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THE MARINE RECORD. “CARRIERS ASSOCIATION. take actin ypon SI anaroral questions relating to the A deta pare duit bu-i ee he Great Lakes, maintain nec- ipping: in oa iat to protect the common interest oh ‘ake Carriers aml improve the charac- ~ ter of the service rendered to the public, President: M, A. Branvey, - «= Cleveland. .- « Vice-Presidents : 7 Keim . Chi dames W. Minky, = Detroit # BacwanD, + ‘foledo. Fd Fiera, | «Erie > FITZGRRAND, > Milwaukee Thomas WiLgon, Cleveland ALEXANDER McDoueait, Duluth PLP Mruuen, . - Buffalo a Secretary; Cuaries H Kuxp, - Buffalo. a Treasurer: Guo. ¥. McKay, — - = Cleveland. Counsel: Harvey DV. Govupen, - Cleveland, Board of Managers . F, W. Baldwin, = Ogd nab Tacomas Wilson, . Cleveland, Rcrith |e Bre MM Braey, - Cleveland, _W.E, man, - ~ Sandusky, i 8. Corrigan, ~ Gleveland, C. T. Morley, Marine City M. - Cleveland, Alvin Neal, . Port Hur n. Cleveland. _ James Davidson, ~~ Bay City ~ Cleveland. Charles A. Eddy. May City By - Cleveland. » Alexander McDougal Duluth J. Moor + + Cleveland, ', W. Gilchrist, + Alpes, GL. Peuninzton, - Cleveland. I. C. Gilchrist, Vermillion Meury + wyood, - Cleveland. J. L, Higgi sa Chicago W. © Rich-rdaon, = Cleveland. Jesse Spaulding, Chi ayo, S. D. Caldwell, - Buffalo. * J. 8. Dunham, = Chicago, Pe er P Miller, Buffalo. John Keith, - + Cnicago. E. T Evans, ? Buffalo, Austrian Chicago. ‘ames Ash, - Buffalo. _- David Vance, + Milwaukee. = W. Bullard, = Buffalo. R P. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee. J.J, H_ Grown, + Buffalo, _W. Livingstone, Jr, + Detroit Yi write Buffalo, James Millen, - Detroit - + Buffalo, David Carter, = - + — D. troit. Toledo. E M. Peck, - Toledo, : + Toledo Derroit. SSS D.C. Whitney, — - H. S, Hodge, CLEVELAND, O. Capt. N. E. Hoover has been appointed master of the steamer Margaret Olwill vice Capt. Ed. Kelley, resigned. ‘The Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co. give their usual annual basket picnic to shipping clerks;on Monday, September Sth. The Shipowners dry docks have been kept very “busy during the past week, and the fall weather coming ‘on, is likely to keep them still more busy up till the close of navigation. J. W. Grover & Son, ship chandlers are fitting out the splendid steel steam yacht Commanche, built by the Globe Iron Works Co., to the order of H. M. Hanna, of this city. * The steam barge Kittie M. Forbes sprung fi leak ‘off this port on Tuesday, but reached the river in time to sink in about 14 feet of water. She will be pumped out and dry docked as early as possible. John Loyering, for the underwriters, and Capt. C. E. Benham, for the owners, held a survey on the steam barge, H. C. Schnoor, at Sandusky Friday. The repair bill was placed at $1,500. She was damaged by fire. The lighthouse tender Columbine, built at the yards of the Globe Iron Works Co,, for service on the coast, will be taken out on her trial trip today, and leave for her destination via. the St. Lawrence in a day or two. Capt. Joe Gorman, late master of the New York steam ‘yacht Lurline, has resigned his position to pilot the new lighthouse tender, Columbine, to the coast. Capt. Gor- man also piloted the lighthouse tender Lilac down to the coast a few weeks ago. On account of the death of the wife of Capt. William H. Cowan, master of the steamer John Mitchell, his steamer has been taken charge of for this trip by Capt. Alfred Mitchell, one of her owners, and a member of the firm of Mitchell & Co., vessel brokers and marine insur- ance agents. > ‘Tests are being made by the local inspector this week _of the plates used in the construction of the six boilers building by the Cleveland Ship Building Co,, for the large whaleback passenger steamer, now under con- struction at the yards of the American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wis. It is a social outrage to destroy the best quarter of the public square, and the ears of the “great American hog’”’ wobble conspicuously throughout the proceedings. Sec- ondly. as “the sky pilots” say, it is sacriliege to down the “hero’’ of Lake Erie. and thirdly, the right of hold- kr I ing this breathing space inviolate belongs to the citi- : , zens, or whom? Collector of Customs M. B. Gary a few days since in- formed the Treasury Department that the owners of the local tugs, John Gregory and Tom Maytham, had rep- resented to him that their failure to have their boats in- 4 ' spected at the proper time was due to an oversight. On ’ this showing he received from the department authority i to remit to the owners of each tug all but $25 of the $500 a in fines recently imposed. Mr. John Thompson and Mr. Jackson have returned to business after having had a most enjoyable vacation. Mr. Jackson always pilots on these annual trips, and he insists on keeping his party well posted, so that they are punctually on hand at steamboat wharves or railroad depots an hour or two either before or after the boat or train is ready to start. The inimitable coolness of the pilot on such occasions takes the sting ont of the wait. Work is well being advanced at the yards of the Cleve- Jand Ship Building Co., on the new freight monitor, being constructed on builders account. She will be one _of the largest and most economical freight carriers on. the lakes. Work on the new steel steamer contracted for by M. A. Bradley and others, is somewhat delayed on account of material not being received, but it is now insight and extra gangs of men will be put to work ina few days. 7 CHICAGO, ILL. Speciai Correspondence to the Marine Record. ‘The splendid steamer City of Veiice, Captain A. A, Coe made her first trip to this port and left Saturday night with 102,042 bushels of wheat, the largest cargo of grain ever taken out of Chicago by a wooden built steamer. She was excellently built by James Davidson, the well known ship builder of Bay City and is one of the handsomest and best equipped steamers on the lakes. The Independent ‘Coal Dock Co., loaded 40 tons of coal on board of the steambarge Colin Campbell in- 12 min- utes last week with their McMyler derrick, across the deck of the steamer Otego which was laying at their dock inside of the Colin Campbell. Captain Henry Consula, for nearly twenty years in command of tugs at Milwaukee, is now commanding the V.O. T. tug Thomas Wood—he got tired of Mil- waukee, as it was too slow for a man of enterprise. August Oleson mate of the schooner Evra Fuller, which was laying on. the lumber market was thrown overboard by some dock rats about 1.30 a. m., Monday morning. ‘The schooner had been laying at the market for several days, and the mate the night previous had driven some of them of the schooner, and they watched for him, and when he came up out of the cabin’ they seized him, and threw him overboard. The mate swam to the rudder chains,and held on until a Pinkerton watchman came along about a half an hour afterwards, and threw a rope to him and pulled him on the dock. Lumber freights have advanced to thirteen shillings to Manistee, and twelve shillings to Ludington. Harry S. Channon of the firm of H. Channon Co., ship chandler returned with his wife Sunday, from Europe, where they had spent their honeymoon. George Warrington of the Vulcan Iron Works, is building a Warrington water tube boiler, No. 15, 44% by 6 for the steam yacht Alcoyne. Frank W. Wheeler, ship builder of West Bay City, is visiting Chicago this week. Tht tug Alpha of the Chicago Dredging Company has been laid up, and Captain Hank Blue and her crew have been transferred to the tug Frank R. Crane. The tug Gertrude and Alert of Green’s Dredging Company are the only tues in the river that are com- plying with the smoke ordinance by burning hard coal which seems to be the only way to solve the smoke nuisance. It costs their owners considerable additional expense. The V. O. T. Co., C. T. Co., Dunhams Towing Com- pany and the Independent Tug Co., were all summoned last week by the city officials representing the smoke nuisance. As no one appeared in defense of Dunham’s line, nine of their tugs were fined $50. each. J. L. Hig- gie of the V. O. T. Co., Captain Harmon of the C. 'T. Co., and Captain Barry of the I. T. Co., were present. ‘The V. O. T. Company’s suit was the first called on against six of their tugs, and Captain Higgie stated that he had a smoke burner on board of his tugs which he had used for the last ten years, he having tested all kinds of smoke burners on his tugs, and invited Mr, George, the city official for smoke prevention and Mr. White of the Smoke Prevention Society to come down on board his tug Van Schaick and examine into the merits of his smoke preventor, They were on board the Van Schaick for several hours last Saturday afternoon and it was proyed to them that the smoke burning device used on board consumed from 50 to 60 per cent. of the smoke, but even that did not satisfy them as they have to be an- swerable to the collars and cuffs assemblage comprised of real estate nen and others who come in from the sub- urbs and expect everything par excellence in a busy city. The case of the V. O. T. Co.,C. T. Co., and I. T. Co., were continued until Wednesday next. If R. R. Companies and business firms were looked up, the tug line smoke nuisance would be found very small in comparison with them. Grain freights Tuesday were 24 cents on wheat, 2 cents on corn to Buffalo, 34% cents‘on corn to Kingston free of tolls. It was reported here ‘Tuesday that the steamer Rhoda Emily had lost her rudder on Lake Huron, and was lay- ing at anchor off Saint Clair River. It was probable she would go to Dunford and Alyersons dry dock at Port Huron for repairs. Marine men, who have been waiting for the War De- partment to take some action in regard to the construc- tion of the South Halsted street bridge, became some- what anxious Friday over the delay; particularly as the city was going right ahead without paying any at- tention to the Federal Goyernment’s control over the river. A meeting of the Line Agent’s Association was held, and President 'T. Ly. Morford was directed to send Washington: ‘Contracts for building the sted bridge are to be let without submission | tothe United States Engineer. Will you necessary action at once.’’ The complaint of the 1 interests against the city in regard to this bridge, the War Department had not passed upon the p the proposed structure, as required by the tiv harbor act, and its construction, until that js obtained, is illegal. , Captain Charles Kohnert and others have s barge Constitution to the Shores Lumber Co., 0! land. Capt. Kohnert paid $3,000 for the Constitu last spring. Capt. John Kelly, of Saginaw, has the schooner Halstead from John J. Keith for § William Armstrong, manager of the ar boats, was fined $100 to-day for , the stenmer Post Boy without a Government license. 4 The regular engineer did not report for duty, and Arm strong took his place. Captain J. L,. Higgie, President of the Vessel Owners’ — Towing Company, is sanguine of the success of the smoke-preventing device on his tugs. He said yester- — day that it was abating 60 per cent. of the smoke, and he was confident that even better results would be ob- tained after the crews became accustomed to it. ‘Not- withstanding all my efforts,’ Captain Higgie added, “the smoke society is steadily bringing complaints — against my boats.” ‘Two-thirds of the steam barge D. W. Powers has been purchased by the Shores lumber comqany, of Ashland, Wis. Captain Simon O’Day retains the other one-third interest and continues in command. ‘The schooner Constitution has been purchased ay the Shores lumber company of Ashland, Wis. C. W. Elphicke & Co., and Arthur Orr have contracted — with the Chicago Ship Building Company to build then . a steel steamer, 290 feet over all, 41 feet beam, 24 feet 8 inch depth of hold, to be first-class in every respect, and supplied with incandescent electric lights. The King Iron Works, Buffalo will supply her with a triple expansion engine, 19.32 and 52 by 45, and two Scotch type boilers 12 by 12 to be allowed 160 pounds steam — pressure. She is to be completed by April, 15, 1893. é WILLIAMS. BUFFALO, N. Y. F) Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. . sep ‘The Merchants exchange harbor committee has taken — action, recommending Congress to order a survey and ie computation of cost of the long breakwater southwardto Stony Point instead of stopping. at Sandcatch pier, as now proposed by the later plans of the district engineer. ‘The largest cargo ever carried on the lakes in a wood- — en boat was that of the City of Venice, which was built at West Bay City by James Davidson. It was of 102,042 bushels of wheat shipped by Rumsey & Lightner. The ; City of Venice is now the property of the syndicate, of which Edward Smith, of Brown & Co., the Buffalo yes- selmen, is manager. With her big load she drew but 16 feet 2 inches. % ‘The situation at this port may now be said to be again in its normal condition. Freightiis moving freely on all the lines and the elevators are fast getting rid of their surplus grain. : ‘The steamer Pilgrim last week replaced her Sutton wheel with one of the Trout pattern, a Sunday night a grain scooper went to sleep on the rail of the new tug Cascade, and rolled off into the water. He was rescued with difficulty by Capt. Hazen and others. The new steamship building at Chicago, for Drake, Maytham and others, has been named the Thomas May- tham. She will be ready for business about November Ast. ‘The new whaleback Washburn, on her last trip here, - discharged her package freight by hoisting through her hatchways. Her large gangways on the main deck were not opened. ‘This would go to show that the difficulty of handling package freight on the whalebacks rather puts them out of the class of package freight carriers, ‘The new tug for Maytham’s line has been named t Excelsior. She will be placed in service next Saturday, A new canal tug named W. N, Peckham, came 01 Tuesday. She was built by William Hingston, is abot 50 feet long, and has a 13x14 high pressure engine. She will run in the White Star Line. ‘The steamer Oregon was 60 bushels short on h wheat cargo, A burglar invited himself into the residence of Ca Frank D. Welcome on Tuesday morning, and after rifying the nurse in charge of Mrs. Welcome, ‘who: sick in bed, he simply went through the house, sec! many valuables, and politely decamped after bid adieu to the astonished occupants. ‘The shock so | nerved Mrs. Welcome that it was thought prudene remove her to the hospital, where she now is. ‘ Union lumbershovers at ‘Tonawanda had ‘gi work that President Miller sent 60 men dc Buffalo.