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- / 4 he Marine Record. ESTABLISHED IN 1878, Eatered according to the laws of the United States al the Post Office at Cleveland as secoud-chiss inatlety Published weekly at No. 2 South Water street, Cleveland, Ohio. A. A. POMEROY, Editor aud Proprietor, BRANCH OFFICE, 244 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO, 'BSCRIPTION: TERMS OF Ove year, postage paid, Six months, postage Invariably in advance. ‘the MAKI RECORD can be found for sale at the following places: No. 2 South Water street, Cleveland. Joseph Gray, N 84 South Water street, Chicago. D. MceMasters & C , Ontario, George Pres on, Escanaba, Michigan. ry Wm. Godley, Escanaba, Michigan. J. E. Somerville; Manistee, Michigan. Articles, letters and queries on all subjects are solici- ted.” : e@The Editor assumes no responsibility for the opinions of correspondents. To insure notice, Contributors must give name and address, and write on one side of the paper only. $2.00 1.00 ADVERTISING RATES. Ten cents per lipe, nonpareil measurement, or $1.20 per inch, each insertion; tour weeks $4.00; with a liberal discount on orders amounting,to $40.00 or over. Dr Lesseps says he has received agsur- ‘ance from the engineers that the Panama canal will be open in five years. THE dykes in the region ot Wolfyille, N. S., have been badly broken by fierce storms and unusually high tides, and hundreds of acres of land are under water. Considerable surprise exists that so many vessels went ashore on Long Point. witha northwest wind which gave them reasona- , bly smooth water along the north shore and a beam wind. Worp comes from London that the Brit- ish steamer Condor, from Liverpool, sank off Menden, Holland, on the 18th inst., during aviolent storm. Eighteen lives were lost. The engiaeers.were killed by the bursting of the boiler. THE wharves and buildings of the Ameri- can Steamship Line at Philadelphia burned Saturday night, including a large amount of merchandise and six carloads of westerr pork. ‘The fire burned for three hours, and caused $100,000 damage, A tug and two gail vessels sustained serious loss. THE recent violent November gale bid its adieu after fivedays duration, and it is now well enough to take a ‘retrospective view of its results. So far as at present known there were upon the entire chain of lakes 142 cas- ualties and 57 lives lost. The valuation of carge and hull will ata close estimate amount to upwards of half a million of dollars. Of course it must be taken into consideration that there are vessels ashore or stranded at various points, that have been reported as total losses, which may be rescued ere the season closes. But even in the event of such recoveries it will not change the figures we have arrived at. ‘The greatest loss was that of the steamship H. E. Ack!ey on lake Mich- igan with 54,006 bushels of corn and four lives. Loug Point, Lake Erie, has gathered in its proportionate share of victims, those of the schooners Leadville, Blazing Star, Si- beria and KE, Fitzgerald, the latter with all hands. ‘here seem to be some doubts as regards the Wade, which, it is thought, must have foundered with all hands below the islands, as nothing has been heard of her crew. She was in command of Captain Da- vid Brown, who had many years’ experience and was acareful mariner. ‘The names of only three are at present: known ot the ill- fated Fitzgerald besides her master, Captain Danie! Langdon. ‘The others were Robert Stevens, Charles Bingham and Andrew Fer- guson,. So far as we have been able to glean the total loss ot life will not exceed fifty- seven. [t isgmuch to be regretted that there | has been so much negligence on the part of | those to whom it’ properly belongs, by not keeping the record of crews shipped at each port. There are sexmen’s nnions in almost | évery port, vet the unknown are es frequent | now a8 in times past. THE MARINE RECORD. LAKE HARBORS. Among the recent reports of heads of bu- reaus to the International Revenue Depart- ment, made for the purpose of instructing the President relative; to his fortheoming message to Congress, that of General Wright, chief of the corps of engineers, is of prime importance to marine men. What the Pres- idenvs recommendation will be news from Washington alone can reveal. Speculation atthe present moment is rendered all the more absorbing in view of the recent agita- tion which prevailed all over the country, concerning the river and harbor appropr tions, Whether the effect of this outery will be found in the Presidenvs message in the recommendation of decreased appropriation, whether the adverse comments pussed unheeded) by him, or whether, in’ either event, he will) pursue a‘calm and liberal course, remains to be seen. As before stated, we regard part of the outery as political dem- agoguery and part as pure jealousy. This conclusion is veached by considering the question in all its phases, the comparative justice of appropriations for other pur- poses, and from motives quite above the single interest of lake navigation; though let us hasten to assert, as we have many tines before, we hold that to speak in this interest alone is entirely just and proper. We do not seek to cover up this plain intent by pretense of any sort, or hide a selfish mo- tive under the garb of general welfare. ‘The good of our lake marine is our purpose, and that we shall advocate the best we know how. As to the propriety of the expenditure of money for the making and improving of lake harbors, while. the Government spends any money at all for such purposes, it cer- tainly cannot find any worthier object. ‘he making of harbors must not be regarded as a free gift when resources are derived from it. ‘This tact makes ita duty. In our way of. thinking there is a marked contrast be- tween the system of harbor improvements and the Government’s lavish liberality in donating public lands to railroads and in every way fostering these enterprises, many of which have grown from these gifts into mammoth monopolies, which threaten to give the Government no little trouble in the near future; and the contrast in amounts expended on railroads and navigation is as millions to hundreds. No, marine interests have no occasion to beat about the bush; and we speak out boldly and above board for the most liberal appropriations for the improvement of harbors. If any howler for river and harbor retrenchment can find cause for grumbling in of money in the following instances we should like to have it pointed out. A good fifteen and one-half foot channel has been obtained at ‘Toledo, where there was a nar- now, intricate channel of only eleven feet, and the total appropriation since 1866 has been but $684,700. During the present year, ending June 30, less than $27,000 has been expended in improving and maintain- ing it. At Port Clinton the total amount has been $46,000, and with this a five foot channel has been deepened to. nine feet. From the lake to Sandusky docks sixteen feet is needed and the engineer recommends this increase at a cost of $60,000. Up to this time but $106,773 has been given to Huron, and a fourteen foot channel has been made where a bar existed, which, at low water, was dry. -At Black River the original depth at the entrance to the harbor, was three feet; with a total appropriation of $190,138 a six- teen fuot channel has been obtained. Like good results have been obtained at Cleve- land. In 1825, when the improvement of Cuyahoga river first began, there was three feet depth of water in a narrow and intri- eate channel through a long sand bar where the river emptied Into the lake, At = the close of the fiscal year $354,000 had been ex- pended, the channel was seventeen to twenty feet in depth between the roilroad bridge and deep) water in the lake, and a 620 foot pile protection for the old sunken west pier. From time to time the formation of bars at the mouth of the river has compelled addi- j tional dredging, the cost being included in the above sum. Our breakwater, a stupen- dous project, in keeping with the marine in- terests of 4 city the size of Cleveland, for which the orignal estimate was $1,800,000, | will probably be completed for less than the use “made! ‘| breakwater runs outinto the lake on the west a distance of 3,150 feet and 4,000 feet parallel with the shore, ‘The proposed ex- tension of the east pier at the mouth of the river 1,600 feet, will complete the inclosure. It will aflord a harbor of retuge nearly one mile long, with an area for anchorage ot 180 acres, the depth of 140 acres of which will be from seventeen to twenty-nine feet, At Fairport $214,074 in all has been expend- ed, which has resulted in securing a sixteen foot channel. ‘The same depth has _been at- tained at Ashtabula barber, where a total appropriation of $349,901 covers the entire expenditure since 1866, Brie harbor has presented peculiar diticulties, where a pile projection to the neck of the peninsula, a jetty at the east end of the peninsula, and a long stretch of pier work to the required depth of lake water of sixteen feet, have been necessary. ‘lhe total amount appro- priated for this harbor up to the present time has been $681,367. In all the harbors mentioned the engineer recommends a con- tinuance of work at present in progress, and there are no good reasons why his sngges- tions should not be followed, sec pa OBITUARY. Captain Solon 8, Rumage, who died at Marquette at 7:30 o’clock.on Monday even- ing, will long be remembered by his friends in Cleveland and elsewhere as one of the most upright men that ever sailed a vessel. His last hours of active service were in keep- ing with his long life of usefulness, devotion to his mates who were in danger and distress, He lay, with the Samson, through the cold and storm alongside of the stranded schoon- er Wabash for hours, and was tireless in his efforts to rescue the perishing crew, and never considered his. work complete until the las; one of them was aboard the Samson, the rescue having been attended with the ut- most danger. Captain Rumage was born in Cleveland, on the corner.of Euclid avenue and Sheriff street, in November, 1819, just sixty-four years ago; and when but fourteen years old he.made his first voyage with Captain Root, of Black River, afterwards becoming master and part owner of several good boats, among which we may mention the P. 8. Johnson, the C. H. Johnson and the Samson. He owned one-quarter interest in the Samson and wus master of her at. the time of his death. He brought out the schooners Wings of the Morning, the R. G. Winslow, and the propeller Dean Richmond and tug Rumage, and the steamship Persia, and so high was he held in the estimation of. the Winslow Company, on account of his good judgment, seamanship and other qualities, that he was ealled by them the ‘crack captain of the lakes.”? He continued in their employ from 1837 to 1874. For fifty years he has sailed, which is probably a longer service than any of the Cleveland navigators have seen, and perhaps there are not many on the lakes who pan surpass it. Captain Rumage was always fortunate, inasmuch as he never lost or stranded his boat, which speaks well for his judgment and skill as a seaman, Captain Rumage recently bought two large farms in the neighborhood of Washington, Kas., where his family resides, and he intended at the close ot the present season, to sell his in- terest in the tug Samson and retire to his farm to spend his remaining days in ease and comtort. Mrs. Moreau, Captain Rum- age’s sister, intends to go to Chicago to meet the captaii’s wife when they will proceed together to Cleveland, His mother, who is eighty-four yearsold, is still living in Cleve- land, as are also two sisters. ILis brother, Harvey Rumage, died last July. Captain Rumage leaves his family in very comforta- ble circumstances. A short time before hig departure from Cleveland and on the way up the captain complained of headache and the depression incident to heart disease, His remains will be conveyed to Woodland cem- etery and be interred in the family grounds. A NEW IRON STEAMER AND AN TRON TUG. The volume of shipwreck and disastor that has poured ip upon us since the advent ot | November does not deter enterprise, as we have just learned that a party of Cleveland gentlemen, whose names we withhold for the present, have place. a contract with the $1,200,000, 2 most commendable reduction, | Globe [ron Works for the construction of a cf the estimated cost, of $600,000, This | new iron steamer to be finished and ready i for sea in the spring ot 1884. All the’ work on this iron ship will be reduced by mathe- matical calculation to absolute accuracy, of which the great Onoko is a 'iving evidence. ‘This new steamer will have a keel 246 feet, and she will be 261 feet over all, with 36 feet beam and 22 feet moulded depth, and a water bottom with «a pump to work it, similar to that on the steamer Onoko, She will have three masts, cabins forward and aft, for the crew, a hoisting engine on deck, and, included in her outfit will be one of the Globe patent steam windlasses. ‘The en- gines will be compound with cylinders 27 and 50 by 36 inch stroke, with a steam re- versing engine. ‘The builers will be of steel 10!g feetin diameter and 16 feet long, al- lowed a working pressure of one hundred pounds, ‘The same firm has also a contract with the International Bridge Company, of Montreal, Canada, for the construction of an iron tug, which will be seventy-five fect over all, beam seventeen feet inside of tenders, and nine feet nine inches moulded depth. She will have three athwartship bulkieads and two fore and aft bulkheads, ‘he main deck, pi- jot house, boiler house, engine room and bulwarks will be of wiought: iron and the rail of oak. ‘The cabin for the crew will be att under the main deck. The engine will be 20 inch bore with 20 inch stroke and will havea graduated cut-off; double cranks ot wrought iron, ‘The boiler, like that in the steamer, will be of steel, seven. feet in diam- eter and thirteen feet long. ‘Lhe Globe will manufacture all the machinery necessary to put her in running order. She is to be com- pleted in the spring of 1884. Sc @aRs [Concluded from 1st Page.] at the main entrance will be continued up to close of navigation. : Patrick Smith, who took the contract to raise the schooner John ‘I’. Johnson finally succeeded, with the aid of four steam pumps and canvass jackets, in releasing her. She was taken into the old .river bed and per- mitted to sink in shoal water near Radclift’s shipyard where the survey was held on Tuesday, Mr. Parsons of Buffalo on behalf of the underwriters and John Cannon for the vessels interest. The Globe Tron Works are building an engine for Captain Bradley’s steamer City of Cleveland. It is to be accompound 30 and 56 by 48 inch stroke, with steam reversing motion and everything necessary to com- plete the whole engine department. She will! also receive too new steel boilers 8 feet & inches in diameter 18 feet long and to carry 100 pounds cf steam. ‘The sane firm is building a new engine for the steamer J.S. Fay. Also building and compounding engines for the steamers Fred Kelly and Cumberland, and a new one, previously mentioned, for the new boat being built at Quayle’s shipyard for Captain Wilson, DETkoIt. Special to the Marine Record. Derrorr, November 20. The crew of the schooner Blazing Star has arrived in port, also that of the Leadville. The tug Andrew J. Smith, which rescued the schooner Starlight in Georgian Bay, and afterwards took her to a place for temporary repairs, started with her for Detroit. When well out on Lake Huron a renewal of the storm set in with great fury. ‘'he lines parted, and in spite of every effort on the part of the tug, a rescue was utterly impos- sible aud she was left to her fate. She had on board two steam pumps and the follow- ing men in charge: James Flanigan, Thos. Mayiha, John Rono and L. Pepper, who, with the craft have, beyond a doubt, gone to. the bottom. The schooner J. R. Pelton, freighted with coal for Detroit, stranded on Saturday morn- ing last on Bois Blane, at the mouth of the Detroit river, and filled. ‘The captain came to the city for relief, and in due time she will be got into port. The captain says it is the first accident that has happened him for many years, The steanbarge J. M. Osborn arrived here on Saturday and reported the loss of her smalk anchor and chain at Point au Pelee Island, and also that the schooner Geo. W. Davis lost her big anchor in Pigeon Bay, The news-is received here, by the way of | Marqueite, Lake Superior, thatthe barge II, M. Brown, consort of the steambarge Forest City, Thad stranded in the Sault St. Marie