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TO -COMMERCE, CLEVELAND O, NOVEMBER 8 1883. $2.00 PER ANNUM SinGLE Copixs 5 CENTS Vesselmen sHOULD HAVE OUR MARINE LAW BOOK, Containing all termined by the United States Courts —ON - — Seamen, Owners, Freights, Charters, Towage, Registry, Collisions, Enrollments, General Average, Common Carriers, Duties of Seamen, Masters & Owners, Bill of Luding, Wages, &c. The volumn is handsomely bound in stiff! Board covers, and fine English cloth binding. Books of this kind generally cost $3.00, but we will send it to’ an address, jostage paid for $1.00, or with the MARIN RECORD for one year, both for only $3.00. Address MARINE Rucogp. Cleveland 0. AROUNDTHE LAKES. CLEVELAND. It is said the steambarge C. H. Green will _ appear next season as a double decker. It is said the schooner Laura Johnson, ashore near Michigan City, will be rescued. ‘The crew all safe. : : Carpenters are still at work repairing the damage to the propeller Ontario. rived‘at Duluth from Sarnia on the 3d_ inst. As the Onoko steamed into the river from the coal docks with 2400 tons of coal it ap- peared as it there was buoyancy and capacity for as much more. As soon as the cago is out of the John B. Merrill she will be repaired. She was light- ered by Captain Greenhalgh, and although repairs will be great. : Captain David Muir, owner and master of the schooner Margaret A. Muir, was in port yesterday with a cargo of ore. Captain Muir | ranks as one of the pioneers of lake naviga- tion, he having sailed thirty-tour years. Considerable anxiety was felt in Chicago marine circles in regard-to the schooner Red- wing, which left Duluth for Buffalo with a cargo of wheat two weeks ago. Fears were allayed, however, by a telegram from her captain at Detroit saying that she was in good condition. Captain Chapman, of the steambarge Cumberland, which arrived here. Monday, reports the steambarge Mayflower ashore at Point Albino and the barge Lillie May con- sortof the Mayflower in a waterlogged con- dition, some distance out. After supplying them with bread, the only assistance they required, he came on. He thinks they. will try to make Buffalo. Yhere is some kind of obstruction north- ward of the bar point lightship at the mouth of the Detroit river. Several vessels in pas- sing there report striking. but fourteen feet. had her She ities. ‘he schooner Donaldson forefoot carried away there last week. went into Globe drydock leaking badly. At the Globe drydock since our last report the schooner Donaldson received a new fore- foot and had her butts calked; the H. A. Kent had the damage repaired which was caused by running on her anchor in the straits; the tug S. 8. Stone received repairs to her stern bearing. ‘The J. M. Osbora will | succeed the Kent. The Sophia Minch and Jobn B. Merrill will go in after they have discharged their cargoes, The life saving crew, at this port, which has done so much reliable work during the past week, is composed of the following points of MARINE LAW as de- | She ar- | When drawing | This is a matter that | should be looked after by the proper author- | gentlemen: C, C. Goodwin, captain; Law- | rence Distel, No. 1; William Goodwin, No. | 2; Jobn Everleigh, No. 3; Jay Lindsey, No. 4: Charles Leonard, No. 5; Joseph Goodroe, | | No, 6; F.'I'. Hateh, No. 7; Delos Hayden, | No.8. Mr. ‘Tovat ofthe tirm of ‘ovat & Crangle also lent material aid on one or two oceasions. ‘The custom of the great dailies in report- ing vessels as clearing light, say from Cleve- Jand to Chicago, at this season of the year, have been taken to ascertain if it is true, as it reflects much upon the wisdom of the mas- ter of the vessel and oftentimes causes much uneasiness to the families of the mariners. The fact that the vessel cleared light from €leveland to load at some intermediate point for Chicago would be more in keeping with truth and common sense. Frieght rates are still firm and rule at about previous quotations, with the follow- ing charters reported: Monday—schooners Emma C. Hutchinson, ore, Escanaba to Cleveland, $1.50; Pewaukee, coal, Ashta- bula to Chiergo, p. t.; steamer Business, coal, Ashtabula to Chicago, p. t. ‘Tuesday —schooners Anna Smith, ore, Escanaba to | Ohio ports, p. t.; J.C. King, same; Dela- ware, Escanuba to: Clevelaiid, $1.50; S, PT Minch, coal, Toledo to Milwaukee, $1.35: Margaret Muir, coal, Cleveland to. Chicago, $1.00. Captain Philip Minch, owner of the | pleased with Captain Charles Swartwood bination in this port, as it was principally ! owing to Captain Swartwood’s determina- tion to hold on to the line and bring the Minch inside the breakwater, where she was pumped out, that she was saved from total | wreck, Purely a matter of common sense asthe captain had been signalled to cut loose. If he had done so after all the other lines had parted the Minch would have gone back on the beach. Now that the Stanard Rock has been mide a beacon of warning to mariners, it would be advisable for the Government to turn attention to the Peninsular Point reef, or Eleven Foot shoal, as navigators consider Ona dark or foggy night it is almost im- possible to distinguish the exact locality of the danger. “Squaw Island is also consid- ered a proper plice tor a lighthonse, as it is on the turn te the Straits, and vessels on the i way from Poverty Island would then havea | reliable mark to take their bearing and could make the north passage without difliculty, ship had been formed between Thomas Mur- phy and Henry Root, of Lorain, in the ship building business. We are glad to see that they have already received a contract from parties at North Amherst to build a steamer of the following dimensions: 115 feet over all, 23 feet beam, and 8 feet depth of hold. She will have a high pressure en- gine 18x20 inches and will turn a seven foot wheel, She will be used in transporting limestone from the Islands to this port. Captain Charles Chapman, of Lorain, will probably take command of the new steamer, The steambarge S$. IL. arrived on ‘Tuesday. reported that her con- sort, the barge General Burnside had parted her line and was in danger of drifting ashore. ‘The tug Dreadnaught, with the life should be adopted only after much pains | schooner Sophia Minch, is probably better | leaking badly, it is not believed the cost of | and the tug Champion than any other com- | it one of the most dangerous spots they have | to guard against, as. there is no light there. | We mentioned last week that a partner , Hubbell, which saving crew aboard, went in search of her. They found her about ten miles below this port. Under tow of ‘the Dreadnaught she was safely made fast to Winslow’s dock. Permit us to say again that too much credit can not be given to the life saving crew at | this port, as they are always ready to endure } any amount of hardship to snecor vessels in distress or rescue the endangered lives of of the sailors, ‘The Sophia Minch has been released. Di-. ver Wiison went to the bottom of her and ascertained that the hood ends of the plank and transom had been damaged some, and that by placing a canvas jacket under her run and over the hood ends of. the plank on her stern she could be towed to her dock. Upon this report a gang of men under com- mand of Captain Geo. McKay lightered about 80 tons of ore, and with the steam pumps of Captains Greenhalgh and Bradley she was pumped out, ‘after which the river tugs Champion and Moore and four of the har- bor tugs pulled on her and succeeded in clearing her from her sandy bed. She was towed to the nail works ore docks where she will discharge her cargo, after which she will go into dock for repairs, which, considering the precarious. condition...in_ whieh she was situated, will be compara- tively light, being confined to the deck, a | portion of the cabin, her mizzen mast and | sails. ‘The condition of the hull is good and | the frames are staunch and sound, CHICAGO, Special to the Marine Record. A one-half interest in the schooner Laura | Johnson has been sold to,William Redman. ! Consideration $300, |. he schooner Mary Nau, of this port, ; Went ashore on the beach off Grand Haven on October 30th. ‘Thecrew were rescued by the life saving station men.. The vessel has ; become a total wreck. | ‘Thesteambarge Michael Groh went ashore. jon the beach at Muskegon near the north pier on Monday last, Captain Seth Lee, of | Muskegon, has contracted to get her off for | $2,500, and he will do so if possible. [Lhe propeller Michael Grech, which went | on the beach at Muskegon Monday morning | was released. ‘She is considerably damaged, } The schooner Ottawa, Captain Rutter, ar- rived here on Monday afternoon from Man- | istee minus one of her jibs which was blown | to shreds in a heavy squall between Grosse ' Point and Waukegan Monday morning. Rates are firm on a basis of 33f¢ for corn and de for wheat to Buffalo. Charters: To | Buffalo, propeller W. H. Barnum, oats; _ propeller Fred Mercur, corn; propeller Ore- ,gon, corn. To Erie, propeller Delaware, wheat and corn, ‘To Sarnia, propeller Ks- eanaba, corn. Total, 282,000 bushels. Yestercay morning the steamship Oregon arrived from Milwaukee light, and went to | the Central elevator to load corn for Buffalo, After nearly all her cargo had been taken on it was discovered that she was in a leak- ing condition, She went to the Fulton ele- vator to discharge her cargo and will be placed in the drydock for repairs before j loading. The mishap will be an expensive one, ' The sehooner t.ineoln Dallis on the rocks at Detroit barb nd full of water. This fact was telegrapued to Captain David Dall, her owner, yesterday. The dispateh was signed by the captain, who asked that a | tug with a steam pump and bawser be sent to her as A fall wrecking sistance at once, expedition has been ordered to go to her from Escanaba. No further information bas been received. She is bound for this port with a cargo of hardwood lumber, consigned to William Ripley & Son, Detroit harbor is in Bay De Noquette at the foot of Green Bay, and is a bad place for vessels to go ashore unless they are well insured, on account of the many dangerous rocks in that vicinity. The Lincoln Dall was built at this port by Miller Brothers in 1869, She measures 206 tons, rates Bl, and is valued at $5,700. She is insured in the Union, of Philadelphia, tor $4,000 At Miller Brothers drydock the tug Calu- met was calked and ironed; the steambarge George Dunbar had some repairs to her rud- der, and the steambarge John Otis, formerly the Truesdell, got a key to her wheel. At the Chicago drydock the schooner C. Amsden had her bottom calked and her rud- der repaired; the tug Mariel received a new shatt and a new wheel, also had her bottom calked and was fitted up for her trip to New Orleans on the Lith; the schooner Higgie had a new main gaff, and the schooner Hal- laran a new malin gaft. “TAt the Vessel Owner’s drydock schooner Jobn_Mine::..hed-her decks «nd—sraentons” calked; canalboat Day Dawn had some re- pairs to her port bow, which were rendered necessary by her being in collision witha tug onthe river; the steamship City of ‘Traverse, of the Chicago, Grand Haven and Mackinaw line, had her bottom calked and other necessary repairs prior to laying up. DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. Derroir, November 6. The Detroit river was illuminated last evening by an extensive fire on the opposite shore doing damage to the extent of $20,000. The tug W. F, McRae, engaged in towing wood barges between Detroit and Wallace- burg, has been libeled for: $112 damages for negligent towing. A dispatch received last evening, the 5th ir stant, reports the steambarge John Osborn stranded at Port Sanilac, Lake Huron. Af- ter throwing over 200 tons of ore she was lib- arated The tug Martin Swain arrived here from Detour in a damaged condition, having been run into while there by the propeller St. Paul. The cost of repairs wil! foot up not tar from $500, ‘The supposed burning of a steamer oft Rond Eau, Lake Erie, last Wednesday night, was probably groundless, as such appear- ances are not unfrequent at all seasons of the year. ‘The barge Weeks, which was dismasted by fouling with a bridge at Cleveland a few days since, is in the Detroit drydock for at- tendance which will sum up somewhere about $300. A telegram to herowner at Windsor, Ont., reports the schooner Cecelia waterlogged on Lake Superior twenty miles distant from Port Arthur. She was built in 1865 and is 351 tons burden. Valuation $6,000, The steamer Keweenaw arrived here on Saturday afternoon from Lake Superior, :f- tera serious disaster tn the Sault river. As she is not yet ina position for a survey, the amount of damages cannot be determined upon. The scow Frank Morris, which was run into, sunk, and dismasted in’ the ‘river St, Clair, as previously reported, has been raised Continned on 4th page.