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THE MARINE RECORD. ; salt 10,200 bbls. The ship- e as follows: lumber 12,325,000 ; th 500,000. epairing has been done at the dry two weeks. The tug Traveler re- nd wheel. The Winslow new frames, ambarge Donaldson repairs to her dmund Hall’s dredge received two new feet in length, and the schooners Muir repairs. re Oneida, rebuilt at Davidson's yard gone into commission. She now rates rying capacity is 650,000 feet of lumber. rst cargo to Erie, Pa. that the Butman & Rust mill site re- ed by the Bay City Dredging Company, utilized as a shipyard. The old buildings n down and the place cleared up. The lo- hat could be desired, being almost oppo- widson’s yard and having a frontage of from 16th to 19th streets. The company two dredges and two tugs, and have all the financial backing to make it a success. and one Schooner was launched from David- wd last week. The tug was built for the David- portation Company, and is 90 feet long, 2014 and 8 feet deep. Registered tonnage 71. She yet/been named. No. 52 the first of the four now building by the company to be launched. th over all is 220 feet, length of keel 211 | 35 feet, depth 17 feet. Gross tonnage 1,045, he will be named the City of Aberdeen. 5 J.P.R ee ‘ORONTO MARINE—WHARF EXTENSION. Correspondence to The Marine Record: ‘oronTO, CaN.—Already the majority of the passen- er steamboats which ply to and from this port have ye into winter quarters; and so few sail or steam ght-carriers are moving that the marine business at end of the great lake chain is practically done for » season. Dullness has been more noticeable this mer in the Canadian navigation trade than ever be- All the passenger steamers here have been laid e g the Lakeside and the A.J. Tymon. The le is plying between St. Catherine and this port, nd the A. J. Tymon has taken the place of the steamers Chicora and Cibola, on the Niagara-Toronto route. ‘There is no doubt that another factor toward the de- of the inland Canadian marine operations is the olicy of the Dominion government with regard to ca- nal tolls and coasting laws. United States zens are ing with the times and building jim de siecle ves- ‘sels, but Canadians are restricted by shallow canals and taxed incomes to moribund boats. Something must be done shortly, and it is the opinion of all rightly think- _ ing people here that a commercial revolution of marine laws of some sort is pending. ‘There will be no lack of wharf room at this port next season, to judge from the energetic actions of Messrs. William and Robert Freeland, owners of the Milloy wharf, at the foot of Yonge street here. They own a width of 500 feet of water front, and they are extending ‘is in the shape of two quays out to the new line. Kach . these docks will be 430 feet long by 60 feet wide. Be- tween the two will be a slip 130 feet wide, and on the outside of each a slip 110 feet across, all deep enough to float the largest vessels which come to this port. Dock _ No, land its warehouse are now approaching comple- _ tion, and work on No. 2 will start early next spring. The quantities of fruit which come across Lake Onta- rio from Niagara and St. Catharines, and are landed at the Milloy wharf, are enormous. ‘The Messrs. Freeland _ have made and are making large provision to facilitate the handling of so much lusciousness. ‘The new Milloy ‘Warehouse, which is an exact counterpart of the other one to be built next summer at the foot of Scott street, is 375 feet long and covers 50 feet across, including the overhanging eaves on each side. Each end of this has an awned open space, the northern one 85 feet long and _ the whole width of the building, to be used as a fruit market, and the southern portion 34 feet. Vesselmen are giving Messrs. Freeland great praise. _ ‘This time last year it was difficult for the coal elevat- _ ors to get away with the innumerable cargoes coming in from the south shore ports; they rigged up electric lights on the docks and worked night and day right till the close. If they have one schooner a week now they are doing well. This is easily explained: There comes _ arumor sub rosa that the all-encompassing Reading, etc., coal combine will explode shortly by reason of its 3 internal accumulations, and then there will be a in the price of coal which shall astonish the known _ world. Consumers did not all have the cash ready while coal was at $5 or $5.50, and dealers would not book or- ders as formerly. Still the figures kept increasing, and ‘quite a few people here laid in their winter supply of ; at $6 per ton. This was where the line was drawn, there have been very few sales since the price $6.50 and threatened to rise to $7 or over. Ca- ian exporters céased to buy, recognizing that there no demand for stocks already on hand, and not de- siting to increase their holdings at the present high fig- es with a prospect of a dire revulsion. R—Oct. 12th. Coalis coming in in better quan- ately, as many as six schooners—the E. H, Ruth- Albacore, Clara Youell, Keewatin, Laura and Cc. T, Van Straubenzee—arriving in one day uth shore ports. A few cargoes of lumber are for Oswego, and this week the schooner W. rood took the first load of barley paces the Ea gt OH . Gillette will superintend the new ore erior and furnish trimmers for vessels. 24,000 feet long with pokets,c and 15,000 There are 400 pesierrs, 200 on each side, capacity of 180 tons. Thirty pockets are k will be pushed on the others, and all before shipping is commenced, on Oc- LOSS OF THE STEAMER NASHUA WITH ALL HANDS. As we went to press last week grave fears were en- tertained for the safety of the steamer Nashua, Capt. Richard P. Millen, Toledo, O. The crew consisted of thirteen persons and two passengers. On Tuesday morning the Nashua let go the tow line of her consort the Ryan, ina heavy northwest gale off Goderich, Lake Huron, and it was then known that the steamer had disabled her machinery, her deck load of lumber was gone and she was flying a signal of distress. The Ryan made sail for Port Huron and spoke the steamer W. H. Gratwick, asking her to go back and render assistance to the Nashta, searched for four hours. and not sighting the Nashua she again proceeded on her course. ‘he tug Howard was dispatched from Port Huron to search for the Nashua, and on Thursday, October 6th, she reached Sand Beach and reported finding the Nashua drifting bottom up, off Bayfield, Ont., with a large hole in her side, probably caused by the boiler exploding, no trace of the crew could be found and it was surmised that all had perished, the hull has since drifted ashore near Bayfield, and one body has been picked up, All hope of any of the crew having reached the shore is now given up. Capt. Richard Millen, who was master and part own- er of the Nashua, was one of the best-liked seaman on the lakes, open-hearted, generous and free, Dick Millen was the synonym of hearty friendship and good will, and a seaman from the ground up. Captain P. L. Mil- len of the steamer Joliet, and Capt. James Millen of Detroit, are his brothers, and Capt. Dick had a heart big enough for the trio. John E. Putnam of Detroit, was chief engineer, and leaves a wife and four children. Captain Archie Muir of Port Huron, piloted the Nashua to Byng Inlet, Ont., and was only on the vessel for the trip, he was fifty- nine years of age, and about thirty years ago he took the schooner Alexandria across the Atlantic, he was a genial, kind-hearted seamen and had a good word for everyone, he leaves a widow and five grown-up chil- dren. Charles Shepard, of Brockway, Mich., was first mate. George McCullom of Detroit, watchman, and Joseph H. Wilson, fireman. The two lady passengers were Mrs. Millen, the captain’s wife, and Mrs. Shepard, wife of the first mate. The names of the remainder of the crew have not yet been ascertained. A strict watch * is kept patroling the beach to recover any bodies that may be washed ashore. The Nashua was built at Cleveland in 1868, for the N. T. Co., and was a staunch, well-found sea-worthy steamer. She was recently purchased by Capt. Richard P. Millen, of Toledo, and J. J. McLean, of Detroit, and was good for many years seryice in such excellent hands as her late owners. It is now thought that her boiler must have fetched away, and she fell off in the trough of the sea and went down before the boats could be got out. — —— ——— LAKE FREIGHTS DULL AT KINGSTON. Kincston, On?r.—Owing to the dullness of lake freights several schooners are making preperations to go into winter quarters. The schooner Grantham, owned by Donnelly Bros. has been laying at Kingston since September 8, waiting for something to do. As there are no prospects of anything turning up in the way ofa paying freight, the vessel will be laid up. Capt. Craw- ford says this will be a very dull autumn. The coal dealers will not take in a larger stock than they neces- sarily require as they are assured coal will drop away down in the spring. Small tonnage will therefore seek winter quarters at an early date. + oo RECENT COLLISIONS. Two serious collisions have occurred since our last issue, involying a great loss to vessel owners in the de- tention of their property during the most lucrative por- tion of the season, and in repairing the heavy damages sustained, ‘The most important casualty is that between the steel steamers Norman, of the Menominee Transit Line, and the Republic, of the Republic Iron Co. The latter ves- sel was bound down, loaded, and met the Norman, bound up, light, at 8.30 a. m., October 7, in Lake George. Ow- ing to a sheertaken by the steamer City of Naples, the Norman closely avoided a collision with her, and the Republic following closely after the City of Naples, col- lided with the Norman nearly stem on, both vessels receiving nearly the same damage on the starboard bow, and necessitating the removal of about twenty plates. An estimate of the repairs on each vessel places the cost at about $5,000 each, and they are now in the hands of the Globe Iron Works Co., at Cleveland, being repaired! with all possible dispatch. Both steamers were built in 1880 by the Globe Iron Works Co. They are almost precisely the same size, the Norman registering 1870 and Republic 1874 tons, net, and they are each valued at $200,000. Both are fully covered with insurance. The Republic is commanded by Capt. J. A. Landfair, one of the best known and most experienced captains on the lakes, Capt. S. Strat- ton sails the Norman. He is a young man, but has an excellent reputation for care and good judgment, and in this connection the chief engineer of the Norman, Mr. Clement Clark, of Sandusky, who is also a young man, is given great credit for the skillful and smart handling of the steamer’s engines previous to and after the collision. —The redeeming feature of the casualty is that there was no loss of life, although some reflections are cast upon the niggardly policy of Congress in not granting appropriations commensurate with the import- ance of northwestern commerce, as a cessation ot Lake Superior transportation similar to the caseof the Susan B. Peck was again narrowly averted at this point. The next most important collision occurred last Thurs- day between the whaleback steamer Pillsbury, with flour from Gladstone to Buffalo, and the steamer Na- hant, laden with iron ore from‘Escanaba. They collided off Poe’s Reef, in the Straits of Mackinac. The Nahant The Gratwick ° a ¥ was severely damaged, and barely reached Duncan City, where she sank in shoal water. ‘The tug Favorite, of the Swain Wrecking Co., rendered valuable assistance tothe Nahant, in towing her into port, and the crew of the Favorite, who are experienced salvage and wreck- ing hands, made an excellent job in placing astout'can- vas jacket, well secured, from abreast the boilers on the starboard side, around aft, and well along on the port side also. The Nahant was then pumped out, and the Favorite proceeded on with her to Cleveland, where, she arrived, all well, on Wednesday morning. After dis- charging her cargo of iron ore she will be surveyed for final repairs, which will no doubt cost a heayy sum. The Nahant is a wooden steamer of 1200 tons burden, under command of Capt. Thomas Jones, who is also partjowner. She was valued at $38,000, and carries $28,500 insurance, the one-fourth interest owned by Mr. James Wallace, of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. not being insured. The collision was caused by the wheel chains of the steamer Pillsbury parting when both steamers were running side by side off Cheboygan, bound down. 0 a cr FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. Captain Patrick Ryan dropped dead in the state-room of the steam barge John EK. Hall when on Lake Huron, Saturday night. The Hall put into Alpena and the re- mains were sent to Detroit by rail. The steamer E. C. Pope is chartered for 125,000 bushels of wheat from South Chicago. This is the’ largest grain cargo ever carried on the lakes. he wreckage seen by those on board the steamer Lyon, near Whitefish Point, was probably from the steamer Frank Perew, which was lost about a year ago. ‘The last shipment of stone for the season has been made from Kelley’s Island for the Sault canal. Over 14,000 cubic yards, making fifty-six cargoes have been sent up. Captain Foote, of the steamer United Empire has the distinction of bringing the first Canadian vessel through the Sault Ste. Marie river during the night since the new range lights have been placed. John Karcher and Henry Law, of Sandusky, have purchased of W. H. Herbert and others the steamer Schnoor, the consideration being $5,000. She is now at Sandusky, and will be put into shape for business. ‘The whaleback steamer Mather brought down 116,500 bushels of corn from Chicago. A Chicago paper had it that the Thomas Wilson, which is of the same build, j could out-carry the Mather, but Capt. Smith declares that the Mather is good for 1,500 bushels more than the a Wilson.— Buffalo Express. ‘The new whaleback steamer, James Colgate, recently launched at West Superior, is a duplicate of the Wilson and Mather and is 300 feet long, 34 feet wide and 24 feet beam. ‘There will be three more launches at West ‘ Superior this year, including the whaleback passenger a boat for the World’s Fair. Bearinger & Sibley’s big raft of 9,000,000 ft. taken care of on Lake Huron during the northeast gale of last week, by the tugs Sea Gull, Smith and Parker, is the a? record tow of the lakes, and if loaded on large, full- - rigged ocean ships, would take about nine of them to carry it. This represents the greatest economy of floating transportation, only possible on large sheets of ‘ protected waterways like the lakes afford. ‘ 7 Relative to the complete navigation through Canadian territory to the Gulf of St. Lawrence it is interesting to note that last week the Calvin Company’s raft No, 15, in tow of the steamer Traveller, Capt. Ephraim Martin, passed down the Canadian channel, skirting Fiddler’s Elbow, passing north of Grenadier Island, and continu- ing on her way to Brockville without leaving Canadian waters. This has an interesting bearing on the recent discussion regarding the navigability of the channel mentioned. Captain McAllister, of the Dominion steamer Alberta, receives with but poor grace the statement published last week relative to the E. C. Pope walking past him on the trip from the ‘“‘Soo” to Duluth. He says the Al- perta was loaded and had to proceed slowly until well _ out of the ‘‘Soo” river ; this gave the E. C. Pope a start of several miles, and for the remainder of the trip the Pope, in light ballast trim, ought certainly be expected to hold her own against the Alberta, loaded down to 14 feet, 6 inches. + PERSONAL. Mr. BE. M. Peck, of Detroit, Mich., was a Weddell House guest at Cleveland on Thursday. Mr. Harvey D. Goulder, admiralty lawyer, returns to — Cleveland to-day after an absence in Cincinnati during | the past week. ¥ Capt. Sullivan representing David Vance & Co., of Milwaukee, visited Cleveland this week on vessel and insurance business. es, Mr. James J. Clark, vice-president of the Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Co., visited Cleveland on Tues- day on underwriters’ business. Capt. James Millen and A, A. P the firm of Parker & Millen, Detroit, in Cleveland on vessel business. ferre Mr. Luther Allen, Secretary and Treasurer of the — Globe Iron Works Co., left Cleveland on Wednesday a visit to New York. He is expected to return on Satur- day. ‘i * Mr. Richard Rispin, of the firm of P. H. Flemin, Co., Chicago, was in Cleveland on Friday on busin connected with the Sun Insurance Co., San for which his firm are the agents. of Chicago, Chief Insp leveland Parker, principals of Mg spent Wednesday the city on Monday en row tend the Protestant Episcopal church com in session ere, Mr. Pasta was” Huron after the opening days 0: ing the last sad rites over the body of 4 tio