inch a man without it. He has avery fine boat house with some elegant boats for pleasure and fishiug parties to hire. I tried one of them and can testify as to how easily she glided through the water of Lake Michigan, I found that George Smith was building a schooner 55 feet long, 16 feet beam, 6 feet hold. I must not forget to mention that I called on my old friend Captain Winter, who is run ning a fine store and bakery, and looks hearty and well although his hair has got silvery. His son, Captain Tom, formerly of Chicago, was also there and is looking hearty. Black river, South Haven, requires some money appropriated for dredging purposes; otherwise the elegant steamer supplied by H. W. Williams will be unable to nayigate it. Private enterprise is keeping the river dredged at present, which is hardly fair to Michigan voters when so much money is laying idle in the U. 8. treasury. WILLIAMS GRAND HAVEN, Captain Jemes Beauvais, keeper of our life saving station, has resigned his positicn, to take effect July 1, prox. Captain Beauvais entered the life saving service at Muskegon in 1880. In 1884 he was promoted to the position of keeper of Big Point (Au Suble) station, After serving at that place for one year he was again promoted for good qualifi- cations and placed in charge of this station, where he has built up a reputation that any keeper in the service may wellenvy. During the eight years that he bas served asa lite saver he has never flinched from his duty, and the great success with which he has met while saving people from wrecks is to be attributed to his true courage and complete understanding of the business. KINGSTON, Two of Easton’s berges were ashore near the Cape Saturday, but they worked themselves off without receiving any damage, Information about the lost schooner Blanche will be thankfully received by the postmaster at Colburne. The steamer Rothsay went from Gananoque to Toronto, 180 miles, in a little over ten hours; very fast going. Early Satarday morning as the schooner Wat- ertown was getting her anchors on board Port Dalhousie the trap slipped, causing the anhor to fall against the rail, catching the mate’s arm and breaking it. He was driven to St, Cathar- ines and had it dressed by Dr,Greenwocd, He is a brother of Captain Beaupre and belongs to Portsmouth, | The Philo Bennett, Gaptan Bates, bad a terri- Ihe Marine . teresting for the captain for paying them off | A+ McCutcheon was lasned to the wheel, and ble time coming down frum Oswego Saturday laden with coal, While near Pigeon Island the wind changed and the sea began to roll over her. he did his duty like a man, never flinching nor asking to be releived, John Malony, while on boom reefing the mainsail, went under the water twice, had a narrow escape from being drowned. The Bennett managed to get beneath Four M le Point, Reconi. 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, 1883. THOMAS MARTIN, - = = « MAMES, ASH; = Sinin Poen mene W. BULLARD, =) = : Oxwego, N Buffalo, N, N N x; Buff Y. On Saturday evening the schooner Elsworth | sp, Canpwern, President, & hve pila N. q started from Grindstone Islahd, iaden with 700 | %T, vans, = + = + Buffalo, N. Y. | aks ONRY, - - » fe tons of stone, in tow of the steamer Pierrepont | p, Pp. Nauiehe ts he puaict Pe .S Half a uile from the island the schooner stuck Plumb Island shoal and knocked a hole in her bottom and sank, Steam pumps ftom Kingston arrived shortly after the accident, The n ost of the stone had been lightered from the schooner, and she is expected to be afloat Thursday. Her bow is in ten feet of water and her stern eight feat under. She is owned by Mr. T. Martin, Oswego. Be ee ; DULUTH. i f A dredge has been at’ work on the steamship Fred Mereur, aground in Superior harbor, since Thursday ‘afternoon, She is partially loaded with wheat and was on her way to this) city to finish her cargo with flour, The Simon Lyngell which was hard aground fortwo days, got off Wednesday night and went on her way, The big sieamships J. Emery Owen, and the Germania are in Duluth with their first cargoes. Both are fine ships aud are fresh from the hands of the makers, The steamship Kasoto loads 13,000 barrels of flour here Friday and clearsfor Washburn where she fills out her lcad with coro, Never has the current in the canal been so strong now, Friday it was a rardj.b for a vessel to get through. When the tugs, booms end men under the Erie, Pa, Cleveland, O. - Cleveland, 0. Frank J. Prete. Vice President, « M. A. BRADLEY, - - - - H. M, HANNA, = - - - THomas Wiison, Vice President, - Cleveland, O. A.W, CoLton, = = - - = Toledo, 0. JamEs W. MILLEN, Vice President, \\etroit, Mich. KBER WARD, = = - «= «= Detroit, Mich. JAMES Davipson, = += = = Bay City, Mich. JOS AUSTRIAN, = + = = «© Whieago, M11, »M. EGAN, = = + = - Chicago, Ill. Tra H. Owen, Vice President, - - Chicago, Ill. R. P. FivzeeRanp,+ §= -/ = Milwaukee, Wis. Davip VancR,)- - + = = Milwaukee, Wis; ALEX McDovcann, ©< = + Duluthy Minn. HARRY MURPHY, Secretary, - = Buffaio, N. Y, JAS. CARRY EVANS, Treasurer, + Buffalo, N.Y. MARINE RECORD—OFFICIAL PAPER, MAIDEN TRIP OF THE STEAMER NORTHERN LIGHT. On Monday, at 5:13 p. m., the steamer Northern Ligat, built by the Globe Iron Works compuiy, departed from the port of her birth for foreign shores. She was timed when she squared away for Buffalo, and made the roo down in thirteen hours and a talt. The Norihern Light is one of the best built and most symmetrical boats that has ever been turned «ut of » shipyard. We may say that this new steamboat squared away for Butlalo at 5:18 Monday evening with seversl interested parties ayoard, namely: J. F. Pankhur-t, geneal manager of the Globe Iron Works company, John Smith, superintendant of construc. charge of Mr. Alexander F azer reached the Grassy Point bridge he was met by an excited individual who commanded him not to dare to string booms alo: g the bridye. In any case this would have been useless, as the swells were run- ning too high for any boom to be of any service. At this point Mr, Andy Gowan, Nelson's fore- man was met, Andy had a crew of about fifty men on a special train, and they were. in a bad fix, They were wet, cold and hungry, Mr, Frazer distributed them among the tugs of which there were four, including the Rambler, Eliza Williams, Amethyst a:d Nellie Cotton... All of which carry ‘cooks, ana what grub there ‘was: ‘ : PUPS ey ATE ET : ‘|soon used up. After d Itation it wa > Captain Dobbins of Buffalo’ has constructed eRe ea eae é decided to fall back and await the consequenses of the jam of logs at the upper bridge. The tugs, now reinforced by The Spirit, took the logs down to Rice’s Point, where Mr, Frazer fas- tened one end of a string of boom sticks meas- uring perhaps a mile anda half tothe dock at Grey’s mill, securing it firmly and then spread its boom diagonally across the stream, station- ing the Amethyst at the further end of it with orders'to keep that end as far up, the stream and as near the Wisconsin shore as possible. The other tugs were sent around behind the boom to gradually shove itup stream, and thus the night was passed, By daylight the head of the jam began to appear and by 10a, m. about twenty million feet were safe, The jam above Grassy Point is estimated by Mr. Nelson to be about four miles long, and the dalles are also full of wing jams. These will have to be sacked and driven at once tosave the water. To-day the tugs are working hard to push logs‘over to the booming grounds on the Minnesota side of the river, and along the west side of Rice’s Point, and if the wind does not interfere with these plans, it l.oks as if they:would be successful.— Duluth Herald. OGDENSBURG, The vateh Carleton seized at Gananoque has been released on making a deposit of a $200 bond. The indictment brought. against her was for non-registering, failure to have her boilers inspected, and for not having life saving ap} ar- atus on beard, The revenve cutterBibb went into commission Wednesday. The officers are as follows: D.C. Constable, captain; H. B. Rogers, first lieuten- ant; J. L. Davis, second lieutenant; Wm. C, Wheeler, chief engineer; Chas. Nash, assistant engineer; N. Nelson pilot. The schooner Jennie White, accomplished a feat;Thursday that has not been witnessed here in years. She came down the river grain laden, with all sails‘ bent,’rounded the buoy, and made | the upper barbor without the customary assist- ance of a steam tug. Those in a position to know, say 4 similar feat bas not been success” fully accomplished in many a day. Stephen Martin, living on the lake shore near Klingsbridge, found a botile on the beach last Sunday, inside of which wasa piece of bark, signed by Captain MeDunn, and saying that the schooner Tiffen of Bay City Mich.,, weut down with all bands fifteen miles out from Goderich, There was no date given, Another bottle crank, EAST SAGINAW. Martin Hansen, a sailor on the schooner Mc- Vea, fell overpoard at this port to-day, and drowned. He was thirty years of age and be- leaved to be single. He shipped at Chicago May 8. The three-wasted schooner Frank L, Ewen was launched from F, W. Wheeler’s ship-yard, West Bay City, The boat is 200 feet keel, 27 feet wide, and 16 feet molded depth. She was built for Morley, Ewen, & Co., East Saginaw, and Hawgood & Avery, Bay City, and will go into the grain and ore trade. Her cost was $55,000, SANDUSKY. The barge C. H. Plummer wis launched at Sandusky Saturday, ‘he vessel is 118 foot keel, 28 foot beam and 8 foot bold. The Plummer is owned by the Sandusky tion, Captain Mareb, Thomas FitzPatrick, ex-local inspector, and the Marine Editor man. Lhe boat bowled along under the most favorable circumsta’c>-, turning up 69 to 70 revolutions of the wheel per minute with 135 to 140 pounds of s:eam, arriving «t Buffalo just fourteen hours after her de- parcure trom Cleveland, thus beating the time made by the E. P. Wilbur 30 minutes, Whi'e we are willing to weknowledge that the Wilbur may prove berself’ to /be: th fastert boat «nthe lake, we hold thabthe Nocthern Light will demuastrate that she i equal co all! emergencies. In turning § revolutions every winure the Norther | Light went along at the rate of 13 miles per’ - hour,indieating a speed thit few boats can surpass, The Northern Light is com- manded by Captain George W. Stoddard; mate, Charles Brown; second mate, William Barnes; First Engineer. Charles Davis; second engineer, Mr Anderson; and steward, K, Letham. The Northern Light will go into’the ore trade, between Superior city and Ohio ports, on» account of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Manatoba rail road Co, It is under- stood that this company will use their entire fleet, during the season of 1888 for the tr: nspor- tation of coal for fuel for their entire linecf engines, ~~ pos : the appearance of the Northern Light at that port. t ES AIP: WELLS: Josept Moffett, of Cleveland, Ohio, has re- ceived patent for ship wells, whicu will prove of great utility on ail vessels, The specification form part of letters patent No. 381,943, dated May 1, 1888. ‘Lhe application tiled February 20, 1888. Serial No. 264,595. (No model.) To all whom it may concern: Be it known thac I, Joseph Moffett, a citi- zen cf tue United States, residing at Cleve- land, in the coanty 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 nold of loaded ships with a suction hose of a pump for pumping out the water which may, by reason of acci- dent, as collisions, spring aleak, or otherwise, get into the hold, 4 It consists in providing reserve wells in the ship, reaching from the deck down into the bottom of the hull, into which the suc- tion hose of a pump muy be inserted and 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 L construct and attach to ships wells or com- municating tubes from the deck down into the bold, substantially as shown in the ac- companying drawings, in which— The figure is a loigitudinal 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 ga to tne bottom of the huld ot a skép, 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 care also made about two teet above the said slots ‘These slots are two inches wide and oneiveh 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 ot slotsbundc. Atthe middle part of said coal company aud willrun in the stone and coal trade. She will be commanded by Cap- tein A. T. Helbig. The first trip willgbe to East Saginaw with fifty cords of stone. valve are made openings in the sides, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear, To the top of said box B are atteched rods DD, having eyes or loops d on their upper ends, The rods are designed to be used for Buffalo papers were loud iu their praise of |” : LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION, | First-class Merchant Tailoring & Doue in the nobbiesr style, according to monthly new fushion plates, and the prices made as low asx for ready-made store gar- ments is adop‘ed oy Jos, L. Kohn, practical tallor and eutter, 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 tusre of the customer, Cull on KOHN & Co., 213 Detroic atreet, Cleves land O. eee FOR SALE, TEAM. yacht..27. feet Jong, engines 5 by 6. Si inches. Also marine entities One rarer 4 by 6 with boiler 28 by 48, two screw wheels, one 20 inches and one 26 inches diameter. Also pattern for steam bearing stuffing boxes and driving boxes, foot lathe 1044 inches swing, 32 inches between euts, Jones Lau.son & Co. make, and stock of tools, Call or ad« dress ©. G. ORTH 560 Pearl street, City. FOR SALE. A three mast scow, light draft, carries 100,000 feet of lumbez. Scow and outfit in good condition, and a steady trade can be had for her all this season. Apply to A.G JOHNSON, 95 Division st., Chicago, or THOMAS WILLIAMS, 252 South Water St , Chi- cago FOR SALE HEAP, for cash, the schooner H. M. Avery, of South Haven; length over all 67 feet, beam 17 feet, depth of hold 5 teet 3 inches; will earry 2,000, bushels of corn, or 42,000 feet of lumber. Came out in May 1887; is very fast. Apply to J. F, SMITH, drawer 46, South Haven, Mich. ea atresia set A SNP RR PROPOSALS FOR A SHORE PROTECTION AT ERIE, PA., AND FOR THE IRON TO BE 0: THEREIN. va U. 8, ENGINEER OFFICE, Burrao, N. Y., May 29, 1888, Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received at this office until 12 M., Eastern Standard time, July 2, 1888, for furnishing materials (except tron) and bulld- ing a shore protection on the lake side of the neck of the Peninsula at Erie, Pa., and for furnishing the iron required therefor. Protection is 6,009 feet long. Funds available $5:,000 So much will be puilt as condition of appropriation will admit. Specifications and all necessary information will be furnished an anplication. . F, A,MAHAQ, Captain of Engineers, : FOR SALE HEAP.—The hull, engines, boiler and outfit of the burned tug Paddy Murphy, as she lies in Dover Bay.’ Two H. P engines, 17 square and botler 14x64 and were first-class im every aeeyeet) Gall or address oe WARNER & BEOKER, Room 10, Arcade Building, St. Qlair St., etek) ~~ Qleveland, Ohio. EL t oh 20 passenge’ old; mile boat in t! * tion; } reasonable and 9: her Jar- inquire of c SMALL 8’ Db 28, MURPHY, ‘Bay A NO VULCAN IRON WORK raising the valve whenever the well is to be used, and bold it up for uncovering the slots, 8, to trecly admit water into the well. The lower ends of the siots are beveled down- ward to prevent the lodgment of grain or other matter whici comprises the cargo of theship. There may be made a holein the deck over the well, which may be closed with a suitable cover, or there muy be scribed a ring in the top surface of the deck to indicate the loca- tion of the well underueath. 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 baving to remove or disturb it, the opera- tion of which is as follows: When required to withdraw the water from the hold, 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 a rod or bar through the loops or eyes above the deck. This opens ull the slots and gives ready ingress of water to the well. Now the suction hose of apump may be inserted 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 muy be made cylindrical; but they should be strong enough to withstand hard blows or usage without injury. Having Cescribed 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 cin 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 grat- ings, communicating with the interior of the wells, substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified. JoszPH Morrxrt. itnesses. ' Gro, W, Tiszitts, F, W, CapWELL. Rights to Mavufacturers for sale. Address G. C. Barnzs, Cleveland, O, city; will carry is cod tealen 80 NORTHCLINTON ST-, CHICAGGILL.