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“(DEVOTED..TO: Oo NGINEERING = Se AND “VOL. VINO os. CLEVELAND. AROUND THE LAKES. ‘ CLEVELAND. The Board of Trade at its. last regular meeting appointed Geo. W. Gardner, R. 'T. Lyon and Captain W. B. Giles a committee to confer with Engineer Overman relative to extending the breakwater eastward of the river. : «Late charters were the schooner Ellen Spry, ore from Escanaba ‘to Lake Erie ports, 90c; schooner Reed Uase, coal from Ashta- bula to Chicago, 80c,; and schooner G. W. Wesley, coal from Cleveland to Bay City, p.t. : : The following telegram from, Washington tells of the final disposition of the tax bill: “The Senate has passed the bill abolishing the fee for the reporting of vessels. and re- ducing. that for clearing to 10 cents. This bill was passed by the House some time ago, and now awaits the President’s signature to to become law.”’ At the Globe drydock-since our last report the M. R.. Warner received. some new plank in her bottom and had her buts calked and some general repairs. The tug American Eagle had her bottom overhauled and calked. The Chauncy Hurlburt came-down from Ashtabula recently,.arriving here abont eix o’clock, making the run nine miles per hour, to go into drydock to have her stern bearings fixed and bottom calked, The schooner Cataract, Captain W. Barrett which went ashore at Wheatly on the 14th ult, arrived at this port on Monday in tow of the tug Bob Hackett, which released her with the assistant of jackecrews, ete. The Cataract is not damaged ‘mueh but will goj on Smith’s boxes, where she will be ex- amined and probably receive « through calking. ‘I'he Cataract is classed Bl and valued at $5,000, her owners being Messrs. Sumuel Shepherd, H. Arhle, and the Cap- tain Barrett above mentioned, all of whom are of Port Stanley. She has carried coal between the latter port aud Cleveland tor several years. R. L. Polk & Co., of Detroit, have at last got their Directory of the lakes. afloat. It made its appearance in this city yesterday and is quite all that was claimed for it. We have heretofore given very extended notices of it. In addition to a complete list of ves- sel on the lakes, it contains a notice of every port and their connecting rivers; a classified directory of interests cennected with lake navigation; the location of light- houses; international code of signals; life- suving districts; synopsis of marine law; tonnage rates on the Detroit and St. Clair rivers; table of distances, etc. ‘I'he Direc- tory will be for sale. by ship chandlers at $5. DULUTH. Special to the Marine Record. J. J. Hibbard’s new sidewheel ferry will be completed in a short time and will be put on the route between this city and Superior. The tug Tom Dowling left for Amnicon on the 7th fora raft of logs for the Duluth Lumber Co, j The Grace Grummor.d te Jaid up for re- | pairs to a broken crank pin, Captain E. Na- pier has resigned the command of the steam- | er and her owner, Mr. O’Conner, is here | looking after her management. She will continue to run on the Two Harbors route, Captain ‘Thomas Wilson, of Cleveland, is | at this port on business. The Ocean will depart from this port rege Warly every Thursday at 6 p.m. B. CHICAGO, Special to the Marine Record. Rose] Downer, submarine diver, succeeded on the 3d of July in cutting a plank out of the steambarge Inter Ovean’s wheel. J. P. Devlin and George E. Enrlie. have formed a partnership under the firm name of Devlin & Co. They. will do a general marine brokerage business and negotiate charters for grain, ore, lumber and merchan- dise of every. description. ‘Iheir office is at 156 Washington street, where subscribers of the Marie RecorpD, will find the papers heretofore addressed in care of the Chicago Custom house. As the tug Wm. L. Ewing was towing the schooner Australia to this port on Mon- day, the big flue of her boiler burst. Fortu- nately no one was injured. Sales on the lumber marker have been! very dull and charters not at all easy to ob- tain. : : Vesselinen: at this port are anxious to know the result of the run down to Buffalo ot the steimships H. J. Jewett and Phila- delphia, and opinions are about evenly di- vided. ‘The tug Protection, wrecked. last fall off Saugatuck, has been rebuilt and will com- mence running this week. Rush, street bridge ‘is drawing toward completion and will shortly be swinging again. At the Chicago Drydock Co.’s dock the schooner. John Kelderhouse went in Mon- day to have her bottom calked; the schooner Jessie L. Boyce got her bottom -calked and painted; the schooner Christine Nilsson got a new topmast; the schooner Ellen Spry a ew cathead and crosstrees; the schooner Bertha Barnesa new foremast; the steamers City of Duluth and Peerless, some repuirs. The steamer Armenia was in drydock on the 4th and got a new key to her wheel and ber butts calked. ‘The steamer Lora, of thé Graham & Mor- ton line, having had considerable repairs and additions to her machinery, done at Grand Haven by H. Bloecker & Co., com- menced running on the dth between Chi- cago and Berton Harbor. The steamer City of St. Joseph, ot the sume line, runs be- tween Chicago and St. Joseph. Both steam- ers make daily trips and the fare for the round trip, including berth, is only $1. At Miller Brothers’ drydock the schooner Lady Dufferin is getting some new plank in, her bottom, new rail all around, some new stringers and stanchions and a thorough overhauling. The sand boat Imperial is having the iron taken off her cides and bot- tom to find where she was leaking. The leak will be stopped and her houses fixed up, The schooner Sam Fint got a new piece of keel and new deck frames and deck; the schooner George L. Wren gota leak stopped and her rudder fixed; the schooner Orkney Luss had a lenk stopped. There was a fair demand for vessel room yesterday, which was surprising considering the small quantity of grain stored in the elevators here. ‘here were practically no local rates of freight though, as vessel agents found it more profitable to accept through rates to Montreal and New York. The nominal vate to Buffalo was 2 cents tor whent and 134 cents for corn, The rate to O:, JULY. 10, 4884; $2.00 Pek ANNUM SINGLE CopP1ks 6 CENTS the chance of getting a cargo, but it is not known that any charter was mace for her. The rate was nominally 95c per ton to Lake Erie ports, The sieambarge H. J. Jewett made the run from Milwaukee to Chicago in 5 hours and 37 minutes, which isan average speed of fourteen miles an hour. It is the fastest time ever made between this city and Mil- waukee, and deserves special mention. ‘The Jewett was loaded with 1,000. tons of mer- chandise, and eshé lett 700 tons in Milwau- kee, Last fall the schooner David Vanve and Moonlight made the run with a fresh northwesterly gale in 5 hours and 24-min- utes. Both vessels were light.—IJnter Ocean: The tug Thomas Spears has suffered an- other aggravating delay by something giving out in her boiler. She arrived here Friday and has been here ever since repairing the dome of her boiler. An, examination of the schooner John Kelderhouse’s bottom has developed the fact that she will not need more than’a general | recalking. ‘he sharp rocks of Hog Island reef did not do the amount of damage an- ticipated, and the planks of her bottom are not hurt at all. She will be out of dock in a few days, sind will be ready to load grain, ’ The big ark A. R. Kellogg struck the cen- ter pin of the T'wenty-second street bridge while being towed up the river early Sunday morning, and did some damage to hereelf and the bridge. Several spring piles were broken and a hole knocked in the Kellogy’s | bow. She will be repaired in Ludington. The accident does not effect the swinging of the bridge at all, and will not be a costly one in the matter of repairs. ' The members of the Chicago yacht club are actively engaged in making preparations tor their tenth annual regatta, which takes | place next Saturday. In addition to the lo- cal yachts, it is expected that quite a num- ber of yachts from other cities will partici- | pate in the regatta. Invitations will be is- | sued to about 400 friends of the club. A | steamer will leave the Goodrich dock at 11:45 a. m. with invited guests. ‘lhe steamer Welcome will convey the judges, regatta committee and members of the press, leav- ing the breakwater at the foot of Van Buren street at the same hour. ‘The course for schooners, sloops and cutters of the first, | second and third classes will be a triangu- lar one of eighteen nautical miles. The | yachts will start at the opening off Van Bu- | ren street, sail over & goutheast course of | six miles around a buoy with white flag and red stripe, thence north six miles aronnd.a | buoy with white flag and two stripes and re- turn over a south west course to place of start- ing. Yachts of the fourth class will sail the sume course as far as the first stake, and return to the opening. he starting line, from which time will be taken, will be an imaginary line drawn from the red beacon light on the sonth end of the north pier to a point on the north end of the south pier, thence around the flag stakes. T. W. TRENTON. The Escanaba & Lake Michigan Trans- portation Company’s new steambarge Rhoda | Emily was launched a few days ago at John Craig’s shipyard at Trenton, and was towed to Detroit by the tug Cnehing. Her di. mensions areas follows: Length of keel, 165 feet; over all, 180 feet; beam, 82 feet; Kingston was 334 cents for wheat and 81¢ cents for corn, shippers paying the canal ‘tolls. Lron ore freiyhrs were also dull. The schooner Michigan was sent to Escanaba on depth of hold, 18 teet. She is single decked and iron strapped, and built in the most | substantial manner. Her engine will be: built by the Riverside iron works and her | boiler by the McGregor boiler works. \ DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. July 8—Marine intelligence in this imme- diate locality is decidedly at a discount, and there is nothing of special moment to inter- est the readers of the REcoRpD. ue During the latter part of the week a strong wind sprung up from the southwest which did not extend beyond a whole sail breeze, and not snfiicient to deter a well fitted vessel from working to windward on any of the lakes, vet, strange to say, there were not a few who chose to show the white feather and hunt a lea. On Sunday it had veered to ‘northwest, and was of about the same force as the day previous, but it is gradually wearing away. The schooner Cataract, which has been ashore the past three weeks- below Rond Ean, was released on Sunday afternoon, at 8 o’eleck, by the tugs Admiral Porter, Bob. Hackett and Kittie Haight, and was taken by the Hackett to Cleveland for repairs. This is the tenth vessel the Hackett has aid- ed in getting off this season. To-day (Monday) there are but two ves- sels at this port, both discharging ore and cedar posts respectively, but nothing for shipment save one cargo of staves. Lumber and ore cargoes continue passing: this port in considerable quantities, but not as freely as the week previous. The few craft that were laid up at Bay City are again on the move, with possibly one or two exceptions. The tug Crusader, while coming up the river the latter part of the week with a tow of vessels, broke her shaft and Jost her wheel, near the Lime Kiln crossing. ‘The tug Sweepstakes went to the rescue and brought | the disabled steamer and her tow tothis port. She has since completed her repairs and pro- ceeded on with her vessels to Lake Micbi- gan. The steam yacht Winnifred, ot Cleveland, arrived here on Saturday morning with an excursion party on board, took on a supply of coal and again took her departure. The new steambarge Sir Leonard Tilley, built by Shickaluna last winter at St. Cath- arines, passed up on Saturday, making a briet callat Windsor. She is of the medium size, and is decidedly the best specimen of that class of Canadian vessels, both in model and get up, that has ever passed this way. She was laden with steel rails destined for Port Arthur, Lake Superior. Wrecking business has somewhat subsided hereabout, and tugs chiefly engaged in that occupation are turning their attention to rafting. The tug Champion, of Grummond’s line, has been quite successful in releasing ves- sels this senson, her last achievement being the rescue of the J. Keiderhouse from the Whale’s Back, in Green Bay, and taking her to Chicago. The tug International, nee W. H. Pringle, which has on board new wrecking arrange- ments, has been dispatched to Peninsula Harbor, Lake Superior, to release the pro- peller Georgian, which has been in bad shape there for some days past. This ac- complished, she will make an effort to raise the steambarge J. C. Seaverns, sunk there early in the season. The machinery tor the new steambarge building at Bay City was shipped from here on Saturday. {Contnued on 4'h page.| { ‘