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CLEVELAND VESSEL OWNERS’ ‘ASSOCIATION. ORGANIZED IN 1880. . (Membership 1890.) One hundred and thirty-eight steamers, and One hundred and thirty-two sail and barge, Maintains shipping offices at Cleveland, Ashtabula Harbor, Fairport and Potedo. Regulates wages, protects crews, and takes cognizance of all mattere ‘n the i iterest of the members and of the lake commerce genora:'y. Aggregating 245,70. tons, OFFICERS, H. M. Hansa, . + J - - President ‘M, A. Brapury, - : . . Vice President Bronce P. McKay, - - - Secretary ond Treasurer H. D, Gocuper, - - . . Counsel MANAGERS OR ADVIBORY BOARD. H. M, Hanna, R. &. Winslow, H, P. Lillibridge, P. G. Minch, M, A. Bradley, W. D. Reese, George P. McKay, J, H. Palmer, Thomas Wilson, W. C. Richardson, J. W. Moore, James Corrigan, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A. M Hanna, M. A. Bradley, Thomas Wilson, J. W. Moore, George ¥. McKay, James Corrigan, B, L. Pennington, SHIPPING MASTERS. A R. Rumsey, 98 dock, Cleveland; Fred Bennet, Assistant, Wm. Rennick, Ashtabula Harbor; Andrew Biemel, Fairport; John O’Connor, 205 Madison Street, Toledo, THE MARINE RECORD.—OFFICIAL PAPER. ee NEWS AROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND, 0. John Reining, Jr., ship supply dealer of Buffalo, spent Tuesday in the city and left for Toledo in the evening. Mr. Fred Ballin, manager of the Detroit Boat Works, visited the city on business a few days ago, and secured a number of orders for his firm. Mr. George H. Ely will wait on the river and harbor committee at Washington on Saturday in the interests of the deep waterway convention held last month in De- troit. The city has just contracted with the Thomson Hous- ton Electric Co. to fit out the swing bridges with electric motors in lieu of the steam power now in use. The ap- plication and economy of electric power in this connec- tion has been fully demonstrated. Capt. Duncan Buie, who resigned his command of the Wilson Line steamer Sitka at the close of navigation, has allowed himself to be re-appointed to his old com- mand again. We wish him much success and congratu- late him on his again taking charge under the Wilson Line house flag. There are but few changes to report inthe masters and engineers of the several prominent Lines, the Wilson Line are not making a single change in their fleet, all positions being filled by the same men as last year, the Menominee Line makes a change in two masters and the Mutual and Orient Lines are already filled with last season’s officers. : , The M.E. B. A. endorsed resolutions at their last meeting calling upon all maritime associations to favor the passage of a bill now before Congress, for the estab- lishment of a home for aged and infirm sea and lake fa- ring men. It isexpected that all organized marine bodies will lend their assistance to bring about the enactment of so humane a measure. The Chase Machine Co, have several orders for new pumps, considerable marine and stationary repair work and are working on a stock of the Chase automatic fog whistle machines especially adapted for the coast and ocean trade, a new engine has been built and put in place for driving the machinery at the works. A crew of skilled workmen have been sent to Buffalo this week to carry out orders for boiler and pipe covering. Major William Ludlow, corps of Engineers U.$. A. engi- neer for the 9th. and 11th. Lighthouse Districts, and Com- mander Nicoll Ludlow, U.S N. inspector of the 9th. Dis- trict, were in the city last Saturday on department bus- iness. Both officers visited the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Co., where the new lighthouse tender Am- aranth, is being fitted. The Dahlia is also at their dock undergoing an extensive overhauling in repairs and new work. Capt. Alex. McDougall, general manager of the Ameri- can Steel Barge Co., was in the city Wednesday and left again in the evening. While here he inspected the two monitors building at the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Co., and recognized them as being a new de- parture in the shipbuilding world. The captain looks well and is as hearty and energetic as ever, he had just heard that the Wetmore had closed a splendid charter of $1.50 per ton for coal on the Pacific to run between the Sound and San Francisco, eight keels are now laid for whalebacks at West Superior. Work at the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. is moving at arapid gait, Nos. 16 and 17, the two new monitor model freight steamers are being put together with a crew of over five hundred men and work will THE MARINE RECORD. move on the same lines until the vessels are off the stocks. No. 16 is now two-thirds plated and spar deck partly laid, No. 17 is nearly allin frame. To a stranger these immense steel hulls with the large tumble home in their up- per works look strangely like the whaleback type, though when Capt. McDougall inspected them on Wednesday in company with Mr. Henry D. Coflinberry it was not learn- ed that any direct similarity existed in the entire or com- plete constructiorf of these singular freight carriers, the Cleveland Ship Building Co. have not taken out patents on the monitor type of building, yet, the company are the first in the field, as it were, short top gallant forecastles for working and stowing the anchors as well as protect- ing the windlasses will probably be placed on the moni- tors, the frames abreast of the deck forward and aft where the houses are to be built run up toa line at the head, and have not the tumble home given to the rest of the frames. It is now a foregone conclusion that these monitor type freight steamers will prove enormous car- riers on a light draft, and they will vie closely with the whalebacks record. In addition to the new tonnage there are at the shipyard the lighthouse tenders Dahlia and Amaranth, the former undergoing large repairs and a partial rebuild and the latter being fitted out, the steamer Onoko is also at the dock for repairs and the Frontenac is in dry dock for bottom repairs, twenty-four plates being taken out of her. CHICAGO, ILLS. Special to The Marine Record. TI. W. Cook, of the firm of Campbell & Cook, vessel own- ers, Michigan City, was in Chicago Tuesday on business. The barge May Richards, light, arrived here Sunday afternoon from Milwaukee in tow of the Chicago Tow- ing Co.’s tug Waubun. Pp. H. Fleming & Co., vessel agents, chartered the barge Baltic Tuesday for corn to Buffalo at 494 cents per bushel for storage and delivery. The schooner C. C. Trowbridge has been sold by George B. Carpenter & Co., shipchandlers, to Capt. Charles Gun- derson; consideration $1,000. The steamer Servia was chartered last week by Messrs. Keith & Carr, vessel agents, for wheat to Buffalo at 5 cents per bushel for storage and delivery. James Prindiville returned home Tuesday morning from a journey East, where he had been on business on pehalf of his father, Capt. John Prindiville, the well- known vessel agent of this port. The steamer Fountain City, Capt. Griffin, with mer- chandise trom Milwaukee for St. Joseph, ran into this port Monday evening. She had been laying off St. Joseph two days and nights, but could not enter that port on account of ice. We are pleased to know that Captain Otto Westerholm, owner of the schooner Kate Hinchman, is recovering nicely from a severe attack of grippe, which he has been suffering from since New Years. His schooner is for sale in our advertising columns. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association No. 68 Chicago, held their third annual ball at the north side Turner Hall Thursday evening last. The grand march was led by Engineer C. E. Stacey and wife. A very nice party was in attendance and all had a very enjoyable time, excellent dancing was indulged in until early morn, to the very fine music supplied by Nevans & Fishers orchestra. Engineer Thomes Dowd, of M. E. B. A. No.4, Chicago; National Secretary J. H. Harris, of M. E. B. A. No, 68, Chicago; Engineer John L, Muzzy, of M. E. B. A. No. 44, Manistee; Engineer Alfred Green, of M. E. B. A., Muske- gon and Chipman of M. E. B. A., Milwaukee, left Chi- cago Saturday for Washington to attend the M. EB. B. A. annual national convention this week, as delegates from their respective lodges. The steamer City of Rome is receiving a new spar deck and some new deck beams where necessary, new prome- nade deck, new bridge, new hatch coamings, new string- ers and a new solid rail, her rail formerly was in sections. She is being re-calked from the light water mark up, her four masts have been taken out and she will in future carry two pole spars only. She will also receive a new steam capstan and probably be lighted by electricity. The work is being done by Charles Blair, ship carpenter, un- der the superintendence of Captain R. H. Long. Captain Thomas Teed, died January 16th on. his 73 birthday at Union Grove, Racine County, Wis., where he went from Chicago to reside about four years ago. He arrived in Chicago from England in 1852. He owned ard sailed the fore and aft schooner Carrie Woodford soon after his arrival here, he also sailed the small schooner Jenny Lind and the tug S. C. Harrison and Bob Teed were partly owned by the deceased. He had been suffer- ing from paralysis for two years and on January Ist was attacked with grippe which put an end to his sufferings. He was well known and much respected in Chicago. His funeral took place at Rose Hill Cemetary Wednesday morning January 20th, He leaves a widow and two sons both of whom were formerly tugmen wi Robert who died recently. = Corporation Counsel Miller Wednesday opinion from the Supreme court which is importance to the city, inasmuch as it right of the city to compel tug owners to pay ali Tt is in the case of William Harmon ys. City William Harmon owned twelve tugs and was license fee of $25 for each. He paid the $350 under test and brought suit to recover the amount. | D claimed that the licensing of tug boats was a violatic the provisions of the constitution in regard to intersta commerce. He denied the right of the city of Chicago tax tug boats a license fee, declaring that Congress alo had jurisdiction in the matter. The case was taken to the Supreme court and on the first hearing Harmot the court declaring that the city law was invalid. arehearing petitioned for by the city the validity of ordinance was established. The opinion which is a son what lengthy one, is based on the ground, that, as city had expended money on the river, it had the right exact toll, which it did in the form of a license tax, 4 WILLIAMS. | BUFFALO, N. Y. : Supervising Inspector McMaster is in Washington at- — tending the annual meeting of the Supervising Inspec- tors. ; : j The Hand & Johnsen Tugboat Co., recently organized, — now controls all the tugs of the old Hand & Johnson line, James Ash is president, and Capt. John Johnson general manager. All the owners of stock in the tugs are stock- — holders of the company. A new tugis being built for the line. G. E. Lee made a transfer in real estate for floating property this week. The steamer St. Louis with consorts Champion and Potomac, were turned over for $60,000, — which amount was covered by the late owners H. W. Watson and Peter Wex, taken over property on Elk and — Seneca Streets. BY Major E. H. Buffner, Corps of Engineers, U.S. A., has — now taken over the duties at this port.. Major Amos Stickney is transferred to Cincinnati. The concrete work carried on at the breakwater during the past year has been the most important work on the station, and it would be well if more concrete was used in the construc- tion of piers and at the lake ports. Junius 8. Smith, Merchants Exchange weighmaster, in his annual report for 1891, gives the total receipts of grain and flax seed by lake as 135, 315, 510 bushels. The — total receipts at Buffalo from 1872 to 1891 (inclusive) amount to 1,415,707,761 bushels of grain of all kinds, in- cluding flax seed, and at the rate of shortage at the time of the adoption of the present system in 1872, as com- — pared with the present rate of 1891, the saving to grain carriers would amount on the total receipts to 1,105,667 bushels, and fully demonstrates the value and efficiency of the methods adopted. Mr. Smith reports that all elevator scales, both receiving and delivering, have been — carefully tested with standard weights—some of them re- peatedly—and checks kept on the work at and from other ports. Errors and disrepancies amounting to several thousand bushels have been corrected, and the probabil- — ities of error or defect reduced to a very low point; and yet he says: “There are many owners or masters — of craft receiving the benefit of the care; labor and ex- pense involved in this work, who do not employ us be- cause they can get the mere tallying done at a much lower price. They are willing to take advantage of my work without any cost to themselves. ASHTABULA, O. Special to The Marine Record. William Daly, general manager of the Menominee docks, is ill of la grippe. ! H. P. Sherwin is taking an inventory of the stock the Harbor Ship Chandlery Co, Capt. Downs has been under the weather for some ti with the grippe, but is now better. The hope of obtaining a life saving station at this p has been revived by a letter which Mayor Moore lately ceived from Capt. Dobbins, who advises that the matter be placed before Superintendent S$. I. Kimball at Wash ton, and the danger of vessels entering the harbor the consequent need of a life saving station stro: urged, James P, Devney has sold the shipyard here to his John P. and Henry, who will hereafter personally duct the business. Both men are practical shipb having been taught by their father, who is con one of the best on the lakes. It is not known Ww Mr. Devney will engage in business at some oth or retire finally from active life. His increasing } and the success which has attended his labors justify the latter conclusion; but on the other are good reasons for believing that Mr. Deyney’s of usefulness will not terminate with th shipyard, is