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Cleveland, 0. Detroit, Mich, Detroit, Mich. Bay City, Mich. Chicago, Ill. .. Chicago, Tl. Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. soem Duluth, Minn. wees Duluth, Minn. on the great lakes, a fog signal at Gray’s wn reason the light versely on this pro- although Col. Ludlow ith and eleventh districts, y- The Lake Carriers’ t satisfied with the action structed their representa— to endeavor to secure pro- ‘light in spite of its adverse sociation has furnished the yn commerce with its views ecessity of marking this reef ive manner, and has pre- it showing the strandings at ing last season, as follows: an Richmond; jettisoned 12,000 pulled off by tug Leviathan. wego; jettisoned 300 tons of flour; steamer H. J. Jewett and tug : ‘Charles A. Eddy; released after ull and cargo of $5,800. Francis Palms; slid off and foun- ioga; jettisoned 1,000 tons of flour; wy damage to hull and cargo. Steamer D. C. Whitney, on reef at same as the Tiago; jettisoned 7,290 bushels of heat and 8,300 bushels of barley; hull dam- ‘aged. - Steamer Iron King and schooner Iron _ Queen, on reef at same time as the Tioga; both jettisoned cargo. The Queen’s cargo was practically a total loss, and her hull very severely damaged. The total losses at Gray’s Reef for the sea- gon of 1889 were $189,300. The hulls imperiled at this point last sea- gon were valved at $929,000, and their cargoes at nearly as much. The latest news from Washington is to the -effect that the committee will report favorably on a $15,000 provision for a lightship and fog signal at Gray’s Reef, in spite of the light- house board's action. LAUNCH OF THE STEEL STEAMER MARUBA. There was launched from the yards of the Globe Iron Works Company on Saturday last at 3 p.m, the fine steel steamer Maruba built to the order of the Minnesota Steamship Company, Cleveland, The Maruba is the third vessel built by the Globe for the above named com- pany, the two preceding steamers being the Manola and the Mariska. As usual a great gathering of people assembled to witness the ‘launch of. another addition to the fleet of steel steamers which is now superseding the Jess modern and smaller tonnage on the chain of lakes, and the fact was borne upon the minds of many present at the launch, that the Jake marine at this time is the peer of any similar class of tonnage in the world and is mow being added to at a lively rate. As the appointed time drew near; each indi- ‘vidual who carried a time-piece felt that it was incumbent upon him to note the fast slipping moments, at six minutes to three; word was received from Colonel Pickands (who repre- sents the owners of the steamer) that he was on his way down to the shipyard and desired that the vessel should be held until his arrvial. Employes of the Globe iron Works Com- pany were stationed at each avenue to signal the approach of the Colonel, in the meantime Vice President John F. Pankhurst closely scanned his chronometer balance timepiece. At about two minutes to three Mr. John Smith, superintendent of construction, mounted his rostrum and the writer needed no further assurance to feel certain that the record of the Globe launches meant to pe maintained. One minute to three and no owner in sight, yet, Mr. Jobn Smith was perfectly serene and gazed calmly watch in hand at the large steel hull which had grown into shape under his skillful guidance, all watches out, even the ladies gazed attheir beautiful toys which were more likely to be regulated to suit themselves, than either ee a a ac ee ac p.m. The Range lights for entering ‘the Globe tim ye j shrie and the hull moved | Holland, (Black Lake) Mich. the harbor of 8 shr 5 , : Ashburn under the | 26th, 1899, a fixed red light from a tubular courteous and gallant attention of Mr. Luther | lantern suspended 25 feet above lake level, Atlen, T: r of the Company, presided in | from a post set at the outer end of the south & most befitting manner as mistress of the| Pier at the entrance to Black Lake, Mich. | christening ceremony, and as the {orefvot of | The light willbe vi-ible in clear weather at a ‘the noble ship stepped into the “element” | distance of from two to three miles and will Miss Ashburn besprinkled the stem with a form with the main pierhead light, a range dose of the sparkling liquid ard the initiation showing the direction of the piers and the was completed by the Marnba laying her sides | C°U"S¢ t© be followed in entering the harbor. like realms over which she is destined to plow J. H. WADE. her prevely, way in the race for Western! ‘There was launched from the yards of the aggrandisement. She had barely rested from Cleveland Ship Building Company at 3p. m. laving her beautiful smooth sides in the to-day, the fine steel built steamer J. H. water, when her owner arrived on the scene| Wade, named in honor of the millionaire and it remains a question whether he was not| banker of this city. more pleased to see her majestically assert-j seers gathered to witness the virgin plunge aay her rights to take care of a goodly por-J of the latest addition to tne fleet of steel tion of the lake favors, or, as she was when| freight carriers. The J. H. Wade was built he saw her last simply a negative quality, | to the order of Captain Thomas Wilford, of that he was pleased, however ia beyond a| Lorain, O., but other gentlemen are also finan- doubt, and her courteous builders would no| cially interested inthe new steamer. The doubt assure the Colonel that the Globe) fine lines and smooth well finished appear- launches are always euccessfully punctual. | ance of the outside of this large steamer speak She was hauled alongside the dock in short] well for her builders, we recognise the same order, the commodious gangway placed on special care taken in the coating of the metal her rail and the five hundred ladies and gen-| entering into her construction which the tlemen who experienced the pleasure of “go-| Cleveland Ship Building Co. make a positive ing down tothe deep’’ disembarked from the | rule of, inasmuch, as the different parts of Maruba, the gentlemen to wreathe themselves | the vessels’ from keel to rail are no sooner in the smoke of a good launch cigar, while placed than they are well coated with the the ladies assured each other that they were | finest preservative of iron and steel yet dis— not the least bit frightened during the inter-| covered, the action of the air is therefore esting ceremony. The following particulars | never allowed to work on the face of the bare of the Saturday launch goes as a record: | metal, thus ensuring a perfect stage of preser- The steel steamer Maruba, built for the| vation and cleanliness even in the obscure Minnesota Steamship Company, was launched | recesses of so much intricate construction. at the Globe Yards, Saturday, May 17th,| The launching of a 2500 ton modern steel 1890, precisely at 3 p.m. Her dimensions are | steamer is no longer the novelty it was but a 308 feet over all, 292 feet keel, 40 feet beam, | few years ago, yet, notwithstanding the re- and 24} feet molded depth. Her triple ex-| peated opportunities offered to the citizens of pansion engines are 24, 38, 61, with a 42-inch | (jeveland to witness this interesting piece of stroke. She has three boilers 14 feet by 125, | skill; as embodied in the process of transferr- and will carry 160 pounds pressure. Captain | ing alarge body of metal froma position on J. PB. Cottrell will command her. She will) the blocks to the water we found that every be ready to receive freight in about three] noint of vantage in and around the large weeks. Her draft of water was 7 feet 1 inch | shipyard was crowded with eager and appar- aft and 3 feet 3 inches forward, giving a mean | ently interested sightseers. The wives, daugh- draft of 5 feet 2 inches. As an interesting | tors, sweethearts, and relatives of the small record in connection with this launch; we note army of workmen, who had been engaged in that Miss Carrie Ashburn has had the honor | the construction of the J. H. Wade formed a of ‘performing the christening ceremony on | considerable force among the other spectators no less than thirteen fine modern steel built) and entered into the spirit of the operation, steamers launched from the yards of the Glote| which in a measure is the successful culmina- Iron Works Company. We unreservedly | tion of the builders project. credit the phenomenal success of the tonnage Precisely at 3 p.-m., the superintendent of built by the Globe Company to the prime | the yard gave the order to cut, the last block factor of doing all things well even to the | having previously been knocked from beneath final ceremony cf anappropriate christening. | ihe keel; and while the workmen were moving Miss Carrie Ashburn for a young lady who] away from their hurried task, the huge body has just left the region of her teens has prob-| moved steadily towards the water. The plunge ably christened more tonnage then any lady| fom the ways to the muddy Cuya- in the world, and the Marine Recorp heart- hoga seemed to be instantaneous over ily extends its congratulations on her graceful acceptance of such untold responsibilities. Aclarge crowd of sight- the spectators were taken up and echoed by the whistle blasts of the attending tugs, ma- chine shops; and other manufacturing de- partments which closely surround the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Company’s, extensive plant. As the new competitor for lake favors steadied herself; the symmetry of her upper works could be more readily ob- served, the general and outspoken remarks of those in the immediate vicinity of the MARINE Recerd man, (who by the way was all over the ground,) were eminently congratulatory to the builders and owners of the enviable piece of floating property, which so far as skill in the designing of marine architecture is concerned ranks second to nothing afloat on the wide ex- panse of water territory, so much may also be truthfully stated in speaking of the entire construction; and carrying out of the plans NOTICE TO MARINERS. By direction of the lighthouse board notice is hereby given that the buoy on the south- west side of the Whale’s Back Shoal has been removed and that ared spar buoy has been placed at the southeastern end of the shoal, and a black spar buoy at the northwestern end. From the former Pilot Island light bears E.S. E. } E. distant 13} miles, and Cham- bers’ Island light 8S. W. 28. distant 14} miles; and from the latter, Chambers’ Islaad light bears S. W. 78. distant 14% miles, and Cedar be found outside the buoys. Three black spar buoys, marking deep water around Saunder’s Pounds, have been toward her natural| Notice is hereby given that on or about May: down and luxuriating in the pliable cushion LAUNCH OF THE STEEL STEAMER the whole line of keel and the cheers of. placed at the entrance to Gladstone harbor. Vessels of deep draft may enter with safety by keeping these buoys to the left. St. Louis pierhead light at the Superior entry will be moved from the Minnesota to the Wisconsin side of the waterway, after which it will be known as Superior pierhead light. An ordinance was approved by a committee of the council at Toledo Thursday night re- quiring all steam and sail vessels while using anchors to keep lower yards cockbilled and upper yards braced. Also, while in the har- bor southwest or above the Pennsylvania rail- road, over Maumee river, no vessel shall drop anchor in water except for anchorage. All craft at anchor must hang out conspicious submitted from the rooms of the draughting department to the practical master mechanics, who carry out the work given under their charge. While not aspecial feature of the launch we can not refrain from expressing a wish that a congressional delegation may in the near future take a jaunt along here from Washington; to witness the easy manner in which 2500 ton steamers are consigned to ‘dence steam windlass from the American Ship Windlass Company, Providence R. I. the various ports, and the vessel will be lighted with electricity s0 that ore can be loaded and unloaded at night as well as in daylight. She has a carrying capacity of 2,600 tons, drawing 15 feet 6 inches of water, A new arrange- ment is the placing of the steam steerer aft in the engine room and connecting it forward with the hand and steam steering wheels in the pilot house. The new ship will be com pleted and ready for business at an early date. Her cost is said to be $165,000. SESSA ON LAKE FREIGHTS. The Cleveland freight market is dull but the situation is unchanged. There is fair de- Shand for coal tonnage for Lake Michigan, but ‘ew boats are offered and the indications are that higher rates to Chicago and Milwaukee were paid during the week. The Lake Su- perior rate is unchanged: The demand for Escanaba tonnage is dull, but no charters are reported at leas than 90 cents. TouEpo, May 21.—Chartered: Coal—Steam- ers George D. Presley, West Superior; barge 105, Sandusky to Ashland, 45 cents; schooners Ganges, John Schuette, Henry Fitzhugh, Gladstone, 40 cents. Burrato, May 21.—Coal freight to Chi- cago and Milwaukee continued strong, but shippers were not prepared to pay any ad- vance. Tonnage was wanted badly and little was at hand. {n other ports the situation was easy. The Duluth rate was cut 5 cents.— Charters: Gladstone, Chicago, 60 cents; Fred Mereur, Milwaukee, 50 cents; Raindeer, Sagi- naw, 40 cents: W. H. Barnum, Duluth 35 cents. The Hadley goes to Toledo to load for Du- luth, Canal grain freights were quiet and steady at unaltered rates, —____-»+____—_ [AROUND THE LAKES CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.] Kingston, Ont. The battered hull of the Jessie Breck was towed to port Monday. The wreck is one of the saddest on’ record. Miss Mackie was soon to have been married. ently been leaking, for when she passed Nine Mile Point four men were pumping for dear life. If the vessel had not capsized 10 min- utes more would have carried them to safety. The lightkeeper’s wife watched the crew for 45 minutes, and saw them one by one drop off his hat repeatedly. Those on shore had no} means of saving them. The government re- cently refused to establish a life-saving station there. . The loss of the three masted ac essie H. Breck, of Kingston, With ou board near Nine Mile Point Saturday morn— ing has caused great sorrow in this city. The Hi. A; Calvin had great difficulty in going up the lake to the scene of the disaster. The sea was running mountains high and the wreck— ing party could not veature near the schooner. No sign of life being visible, the party re- turned to the city without giving any assist- ance. They reported heavy timbers floating for miles around the scene of disaster. The vessel was lying on her starboard side with the port side clear out of water. Her three masts were uninjured, except the top- masts, which were gone. The canvas set at the time of the accident was dragged in the water. Onthe stern the words Jessie H. Breck, of Kingston, were visible. The entire crew, eight in number, are lost beyond all doubt. They are; Captain Thomas Mackie; mate, James Mackie; cook, Mary Mackie; seamen, W. Mackie, W. Miller and John Miller (father and son,) Donald MacDonald and Frank George. The first four named were brothers and sister, residents of Wolfe Island. The next three were Wolfe Island men, and the last named, an Italian, and a resident of King- ston. William Miller, Mac Donald and George were married men and leave large families, The ill-fated schooner left King- ston just four weeks ago with a cargo of ice, bound for Toledo, There she loaded with oak timber for Garden Island, and was with- in a few miles of home when the terrible ac— All hatches are spaced to fit the ore chutes at | more men, | The boat had evid-| the rigging and drown. The last man waved | Ss is company promise, this furnish employment for which th: able to port will be a thousand — The next important act inthe Ashtabula drama was the visit of President Hatchinson, < of the P. Y. & A. Co, accompanied by the other officers and directors of the road. It has long been felt that this company have - been cramped in their work and now this visit of the officials gives promise that large additional docking will be built forthwith, and several more hoists erected. While Mr. Hutchinson was here the feeling was arousec that the government was not making sufficie appropriation to carry out the necessary i: Provements here, and consequently the ci council have appointed a committee, who:in conjunction with a like committee from the Lake Shore and Pennsylvania roads, will visit Washington and plead our cause. They hope to have the amount raised to $50,000. The receipts of ore have been very heayy thus far during May, and Ashtabula’s showing for this month will be much better than the report for April, ; The coal situation remains about the same as last week and the promises of the railroad officials “for better things in the near future’’ have not developed. Ee The schooner Delaware is undergoing gen- eral repairs at Devney’s shipyard. An effort is being made to have the Pie & A. erect a passenger depot down on the docks near Bridge street and if done it will be a great convenience to vessel men. XEROTES. Buffalo, N, ¥. The Lake Erie Transportation Company’s new steel steamer will be called the S.C, Rey- nolds, for a prominent grain dealer of Toledo, who owns stock in the company. She willbe launched by the Union Dry Dock Company in about four weeks, The tug Alva B., being built by the Union Dry Dock Company for the Vessel Owners’ Line of Cleveland, is to be launched this week. x Captain Edmond Condon, of this port, has gone as master of the Milwaukee steamer. John Plankinton. Captain Fred, Chamber- lain, who had been on the ‘inton, looking after the Armour, which he by collision in St. hat the la only slight ‘rep: boiler. After w loa surveyed and ri e sceol: has been running between Dul ith Huron, will take the Roanoke’s place u repairs have been completed. — It is understood that the Cuba, of will for the time carry wheat from ~ Port Huron. The passenger steamer Lora is getting a new Trout wheel to increase her apeed, : Captain Dennis Driscoll. of the H. BE. Packer, has been appointed master of the Cayuga and Mate Dan Mackenzie has been given the Packer. - Marine City, Mich, Special to the Marine Record. : The dimensions of our last launch named the Chippewa were omitted from my last notes they are 228 feet over all, 220 feet keel, 36 feet 2 inches beam and 14 feet 9 inches depth of hold. She is equipped with the “Proyi- dence” ship windlass and steam capstans manufactured by the American Ship Wind- lass Co. Providence R. I. F She is owned by Messrs. Cu, Curtis, W. 8. Brainard, and N. ©. Holland, and will tow be- hind the steamer Cherokee, under the com— mand of Wm. Barrett. No time was lost after she got afloat as she left here four days after she first touched the water. It is expected that another large tow barge will be placed on the stocks just vacated by the Chippewa at the yards of Curtis & Brainard. The steamer building at the Morley yard will probably be launched in six weeks. the element of which they are destined to move. The experience would facilitate the annual improvements required as aids to the naviga- tion ofsuch important tonnage over the whole lake area. The new vessel is designed expressly for ore carrying. Her keel is 266 feet in length, beam 38 feet, depth 24 feet, and length over cident happened. Mariners here say the gale was the worst they remembered for years. Not more than half a mile from the scene of the catastrophe, one year ago, the schooner Bavaria capsized, and all hands were lost. Ashtabula, Ohio. Special to the Marine Record. During the past few days three important The new steamer building at Holland’s yard for Nelson Mills, of Marquette, will be under the command of Captain John Jenkins. She will be ready for launching about the fifteenth of June. Wo. Parr, engineer of the steamer Charles A. Eddy, writes H.G. Trout of King Iron Works, Buffalo N. Y, that the Trout Sec— lights, with a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $100. The following notice has generally gone | Compartments run from the collision bulk- the rounds of the marine columns of our ex- changes: “Lightkeeper Hacket, who was sent by the | ment under the engine room, Canadian government to the dummy, to lo-|#ft 20 feet the boatis strengthened by the River Pierhead light W. 8. W. $ W. distant 8 miles. Nothing less than eighteen feet will cate and look after the obstruction discovered by Captain McLachlin, of the steamer City of Cleveland, found it three miles south of the dummy, in five feet of water. The buoy is in eleven feet of water, and can be seen from the dummy with the naked eye.” There are no such depths of water to be fonnd in that locality as all marine mea know. Yo reconcile the above notice with the facts in the case we print the following communi- cation. To the Marine Record. The obstruction was found exactly as pub- lished in the columns of the Marre Recorp. In thirty-five feet of water. It is now marked | F. B. Hacgerr. with a red spar buoy. movements in the interest of Ashtabula har- bor have been made. The first and perhaps the most important is that started in the in- terest of the Schlesinger syndicate, the or- ganization of the Ashtabula Dock Company. So far as your correspondent can learn this all 284 feet. She has a water bottom to en- tional wheel put on the steamer makes her able her to go light. The eight water ballast go faster than she ever weat before, and with a saving of at least thirty per cent in fuel, the engineer also deserves credit. “FOR SALE. head, aft, and have a capacity of 670 net tons. A special feature is a water ballast compart- From the bow ts OR SALE—The fine new tug company will excavate the old swamp on the aa Fred Koehn, dimensions 60 : q a “A>, feat over all, 13 feet 6 inches, doubling of the frames. This itis claimed lake front and erect several thousand feet of WY oun 7 feet depth of hold, engine i 14 by 16, boiler and all-connections in first-class or- der. This tug is only two. years old, and is # most desirable investment, will take out machibery and sell hull to suit purchaser, For further particulars apply to Rieboldt, Woltér & Co., Sheboygan, Wis- eR The Roberts Safety Water Tube Marine Boiler. Works, Red Bank, N. J. es sey Over two hundred and thirty in use by the leading marine. engine and ship builders of the States qadloihacs: "Two hundred pounds steam prassiter light weight, swall space and great economy. for handsome illustrated circulars to E. E. Roberts, 18 Courtlandt street, New York, docks. Nothing will be spared to make the equipment first class throughout and with the addition of 1,000,000 ore tonnage per year, will give her sufficient strength to cut through the ice. The vessel willbe equipped with triple expansion engines of 800 horse power. The dimensions of which are 17,29, and 47 inches respectively, and the stroke is 36 inches. The number of revolutions will be 85 per minute, and the working pressure will be 160 pounds. The diameterof the turning screw is 114 feet; and its pitch 16 feet 6 inches. The ship will be equipped with two steel boilers of the scotch type, each being eleven ps 4 9 gen mens oe FOR SALE. - 5 feet in diameter and twelve feet long. She feet, beam 15% feet, draft Det ele eerste is equipped with Williamson steam steering Pdardy about 7 feet, engine 18 by 2), vari: Seat teak apparatus, steam windlass, and steam hoisting engines of improved design, and a Provi- very fast. ‘or price affalo, N. to Rieboldt, Wolter & Co. all, 13 beste boil Ki epi of toi, gn ae : b an a good ler. Shek ae