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Piarine Hecord. Published Every Thursday at 144 Superior Street, [Leader Building) Cleveland, O. A. A. POMEROY, EDITOR AND PUB: BRANCH OFFICE: 282 South Water Street, Chicago, Tilinois, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Associate Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One-year, postage paid..... Six months, postage paid Invariably n advance. THE MARINE RECORD can be found for sale by the following news dealers : GLEVELAND, 0.—G. F. Bowman, corner of Pear] and Detroit Streets, Evans & Van Epps, Superior street, Cleveland, R. A. Castner. 254 Detroit s'reet, Cleveland, ASHTABULA HARBOR, O.—C. Large. CHICAGO, ILL.—Joseph Gray, 9 West Ran- dolph Street. CHICAGO, ILL.—H. B. Hansen, 33 West Randolph Street. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Miss McCabe, Elk Street, ear Ohio. DETROIT, MICH.—Connors’ Marine News Co. MILWAUKEE, WIS.—T. S. GRAY, CO, 126 Wisconsin St, SAULT STE MARIE—J. P. Hal’er. AS HTABULA HARBOR—O. M. Kahne ERIE. PA,—Reed Caughen, 816 State St. DULUTH, MINN.—C. F. Johnson, 323 West Superior Street. MARQUETTE, MICH.—J. A, Vannier. ESCANABA, MICH.—Wm. Godley. ESC ANABA, MICH,—George Preston, SARNIA, ONT.—D. McMasters. OWEN SOUND, ONT.—J. Sharpe, Jr. KINGSTON, ONT.—F. Nisbet, corner Brock and Wellington Streets. Subscribers and others are respectfully invited to use the columns of the MARINE RECORD for the discussion of pertinent topics, Entered at the Post Ofice at Cleveland as second- elass mail matter. YELAND, 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. _ CLEVELAND VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN’ ORGANIZED IN 1880. [Membership, 1887] Sixty-five steamers aggregating....---.... 67,865 ons ‘Nin n ety-five sail and consort, aggregating.60,089 ons, ‘Maintains shipping offices at Cleveland and Ashta- bula bor. Regulates WABes, protects crews, and oore, W. ©. Richardson. SHIPPING MASTERS, - ix R. “Rumsey, 98 dock, Cleveland; Fred Bennet. assistant, 98 dock, Cleveland; Wm, Reunick, Ashta- bula Harbor. MARINE RECORD—OFFICIAL PAPER. ———$$$$$———_ ____ a MPROVE FIRE BOAT FACILITIES. For along time the Record has seen the necessity of some action on the part of the business men of Cleveland, whose interests lie along the river tront, relative to the con- dition of the crew of the fire boat. This crew has ever promptly responded to de- mands made upon them, and succese- fully battled with fire and protected the city from danger from ice gorges through the winter months. After considerable ef- fort and many vexatious delays this city ’ has been providedjwith adequate means of a protection against disaster of this nature The J. H. Weatherly was built and equip- ped with everything necessary for fire ser- vice at the suggestion of the Marrnr Reo- ORD, and the experience of the past two years has fully demonstrated that the fire ‘boat system is not an experiment, but a positive necessity. Many times during this period the work done saving property from destruction has far exceeded the expence of this boat to the city, and the promptness which characterized every response to de- mands made upon the boat should win for it a recognition of the public appreciation which it so justly deserve. At Chicago the crew are provided with ommodious house room at the foot of La Salle street; and a good sized, well furn, ished, brick structure has been erected, and they have quarters airy, comfort- able and pleasant. In Cleyeland the crew 8) eep below deck aboard the tug during the ho ttest summer weather, or what is worse, haye to lie on deck in open air, exposed to the sickening stench of the river. They have no place for performing the work that continually becomes‘necesgary cave an old ‘shed hardly fit fora coal house. The crew of the fire boat ought to have: quarters equal to those found at the engine houses onshore for they perfoim the same work and work on the same system. The city council, at one time, decided to build a house for their use, and an act au- thorizing the same was passed at the next = meeting of the city fathers. They feared a em mistake had been made in failing to first secure adock and slip at which the boat could permanently lay. After many days this necessary Iccation was procured and agnin they passed the needed enuctment for tLe erection of a building and there the matter ended. The crew still sleep between decks and work in the board shanty near the viuduct. It is time the citizens of C eve land awakened to the fact that they are away behind Boffalo and Chicago in this matter, snd that these men who protect our river interests day and night from the devastating inrovds of fire loss are human, and stould be furnished with the habitation of human beings, Something should be done immediately to bring sbout this change. We do not believe the city coun- cil have xllowed this wrong to exist inten- tionally, but itis rather the fault of over- sight on their part, and we hope the right- eousness of this demand upon them will at once be recognized, and the matter attended | to forthwith. It the members of the coun- cil had been men of extensive marine and river Interests the necessily of this change would long ago have passed away. RAFT TOWING. This braneb of lake traffic has grown sv enormously within the past few years that the time has come when the government should tuke tome action regulating the tow- ing of rafts on the lakes right in the track of vessels, Large, uowieldly rafts of logs that seriously affect the passage of vessels in the river, causing accident, should receive some attention from the autlorities, Acci- dents resulting from vessels becoming en- tangled among an unmanageable raft of timber are getting to be of too frequent occurrence to be passed by unnoticed. We ean cite two instances, within as many weeks, where vessels were compelled to either go into a raft head on or go aground. The schooners Monticello, West Side and 8. V. R&R. Watson were sadly delayed on their last trip up from this cause, and the steamer Sakie Shepard with the Mable Wilson were badly entangled in a Jarge raft which block- aded the channel at Luke St. Clair flats. Such things would not occur if shippers were compelled to use a tug at each end of their raft in such places, and were probib- ited from putting afloat from fifty to seven- ty-five per cent, more logs than the power they furnish for transportation can safely and properly handle. One tug should not be allowed to tow a ratt containing more than one million feet of logs properly and strongly secured, and the amount should be limited to what the tug can han- dle sufely in ordinary weather. Until this troublesome matter receives the necessary attention we may reasonably look for many repititions of the instances enumerated, and vessels will continue to be yey sand damaged from this cause. LIGHTS TO DESIGNATE COURSE. | To the Editor of the Marine Record: Sim :—When I captured the blockade run- ner, Little Ada, off Savannah, in 1864, I found on board her pyrotechnical apparatus to be used after the manner of the flare-up torches on American vessels, it being only necessary to strike the end against the ancbor, or any hard eunernnce to ignite and show alight. Blockade runners had a system of sig- nals to exchange with the shore batteries guarding the mouths of the rivers and in- lets into which they were about to enter. Our cruisers used a system of challenge lights by which at night we could know friend from foe, and failing in a quick re- sponse we fired on the dilatory party, and ‘eternal vigilance was the price of safety.’’ Cruising under peculiar conditions no lights were permited to be exposed and yet we had no collisions, In view of my experience at that time permit me to suggest a system, of lights by which vessels. may communicate the ap- proximste course they are steering. Use fireworks encased in tin handles so t hat they will readily ignite by percussion, then have red, white and blue lights for use, White over red to indicate, I am steer- ing N. Red and one white, I am steering be- tween N. and E, Red and two white, [ am steering be- tween N, and W. White over blue, I am steering 8. Blue and one white, I am steering be- tween §. and E. Blue and two white, I am steering be- tween 8. and W, Red over blue, I am steering E. Blue over red, I am steering W. With such a system in operation the the chances for collision must be materially lessened. Fait accomple. ApraHaM J, Lanox. EXCURSION STEAMERS. To the Editor of the Marine Kecord. C oming back to my birth place and casu- ally walking across the viaduct, and placing my eyes upon an enterprise known as the steamer Pearl, of Detroit, that carries our people to and from the Islands, which is the only resort for our great city, I feel that I am compelled to say a few words where we lack as citizens. Although an old man at this present time I feel it a duty, a8 one who has lived on the sea shore during the past twelve years and been over the many countries the past twenty-two years, that we are short of sight, particularly with the men who have interests to their hands to allow a foreign steamer to come to us and bring forth our good people to our only resort with their picnic baskets and loved children, Stop end think what a risk, think what an enterprise might bring to all our Own prosperity by putting on our lake boats to the islands equal to the best that ran from our great metropolis city to Long I-land, Rockaway und other pointe. It prompis me to think we are too conserva- tive and so is against the interests of all, I only hope we have enterprising men, men who will look carefully into this matter and think for the future instead of the present, [ may have said too much although so hum- ble, but my heart is with my people al- though my hand is unable. Hoping this letter may be taken in consideration, ever believe me a true citizen. G. A. B FORE AND AFT Railroad freight men are exercised oyer the fact that wheat is taken from Chicago to New York in less time via the lakes than it goes by rail. The new fast ships recently placed on the Jakes will make faster freight trains a neces-<i'y, The little schooner Isaac Munson of Oscoda was wrecked on the rocks at Loose- more Point last Thursday night. They are again at work at the wreck of the Osceola, T'wo divers are at work on the inside, boarding up around the hole, with good grounds of success. She is said to be not badly damaged, They gave up the use of pontcons +s impractiable on account of the lateness of the season, The steambarge City of Mt, Clemens, had to unload at Detroit under guard of six policemen, Captain Gilbirt LaCroix bad always been paying 25 cents per M for hav- ing the Mt. Clemens’ lumber unloaded, and when Amos Smart, the boss stevedeor de manded 30 cents Captain LaCroix refused and commenced unloading with the crew. Smart and his brother stevedeors looked threatening. Captain Whitmore, of the propeller C, Gault, reports a serious menace to vessels entering or leaving Toledo. While in Mau mee Bay, on her way dows, during low water, he struck a log seriously damaging the Gault. The obstruction is directly in the range and course of vessels and 1s very dangerous, especially to heavy loaded ves-| sels, The schooner Mary Stuart, with coal from Charlotte to Belleville, which went ashore in Mexico Bay recently, is under contract to be released for $1,500. The new life saving station at Sheboygan | is nearly ready for occupancy. It is the first} of those built after the ocean model on the west shore of the lake, and cost $6,000. It is understood that W. F. Botsford, of Port Huron, will construct two wooden boats at a total cost of $150,000 and place them on the Grand Haven and Milwaukee line, The City of Milwaukee, now running there will go to Detroit. The schooner Imperial went on the beach south of Saugatuck harbor drring Tuesday’s gale, She can be got off if she holds together, the schooner was built in 1857, rebuilt in 1886, and extensively repaired the present year, and rated A2, Captain Tom Donnelly, has succeeded in 1aising the tug Resolute, which was sunk in Georgian Bay. As soon as he heard of the illness of Captain Cavers, of the pro- peller Ce'tic, he volunteered to take his sick fellow seaman’s place until such time as he should be able to go on duty again. His large heartedness is commendable, particularly as Captain Donnelly could be more profitably employed. He is reckoned to be ,the best wrecker in Ontario waters. On her way up Friday the E. P. Wilbur attempted to stop at Butler street dock, Port Huron, to take on firemen. When within twenty feet of the dock she ran aground. The Wilbur is one of the largest vessels on the lakes and was drawing fifteen feet of water when she grounded, The Mollie Spen- cer pulled her off and she passed up. Preparations are being made to raise the schooner Olive Branch, which sank some eight years ago in mid channel between Main Duck and False Duck Island, above Kingston, The parties have constructed two steel pontoons six feet in length, pro- portioned accordingly, which they claim will raise anything sunk in fresh water. The secretary of the treasury has made the following appointments of lighthouse keepers in Michigan: John G. Gallagher, second assistant keeper, vice 8. H. Roosa, resigned, South Manitou light station; Wil- liam Fountain, keeper of Grand Point Au Sable light station; A.C. Bourissau, first assistant keeper at Skillagalee light station; Peter Gussentoner, keeper of Monroe sta- tion, The schooner R. Hallaran will be libeled tor sinking the schooner Oades on Lake Erie as soon as the evidence is in shape, so Cap- tain Crosby says. The loss on the Oades' was $16,000 and this will be the claim of the insurance companies in the suit. urweister, (oe COuK ui bie eCiivuller America, was cut twice in the head by Cap- tain Milton Edwards, of the schooner Cas- cade, on board of the latter, at Chicago last week. Fred Burmeister went to visit some friends on the Cascade, and a quarrel ensued between him and the captain, Burmeister was attended by Dr. H. J. Bates, and taken to his home in Lake View, at No. 445 Lin- coln avenue. His injuries are not dangerous. There is additional testimony in regard to the 20,000 tons of ore said to have been taken for Buffaio at $1.25 from Escanaba. Whatever may have been done, local vessel men were offered the ore, but were not in shape to take it, It took seventeen days of hard work to ac- complish the release of the schooner I. N. Foster from Fisherman’s Shoal, but the wreckers were well repaid, as the vessel is in first-class condition, her hull being so sound that on her way to Sturgeon Bay she made not more than kalf an inch of water an hour, her own pumps being sufficient to keep her free. Leathem & Smith bought the vessel from the underwriters for $2,000, her rated value in marine register being $8,- 000. Sie is now in drydock in Manitowoc and will be ready for sea in abont a week. Charles Green wood, wheelsmen of the pro- peller Wokoken, fell dead from heart disease in Duluth Tuesday. His home was in Oleve- land, Canada is placing fog horns on Gray Duck Is- land at the head of Lake Huron, The new life-saving station at Cheboygan is nearly ready for occupancy. those built after the ocean model on the west shore of Lake Michigan, and cost $6,000. The Canadian Pacific railway has finally aban- doned all wrecking operations on the cargo of i the Algoma, as the action of the waves has mace it impossible to pay expenses for such efforts. ‘Two weeks ago the tug Resolute, with | 25,000 logs in tow, spranga leak on Georgian Hope Island. was cut adrift. side and went under. The men then had to occupy a spot on the tug, three feet by six feet, which was still above water. The storm was very violent and the waves washed over the unfortunate men. They could not move, if they did they would be drowned. They sat on the boat all night, shivering with the cold, and early in the morning were rescued by a lighthouse keeper. During the night the Georgian Bay company lost 45,000 feet of logs. floating about, and it would take as much | Captain: Donnelly superintended the raising of the Resolute. She is now at Owen Sound ‘where she will be newly ceiled and gener- ally repaired. The Japanese qamieany has finally de- cided upon coating the bottoms of all their ships witha material closely akin to the laeqner to which we are so much accustomed as a speciality of Japanese furniture work. Although the preparation differs somewhat lac, as it iscommonly termed. Experiments, which have long continued by the imperial proof that the new coating material remains port on the subject demonstrates that, although the first cost of the material is ployed, the number of dockings required will be reduced by its use to the proportion of one tosix. A vessel of the Russian Pacific fleet has already been coated with new pre- parations, which the fouling influences so common in tropical waters. It took the native inventor many years to overcome the tendency of the lack to harden and crack; the finely polished surface of the mixture resists in an almost perfect degree the liab- ility of barnacles to adhere or weeds to grow, while, presumably, the same high polish must materially reduce the skin friction which is so important an element affecting the speed of iron ships. The dealers in gum-| lac express the fear lest the demand likely on this novel application of it may rapidly exhaust existing sources of supply.—The London Engineer. oe MARQUETTE, Lake shipments of ore from Superior mines amounted to 202,384 tons for the week ending Wednesday ; 49,564 from Marquette; 82,804 from Escanaba; 3,138 from St. Ignace; 52,076 from Ashland, and 14,802 from Two Harbors, bringing the season’s shipments up to 2,413,330, or 219,772 tons less than the are: Marquette, 950,385; Gogebic, 711,562; Menominee, 579,147; Vermillion, 190,316 CHEBOYGAN. : The schooner E. P. Boyce, laden ) cedar from Snow Island for Chicago, opened her seams and sprung a leak on Lake Huro' while working up. Thecrew were unable to keep her Afloat, and they headed for this port, reaching here in a sinking condition, boat sank, She will be raised and towed her place of destination. It is the first of Bay during a heavy ga’e and sunk near As soon as it was found that the tug could not make headway her raft ‘The steamer made water rapidly. The fires were put out and the crew, eight men, were forced to take the highest deck. Finally the steamer careened to one “These are} money a3 they are worth to collect them. | from that commonly known as Japanese | it lacquer, the base of itis the same—viz., gum- | naval department, have resulted in affording fully efficient for three years, and the re- three times the amount of that hitherto em-|} but having successfully accomptished this, same date in 1887. By ranges the shipments | and in nearing the dock in tow of tugs” the], LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION, TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION UPON ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS Re LATING TD THE NAVIGATION AND CARRYING BUSINESS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE WATERS TRIGUTARY THERETO, WHTH 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, 1888. fHomas MARTIN, - - *= = Oswego, N. Y. Jauxus Asli + 9s 3. 58s Buffalo, N.Y, W. BULLARD, - + = Buffalo, N.Y. 5 D, CALDWELL, President - «= Buffalo, N. Y, T. EVANs, - Buffalo, N. Y, W. P. Hesry, - - « Buffalo, N. Y; P.P. MILLER, = - - - Buffalo, N.Y, Frank J. Fiera, Vice President, - Erie, M.A. BRADLEY, =) + Cleveland, 0. H. M. HaNNa, - Cleveland, 0. THOMAS a bade Vive President, - Cleveland, Oo. A. W. CoLTo. Toled JAMES W. MILLEN, Vice President, Esper Warp => = troit, Mich. James DavipsoN, = * = = fay City, Mie Jos, tN igre - - = © Chieago, TH, W.M. Ean, - - Chicago, Il. IRA Ni. OWEN, Vice President, - + Chicago, Ti. R. P. FitzGERALD, - - Milwaukee, Wis. Davip VANCE, - - - - - Milwaukee, Wis. ALex McDoveaLn, - «+ ++ Duluth, Minn. Harry Murpuy, Secretary, - Buffaio, N.Y, Jas. CAREY EVANS, Treasurer, - Buffalo, N. ¥, MARINE RECORD—OFFICIAL PAPER. [Around the Lakes Continued from Ist Page.} MILWAUKEE. Special to the Marine Record, The steambarge Leuty got away Sunday night, after completing repairs, just one week from the time she bro:e down. She got a new crosshead, vonnecting rod, piston rod, cylinder head, piston rings and several other new pieces. The steambarge Davidson of this port grounded on St. Clair flats, breaking hershoe — and rudder. She will load and tow up with th big Wolf as she istoo large to be dockeda any of the lower lake docks. The Indipendent Tug Co. purchased the schoone; M. Thomson at the Marshall sale for $215 and after expending $500 have her all” ready for sea. Samuel Hall, of Manitowoc, wasin town the past week getting figures on the machinery for his new boat. She will be a duplicate of the Fanny B. Hart and will haye a 22 by 26 engine. ‘There is some talk of building two new” lumber barges to carry 400,000 but 1 don’ know whether they will be built here « Manitowoc. 3 While the steambarge Helena was taking load of coal the young son of Mr. Starke f the forward hatch, but other than a few he was uninjured. It was a remarkable The iron propeller Roanoke two months making repairs go’ The following are fuller to the steamship built fo waukee gentlemen n and launched at Milvy triple. inches, floor keelsons, half the bilges. The ceil oak are steel straps | ches wide by a fore and-aft Works, Bale th} P.