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THE MARINE RECORD. 5 - Now the company has commenced an action against Coghill’s bondsmen for $26,500. . _ Capt. 8. Crangle, president of the Canadian Marine As- sociation, who went to Ottawa last week as a member of a deputation to urge on the government the importance of immediate action being taken in regard to the rebate _of tolls on grain, returned on Friday last. He placed the -yiews of the Marine Association before the members of _ the government in a very clear and forcible manner urg- ing that the rebate be granted on grain transhipped at Kingston only, and that immediate action should be taken not only in the interests of the marine business at large. but also in that of the grain merchants of the country. His remarks were ably supplemented by Hon. G. A. ‘Kirkpatrick and Capt. John Gaskin of Kingston,and Mr. D G. Thompson of Montreal. The government promised P issue of their regulations for this year. After the way in which this matter has been placed before the government they should have no hesitancy in issuing an, ler based on the line of the one that was in force last year if they wish to carry on the policy of protection that ‘they haye always advocated since being in power. Capt. Crangle left again for Ottawa on Monday night to inter- view the government again on the same question, as no decision has yet been reached, notwithstanding other re- ports, Capt Crangle also interviewed the minister ofmarine, in relation to the recent order to steamboat inspectors re-adjustment of compassesto which reference was made in a former issue of Tum Marine Recorp. He was suc- cessful in having the order modified in such a degree that it will not apply to steamers trading in minor waters, and in cases where steamers have well known courses, if the master places these courses, in conjunction with the chart courses for the runs where they have been used, on the daviation cards supplied by the goviriment, and certi- fies to their correctness, this card will be accepted in lieu of an adjusters certificate. Since the formation of the Canadian Marine Associa- tion, influence has been brought to bear on the govern- ment to have a great many obnoxious rules either greatly modified or altogether rescinded so that those interested in floating property, should by this time see the many bene- fits that have been derived from unanimous action, and a great deal more interest should be taken in the work of the association than is now the rule. SPARTA. BUFFALO, N. Y. Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. The steamers Avon and Portage have been purchased by H. C. French, of Buffalo, from the Union Steamboat Co.. and will be run as the Union Transit Line from Buifalo to Duluth, stopping at Cleveiand, Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie and the principal south shore ports of Lake Superior with package freight. It is proposed to add other steamers as occasion may arise. Edward Smith, of Brown & Co-, has sold his one-third interest in the steamer E. 8. Tice, to L. H. MeCormick, of Bay City, at the rate of $50,000 for the whole. She will tow the Kingfisher and another barge. General Manager Drake has made the following ap- pointments for the steamers of the Lackawanna line, including the Florida and Wyoming, which .have again been chartered for the season: Steamers Lackawanna—Joseph Hulligan, master; W. 3. Davis, engineer. Scranton—James H. Green, master; C, Van Evry, engineer. Russia—Frank Weinheimer; master; W. Brown, engineer. Newburgh—Isaac G. Bain, master; F. A. Barker, engineer. Grand Traverse —Henry Murphy, master; E. A. Carter, engineer. Florida—P. J. Kenney, master; George Wise, engineer, Wyoming—Robert Drury, master; J. Hess, engineer. Harbormaster Doyle will have his office at No. 60 Main street. Captain M. J. Galvin has sold the fine canal schooner E. P. Beals, owned by Captain Boland and others of Buffalo, to George Hall & Co. of Ogdensburg, on private terms. She is classed A 2, with a register valuation of $7,500. _ John Hickler has sold to Stickney & Cram of Saginaw the tug being built for him by O’Grady & Maher at this port. She is 56 feet long, 14 feet beam, about 71¢ feet in hold, and will havea 14 by 16inch engine. She will be used in connection with the contractor’s work at the Sault. _ The propeller Arctic has been bought by Hollister Bros. of Tonawanda, who will put her in the lumber trade be- ‘tween Ludington and Chicago. The Arctic was built in ‘1864, measures 411 tons, and rated A2 last season. Her Lioyd’s valuation was then $18,000. os KINGSTON, ONT. Correspondence to The Marine Record. Tn the Exchequer Court at Ottawa in the case of the Queen . the OdgensburgTransit Co, judgement was given for the intiff. for the sum of $5,347 and interest at 6 per cent from vember 8, 189). This case arose out of a bond given by defendants to indemnify the crown for injury done by teame belonging to them to the new Welland canal in 1889, er collided with and carried away the gates of lock No, 16. The defendants refused to pay for the repairs when they were finished and the crown had to sue for the cost. Joseph Deane, lock-keeper, died very suddenly at his resi- dence, Kingston Mills, on the 24th inst. The news of his sudden death was a sad blow to the community, for he was looked up to and respected by all. He wasa native of Tip- perary County, Ireland, and emigrated to this country when a comparatively young man. He has occupied the position of lockmaster at Kingston Mills for twenty-four years and is well-known to mariners frequenting the Rideau Canal as a faithful, obliging servant, A wife, a daughter and two sons, one of them abzent in the United States, are his family who mourn his loss, John Evans has been appointed chief engineer on the Jessie Hall and Charles McSorley has been appointed to the , y PI same position on the James A. Walker. Edward O'Neill ‘has left for Algoma Mills to assume the position of chief engineer on the tug Metamora, owned by Burton Bros, A very large and influential delegation from Montreal has been this week trying to induce the government to allow the ‘rebate on cinal tolls as last year, The Montreal Gazetle has “written one or two afticles justifying the government in the granting of the rebate on grain, whether transhipped in Ogdensburg or Kingston, For many years the able editor of the Hamilton Spectator, Mr. Freed, has been udyocating the deepening of the St. Lawrence canals in the interest of Western vessel owners and in a late issue of his paper he has written the following able article on the subject: “Tt is greatly to be regretted that so able and influential a journal as the Montreal Gazette should advocate the granting of rebates of canal tolls on grain destined for Montreal and transhipped at Ogdensburg. So far as the Gazette desires to promote trade by the St, Lawrence it is in the right. To increase that trade will not only build up Montreal, but it will benefit the whole country. For it will attract more and better and swifter steamships to the St. Lawrence route; that will attract other traffic; the growth of traffic will cause increased competition; increased competition will lower freight charges; and the differeuce between high and low charges will go into the pockets of the farmers, “But the trouble with Montreal men is that they think the sun rises at Hochelaga and sets at Lachine. They cannot imagine, or will not remember, that other interests exist as well as theirs. For many years vesselmen and western cities have been imploring the government to complete the St. Lawrence canals. ‘Those canals should be completed at the earliest possible date, because the money so far spent on canal enlargement is money sunk until the whole chain of canals is completed. When they are completed the question of tolls will be settled. All the trade of the west will flow down the St. Lawrence; Montreal’s trade will increase enormously; vessel owners will be busy, and the whole country will be benefitted. But so far Montreal has opposed the completion of the canals, because it is believed that some Montreal in— terests will suffer, Montreal wants the policy of the whole country to be shaped to promote not only her general inter- ests, but particular and partial interests, careless of the wel- fare of the rest of the country. Her people want grain trans- shipped at Ogdensburg, careless whether the interests of Kingston suffer or not. If that were all we might let Kings- ton and Montreal fight it out, But far greater interests than those of Montreal and Kingston are in question. In the first place, if rebates of toll be granted on grain transshipped at Ogdensburg the Canadian lake marine will be pretty well wiped out of existence. Montreal men will care nothing for that if her own selfish interests are protected, In the next place, so soon as the canals are enlarged a great trade will spring up between lake ports and those of the maritime pro-~ vinces. Nova Scotia coal will be burned in Hamilton and Toronto and provisions will be sent down from Ontario in— stead of going from the western states by way of Boston. The interests of the whule country are of greater importance than those of its chief commercial city.’’ No one in Canada is better able than Mr, Freed is to dis- cuss this question, as he has given the matter a great deal of attention and has been a member of every delegation who has waited on the government for the past ten years with reference to this matter, Maaner, OWEN SOUND, ONT, Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The appointments for the CO. F, R. fleet are as follows: Ath- abasca, Capt. McDougal (late of the United Empire) Ist mate, Thomas Martin; 2nd mate, M. McPhee; chief engineer, W. Lockerbie; 2nd engineer, C. Robinson; steward, R. Mat- ters; purser, W, McKendrick, Alberta, Capt, McAllister; 1st mate, Louis Pyette; 2nd mate, R. Brown; chief engineer, A. Cameron, Sr,; 2nd en- gineer, W. Donaldson; steward or purser not yet known, Manitoba, Capt. Anderson; 1st mate, J. McQuay; 2nd mate, Alex. McNabb; chief engineer, —— Kenney; 2nd engineer, D. Chalmers; steward, R. Masterdon; purser, W. Bethune. The steam barge Kincardine has been undergoing repairs here for scme time and will enter the dry dock as soon as the the river is free from ice, The side wheel steamer Cambria which has been purchased by a Port Arthur company is receiving a thorough overhaul- ing, she is intended to run between Port Arthur and Duluth. Capt. Marin will take command of her, James Black 1st mate. The tug King which is being rebuilt for Maitland, Rixon & Co. under the supervision of Capt, John Simpson is nearing completion and will be ready to launch in a week or two, Capt. Jaraes Foote (late of the Athabasca) will take com~ mand of the Beatty Line steamer United Empire this season. The C, P. K, are losing a good man in parting with Capt. Foote. : It is rumored here that the C. P. R. will reduce their men’s wages on the boats from $16 per month to $12, this includes waiters, pantry men and deck hands, The second revenue cutter being built here by the Polson company for the Dominion Government will soon be ready for launching. This year ia the dullest spring Owen Sound hasex perienced for some years in the marine circles. The deputation which went to Ottawa to interview the Goy— ernment on the dredging of the harbor have returned home quite satisfied over the success of their mission. BAY CITY, MICH. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. Howard L. Shaw left yesterday for. Chicago, where he will tuke command of the steamship C, A, Eddy. J.C. Brown will be steward and J. W. Keith elerk of the Lorw this season, she will probably be put onthe route’ be- tween Benton Harbor and Chicago, " The steamer Wellington R. Burt has been sold by Maxwell, Lee and Pierce of this city to Toledo parties, the consideration being $10,000 cash, Every one here knew the Bart, and the river looked lonesome after she was taken to Toledo. The river is clear of ice, the mild weather for a few days, followed by a strong northeast wind did the work, The fire tug Geyser has steam up ready for business, The first work of the seuson was done yesterday when the Louise transferred some lighters, Capt. Morrison of St. Clair has arrived in the city to take charge of the Leuty, she goes into the dry dock to day to get a New wheel. The passenger steamers Lora, Soo City, Ossifrage and Min¢ nie M, which will be run in connection with the Vandalia railroad line, are being fitted up with the incandescent electric higit plants at Wheelers. The work of fitting out the steamer R. G, Stewart, of the Shore Line, has commenced and she will be ready for business in a few days, D. J. Brown, last year mate of the Stewart, will command her, while Fred Sherwood will be first engineer. | The Saginaw Bay Towing Association has made the follow- ing appointments so far for this season: Niagara—Cuapt. Frank Elliot, Sweepstakes—Capt. Fred Boutell, Charleton— Capt. Barney Morgan, Peter Smitt—Capt. George H. Phelphs, Traveler—Capt Al. Forest, Ella Smith—Capt. Frank King. The Davidson Transportation Co. has made the following assignment of officers: City of London—Capt. Michael Madden formerly of the City of Paris,City of Berlin—Capt. Cox, City of Glasgow—Capt. Van Lehman, Monohansett—Capt. George W. Pardee, Oneida—Capt. Thomas E. Black, The schooners of the fleet, the Celtic and Harold, will be commanded by Capts. George W. Starkey and W. R. Newton respectiyely, Capt. James Davidson has sold one-third interest in the Lizzie Madden for $14,000 cash. The names of the purchasers are S. O. Fisher, one-ninth, William Sharp, one-ninth, Lizzie Madden, one-ninth. S.O, Fisher and Thomas Madden are the owners of the other two-thirds of the ship. The Lizzie Madden was formerly known as the Chenango. She was bad- ly burned about two years ago, and was purchased by Capt. Davidson and given a thorough rebuild at his yard. She now rates in the Inland Lloyds as Al. She has a capacity of 700,- 000 feet of lumber or 40,000 bushels of corn. J.P, R, Po - ea ACROSS THE PACIFIC, (IN REPLY TO MR, FRIETSCH’s PROBLEM.) Editor of The Marine Record. SarnrA, Onr., March 29, 1892, From San Francisco to Yeddo the shortest route ig ag follows: First course N. 56° 50’ W. necessarily dropping to the westward in proportion as ship advances on the Great Circle Track, Intersecting the meridian of 151° 12’ W. Long. in Lat. 46° 8’ N. Crossing at an anzle of N, 77° W. will reach the maximum Lat. in 48° 36/7 N., Long. 169° 18’ W, From thence droppiug to the south- ward, sailing on short chords and finally steering on his last course, approaching the port. of Yeddo S, 54° 30/ N, (actual sailing time 23d. 6h. 20 min. .39), Arrives March 17th, 3h, 2 min. 39 sec., local mean time. Inbound ship for San Francisco will steer frony point passing outward ship as fol- lows: Mercator sailing 1409.5 miles, course S. 62° 38’ BE. for 7 days 14h, 7m. 28s. at an average speed of 7,733 nearly per hour. Note ail courses are true, will take the Ashtabula azimuth on board to keep Old Sol perpendicular, L. M. ee A VICTORY FOR THE SEAMEN’S UNION, A jury in Judge Clifford’s court at Chicago, found, on Tues- day, under the instructions of the court, a verdict of not guilty in the conspiracy case against Thomas J. Elderkin president. and Robert Lindholz, secretary, of the Seamen’s Union. Last June, Capt. Freer of the H.W. Badger, dis- charged « sailor named Kern, Another sailor named McGuire quit on account of Kern’s discharge, and Capt. Freer refused to pay him $33 wages due him, The Seamen’s Union sent walking delegate Thomas Nelson down to the boat to order the union men to quit, and the union passed an order to pre- vent.any union men from working for E, C. Shubert, owner of the boat, until MeGuire’s wages were paid. Elderkin, Nelson and Lindholz were subsequently indicted for conspir- acy to injure Shubert’s business. Nelson left the city, and the other men stood trial. Later, on hearing the witnesses for the state, attorney Elliott told the court that he had been un-_ to prove individual acts, but not a line of common intent, judges therefere instructed the jury to bring ina verdict acquittal, ; able to make out a case of conspiracy, There was st Pi a =