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Around the Lakes. ‘Mitchell & Bro., of Ludington, owners of several valu- , will move to Port Huron. t. Harry A. Cappelen, for many years a lake tiavigator, Tilwaukee, Monday, aged 55 years. Stewart Murray, the Lehigh line agent at Milwaukee, has been transferred to Chicago to take the place of P H. Fleming. he: schooner E. A. Nicholson has been chartered at Chicago for 50,000 bushels of wheat to Buffalo on private terms. _ Steambarge J. H. Shrigley, owned by Barber & Scully, Dunkirk, was damaged $5,000 by fire at Buffalo. Insured for 5,000. _ The Baltimore was the first boat to make the trip across Lake St. Clair this season, arriving at Marine City from Detroit, last Thursday. _ Capt. Sam Bernier, of Life Saving Station No. 9, reports no ice at Whitefish point, or in that vicinity. He says that if vessels want to reach Lake Superior they will be able to do so early in April. | Mr. Ross, the weather authority at Sailors’ encampment, says that he has not seen the ice as thin as it is this year for many winters, and that passage through the ice at Mud lake can be forced before April ro. The barge Allegheny was chartered at Milwaukee for 45,000 bushels of rye to Buffalo at 2% cents. Her barge spars remain to be put in, but provision has been made for them by the con- struction of boxes in the hold . ‘The Maumee River Steamboat Company held their annual meeting in Toledo. The directors elected were: M. I. Wilcox, _M.T. Huntley, F. N. Quale, George W. Bliss, and Capt. Al. Fitts. Officers, President, M. I. Wilcox; Vice-president, George W. Bliss ; Secretary and Treasurer, F. N. Quale. B. C. Church, manager of the Imperial flour mill at Duluth, the Tifft farm property... The house is to be 500 feet long and 90 feet wide, and will have storage for 50,000 barrels. It is expected ‘that the building will be completed soon after the opening of navigation. Major Stickney, United States Engineer at Buffalo, adver- tises for proposals for building an extension of about 500 feet to the breakwater at Buffalo. The bids will be opened on April 4, at2p.m. It is expected that about 2,000 feet of the old timber superstructure will be replaced with concrete blocks during the ensuing season. Geo. Elsey, Jr., the well know tug manager, and Joseph King, have entered into partnership for the purpose of conduct- ing a general towing and wrecking business and fire and marine insurance agency at Detroit They have the management of J. & T. Charlton’s line of steam tugs Balize, Onaping and Charlton, also their own tug Gladiator. These tugs will also be equipped with complete wrecking outfits. The Onaping and Charlton being Canadian boats, enables'them to do wrecking in Canadian waters. A Detroit newspaper figures that the annual operating expenses of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Com- pany, with its five passenger boats valued in the aggregate above a million, is fully $400,000, about one-half of which goes to 350 employes. ‘The other half is expended as follows: Fuel, $60,000 ; outfit, $40,000 ; food and stewards’ supplies, $35,000 ; rents of terminal facilities, advertising, postage, etc., $68,000. The affairs of the corporation are closely guarded, but its profits of late are known to be large. The manager of the Blind River Lumber Company at Toledo, calls attention to the item stating that the Scotia and and Blake had been chartered from Blind River, Georgian bay to Toledo, free on and offrail for $1.60 per thousand. He states that the off rail provision is incorrect and asks that equal publi- city be given to the correction as was given the error. This on and off rail clause is being watched very closely and a mistake of this kind just now arouses the interest of lumber dealers on ac- count of the recent action of the Saginaw valley vessel owners. The error in this case is excusable, as the Scotia and Blake have been chartered by Warner & Becker to bring 50,000 ties from Pike bay or Golden Valley, Georgian Bay, for $1.60 per thou- sand, free on and off rail. Nodoubt the two charters were mixed. arches, new upper works, deck frames and deck, new railing on is in Buffalo looking after the building of their big warehouse on — Work of the Ship Yards. The steamer William F. Sauber, building in Wheeler’s yard at Bay City, for Capt. John Mitchell and others, will be launched within a couple of weeks. The capital stock of the Duiuth and Superior Steamship Company has been increased to $200,000. ‘The increase is for the purpose of building another ferry and establishing a line of tugs in connection with the ferry business. Alfred Anderson is building for E. W. Brewster, at Manito- woc, a barge, to be finished at the opening of navigation, and to be used for the stone trade. She will be 120 feet long, 29 feet beam and 8 feet deep, with a capacity of 100 cords of stone. Isaac Bearinger, of East Saginaw, purchased an iron steam yacht hull from David Bell, of Buffalo, N. Y, She is gt feet water line, 15 feet beam and 7% feet hold. He is having a fore and aft compound engine built, 12, 20 by 16, and a Roberts safe- ty water tube boiler to carry 200 pound of steam. The appropriation fora new revenue cutter to replace the Andrew Johnson on Lake Michigan was carried in the sundry civil bill to the last conference and was there shelved in order to reduce the appropriation. Nothing was said concerning this move and it was included with other appropriations published — by the MaRINE REVIEW. Se The Goodrich line steamer Menominee has received new hurricane deck, and a new texas 18 by 20. The steamer Chicago has received new frames and ceiling, keelsons, deck frames an deck and new tamarack knees. ‘The steamers Sheboygan, Mus- kegon and City of Racine also received repairs. - The tug Keystone, which is being built at Buffalo for the © Keystone Lumber Company, of Ashland, will be one of the finest tow boats on fresh water. She has 92 feet keel and 19% feet beam. Her engine is a fore and aft compound. The tug is be- ing built entirely of steel with the exception of her deck and cabin fixtures, and will be finished in the latest and most ap- proved manner. The new propeller ‘Sailor Boy,” which is in course of con- struction at Wheeler’s ship yard, will be ready for business about the middle of April. She is roo feet long over all, 22 feet beam and 5 feet 6 inches hold. The company will run her in connec- tion with the ‘‘Post Boy,” between Saginaw, Bay City and the beaches. ‘The build of the “Sailor Boy” is different than that of any other river boat, having sponsers like the propeller Soo City, giving her more deck room. She will have seating capacity for 500 passengers. ‘The seats are of the perforated and veneered kind and will soon reach Bay City from New York. The boat will cost about $10,000. She will be commanded by Capt. Paul Armstrong, and Eli Dawson will be the engineer. et Milwaukee’s contributions to the lake fleet are receiving finishing touches. The Pueblo, the product of the Milwaukee Ship Yard Company, will be the handsomest steamer that has a yet taken the name of a western city. She is 238 feet long, 36 feet beam and 20% feet hold, and is steel strapped snd chorded, ; the main keelsons being sandwiched witha chord 16 inches wide 5 and 1 inch thick. Her bow will be somewhat fuller than the Pa Denver, but she will be trim as a yacht. She will have a Trout fore and aft compound, 23 and 46 by 40 and boilers from the Milwaukee Boiler Works. ‘The Ferd. Schlesinger was launched, | Saturday, with a full set of colors flying, the result of the gener- osity of the gentleman for whom she was named. Her keel is 308 feet, over all 328 feet, beam 42 feet and hold 22 feet. The chief feature is the water bottom. The pilot house and forward cabin are set back far enough to give room for two hatches for- ward. She will have Hodge engines and Milwaukee boilers and she is expected to carry 3,000 tons of ore. Davidson owns three-fourths and Wolf and Vance the remainder. Notice to Mariners. The light-house board gives notice that on March 30,a fog bell will be established at Alpena light station, entrance to Thunder bay river, Lake Huron. During thick or toggy weather the bell will be struck by machinery a single blow every ten seconds.