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"NEWS AROUND THE LAKES. he CLEVELAND, O. eas % he teambarge Desmond cleared light for Port ¢ Tuesday. She will winter there. « Sites Wilson Transit Liners Missoula and Wallula are < Ine. 0 arrive in Buffalo with grain cargoes from >) Chicago. e , Services in memory of Captain L. H. Weeks, late mas- ter of the lost steamer W. H. Gilcher, will be held at the home of his family at Vermillion, next Sunday. ‘The steamer Desmond arrived at this port on Sunday with lumber from Oscoda, the Wilson Transit Line steamer Olympia, light, from Buffalo, arrived Tuesday to go into wiater quarters. The old dock and offices of the D. & C. S. N. Co., 23 River street, will be vacated by the company on Satur- day next, when they will move into their new quarters, foot of Superior street. Mr. John Gordon, general manager of the Northern and Lehigh Valley Line steamers, visited this port on By Wednesday and inspected constructive plans of the new .~ steel passenger steamers, building at the yards of the ; Globe Iron Works Co. = The whaleback steamer Pathfinder, docked in the e) ; Ship Owners’ dry dock on Wednesday, following the : _ Pontiac which had been docked to survey her bottom ca after grounding at this port during the shoal water ; spell and storm of October 28th. Christy Daniels, for the past two seasons No. 1 man at the life saving station, died at Lakeside hospital Sunday evening after a two weeks’ illness of typhoid fever. Daniels was twenty-six years old and considered one of the most efficient members of the local crew. The contract for constructing an iron steel bridge on i Belle Isle Park, in Detroit River, has been awarded to F the King Iron Bridge Company, of this city, their pro- posal being the lowest of nine. The amount of their bid was $3,975. 3 Captain Fred Houghton, of the steamer R. R. Rhodes, “a reports that on December 7, while the Rhodes was bound from Buffalo to Chicago, a fireman named Jerry Mur- phy fell overboard and was drowned. Murphy shipped 7 at Buffalo, but his place of residence was unknown. The handsome steam yacht Wadena, built by the Br Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., is now housed in for the = winter at the shipyards of the builders. The Wadena has just successfully completed an ocean cruise and car- ried the American ensign into ports where the flag had ; not been seen before. 4 Mr. E. Platt Stratton, chief engineer surveyor for the “Record of American and Foreign Shipping ”’ is due to reach this port today. The steamers now under con- struction at the yards of F. W. Wheeler & Co. are being built under the Record rules for classification by the American Shipmasters Association. The D. & C.S. N. Co. is arranging to carry out the plan which they decided upon some months ago, of ex- tending the service of their. Lake Huron division to Toledo. The new boats now building will leave Toledo twice a week. Arrangements are being made for ware- house and dockage at Toledo. There is a project now on foot for starting a transpor- tation line between this port and Port Stanley, Ont., in connection with the London & Port Stanley R’y, which has been leased by Cleveland capitalists. The line will cover both passenger and freight service, the latter will be chiefly coal, which it is expected to ship in large quantities. Mr. C. H. Tucker, shipping and forwarding agent for several large lines of steamers, will occupy in addi- tion to his present wharf facilities the commodious dock and warehouses just vacated by the D. & C. S. N. Co. This location is intended especially for the two large steel passenger steamers now under construction to the order of J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway “ Co. ‘The dock will receive such alterations as may be considered necessary to facilitate this special tonnage. Ounce every month during the winter the Floating Bethel gives a free supper, and in the early spring dur- 5 ing fitting out time a good warm supper is given each Sunday. The board of directors usually attend on these occasions, and heartily approve of this special feature, which has been carried on at this port for the last fourteen years. Much good results from the per- sonal interest shown the men who arrive here in the spring, in many cases destitute, and without credit, and the close interest taken in such cases by Chaplain Jones, who was once a man of this type himself, has succeeded in gaining many converts and friends who ably assist in carrying on the good work from year to year. Mr. William McMahon of Pittsburgh, assistant super- intendent of the Western Seamen’s Friend Society, (an organization which, by the way, does not seem to do q' much good among seamen at this port) is credited with y stating last Sunday night at the Plymouth Congrega- ee i a THE MARINE RECORD. tional Church “that deck hands were not worth saving.” Well! p’raps there is not so much in this soul-saving traffic after all, but it comes with poor grace from a sky pilot, whose society has been given one hundred thous- and dollarsin one year to prosecute this work, to say so. Let’s see wasn’t the late President Garfield a canal mule driver once, and was not some of the prominent vessel owners and managers, out of this port, deck hands in the early part of their careers. Mr. McMahon had better stay with his patronage at Pittsburgh instead of vaporizing here. We are in receipt of a courteous invitation to attend the fifteenth arfnual ball of the Cleveland tug men, at Turn Hall, 866 Lorain Street, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 20th. The following officers are delegated to carry out successfully this much looked for annual: Capt. Wm. Robertson, president ; H. H. Reye, vice president; N. J. Farrell, secretary; Capt. S. T. Leonard, treasurer; Capt. S. T. Dwyer, ass’t treasurer; Capt. C. W. Flem- ing, Capt. Ph. Schied, sergt’s-at-arms. Mloor director, Capt. H. J. Coulter. Floor managers, Capt. J. A. Sweeny, Capt. Thos. McNaugh, H. H. Harmon, Capt. W. J. Dwyer, T. J. Mahoney. Reception committee, Capt. W. J. Dwyer, Capt. Wm. Robertson, B®. E. Ennis, Capt. John Hobson, T. F. Beirs. Committee of arrange- ments, E. E. Ennes, Capt. John Hobson, T. EK. Biers. With the close of navigation, we find Capt. Reincke Jannsen, of the schooner Alta, taking in tow for a life consort Miss Rosa Moessuer, the charter being signed last Thursday night, at the home of Mrs. Rock, Pearl street. Rev. Von Schluenback piloted the matrimonial venture safely into winter quarters and did the honors in shipshape style, according to Gunter. After the tow line is tested and other important matters regulated with the consort, a departure will be taken for the Zenith City and the rigors of a Duluth winter experi- enced. Fair winds and pleasant weather, accompanied by the ordinary squalls at stated latitudes, will send the happy couple through the voyage of life with the usual orthodox reckoning. For late navigation and taking all there is to be earned out of the season, the staunch Corrigan Line steamer Aurora is “‘in it’? to the last. She cleared from Chicago for Buffalo Wednesday noon, Dec. 14th, with 4 cents on grain. The owners of wooden steamers, es- pecially such tonnage as the Aurora, can flirt this ac- tual fact in the teeth of the owners of the much vaunted metal vessels, all of which have sought winter quarters long ago. There are not many wooden steamers that could class with the Aurora in point of construction, and although it is late in the season to place insurance on freight, hull or cargo, anything puton the Aurora may be considered gilt-edged. EDO OO CHICAGO, ILL. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The Chicago KE. M. B. A. No. 3 will hold regular weekly meetings during the winter months on Wednes- day afternoons at 2 o’clock, at their new hall, No. 2 Market street. The schooner James G. Blaine has received a new quarter deck and had ceiling and top sides calked. ‘The schooner A. Mosher has received new stanchions, cover- ing board and rail on the port side and had her top sides calked. Captain J. L. Higgie, of the V. O. T. association, has recently paid $718 for fines and costs imposed upon him by the city authorities for violation of the smoke ordi- nance by the association tugs. ‘The Chicago Towing Co. will keep their tugs Wanbun and Tom Brown in commission. At Miller Brothers shipyard the steamer Hiawatha was in dock for a piece of new keel and forefoot, the steamer J. W. Westcott for repairs to stern bearing and some calking, the steamer Avon for piece of new forefoot and some calking, the steamer Byron Whit- taker for a new wheel and calking, the steamer Jesse H. Farwell goes in for recalking all over, the steamer John B. Lyon received new stringers and rail around the stern. The stocks of grain in Chicago elevators last Saturday evening were 10,703,000 bushels of wheat, 5,289,000 bushels of corn, 2,605,000 bushels of oats, 433,000 bushels of rye, and 65,000 bushels of barley, Total 19,095,000 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 9,939,000 bushels a yearago. For the same date the Secretary of the Chi- cago Board of Trade states the visible supply of grain in the United States and Canada as 75,570,000 bushels of wheat, 10,710,000 bushels of corn, 7,027,000 bushels of oats, 1,349,000 bushels of rye, and 2,340,000 bushels of barley. These figures are larger than the correspond- ing ones a week ago by 2,990,000 in wheat and smaller 10,000 in corn. The visible supply of wheat for the corresponding week a year ago increased 564,000 bushels. The new fire boat, Fire Queen, built for service at the Worlds Fair has had steam up and is nearly completed; her machinery worked very satisfactory, The steamer City of Rome has loaded 120,000 bus! of oats for winter storage on owners account. schooner J. I. Case was chartered by W. M. Kaj for 50,000 bushels of oats for winter storage and — delivery at Toledo. Fleming & Co., on Monday char- tered the steamers Tokio and Raleigh for wheat for stor- age and delivery at Buffalo at 4 cents per bushel. Cook & Calbick chartered the barge Baltic, Tuesday __ for wheat for storage and delivery at Buffalo at 4 cents, “Ry Crosby & Rardon chartered the steamers Aurora an Missoula for corn to Buffalo at 4 cents. They will leave — when loaded, probably Wednesday. Keith & Carr char- — tered the steamer Wallula for corn to Buffalo at 4 cents. She will leave when loaded, probably Wednesday. The barge Olive Janneke was chartered Tuesday for wheat for winter storage and delivery at Buffalo at 4 cents per bushel by Crosby & Rardon. Capt. James Davidson is here from Bay City, Capt. James Millen from Detroit and Capt. M. M. Drake is here from Buffalo. ‘The steam barge A. D. Hayward, Capt. W. E. Ladner, and consort Peshtigo arrived Monday afternoon from Sault ste Marie with lumber. John Gjeston, sail maker, has 37 suits of sails stored away in his sail lofts for the winter. ‘The schooner Horace Badger loaded lumber last week at Cheboygan, Mich., for this port. Capt. John Freer will bring her to this port if the weather permits. Capt. J. V. Tuttle was here from Milwaukee Tuesday on business. He worked hard to get the Sturgeon Bay canal free from tolls, and he is much pleased that the canal has been handed over to the United States goy- ernment, who will make it free in future. The Sturgeon Bay Canal Company claimed $250,000 as compensation from the government, but failed to prove that more than $87,000 was due to them. Captain John Jenks, of the steamer White and Friant, returned from Manitowoc Friday, after placing the White and Friant and*consorts Fanny Neil and Sherwood in winter quarters at Burger and Burger’s shipyard. The Dunham Towing and Wrecking Co.’s tugs T. T. Morford and J. H. Hickley will remain in commission; their tug Mollie Spencer will receive two Warrington water tube boilers to be allowed 200 pounds steam pres- sure; her engine isalso to be compounded with cylin- ders 14 and 28 by 24 stroke, at a cost of about $7,000. Their tug O. B. Green will receive a thorough re-build, which will include steel deck frames and shelf pieces ; also new foundation and bed plate for engine, and boiler thoroughly repaired, at a cost of $5,000. All of their tugs will receive iron coal bunkers and have their boilers covered with asbestoes, Their tug James Mc- Gordon will receive new decks, new wearing pieces and new steam steering gear. Their tug Robbie Dunham : has received a new pilot house; their tug C. W. El- ! phicke has received a new boiler 14x6. The Dunham : Co. have purchased a half interest in the South Chicago ; Tug Line, comprising the tugs Elphicke and Halliday, and they will add to that line a fine tug which is being built by James Elliott, shipbuilder at Sagatuck, of the following dimensions : 80 feet over all, 18 feet, 2 inches beam, 9 feet 6 inches hold, engine 22 by 24, by the Vul- can Iron Works ; boiler 14 by 8 with double furnace, to be allowed 140 pounds steam pressure, by Mohr'& Son, She will be supplied with steam steering gear and is to be ready for work in thespring. The company will es- tablish a telephone service between Chicago and South Chicago for the benefit of the marine interests, The company would have had a very fair season, but for the smoke question. The extra expense on account of being compelled by the city authorities to burn hard coal on their ten tugs that do the river towing has cost on an average $2,200 extra per month. The V. O. T. Co.’s tugs Protection, BR. P. Ferry, J. G. Van Schaick and Calumet are still in commission. The Independent tug line have five of their tugs in commis- sion. Their tug D. P. Hall went to South Chicago ‘Tuesday to tow the steamer Iron Chief here to load grain for winter storage. They are taking the machin- ery and boiler out of their tug John Miner and will place it on the tug Dennis Brothers, which they pur- chased recently from Menominee parties, and was a towed here from Milwaukee by their tug D, P. Hall last Saturday. WILLIAMS. a LL A ez BUFFALO FREIGHT STATISTICS. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record : ¥ Burrayo, N. Y.—The official figures of Buffalo’s lake commerce are all but completed at the Custom House. Your correspondent finished some of the footings with — the following results: Receipts of flour for 1892 were 9,742,922 barrels, against 7,036,000 in 1891. Grai: receipts foot up: wheat, 78,165,791 bushels, or about 2,000,000 bushels greater than last year; corn, 32,373,8 bushels. The last three cargoes being estimated: oats 16,479,653 bushels, about 4,000,000 bushels ahead of