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ee ; : Mr. Fitz. A Kirby and Mr. Choate, ‘CLEVELAND. Eh DeEMSER 6 “1888 sre 210PER ANNUM SINGLE Comius 5 CENYS Captain Alexander McDougall was ain the _ | city yesterday, and met a number of our % e city attr tne Rhinnyss new prominent capitulis's at the Weddell House, and left here for Buftalo Jast night, bat will return to Cleveland in a few days. He i expressed himself »s being confident of the timate success of his system of freight barges. The Cleveland drydock, has had the pro- '|peller O. ‘Tuwer in to tighten wheel, pro- | peller Kasota to stop a leak J. H. Weatherly, | fite boat, for a thorough revalking. She bas | been sheathed with iron plates to withstand the ice in the river; tug Ourtiss is having repairs made to her s!.o2 and wheel p: te e', the Continental docks to-day tor part sie ‘stem and fore foot. She will al:o be ealked tside, As regards the iron ore interest and the | present situation it is sald that a Cleveland | dealer reporis that a costumer had called on him for a small block of ore, and out of 450- tons handled this year be could not offer him a pound. The same is the report from all quarters, The ore of the Like Superior *| district has found new iwarkets in the tar ry engine started yester- perfectly satisfactory in its who is studying naval architecture at Wy- andotte, Mich., was in the city last Satur- day on buriness connected with the Wyan- dotte shiptuilding yard. We take pleasure in recommending the Mount Olive Erasive Liquid, manufactured by Capt. D. A. McLachlan, for cleaning varnish and psinted articles without injury tothe polish. Price 40c per gallon. Ad- dress the Captain ut 633 Trumbull Ave., Detroit, Mich. At 11 o,clock Friday morring United States Marshall B. F. Wade will sell the barge B. M. Bake: at the government building. Claims amounting to about the full value of the bout have been piling up against her for some time past. The Baker istied up here. The propeller Gladstone, owned here, was chartered Monday to take corn from Chica- go to Buffalo at 414 cents. This is another advance of a 14 of a cent, and it is a profit. able rare of freight. Captain M. M. Drake, of Buffalo, was in the city this week and expressed himself as being greatly pleased at the success of their new boat, the Lackawanna, recently built by the Cleveland Ship Building Co. John Nelson ‘and Everett E, Johnson re- ceived a judgment for $200 against the city in Justice Hart’s court yesterday. The ac tion was for «alleged damages to a schooner owned by them in a collision with the via- duct draw bridge on July 17, 1888. The new boat building at the Cleveland drydock is getting well along, up to this date, keel laid, stem up and 30 frames, the new jig mill, particulars of which were given ina former edition, is doing good work, and the electric light system has been connected to supplement daylight. The new steamer building at the yards of the Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., for the Cleveland Iron Mining Co., is, well in frame and has about balf of her ’tween deck beams in place, considerable of the flooring over her wa'er bottom has been laid and the hull is beginning to take on a tangible sha: e Captain McDougall, of Duluth, Minn., is in the city, in reference to the report so widely circulated that he would build a 2500 ton steel boat in Philadelphia. He says that the idea had never even occurred to him, but that he will build this winter in Duluth a freight steamer to be named the 102, | east on account of the tariffaud high ocean freights acting against foreign ores and | Buffalo, where only 25,000 tons of ores were hhandled a year ago, received 280,000 tons during the past season. Manufacturers ot pig i iron have cleaned up all of their surplus’ i and they refuse 4o sell their product | ure delivery atany price thai w now seem within reason. ances theuniform opinion of vesselmen that six miljlon tons of ore will be mined next season is deserving of consideration, and this belief is followed with the certainty that there wil] bean immense movement ot grain to the seaboard, TOLEDO, OHIO, Special to the Marine Record, The John Schulte is receiving new rail forward of the mainmast, new towposts and mizzen must. Bellis doing the work. The Richard Martin came oft from Gil- more’s dock the first inst., having received new steel arches and other repairs. The Oscar Townsend is now in the ducks ‘for sieel arches and a rebuild. The Tug association expired Dee, 1st. Rooney’s diedge Birkhead and tug T, M. Moore are at work at Detroit. The buoys \.ave all keen removed, The Cleveland Steam Boier Works are building a boiler, six feet in diameter and ten fee. long, to be allowed one hundred and fifty pounds of steam, for the steamer Douglass. Connely Brothers, proprietors of the above works have established a first class boiler shop here, culled the Maumee Boiler Works. Toledo marine interests are annually growing Jarger and more important. The season just closed added to the fleet owned and controlled at this porta few of the best vessels of their kind on the lakes. The fol- lowing vessels have been added to the Tole- do fleet during 1888: Propeller Monahan- sett; echooners Massasoit, John &chuette, P. B. Locke, F. C, Leighton, (winteting at Ogdensburg), ©. Arthur and tug W. H, Doan, There are besides, of the Toledo vessels, the Black Line fleet belonging to Curtiss and Brainard, some fifteen in all, The propeller Germania is wintering in Detroit. The dredge Birckhead and tug T. M. Moore, of this port, are in Detr oit at work, Swan creek will be dredged to a depth of 15 feet. Forty feet wide on the bottom and sixty feet on top. The Wabach boats and yacht Sigma are luid up at Trenton, Mich, H. CAPTAIN SMITH. Captain Smith, of the tug Conqueror, died at ten o’clock December 4, at the general hospital of typhoid fever, His tug has been in the har- bor for the last two years and left here about the middle of the past summer. Captain Smith has been here for seyeral years past, and was well koown among marine men at this port. The news of his death has been received with gener- al regret. sions 60 feet over all, 14 fee With these a-sur-. 7 pumrane, N.Y. Special to the Marine Record. Nearly all the line boats are now safely in port. The Western and Anchor line fleets are in, and all of the Union line fleet except the New York and Chemung, which came on Lake Erie bound down. The Lackawanna line had only the Lackawanna out; she came in Monday. The Lehigh line is not so near its season’s end. ‘The Wilbur has not left. Gladstone for Buffalo, the C yde and Mercur are loading coal here for Chicago, and the H. E. Packer arrived here from Chicago. The only important coal charter is the pro- peller Clyde for Chicago at $1 taken by out- -ide parties. The Lehigh line will load the Mercur for Chicago on its own accoun'. The Roumaoaia, came in for aloid on Sunday. Ciptain Furey of the stranded propeller Starucea arrived Saturday night. He has left the boat in charge of akeeper who lives in the vicinity. The story that she is breaking np had not been heard at the Union line.office. The fl et bound for Baffal> now numbers about a dezen and includes the Chemung, New York, Lackawanna, H. E. Packer, H. A. Tutile, City of Cleveland R. P. Fitzgérald, Spokane, Gladstone, Wm, Edwards, and K. P. Wilbur, most of which will be in before Thursday. ‘ David Bell, has entered into contract with Charles Dunbar, to build a steel tug, dimen- eam, engi 15 by 16 high pressure, et 3 ine diameter by 9 feet long, mean dra(t of water 6 feet. Alsoasteel steam launch 32 fest long by 6 feet 6 inches beam, both vessels to be completed by April 15th. Several steam hammers bave recently been shipped from these works and new orders are being filled. The Luke Erie Boiler, Works present an unusual scene of activity. Work on their many contracts being pushed forward with all available power, 'D. Provost & Son, sailmakers, are having a mod-rate share of work and report their season’s business as being fairly good. Felthousen & Russell’s, lamp and _ side- light manufactory, are shipping a large order ; of lamps to Canada, to be used on and around the Welland canal. This order only gupple- ments the extensive Canadian business done by this firm in the past, most of which has been under a government contract. At R. Mills & Company’s, drydock works, they have the new wooden steambarge all in frame and work on her is being pushed rapidly along; propeller Lycoming is in dock for part new garboard strake, outside calking and repairs to arches, propeller John B. Lyons for anew Trout wheel and bottom ealking, the May Durr has just completed extensive repairs, the propeller Badger State will follow the Lycoming and have new arches, plankshea”, calking, and general re- pairs, after the John By Lyon, the propeller Buffalo will be docked to take out her shaft and sternpipe. At the Union drydock the propeller Japan is in for calking her wood bottom and is be- ing painted outside, the schooner Gardner is having an extensive rebuild, and being thoroughly refastened, Hand’s line tug the Lorenzo Dimick is having new garboard strakes, entire new machinery and general overhauling. Work on the new iron buat to be built by this firm is being pushed, The Eagle Boiler Works, are building two marine boilers for Frank Wheeler, of Bay City, the dimensions are 9 feet 6 inches in diameter, by 14 feet in length. This firm has employed all of the labor that can work to advantage on their extensive premises and they will be kept busy until the spring. E. L. Parrish, sailmaker, has in siorage the outfit of the several vessels mentioned below: Steambarge John Breedon, Annie M. Peterson, Sweetheart, Sunshine, John C. Pringle, Monticello, Halsted, Guiding S ar, J. Adams, propeller Otego. Business is reported as being brisk. and new orders are expected on figuring. Mr Parrish is now handling anew patent hatch cover fastener, which is likely to come into gen- eral use on the chain ot lakes, H. G. Trout, King {fron Works, has recently erected a one story brick building to be used as an additional tool storage room. The new engine for the steamer building at the yard of R. Mills & Co. will beat. iple expansion engine, cylinders 20, 32 and 52 by 45 stroke and will be the first triple ex- pansion engine that has been furnished by this firm. The dimensions of the engine for the new steel steamers building at the Union diydock are 28, 52, by 48 in. stroke, An engine is in course of construction for F, W. Wheeler, of Bay City, 28, 52 by 42 inch stroke to be placed in a boat now build- ing. Janes Davidson, Bay City, Mich., has also contracted with the firm for an engiae 22 and 42 by 40 inch stroke. The Trout propeller wheel will ba placed on each of these vessels and most flattering accounts of the work done by these wheels are being frequently recdived a few of which through the courtesy of the manager, we are enabled to mention namely: City of Grand Rapids, speed increased 11g miles per hour, tug Jessie Spiulding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., speed increased 1 mile per hour saving 15 per cent in fuel steambarge Cormorant increased speed 1 mile per hour, Mr. Conway, the late engineer being loud in the praises of the Trout wheel. Wheel shipped to ‘speed is increased by i to 2 miles per hour, also that ber towing power has been ad to since the wheel bes been a Tug Aldrich, Ludington, Mich., “aswell, by 1 mile to 114 miles per hour, since using the Tre ut wheel. The engineer of the fish- ing tug Roberts, of Detroit, writes tosay that the Trout wheel, recently furnished that ves: se’, has increased her speed 2 miles per hour, gaining 10 revolutions over the old wteel, He could hardly credit such splendid re- sults and feels more than satisfied. To show the excellent reputation these wheels had made, we may quote the demand for the whole of last season as being 250, while the supply for this s°ason up to the present writing has been 850, We are pleased to announce to the many friends of Mr. Porrish, who may not have heard the joyful tidings, that he has now doubled up, joined the order of the bene- diets, in point of fact, got spliced. The late Miss Jennie Beck, of Wilkesbarre, Penn., is now one of the happiest ladies in the land and the Marine Recorp voices the senti- ment so well expressed in the words, long may she reign. Life saying stations of the ninth district will be closed on the 15th instant, The propellers 5, F, Hodge and Eber Ward of Ward’s line will winter here, A new tug will be built for Maytham’s line this winter, to take the place of the lost tug Dorr. The steamer Clyde was chartered by the Delaware and Hudson people for coal to Chicago at $1, The Lehigh Valley company ig loading the Fred Mercur for same port. The Roumania finished loading coal for Chi- eago. It is intended to give the Bulgaria a cargo for Chieago, but she will not be ready till Friday. and the underwriters will prob- ably not take the cargo risk atter Thursday. More vessels are wintering at this port than was expected some time ago, it is rather noticeable fact that tonnage is locating in the larger ports in greater numbers than usual at the close of navigation. Captain R, J. Cowley of Lorain, bas ap- plied for a patent on a hatch cover fastener. Agences will be appointed for the sale of the invention on the chain of lakes, a model of which is now on view at the ship chand- ters store of F. T. Parrish on Main Street. The inventlon will do away with battens and wedges, ard save a considerable amount of time in the securing of hatches, especially in the large class of vessels where hatches are, to say the least, numerous, Howard H. Baker & Co., have bad a fairly prosperous season and are now about taking their usual inventory of stock. The New York, for the Dashaway, gives an ex cellent result as the firm is notified that her | Braing & Oo., has bad her speed increased outlook is con ivered high!y promising for the coming season, and the large amount of building going on certainly warrants the belief that ship chandlers will have an ac- tive and lucrative run of business next seas son. Captain Maytham personally superin- ended the Jate successful wrecking expedi- tion sent to the assistance of the tug Tom Maytham. She will be dry-docked here at the earliest opportunity and after survey, will be repaired with the thoroughness char- acteristic of her owner. Captain Thomas Wilson is in the city, and expects to return to Cleveland to morrow. The Wilson line boats Sitka, Wallula, Missoula and Spokane wil) lwy up here, the Spokane is expected to arrive early Friday. Mr. Conway, engineer of the steambarge Cormorant, which vessel-is now laid up here, willleave to-day for Cleveland.“The Cormorant isto hase new boilers during the winter, Swarm. MILWAUKEE, wWIs. Special to the Mairne Record. menced on their new barge and will have her ready for the opening of navigation. — Messrs. Wolf and Day 10 ‘cided as yet to build a f have. repair work e ‘for some time. departures. The F. and P. M. boa will make regular trips as long as the ‘will le them, and the Guodrich boats will run regu- tion, after a long illness. ; All of the tugs excepting the Welcome > and Coe are out of commission. The tug Starke Bros., will proceed to Sheboygan and have her machinery taken out to be putin a new hull. The steamer P. Sawyer was in dock at the Milwaukee shipyard to receive a general c.ulking, and left for Green Bay, where she will winter. I'he steamer F. L. Vance was in dock. at Wolfe and Davidson’s to be caulked. The Milwaukee steambarge Louis Pahlow has been purchased by the Delta lumber company of Manistique tor $25,000. The tug T. Emery is having machinery oveihaiuied, and recieving a new shoe at Sheriffs, also one of their wheels. J. SANDUSKY, OHIO, The propeller Michigan, bound up from Cleveland with the barges Roberts and Richards, coal laden, and Clinton, light, caught fire on the 2d inst. twelve miles from this port. The fire originated near the boiler and spread rapidly. The crew hur- ridly abandoned her and went aboard the barges, The tug Buftalo of thie port, was out looking fora tow and, seeing the fire ran to the burning boat, got a line to her, and with the aid of the tug Monk towed her to dock at this port, where the fire depart- ment was called out and extinguished the flames. All the woodwork, except the hall atew feet above water line, was burned awsy. She was sailed by Captain Lee, of Bay City, and was owned by Flower Bros., De- troit. She was valned at $10,000, Richards sailed on up the lake, and the other Haren anchored off Kelley’s Island. MONTAGUE, MICH, pecial tothe Marine Record, The Montague fron Works, Wilson and Hendrie, proprietors, have just closed a con- tract with Mr. H. W. Williams, of South Haven, Mich., for an 18 by 20 marine engine and a marine boiler 6 feet 6 inches shell, 12 feet long to be placed in his new freight and passenger boat, which he will have built at South Haven, this winter. They are also very busy on two large fore and aft compound marine engines and boilers for same, previ- ously reported, and are also figuringon a good amount of new work, The Milwaukee Shipyard Co. have com: a larly between Chicago and northern ports. — Captain Hogan, formerly of the steamer — q@. C. Markham, died Monday, of cousump- eb i f f f ; i f - .