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i 7 THRE MARINE RECORD. 9 i (Continuea from page five.) The damages to the John M; Nicoll did not amount to more than $600, but it cost nearly $3,000 to release her. The survey on the steamer W. H. Barnam, by Captains Rice and MecL20d, resulted in finding damage to the ex- tent of $9,177. The harbor tug S. W. Gee, which went to Erie after the big steamer City of Paris, which broke her whel made the trip up in 5%g hours, and with the steamer in tow came back in 91g hours. The Gee can run 14 miles an hour, which is pretty fast, considering the shortness of the vessel. The case of mutiny which Capt. McFee, of the barge Nelsun, of the Folsom tow. is the first case ever brought to prosecition under United States law on the lakes. Thestatute bringing the Great Lakes under United States law was approved Sept, 4, 1890. Before that time it was very hard to punish delinquent fresh water sailors, as now the lakes are a part of the “High Seas.’ The ob- streperous sailor O'Donnell will probably have to “go down” for a while. Carrying corn from Baffalo to Chicago is somewhat singular, but the steamer Rochester took 27,000 bushels there on account of a corn corner, which made the prices at Chicago pretty stiff. The grain will prebably come back here again before long. A. Bauer, of the Rochester’s crew, was caught in the hoisting shaft of the boat Sunday last, and so badly in- jured that he died at the Fitch Hospital next morning. Capt. Moody, of steamer F & P.M. No. 5, stated to your correspondent that he made no statemeuts charging neglect of signals on the part of the captain of the steamer which was in collision with him recently on Lake Brie. He states that he heard the other steamer’s whist les, but the fog was so dense her position could not be ascértained. The canal rate on wheat to New York broke Tuesday to 214 cents. Nothing is doing in flaxseed or corn. Like coal freights, though not altogether satisfactory, are easy at 50 cents to Chicagoand Milwaukee, and while the stock of coal in sight here is not large, grain receipts are not large, and boats wanting cargoes are generally able to get them without breaking the rate. The demand for Lake Superior tonnage has been very light the past week, Considerable coal is moving in the canalers to Toledo at 25 cents. 3 There seems to be no further difficulty about the stage of water in Niagara river and Buffalo harbor. The water was not so high on an average all last season as it has been for a month. The steamer City of Paris received a new Trout wheel at the Mills dry-dock, and the steamer John B. Lyon took her place on the dock. A survey was held on her Wednesday, but the result is not yet known. Capt. M. J. Galvin has spent about $17,000 on the new steam barge J. H. Shrigley, which was badly dam-— aged by fire last fall, and the boat will be out Saturday. She has been entirely recaulked, and new cabin fittings, and given ap entire new outfit, with a steel boiler 9x14 feet.zand a steeple compound engine, 20 and 40 inches in diameter, and 30 inches stroke- The Shrigley will be about as good as a new boat. PARKE, KINGSTON, ONT. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The government cruiser Constance which passed down the river on Thursday was found to draw a foot too much aft for the canals, and all her stores and twenty tons of coal in sacks had to be moved forward before she could proceed, Capt, George Batter piloted her to Montreal. John Evans, engineer of the tug Glide, is very ill of ty- phoid fever at his home in this city. The government dredgo Nipissing is engaged deepening the varions city slips. M. W. Thompson of Belleville has purchased the steamer Swan frem Capt, Craig of this city and will use her as an ex- cursion steamer out of Belleville and Bay of Quinte ports, ‘This spring has been an unusually quiet one in the shipping line at Ottawa, and up to date very few cargoes of lumber heye left the Chandiere docks. Scarcely any American order for lumber has come in as yet and at present there are up- wards of forty barges awaiting cargoes with very poor pros- pects of getting any. The Ottawa forwarders are seriously affected by the situation and the loss is a heavy one for barge owners. While the Teutonia was unloading her cargo of wheat at Portsmouth, the mate, Henry Olsen, was set on by two of the sailors, Henry Larsen and Moses Hansen, and very badly beaten. At the police court on Saturday the men were charg- ed with the assault and as both were Swedes and nnable to speak English, an interpreter was provided by Colonel Twit- chell, American Consul, who carefully watched the case. - Olsen appeared in courtlooking as ifhe had been run throngh -athrashing machine, but he had neglected to summon any - witnesses and the magistrate checked him when he endeayor- ed to lay his own case before the court. The prisoners plead- not guilty and the evideace was so conflicting that magis- sent for the master of the Teutonia whom he asked if his vessel was ready for sea, “Yes,” caid the captain, ‘I am going to start for Ashtabula as soon as I can get a tug.” “Then,’’ said the magistrate, “I adjourn the case untill this afternoon and no bail will be required from the prisoners.” All hands left the court satisfied, and the Teutonia left port twenty minutes afterwards, The steamer Hiram A, Calvin ran ashore atthe foot of Casselman’s Island on Sunday night and was released by the steamers Alaska and Algonia with very little damage. What might have been a very serious marine mishap was prevented by the quick judzment and action of the master of the steamer Transit at Morristown on Saturday morning. The Transit is used as a cur and passenger ferry between Brock- ville and Morristown, and while taking on a couple of 25 ton coal cars at the lutter place the coupling link broke and the cars ran down hill to the stern of the steamer, As soon as the master of the Trahsit saw that his vessel was filling aft with water he ran her on shore where she lies bow out and main deck aft under water eight feet. The Donnelly Wreck- ing Co, had a wrecking outfit at Brockville, where the accident happened, und offered to release the steamer, but the ownere sent to Ogdensburg for assistance. Mr. William Murdock, the engineer in charge of the con- struction of the government’s dry dock has presented Mr, Wilson, the dock master, with a beautiful model of an English eutter, which Mr, Murdock has spent nine months in con— structing, and in model and workmanship it is a very fine piece of work, and a credit to the builder. The model is six feet long on a scale of 12 feet to the inch, and the rigzing and equipment are as complete as possible. Mr. Murdock will leave town in a few days to be engaged elsewhere on public works, and his many friends regret his departu:e. The arbi.ration between the city of Kingston and the water works contractor is ncw being conducted by Mr. William Ken- nedy, of Montreal, who was appointed sole administrator by this doubt. Capt. Oliver Patenaude, of the wrecked propeller Celtic, was not long in securing a position, as he has been engaged as master of the propeller Enterprise, and left for Sarnia on Saturday to Meet the Enterprise and co sort bound from Ash- tubula to Heron Bay with coal. The superstructures on the three platform buoys in our harbor are being literally cut to pieces by small boys with jack knives anxious to carve names for themselves. he harbor- master intends prosecuting a few cf them as an example to others. Dayid Hagerty, an old resident of this city, employed as watchman on the steamer Sparta, was drowned at 2 o’clock Monday morning. The stesymer commenced making water through the night «nd the watchman went up town to inform Jvbn Bushell, the mate, On his return he missed his footing and fellover the dock. The hands on the steamer were not aware of the accident until his absence was discovered and his body found floating in the water, He has been for many years watchman on boats in this vicinity, was a widower and leaves a family of five children. The steamer Glengarry has had pretty tough luck this trip, and to cap all broke her shaft coming down the Welland Canalon Saturday night. The steamer Active has gone from here to tow her and her consorts to this city, where the Glen- garry will receive a new shaft, Maayer. A NEW EXCURSION STEAMER, Speciai Correspondence to The Marine Record. Toronro, Onr,—Capt. Andy Tymon, late manager of the Island Park Ferry Co., is building a new steamer for excur- sion business between Toronto, Grimsby and other points. Her dimensions are 132 ft. over all, beam 22 ft., depth 10 ft., and will draw 7 ft. Her engine is a steeple compound, built by the Polson Iron Works Co., cylinder, 20 and 12 by 22 stroke, with independent condenser. She will be launched about the 5th June and will be ready for business about July Ist, Owing to the cold weather, the excursion business on the 24th May (Queen’s birthday) was rather lighter than usual. Thesteamer Empress of India arrived from Picton last week and has commenced her regular trips between Toronto and Port Dalhousie. Her speed has been considerably in- creased by the adoption of patent feathering buckets and improvements in her engine, ‘The new boilers of the Campana have been completed, and on Monday were tested by Messrs. Meneilley & Johnston, Government steamboat inspectors, when everything ws found to be in an entirely satisfactory condition. The steamer will be ready to leave about the 30th, Messrs, Smith & Keighley invited a large uumber to go for a trip on the Carmona last Saturday, but owing to the disa- greeable weather the trip had to be postponed, and will be given on the Campana, also owned bythe same firm. The Carmona left for Rochester on Monday, with a large excur- sion party on board, A large party left Toronto by special train to witness the launch of the new government cruiser ‘‘Curlew,’’ which took place on Monday. As soon as completed she will be taken to the Atlantic coast, to be used in the protection of the fisheries. Work will now be commenced on the third cruiser for Lake service, The steamer Modjeska, of the Hamilton Steamboat Co., made a special trip on the 24th to carry the 13:h Battalion, of Hamilton, to the city, She will not commence regular trips until about the 10th of June. SPARTA. BAY CITY, MICH. gpecial Correspondence to The Marine Record. Capt. W. H: Thorp, of West Bay City, who has been seri- ously ill, is now in a fair way to recover, The barge Troy, grounded in Gates slip when only half londed. The tug Witch of the West released her, The tug Balize will tow rafts from Georgian Bay to Bay City on a three months contract, commencing June Ist, The Forbes was out on the marine railway and received a new shoe and stern post. The barge Antelope is at the dry dock to receive a false bottom to fit her for the coal trade. The fire tug Charles Lee broke her shaft and lost her wheel ~ by coming in contact with some suoken timber near Davidson’s yards, Notwithstanding reports to the contrary Captain Davidson has not yet given any names to the big three, known in the yard as No,’s 48. 49 and £0, : The propeller Oueida was towed here by the City of Lon- don tc Davidson’s yard, where she will have scme minor re- pairs made. The City of London went on to Duluth for a cargo, The Bay City Dredging Co. are having two large scows built at the foot of Twenty-third street. They will cost about $5,000 each, Captain Lester, of Murine City, has been granted a patent through J. E. Thomas, of this city, for improvements in nan- tical course indicators, The invention relates to improye- ments in devices for indicating or determining distances and directious on a chart for enabling a pilot to determine the proper course in which to steer a vessel to reach a desired point. The objects of the invention are to provide an instra ment for use in connection with a chart which will enable the master to quickly and accurately ascertain the location of a vessel, and the proper course in which to steer in order to reach his destination. It is accurate and cinnvt make a mis- take, The thing that has been of most interest to local vessel men recently, has been the cut in the appropriation for the Sagi naw River below Bay City. The original appropriation was for $100,000, $40,000 of which was to be expended above anJ the remainder opposite and below here at the mouth of the river where it was most needed. The bill as amended only called for $75,000, ‘a reduction of $25,000, and so passed the Senate last Friday, Senator McMillan is said to have dis- criminated against Bay City in favor of Grand Haven, and the remonstrances and petitions sent from here seem to haye been of no effect. Congressman Weadock is doing his best to restore the amount in the House, but may have to accept compromise. J.P. R. a ee LAUNCHES OF THE WEEK. Thestee! steamer John B. Ketchum was successfully lannched from Craig’s shipyard, Toledo, O., on Saturday afternoon. She is the first steel boat on the lakvs built exclusively for the lumber trade from Lake Superior. Her dimensions are: oyer all 210 feet, keel 190 feet, and moulded depth 15. The whaleback steamer Samuel Mather was launched on Saturday afternoon from the yards of the American Steel Barge Co., at West Superior, being the twenty-second of that, peculiar style of bouts now afloat. The Mather is somewhat larger than the Wilson, which was launched some time ago. She is designed to carry 100,000 bushels of wheat on four- teen feet six inches, and 10,000 bushels additional for every additional foot. She will at once load wheat for Buffulo. On Wednesday afternoon the steel freight monitor Choc- taw wrs launched from the yards of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. The steel steamer Cadillac, built for the Cleye!and-Cliffs Tron Co., was launched on Tuesday from the yards of the Chicago Shipbuilding Co. The Globe Iron Works Co., Cleveland, launch the light- house tender Columbine on Suturday at 3p. m. The Union Dry Dock Co., Bnffalo, N. Y., launch the Co- dorus on Saturday at 3 p. m. The steel steamer Maritana will be ready for launching from the yards of the Chicago Ship Building Co., next week. ce COLLISION BETWEEN PASSENGER STEAMERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN, Owing to a dense fog on Lake Michigan the passenger steamer Kalamazoo, from Holland to Chicago, collided with the steamer Pilgrim, bound to Saugatuck from Chicago, The Pilgrim proceeded on all well up to midnight on the 24:h, when, through some misunderstanding of signals, she ran into the port side of the Kalamazoo, abreast of the for- ward gangway, and the steamer at once began to fill. The passengers were transferred to the Pilgrim, and an attempt was made to tow the Kalamazoo into shoal water, but she sank eight hours after the collision. There was no loss of life, and the Pilgrim arrived in Chica- go with all of the passengers on Wednesday afternoon. The Kalamazoo was a small passenger steamer of 166 tons, hailing from Saugatuck, She was built in 1888, and had an insur- ance valuation of $12,000. : hb NOTICE TO MARINERS. Notice is given that the black third-c'sss nunbuoy off | ders’ Point Little Bay de Noc has disappeared, and placed as soon as practicable, j sl By order of the Light House Board, Commod Ludlow, U. 8, N., Inspector 9th, Light Hou