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Island. She was built by Henry Roney, who has had an experience of thirty years, the appearance of the Calvin, as she lies in the river at the marble works, receiving her engine and boiler, testifying to his skill, be- ing of beautiful mode! built throughout of the best quality of white oak and thoroughly salted. Her carrying capacity, however is small for so large a vessel. She is 180 feet long, 82 feet beam and 15 feet cepth of hold, and is to be commanded by the commodore of Calvin & Son’s fleet, Captain A. H. Malone, who has one-fourth interest in her. She is likely to go into the timber carrying trade between Lake Superior and Kingston, and besides carrying a cargo her; self will have a tow of three or four schoon- ers. In fact she is a monster tug. Her en- gines which were designed by J. F. Pank- hurst and buils by the G’obe Iron Works of this city, are four and aft compound, with a high pressure cylinder of 27 inch bore and 36 inch stroke and low pressure of 50 inch bore and 36 inch stroke, with steam revers- ing gear. ‘he boiler, one of the most ex- pensive kind, being built subject to the Canadian inspection laws, which are very rigid, is 16 feet Jong and ten feet four inches in diameter, and has been thoroughly in- spected at every stage by the agent of the owners. Freights continue firm and steady and with the increasing demand for tonnage they are not likely to get back toold rates this season.. Offers have been made of 11@12 cents for vessels to carry grain from Duluth to Ogdensburg, and charters were made of steamer John M. Osborne and consorts Exile and Davis, coal, Loraine to Green Bay, 75 cents, and back, ore, Escanabe to Cleveland, p. t.; barge William Young, coal Lorain to Point Edward, 45 cents. The following charters were reported yes- terday: Schooners H. G. Cleveland, wheat from Cleveland to Buffalo, 2c; Lafriner, wheat, Cleveland to Buffalo, 2c; C. P, Minch, ore, Escanaba to Cleveland, $1.50; Jennie Matthews, ore, Escanaba to Toledo, $1.50; William Horne, same; Jarvis Lord, ore, Es- canaba to Cleveland, $1.50; steambarge H. L. Worthington, ore, Marquette to Cleve- land, $1.75; consort ‘of same vessel, the Shawnee, ore, Marquette to Lorain, $1,75; steamer Columbia and consort, Comrade, ore, Escanaba to Ohio ports, $1.50. CHICAGO. Special to the Marine Record ‘The schooner L. B. Cook, Captain John Regan has got.a new mainsail. The schooner Pensaukee was got oft and towed to Manitowoc for repairs. The schooner Emeline, Captain E. A. Christerson, lost her jibboom in the squall on Sunday last. The canalboat Frier.dship, corn laden, was run into and sunk at her dock at the foot of Maxwell street, by the steambage M. F’. But- ters,on Friday evening last. Grain freights are very firm at old rates, more inclined to raise than fall, and lumber freights have increased some, and we hope soon to record a further raise. A very large fleet of lumber vessels were in port on Monday, anda majority of them were soon sold and got away off the market, and some difficulty was experienced in get- ting gangs to unload them. The steambarge Daisy Day, Captain Louis Larsen, was delayed three days getting a new syphon and lubricator and some re- pairs. Robert Regan is now engineer on her, vice William Hendricks, who has gone on the Hattie B. Perue. Paul Pauliot, boat builder, is, building a gteam yacht for Captain Davis and John Da- vidson. She will be 65 feet over all, 15 feet beam and 4 feet 10 inches in depth. She will run to Lincoln Park next season as an excursion steamer. ‘The tug Mosher experienced a very rough time last Sunday night. She was out on the lake looking tor a tow, and about 9 o’clocka heavy sea struck her and washed the fire- man overboard. A plank and a life buoy were thrown to him and he was rescued. At the Veasel Owners’ drydock schooner Hattie Earl got a new rudder stock; tug Union had some calking and repnire; tug J. V. ‘Taylor a new wheel; schooner Sophia J. Luff, Mystic Star and C. Finney received some repairs, and schooner E. M. Stanton had a leak stopped. At Miller Brothers’ drydock the tug Pad- dy Murphy got a now wheel; the schooner THE MARINE RECORD Glad ‘Tidings a new rudder stock, part new keel and some new plank; schooner Wau- nette was calked: schooner Emeline got a new jibboom and some calking; schooner A. M. Beer was recalked ; schooner Hattie Hutt got a new foremast and the schooner Lem, £lisworth a new mainmast, Captain John Furlong died on Sunday last. He bad been connected with the lake marine for some twenty five years and was very much respected, as was shown by the greal number of flags at half ‘mast on the vessels of his old friends and the large num- ber of marine men who attended his funeral on Tuesday at the Calvary Cemetery, amongst whom were Captain John Mul- vany, Captain H. Blue, Captain P. F, Flood, E. Kellen, Sherman Boyce and Isaac Sand- ford, who were his pall bearers. ‘Thomas Bageley, boat builder, has nearly completed the hull of a steam yawl, which he has built for Captain Samuel Moore. She is 30 feet in length over all, 7 feet width ot beam and 3% feet depth of hold. She will be named the Harry Channon, after a well- known ship chandler here. She will make her first tripto New Orleans, with the schooner Morning Star, formerly the Glad Tidings, Gospel ship, in tow, on board of which the worthy owner will take his wife and some friends to New Orleans to spend the winter months. At the Chicago Drydock Company’s dry- dock the scow South Haven received a new stern, stern post and some calking; propel- ler Peerless a general overhauling; schooner Sardinia was calked all over and also received a new jibboom and toretop mast ; steambarge Geo. Burnham a new shoe; steambarge Ar- gonaut hada leak stopped; schooner John Raber had her ceiling calked; schooner D. R. Martin had her deck calked; schooner Ironsides had some new rail and planks; propeller City of Duluth had a new smoke stack; schooners J. M. Hutchinson and C. J. Wells some repairs; City of Chicago a new jibboom; schooners Maumee Valley and Eagle Wing got some calking; schooner Myrtle a new foremast; schooner Eva Fuller a new anchor stock; schooner John Miner a new gaff; schooner Barbarian some repairs, and schooner ‘Tempest a new foremast: and windlass. DETROIT, Special to the Marine Rezord, The railroad steamer Transit is undergoing repairs at the Detroit Drydock, where 100 men employed almost continuously. The lumber traffic which daily. passes this point is simply immense, not infre- quently three million of feet ina single tow. John Sauve, a sailor, fell troin the mast- head of the schooner Mary Ella, on Satur- dsy, and was seriously if not fatally injured. The steambarge R. J. Gordon, plying be- tween Detroit and Gibraltar, took on board a new captain yesterday, which is the sixth thus far this season. . The steamer Flora, which for a month past has been having her machinery repaired, has been newly painted, and is now in prime condition for fall business. A new steambarge has just been built at Marine City for Robert Holland, of that place, and has been named the J. W. West- cott. Dimensions not given. A new ferry: landing has just been com- pleted at Windsor at the foot of Ouelette Avenue, a customs building and waiting room being on either hand, which have been gotten up on an improved plan. As intimated in my last letter, the steamer City of Dresden changed ownership. ‘The price paid was stated to be $11,000; running as formerly, between Windsor and Leaming- ton. On Saturday night the tug Kate Moffatt, with a valuable raft, became separated from it, during a violent squall off Lexington, Lake Huron. There is a probability of the recovery of a part if not all. The steamer City of Cleveland, Captain Stewart, arrived yesterday trom Mackinaw | on her usual time, and reports the schooner Pensaukee, which was in trouble at Cheboy- gan, as liderated, although in bad condition. ‘The season has been ‘unusually disastrous to Detroit parties engaged in the enterprize, and the losses entailed will figure up toa large amount. ‘These have been occasioned by a series of northeasterly gales which have been prevalent throughout the season. There is nothing interesting to give your readers in lake freights. Wheat, Detroit to Buffalo, rules at 3c, an adyance of \4c since last report. ‘There are little or no indications, at present, of an improvement upon those figures. Staves, $6, $8 and $10, and perma- nent at that ruling. The cabin passage between Detroit and Buffalo and vice versa is $7 per steamer. Apropo of this fact it may be stated that the fare on the steamboat Walk-in-the-Water in 1818 between those ports was $20. Verily times have changed since that early period of lake history. Charles Howard, a prominent forwarder, steamboat and vessel owner forty years ago at Detroit, is at present visiting friends here: Hie present residence is in New York City. He is now verging on nearly four score years, a man of sterling qualities. ‘There are but few of his day and generation left. ‘The iron sidewheel steamer Spartan, since her disaster at Cariboo Island, Luke Super- ior, some two months since, has just com- pleted her repairs by the Detroit Drydock Company. at a cost of about $20,000. She has been in readiness to leave for a. week past, but what occasions her delay was yes- terday beyond my ken, Cheap fares between Detroit and Cleve- land sre now the order of the day. The steamer Keweenaw advertises the round trip at $2. The Detroit and Cleveland come down a peg lower, at $1. Of ‘course berth accommodations are not included in these low rates, and tbis is a matter which requires investigation before purchasing a ticket. The four mammoth railroad steamers, which ply between Detroit and Windsor make sixteen trips daily with freight and passenger cars, carrying fourteen each time. This being State Fair week, and owing toa large influx of. strangers from all parts, the ferry steamers are doing a profitable busi- ness and the profits are increased accord- ingly. It is now 204 years since the first vessel passed Detroit and in short the’ first that floated on the lakes. She was bark rigged, of 60 tons burden, and arrived at Green Bay September 2d, 1679. She then loaded with furs and took her departure on the 18th of the same month for Niagara river, but was overtaken by’a storm the fol- lowing day and all on board lost. This was the first marine disaster. Her name was the Griffon. The Detroit Drydock Co. have had in hand the present summer the lengthening of two propellers known as the F. & P. M. No. 1 and No. 2 respectively at a cost of $20,000 each. “They came out new last year tor the route between Ludington and Mil- waukee, but the business there demanded their enlargement. One of. them was com- pleted a short time since and returned to Lake Michigan. ‘The other will be finished within the next ten days. The steambarge Albion and her consort passed through here on Saturday, timber la- den from Bay City direct to Quebec. Tine freight on this commodity from point of shipment to Quebec is $1.50 per thousand. From the latter port to Liverpool the cost is at the same figure. A considerable quan- tity has been moved-by rafts in tow of pow- erful tugs from Frerch river in Georgian Bay. ‘The cost of this mode of transit can-, not be definitely ascertained. The work of rescuing the schooner Rich- ard Winslow, ashore near the head of St. Olair river, on the Canada side of Lake Hu- ron, has been interfered with by the seizure of the tug Michigan, which had the contract in hand, in consequence of her being an American bottom. It is not long since that this same tug was called the Prince Alfred and owned by the Canadians, Quite recently she was sold to Detroit parties and her name changed. Consequently, what was lawful in the one instance is diametrically opposed in the present. Detroit can now boast of four fine eleva- tors, and perhaps unsurpassed in the lake region, one of which was quite recently com- pleted for the Wabash road. ‘These institu- tions, which have become so important an element to the commercial interests of the country, were first introduced at Buffalo by Joseph Dart in the winter of 1842-43, on the north side of the creek, and was burned in 1862. ‘The first vessel to unload there was the schooner Philadelphia, Captain Charles Rogers. The Philadelphia was 123 tons bur- den and had on 4,515 bushels of wheat con- signed to Kune & Davis. ‘lhe firet cargo of corn was the schooner South America, Cap- tain A. Bradley, which had on a trifle over 3,145 bushels. Since the above epoch of elevator history they have become leg'on, SANDUSKY, Special to the Murine Record. Steambarge St. John, of Toledo, with a cargo of fish, ran aground while entering the bay Monday morning during an_ easterly gale. At present writing she is aground-in such a position that nothing can get to her: Propeller Geo, A. Marsh, with the assistance of the Marblehead. lifeboat and crew, gota line to her, and after pulling on her all day got her off. Nothing damaged although there was a big sea running al! day. TOLEDO. The tug G. W. Mullinix has been sold to Messrs. Corbuner and Fifield for the sum of $600. The new United States revenue cutter William P. Fessenden, arrived in this port Saturday evening. She has been in service just one month to-day, and is pronounced by her commander, Captain S. S. Warner, to be all that was expected of her. She is built of iron, is 183 feet over all, 33 beam, and 7 feet depth of hold. ‘ Collector Battelle is in receipt of a recent decision from the ‘Treasury Department which is as follows: ‘Vessels which make complete trips in trade between ports on marine (water under government control) must be documented ov compelled to pay a tonnage of $1,10; but-if, on the other hand, a portion of the trip te on the rivers or canals, then there is no-obligation to docu- ment.” Captain Emery, of the barge N. P. Good- ell, arrived here Saturday night. He had a narrow escape from drowning while cross- ing Saginaw Bay Friday during a severe gale. While attempting to clear the fly, which had become fouled, the rolling of the vessel caused him to lose his balance and plunge into the water. Fortunately he, upon rising to the surface, succeeded in catching hold of the rudder guy, from which perlious position he was rescued by his crew. MARQUETTE, The steambarges Continental, ‘Colonial, Swain, and Vienna and tugs Samson, Dudley, and Gillott pulled on the Sumatra nearly all day, of the 17th and moved her about ten feet.. ‘The attempt for the day was given up after breaking several tow lines. RACINE, The schooner Harrison, from Whitehall, to Chicago, put in here ina water logged condition, A steam pump will be placed on her and she wil] be towed to Chicago. BUFFALO, Last week lake grain receipts at Buffalo were 2,364,900 bushels, and the shipments by canal amounted to 1,573,900 ‘bushels. The shipments of coal amounted to 28,700 tons. PORT HURON. Nothing could be done at the Winslow to- day on account of the heavy seas, The northeaster which has been blowing for twenty-four hours has stopped the following steamers and vasselé: Propellers B. W. Jenness and barges, Tempest and barges, Iron Duke, A. Everett and consort, A. Townsend and consort, Ira Chaffee and barges, schooner Sibena, G. M. Neelon, W. J. Preston, Minnie Slawson, Home, Sweet Home. Captain James Riordon, of the firm of Crosley & Demick, insurance agents, who sold the risks on the wrecked schooner Star- light, ashore on Cove Island, have abandoned her ag total loss. Captain Norman, of the Starlight, says that the vessel is in a much exposed position to heavy northeast winds that have been blowing for the past few days. He also thinks that the vessel has gone to pieces, as she struck a solid wall of rocks. He will leave here to-night to strip the outfit from the vessel, She was not loaded, and was insured for $8,000. MILWAUKEE, From present indications all the large ves- sels now here will have to go to Chicago or Escanaba to load, as there is no disposition on the part of owners of the grain in store here to ship it. According to the reports received here yesterday, rates at Chicago were on a basis of 4 and 4!¢ cents on corn to Buffalo. Ore freights are firm at from $1.50 to $1.70 from Escanaba to Lake Erie ports, FAIRPORT, A portion of the Oakland’s cargo of lum- ber has appeared off this harbor, and is be- ing picked up by the fishermen,