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THE MARINE RECORD. 5 & (Continued from Ist = S| DETROIT, Special to the Marine Record. The steamer Alberta, which was libeled here a few days since, gave bonds on Satur- day and is at liberty to depart whenever she is ready, 80 that for the time being honors are easy. The claims amount to upward of $91,000, which are in behalf of the Osborne and of the Pacific. Her repairs are well nigh done. The timber trade, like the rafting, is mov- ing this season more extersively than any former year within my recollection, and is being shipped from points on all the lakes, and more especially from Georgian Bay. Yes- terday (Sunday) the steambarge D. D. Cal- vin passed down on her second trip ot the season with large cargoes of timber laden on four large barges, beside ber own freight, {rom the Bay, aggregating 100,000 cubic feet, that is 20,000 on each vessel. he conven- ences tor shipping timber from Georgian Bay are far better than at many other points, as itis not disturbed by rough weather as it is on the luke shore, where it has to be nloated out to the vessel at anchor, and in the event of violent weather a vessel may be two weeks taking on a cargo. There was a greater number of craft pass- ing here yesterday either way than on any previous Sabbath this season, notwithstand- ing the reports that many are in ordinary. Numerous complaints are made this sea- son of the neglect of the keepers of fog sig- nal stations in not. paying stricter attention to the sounding of the whistle in thick or foggy weather, the fault being more on Lake Michigan than elsewhere. Can it be that the keeper sleeps at his post. It would al- most seem 80, yet it does not always do to present judgment too hastily. ‘There have also been instances where keepers of light- houses have been more or less derilect. The propeller Delaware, bound up, laden with merchandiee, left here on Friday night, and on reaching the locality of the St. Clair canal, got ashore about one mile to the east- ward of the light. There is ‘positive evi- dence that the light leading into the canal was not lit that night and that the same neglect had occurred on former occasions. In this instance it entailed an expense of over $500 before the steamer was released, beside a detention of thirty-six hours. Last evening, at the commencement of church services, when every head was bowed in prayer and all was as quiet as !t should be in a house of worship, there came three of those unearthly screeches from the whistle ’ of a propeller passing down, which startled every one in the city, in its remotest parts, to say nothing of those in attendance upon religious exercises. However. soothing or instructive that pandemonium may have been to those interested, there is no excuse, reason or apology for it, and it is almost of nightly occurrence. Some of these whistles are far worse than others, and are sufficient to lift the tin roof from a church, The schooner George Sherman, which dis charged a cargo of wood at this port the lat- ter part of the week, was libelled for claims aggregating $3,567.67 and was immediately tied up. These claims are for supplies, re- pairs, towing and seaman’s wages, all of which is due to residents of Cleveland. ‘The vessel is a three-masted schooner, was built at Cleveland and has been twenty-two years. afloat. She is worth about $6,000, but if sold at! marshal’s sale would not realize more than half that sum. During the week past ten cargoes of wheat have been shipped from here for Oswegoand Buffalo respectively. ‘I'he lowest figure was to Buffalo, at 17c. The propeller Canada has been lying at Windsor awaiting a char- ter with faint prospecta of securing one. Freights from here to Canadian ports are chiefly on owner’s account, and are few and far between, Casting my eye on the passers-by this af- ternoon I saw two steamers that for some time past have been almost forgotten, yetin their palmy days they ranked among the linest of the fleet. One, the S. D. Caldwell, has been afloat twenty-two years, and atone time was one of the most popular on the Lake Superior route. She has survived hosts of others as well as nearly all the mas- ters who once pulled the bells. The other, the Araxes, has been twenty-eight years in Service, and plied many years between Buf- ‘alo and ‘Toledo. There are to-day upward of 1,000,000 | main op shore and superintend the loading bushels of grain on the passage to Buffalo on board of vessels to lower lake ports, the freight on which is no better than from De- troit to same points. ‘The steambarge V. H,. Ketcham arrived here on Friday with one of her engines bro- ken. ‘I'he accident took place on the passage down, but she managed to reach Buffalo and return Lere with one engine. ‘The steambarge Thomas W. Palmer claims to have made the run from the Sault to De- troit with two barges in tow in thirty-three hours, And here is another. ‘The steam- barge J. H. Farwell with two barges in tow? from Detroit to Duluth and returning by way of Marquette, in fifteen days. It took the old steamboat Superior thirteen days to go to the Sault and retnrn, and she went it alone in 1822. A squall the other day drove the schooner Benedict to the Canada side of the river, where she fetched up alongside of a dock unharmed, The schooner Wawanosh has been regu- larly employed all season in treighting coul from Luke Erie ports to Sarnia, and is towed each way by the tug Jessie. The new steel steamers building at Wyan- dotte have nearly all their machinery in and one will be ready for launching in about a week. They are fine specimens of naval architecture and of mammoth proportions. The schooner J. C. Hill has had her name changed to Dan Maybee, and it ‘is asserted has improved her looks. As she has been some twenty five years afloat, it ought to be encouraging to her owner, and this too on Lake Michigan, where all the old lower lake traps seek a new lease of life. ” The large steamer City of Rome is here with her engine badly broken, which hap- pened off Presque Isle, Lake Huron, on Fri- day. It was asort of an explosion doing con- siderable damage to her cabin, crockery- ware, etc., etc. 3 The Large Montgomery, formerly the propeller of that name, arrived here on Sun- day laden with iron ore for this port, which the consignees refused to receive. Her cap- tain yesterday employed the tug Oneida to tow him to Lake Erie, thence she will sail to Cleveland and discharge. The steambarge Ogemaw upward bound, broke her machinery on Lake St. Clair Sun- day, and returned to this port for repairs. Such accidents are of daily occurrence and more frequent than in former times, The weather has been very warm for sev_ al days, with. light southwest winds, A Detroit party has in hand the raising of the tug Belle King, sunk some years since, down at Put-in-Bay. Three times she has been raised to the surtace, and each time disappeared, owing to the chains giving away. ‘To-day they took steamer again for the scene of operations, seemingly some- what more hopeful of the task. The sunken vessel is worth $3,000. Captain S, A. Murphy is negotiating with M. Engleman, of Manistee, to raise the pro- peller Ironsides, which foundered off Grand Haven a few years age. It is the opinion of the owners of the sunken propeller that her hall is still good. The [ronsides was at one time the finest propeller on the lakes, and was engaged in the passenger and freight traffic beeween Milwaukee and Grand Ha- yen. J.W. AL PORT ARTRUR, Special to the Marine Record. Following is a statement of the business done by Collector of Customs Joseph Nich- olson, at this port for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1884: No.|Ton’age|T’ns f-ci’t| Crews 320) 230,257 53} 15,153) 108] 49,631 American schoone 139} 62,859 Total 620) 357,900] 252,92124) 11,710 Coasting vessel 216! 46,179 3,016 STURGEON BAY. Something like one hundred and fifty men find employment on the Menominee river during the season of navigation in the ca- pacity of lumber loaders. ‘They receive forty cents per hour when employed. Captain Aug. Lindquist has retired from | the command of the tug Goldsmith and Cap- | tain John Gilbrath—who overhauled the new barge recently pureliased by the Two Rivers manufacturing company from De- | troit parties—is again in charge of the craft. It is possible that Captain Lindquist will re of the company’s scows on the west shore of Green Bay during the remainder of the sea- gon. HR. Freyer, a deck hand onthe steamer Corona, fell from the gang-plank Monday evening and was drowned. He is said to have a daughter in Milwaukee. ESCSNABA, Special to the Marine Keord. Business at the ore docks and along the harbor front continues dull, with no visible sign of improvement. Captain Olson, of the B. F. Bruce, reports no owner found as yet for the yacht picked up in Lake Hurop on his last trip. He has written Co parties at several of the ports near where she was found and will doubtless re- ceive information as to her ownership and the circumstances under which he was cast away, on his return trip. On Saturday morning last a six years old son of Captain Hoover, of the schooner Helvetia, playing with a companion about the deck of the ves- sel as she lay in the slip ‘between the ore dovks, went overboard. He was hardly un- der water, however, before his elder brother, Chapin Hoover, second mate of the ship, though only 19 years old, was overboard and atter him and had the lad aboard again ina trice none the worse for his ducking. It was a prompt and plucky.action, deserving of mention, though both son and father insist that it was a matter of course. Why wouldn’t he? Ivs. that quick comprehension of the thing to be done and such promptness in doing it that makes successful men, the stuff heroes ure made of, afloat or ashore. The barges C. N Pratt, Captain J. B. Forrest left on Friday for Quebec, with a cargo of pine deals for the Liverpool] market. The schooner Willard A. Smith, arrived Wednesday morning from Beaver Island with a cargo of fire wood. Looks like bring- ing coals to New Castle. i The Minnie M. got disabled again. When a few miles out from Fayette on Wednesday morning, some of her machinery. gave way and she was compelled to put back and lay up for repairs. The ~Lady Washington, finished the trip for her and will make regular trips in her. place until she is re- paired. ; The captain of the steambarge Progress tells about making the run from Cleveland to Escanaba and return in five days. Give us the record of some more of the racers. A thing never before accomplished was the loading of the Massasoit, from nine pocket at once, on last Monday. ‘There is no other of all the ore carriers that can take ore through nine spouts at once, several can take from eight, but it is seldom that more than three or four are used. In this case fourteen pockets were full of the ore wanted. Angeline Hematic, and Captain Shields put his ship in shape to takeit. One of the crew of the Brown, had his head cut open by a fragment of falling ore, Tuesday. A big sticking plaster judiciously applied mended his cranium, ‘The Countess experienced heavy weather after leaving here, and had to ride it out at anchor under the South Manitou, Mich. Alarm for her safety was felt at Chicago, but Captain Hammer took her home when the gale had blown itself out, without parting a rope-yarn. Iron ore shipped from the port of Esca- naba, for the season upto and including August 13, 609.570 tons. E. G. ASHTABULA. Special to the Marine Record. There are thirty vessels in port at present. The tug Red Cloud, while working on the steambarge Cumberland, when on the bar last week, broke her crank pin, blew out her cylinder head and damaging her machinery badly, was towed in port by the tug Dragon and will be repaired here, ; An opposition tug line is being talked of by local capitalists. ‘The old pier at the entrance to the harbor now in the channel will be dredged out shortly. The steambarge Cumberland, ore laden for this port, mistook a light ashore a short distance .west of here, and ran aground, Some 200 tons of ore were jettisoned, after | whieh she was pulled off readily by the | steambarge Svain and tug Dragon, The! light, situated at a camping ground, was 2 common coal oil torch. With a puff of wind it blows nearly out, and after a lull, flares up, | resembling our revolving beacon light very much. Itisa bad one and sheuld be dis- continued, the Cumberland being the fourth vessel ashore at the same place in the last few years. , The fine schooner James Mowatt, recently built by Wolf & Davidson, at Milwaukee, has arrived here with her first cargo, con- sisting of 1,050 tons of ore from Escanaba, drawing 13 feet 4 inches. She is 162 feet keel, 33 feet beam, and 13 feet hold, and is classed Al* for ten years, Captain D. P. Craing, master and part owner, spared no ex- pense in fitting her out, having a Providence patent capstan windlass, patent halliards, and all the latest improvements, has very fine lines, and will probably bea good sailer. She is now loading coal for Chicago. J.P. MILWAUKEE, Shippers were offering bus 55c on ore from Escanaba to Lake Erie ports Monday, and were not anxious to secure vessels even at this low rate. ‘Two tugs released the steambarge Thomas Smith trom Strawberry Island and towed her to Sturgeon Bay for repairs. The yacht Cora, recently purchased by R. R. Rhodes, of Cleveland, will tow to Cleve- land with the steambarge Oscar ‘lownsend. Seamen’s wages will remain $2 per day out of this port, The union here at a special meeting Monday refused to adopt the Chi- cago wages, $1,50 per‘ day. Vessels are stripping and laying up. The tug Pacific exploded her boiler while at Ashland yesterday morning, ‘lhe engi- neer, Michael Duclos, was fatally injured. The Pacific was built at Buffalo by the Union Drydock Co, in 1875, measures 42 tons classed A2 and owned by Littleton of Detroit. When the schooner Holmes was in mid- lake last night a lamp filled: with benzine instead of oil exploded and set fire. to the vessel, but the flames: were subdued. One of the crew was badly burned. KINGSTON. Captain Bogart has resigned the command of the new steambarge Monteagle, running on the upper lakes, and will take charge of the propeller Scotia which is to be fitted out for service at Buffalo. The steamer Conqueror is now lying at the back of Gunn’s house. It is said that it will be sold shortly. The Forwarders expect a rush next week, It is said that fully a million bushels are on the way to Kingston. | MUSKEGON. Sunday night thetug Arctic encountered a heavy squall off this port while towing the barges C. O. D. and ‘Transfer from Escanaba to Grand Haven, loaded with iron ore. Af- ter laboring in the storm for some time, she dropped the ‘I'ransfer and made this port with the C. O. D., reaching here at 5 o’clock. The C. O. D. was dismasted and all her rig- ging carrled away. She sustained some slight damage beside. The Arctic is all right. HORN’S PIER. The barge Thomas Smith went on the rocks at Strawberry Island Sunday morning. She is loaded with lumber, 1s hard on aft but her bow isin three fathoms of water, ‘The steamer Corona, in passing, went to her assistance, but, after pulling on her fora time, parting the hawser, and, being behind time, had to leave her. ‘T'wo tugs from Sturgeon Bay were sent to release her, LITERARY NOTICES. ‘The September ATLANTIC has variety and interest enough to satisfy the most exacting readers. ‘I'wo additional chapters are given of Dr. Mitchell’s excellent serial story, ‘In War Time ;” Richard Grant White concludes his keen and very characteristic papers on «The Anatomizing of William Shakespeare ;” Francis Parkman, the eminent historian, contributes an essay upon ‘Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham,” Prof. E. P. Evans has a curiously interesting article on “Medieval and Modern Punishment;” Herbert ‘Tuttle hasa timely paper on “Ihe Despotism of Party ;”? E. W. Sturdy writes of “The Vol- eanie Eruption of Krakatoa;” Eleanor Put- nam describes “Old Salem Shops;” Charles Ik. Pascoe tells ‘I'he Story of the English Magazines ;’? Miss C. F, Gordon Cummings relates “A Legend of Inverawe;” an anonv- mous writer describes the “Lakes of Upper Italy.’ There are poems by Luey Larcom, Mrs, Julia C, R. Dorr, and Paul If. Hayne; reviews of several leading new books, and the usual variety of the Contributor's Club — = = Subseribe for the Marine Recor,