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THE MARINE RECORD. of interest in Europe. iam H. Johnson, aged 51 years, died suddenly July 9th. He was a tug captain for many h in Chicago and Buffalo, and was well known essel men. His brother, Capt. Albert Johnson, 1 him at Graceland Cemetery, on Monday. freights on Tuesday ruled at 2 cents on wheat, ts on corn. The steamer Niko, which left here for Buffalo, was chartered by Capt. John Prin- e, at 2 cents. on corn; but 1} cents only could be for her consort, the Churchill. A contract was here June 20th for 200,000 bushels of wheat at 2} , to load between the Ist and 15th of July. Ship- week, At Miller Brothers’ shipyard the tugs Black Ball and _ M. Shields were in dock for calking; the tugs L. B. John- ge A, G. Van Schaick, Crowell and Peter Dalton for necessary repairs; the steamer Argonaut for repairs to stern bearing and calking; the steam barge.S. K. Martin have her wheel fastened; the steamer Claribel for some repairs. I was glad to see old friend James b. Bates, the ship- builder, around again this week, after five months laying in dock undergoing repairs to his port underpinning. J. B. Bates & Co., ship-builders, have given the schooner Kanters some new stanchions and stringers forward; new hawse chocks, and calking; the schooner Bartha Barnes, new windlass ends, and a new anchor stock; barge Alleghany, new cat- heads; steam barge Berrian, cousiderable repairs; schrs. A.J. Mowry; H. ©. Hackley; 8. A. Woods and steam barge 8S. K. Martin and M. C, Neff, some repairs; the schvoners Belle Brown and Horace Taber, new bowsprits and jibbooms. The steamer T, D. Stimson passed up the river Satur- day afternoon with her colors at half-mast. Her captain reported that Aubrey Joys, one of her crew, fell over— board Friday night in midlake and was drowned before a boat could reach Sim, ‘he poor fellow’s body was not recovered . WILLIAMs,. TORONTO, CAN. Capt. 8. Crangle returned last week from the wreck of the steam barge Kincardine, where he had been in the in- terests of the owner. He states that after going ashore the steamer was burnt to the water's edge, and the natives then stole everything connected with her machinery, leaving only the cylinders and boiler, and they would also haye taken them but for lack of appliances to handle them. Capt. Garrett, of the steamer Spartan, has retired from the command of that vessel, and has been succeeded by Capt. Sinclair, late of the Passport, who in the early part of this season has been acting as ship’s husband for the steamersof the R. & O, N. Co. Under the harbor regulations four miles per hour is the limit of speed allowed steamers when running in the harbor, and as several of the excursion steamers have been in the habit of running at full speed, the harbor- master has warned them that if they do not comply with the regulations he will be compelled to have them fined. One of the steamers trading from the port has been re— ported to the government inspector fer carrying more passengers than allowed by her license, so that in all probability the case will come before the police magis- trate ina few days. : The new government cruiser Curlew will arrive here in a few days on her route from Owen Sound to the Bay of Fundy. Capt. W. H. Goodfellow adjusted her com- passes last week, and was also present on her trial trip, and says that she covered the measured mile easily in the time specified in the contract and eyerything in her build and equipment proving satisfactory she was form- ally accepted by the Dominion Government from the builders, The Polson Iron Works Co. The new steamer Garden City isnow running regularly on the Toronto, Pt. Daihousie and St. Catharines route, and is a handsomely finished steamer, she has very large deck room and is specially adapted for day excursions and will no doubt prove a favorite with the public. She had a large party from St. Catharines on Monday. _ Mr. W. A, Geddes left here for Montreal on Sunday on business in connection with the Merchant’s Line of steamers. This gentleman has, without doubt one of _ the most conveniently arranged wharves to be found in Canada, and probably on the whole chain of lakes. Ar- _ Tangements are such that outgoing and incoming pass- engers are altogether separate and as fourteen pass- _ enger steamers, carrying thousands of people, leave the arf every day, this isa great desideratum. Large juantities of freight are also handled, and all depart- are carried on without a hitch. SPARTA, we. BUFFALO, N. Y. Speciai Correspondence to The Marine Record. Captain Campau, of the steamer Wm. Harrison, has been appointed vo go in the Vorona and Captain McCrea formerly inspector of hulls at this port, has taken com- mand of the Harrison. Shipping master Rumsey, of the Lake Carriers’ Associa- tion, was in the city Tuesday. The little steamer Ismalia, owned by grocer John Reim- ing was all but demolished in a collision with the ferry steamer Niagara last week. Mr. Samuel Holmes, of New York, a prominent ship- broker and vessel owner also vice-president of the Sagi- naw Steel Steamship Co., of San Francisco, was in Buf- falo last week. His company own the lake bailt steam- ers Keweenaw and Mackinaw, Mr. Holmes praises the vessels without stint. They carry 3,900 tons including fuel on a 23 foot draft. This gentleman is down on the whalebacks as they are at present constructed. While acknowledging the practicability of the whaleback idea, he says no ocean going boats should be so lightly built as the Wetmore. David Bell hopes to launch the new fire tug this week. Vessels of this class which Mr. Bell builds, have to be moved several hundred feet to the place of launching. The boiler for Maytham’s new tug has finally been fished out of the mud in the bottom of the harbor where it fell when an attempt was made to put it on the vessel, the boiler is now in place on the boat. Captain Marion Finney, of the steamer I’, L. Vance, was taken seriously ill on the trip down to Buffalo, and orders were wired ahead for two physicians to come to the boat on her arrival here. The captain is threatened with paralysis and on the return trip will stop at Detroit for a rest. Captain D. Sullivan formerly of the Veronica, will take the boat up from Detroit. There have been several more quite serious shortages on grain cargoes from Duluth lately. The America ran behind 800 bushels and the Bartlett 187. Buffalo weigh- masters think the trouble is at Duluth. Coal freights have been more active for the first part of June than was generally expected. Last weeks move- ment being the heaviest of the season. Rates held steady at former figures. Canal freights have firmed up a little and cargoes are now taken on the basis of 23¢ cents for wheat to New York. Captain Thos. Maytham, returned Wednesday morn- ing from a trip to Duluth. The pleasure steamer Island Belle, which was struck by lightning and burned, has been put in dry dock and will be rebuilt. ESCANABA, MICH. Special Correspondence to I'he Marine Record. The new steel steamer Cadillac, made her maiden trip last week arriving here Sunday. She loaded 2,100 tons of ore on a draft of fifteen feet two inches and made good time of it. The Cadillac was built by the Chicago Ship Building Co., for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., like her sister ships of the line, she is a neat and splendid craft, Captain Brown is well satisfied with his new command, The steamer Nellie has discontinued the trips to Chicago, Captain Taylor says it is too long a run for her. The schooner M. S. Bacon, sprung a leak soon after taking on her losd of ore last week and she had to call on the Escanaba Towing & Wrecking Co. for assistance. A steam pump was immediately put aboard of her and she proceeded in tow of the steamer Raleigh to Cleveland. Tho steamer White Star, had a little blaze aboard last Sun- day but it was promptly taken care of without damage. Captain Yax says the new boats built at South Chicago for the Minnesota 8.8. Co., are going to outcarry his boat but he is meamwhile setting them a good example. Lust week he took out from here 3,507 tons of ore (7,855,680 pounds. These Minnesota craft may carry more but they cannot bring it from Lake Superior, they must as the Maryland does, come here for it. The output of ore for last week exceeds 71,000 tons. This exceeds any previous week by 6,000 tons and is greater by one-third than the best weeks work ever done at Ashland. Shipping master Nesbitt, had a very narrow escape last Sunday while out inasmall hoat. Prompt assistance was rendered and he was picked up in good health but damp to the chin (Lost a black straw hat No, 9.) The lightship fitted out by tre Burns Transportation Co. for the Eleven foot shoal was placed in position by the wrecker Monarch last week, ANOTHER CHICAGO BRIDGE DEAL, Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. Cricaco Inxs.--There isa great deal of apprehension in marine ci as to the description of the bridge which the city proposes to construct at Halsted street in place of the one which was wrecked in the recent collision with the steamer Tioga, The aldermen and citizens of the wards’ interested haye been urging the commissoner of public works to give them a large, double roadway, iron bridge like the structures at Rush street, Clark street, etc. Shipping and commercial interests understand that the commissioner has agreed upon one of these large bridges, and they insist that it will obstruce navigation so much xt Halsted street that the large steamers and sail vessels cannot get through at all even if a portion of the dock line is cut away. They insist that the city should consult the Secretary of War before determiaing upon the style of bridge at this point and that the government herbor engineer here should examine into the matter and make his report to tha secretary before the work is actually commenced. But some sort of work has already been begun. Pile drivers are at work driving heavy piles and the vessel people say it is evident that the city intends to put up one of those double- roadway bridges in which little attention is given to the needs of navigation, Itis likely that a petition will be circulated for signatures in marine and commercial circles citing the threatened danger and forwarded to the Secretary of War. If the consent of the Secretary of War to the construction of the bridge is not obtained by the city, the structure will be liable to condemnation by the War Department after it has been completed, as was the Canal street bridge, and the city offi cials will then find themselves in aserious dilemma. a DEPARTED UNDER SEALED ORDERS, Capt. Thomas Collins, the pioneer of St. Lawrence riyer navigation, passed away at his home in Clayton Thursday afternoon after a brief illness of one week. Capt. Collins was born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1813, and lived in that city until 1852 when he removed to Clayton. In 1829 he sailed the schooner Henry Cleveland into Chicago harbor with the first load ‘of stone for the Chicago pier. In 1843 he sailed a steamer between Coburg and Montreal, which was the first, passenger steamer between those ports. In 1845 he sailed the In 1850 he was master of a steamer running between Garden Island and Monweal. Two years afterward he built the steamer Water Witch, which he ran for seven years between Chicago and Ogdensburg. Commencing in 1858 and continuing for two years he sailed the steamer Northerner between Lewiston and Ogdensburg. This was the first express boat on this route. ‘Lhe first regular passenger boat at the Thousand Islands was the steamer Island Belle and she ran from Cape Vincent to Alexandria Bay. The Belle was built by Capt. Johnson of Clayton and sailed for five years by Capt. Collins. He also built the Atlanta. Capt. Collins was personally known at every port on the great lakes and St. Lawrence river between Montreal and Chicago. He leaves four children, Thomas Collins, jr., of Clayton, William and Simon J. Collins of Cleveland, and Nicholas Collins of Detroit. a eee LANDING PRIVILEGES FOR PASSENGER STEAMERS. A conference was held last week in the Mayor’s office at Chicago as to the rights of the steamboat owners to land at the foot of Van Buren street and an agreement was come to, The agreement read as follows: For the purpose of constiucting the improvement of the Lake Front by the World’s Fair or its employes the owners of the several excursion boats doing business on the Lake Front without waving any of their rights in the premises stipulate that at the request of the chief of construction of the World’s Columbian Exposition they shall 1emove all obstructions on the Lake Front for a distance of 250 feet from the center line of Van Buren street extended, that in any manner interfere with the construction of a pier on the Lake Front within the prescribed Jimits with the express understanding that all boats permitted to do business on the lake shall do it on like terms so far as the stipulation is concerned as to their boats. In case the chief of construction of the World’s Columbian Exposition shall find it necessary to order any of the boats away from their present moorings, they may have the privilege of mooring at the Lake Front at other places so they do not interfere in any way with the construction of thisimprovement and nothing herein detained shall be deemed as a waiver by the World’s Fair of the right to grant any exclusive privilege for boats to moor at such improvement after the same is con- structed, if any such right they have, nor do the parties hereto waive any of their right to dispute such rights, and this agree- ment shall terminate on the Ist. of October, or as soon there- after as the World’s Columbian Exposition shall have com— pleted the dock at the foot of Van Buren street. i It is also stipulated by the owners of the excursion boats now and heretofore doing business upon the Lake Front at the foot Van Buren street that the bill for injunction filed this day shall be dismissed at complainants’ costs and with- sjudice, out prejud signed] Robert Rae. Attorney for excursion boats now doing business at the Lake Front, City of Chicago. Was Paula Representing owners of said boats. The excursion steamers are running as usual at the Lake Front and doing good business. ee TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SAULT CANAL" The annual report of the Sault canal shows that the water in the lock during the past season averaged lower than ever known before; the number of vessels passing through the canal during the year ending June 30, 1892, was 11,557, sn increase of 2,016 above 1891; lockage, 5,615, beirg 1,001 above 1891; registered tonnage, 9,828,894, an increase of 2,397,451 above 1891; freight tonnage, 10,107,603, an increase of 1,768,622; number of passengers, 25,697, a decrease of 529. The total freight exceeds that of any other fiscal year by 1,768,622 tuns The total number of registered steamers passing the cinal wag 396; sail vessels, 256; total 652, Of these there were 358 American steamers and 38 Canadian; 257 American sails and steamer Western between Montreal ana ‘l'oronto. gers, and the Canadians 12,373. Of unregistere were 447 passages. 4 i , i teamers carried 13,317 passen~ — 19 Canadian, The American steam oe P oe