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SZnew P (ORGANIZED 1880.) ’ CLEVELAND VESSEL OWNERS’ eee ASSOCIATION. as bY (Membership 1892.) one hundred and sixty-three steamers, and She hundred and forty-four sail and barxe, ‘Aggregating 296)127 tons. Mai ippi + Cleveland, Ashtabula Harbor, Fairport and p eee rer toute crews a Denke cognizance of all matters: “n the interest of the members and of the lake commerce generally. OFFICERS > Preetd : - . ent, Sac Barmah, . - : Vice-President. Grorow P. McKay, = - - . Secretary and Treasurer, H. D. Gounpmn, = = * - Counsel. MANAGERS OR ADVISORY BOARD : |. M. , R. K, Winslow, Thomas Wilson, P. G. Minch, M. A. Bradley, Hew TeMtedte, Geo. P, McKay, J. H. Palmer, B, 1. Pennington, W. C. Richardson, J, W. Moore, Jas. Corrigan, H. G. Dalton, H. H. Brown. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE + HeM) Hanna, M.A. Bradley, Thomas Wilson, J. W. Moore, Geo: P,’ McKay, James Corrigan, B. L, Pennington. vest: "THE MARINE RECORD,—Official. Papers: ere NEWS AROUND THE’ LAKES. CLEVELAND, O. It is now reported that Captain Alexander McDougall has changed his views somewhat on the nomenclature of his whalebacks, and that the next three under the build- ers’ numbers of 119 to 121 will be named respectively the Thomas Wilson, Samuel Mather and James P. Colgate, a change which newspaper men especially will be glad to welcome in the interests of accuracy in their reports. John H. Jacobs, the large stone contractor of Mar- quette Mich., has sold one third of the steamer Otego and schooners Montmorency and Monticello, to Capt. Lyman 8. Woodruff & Son, of Sheffield O. Other par- ties are also interested in the deal. Mr. Jacobs will probably build large tonnage, holding a controling in- terest in the above boats as well. Quite a large quantity of Duluth wheat has been char- tered at 4cents; this rate is equal to $1.49!¢ on ore, and according to the table completed by, and hanging over Mr. Wilsons’ desk, 324 on wheat is as good as $1.40 on ore from the head of Lake Superior. ‘The steel monitor steamer, numbered 16, by her build- ers, will be launched from the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. on Thursday, March 3ist. Her name is not to. be divulged until she touches the water, when she will be duly christened the Andaste. The name of her sister boat, while not duplicated on the lakes, sounds familiar as the Choctaw, and the Lake Superior Iron Co., to whose order these freight monitor “dollar grab- bers” have been built, are to be complimented on the distinctive names which they have given their fine ves- sels. Capt. McDougall, visiting this port recently inspected the construction, and pronounced the monitors as being yery powerful and strong built steamers, and sure todo their work at 4 minimum cost to their owners. From the many enquiries regarding this new tonnage, we would not be surprised to learn that the Cleveland Ship Building Co. had accepted a new order to duplicate the Andaste. Mr. Chris Grover, the well-known shipchandler, has just returned from a visit to the South. It appears that the sporting element of New Orleans mistook the court- eous Chris for an Irish pugilist of international notoriety and gave him quite an ovation in consequence. Mr. Grover quelled the adulation by adroitly turning the sympathies of his audience from pugilism to politics, as- suring them that he was Grover of Cleveland; not Grover Cleveland, mind you, just plain Grover of the Forest City. The Lake and Straits Yachting Association composed of all yacht clubs from Detroit to Buffalo has been in- corporated with George W. Gardner as Commodore. A regatta will be held at this port in August and the ex- cellent view which may be obtained from the lake front and the high buildings overlooking the lake should en- list the interest of all prominent citizens. he Lake Erie and Straits Yachting Association will include the Toledo Yacht Club, Ohio Yacht Club, Cleveland Yacht Club, Put-in-Bay Yacht Club, Sandusky Yacht Club, Michigan Yacht Club, the Citizens’ Yacht Club of De- troit and the Buffalo Yacht Club. Each of the clubs will pay a small fee to the main Association, which it is expected will cover all dues and expenses likely to be in- curred in the running of the organization. 8. H. Hunter, Recording Secretary of M. E. B. A., No. 2, Cleveland O., says he was chief engineerof the cele- brated steam yacht Say When last year at-the time’ her new Roberts boiler was put in, and that he carried 250 lbs. pressure, and the boiler furnished the:steam with ease’at 20 miles speed. He says the owner of the Say When, Mr. W.J. White, states that the Roberts boiler turned the Say When from a dismal failure into a complete success. The large steal steamer Frontenac, owned by the Cleve- land Iron Mining Company, is receiving new floor ceiling and other minor repairs. The schooner Georger is being recalked and painted and put in first-class shape for her season’s work. The Onoko, the first iron steamer built THE MARINE RECORD. at this port, and one of the most steady-going and for- tunate vessels on the lakes, has received an extensive overhauling at the yards of the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, including new steam boiler and iron boiler house, new bulwarks, ete. The steamer Wocoken has had her topsides calked anda new upper deck put in her. The schooners G. H. Warmington, Fred. A. Morse, and the Philip Minch have each received a thorough over- hauling and refitting. The large fuel lighter of Pick- anrds, Mather & Co. has been lengthened by Murphy & Miller,and the largest craft of this sort on the lakes is now under construction for the same drm at the yards of the Cleveland Dry Dock Company. The schooner Eliza Gerlach, owned by John Gerlach, has received new rails, hatch coamings, and had her topsides calked. The small -schooner- Racine, recently ‘purchased : by Captain ©. H. Fish, is receiving quite extensive: repairs: ‘The steamer. Quito, has -underwent minor repairs, and the Cumberland has had her engines overhauled and consid- siderable. new wood work put, on her. ‘The schooner | Maumee Valley has received about; $2,500 worth of re- pairs at Lorain, O.. The Harry ©. Richards and the Queen City have both underwent the careful scrutiny of their owner, Captain Aenham, who has spared no labor or expense in putting his tonnage in first-class shape for a brisk season’s business, and work is still being carried out on both vessels. ‘The ©. A. Johnson has received a new stem, cutwater, some ceiling, and new upper works, forward. The R. Halloran is undergoing all necessary repairs at Toledo, including a new mizenmast, stanchions, rails, calking topsides, and new canvas has been ordered for her. The,schooner George is also being overhauled at Toledo, and making good the damage resulting from her being dismasted last fall on Lake Huron; and the schooner Columbia is being re-fastened and calked at Lorain, also the, tug Oscar Folsom, owned by John Stang is being rebuilt at the same port. The H. D, Root, owned and sailed by Capt. W. Farragher, is being thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt. Capt. Charles Hearns & Son, are putting a good deal of new work on the schooner Rival. The tug Alva B., of the V. O. T. Line, is having her fire damage repaired. The Curtiss is also undergoing nec- essary repairs, and the Joe Harris is given a new boiler and cabin ready for an early opening. Inland Lloyds inspectors, have not been around this seeson, but repair work has been kept up just as brisk as if every vessel wanted an Al rating, and the fact is fully realized that a vessel is well kept up only by spending money on repairs etc. It is rumored that a block of 100,000 tons of coal has been taken by Cleveland brokers at 50 cents for Lake Superior. The firms who are reported as accepting this rate, deny the statement, and elsewhere coal is hardly spoken of yet. It is learned that Pittsburg and Ohio operators have placed blocks of about 200,000 tons for lake transportation, and it is more than probable that a portion of this amount has been taken in Cleveland and Toledo. Large coal shipments will be made this season and vesselmen should hold freights at a fair living rate, Joseph C. Gilchrist, of the vessel agents and brokerage firm of Moore, Bartow and Gilchrist, has purchased the steam- er Hiawatha from ©. H. Lane of Buffalo for $62,500. The Hiawatha and her consort, the Minnehaha, went ashore in the Soo last fall. The steamer was released and received extensive repairs at Port Huron where she now lies. The Minnehaha is still ashore at Detour, but it is expected that she will be released early in the spring. It is said that Mr. Gilchrist will probably bny her. Capt. Georgr Mallory is superintending the repairs and a general overhauling of the handsome steel fleet of the Minne- sota Steamship Co. now lying at this port. The lengthening of the steel steamer Spokane at the Ship Owners’ Dry Dock is progressing satisfactorily, and it is ex- pected that she widl be out of dry dock in about a week. CHICAGO, ILLS. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Cuicaaeo, ILus.—Captain Higgie, has been appointed master of the schooner Oak Leaf. Captain Wm. B. Mitchell, was here last week looking after his fleet. * Captain Eugene Marquette, has been appointed to the command of the steamer John Duncan. Captain R. C. Brettan, is here this week from Sauga- tuck, he says there is not any shipbuilding doing there this winter. H. Channon Co., shipbuilders have opened a branch office at Duluth, in the Board of Trade Building, George D. Kirkham will have the management there. Captain John Shaw, is here this week looking after the Eddy-Shaw fleet. Captain Fury, of the steamer Emily P, Weed, arrived here last week. Captain Allen, of the steamer Castalia, arrived here Monday: ‘ Captain Leisk; of the steamer Ralph was here Mon- ay. Keith & Carr, chartered the steamer Viking, last week, for 65,000 bushels of rye to Kingston at canal toll to steamer. Captain W. A. Irving, of the steamer Iron Age, here last Thursday. oF At the Chicago Dry Dock Co's. the schooner Steel, is in for repairs and re-calking. James Mowatt, returned from Buffalo Saturday. — Captain Ole Hanson, owner of the schooner Hutt, was here Monday from Manitowoc. iT Captain Thos. Roche, owner of the schooner Naia here from Manitowoc and has had the schooner log with corn for Port Huron at 25g cents. The tug Mollie Spencer, struck a sunken pile in Burlington slip Saturday night and knocked a hole in her bow which nearly caused her to sink. i J. H. Graham, of the Graham & Morton Transpora-— tion Go,, arrived here Tuesday morning on the steamer City-of Marquette from St. Joseph. He says the con pany’s new steamer. which is being built by the Detroit Dry Dock...Co., is to be delivered at St. Joseph on May — 28rd and. will commence running June Ist. She is of - similar dimension as the steamer Indiana, of the Good- rich Line and will be elegantly fitted ont and furnished and will be speedy. Tbe company’s steamer City of Chi- — cago is being re-painted and re-embellished and will be running in about a month. a Captain Peter Hanson, of the schooner Bertie Calkins, returned on the 18th from London on the steamer City of — New York. The Seyniour Transportation Co. are building a dock office and freight house at 432 to 448 Illinois street, where their steamers Petoskey and Puritan will start from the coming season E. W. Seymour will be general passenger and freight agent Joseph U. Couley passenger and ticket agent. The company’s steamer Petoskey is expected here next week from Manistee and will commence run- ning April Ist. tea The Northern Michigan Line steamer City of Charle voix is in dry dock at H. B. and G. B. Burgers shipyard at Manitowoe, receiving a new engine 23 and 46 by 36 built by S. F. Hodge & Co. Detroit and two steel boilers 8 by 14 allowed 140 lbs steam pressure built by John Mohr & Son, Chicago. The company’s steamer Lawrence, is heré and is being fitted out for the coming seasons work. A new marine insurance company is being organized at this port under the title of the Chicago Insurance Co. All of the stockholders are commission men and large shippers, and the basis’ of the organization, which is to take inland and marine risks, is apparently on the mutual insurance plan, as the incorporators expect to net quitea sum each year by consolidating their own premiums and sharing risks equally. pie Insurance companies are consolidating as witness the make-up of the “big” thirteen, this prophetic number having just been ruled out by the addition of the Lanea- — shire to its ranks: American, of New York; Continental, German American, Greenwich, Insurance Co. of North America, Lancashire, Michigan Fire and Marine, Nation- al, of Hartford; Niagara, Norwich, Union, Pennsylvania Fire, Phenix, of Brooklyn, and Springfield Fire and Ma- rine. Each company agrees to be bound by the actionof the Association’s manager, F. M. Luse, to the extent of $25,000 on a single risk, and can at its own option take an additional line. i The schooner Rosabelle left here for Sheboygan Tues- day morning. uae The steamer E. M. B. A. left Tuesday night for Grand Haven, where she will receive a new cabin and texas, and a new Trout wheel. Captain L. B. Coates, her owner, is in command, 8. D. Coates engineer. She will runon Lake Superior in the passenger and freight business the coming season. ose D. E. Clow, ship carpenter, has done considerable re: : pairs on Martin MeNulty’s schooner E. P. Royce, co prising six new deck beams and considerable new aft, nine new staunchions, new stringers, 13 by 4G, around some new ceiling and catheads, new cabin | fore castle on deck, a general overhauling and recall at a cost of nearly $1,500. a Captain Harry Woerpel will again sail the schoo E. P. Royce. Elphicke & Co. chartered the schooner Elgin M for oats to Port Huron at 2 cents per bushel. Captain John Prindiville returned here Monday noon from a trip south, which he thoroughly enjo; C. W. Elphicke returned Tuesday morning fro land. He says the leading European insura) nies that are represented on the lakes inten better rates, and will not accept the hull busin low rates as last year. All the Jeading com) e paid very heavy losses on last season’s business, _ The tug Rollar, which has received a thorough at Miller Brother's shipyard, was towed to S Tuesday by the tug Calumet. é 1 The steam yacht J. L. Yattaw wiil go into Mi dry dock to receive her machinery. My ‘The steamer Louisiana is in dock for leak