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THRE MARINE RECORD. BAY CITY, MICH. | Correspondence to The Marine Record. Wolvin, of Duluth, vesse]-broker and one of the wners of the steamer W. H. Gilbert, is in the city on - business. The steamer Langell Boys cleared from here Saturday with a cargo of lumbermen’s merchandise for Deer Park Upper Peninsula. - ‘The largest fleet of the season is nowin the river. All are loading, the captains complain because of delay caused by labor trouble at Buffalo and Tonawanda. The barges Taylor and Racine are in the dry dock for recalking, and other minor repairs. The City of Venice, known in the yard as No. 48, was launched from Davidson’s yard Wednesday, at 4 p. m. She is a beauty, her hull is painted black, deck house and cabins are white. The officers’ quarters are magnificently finished in oak, ash, cherry and pine. She is at present the largest wooden boat afloat on the lakes. Her dimen- sions are 326 feet long, 43 feet beam, aud 26 feet moulded depth. She is supplied with all the latest appliances for facilitating the receiving and discharging of freight and handlingship. ‘I'he stsam power is supplied by two boil- ers each 111g feet in diameter by 18 feet long, built by Riter, of Buffalo. The engines were built by S. F. Hodge & Co., of Detroit, and are tripleexpansion, the cylinders being 21, 33 and 54 inches in diameter, with a 42 inch stroke. Her registered tonnage is, gross, 2,108, net, 1771. She is owned by the Davidson Transportation Co. She will be commanded by Capt. Cox; at present master of the City of Berlin, and will go into the grain trade be- tween western points and Buffalo. It is expected she will go inte commission in about two weeks. 5 CHICAGO, ILL. Special to The Marine Record. The turbulent state of the river occasioned by the very heavy rains caused navigation to come almost to astand- _ still for several days. Harbor master Dean would not allow vessels to move and tug owners were not at all sorry as they could see nothing but accidents and dam- ages staring them in the face if they attempted to do any towing. Tuesday the current had almost ceased to tun and all day long the bridges were continually opened _ to allow the large fleet of vessels which had congregated at the docks and*in the inner harbor to proceed up _theriver. The freshet in the river has been the cause of much delay and thousand of dollars have been lost by yesselmen in consequence. Thomas Bagley, yacht builder is building a fine sloop yacht 27 feet over all, 11 feet beam, 3 feet 4 inches hold. She will be launched on Saturday. George C. Finney & Co., supplied the schooner Homer, with anew 130 fathom, 8 inch hawser when in port on her last trip. Grain freights are steady this week at 2 cents on wheat, 134 cents on corn to Buffalo. ,, Shipping master Biemel is doing excellent work here and supplying many vessels with non union sailors. The schooners Harrison, Sweetheart, and Sunshine, which were cast adrift from the propeller Pringle at the time of her collision with the Morse on Lake Huron, arrived safely at Cheboygan. The steamer Arctic lett this port on Tuesday evening to tow them to Milwaukee. q WILLIAMS. SHIPPING OFFICE AT ESCANABA, MICH. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. There has been this week a kind of a great buzz around the Lake Curriers’ office and so quietly have their objects been Altuined that one would hardly believe there existed a ship- ping office in our midst. On Wednesday night last union snilors pulled the entire crews off the schooners Alice B. Norris, F, A. Georger, and Sumatra, which were composed of non-union men. Assisted by the trimmers they carried _ the men, bag and baggage to union headquarters, where they expected to use the dunnage as a leverage to compel the men to join the uniyn.” Shipping-master Nesbitt, of course, was on 4 deck as usual, and by Thursday noon the entire outfit was put back aboard their respective vessels and were well and quietly »- Protected from further trouble. Some difficulty was experi- enced in locating the men’s dunnage, but Nesbitt struck a lead and with the assistance of a policeman he proceeded to the union headquarters and made the demand which was immed- intely accorded to. The quiet manner in which the shipping ‘Master attains his ends has a tendency to subdue the forces of ‘the union and whilst they continue to plot and plan such out- Tages, just so does he meet them every turn. The Burns Transportation Co, are fitting out the hull of the dsteamer Dayan, to be used as « light-ship and fog signal on eleven foot shoal off Peninsula Pt. So far as I can learn receipts of coal for the week just passed are about 15,— This is the largest week’s business in this line that accomplished at this port for some time, and we arently, have another such week to follow it, and two schooners were obseryed clearing the harbor with their ‘‘noses inthe air.” Why they were leay- and Cibola have been kept very busy during the past two ing without cargo is a mystery to us, weeks conveying the volunteers to and from the annual camp The steamer City of Grand Rapids, Capt. Franklin reported {at Niagara and also in handling the many delegates to the business as picking up unusually fast for a new route, and the run has already been proved successful. She leaves Traverse City three times per week for Escanaba, and no doubt it will soon be increased to a daily line. The Burns Transportation Co.’s steamer Lotus, has had two break downs this week, She is out now. The fine steel steamer Maryland has been in the record- breaking business forsome time. Her latest freak was the carrying of the Jargest cargo of ore ever received, 3,460 tons on a 16 foot 6 inch draft. She will yet put in 3,500 tons, and then Capt. Yax can quietly claim the best. Hart’s line of steamers plying between Green Bay and Che- boygan, are doing a good business, They now land freight and passengers on the Merchants’ wharf, The ground on which the Delta Steel & Iron Manufacturing Co. will locate their plant wili be drained this week and work will proceed on the building as soon as plans are completed. This will be one of the largest steel plants in the U, S., hay— ing a capacity of 500 tons daily. ‘The York Iron Furnace will be among our numerous industries in the near future, and the Cleveland Iron Uo, is looking our way with favor, but the syndicate that proposes to build all kinds of ships and do a general dry dock business, has not as yet applied for artic'es of incorporation. Bittun Bros,, the popular proprietors of the marine market, have just added anotho: of those fine delivery boats to their ‘You can get your meat now, even when it is blowing a gale of wind. Wallace Van Dyke has opened the ‘Escanabs Boat Livery.’ with a complete line of row and sail boats. He also has the selling agency of the famous Leaman boats, manufactured at Omro, Wis; There are a few people on earth who have this week learned that Escanaba is the place from which to make economical ore shipments and they will not forget it soon. Uno. marine delivering department and it is a daisy too. DULUTH ITEMS—WHALEBACK LAUNCHES. Dvutvurn, Minn,—The great event of the marine week at the head of the lakes has been the Jaunching of two whale steamers and a tug at the Steel Barge Co.’s Saturday after- noon. The tug Islay, 60 feet over all, 13 feet beam, 5 feet draft and 2669 tonnage, was put in the water first. This launch was not a success as the little boat caught and went down badly, half filling with water. Second came the big package freighter Washburn, and last the Pillsbury. Both are slightly different from the previous whale models, as they have between decks, side ports and facilities for freight handling in packages, They are each 322 feet long, 42 beam and 25 deep. Each has a cargo capacity, between Gladstone and Buffalo, of about 3,500 tons, The Washburn will be ready for commission in two weeks. She will be commanded by Capt. ‘I’. Macfarlane, who has for years commanded the Lehigh fleet. The Pillsbury is not so far along and cannot be ready for business for a month. Capt. Wm, Cravers will pull her bells. The tug Islay will be used by the Barge Co. as a tender to the dry dock and for light harbor purposes. She is named for Capt. McDougall’s birthplace in Scotland. There haye been several tug accidents the past week, The tug Danforth, of the dredging firm of Williams, Dougherty & Upham, caught fire and was totally destroyed while at work near the root of Minnesota Point. She is to be replaced by a larger and finer bout the firm is now purchasing. The tug A. ©, Adams, of the Smith-Fee Line, was wrecked in the harbor Sunday. She will be raised, but the loss is large. Capt. Barker, the dredge contractor, has bought a new and large tug in Buffalo, which will be added to the harbor fleet in a few days. : Where the Duiuth & Winnipeg road is putting in its ore dock, on Allouez Bay, the water is so shallow—l} feet— that no pile driver has so far been able to work on the water side, and all the driving is being done with one machine, run out fromthe shore. Twodredges are steadily at work, but they have not yet been able to make a, passage for pile scows, much less for vessels, This will delay the completion of this dock and the shipment of Mesaba ores until the docks on the-Duluth side are built. The shallow water ot the Allouez Bay will do much to prevent that’ district cutting much figure as a harbor, especially when the head of the lake has a hundred miles of dockage where no dredging to speak of is required, But little delay has been had in iron shipments from the Duluth & Irion Range road, despite the big strike at the Minne- sota mine. Last week’s shipments were 34,000 gross tons, of which the Chandler furnished nearly two-thirds, because of the strike. There is now about 35,000 tons in the docks and the movement for the year to date has been about 30,000 tons. W. TORONTO, CAN, The new steamer Garden City will make her trial trip on Wednesday and commence her regular trips to St. Catherine on the Ist, July. Capt. Lafrance, late of the Carmona will be in command, All the excursion steamers are doing a fair business but a great rush is expected after this week, The steamers Chicora Knights of St. John convention which is being held in this city. The steamer Algerian, which had a collision with the steamer Tecumseh a couple of weeks ago, arrived in the har- bor on Tuesday on her first trip since the accident, Owing to the heavy rains, the water in the harbor has risen considerable so that vessels have no trouble in coming in with a twelve foot draught. Steamers from Montreal are also able to load to the full depths of the lower canals, nine feet. The steamer Persia arrived from Montreal on Sunday night with a full load of freight and a large passenger list, The tug Active having in tow the schooners Gaskin and Glenora met with an accident when going down Lake Ontario last Sunday morning, Her shaft broke away from its bearings and the piston rod went up, and striking the cylinder coyer broke it into many pieces and injured the connecting rod The steamer Ocean arrived at the scene shortly after the ac— cident occurred but as the tow were anchored all right she went onto Kingston and reported the accident and the tug Olivia Gordon went out and towed them into port. The propeller Cuba arrived on Tuesday from Montreal and cleared for Chicago with a large cargo of merchandise and a number of passengers. The meteorological office of Toronto has supplied bottles and bottle papers to the captains of all the steamers trading out of the port to be used in the survey of the lake currents being made by the Weather Bureau of the United States. Sparta, A WHALER BOUND TO CHICAGO, Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Oapenspura, N. Y :—The famous whaling bark ‘‘ Progress,” on her way from New Bedford (Conn.) to Chicago, to take part in the exhibit at the Columbian exposition, arrived at Ogdensburg, Saturday, June 24, having left New Bedford the 8th. The ‘‘Progress” has faced all the perils of the sea, and has probably a history that cannot be surpassed by any craft at the present day. She is of three hundred and fifty-eight tons burden, and was built at Westerly, R. I., in 1843, christened the ‘Charles Phelps’? and owned by Charles P. Williams until 1861, when she wassold to the United States government for a store-ship, and used as such during the Civil War. In 1865 she was sold by the government at auction and be- came the property of William O. Brownell, of New Bedford. She was fitted for the Arctic under command of Capt. James Dowden, and continued in this business until she was laid up, She was one of five ships which, in 1871, at the time of the memorable disaster to the fleet, which caused the abandoument of thirty-three ships, brought down one thousand two hundred officers and men belonging to the wrecked yessels. Messrs Bartlett sent her on one voyoge of five seasons to the Arctic, and she earned for them $200,000, and in one year she was secund in all the fleet in getting oil and bone, taking one thousand, six hundred and fifty barrels of oil and thirty-one thousand pounds of bone, making for her owners the sum of $80,000. During this time she was commanded by Capt. Ezra B, Lapham. She was laid up at New Bedford for nearly ten years, but is still a staunch, seaworthy vessel, notwithstanding her nearly half a eentury of service. She is famed as a ‘ucky” ship, and her escape in 1871 was almost miraculous. At that time, while in the Arctic, she was in the ice floes for forty-six hours at a time,when her commander expected her to be crushed at any moment, The old whaler is com- commanded by Capt. Gifford. And now she has been purchased by a syndicate in Chicago. who have rigged and manned her with experienced whalemen, as if for a whaling voyage. On her decks are the tri-pots aud other apparatus used in rendering whaleback fat into oil. In order to facilitate coming under the bridge near Montreal, it was necessary to seud down her topmasts: ‘They will be ship- ped here, and after taking 200 tons of ballast, which was takes out and towed on a barge astern, to allow her to pass through the lower canals, she will leave for Buffalo, where she will receive show-cases, and all the available interior will bea museum of objects in the whaling line, from a whale’s head and bone to harpoon and lances, and such will be her ex— hibition on the lakes. oD OO ee ANOTHER SERIOUS COLLISION. The propeller John C, Pringle, of Buffalo, collided with the schooner Fred A. Morse, of Cleveland, twelve miles south- east of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron, early on Sunday morning. ‘The Morse was cut down below the water line and sank in 35 fathoms in less than fifteen minutes. The crew saved themselyes by taking toa boat and were afterwards picked up by the H, A. Tuttle. One woman uboard the Morse was badly injured. The Morse was bound down, jaden with iron ore, and was in tow of the propeller Horace A. Tuttle, which also had two other schooners. The Tuttle proceeded on her way. The Pringle was bound from Buffalo to Chicago with a cargo of coal and Italian marble. She had ia tow the schooners Harrison, Sweetheart, and Sunshine. The Pringle’s bow is badly damaged, and she lost both anchors and her foremast, the damage will amount to sev- eral thousand dollars. The Pringle started for Sand Beach, but the seas washed in through a hole in her bow, she put about and made Alpena. At the time of the collision the mate was in charge of the Pringle. Captain Bonnah was in his bunk, and when he ran outon deck was knocked ove! board by a falling spar. His left hand was injured, but he asap to keep afloat for ap hour, when he was picked up by a boat from the Tuttle, He remained on board of her until daylight, when he was transferred on board his own ' boat. He was almost dead picked up» and wishes to — thank the officers of the Tuttle for their kindaess. It was raining at the time of the collision and there was some fog, but further than this the mate will make no the cause of the collision. es =