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ree ie) eee DEVOLED 10 NAVIGATION, COMMERCE, | shape manner. Captain Clint Ennis, the genial master from far back, is showing a great genius in artistic painting in water colors and pastel. Several of his works of art, all marine scenes, can be | found on exhibition at 129 Superior street. | Captain Edward Hewitt has returned from Detroit, where he had been called to give evi | dence in a case of damages arising from raft '| towing in the St. Clair river. We understand | that the lumber company has recieved judg- ment in their favor, although the full particu- lars of the case are not yet to hand. It ap- on | pears however, that this special raft was 400 * | feet broad, and Captain Hewitt is loud in his m | denunciation of anything so montrous being | permitted to occupy, and obstruct the narrow- er paths of navigation, and says that the greatest width of a raft ought to be limited to 100 feet, and in length not greater than that of a moderate tow. The Cleveland Shipbuilding company are busy on the two new boats buildimg for the Cleveland Tron Mining company; number 4, is j well along, haying her spar deck nearly all laid, and the joiner work commenced. Sheer legs have been erected on her deck to take in.the heayy machinery, the main. tackle ‘be- ing a large three fold purchase. Work on number 5 boat is being pushed rapidly along with extra hands, and no time will be lost in epmpleting this contract. The company are also putting two new cylinders in the steam barge V. H. Ketcham, and after her new boilers are taken in, they will erect an iron boiler house. The sheer legs mentioned above were lashed, fitted, and erected by a skilled employe of the firm, who is an adept at this particular kind of work, H. eveland, for $5,000. She will, in hail from Marine City, and will be ; led by her owner, who last sea— son sailed the schooner Thomas Gawn. The Republic will probablay trade this season between Saginaw and Canada. Captain Ira B. Mansfield, last year master ofthe steamer Christie, was in the city on Tuesday. We see by the Capaain’s card that he isan accredit. ble member of Woodland lodge, Knights of Pythias, The Captain has} been promoted to the command of the new steamer, and Captain Charles Swartwood will take his place on the Christie. Captain E. K. Porter, who last year was in command of the +heldon, is now without a boat, inasmuch as the Sheldon has been sold to other people. It is well known that Cap- tain Porter is one of the best of our lake mar- iners, and withal a good business man: any one desiring such a genius can get full recom- mendation for him from H.J. Webb, ship- | broker, Cleveland, Ohio. Samay hig ee ee | which the Standard is about to build is proba- mensions, feet in length, 9 feet 6 inches | birthe ie | ok 2 ae oF ee a hick: will beam, and 4 feet deep for Kingsborough and pPPRRge Behe aes ee ic piikeatges the Ate others of this city. Mr. Champness will also | lantic. The new boat is to be 240 feet keel, build two 22 feet yawl boats, and two 20 feet | re Peet beams and. 165 ceetchald, wild, east in length for the new steamers building at the aby OF EOR,008 gations, ene soar wl yards of the Cleveland ship building compa- be adapted.to the business in which she is to ny, and two boats for R. R. Rhodes’ new steam | “788° Five Jase Jauks wil} be placed a er. Dimensions 20 and 22 feet in length re- line from stem to stern with capacity and build regulated to give the boat a seaworthy ectively. age Se NR vores comeny vassiae trim. This boat is too large to pass through peny the locks of the canals from the lakes to the occmageeg nah i a, coast and this is the only obstacle in the way boat is getting well along and she will be all of the work coming to a Cleveland shipyard. st Sih hiullasch- “ho sini é Other crafts for transporting oil in bulk along 7 . ft. Rees © plating 38 °F | the American coast are also to be built for the aan ? oe. Ao st p boat, and) ciandard aad with these the canal locks will Se cbaahea ath mre eane onther day by aay not cut so much of a figure. The encroach- The boat building for Brown and others is all | ment of other oils into the territory contro!led in frame, and the plating is well along. The|by the American producers has lead the keel is laid for the Owen boat, and it is safe} Standard to this means of cheap transporta— to say that she will be completed according to| tion and the opinion here is that a large fleet the terms of the contract. of vessels will be constructed for the trade. There is little danger of fire witha boat com- posed almost entirely of iron and steel. The fact that the iron shipyards of the lakes have beenclose competitors for the work is singular, and is also a marked illustration of the growth The Standard oil company is about to con- struct a big steel boat for trans-continental work. Mr John F. Pankhurst of the Globe Tron works company has returned to this city from New York, where he had been nogotiat- |ing for the job of building the boat and were it not for the difficulty of getting a craft of the size desired through the canals it is proba- ble that she would be built here. Other work of the kind is still contemplated and the Cleveland firms have specifications upon which they will give figures. The steamer aw a Mr. Y. D. Nickerson, marine artist, has just returned from a tour around the head of Lake Superior. He speaks highly of the future prospects of Duluth, West Superior and Su- perior City, and informs us that several large solid buildings, structures that any city would | of iron thipbuilding on the lakes. Only a feel proud of, are being erected in Duluth, | short time ago, when the building boom at- and it is confidently expected that Duluth | tracted attention, the managers of eastern will handle a larger quantity of grain this | shipyards talked of constructing lake carriers Season than ever before. Captain McDougall | and shipping them here in parts by rail and is busy superintending his new steambarge, | putting them together on arrival. There is having gangs of men constantly at work on| no reason. however, why iron boats cannot be her. Besides the artistic talent, Mr. Nicker-/ built here as cheap as at any other place in #0n has considerable of the clement which | this country, and the investment of a large CLEVELAND. O.. FEBRUARY 28. 1889. - q $2.00PER ANNUM el SIncLE CoPrms 5 Crmtg ‘ | Mr. DeWolf, the late local inspector of The Sumatra is in the Cleveland dry dock hulls for this district, has resigned, and his; for» thorough caulking, and with the new - |successor has been appointed, who, it seems, | boat being built by this company the ground | is going on with the appointed work in a ship | presents a scene of unusual activity. Mr. O. E, Lehndorff, agent for Hodges Brothers, Detroit, lubricator company, is in the city on business for the firm among Cleve- land vessel men and engineers. Captain Thomas Wilson, who has been so- journing in Florida with his family during the past few weeks, will probably return home, towards the latter part of next week. Meteo; ological summ ry for the week ending Feb uary 26, 1889: Mean ‘barometet (22 oc) So picac'e es sun BO150 Mean temperature., 16.5 Mean humidity... 6.8 124 South Total wind movement, miles. 1769 AVerag “OiBadiness ii. co ese cowec sce, 3-5 Average state of weather...... C ’dy Max. temperature, (highest) ... 43.8 Min. temperature, (lowes ) — Below zero. W. H. Harmon, Sergeant Signal Corps. Captain William Mack, who has sailed some of the best boats on the lakes, including the Republic, Roumania, Auroria, and the one which he now owns, inall of which the Providence windlasses and capstans have been used, says there is no better machine built in any country than that manufactured by the American Ship Windlass company, of Provi- dence, R I. ‘We take pleasure in printing this testimony enianating from «a master of such large and varied experience. . We were today made acquainted with the new incumbent of the hull inspector, under appointment of the supervising inspectors, and hold that he isa man positive. and effi- cient in the business, As regards civil ser- vice reform we know nothing about them, for the reason that there are so many nooks and crannies, but from the way he questions can— didates for licences we are willing to say that no better man could be inducted into office. It has been said that “to the victor belongs the spoils,” but as regards steamboats and sailing vessels we want no spoils unless it be demurrage due to those who have done he- roice work. The new boat in course of construction at the Cleveland Dry Dock company’s ship yards, is getting well along; the ceiling and shelf piece, for the ’tween deck beams, are finished, and half of the beams are in place; the floor ceiling is 11 inch oak, in the round —6, 7 of the bilges 10 inches, and 6 inches oak lin-| ing, all finished up to the shelf piece. Heavy hanging knees will | e through—bolted to sup- port the ’tween deck beams, and the bottom of the midship stanchions will set between the rider keelsons, and through bolted. The bottom outside planking is nearly on, the gar- board strake being 7 inch oak, next plank 6 inch, and the remainer 5 We might here remark that Mr. Johnson will have a good strong boat, and we also believe she will be found capable of eflecting credit and honor on the gentleman whose name she is intended to bear, viz: George H. Presley. inch. Captain M. B, Gary 1s hustling around among vessel owners, agents, and brokers, for signatures to a petition tobe laid before the president of the United States, endorsing him as a fit and competent person for the office of collector of this port. Asa marine organ we cannot advocate the claims made by this gen- tleman, and think that a more suitable and proper person from, or connected with the | shipping interests and commerce of the port ought totake a position as a candidate for this important office. However honorable Mr. McGraw, local inspector of steamboats, than whom none haye been better, still re- mains in office and is busy every day during these slow times asking questions of engineers who desire licences. We have no hesitation in saying that Messrs. McGraw and DeWolf have been among the most efficient inspectors that this district has ever been blest with, and if the successors they have will be equal in efficiency in their knowledge of hulls and boilers to the incumbents in the office of the four years just past, we believe that the work of the local inspector’s office can not be found . fault with. DETROIT, MICH. The fleet of A. A. Parker of Detroit will be offered as follows: Steamer Minneapolis, Captain John J, Hutton; Anna Smith, Cap- tain Tim Lemay; B. W. Blanchard, Captain H. W. Bogart; Saginaw, Captain Thomas Hayes; schooner Redwing, Captain E. Lohr; | Mont Blane, Captain R. W. Jones. Captain J. W. Millen has made the following appoint- ments: Steamer Iron King, Captain P. L. Millen; Iron Chief, Captain George Miner; Iron Duke, Captain William Millen; Iron Age, Captain Norman; schooner Iron Queen, Captain Fuller; Iron State, Captain George Dennis; Iron Cliff, Captain William Irvine; Iron City, Captain W. M. Scott. _The steamers of the Lake Michigan & Lale J Superior Transportation company are to be| commanded as follows: City of Duluth, Cap- tain Lawrence Green; Peerless, Captain H. C. Page; City of Traverse, Captain J. M. Twitchell; Jay Gould, Captain Donald Me- | Lean; J. L. Hurd, Captain M. H. Tineron; City of Fremont, Captain James Sullivan. No master has yet been named for the Besse- mer. Captain Lyman Hunt of Buffalo, who for many years sailed the City of Dulvth, will retire, it is said. The steward of the City of Fremont is Charles McBean of this port. James Hunt is clerk of the City of Duluth. Hugh A. Mallon, marine clerk at Buffalo, has been recruiting at Mt. Clemens, Mich., for some time past, bathing, it may be. He is practising for a part in some tank drama. H. C. Beeson, marine clerk at Detroit, has just returned from a ten days’ sojourn in the windy city (Chicago). The book stores there jand at Detroit are ablaze with little gilt framed glass signs, notifying an unsuspecting public that Beeson’s Sailors’ Hand Book will be out March 20th, 1889, Ixton. MARINE CITY, MICH. The older residents of this city know that a number of years ago C, C. Blodgett, of De- troit, owned the property on which Lester’s shipyard (and what hag lately been the T. & 8. T. shipyard) was situated, but of late years it has come to be commonly understood that the T. & 8. T. company had purchased the property. Such, however, is now proven not to have been the case, as within the past few days Captain William B. Morley has pur- chased the property of C.C. Blodgett. Just what effect this move will have upon the fu- ture operations of Messrs. Curtis & Brainard, who succeed the T. & 8, T. company, remains to be told, but they will certainly operate the yard during the coming summer, completing the steamer which they now have on the stocks. Captain Morley informs us that at present he has no particular use for this prop~ erty, but we think it safe to venture the pre- diction that he will find some use to which he can put it, after Messrs. Curtis & Brainard get their boat off the stocks. Captain Simon Langel! has gone to Cleye- | land on business. Captain M. B. Gary’s war record may haye | been, there is no reason in his laying claim to LORAIN, OHIO. Mr. H. D. Root is building a large harbor | Special to the Marine Record. 4] a position as candidate for an office which we} tug, 85 feet in length, 19 feet beam, 10 feet feel positive could be filled to much better} 6 inches depth of hold, engine 24 by 26, satisfaction by a man less versed in legal lore.| building ‘by Thomas Manning Jr. & Co. D. Although we do not place any weight on a} Bonnell is building the boiler, which ia to be petition signed simply out of courtesy, or in a| 7 feet in diameter, and 16 feet long. Mr. moment of impatience, and by gentlemen| Root is also rebuilding, at his yard, the tug personally unknown to the executive author-| Salah Chamberlain, at a cost of $1,200, and ity, yet it may be considered only ordinary | raising the Albert Y. Gowen seven feet, and prudence to guard against efforts which are to| putting a new deck on her. She will now be goes to make a sailor, having put in thirteen years on fresh and salt water. amount of capital in the industry of late has the detriment of the interest of the marine | demonstrated the truth of this statement. community, titted to carry lime, and will ply in that trade during the coming season. WEST BAY CITY, MICH, Captain James Davidson commenced the construction of a new fire tug on February 21st, for Captain Richard Armstrong, to be i used on the Saginaw river. She will be 66 3 a feet in length, 16 feet beam, 7 feet depth of | hold. She will be of the latest design, having : all the modern improvements known in fire 4 tug service. She will throw ten streams, and will be equal to any two fire tugs now on Saginaw river. She will be appropriately named the Geyser. The steambarge George W. Roby is very nearly completed in F. W. Wheeler’s ship yard. Sheis owned by George W. Roby of Detroit, L.C. Waldo of Ludington, and Cap tain Dudleson. The cost will be about $125,- 000. She will run between Lake Superior and Buffalo. The steamer: Arundel is receiving a com- BaP: plete overhauling in the shape of new guards, : aps new beams, and new main deck, andwitha __ new dress of paint, she will. be ina ime trim for the coming season. The tug others to follow later in the season: The weather here of late has been very cold, the thermometor traveling as low as 17 below zero. The ice on the river is from 12 to 14 inches thick, and there is an over abund- ance of snow, it being from three to four feet deep in the pineries. For the season of 1888 Mr. F. W. Wheeler, ig Paid his employes..........-... $314,927 Paid for timber... .-- we 290,619 Paid for engines and boilers 224,450 Paid for tron etc...ceecs cae eeue es 85,000 Paid for rigging and furniture ... 60,000 POtQh oo ccc. rena we ne veaghnn «teu Ot oUee BUFFALO, N. Y, Special to the Marine Record, The Buffalo shipyards are now at work on } three large steamers and two or three tugs. A fourth steamer will probably be started before navigation opens. The disposition to go slow in fixing freight rates is shared by shippers and vessel owners, not, of course, on account of indifference, for each is anxious to see a rate fixed favorable to his side of the business, but because they are not able to agree. The late improvement in 4 the iron market makes vessel men confident of carrying their point. Captain James Hannett has gone to Duluth ; and will sail the tug Williams there next sea- Z| son. An unusually large amount of coal is being stocked here. A coal shipper thinks that there is quite near 300,000 tons already laid down. The publisished appointments to Captain Maytham’s line of vessels are pronounced neither authorized nor correct. The only ap- pointment he has made public is that of Cap- tain Thomas Doyle to the tug Maytham. His two new tugs are getting along well and will be ready for next season’s work, Charles H. Lane, and daughter, Miss Fan- nie B. Lane, have gone to Cuba for the win- ter, on account of Miss Fannie’s health. Sis india nal ca eB rir RC ein tana ls Tie a pe an The Sawyer lumber company of Tonawan- da has leased 700 feet of dock front on the Tift farm canal, and will give up its business at Tonawanda. They expect to handle about 40,000,000 feet the coming season, This is an important move. Buffalo has marked advan- tages for receiving lumber by lake and ship- ping it by rail, to Tonawanda, and its facili- ties for canal movement are as good. There is reason why more of the Tonawanda lumber handlers should come to Buffalo. Captain James Davidson’s towbarge, which is to go behind one of the Menominee Mining Co’s steamers, has been chartered for the'sea- son to carry iron ore from Escanaba to Ohio ports at $1.10, [CONCLUDED ON FIFTH PAGE]. —