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setae) el Bae oe Ahh bie Oh a MARINE REVIEW. 9 i (‘(‘ Around the Lakes. Three towing companies of Chicago were fined in court recently for violation of the smoke ordinance. The Chicago papers keep talking of raids by the Seaman’s union on Cleveland vessels at this port, but we hear nothing of it here.—Escanaba Iron Port. The boilers out of the steamer Jewett that were bought by Capt. Davidson of Bay City, will be put into the Monohansett and the Oneida according to reports. The superior board of public works has instructed the har- bor master to immediately place spar buoys in Superior bay to mark the channel for the benefit of vesselmen. The wrecking tug Sea Gull broke a manilla hawser 18 in- ches in circumference, while at work on the propeller Presley, stranded near Sand Beach. It was the largest line ever sent west from Boston. The investigation regarding grain frauds in Duluth eleva- tors gives promise of petering out shortly. Inthe meantime grain cargoes from Duluth to Buffalo are holding out better than before the investigation began. Care should be used in loading small vessels with stone. At Sturgeon Bay the steamer Pewaukee went-over sideways and dumped a cargo of seventy tons into the river while loading, on account of improper trimming on deck. S. C. Schenck, of Toledo, owner of the steel tug bearing his name, and who recently purchased the tugs Uncle Sam and S. F. Butler from Capt. J. S. Dunham of Chicago, talks of build- ing another steel tug about the size of the Schenck. The propeller Idaho lost a round trip asa result of her stranding near Ontonagon. Capt. G. W. Bryce of the Fountain City has been appointed master of the Idaho, vice Steve Chat- terton, and Mate Kennedy has taken charge of the Fountain City. The old Union Iron Works of Buffalo will be rebuilt into a first-class blast furnace for smelting of pig iron. ‘The establish- ment of docksat the works, with the deepening of the river chan- nel to 17 or 18 feet, will be a notable improvement for Buffalo harbor. The schooner Hoboken, which took 21,160 bushels of wheat from Detroit to Buffalo, had about 400 bushels wet. A survey showed that the vessel was not to blame for the damage. As the loss did not reach an average, the owner of the grain had to stand it. Frank Clark of Detroit has purchased the propeller Maggie Duncan, a boat of 535 tons built at Fort Howard last year, and will place her in the lumber trade between Baraga and Chicago, towing the rebuilt J. E. Potts, which burned at Detroit last win- ter and was later converted into a tow barge. Harbor tugs as well as the large steam vessels must be pro- vided with water buckets marked with the name of the boat. Chicago tugmen who could reach over the side of their craft at any time paid little attention to this precaution against fire un- til the revenue cutter Andy Johnson reported several of them for fines a few days ago. The Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company has united with the railways of Detroit in preparations for the estab- lishment of a freight collection agency. It is proposed to collect all freight charges through one office, the different companies contributing to the maintenance of the bureau in proportion to the amount of business done for each. Lake excursion business is picking upin Buffalo. Another boat, the Shrewsbury now on her way up the St Lawrence from New York, will begin excursions next week between Buffalo and Ni- agara Falls. ‘The Shrewsbury is a screw propeller something smaller than the excursion steamer Pearl of Buffalo. She was purchased in New York by Geo. Porter. The dredge Milwaukee, now at work on the straight chan- nel at Sandusky, removed an average of 2,000 yards of sand and marl every day last week. On each of two days the work ex- ceeded 2,300 yards. One-half of the first cut is completed a dis- tance of 4,800 feet from the B. & O. docks The inner end of the cut was made through the bar two years ago. A mind reader, Boor Sutton by name, prevailed upon the captain of the little steamer Hattie Loyd to allow him to pilot the boat through the narrow channel between Duluth and West Superior. After being blindfolded he held the captain’s wrist with one hand and the wheel with the other. The trip was made without difficulty, several boats being passed in the cut. __ The Manistee Iron Works Company compounded the en- gines of the propellers Fannie C. Hart. and Pewaukee, two Lake Michigan boats, during the past winter. Last season the Hart burned $437 worth of fuel every twenty-four days against £188" worth this season and the speed has been increased a mile an hour. A similar saving in fuel and increase in speed is report- ed by the owners of the Pewaukee. oe s J. M. Jones & Son, Detroit, have purchased the schooner Canton, built in 1873, rating A2% and 304 tons, from A. Ches- brough for $5000. C. D. Thomson, Port Huron, paid the In- ternational Bridge Company $7,000 cash for the tug M. F. Merrick, 133 tons, built in 1873 and rebuilt in 1889. Capt. Thos. Conlit, Buffalo, paid Capt. C. B. Chatterton $1,300 for a sailing inter- est, one-third, in the schooner C. A. King. The American Ship Windlass Company, of Providence R. I., recently shipped three windlasses for yachts at Cleveland. Since the first of January last this house built and shipped theif windlasses and capstans to the yachts Alborak, Alice, Anita, Barbara, Beatrix, Dauntless, Gretchen, Helvetia, Melissa, Min- eola, Nautilus, Norma, Oweene, Romaine, Sayonara, Silva, Veto, Wild Duck and Xara. Windlasses for a yacht at Newberryport, three at Boston, one at Central Falls, two at Brooklyn, and one at Long Island have also been shipped lately. « There must be some reason for the fact that there are very few large docks on the lakes that are not equipped with Mc- Myler derricks. In all probabilty the reason is that they do the work quicker and stand the wear and tear better. An Excelsior machine was placed alongside a McMyler derrick on the Penn- sylvania dock at Ashtabula. To avoid going into detail the re- sults were so favorable to the McMyler machine that when ten more derricks are ordered they will be furnished by the Mc- Myler Manufacturing Company. The Keweenaw, built in West Bay City, for ocean traffic and now in New York, will sail about July 6 for San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. Her loading berth is East Central pier; Brooklyn. ‘The speed attained by both the Mackinaw an Keeweenaw on the coast as well as economy in the propelling power is attracting a great deal of attention. Each of the steam- ers has two boilers 13 feet 4 inches in diameter and 12 feet long, with Fox corrugated furnaces. The boilers were built by Wickes Brothers of East Saginaw and are undoubtedly four of the best ever built on the lakes. William Rymer, a locomotive engineer of Detroit, has in- vented and patented a steering apparatus for steamboats which, it is claimed, reduces the possibility of accident from defective steering gear toa minimum. ‘The device is operated by either hydraulic or pneumatic power, chains and cables of every descrip- tion being dispensed with. The machinery is located in the vicinity of the rudder and is governed by a patented valve placed in the pilot house, which gives the wheelsman absolute con- trol of the smallest fraction of movement. When the rudder is not being shifted, the pressure is removed and it is then locked in position, requiring no further attention until shifting is again necessary. Satisfactory results are said to have been obtained from tests made, the device being applicable to every kind of steam craft. Mr Rymer submitted the drawings of his invention to an academy ot French inventors in Parisand has been reward- ed with the title of ‘‘corresponding honorary member’’ and a gilded medal.—Free Press. A gang of men is now at work building the light station on Devil’s Island, the most northerly island of the Apostle group, Lake Superior. The tower, owing to the smallness of the appro- priation therefor, will be a temporary wooden structure. but will ultimately be replaced by brick. ‘The keeper’s quarters will be of brick. This station, it is expected, will be completed and in operation by the latter part of next month. Bids have been invited for material for the construction of the light station at Two Harbors, Minn , and work upon that station will be com- menced within two months. Seul Choix point, Lake Michigan, will be the next point tackled. Col. Ludlow will in all pro- bability have the latter two stations completed and in operation before the close of navigation. ‘They are all to be of brick and each will burn a fixed white fourth order light. These will be the only light stations established on the upper lakes this séa- son. In addition Col. Ludlow will do his utmost to have all the ranges and beacons set in St. Mary’s river before the season closes