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gg A ps ee ee ENGINEE:-RING AND SCrENCE. VOL. V. NO. 40. “OCTOBER 4, 1883. $2.00 PuR ANNUM SINGLE Copies 5 Cents, CLEVELAND, O. AROUND THE LAKES. | CLEVELAND, . The schooner Golden Age has visited De- troit. Captain Thos. Wilson has gone to Buffa- lo, where he has a new boat building. ‘The schooner Typo has been released and 2,000 bushels of her grain cargo recovered in a dry condition. The schooner Eliza Fitzgerald, after the heavy gale of September 23d, requires a new foremast and extensive repairs. T, E..Wilson, the purchaser of the Oak- land, is impressed with the idea that she is still afloat, and has offered a reward to the fish boat that dis :overs her. Diver Wilson is anxious to explore the in- side of the Niagara, one of Commodore Per- ry’s flagships, sunk in Misery Bay. He will seek permission of the proper authorities, The steamer Sarah E. Sheldon has gone to Toledo to load grain for Buffalo, leaving her consort, S. P. Ely, here to load coal, ex- pecting to. make the round trip before the Bly is ready. ; prsernne--- Ian Globe.Drydock, the:gghooner Fayette Brown, to have a leak stopped; the steam- barge V. Swain, to have her bottom calked, The tug Red Cloud of Ashtabula, will go in this evening for a new wheel. The anxiety ir regard to the Maxwell has been laid. After the towline parted she hoisted sail and proceeded on her voyage, entering Port Huron for supplies, after which she sailed as far as Fairport, when the storm of Monday night overtook her sind she sought this port for refuge. She ‘sailed yesterday for. Ashtabula. The ateambaige Oscar. ‘ownsend Egyp=- tian, and two tugs released the Summatra, which has been on the beach for nearly one month. She was on jackscrews and the job qvas an easy one, being taken off with one pull, She is leaking some and will be taken below for repairs. Much indignation is expressed against tugs at Port Colborne for not going to the relief of the schooners which were stranded near .there ia the gale of September 23d. The tug men defend themselves by saying that the responsibility is so great, that they do not care to take the risk, all the damage happening after a schooner takes the tow- line being charged to them. The Chicago cargo insurance pool has fin- ally paid the loss on the cargo of rye carried » by the Potomac at the time she went on the reef at Ahnapee. The agent who took the risk has, however, been suspended from his agencies on the ground that he had uot re- ported to the pool the circumstances that the Potomac was taking in tow the schooner Vought for a cargo ot ore at Escanaba. Alexander McMasters, chief engineer of the Commercial line, offers the theory, after his examination, that when the Colorado came in on her last trip, the starboard boiler was cleaned and, of course, the valve closed. When the boat was ready to start on Satur- day, Engineer Lovett ordered fires started in both boilers without taking the precaution to open the valve leading from the starboard boiler; hence, when she began to make steam there was no way tor its escape ex- cept through the safety valve. Freights are firm and nominally un- changed, rates on ore being steady at $1.75 from Marquette and L’Anse to Cleveland and on coal 80@85c Cleveland to Chicago and Milwaukee. The following charters were made yesterday: Schooner G. C. ‘Trampf, coal, from Cleveland to Milwaukee, 80c; schooner Maria Martin, coal, from Lorain to Milwaukee, 80c; schooner J.T. Johnson, ore from Escanaba to Cleveland p. t.; schooner J. H. Mead, coal from Cleve- land to Milwaukee, 80c; schooner D. S. Austin, ore, from Escanaba to Black Rock, $1.65; schooner Southwest, coal, from Cleve- land to Portage, p. t.; same vessel ore, back from L’Anse to Cleveland, $1.75; steamer Robert Wallace and consort Gawn, ore, from 1’ Anse to Cleveland, p. t. . CHICAGO. Sdecial to the Marine Record, Cuptain Louis Groh is in command of the tug Van Schaick. Captain Geo. D. Wallace has been ap- pointed to the command of the schooner Leo, and Captain William Lemon to the William I. Preston. The $25,000 insurance on the cargo of: the propeller Potomac which struck a reef off Ahnapce some time ago, was paid on Mon- day by the Chicago insurance pool. Captain William Higgie owner of the schoouer Higgie, which hehas sailed for a number of years, had'got tied’ or sailing ii has given the command of his schooner to Captain McNair. Captain Robert Teed has given up the tug Van Schaick and taken command of his new tug Bob Teed, which has been getting a fair share of towing since she started last week. She isa complete success. The rate on corn to Buffalo was firm at 31gc;3 wheat 33gc; corn to Midland and Col- | lingwood, 23fc¢; corn to Sarnia, 24gc. “Ine schooner Willlam I. Preston was changed from Ogdensburg to Kingston; her cargo is corn, and she gets 614c. The scow Forest arrived here on Friday night last lumber laden, and went into light house slip. She was leaking at the time but not badly and the crew turned in, She wa- terlogged during the night, but the crew managed to escape out of the cabin with only a wetting. The schooner Minnehaha, of Cheboygan, H. F. odd, fell a victim to Monday night’s storm, going ashore in the bay at Northport. Captain Todd has returned home. He says they were just going to cast anchor when she struck. ‘The night was very dark, and he had no idea she was so near shore until it was too late to save her. She did not go to pieces, but as it wonld have cost more than she was worth to get her off and repair her, she was stripped and abandoned. Captain Todd looks considerably the worse for his severe attack of rheumatism. At Miller Brother’s drydocks, the schooner Emeline has completed her extensive re- pairs; the schooner Arctic has had some re- pairs and some calking; the steamtarge An- nie Laurie had some repairs to her wheel; steambarge Emma EK. ‘Thompson had a leak stopped; the steambarge St. Joseph was overhauled ; the steambarge Ida M. Torrent got her etern bearing fixed and a new rud- der; the schooner Ebenezer had a leak stopped; propeller Lawrence had her wheel tightened and a new piece of keel; the tug Parker had some repairs to her stern bear- ing. At the Chicago drydock company, the propeller California received a new wheel; the schooner J. W. Brown had some calking and new keelsons; the scow Forest gota leak stopped; the tug Delta had a leak stopped; the schooner Higgie had her bot- tom examined; the propeller City of Duluth got some repairs; the schooner Golden | Fleece got a new centreboard; the steam- barge White & Friant got some repairs to | her stern bearing; the tug O. B. Green re. ceived a new wheel; the steambarge Doug- las got a new shoe; schooner Lotus, a new anchor stock, and the steam canal boat San Pedro, a new shaft. The fine schooner David Vance, in com- mand of Captain L. Vance, who is part owner ot her, when proceeding stern first up the river on Friday, last ir tow of the tugs Thomas Hood and Shields collided with the abutment of Adams street bridge completely demolishing it and injuring sev- eral persons who were on the viaduct when it fell through. A horse had one of its legs broken and was shot- The David Vance sustained very little camage and was towed up the river and loaded at one of the eleva- tors and proceeded to sea the next day. DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. The steamer Spartan, so long awaiting her departure for Owen Sound, is still in dur- ance vile. “Wine tener Mivening Stary whieh plted: between here and. river St. Clair, has laid up for the season. The propeller E. K. Roberts, owned here, broke her wheel, at Duck Island, Lake Hu- ron, and is here for repairs. He of the weatherwise persuasion predicts a late closing of navigation with no interme- diate storms or snow squalls. The steamer Gazelle, which has been in the excursion business at Chicago this: sea- son, has laid up.at this port, where she is owned, The propellor Empire State stranded on | National Board of Steam Navigation. The twelfth annual meeting of the Board will be held at the METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Wwew Zork City, On the 24th of October, 1883, at 11 o'clock A. M. As business of much importance to the Steam Vesse? in- terests of the country will be brought up for discussion, a full attendance is requested. E. W. GOULD, President. CHARLES H. BOYER, Secretary, 90 Wall st., New York City. N. B.—Local. boards and individual delegates will please-send names of those who will attend the meeting as early as possible to the Secretary so that hotel ac- commodations may be secured. island, Detroit river, but was got off without damage. A considerable portion of her car- go of coal was lightered and brought to this city where it was reshipped, causing about a week’s delay. -Noble & Goss, sail makers at this port, . | have dissolved partnership, each going it on his own hook in future. Captain E. Mayes, who for several years has carried on a very successful business in that line. contemplates it is stated, retiring, in which event Mr. Gross will occupy the same premises. from St. Ignace, stranded on Saturday night (on Picke Island, Lake St. Clair, and went out 18 inches forward. A tug and lighter is now at work getting her off, which will doubtless be accomplished to-day. She is owned by Whitaker & Son, of this city. The equinoctial storm was for the time.be- ing very violent, doing considerable damage to lake shipping, but not of long duration. The season of 1842: will be remembered as the year with no equinoctial. The months of August, September, October,. and up to the middle of November were without rain Stag Island, St. Clair river, and was light- ered off. Aside from the delay no damage | was sustained. | The barge Seminole (36 years old) lumber- | laden, arrived here in a waterlogged condi- | tion, and the barge Wm. ‘Treat, 27 years with her deckload gone. The cost of the repairs to the propeller St. | Paul, which was damaged at Buffalo a few | days since, amounted to $800 instead of sev- | eral thousand, as was given out. | Captain N. H. Murch, for many years | associated with the Lake Superior line, is | or the time being acting as first officer on board the propeller St. Pavl. Arrangements are being effected here by | parties for the recovery of the engine and boiler of the tug W. W. Braman, which was | burned at Point Au Pellee in June 1867. Captain John S. Warner, who in bygone, days was a prominent steamboat master on | Lake Ontario, died a few days since at Al- | gonae, on the river St. Clair. He had at-| tained nearly three score and ten atthe time | of his decease. | It now appears that the steambarge On- | tonagon, which was burned a few days since on ihe river St. Clair, was insured for $21,- , 000, all statements to the contrary, notwith- | alanding, which, if true, will completely | cover all losses sustained. | Captain Ed. Travers, the last of four | brothers who navigated the lakes at a very early period, was in this city on Thursday, | enroute from the Pacific coast, on a visit to friends at Buffalo and vicinity. He has been | engaged in business at San Francisco tor | many years. | The large schooner F, Georger, stranded a | few nights since on the foot of Bois Blane | or violent winds until the 17th or 18tha storm set in accompanied with snow and freezing, and within the space of 48 hours navigation was virtually Closed. The revenue steamer Fessenden takes an occasional spirt up or down the river, and | after a brief absence returns to her anchor- age in good order and condition. The first of these ornamental government craft was the Split Log, commissioned in 1818, and named after a celebrated Indian chief. She was commanded by Captain Gilbert Knapp, who, if I am not inerror, still lives at Ra- cine, Wis. Another of the old veteran rev- enue commanders, Captain Francis Martin, who has attained his 78th year, resides here. Murphy Bros., wreckers at this port, are preparing an expedition to proceed to Lake Superior for the recovery of the machinery of the wrecked steambarge Mary Jarecki. The result of their operations thus far this season has been the rescue of the steamer Steinhoff, ashore at Thames river; propeller Collin Campbell and schooner Annie Sher- wood, ashore on Chickaloni reef, Lake Erie; tug John Harris, sunk at Long Point, Lake Erie; steambarge ‘Trenton, ashore at the mouth of the Detroit river; barge Little’ Wissahickon, ashore on Lake St. Clair; pro- peller Shickaluni, sunk in Georgian Bay ; | schooner Miami Belle, ashore on Mohawk island, Lake Erie; steamer Magnet and also thesteamer Meteor, ashore in Georgian Bay ; steambarge A. Weston, sunk at the head of Detroit river; schooner C, H. Burton, ashore in Green Bay; schooner Richard Winslow on Luke Huron; steamer Keweenaw at the head of Lake Erie; schooner Myosotis ashore in Green Bay, also the propeller Milwankee, (Continued on 4:h page.) with More Sasi