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| 2 aE - Sarere OLD BELLE WILSON. | waited on the mayor, Mr. Swift being absent, Under the above caption the Chicago Trib His honor had a long talk with the gentleman une makes a strong effort to prove that Cana- in the course of which Mr. Mullin denied the dian shipping is fast disappearing from the | charges reperted as emanating from him. | great lakes and that in a few years the British | Captain Higgie told Mayor Roche that the flag will bea curiosity on inland waters, In | appointment of H. R. McCauley was counter the article the animus of the writer is easily | o the wishes of nine-tenths of the local yes- discernible and veracity has to give way to| sel men, and that the only people who were prejudice. satisfied with his appointment were the East That the Belle Wilson was old and rotten | ern stockholders of the big propeller lines. and unable to cope with the sea is entirely |“My honored sir” continued the V. O. 'l.’s OSE hee see ee RE Sera in Irwin’s administration, and urged the { Mayor to place him in a position to act: There had been acontinuous conflict of au- thority between the vessel dispatcher and and Irwin. Mr. Higgie argued that the chief harbor maste- should bein absolute control | on the river, and that the vessel dispatcher’s office should be conducted under the super- | vision of the harbor master. Asthe matter | now stands there aretwo harbor masters. Mr. McCauley is walking about with his com DETROIT DRY DOCK CO,, false, and in any case it is difficult to under-| president, “the office of the vessel dispatcher | miesion in his pocket, and Captain Irwin has | : stand what that one fact would have to do with the decadence of Canadisn shipping. She was classed B1 in Inland Lloyd, a very good standing, was a staunch vessel, and valued at $8,000. It was not a mere “stiff | summer breeze” that she foundered in, but a | severe storm, and a storm, too, that was felt by American vessels. The Tribune might | with profit search nearer home for facts about , individual vessel owner, the man who lives | is now in the Anchor line building. You] not yet abdicated. Today a representitive | are appointing as harhor master a man second | body of gentlemen engaged in the vessel bas | in command of the Union Steamboat com- | ness will wait on Commissioner Swift, wad? pany’s biggest steamship. With the dis. endeavor to get that official to recall McCaul- | patcher under the same roof with the Anchor ey’s commission. line officials and the chief harbor-master | 2 tied to the apron strings of the Union Steam- Dixon’s. Black Lead boat company, what is to become of the poor rotten hulks. It has not yet passed out of j and casts his yo e in Chicago, and who aids | [OR POT LEAD] remembrance that the steamer Vernon, Anew | in the support of the municipality by the | For Bottoms of Yachts | American vessel, and though small, claimed payment of taxes? ‘Ihe propeller line cor | “| to be one of the finest crafts on the Jakes, was | gunk last summer on Lake Michigan, vet that in quite an ordinary gale of wind. The| n foundered with all on board, except | one man. The steamer, cracked up ans splendid vessel in every respect, went on i before a gale much lighter than ville See sank the Belle Wilson. The possession by Canadian vesse)l-owners of such fine matted the Algonquin, Rosedale, Macasee, Alber = Athabasca, Nyles, of Hamilton; Bir or auaey Tilley, of St. Catharines; United sna pitee 4 the Beatty line, and many others, sigesaad 1 cannot be rivalled even by the Amerl- cans go to show that infregard to vessel lin ~ Canadian vesselmen are on a pat wit any nation in the world. Orders are rie continually givea for more vessels of this a fact proving the confidence of the proprietors of the “decading” Canadian sis rine in their future. That Canadian marine trade with the United States has spat oes the past few years isina measure brae, ju attention has been paid to our own In late years new openings for Cana- WVerno whick erty, class, much traffic. end new ports have been developed. zoe Arthur, that a short time ago was hardly heard of, has now become a great shipping port, and is increasing year by year: _ notoriety has only been gained within the pas eavs, and yet an enormous shipping two y business is done there now, 4 trade that _the Americans would} be gladj to participate fio. With Port Arthur, Owen Sound has _ into greater prominence, @ large amount 0: business being done between these two ports, and they are going to continue to prosper. - a nS : 7 =o shipyard has been constructed at Owen aaa co = = | , = for the building of large steel steamers, ani 7 = a : 2 le already one isin the course of construction for — 3 os a 3 the Canadian Pacific railway, while orders | “=< ee ay ES 2s : have been given for another. With theen-| 5 “oS <= Ss ae Jargement of the Canadian system .of canals 2) w= - 2s = he 4gement which the Dominion | ¢5_ So ; and the encourage’ ich ” ; ao = 3 5) s 5 government is ready and willing to give this ae {= =o} ¢ Ss a great interest, Canadians look forward toa ee S z x vast increase of through traflic to the o ean. ang ‘j] So S S = Another important factor in the season of = cc = = = S 5 prosperity expected is the fact that the port as} es é ea of Montreal is largely increasing its trade|"C5> Cy ee mn 3 every year, and this, of course, has a tendency = a ao © to draw more trade toit. Itis likely toin- as a s crease much more rapidly in the future than in the past. In this regards, as also in respect porations are trying to get control of this| Speciaily Prepared for the Purpose and Une | river, and it looks very much as it they were| 4Ualled for Purity and Uniformity of Grain. | JO-EPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO., Mr. Higgie then extolled the good points ' Jorsey City, N. J. New York Office, 68 Reade St. GENERAL cContvTRACTORE.| AND BUILDERS OF SIMPSON’S PATENT IMPROVED TIMBER DRY DOCK, Y NO. 35 BROADWAY, going to succeed. Sey, Hi, B. Ship-builders : Ne eae : Dry Dock will admit Vessels of 1100 tons drawing 12 feet. Have also a set of dian enterprise have come into prominence, | Boxes in connection with the Ship yard capable of lifting Vessels of 350 tons, A % ye, -& Sy as — Ly) and Contractors. large stovk of SPARS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. VESSELS DOCKED AND REPAIRED ON REASONABLE TERMS, MANITOWOC, WIS. ce bAGIEE LRON VV ORIG. MANUFACTURERS OF Duplex,Hoisting «Deck Engines ao wae Here: THE SIMPLEST AND bhs OfFEKKD—SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. j look YY? y to vessel property, the Tribune may UB 7 D gs 483 Th about it for facts. Between Chicago and Og- u 4 ] 8 j 0 %. densburg a few years ago there wasfenough usiness to give employment toa fleet of 20| Engines, Boilers and Pumps on Hand for Prompt Shipment, to 22 propellers. Today five or six are all that is required for the trade. The Tribune says that Canadian vessels appear at Chicago only once or twice a month. They are there eyery week and never leave without full car- goes. Itis, too, assuming to much in saying that business men at Chicago or and other American port will discriminate against, or, as the Tribune puts it, “boycott” Canadian wessels simply because they are Canadian ves- sels. They will, of course, give the preference to the vesse! going by the most advantageo.s route, but it can hardly be believed that on account of a vessel’s nationality these men would refuse to ship their goods byher. The decadence of the Canadion marine need not cause the Chicago’ Tribune any anxiety. With the prospects before them, the Canadian vwesselmen can look forward to the future hopefully, with no fear of the British flag being forced, by the condition of trade, off the great lakes.— Kingston News. Relative to the proposed change of Harbor- master at Chicago, the Inter Ocean says: Directly after the resignation of Harbor-mas- ster Irwin was asked for last Friday, a com- mittee consisting of Messrs. Harmon, Higgie, and Van Dalson waited on Mayor Roche and Commissioner Swift to protest against Irwin’s xemoval, Commissioner Swift told the gen- tlemen that complaints had been coming in dhick and fastagainst Irwin, and informed them, further, that a change must be made. Mr. Higgie asked the commissioner to name the complaints, taking a roll of money out of his pocket, and making a proposition to do- mate toa worthy charity $5 for each and every namementioned Mr. Swiftmentioned Oliver B. Mullin’s name asa complaining vessel-owner. Mr. Mullin was out of town, but atelegram reached him, and yesterday, in company with Captain Higgie, Mr. Mullin, CIRCULARS AND PRICES ON APPLICATION. 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