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ee with enly three feet of water above it, lying directly in the course of vessels running be- tween Killarney and Collingwood, an Owen Sound. It bears approximately.east by north, three-quartera north, distaut eighteen and one-half nautical miles from Lonely Island lighthouse, southeast by south thirteen and ‘one-half miles from the nearest point of Squaw Island. ‘he Dominion government will have a spar buoy at once placed on the .rock until next spring, when a bell buoy will be provided. The propeller Oconto, recently rebuilt by Rand & Burger, at Manitowoc, for the Good- ich Transportation Company, made her iret call at this port on Tuesday. She rates A2 and is owned by George L. Colwell. She is 155 feet over all, 145 feet keel, 32 feet 10 inches beam and 10 feet hold, and cost $17,- 500. She is finely fitted, has large cabin and stateroom accommodations, convenient for ninety passengers. She carried on her first trip to Cleveland sixty-three passengers and -2,000,000 shingles. Captain McGregor, her ‘master, has been a fortunate sailor, which. fact seeme:to sbe-appreviated by. the people: -on the Hine. The Oconto will run between Cleveland and Saginaw, stopping at Good- wich and other intermediate points. The achooner Foster, which was in collis- ion with the Sunnyside, is in the Globe Dry- -dock, where the survey has taken place, the oard consisting of Captain Radcliffe on the part of the veesel owners and Captain J. Martin for the underwriters at Buffalo, Messrs. Smith & Dorr. The board find that the Foster is damaged to the extent of $2,700. ‘Captain Radcliffe says that a deviation of six ‘inches in the blow would have sunk the Fos- ter in.an hour. She was struck immediately -on the frame, which offered resistance suffi -cient to ward off the blow. It is known that ‘in nineteen cases out of twenty ihe vessel which receives-the blow is the one that goes down, but in this instance the rule has been reversed, although the Sunnyside can in no way be held to blame, as she was at that time in the tow and at the mercy of wind and wave. - CHICAGO. Spectal te the Marine Record Paul McCall sold his one-sixth sharé in the schooner Willie ‘Loutitt, of Grand Haven, to -John Uarper, of Chicago, for $1,168. A great improvement in the tug smoke nuisance has been observable during the ‘past week. We hope it will continue. On Monday afternoon the barge Brunette, when being towed out by the tug Crawford, -collided with the stern of ‘the latter and -smashed her wheel. The steambarge G.C. Dunbar went into Miller Brothers’ drydock for a new wheel. The tug Crawford got a new wheel, the tug Mixer some new planking, and the schooner Hattie Fisher a new foremast. 'The steambarge Monitor of Waukegan, Captain Minskey, went into the Vessel Own- ers’ drydock and had a piece of plank taken out from between her shoe and the wheel, ‘her stern tearing fixed and some calking. The schooner E. M. Stanton had her bottom calked. The new tug Bob Teed arrived here on Tuesday from Saugatuck. Her builder, M. J. Martel, has not lost any of his prestige in building her. She isa very handsome tug and sits the water like a swan, snd we wish Captain Thomas Teed and his son Robert every success with her. The Marine hospital report for the month of August shows that there were fifty pa- tients in the wards August 1; that during the month fifty-eight were admitted, fifty- one discharged, 320 given outside treatment, and fifty-three remained August 31. Three deserted and one died. Grain freights are rising steadily. We hope soon to be able to say the same of lum- ber freights; for as freight was formerly the mother of wages, although the rule is now abolished, we think it is quite time that the lumber carriers found a mother or some kind benefactor to increase their fieights so as te enable them to pay the extra wages now demanded. The steambarge Clinton, of St. Catharines, Captain J. W. Mawdesley, arrived here Mon- day with the barges Guimbsy, Gibraltar and Clyde, light from Kingston. On her arrival at the central slip, when reversing her en- gine, it was discovered that her iron stern- post was broken in two and entangled in the wheel. Fortunately her lines were already ‘almost entirely become defunct, save the THE MARINE RECORD on the wharf, thereby saving her turther damage. ‘The Clinton and her tow are chartered to carry wheat to Kingston at 7% cents. At the Chicago Drydock the steambarge Clinton, of St. Catharines, received a new stern post and a general overhauling. ‘The schooner T. Y. M. ©. A. got her bottom calked and a new rudder, the schooner Po- tomac had a leak stopped and yeneral over- hauling, the propeller City of Fremont a new wheel, the schoonor City of Chicago had her bottom calked, the steambarge Maine got her shaft straightened, the schooner Minnie Slauson had her bottom calked. ‘I'he schoon- er Tempest will have a new mainmast and windlase, the schooner Mary E. Ayers a new mizzenmast, and the schooner Lyman Davis anew mainmast. DETROIT, Special to the Marine Record. Seamen’s wages, $2 per Cay with a plen- tiful supply. The steambarge City of Concord arrived here on Sunday night with machinery dis- abled, and-will be detained a week for re- paire. Grain shipments to Buffalo, 234e, with in- dications of arise. Whitaker & Son rer ort staves to the same port at $5, $8, and $9, and steady at those rates. The steamer Flora, which runs between Toledo and Detroit, has been disabled, and is here undergoing repairs. Her pis- ton ran through’ the cylinder and badly damaged her machinery. Revenue steamer Fessenden, owned by Uncle Sam, and rebuilt of iron at Buffalo the past winter, arrived here a few days since, and is anchored off the city. Her appear- ance is much the same as formerly, although with extended accommodations. Many of our prominent citizens have sum- mer residences on the north shore of Lake St. Clair, to which they are conveyed daily toand fro by steamyachts built chiefly in the East. Sume six or seven owned by va- rious clubs are thus employed. One of them, the Sigma, owned by M.S. Smith, an ex- tensive. jeweller, -was built by Mr. Craig, of Trenton, some twelve miles below this, which’ for model and finish is not excelled elsewhere. In 1825 John Burtis and D. C..McKin- stry established a horse boat ferry between Detroit and the opposite shore (which had no name) prior to which date the crossing was effected by large.flats or scows, manned with sweeps, and by small boats. ‘This was continued until 1882, when Louis Daven- port placed a steam ferryboat on the route called the Argo. Since that period the traffic has been so immense that no less than seven steamers are now employed and two routes well established, and a probable third not far away. Between Detroit and Windsor from six to seven thousand cross daily, be- sides considerable freight, vehicles, ete. Be- tween Hamtramack and Walkerville, two miles above, several hundred cross. Five of these boats are employed chiefly in making excursions on the river, and as such are as well equipped as in any other of the World. The Detroit Drydock Company, who, of late, have ‘become quite famed in the ship- building line, have quite recently put afloat two steamers, which, in the line of naval architecture, needs no praise or commenda- tion from any source, and may safely invite inspection from any quarter. ‘The City of Mackinac for the Detroit & Cleveland Nav- gation Co.,, is a steamer of great beauty, ex- cellent model, and of elegant finish and equipment. She was built for the Detroit & Mackinaw route, and has already made several voyages. But as your readers are fully informed of her it will not be necessa- ry to state anything further. ‘The screw steamer E. K. Roberts was launched a few days since, from the same yard, of 179 ton burden, and although rather below the me- dium class, she has been well got up, with good cabin accommodations and ma- chinery. She is intended for the fishing trade between Detroit and Lake Huron, and cost about $20,000. She is owned by C. W. Ganther and Co., extensive fish merchants in this city. Captain John Hayes, of Port Huron, pulls the bells. I wish I could give you as flattering an ac- count of the Detroit and Chatham route, which in bygone days was one of the liveli- est to and from here, but which of late has wood trade which is carried on toa very lim- ited extent. ‘The route took its rise as far back as 1830, and for many years, under the able management of the Messrs. Eberts, did a prosperous business up to quite a recent date. On their retirement it fell into other hands and for a while, by strong efforts did fairly well, when a change of management and owners again took place and this was the finale of the chapter. The Steinhoff, a steamer well adapted to the trade, was sold afew days sirce, and removed to Georgian Bay. A new boat, however, haa just taken her place, call the Merritt, but her success can Only be determined by the near future. A sidewheel boat called the Queen Victoria has quite recently arrived trom the St. Lawrence and been purchase by Chat- ham parties for $7,500, so that whatever prosperity was in store for the new boat, the owners of the Vic. seem determined to place the traffic in a worse condition than before, and like the Kilkenny cats, it will require but a brief space of time to place both hors du combat, All has been quiet as a Sabbath day at this port for nearly the entire season, thus far, and it would be necessary to go back toa very remote period in order to make a com- parison between the past and the present. The river front or harbor of this port takes in a distance of about five miles, yet it is rare that more than three or tour vessels put in an appearance during the entire week, and these with cargoes of wood or coal, with an occasional lumber freight. Grain shipments from here are few and far between. Of course in this category I make no refer- ence to steamers which daily arrive and depart on various passenger rontes—-of these latter there are no less than three steamers plying between this and the mouth of the Detroit river, which call at the landings on either side ot the river and make their term- inus at Malden and Gibraltar, respectively . ‘There are also plying to the river St. Clair three boats as tar as Port Huron and Sarnia, one to Mt. Clemens, and one also to New Baltimore. It is unneccessary‘to add that all are well patronized. ‘The Lake Superior Transit Company and Ward’s Line ply to Lake Superior exclusively, which does not include various steambargesSwith their con- sorts in the ore trade. Grummonds’ line and the Detroit and Cleveland sNavigation Company have each two steamers plying to Mackinaw from this port, calling at the va- rious landings. ‘Che business onJthese two last named routes are fully up$to the stand- ard of any former year, while the Lake Su- perior bouts are carrying a prosperous traftic, SANDUSKY: Special to the Marine Record. Revenue cutter Andy Johnson arriyed with Secretary Folger and Superintendent Kimball on board, and after surveying the harbor, etc., left tor Cleveland. Schooners Cordelia, Barkalow, Rival, and L. Seaton arrived with hardjcoal consigned to I. B. & W. R. R. Co. Propellers Jarvis Lord and Graves arrived}from (Marquette with iron ore. Propeller Oswegatchie called here for fueland left for Bay§City with her barges stone laden. Propeller Westford called in here for the barge Monitor. Both cleared light for Alpena. Barge Matilda ar- rived from Bay City with lumber. Barge Sylvia Morton cleared light for Bay City. | Barge Arizona clearedfor Bay City with coal. | Barge Fostoria arrived with lumber from Bay City. Schooner Franz Siegel arrived with iron ore and cleared with coal for Port Arthur. Grace Holland arrived with ore and cleared light. Schooner Webb arrived with ore and cleared light for Lorain to load coal, Theo. Voges arrived withjlumber from East Tawas and cleared light. Barge Wend- he-Wave arrived with lumberjfrom Alpena and cleared light for same place. Barge /Dunford arrived from Bay City with lum- ber and clenred light. Steambarge City of Concord arrived with cargogof salt, towing barge Dunford. MILWAUKRE. The steambarge Business has been chartered for ore trom Escanaba to Erie. The Schooner Eliza and Supply are to be sold at Marshal’s sale, a decree of sale hay- ing been entered. Ore freights are on the basis of $1.45 and $1.50 from Escanaba to Lake Erie ports. Vessel owners prefer to send their vessels for grain at the present rates than for ore. There is little doing in freights and several 5 ee large vessels will go to Escanaba or Chicago. to load. Charters—Schooner 8. B. Merrill, 42,000 bushels of wheat to Buffalo, on through rates; schooner G. G. Houghton, 23,000 bushels of corn to Kingston. When about eight miles off the Sturgeon Bay Canal, the master of the scow Johnson picked up two small boats, painted white, which were abouta mile apart, belonging toacatamaran, It was impossible to pick up the wreck on account of the heavy sea, but with this wind it will go ashore at Whitefish Bay. One of the boats was stove in amidships. Where the wreck came from is unknown, but she does not belong in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay. Nothing is known concerning her crew. TOLEDO. Captain Gilmore is building a small ‘pro- peller for the stone trade. The barge Pringle and the propeller Shep- herd were chartered yesterday, coal to De- treit at 35c. ST. JOSEPH. Anderson & Kolman, engineers here, are putting a new cylinder to the engine of the steamer City of St. Joseph of the Graham & Morton Line, Captain Elton. ‘The new cylinder will, have four inches more bore than the one taken out, which will make her engine 24x22 and will increase her speed. ‘She is an excellent boat and does good work, and her hull is classed Al with a star. She only requires a good compound engine and larger boilers to make her Al* all round. ‘ _- PORT COLBORNE, The schooner J. F. Mott sprung a leak in the harbor here and had to be towed to Buffalo drydock. She is loaded with coal, and bound from Cleveland to Brockville. The steambarge Glasgow became disabled when about ten miles off this port, anda tug went to her assistance and towed’ her and her consort into the harbor. Her crank wheel was broken. ALPENA, The largest cargo ot shingles ever shipped from. this port were shipped yesterday on | the bark Pomeroy by Bewick, Comstock & Company. ‘he cargo contained 3,030,500, all XX shingles.—Argus. The propeller George T. Hope and con- sorts were ob'iged to shelter here. The barges are loaded heavy with iron. ESCANABA, Shipments of iron ore to August 29 from here, Marquette, and A’ Lnse aggregate 1,336,- 073 tons, we nominee Range mines are but 53,867 tons short of last year’s output. On Thursday evening, August 30, there is in dock here no less than 60,000 tons of ore awaiting carriers.—LHscanaba Iron Port. BUFFALO. Coal freights fell to 60 cents to Chicago. Propeller Delaware goes at that rate. Schooner H. W. Sage obtained 70 cents to the same port; schooners Colonel Cook, Green Bay, 75 cents; Atmosphere, Blazing Star, Leadville, J. E. Gilmore, Detroit 25 cents; Riverside, ‘loledo, 30 cents: William Shupe, Sandusky, 30 cents. The decline was caused by the continued scarcity ot coal and the free offer of tonnage. On Wednes- day they remained about the same, 60 cents to Chicago and Milwaukee. Schooner J. L. Danford obtained 60 cents to Chicago, and the schooner Three Brothers 75 cents to Green Bay. PORT HURON, The rafts of the tugs Wilcox and Balize came into the river to-day broken up. The schooner J. F. Joy is aground outside of the cut at St. Clair Flats. The steamer Idlewild broke her wheel last night ia the river by striking a log. . ; ERIE. Perry Lodge, No, 392, F. and A. M,, of this city, has erected a monument over the grave of Captain J. S. Childs, who died in this city in 1875. Captain Childs was a well known vessel master, and was the first Mas- ter of the Masonic lodge which has just marked his resting place in a befitting man- ner. Captain Childs’ wife and daughter live in Erie.—Jnter Ocean. EAST TAWAS. Cleared for Cleveland, barge A. A. Tur- ner 300,000 feet of lumber, barges Wasley, 430,000 feet of Jumber, Old Concord, 310,000 feet of lumber, 850 ,000 shingles; for Erie, barge Colonel Brackett, 273 000 feet of lum- ber; for Tonawanda, barge Wright, 720,000 feet of lumber. DULUTH, The work of replacing the upper works on Dredge No. 2 is nearly finishede