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CLEVELAND. O. JULY 10, (890. Chicago, Tl, eS Veta & Spear epaiidieass st ae, A ‘Haan, ail cant Dather Allen, Frank | ‘the directors met and elected officers as fol- lows: President, J. F. Pankhurst; vice presi- lent, Luther Allen; secretary and manuger, | Frank Wright; treasurer, J. B. Cowle. 2 steamer isa master Bates, employed two. tugs to Wright. After the stockholders adjourned | Svecial to the Marine Record. Cloud and Surprise, bound down light ran back and came to anchor about 40 feet apart inside the breakwater, and whilst laying at anchor about 4 a. m., the schooner Naiad which had also been compelled to run back, J.S. Dunham is gradually increasing the capacity ef his tug line. Two years ago he bought the tugs Tarrant and Chicago from the ' date of her launch in our next issue. ste alee of this | from a + vit on the St. ey in a lively manner is better attended than the slyke, local agent for S. B. e, of tugs, reports a brisk wing. This is the first Vanslyke, to be in Cleveland, ye y Grover & Son, ship chandlers, are ing a complete outfit of canvas for the “Mabel Wilson. They haye also the contract for the fitout of the new steel steamer Re- public, which will be launched by the Globe fron Works Co., on Saturday July 12th. Captain Thomas Wilson, General Manager of the Wilson Transit Line, says that the feasibility of the Montreal transportation en— terprise has been fully demonstrated and that the American Steel Barge Company will un- doubtedly avail themselves of this channel of commerce in the near future. Mr. Sinclair Stuart, *surveyor, for the United States standard steamship owners, builders and underwriters association limited is bere from New York. Mr. Stuart, will pro- bably ascertain the amount of damage sus- tained by the high classed steel steamer Cas- talia in her recent casualty with the propeller Winslow. Our worthy Mayor, Commcdore George Gardner was in his “element” on the 4th, The Wasp was flag-ship and the Erie yachts rounded him in good style inside of the break- water after their tussel with the choppy sea outside. The “Wasp” had a dash outsiue in the forenoon to see how the weather looked, she came back making music enough, “minus her fiddle.’’ And now comes along a record of the Sitka, of the Wilson Transit line, bringing 4,600 | tons of ure from the Sault ste Marie canal, in| 48 hours, of this amount the barge “104’’ held | 2600 tons. The speed obtained by the Sitka in snaking along those barges is not pheno- menal, as Captain Thos. Wilson wisely weighs coal, etc., in the scale of time. in 48 hours, from the “Soo” to Cleveland, shows a fine lively gate all through. The Cleveland Shipbuilding Company are bending the frames for their new contract and the keel plates will shortly be laid, work on the new steamer building to the order of Captain Peter Minch is progressing steadily, and as she is well along towards completion we hope to be in a position to announce the The machine, engine, and boiler shop departments of the irm are kept very busy. The large new boiler shop addition is turning out a! scotch type boiler each week for the past two months. The fourth annual meeting of the stock- was held in the company’s office, Monday Yet 4600 tons} |the breakwater, and drifting out in the fair- /way they had become a menace to the vessels entering and leaving the harbor. The action | of the harbor master in this instance was most /commendable even if it had been necessary to engage more assistance, he was perfectly justi- “The fine steel steamer J. H. Wade built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company eom-— day night. The trip to Marquette and back was made i in about seven days from here; a good pleased with his new vessel, which has been fitted out in the most complete manner pos— sible, the officers and’ crew’s quarters being equal to those on any passenger steamer. Since our last report the Cleveland Dry- dock Co., have docked the following vessels: Tugs Dreadnaught and Curtis. to stop leaks; schooner Cambria to have leak stopped and Falso bottom calked all over. ‘The two D Superior ferry steamers building at the yards under the superintendence of the general manager of the line, Captain Murch, are pro- gressing finely, the first steamer has now her boiler on board and the deck houses are nearly in frame, stanchions being up and deck work well ahead. The second boat of the line has her bottom planked, her deck sheer strake bolted and one strake of her upper planking on, work is being pushed rapidly and both of these fine little steamers will soon be launched. The Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., are supplying the machinery for both of the steamers and John Drackett, foreman of con- | struction is doing his best to hurry on the work, as the boats are already required in Duluth. Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Two deck hands who had their legs broken by a parting line on the steamer China were placed in the marine hospital here on Sun- day. Work is progressing nicely on the sunken Magnetic and with favorable weather wrecker Murphy will have her afloat in three or four weeks. The lighter Mentor returned from the wreck }of the schooner Zach Chandler, at Cook’s | Mills, haying stripped her of her anchors and |canvas. James Strachan, the owner of the | vessel, came down on the Mentor and reports | her in a very bad condition. Instead of rest- | ing ona soft bottom, she is imbedded in clay | and it will be necessary to dredge her out. Butfalo, N, Y. Not only on the lakes and rivers are rafts being found detrimental to the vessel inter- ests but I hear from Cleveland that last week | the large tafts that are moored inside the breakwater broke loose and nearly blockaded | the mouth of the harbor, Harbormaster Bates was notified ard he sent a couple of tugs out to tow the raft back to its moorings. | ‘Two big rafis were lodged under the break- | water here last Monday, one by the steamer | Volunteer and one by the tug Sweepstakes. | Tugmen report that one of them was in the way of vessels, Harbormaster Sweeney will probably see that rafts do not encroach too} much on the right of vessels, Captain Thos, Maytham was mighty proud uluth= | - jon Racine Reef. | back for C. T. Company, About six weeks ago he added the tug Bob Teed from the same source. Last week he bought two more, the Hackley and Butler. For the former Ed. Van Dalsen received $7,000 and for the latter. $5,000. There are now fourteen tugs bearing the legendary Diamond “D.” ‘the dock laborers strike came to an end at 2 o’clock last Thursday afternown. General Agent Linsted, of the Vermont Central Line, being the first to recognize the justice of the men’s cause and to receive their thanks. The other lines soon followed, and the men are now paid 25 cents per hour and allowed for -|shifting time. The several companies must have been great losers by the tie up. At Miller Brothers Dry Do¢k the schooner H. B. Moore was in dock for a new piece of keel forward and to have a leak stopped, the ‘| schooner F, L, Danforth for a new forefoot, the schooner Kate Hinchman for leak stop— ping, the steamer Chief Justice Waite for | some calking, the steamer Massachusetts for a new shoe, the schooner A. Mosher, loaded to have a leak stopped, the tugs William L. Ewing and Uncle Sam for some repairs, the schooner Surprise for leak stopping, she is also receiving repairs to damage done by col— lision with the schooner Naiad as is also the} schooner White Cloud... ss The new ‘barge | Atlanta, tat Fred Wat- son, arrived here last week with nearly 800,- 000 feet of lumber from Bay City, in tow of the steamer Wilhelm. She was recently built by Captain James Davidson, West Bay City, for Eastman and others of Bay City and Sagi- naw. Her dimensions are 172 feet keel, 185 feet over all, 34 feet beam, 12 feet 6 inches hold. She loaded 42,000 bushels of corn and left with the Wilhelm for Ozdensburg. The Dunham Towing and Wrecking Com- | pany have purchased from Captain Ed. Van | Dalson the tug I, H. Hackley for $7,000 and the tug I’. S. Butler for $5,000. Captain H. P. Olson, of the schooner H. B. Moore, wishes to publicly thank the cap | tain and crew of the Racine life saving station | for prompt and able assistance rendered by them when his schooner went ashore last week They haying assisted in| unloading about 50,000 feet of lumber on to a scow, and loading it again after she had been released by the tug Sill. the new buoy has been shifted three quarters of a mile in towards the shore, from the old spot, in 20 feet of water, andthe change was not reported. Several other vessels and tugs have struck the reef this season in conse-' quence of the change, At the Chicago Dry Dock the tugs Charm, Fashion and Van Schaick were in for general repairs, the steamer Rhoda Emily to have her wheel fastened, the schooner Ralph Campbell received a new | jibboom, bowsprit and cathead. Captain Olson says Jompany’s docks | Captain John Marte], shipbuilder, was here from Saugatuck last Thursday and contracted with some Chigago parties to build a steamer 100 feet over all, 20 feet beam, 9 feet hold, | engine 18 by 12, for use on Lake Superior. | Captain Martel intends to change his location to South Haven, where he has for the past four weeks been making alterations on the steamer Glenn for the purpose of coaverting | her into a passenger steamer to run in con- | nection with the steamer H, W. Williams. The heavy northerly gale which ushered in the 4th of July did considerable damage to | our shipping and caused many vessels to run shelter from the storm. The, schooner George Steel, bound for Sarnia with | | of his interest in the propeller America last | season and vowed she was a “daisy” all through. The Brazil built on the same lines arene tons more than her sister ship, turning , corn ran back, but could not make the harbor and d in consequence of haying had her fore main sails blown into shreds and was force holders of the Cleveland Drydock Company /| and for the same owners has lugged along 35. to let go her anchors just outside the govern-| breakwater; and only a few feet from it, where | morning. About two-thirds of the capital| out 2,876 gross, which is equal to 3,200 net | she buffeted the heavy seas and backwash for | stock was voted. The following directors! tons, this showing makes the designer, build-! | several hours until rescued by the tug Wel-, were elected for the ensuing year: J. F. Pankhurst, J. B. Cowle, George Presley, M ers, and owners feel that their plans were walle jaid, come after two tow lines had beea parted and her anchors slipped. The schooners White let go her anchors to windward of them, but she dragged her anchors and came into collision with the two schooners, the Naiad carried away some rail and her fore rigging on the port side, had her fore sail and gaff and mizen sail torn, cabin skylight smashed, her yawl boat stove in and one of the davits car- ried away, the White Cloud carried away her Jibboom, howsprit, foretopmast, head-gear and cathead, also some rail and covering board, and the Surprise received similar damage with the exception of her foretopmast, and the collision also caused her to leak ‘The tug William L. Ewing succeeded in towing the Naiad out of the tangle and prevented fur~ ther damage being done. Captain Ole Han- son, of the Naiad, wishes the report which got into most of the cily papers, contradicted, that a sailor named Harry Berkeley or Larry Buckley was lost off his schooner, as he did not have asailor named either Berkeley or| Buckley on board, and, in fact, not any of his crew were lost. The schooner A. Mosher, bound for Georgian Bay with oats, sprung a leak in the heavy sea and ran back and went toadry dock, The schooner Iyer Lawson ran back and as she came into the harbor| collided with the schooner Ralph Campbell| lsying at anchor and carried away the Camp- bell’s jibboom, bowsprit, head-gear and ca head. eis =istaBaree Collie ae , lights bound for Ludington had her steam pipe broken and was compelled to get back to port as best she could after receiving a bad shak— ing up. The schooner J. H. Mead ran back after losing some of her light sails. The steamer Wissahickon, bound to Mil- waukee, when going out of Chicago harbor j about 3a.m., Friday morning, collided with the schooner Stafford laying at anchor, carry- ing away the schooner’s jibboom and bow- sprit and also her own smokestack, Captain Durker did all that was possible to prevent | the accident, buf the steamer’s rudder would |not keep her under control. The Wissa— | hickon i is in port getting a new smoke stack. The steamers City of Chicago and Puritan, of the Graham & Morton “Line, which left at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night for Saint Joseph, loaded with passengers, experienced a very rough time in the heavy gale and were compelled to run back, their captains not deeming it safe to attempt to enter the har- bor at Saint Joseph. The steamer H. W. Williams for South Haven with passengers also ran back to Chicago, The steamers City of Racine for Grand Haven, Glenn for South Haven, Kalamazoo for Saugatuck and Mabel Bradshaw for Holland with passengers, which left this port early in the evening of the 3rd, arrived at their respective ports of destina- tion all right after receiving a heavy shaking up. The tug A. A, Carpenter, Captain James Inman, arrived in port Friday morning, hay— ing on board Henry Thompson, mate; Louis Buritz and Enoch Larsen, sailors, whom he | had resened from, the scow Gladiator, which had water-logged and capsized at 7 a.m. off Grosse Point. Captain Thoressen who owned and commanded her having lost his life through going down into the cabin to recover some money just prior to her capsizing. When Captain Inman, who was comiug up | the lake from Racine in the gale, sighted the Gladiator she had a flag flying fur a tug and he went to her and finding her water-logged he took her line and intended to tow her into | shallow water, a few minutes afterwards she capsized. The crew were rescued by the | means of lines which were thrown to them and which they fastened around their odies, and they were pulled on board the tug. Captain Thoressen was 56 years old and resided in Manitowoc, Wis., ‘and had a wife and four children. He was a quiet unassuming man and was much res- pected. A notable eyent worthy of a place in the history of Chicago transpired at South Chicago | Hamlin, on the maire coast. on July Ist. It was the laying of the keel by the Chicago Shipbuilding Company of the first steel ship ever built in Chicago, or in any port on Lake Michigan. The Company — is now at work upon its first contract—two steel steamships for the Minnesota Steam Ship Company. The boats are intended for the Lake Superior iron ore trade, and will be 292 feet keel, 308 feet over all, 40 teet beam, © 24 feet dani of hold. WILLIAMS, Frankfort, Mich, Special to the Marine Record. United States lighthouse supply steame Dahlia, Commander Clark, lay anchored ine Frankfort harbor, on the 4th, she hoisted all : her colors and looked neat. The Frankfort life saving crew, gave a) exhibition drill on the afternoon of the - The schooner Geo. W. Wescott, was an nearly abreast of the station and line hawsers stretched and a man rea The schooners Jo L. Pratt, Ida, L. A. Mystic, Melita, Jennie Weaver, : Hanson, and G. W. Wescott, are traders to Frankfort this summer. ae Among the passenger boats calling at this port are propellers Petosky, Lawrence, City of — Charlevoix and John D. Dewar. Mrs. Burmeister, has sold the yacht Flash, to Captain Fitch of Onekama. A. E, Banks, has purchased the little yacht Nettie and placed her on Crystal Lake, where he has started the Crystal Bank resort, it is a beautiful sheet of water two miles wide and nine long, situated one mile east of Point Betsy. The lighthouse at Point Betsy, has been completely overhauled and rebuilt, also a crib built to prevent the waves from under— In- spector Jerome Lazoon, of Detroit, had charge of the work. Many collisions have occurred on the lakes caused by wheelsmen being mixed up by cross chains and straight chains, now, what ig needed is uniformity on all craft and Con- gress should enact a law to that effect and strictly enforce it. A fog bell, operated by clock work is a pres- sing need at Prankfort pier head light and its absence causes much delay during fogs to. passenger steamers. At present the light. keeper 1s furnished with a 65 cent fog horn by the generous department; to guide en— ; dangered craft on their way. The attention Re of the lighthouse board haye repeatedly been : called to the need of a signal. Please Comes mander Clark give us a fog signal. Lieutenant J, H. Rogers, formerly assistant . inspector of the eleventh district life saying service, has been transferred and promoted. He is now commander of the revenue cutter H. mining the foundation of the station. Cas, BURMEISTER. Toledo, Ohio, Special to the Marine Record, More soft coal has been shipped from here this season than ever before. : et H. P. Tobey, the shipchandler, has sold his : naphtha launch and this week has the tug” Alice chartered to do his delivering until he can buy or make arrangements to build, A oe The Barnes, Street, Penokee, St. Paul, Locke = and Clint, are at the Columbus and the Scotia tS Ganges and Selkirk at the O. C. with ore. : Beil, the ship carpenter, puta new main- mast in the schooner American. Z. Be” [AROUND THE LAKES CONTINUED ON aT i PAGE.] f