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THE MARI Ghe Marine Record, Published E Street, [Leader Building.] A. A. POMEROY, Editor and Proprictor, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, postage paid Six months, postage paid. Invariably in advance. Subscriptions will be continued until ordered stop- ped by a written order, or at the publication office: The MARINE RECORD can be found for sale by the following news «ealers.: CLEVELAND, OH1O—G F Bowman, corner of Pearl and Datroit, streets. CHICAGO, ILL.—Joseph Gray, No. 9 West Randolph street. BUFFALO, Swing Bridge. SAKNIA, ONT.—D. M. McMaster & Co. PsCANABA, MICH,—William Godley. STEE, MICIL—J. I. Somerville. Articles, letters and queries on all subjects are solici- ted. N. Y.—C. Rohmer, Michigan street ADVERTISING RATES. Ten cents per line, 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. Allchecks and drafts should be drawn to the order of A. A. Pomeroy. a Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland as second- class mail matter. : CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1884. ASEA BRAKE, Among steamboatmen it is a well known fact that many accidents could be avoided if some effective means could ‘be found for ry Thursday at 144 Superior | | Captain Simmons, being somewhat a genius in his way, leads us to expect still greater improvement in his sea brake. — In our account of the raising ef the pro- peller Oneida, last week, we were led Into the nadian wrecker, the credit of that great and snecessful work, but which credit justly be- longs to Messrs. Backer & Youngs, of New York, an account of whose operations will be found on another page. We were assist- ed in making this mistake by the statement which had obtained that Messrs. Backer & Youngs had abandoned the undertaking,and that Mr. Donnelly had made a_ proposition to Messrs. Dimick which they had accepted, and that:Captain Donnelly had commenced work. ‘The facts, as obtained from Meésrs. Dimick, bear us out in stating that there was no occasion for the proposition of Mr. Donnelly, that it had never been considered by them, and that all the credit of the un- dertaking is due to Messrs. Backer & Youngs. The propeller Oneida is now owned by L. Dimick & Bro., of Buffalo. ABOUT LAKE AND OCEAN TRAFFIC, Racing, July 7. Editor of the Marine Record. Dear Srr—In your issue of July 8d, in reporting lake ind ocean traffic, | would of- fer these few additions. I chartered the first vessel in 1876 for the, European trade, the schooner Challenge, of Racine, of the burden of ninety-nine tons. She loaded deals in Muskegon for Quebec. ‘he ocean charter from Quebec to Dublin was optional, she being under 100 tons, ‘The charterer had the option of taking her or not, if the British Lloyds would insure her cargo and if. the captain would consider her seaworthy for instantly stopping steamers, as- railroad trains are brought to astand by the Weating- house air brake. Considering the strides inventors have made in other directions it is somewhat astonishing that this means has not been adopted before this time of stopping vessels when in danger of going into col- lision. The problem is not a difficult one. Friction could not be applied to steamers as to car wheels, it is true, but the advantage in the density of the element through which the vessel passes is almost preat enough to counterbalance this obstacle, and science should, ere this have made use of the water to stop as well us to propel a boat. An eustern man has been inspired with an idea of this nature, and not only this he has put it into such practical demonstration that it is now ip use on the steamer Florence, rnnning on the Sea Beach route trom New York city, On each side of her stern post is hinged a great fin, 9x9!,, feet made of boiler plate raced Withangle iron, The fins are arranged to fit in the rim of the vessel, where they are secured by simple catehes, which are con- trolled through lines leading from the pilot house. When these fins ure closed they press against springs so that when the catches are released the fins are thrown out from the side of the ship and are caught by the water. If the vessel is under headway they are instantly thrown out until they stand at right angles with the keel. As they assume this position they bring up against powerful springs. Where these springs are attached we are not now advised. ‘I'he master of the Florence, Captain Simmons, testified to the effect of opposing one hundred and seventy square feet of boiler iron to the forward progcess ot the steamer, which was making perhaps fourteen miles an hour. Being in danger of collision, the brakes were released, and the steamer was stopped su suddenly that some of the passengers were staggered and others almost thrown from their seats. Not only was the headway of the steamer checked but she was actually reversed inside her own length, the engines having been stopped. By the action of the springs against which the fins open, they having been compressed as the fins took the water, expanded afterward with such force as to give the Florence a perceptible reaction. The tins were at once closed by means of chains which run from their outer edges through hawser holes to the engine. We are of the opinion that some appliance will finally be adopted that will so far mitigate the sudden stopping of a steamer in the same space as to aveid throwing the passengers | around the cabins as was the case at. this; trial, and which will evidently be necessary | | efore the brake can be made practical, | the voyage. She was accepted and sailed from Quebec in July, making the passage from Quebec to Dublin in eighteen days.and thirteen hours, from dock to. dock, fastest time ever made. I also chartered the En- terprise, Captain John Powers, how (harbor master at this port,) from Muskegon to Glas- gow, also the schooner City ot Manitowoc, Captain Higgie, and last the brigantine Me- chanie, which I took command of in person. The Enterprise was sold after being dismast- ed on the voyage from Glasgow to Cron- stadt, Gulf of Finland, in’ Russia. Dis- masted in the Mineh Sound, Orkney Islands, she was towed back to Belfast. where she was sold into that port and made into a coll- ier, in the Scotch trade. ‘Fhe Challenge was sold in Dublin, and is yet running on the Lrish coast, carrying wheat and corn, principally trom the big ships that unload at that port to other ports in Ireland. ‘he City of Manitowoe was on her third voyage to Europe, got ashore on Anticosti Island, and waz afterward saved by wreckers and taken to Quebec, out of which port she sails under another name. The Mechanic was sold in London in 1877, and was sent to Pernamw- bueco, Brazil, at which port she was con- demned and sold as unseaworthy, and bro- ken up. As regards the brigantine Waucoina, she was sold on her arrival, and bought into Belfast, sent to Troon, Scotland, and loaded coal fcr Demerara, West Indies. Before getting clear of the channel she went ashore on the coast of County Down, Ireland, and became a tetal wreck. The Middlesex was the lake craft that was abandoned at sea, not the Waucoma, as I saw the Waucoma after she was stranded, in 1877. I also saw anoth- er vessel in Swansea, Wales, in 1877 from the lakes, the schooner Mary L. Higgie, of Chicago, Captain Hateh. She went to the Cape of Good Hope, and afterward brought a return cargo to Montreal, As regards the future of the lake and ocean traffic, when the St. Lawrence river canals are deepened you will see a class of vessels, both steam and sail, built for the trade, that will take cargoes from our lake ports direct to Europe and bring passengers in return. The immigration in the next 100 years will far surpass that of this century, nea a np apa The Seaverng, with a cargo of supplies, is sunk in 120 feet of water off Michepicoten, The tug International has gone to release her and will also attempt the release of the steambarge Georgian, ashore at Peninsula Harbor. The Georgian is loaded with oats. She is almost on ends, her bow being out of water, and her stern in forty feet. error of giving to Captain Donnelly, the Ca- | NE RECORD | LAUNCH OF THE GEORGE SP ENCER. | On seeing the above name for Captain Thomas Wilson’s new steamer, launched yesterday at Quayle’s Sons’ shipyard, our readers will think that Captain Wilson has {departed from his custom of making all his vessels sail under Indian names. Such is not the case, however. It is well known that Captain Wilson was raised by the In- dians of the Northwest and could follow a trail with te best of them, and was~never stumped to do sixty miles a day. After be- ginning his sailing career, and on returning to the settlement:, after having been caught in the ice on Lake Superior in the winter, where he was obliged to lay up - his vessel, he would generally go on foot, and it was a good strider who could keep pace with him. But to revert to our title. George Speneer lives in Duluth, and he and Captain Wilson have long been .intimate friends, having been on the war path together, which accounts for the honor Mr. Spencer had conferred upon him in naming this fine steamer. He said that as he had on several occasions been taken for an Indian, it would be very approprtate to call the new steamer George Spencer, although the name did not have the peculiar syllables which constitute an Indian name—Wallula, Minnehaha, Hia- watha, ‘Tacoma, Kasota—quiteas fine a fleet as there is on the lakes, but we areof the opinion that George Spencer spoils the mu- sic, even if he has been taken for an’ Indian, We do not remember ever having seen such acrowd of people at any launch before in Cleveland, the banks along the river, the docks and bridges and every available place being lined with interested spectators. Not only this, but the river wasa busy scene, and one could imagine that all the tugs in the har- bor intended to be present. with a tow, the R. K. Hawley being the most prominent, as she did not know where to put the schooner James. F, Joy, lumber laden; the irrepressi- ble Fannie Tuthill was also present with the lumber laden Galatea, the Maggie Sanborn with the Exile, the Charles Henry with two mud scows, the C. Castle with two. canal boats, the Starkweather with a dredge and the Dreadnaught without anything. The lumber Inden schooner Louisa Was also brought in, bat she was tied up and the tug got away before we could tell the color of the smoke. Altogether it made a busy scene, and the new steamer was welcomed ina gracious way by every one of them as she slid down the ways and into the water with out a jar, a mode of launching which Quayle’s Sons’ have got very fine. As the | George Spencer settled in the river she drew 4}, feet forward and 9 feet aft, and carried her lines very nicely. She is somewhat smaller than the Kasota, being 245 feet over all, 280 feet keel, 87 feet beam and 19 feet depth of hold; she has steel arches on her ceiling and on the frames outside, bolted through and through; and carries three masts. Her keel was laid on the 18th of Feb- ruary, and her first frames raised on the 25th. ‘Taken altogether, the George Spen- cer is another ship that Quayle’s Sons may well be proud of having been the buildera. The engine, which was built at the Globe Irou Works, isa fore-and-aft com- pound, 27 and 50 by 86 inch siroke, cranks opposite, with steam — revers- ing gear, making ita duplicate of the engine built by this firm for the Robert Wallace and similar to the machinery for Captain Wilson’s other new steamer, the Kasota. The Spencer has a hoisting engine on the spar deck with a pony boiler sufficient to run it; the bilge and fire pump is operated by the hoisting engine. She has one return flue boiler, Otis steel, 1014 feet in diameter by 17 feet long, with double furnaces and will carry 100 pounds of steam. here is a wrought iron pan and fron deck beams un- der the boiler and Beache’s hot air casing over the boiler. The outfit of the George Spencer includes that necessary adjunct to safe navigation, the Providence ship windlass, from the American Ship Windlass Company, of Prov- idence. Captain Thomas Murphy; last year master ;of the Minnehaha, will sail the George Spencer. ——— Tne New York Mail and,Express vigor- ously calls upon ocean steamers to cast an- chor in a fog, saying that the line which an- much of the confidence of the people, THE CLEVELAND REGA'?ra, The faces of the yachtsmen who desired to participate in the yacht: race on the 4th wore gloomy frowns when the rain beganto full, but before the day was far advanced the sky began to brighten, and ropes were unknotted, sails shaken ont, and the boats bailed. ‘The visiting yachts, with Strange colors at the masthead, seemed proud of the emblems of victory which some of them car. ried, and the masters Were pleased that their desire to add to them was about to be real- ized. ‘The boats were brought round to the out- edge of the breakwater, and fastened ina straight line. The boats and their captains were as follows: First class, Ives, Captain Ives, of Detroit; Louise, Captain Hart, of Detroit. Second-class, Fanchon, Captain Ennis, Put-in-Bay; Lulu, Captain Henry Gerlach, ot Cleveland; Scud, Captain Ells- worth, of Buffalo; Charm, Captain Klauser, of ‘Toledo; Rover, Captain Overbeck, of Cleveland, Third-class, Lady Ida, Captain Lyman, of Cleveland; Freddie, Captain Brennan, of Cleveland, and ‘Trio, Captain Kendall, of Cleveland. ‘The lake seemed in a happy mood, and by 11 o'clock its surface. was as smooth asx meadow. The tug Forest City, bearing Cap. tain Judson, Mr. R.E. Mix and Mr. M. A, Bradley, steamed out of the harbor, and word was passed along ‘tall ready.” Then the signal gun was fired, and at the same instant the boats shot away into the water, A strong, steady breeze was blowing from off shore, and the boats glided rapidly away from their moorings. Friends ot. the differ- ent participants lined the breakwater and the piers, and cheered a8 their respective favorites were disverned momentarily ahead inthe race. The course had been stiked out before the race, and each skipper could . see what was before him. Tt was adiamond shaped track, tive miles on each side, or twenty miles from: the start tothe wind-up. The lake could not have been ina better condition. Bye and bye, however, the wind died down, and the boats moved more slowly. It livened up again a little later, ana the winning boats shot ahead, The Lulu was perhaps the most promising local craft, and for a time hopes were enter- tained that she might win. ‘The Fanchon was, however, tie first boat to reach the home stake, making the distance in three hours, fifty-two miuntes and fitteen seconds, The Lulu was only about four minutes behind her, while the othercraft were strung along from ten minutes to an-hour anda quarter behind her. ‘he time ocenpied by the different boats in making. the distance Was as follows: : H. M. Fanchon, Captain Ennis,, 3 52 Lulu, Captain Gerlach.,, 3 56 Scud, Captain Ellsworth... 2416 Charm, Captain Klause: .4 20 Rover, Captain Overbec 50 Ives, Captain Ivea...... 9 Lady Ida, Captain Lyman, 13 Freddie, Captain Brennan. < 21 Trio, Captain Kendall..,, 5 22 Alter the race a supper was served at the club house, where the prizes were awarded, the Fanchon taking first money and the Gardner Cup, and the next five boats in the order above given the $175, $50, $40, $25 and $10 prizes. [Detroit—Continued from 1st Page.] one cargo of staves has accumulated for a month past. ‘The arrivals of coal have been very limited and, aside from lumber for owners, none arrives for sale on the market, as has been the case in times past, and con- sidering the values of commodities, freights are nominally fair. The tug H. Ballentine, which has been en- gaged in rafting on Lake Superior for some time past, has returned to this port, where she is owned, for overhauling, and will re- tire until business improves. There are seven or eight harbor tugs owned at this port, and as stated in a previ- ous letter, the times do not seem to improve with them. On the contrary, either one of them could perform all the work required here, but all are gritty and do not teel dis- posed to lay by, and as forming a combina- tion is simply among the impossibilities, all are losing money. Captain Mills stoutly considers he is rightfully ordained, and will not yield worth a cent. Charters are about at last quotations, and have not improved. Some are given as Pp. t., which are of no interest to the general read- er, and are not worthy of spectal notice. Lumber from Bruce mines to Walkerville, opposite this city, is quoted at $1.75; from Penetanguishine, $1.50; cord wood from Rogers City to Detroit, $2 per cord; salt, from Tawas to Green Bay at 15¢ per barrel. The steamer St. Paul, from Lake Superiots arrived this (Tuesday) noon. The barge Magnetic, which follows in the nounces that this will be done will gain! Wake of the steambarge Continental, is re- ported stranded in the Sault river, but with