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Although Chicago stands preeminent as the largest and most important port on the entire chain of lakes, it has always been jeticient in wrecking appliances. Hundreds or vessels have been wrecked tn this vicinity, and may bave been abandoned and allowed <9 pound to pieces when they could have easily been rescued had proper assistance meen available, ‘he harbor tugs have already -endered unfertunate vessels such aid as their ‘jmited power and such appliances as could be picked up would permit, but in many in- stances their aid proved of but little value. None of the tugs are fitted out for that especial work, and when vessels get ashore yamps have to be obtained in one quarter, hawsers in another, and by the time a com- petent wrecking-master has been secured and the tug put to sea much valuable time islost. ‘This, of course, has only happened when wrecks occurred at this end of the lake; but a large number of Chicago vessels have been wrecked in Green Bay or on. the numerous islands and shoals in the vicinity of the Straits. In these cases assistance must necessarily come from other sources. The only wrecking outfit on the west shore of Lake Michigan was owned at Milwaukee, and when that was employed elsewhere, as wis often the case, the Detroit tugs were called upon or the vessel becomes a total Oss. : ‘he terrible disasters of late year combined with the limited resources for rendering aid have created a demand for an outfit at this point. ‘'he underwriters guaranteed to support.u local enterprise of that character, and J. S. Dunham, a prominent tugman and yessel owner, has promised to supply it. In fact his promises have already assumed a tangible form, and by June.1 Chicago will pave the most thoroughly equipped wreck- ing outfit on the lakes. A large and power- . ful tug will be built for the work, and it will be supplied with all the latest improved appliances. ‘The contract for building the tug was let yesterday to Miller Bros., of this port, and the work of‘‘laying down” was iinmediately commenced. She will be built of the best white oak from a model designed by Frank E. Kirby of Detroit, who-has the reputation of being the best marine architect in this country. Her dimensions will be as follows: Length over all, 82 feet; length of keel, 70 feet; breadth of beam, 1914 feet depth of hold, 1114 feet. Her hull is calculated to weigh about seventy-five tons, and her outfit and supplies including engine, boiler, and fuel, the same amount. She will have a remarkably flaring bilge, which will give her a large carrying eapacity, it being estimated that she will carry nine or ten. days’ supply of coal amounting to forty tons. Of the seventy tugs engaged in harbor work, there is but one that will carry over eight or ten tons of coal. Notwithstanding her breadth she will have fine lines at both ends. It is calculated that when she is fitted out she will draw 73g feet forward and 9% feet aft. She will be out of water forward 11 feet, and the distance from the water-line to the rail at the lower point will be 44g feet. Her house will be very low, and designed for especial use in the Chicago river, enabling her to pass under the bridges. The boiler will be built by John Mohr & Son of the be-t Otis steel, 744 feet: shell and 14 feet long, and will carry 109 pounds of steain, It will have a fore-and-aft steam- dome and two furnaces. The latter will be 6 feet long ané 3 feet wide. The engine is to be built by Robert Tarrant, and will be 175 horse-power. It will be high pressure, with a twenty-four- inch cylinder and twenty-eight-inch stroke. In addition to other important improvements _ there will be an adjustable cut-off and Dun- bar piston-packing. She will have an eight- feet propeller wheel, and is calculated to make twelve miles an hour. Her stern bearings will be bushed with lignum vite. When complete the tug will cost $15,000. The wrecking outfit will be very complete, the total cost will including tug, pumps, hawsers, and lifting screws, amounting to about $30,000. There will be four pumps. A fourteen-inch Worthington will be used, for water only. A twelve-inch, rotary. mannfactured by Silsby. of Seneca Falls, N. Y., will be used for water and grain. Mr. Danham has also secured an eight-inch centrifugal pump of different pattern than any ever used on the lakes. In addition to pumping water and grain it will pump coal, hetlarger than sevan inches in diameter, from the hold of a sunken vessel. Sabmarine divers and lighters will accompany an ex- edition when necessary, and the tug will be commanded by Captain Charles Roach, ‘in eficient and experienced wrecking mas- ter. When not otherwise engaged the tug Will be kept in commission at this port and engage in heavy towing. A warehouse at the Chieago drydock will contain the wreck- ws Apparatus, Captain James R, St. Clair ‘ts been appointed Superintendent of the e Azro Coff’s BUREAU OF ADVERTISING, 150 Nassau Street, New York. any Wertivements inserted in all the leading Papers Pie Magazines in the UNirED STATES and CANADAS i reasonable rates. Send for E. timates and Hand ook of Ready Reference. 4 MODEL WRECKING OUTFIT, — | Ihe Meee RECORD. SIGNAL LAMPS, Patent Fluted Lens And Perfect Colors. —_—— GET THE BEST & AVOID COLLISIONS. 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