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old wheel, by which they formerly pumped out their south side drydock, taken out, and have substituted a powerful centrifugal pump, which 18 a very great improvement, as it enables them to get the dock pumped out in about two hours, ‘They have been very busy during the winter months doing the following work. ‘The schooner Newsboy was in drydock and had a through rebuild. ‘The echooner Mary D. Ayer was in drydoek and got a rebuild and a new windlass; the schooner A. P. Nichols had new frames and ceiling and a new cabin; the schooner Rein- deer was in drydock and was rebuilt; the schooner E. P. Royce went into drydock and received a general overhauling; the steambarge Inter Ocean went into. drydock for recalking; the propeiler Peerless re- ceived new arches and a general overhaul- ing; two government scows went into dry- dock for calking all over. The schooner Rising Star was in drydock for recalking. The tug Wilson Brothers was in drydock for general repairs; the tug Bob ‘Teed was in drydock fora new shoe; the schooner Herriatt Ross got a new jibboom and top- mast; the schooner Charles E, Wyman a new square sail-yard; the schooner Sligo a new mizzen mast and windlass, her decks ealked and a general overhauling; the echooner City of Chicago a new mizzen mast; the schooner Jessie Scarth a new wind- lass and repairs; the schooner American Union a new. windlass, main gatf and re- pairs; the schooner Ford River was in dry- dock for. calking and general repairs; the steambarge Charles Reitz got a new wind lass; the schooner Danforth had her decks ealked; the schooner Mediator had her decks ealked; the schooner Marengo had new quarters; the steambarge Leland had new rails and a general overhauling; the pro- peller J. L. Hard for a general overhauling; the schooner J. M. Forrest had her bottom calked and went out of drydeck last Monday morning and the schooner Hackley went into drydock Monday afternoon ‘to get a leak stopped and some calking. At Miller Bros. drydock, the schooner Qakleat, Captain James Donegan, is in dry- dock getting her bottom calked and some general repairs and her cabin fixed. The Oakleaf is owned by KE. P. Royce of Escanaba; she formerly hailed from Milan, O.,and was launched April 14, 1866, and sailed from Cleveland, O., on her first trip with coal for. Chicago on May 9th 1866. Her builder has good reason to be proud of his work as there is seldom seen in a drydock a more handsome or better constructed vessel, and although she is now entering on her nineteenth year her bottom is as:sound as a rock. She schooner Kate Hinchman is also in drydock getting new kelsons, frames and apartial rebuild. The schooner James D. Sawyer is in drydock getting a partial re- build. The keel of the new tug to be built for J. S. Dunham was laid on Saturday and will be rapidly pushed ahead. They are building for H. H. Shufeldt, the distiller, a steambarge, length 110 teet, beam 22¢ feet, depth 9 feet. ‘The barge Brunette has gone out of drydock after getting new frames fore and aft and a thorough rebuild. Particulars of work done by this firm during the winter months will come in next weeks issue. The Vessel Owners’ Drydock Company have done considerable work during the winter. ‘The steambarge W. L. Wetmore ia in drydock getting her bottom searched up and ealked, new wale strakes, part new rudder and new upper deck forward. ‘I'he schooner J. B. Penfield, which has been re- named the A. E. Vickery, was in their dry- dock and got a through rebuild, The Union Company’s steamships, J. Fiske, Starucea, Newburgh, and New York have received Seneral repairs. The steamship Harry E. Packer of the Leigh Valley Co’s. Line was in drydock and go: her bottom, topsides, deck, and ceiling calked and some general repairs, The tug Munson went into drydock and had her bottom calked and general repairs, ‘The schooner John Kelderhouse received some repairs and calking to her deck. ‘The tug Annie L. Smith was in drydock: for over- ‘auling and bottom ealking The barge Jeremiah Godfrey received anew main boom and repairs to deck and ealking. The tug C, Parker received new wale strakes, stanchi- Ons, fenders and bulwarks. ‘Che schooner C, A. King got. some repairs to her deck rail and stanchions. ‘he steambarge D. C. ~pne Chicago Drydock Co. have had the box calked and some repairs. ‘fhe schooner Orphan Boy got repairs to her deck, hatches and ceiling. ‘The schooner Nassau new main topmast and new trussel trees on fore and main mast, and repairs to her ceiling. The schooner Floretta had her ceiling re- paired and calked, new timber heads and hatchcombinggs anil her centre board calked. The steambarge. J. P. Heath was in dry- dockfor anew shoe and bottom calking. The steambarge John Otis was in drydock and received a new stern pipe, some calking and part new rail. The steambarge Imperal went into dryduck and had her bottom searched and a general overhauling. ‘The schooners Pilot and Jamaica got some re- pairs. ‘The echooner I’. Y. Avery, cedar-loaded, arrived off the harbor yesterday, and the tug Paddy Murphy went to her. ‘lhe line parted three times, however and a new line hid to be obtained in the harbor. The tug Mary McLane also went to her. She was finally brought to the market in safety. She was out through the entire storm, and was roughly handled, but came through it with- out damage. A few posts were lost off her deckload, ‘The captain reports the wind on Sunday morning at sixty miles an hour, and a fearful sea running. The vessel made very fair weather of it, considering, and did not leak a drop. T.W. ESCANABA. Special Correspondence of the Marine Record. Escanaba, April 19. The ice moved out of Green Bay trom Sand Point south on Tuesday night and on Wednesday it was still solid northof the point, but steamers could work their way to the docks in half a day, and if the rough weather continues as it has since last Mon- day it will be broken up and driven out soon. This day, Saturday, April 19th, nothing is to prevent vessels from coming in. The ice left in the inner harbor is so honeycombed as to be no obstruction. We expect vessels in from Chicago and Milwaukee at any hour. You may consider navigation open at Ksca- naba. F ; : Captain Ed. Coftey has gone to Sturgeon Bay to take command of the Maxwell. Captain Kirtland, of the wrecking tug Le- visathan, removed with his family to Che- boygan, which port will be the station henceforth for the Leviathan. The eame gale that broke up and carried out the ice in Green Bay and Little de No- quette, opened the Straits of Mackinaw, and navigation, while it may yet be to some ex- tent impeded, may be considered open. Last Wednesday an agentof the Wiscon- ain fish commission planted a million and a half of whitefish fry ir Green Bay at this place. In a few days he will be here again with as many more, and the expectation is that the United States commission will plant thrice the number in the same waters this spring. A Wisconsin man will be here soon to gather spawn of pickerel to plant in the inland waters of that state. Clear pine timber in considerable quantity is taken out in the vicinity of Escanaba for shipment to Liverpool. It is a new in- dustry hereabout, the first shipment being made last summer. The firm of O’Callaghan & McArthur Bros. have over 250,000 cubic feet on the Escanaba river, ready to come down with the first water, beside a consider- able quantity already in the basin west of ‘Tilden street bridge. The firm ships its own timber through to Liverpool. E.G. BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. The propeller William Edwards sailed on the22d. ‘The ice is quite soft and she ex- perienced no difficulty from it. The first ar- rivaliast year was the steamer D. Leuty, trom Cleveland, on April 26th. There are no other vessels yet ready to sail, but line managers are preparing to begin opera- tions next week, other craft will begin May Ist. he northeast wind, which has pre- vailed for the past two days, has loosened up the ice considerably, and there are now large strips of clear water. The Edwards will stop at Oleveland for fuel. She is loaded with coal for Chicago. ‘The Edwards car- ries her own risk to save the April insur- ance of 10 per cent. A dispatch says a barge passed Port Col- borne safely. Several vessels are loading coal. The propeller II. J, Jewett went for a cargo on THE MARINE RECORD Whitney had her ceiling and centre board Sunday. The Boston was Jying at the Del- aware & Hudson trestle on Monday. ‘The Jay Gould has commenced loading. The tug Experiencé of Buffalo, has been grappling for the chains and anchors of the Mary Nau, which went ashore at Grand Haven last full, with good succees, She also had a trial at what is left of the Clara Par- ker, which went ashore Jast fall south of Grand Haven, and reports that where the Parker lies the water is twelve feet deep and that she has worked down into the sand until she is twenty-three reet deep. DULUTH. J.W. Miler and R. B. Montague ship brokers, have rformed a partnership for the purpose of carrying on the ship broker- age and general shipping business in Duluth. ‘These gentlemen have had many years ex- perience in the shipping trade of the lakes. We teel warranted in saying that all business entrusted to them will receive caretul and proper attention. ; TOLEDO. R. Hallaran has chartered his schooner Hallaran, corn, Toledo to Buffalo, 2 cents. All the boats sailing from here this season have been manned with union sailors. But few charters have been reported thus far. 4 ‘The schooner Delaware cleared yesterday for Racine with coal. MILWAUKEE, Special to the Marine Record. The Inter Ocean Company boats are the first of the season tor Escanaba, ‘The steambarge Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Mononhansett sailed for Escanaba. ‘The barge Eureka goes to Chicago to load grain. . Most of the vessels here will go for ore, as no grain will be shipped from here. The wrecking tug Leviathan goes to the schooner Belle Brown on the beach here ag soon as the sea goes down.’ The brigantine J. M. Hill, on the beach, is in bad shape, having sunk in the sand two feet. : The schooner Guido dragged her anchor and had a narrow escape trom guing on the beach. The tng Caroline Williams took fire ten miles off Big Point, Au Sable, at 3 o’clock on the 22d and burned until 10 o’clock, when she sunk. Fler crew reached Pent- water. She had in tow the wrecked schooner Watertown, which hada steam pump on board, and was from Northpoint to Chicago. The ‘Williams was owned by Canfield, of Manistee, and was used as a wrecking tug. She measured thirty-nine tons, and. was valued at $10,000. On account of the heavy sea the wrecking tug could not go tothe beached schooners Belle Brown and J. M. Hill. There is no apparent change in their condition. The steambarge D. W. Rust left tor Escanaba on Wednesday. ‘The life crew at this port opened the cam- paign of the season in a noble manner, res- cuing with much difficulty the crew of the brigantine J. M. Hill, ashore here on Sun- day.. They had scarcely arranged their ap- paratus when they sighted the schooner Belle Brown in much the same condition as the Hill. The crew, however decided to re- main on the vessel. The Hill is owned by Charles and John Burnham, who have a three-quarter interest in her, and Captain Dan Maybee, of the steambarge George Burnham, who owns a one-quarter interest. The Hill had a cargo of 150 cords of wood and a partial deckload of hardwood lum- ber from Burnham’s pier. She was in com- mand of Captain Cole, and this was his first trip in her. It was her first tvip of the sea- son. ‘I'he Belle Brown measures 217 tons, was built at Chicago by W. Bates & Co., in 1873. She is owned by Mueller, Christie & Co., and valued at $5,000, She was com- manded by Captain MeKivitt and carried a erew of seven men. She was bound from Chicago to Charlevoix. Her owners were | notified by telegraph last night and the man- aging owner is expected here this morning. | The tug Bues was docked at the Milwau’ kee shipyard on Saturaay, and the steam- barge R. A, Seymour, Jr., at Wolf & Davia- | son’s yard. The rate on wheat from Chicago to Buf- falo is 38 cents, Charters were made Satur- day for 160,000 bushels of wheat. The schooner E.J. MeVea takes ties from | Ogantz Bay to Racine at 7s cents FRANKFORT. Special to the Marine Record. Point Betsy, Michigan, life-saving crew are ag follows: ‘Thos. E. Mathews, keeper; Leonhart Rohr, Martin Gullickson, Robert Emery, Christian Kerwand, Christ. Chomp. son, Ralph Heater, Andrew Larson, surf- men. ‘They are avery good selection, and some of them have been in the service for years and are classed as the best drilled men in the eleventh district. Surfman Rohr is said to be an excellent signal man. Reports to-day state that a large field of ice is jammed up in the Platte Bay, at some places crowded up twelve feet high. Tug Williams, towing a disabled vessel (three-masted, white) passed this evening, the 21st, bound south, Cc. B. - SANDUSKY. Special to the Marine Record. ‘The barge Crocker, which went ashore at Kelly’s Island near the west dock on Sun- day night, is a total wreck. She pounded so badly on the rocks that she knocked her whole bottom out, and she has since been brenking up. She was formerly owned by Lea & Sloane, ot this city, who sold her to Gilchrist & Co., of Vermilion, from whom she was purchased last season by B. Hoose, of Detroit. She was in such bad condition that she could not ottain any insurance, and is consequently a total loss. - She had been in commission thirty-one years. It. was fortunate that ste was wrecked near enough to enable her crew to jump ashore. Navigation: opened five days earlier than last season, . Captain J. F. Farwell, of Sandusky, has purchased the schooner David Provost from Henry Howard, of Port Huron, for $2,000. She will arrive this week with a cargo of staves for Hodgman & Co. MACKINAW. The steambarge Mary Mills, of Detroit, bonnd for Manistee, arrived at.6 p.m. yes- terday, the first vessel of the season. They will attempt to make the passage to the west in the morning. The Straits have been com- - paratively free of ice to-day. The ice bridge south of St. Helena Island is only about four miles wide and quite rotton. he first vesse] that will pass northward of the island will undoubtedly get through. . The weath- er is warm and there is no wind, EAST TAWAS. The steambarge Lowell arrived from Marine City with the barges Alice Richards and St. Clair. The steambarge MeBriar passed with one barge, bound for Bay City, ~ CHEBOYGAN. ‘The wind is east and straits in this vicinity full of running ice. ‘The situation abovo re- mains unchanged. A ,blow from the same quarter would undoubtedly open the straits. ; FRANKFORT. The Williams carried away her jibboom in the blow, A tug towing a disabled three maste vessel bound south passed this even- ing, the 12st. The tug Sullivan arrived from St. Joseph to fish here. ‘here are fields of ice clinging near the Manitous and Platte Bay. Sailed—Schooners Ne*#house, wood for Milwaukee; Nellie Church, lumber, for She- boygan. OSWEGO. Owners of vessels do not seem to be ina hurry about commencing business and this is largely due to the rates established on hulls and the manner in which certain classes of vessela appear to have been dia- criminated against. The rates are regarded as simply ruinlous.—T7imes, The Bay of Quinte is now free of ice and the steamer Hero is making regular trips between Kingston and Belleville. PORT HURON, The northeaster that struck this end of Lake Huron has done damage to early starters. Carey’s lumber report says that steambarge Ogemaw lost two of her barges, and the City of Straits -of Ogemaw’s tow went ashore at Point au Barques, and is going to pieces in the storm. ‘The Ogemaw had the William Young and E, C. Roberts. OGDENSBURG, The steamyacht Rawson was launched on Wednesday last, The Richlieu & Ontario Navigation Co,’s steamers will be lighted by electricity, The Ogdensburg lighthouse again sends forth its beacon light, The work of fitting out the revenue cute ter Bibb was begun Tuesday.