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perkins OHIO. upsintndet of the ore 35 e city, and master of this vessel for He reports the Pica at ee sok aria rier a for Messrs. Lockwood, Case, and others, ll be commanded by Captain Peterson, lately of the steamer Colnmbia. J. B. Wood has been appointed chief engineer. Messrs. Williamson Brothers, Philadelphia, “have shipped to the Globe Iron works com- pany five of their engines, ash hoist, and steam steerer, to be placed on the new Lehigh Valley line boat, marked by the builders, No. 24. The new Johnson boat, building at the Cleveland drydock company’s yard, is all planked, and the work on her is progressing rapidly under the direct superintendence of Mr, Frank Wright, the manager of the dry- dock. Captain Carlton Graves stopped off here for the day last Monday, while on his way to Bay City, Mich , to look after his recent pur- chase, the propeller Benton. Captain Graves will sail the Benton the coming sea- son. We take pleasure in recommending the Mount Olive Erasive Liquid, manufactured by Captain D. A. McLachlin, for cleaning yarnish and painted articles, without injury tothe polish. Price 40c per gallon. Address the Captain at No. 633 Trumbull avenue, De- troit, Mich. Captain L. H. Wilcox has been appointed tothe command of the steamer Columbia; Charles Sterling will sail in her as chief en- gineer. Mr. Sterling joined the Columbia five years ago, and by strict attention to his duties has finally worked his way to the posi— tion of chief. H. D. Goulder, esq., who has been in Chi- cago during the past week, conducting the case for the Chamberlain against the Pridgeon, has returned to the city with high feathers, his argument having prevailed with Judge Blodgett. We will next week be in a posi- tion to give the opinion of the judge. The Cleveland shipbuilding company is building a new four collared derrick for the steamer Aurora, has sent three finished cyi- inders to Bay City for steamers building at that port, and two universal couplings. They have also placed=the cabins on No. 4, kitchen on the R. R. Rhodes at Radcliffe’s yard. Meteorological summary for the week ending March 19, 1889: Mean barometer.......... .....----.--. 29.94 Mean temperature.. 41.1 Mean humidity... . 67-5 Total precipitation +00 Prevailing direction of wind. S. E. Total wind movement, miles............ 1270 Average cloudiness. ... .....--. .-++..-- 34 Average state of weather........0. 2.0. Clear Max, temperature, (highest)............ 64.0 Min. temperature, agent RE eee Siw. 25 W. H. Harmon, Sergeant Signal Corps. | The Shipowners drydock will soon. be in | ne ‘the Cleveland dry-| the dock, and if the gates are found perfect ong @ general overhauling and/ the coffer dam will be dredged out without | The catalogue is | Stalker. | W. Page five years, and has given her exten- DEVOTED 10 NAVIGATION, COMMERCE, BNGINEERING AND SCLPNCE. Mr. J. M. Wight, of the firm of Tear ie readiness for business; yesterday the dock was | Wight, has gone into the inevitable with Miss flooded again, and today the gates will be placed, the water will then be pumped out of | farther loss of time, and vessel work will be _DeWolt and ‘commenced. We have recently received a handsomely ‘illustrated special catalogue from the Henry ‘R. Worthington steam pump manufactory, whose New York offices are at 145 Broadway. a complete epitome of the process of condensation, and full instructions for handling the Worthington independent condenser is clearly set forth. The first of the steamers being built at the Cleveland shipbuilding company,s yard will probably be launched on Saturday, the 28d || inst., and will be named Frontenac. She will be commanded by Captain Murphy. She has been built for the Cleveland iron mining com- pany and is a masterpiece of steel shipbuild- ing. Her sister ship the Pontiac is well along and gives evidence of more secret beauty. The Pontiac will go out under com- mand of Captain James Lowe. The Bradley and Grover steamer, building at Radcliffe’s yard, 1s well advanced, and will be launched in about five weeks. According te contract she is to be ready for business May 1. built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding company; her dimensions are 250 feet keel, 268 feet over all, 40 feet beam, and 21 feet depth of hold. Her fine elliptic stern looks handsome, and she will be as strong as wood and iron can make her. The Cleveland vessel owners association have adopted the following schedule of wages for the coming season: on steamers: per month, first engineers $95 to 115, second en- gineers $65 to 75, first mates $65 to 80, sec— ond mates $45 to 60, cooks $45 to 55, helpers $10 to 15, firemen $30 to 85, wheelsmen $30 to 35, lookout $30 to 35, deck hands $15 oilers (when carried) $40, firemen—fitting out, $1.50 per day and board themselves. On consorts and sail: first mates $50 to 65, second mates $35 to 45, cooks $30 to 35, seamen $30 to 35, boy $15. The River Machine and Boiler works, River street, have just completed the repairs to the boiler on the Jim Sheriffs and Egyption at Ashtabula, and repairs on the Wocoken, tug Dennis Crowley, and tug L. P. Smith. They are now putting new deck engines and pumps on the Oscar Townsend in Toledo, a new pump on the tug John Gregory, and a general overhauling to the Christie Castle, besides which, they are putting new crank shaft in the Maggie Sanborn. The River Machine and Boiler works are going into the general sup- ply business for steamboats and vessels, in— cluding steam fitting. It is gratifying to learn thut the volume of rade has increased sufficiently to admit of a Fairbank’s testing machine being erected for the purpose of testing iron and steel coupons used in the construction of boilers, ete. For- merly it has been necessary for our local in- spectors to forward on to Buffalo, N. Y., any coupons that required testing, and there was consequently a delay before work could be earried on. The new machine will facilitate the building of machinery in the city, and enable the local inspectors to grant a certifi- cate without loss of time. The machine has been erected in the basement of their offices, The fleet owned by Captain Friese, of Mi- lan, Ohio, will be commanded as follows: Steamer William Edwards, William Collins, last year master of the Eighth Ohio, will be captain, Mr. 8. A. Wells chief engineer, The schooner Golden Age, Captain John Flohr. Charles Foster, Captain Hastings, who recently resigned last season, has been reappointed. M. W. Page, Captain Daniel Captain Stalker has been in the M. sive repairsthis season. Much new work has been put on the Golden Age; also on the steame rWilliam Edwards, and considerable new deck. boilers have arrived here: from Brie, Pa., ‘and her engines are fore and aft compound, Mattie Speed. If it is possible to make Miss Mattie happy, we do not hesitate to say that Mr. Wight is the man to doit. The marriage ceremony took place on Wednesday evening, March 20th, close on to the ides of March, and the bride will do well to look out for, breakers. The marriage took place at Sco- ville avenue M. B. churcli, and was conducted by Rev. Mr. Smith If the old adage is true, viz., “Change of name and not of letter is marriage for worse and not for better,” we hold that this sweetheart will be happy all her life long, and may the forecast of the Marine Record go out with the young peo- ple until time ceases, God bless you. The Globe Iron works company are keep- iug their extensive plant moving ata lively gait. At their new erecting shop a large traveling crane has been put in place manu- factured by the Morgan engineering company, Alliance, Ohio, and the work of erecting will be greatly facilitated by the addition of this powerful machine. Besides the usual new work on thé several steamers, now under con- struction, the firm are doing genoral repairs to the machinery and boilérs of the following steamships: Sparta, Havana, George T. Hope, Continential, Colonial, Republic, Specular, Samuel Mather, Balla: antyne, Margaret Olwell, Surith-Moore, and John M. ‘Glidden, all of which are uuder the directinn of their super— intendent engineer, Mr. R. S. Hay. At the shipyard the boat building, as No. 24, for the Lehigh Valley line, is nearing completion. She has three steel decks, including the orlop deck ait, and she will be ready to launch in about two weeks. Her four boilers are ready to be taken on board; the dimensions of three of them being 11 feet 10 inches by 12 feet. The boat marked by the builders as No. 25, also for the Lehigh Valley line, is all plated, and the two steel decks and orlop deck are She will be ready to launch in six weeks. No. 26, the steamer building for Captain Frank Brown, Wallace, and others, is all in frame, and all of the midship plating ison her. No. 27, the steamer recently con- tracted for by Ira H. Owen, is now half in frame, and work on her is steadily progress- ing. While visiting the shipyard we were pointed to,and watched the workings of a splendid machine, recently imported from well along. Glasgow, Scotland, and well worthy the in- spection of machinists. It is a double punch and angle iron shears combined, and goes through half-inch steel plates as easy as if it was cutting soft pine; space seems to be econ— omized, also, for it occupies only a small por— tion of the shop; we also noticed a new eight- een feet planer. Through the courtesy of Mr. John Smith, the superintendent of con- struction at the shipyard, we were escorted through the new building just completed, and found the ground floor occupied as a general office and superintendent’s office, and in the addition a large, well regulated storeroom; on the first floor, a well lighted drafting room, wash rooms, etc., all splendidly finished in clear, varnished Norway pine, with polished black walnut furniture and the usual appur- tenances. TOLEDO, OHIO Special to the Marine Record. E, C. Smith, of Duluth, has bought the tug Pathfinder from Hardy Bros. for $7,000 cash. She will be taken to Duluth on the opening of navigation tu du raftaad harbor towing. Steamer Saginaw, of the Presque Isle Co, sunk at the dock 1n the Obio Central slip on Monday. Inspectors DeWolf and McGrath were here on Tuesday and inspected the yacht Minnie D., steamer Douglass, tugs Joe S. Spinney and Fannie Tuthill. Captaio Duncan Stalker, formerly of the schooner Porter, left bere Monday for Mil- waukee to take charge of the propeller Omaha, Captain Wm. J. Harlem, formerly of the schooner Leighton, left bere Tuesday for Mieh- gan City, to take charge of his steambarge, the Michael Grob. Maumee river is free and clear of ice and fishermen expect to get their twine put in the bay next week. ~ CLEVELAND.-O., MARCH «1. 1889. ; man from Captain Humphrey; consideration DETROIT, MICH. Special to the Marine Record. Thomas McGregor, boiler maker, shipped, on the 6th, a marine boiler 5x9 for the tug Westcott,laying at Trenton, Mich. On the 16th he shipped a marine boiler 9x15, to carry 150 pounds of steam, to Cheboygan, Mich, to be placed on the tug Duncan City. He has completed a boiler of Scotch type, 13x13, 110 pounds steam, to be placed on the tug Niagara, on her arrival here from Bay City. He is building two Scotch type boilers, 11}x11 each, for 160 pounds steam, for the Craig shipbuilding company, Trenton; also building a marine boiler, 4 feet 6 inches by 8 feet, for 120 pounds steam, for the tug Grayling. Parrish Brothers & Peck have placed upon the steamer City of Cleveland the latest ap- pliance of electric bells, which can be used at nineteen places on the steamer by the captain, to notify the engineers of his requirements. Charles C. Chadwick, of this city, has been appointed superintendent of all boat signals. The Eagle Iron works are full of work, building boilers and duplex hoisting and deck engines, for which they have many orders. Henry Scheele, jr., and Captain Duncan Buchanan were here from Sheboygan, Wis.; last week, and purchased the schooner Sea- $5,000. Her port of hail will henceforth, be Sheboygan, and Captain D. Buchanan will command her. John Oades & Son, shighuilder, are build- ing a steamship 213 feet keel, 228 feet over all, 36 feet beam, 14 feet hold; her frames are all up. She is molded on the floor with 6 inch flitch 18 inches deep, bilges 14 inches with extra cross floors between, and extra futtocks. The outside plank will be garboard 6 inches, bottom 4% inches, bilges 5 inches. She is being built of very fine timber and will be diagonally iron strapped, and will be as strong as good timber and iron can make her. She will carry about 1,500 gross tons, or about 1,000,000 feet of lumber. She is for sale. The schooner Palms has received one-haif new deck frames, all new decks, hatch coam- ings and hatches at a cost of $2,600. The barge Melbourne is receiving one-half new deck frames, new deck, hatch coamings and hatches, some new stanchions and bul- warks, and calking, to cost about $2,000. The propeller Annie Smith has received new timbers and ceiling forward, all new beams from forward of boiler to her stern, new cabin, iron straps 14x} on two sides of keelson; considerable work has also been done on her machinery and boiler at a cost of about $6,000. The schooner Ganges gels some new frames and ceiling aft, part new deck, cabin coam- ings, paw! post, shoe pieces and recalking in- side and out, costing about $1,500. The schooner William Home has received a general overhauling costing about $1,000. She received repairs to the amount of $3,500 at Manitowoc last fall before coming here to lay up. The schooner Belle Hanscomb is getting a general overhauling. The price paid for the barge John Breden by Comstock & Co., of Alpena, was $5,000. The Breden was built at Port Dalhousie in 1862, but was rebuilt about 1884, She meas- ures 303 tons, rates A2, and is valued at $7,000 in the Lloyds. The Ogdensburg Transit Company was or- ganized at Detroit Tuesday. The new com- pany includes the C. VY. line of propellers. Orders were placed for five new boats, two of them to be delivered this summer and the other three next spring. The new boats are to be considerable larger than either the Averill] or Haskell. E.C. Smith was elected presi- dent, F. W. Baldwin, treasurer, and Louis Hasbrouck, secretary. The Detroit Dry Dock Co. will build . three steam ships for the Vermont Central rail- road, torun between Chicago and Buffalo. The boats will cost $140,000 each, and will be finished next year. The schooner Typo is receiving new floor, new stanchions and rail at a cost of $1,500, WILLIAMS. $2. Au SINGLE coras 5 Cf WEST BAY CITY, MICH. Special to the Marine Record. Bay City has alnew towing association with a capital of $60,000. Captain James Davidson has five new ves- sels on the stocks at West Bay City. One schooner will carry 85,000 bushels of wheat. She is already under charter to carry iron ore from Escanaba to Ohio ports at $1.10, Anew eteam r on the stocks has 250 feet keel, and is 1,600 tons burthen. She will be out in the latter part of June. At the shipbuilding yard of James David- son over four hundred men are as busy as beavers in autumn, constructing four large boats now on the stocks in the yards, One large schooner of 2,200 tons burden is com— pleted save the rigging out, puinting, etc. She will be launched as soon as the ice will permit. . In addition to these four boats the Kear of a new fire tug for Captain Armstrong will be laid this week. The dimensions are as fol—- lows: depth, 6 feet. She placed in the river at the L tion or soon thereafter. The keel of a new lighter for Detroit parties 1 laid this week. Besides the: the yards there 1s an army busy in timber. There have been duri the past three weeks as many as 340 ‘men 120 toams hauling and skidding timber, “SARNIA, ONT, ; Special to the Marine Record. The schooner Pandora is receiving all new deck frames and deck, nine new stanchions on the starboard side, and a new forecastle. Captain P. Kerwin has given his schooner Sligo new keelsons, two new center board boxes, some new deck beams and deck fora ward, new forward hatchway and hatches, and a new forecastle. The schooner Mary is receiving new frames and breast hook, new ceiling forward, bilge strakes, assistant keelsons, center board box, some new stanchions and bulwarks, and a new set of sails. The schooner Aurora is getting new coyer- ing board, stanchions, bulwarks and rail, some new deck, new bowsprit and jibboom, and a general overhauling, Captain Joseph Glass’ schooner Hercules is receiving new deck frames and deck for- ward and aft, new stanchions, bulwarks, coy- ering board and rail all around, new pawl oer and new forecastle, and a general over- auling, costing $4,000. WILLIAMS, MILWAUKEE, WIS, Captain David Vance of Milwaukee, who has been abroad for the past six weeks, has returned home. He laughs at the stories that he went to London after more insurance agencies. He stayed there only a few days and did not even look for any companies, Most of his time was spent at Nice and other points in Southern France, where the lemons, oranges, and olives are ripe on the trees. Captain J. V. Tuttle of Milwaukee is re- covering from a long and severe illness. SAULT STE, MARIE. Announcement has been made of an import- ant change in the rules of the lock which. will greatly hinder the movement of passénger vessels through the St. Mary’s falls . canal, By the new rule all craft will haye the same rights and haye to await their turn. For merly pasgenger vessels had the right of way and could lock through without delay. It is expected that much annoyance and delay to locking will be avoided. The change will work to the advantage of the Sault. ASHTABULA HARBOR, ORIO, Special to the Marine Record, Captain George Fields, who has for many years been connected with the tug lines at this port, died Sunday morning, the 10th inst,, after a long and severe illness, The P. Y. & A. docks are putting into position another of the Raser and Baker fast ore hoists, the King Bridge company furnish- ing the iron works. The hojst is entirely of iron. The same docks are erecting an eight pocket coal schute to be used almost exclu- sively in fueling steamers. F.L. T. Keel length, 65 feet; width, . 16 fects E : &