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MARINE REVIEW. 9 Pridgeon-Chamberlain Case Settled at $44,000. ©) The Vermont Central Railway Company has paid the Brad- ley estate $44,000 in settlement of the loss of the steamer Selah Chamberlain, which was sunk off Sheboygan, Wis., in October, 1886, through collision in a fog with the steamer John Pridgeon, Jr. The Pridgeon was owned by John Pridgeon of Detroit but was under lease to the Vermont Central and was running in its Chicago-Ogdensburg line when the collision occurred. ‘The Chamberlain was in command of Capt. Greenley when sunk. Five of the crew were lost by the capsizing of one of the small boats after the accident. Capt. George Stone spent some time later in an attempt to raise the boat but the water in which she went down was too deep for successful wrecking work. Harvey D. Goulder of Cleveland represented the Chamberlain and C. E. Kremer of Chicago the Pridgeon in the legal proceedings that followed the collision. Judge Blodgett in the United States district court at Chicago gave the Chamberlain a full decree, mainly on evidence showing that the Pridgeon was running at a high rate of speed in a fog, and the decision was sustained by the United States circuit court. It was thought that the case would be carried to the supreme court, but the appointment of Judge Blodgett to the new appelate court probably hastened the settlement, as decisions of the new court are final in admiralty cases. Recourse to the privilege of limiting liability on the part of the representatives of the Pridgeon caused a settlement at less than the value of the Chamberlain. This is the only case in the history of the lakes, and the second one in the United States, where a steamer got a full decree in an accident happen- ing in a fog. Claims to Have Beaten the Owego. Capt. MacFarlane of the Lehigh Valley steamer Tuscarora claims to have beaten the Union liner Owego four miles in the run from Pert Huron to Buffalo. The Tuscarora was making ninety-two turns. The Owego has been recognized as the crack freight boat of the lakes, having made the run last season between Buffalo and Chicago, 889 miles, in 54 hours and 16 minutes, or at the rate of 16.4 miles an hour. Her power is much greater than that of the Tuscarora, although the engines of the latter, judging from what is known of their performance, must have been developing about 2,200 horse power at ninety-two turns. Both the Owego and her sister ship Chemung are known to have developed more than 2,600 horse power. The Lehigh boats have been running at moderate speed under orders ever since they came out. A great deal of credit for the Tuscarora’s speed is given to her Worthington independent condenser. In General. Capt. McDougall is in New York and is said to be making arrangements with officers of the barge company to begin at West Superior this winter the construction of the dry dock, about which so much has been said. It is expected that the whaleback steamer Charles W, Wet- more will touch at Montevideo, Uruguay, during the present week. At that point she will receive an 18-word cablegram which was sent via. London and cost $42, telling her to report at Valparaiso, Chili, and report progress. For the first time in two years the report from the commis- sioner of navigation for the week ending Oct. 10, of vessels to which official numbers and signal letters have been assigned, contains not a single vessel built on the lakes. This is evidence of dull times in the shipyards during the summer. Mr. M.H. Taylor, who has been actively connected for years past with the lake coal business of the late William Scott of Erie, is appointed managing executor for the coal, mining and railroad properties of the estate and is to receive an annual salary of $50, 000. The estate is valued at from $20,000,000 to $25.000,000. Harrison, Loring & Co. Boston shipbuilders, assigned last week. The company is building a number of steel tugs for the government and a cruiser, the contract price of which is $674,000, and the failure is attributed to the red tape attending payments onthe contracts. It is expected that an extension will be granted by creditors and that all indebtedness will be paid in full. Wrecks and Heavy Losses. sou The small steamer Daisy Day, worth about $3,000, went to pieces at Little Point Sable Sunday. The boat was owned by Banker Neilson of Pentwater. At Muskegon Tuesday, the tug Kingsbury, owned by Cros- by & Co. and valued at $3,000, took fire and had to be beached. Her machinery will probably be put into a new hull. The schooner Wayne, consort of the steamer Whitney, was ashore on Raspberry island, one of the Apostle group, Lake Su- perior, last week. Some of her coal had to be lightered. Capt. D. B Millen of Detroit, owner of the barge William Young, which foundered in the Straits a short time ago, had $3,000 insurance on her. She had a cargo of about 600 tons of coal. Fire destroyed the steamer Oscar Townsend on Lake Huron Wednesday. She was owned by J. Root of Tecumseh, Mich., and valued at $40,000. The crew escaped on her consort, the Kelley. oa Capt. J. S. Dunham’s schooner Lottie Wolf, stranded on Hope island, Georgian bay, has been stripped and abandoned and will go to pieces. She was valued at $5,500 and had a cargo of 21,000 bushels of corn. In releasing the schooner Queen City from the Canadian shore near the ‘‘Dummy,” Lake Erie, with only a few day’s work Capt. C. E. Benham of Cleveland did a good job of wrecking last week. A channel 1,000 feet long had to be dredged to the stranded boat by working the wheels of the tugs engaged on the work. per Just below Smith’s coal dock, Detroit river, and on the Ca- ' nadian bank, the Anchor Line steamer Conemaugh lies sunk as the result of a collision with the New York of the Union Line. The tow of the steamer Burlington rounding up to the coal dock aud probably a misunderstanding of signals were causes of the collision. ‘The Conemaugh is valued at 80,000 and has 1,850 tons of flour and other merchandise. a Collector of Customs Gott of Amherstburg, acting under in- structions from the Canadian department of customs, has con- tracted with Capt. John Quinn of Detroit for the removal of the wreck of the barge Birckhead from the lower entrance to the Lime-Kilns’ cut. ‘The sunken hull will be blown up with dyna- mite. Both the collector and the department officers at Ottowa are deserving of an expression of gratitude from the vessel own- ers of the lakes for taking prompt measures for the removal of this obstruction to navigation. Notices to Mariners. . By authority of the light-house board Commander Nicoll Ludlow of Chicago gives notice that the black spar buoy off the entrance to St. Joseph, Mich., has been replaced. The St. Joseph pierhead range light (red) will be removed. Commander Ludlow also gives notice that the gale of the 19th inst. made a dangerous shoal, on which there is but 8 feet of water, at the entrance to the harbor at St. Joseph, Mich. In entering keep south of the black buoy, on a line with the north edge of the south pier. Cleveland Matters. Mr. C. H. Tucker, general agent representing the Northern Steamship Company in Cleveland, announces that the last boat of that line for the season, westbound, will leave Cleveland on or about Nov. 20, Mr. Ashley of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com- pany says that the use of the Ludlow trip with the coal bucket of that name effectually prevents the dumping of coal all the way from 10 to 25 feet from the bottom of the hold. Derrick engineers being paid by the ton have no interest in lowering the bucket below the hatches. Mr. M. A. Bradley will sue the Northern Steamship Com- pany for the loss of the schooner Fayette Brown, sunk in collis- ion with one of the Northern Company’s steamers near the ‘‘Dummy,’’ Lake Erie, a short timeago. It was thought that a settlement would be made without resorting to legal action. Capt. F. B. Hackett of Amherstburg has removed some of the rigging and will cut out the spars from the sunken boat. This work is understood to be under the direction of the Canadian government, as the wreck is a source of danger to navigation. '