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THE MARINE RECORD. al DETROIT, Spec tal to the Marine Record . September 9—During the. month of August there were 135 casualties on the lakes, thirty-seven more than the preceding month of July and distributed as follows. Lake Michigan, 58; Lake Huron, 20;. Lake Erie, 32; Lake Supertor, 5; Detroit river 6; Sault river, 3; St. Clair river, 2; Lake St. Clair, 6; Georgian Bay,,1; Lake Ontario, including the Welland Canal, 10; total 135, ‘I'he causes were, disabled, 42; stranded 21; heavy. weather, 29; collision, 27; tire, 4; capsized, 2; ashore, 5; explosions, 4; ligtning. 1. ‘The damages arising from the foregoing may be summarized as follows. Disabled, $24,- 100; stranding, $25,300; heavy weather, $26,300; collisions, $17,000; fire. $9,500; cap- sized, $8,000; ashore, $7,300; explosions, $6,- 600; lightning, $300; making a total for the month of $119,400; to this must be added for loss on cargoes, $17,200; which. makes a grand total of $136,600. ‘There were sixteen deaths as follows., Accidentil, 73: natural causes, 7; eucided, 2. ‘ The propeller Badger State, which arrived down th@other evening from Agate Harbor Lake Sup§rfor, had on board the largest mass of pure copper ever brought from that region, its weight being just seven.and one, quarter tons, Ot late considerable quantities of pure copper ‘s arriving here but none ot it in such immense lumps. ‘ I made mention in my last communica- tion that vessels on arriving here secured immediate grain charters and that the sup- ply was equal to the demand. Now what I want to relate is that nearly every one of these vessels that have taken on grain here for Buffalo on their arrival at that port have fallen short from 50 to 75 bushels and it is becoming an epidemic if not already so. ‘The cargoes were received: from two different elevators yet there is ashortage all the same. Either there is downright rascality or gross carelessness somewhere, perhaps consid- erable of both. Who is that tellow who is suggesting the propriety of having two booms to a fore-and- aft sail? ‘He ought to travel with Barnum from one end ot the country to the other asa «what do you call it.” Within the past five years fifty sailors have been knocked over- board and drowned, while it is true that a very few outside that number have been saved, but rather than duplicate, it would be wise for a vessel to travel with a lug sail than introduce such a humbug. During the month of August there was shipped from Detroit to foreign ports wheat 110,661 bushels, flour 20382 barrels, live hogs 2150 and mess pork 23,193 bbls, the total valuation of which was $430,746. The ship ment of lumber from the pine regions goes on with but little abatement. During the past twelve hours 54 cargoes have passed here aggregating upward of ten million feet, which does not incluée vast quanties from Lake Superior and Georgian Bay ; the great portion from the last named point goes to ‘Tonawanda. ‘he steamer City of Mount Clemens has made twenty-five trips from Oscoda to Detroit this season averaging each cargo 100,000 feet of lumber. The steambarge Westford which had such a bad breakup to her machinery on Lake Erie gome days since, has been repaired here and hag taken her departure. The barges which she had in tow were taken on to Alpena by the tug Kate Williams where they remain until the arrival of the West- ford, The steambarge Norma stranded on her arrival in the river St. Clair a day or two since, and was damaged to the extent of $300. Her repairs were made here. The tug Myrtle, which stranded on the Hen and Chicken a few days since, was re- leased on Saturday and floated between two lighters to Put-in-Bay. What further dis- position was made of her I did not learn. She was probably taken to Sandusky. The schooner Cataract, in tow of the tug Beatrice, wasyen on to Ballard’s reef, De- troit river, ‘and considerably damaged. Her stern was smashed in by the vessel that was astern of her and her yawl rendered useless, Her repairs are estimated at $500. She hails trom Picton, Lake Ontario. Work on the Limekiln Crossing, which has been let for several seasons past to Mr. C.F. Dunbar, of Buffalo, has been awarded to an East Saginaw firm. ‘The price is $5.50 per solid, and thirty cents per loose yard. A new steambarge called the Resolute, hailing from Deseronto, Lake Ontario, ar- rived at Windsor yesterday, and is loading staves. ‘The propeller L, Shickaluna has been at that port for several days, awaiting charter. The past few days have been excessively warm, and to qnote a memorable expression of Henry Ward Beecher on entering his pulpit, “It is d—d hot.” The result is a re- revival of the excursion business on the rivers, and the steamers which were laid by for a few days are again in full blast. The propeller Riverside and the steam yacht Segina, a craft of some 300 tons, came near having a bad smashup here the other day, and but for good management on the one hand or the other, one of them would have gone tothe bottom, The tormer was damaged, though not seriously. The propeller Shickaluna, atter lying at Windsor for ten days, took leave of her moorings last evening and has gone else- where for freight, it is stated tu Toledo. The steamer Kewcenaw is home again, and hag, 1 understand, done a_ profitable busines during the summer between Cleve- land and Buffalo. She will probably engage in the excursion business here, or at least be in readiness for such calls, and next week run to Toledo in connection with the fair. ‘There has been considerable repairing and overhauling going on at the Detroit Dry- dock for some time past, avising from mis- haps and damaged machinery. In short, when a vessel arrives at the dock it must not be stated that she has met with disaster, for it might get into the papers. She only wants a little calking, or a graving piece, or perhaps a jibboom, but in reality it must be set down as heavy weather, stranding, or something of. that sort, and she is accordingly set down on whe wrong side of the ledger to the tune of $200 to $2,000, or upward. There occasionally comes around an old barnacle, otherwise known as the “Ancient Mariner,”’ whocan tell you, or pretend'to, at least, of lake history. Lake Superior is at his tongue’s end, and he cites the facts also that in early times Indians passed over the Niagara Falls in birch bark canoes, and much other claptrap. It is well enough to exercise a little patience with such chaps, hear their yarn and then Jet them pass out of.sight as well as memory. Captain Sam Burnham, formerly a well known tug man on the river, bas purchased an interest in the steamer Mary on the river St. Clair, and will command her. The steambarge U.H. Curtiss and her three consorts are passing down to-day, having in the aggregate a trifle less than four million feet of lumber. The tugs hereabout are nearly all in ser- vice again. : J. W. 4H. SAULT STE. MARIE, ESCANABA, Special to the Marine Record The Cora, of the Chicago yacht fleet, ar- rived here on Sunday, iv tow of the Oscar Townsend, en route to Cleveland. She has been purchased by R. R. Rhodes, of Cleve- land. The Chicago club loses a fine boat. ‘The Booth, in a recent run over from St. Martin’s Island, made a record of 19 miles an hour. ‘I'he yacht builders of Bristol, Ches- ter and Wilmington, in the East, who have been struggling for years to make 17 miles, could get a few points from her builder by coming west. When next the United States has medals to distribute as x» reward for the saving of life Captain Bartley and his men might be considered. Since they have been employed in the waters of Little Bay de Noquette they have saved the lives of seventeen persons, ‘The latest occurrence of the kind happened during the past week. ‘The schooner Delaware was being towed to her berth at the ore dock, stern foremost, and with anchor under Ler forefoot, as usual, when her bout, which had been lowered, got fonled across her stern and capsized, throw- ing the man in it into the water. He could not swim and quick work was necessary to save him, but he was saved by Captain Bart- ley and his crew. : The schooner N. Muller sailed on ‘Tues- day with a cargo of telegraph poles for Chi- cago. DULUTH. Special lo the Marine Record. Ninety per cent of the wheat received here in one day recently graded No. 1 hard. It is expected to come in at the rate of 80,000 bushels per day until the close of navigation, crops having been exceptionally good in Northern Minnesota and Dakota, Daniel McGilvary, fireman on the tug Paige, was drowned opposite New London, near Duluth, on the 2d inst. The tug was engaged in picking up logs and McGilvary ventured out on them without sufficient ex- perience, J. F. Rose, agent of the propeller Ocean, informs us that this steamer will, during the rest of the season, resume her old route be- rtween Duluth and Michipicoten. The annual trouble with dock laborers is being experienced at this time, on Wednes- day, September 3, and the war still continues, The schooner Scotia went ashore at Two Harbors, where she was to have taken a car- go of ore. She was got off easily, but had sustained such injuries that she was obliged to leave light for Detroit. z The name of. the new town site south of Duluth on the Wisconsin shore of St. Tom’s Bay, has been changed from South Duluth to Payton, after H. M. Payton, an old citi- zen of Duluth who has property at the Point’ * The propeller J. L. Hurd, that ran on thee rocks at Detour und sank, was loaded with Michael Sullivan, a deck hand, fell over- board from the Oscar ‘Townsend, on Tues- day, and striking something under the wa- ter, received quite a scalp wound. He wag patched up by Dr. Gelzer, and. sailed with the ship. The schooner Louise has taken into Buf- falo about 100 tons of ore taken from the wreck of the W. H. Vanderbilt, which was lost off Long Point last September, while bound from this port to Buffalo. Total shipments to date, 1,831,634 tons, of which 1,084,068 tons were handled at Esca- naba and 757,566 tons at the other ports, Marquette, L’Anse and St. Ignace. E.G. i BUFEALO. . A dispatch was received by Messrs. Cros- by & Gunning from H. Buckley, at Penin- sula Harbor, stating that the Canadian schooner W. R. Tavlor was sunk in fourteen feet of water, and that he had abandoned her to the underwriters. She was loaded with steel rails for the Canadian Pacific at Port Arthur. Tugs and steam pumps have been sent toher. The W. R. Taylor measures 322 tons, was built at Marysburg in 1877, hails from Picton and is owned by Alice Buckley. The’ boom in grain freights continues. The rule at this port is to get whatever up- freight is offering, or if none is ready to go out light. ‘The receipts reported on the 9th News has just reached here that the tug Bradley, which lett the Soo to engage in dredging at the Tahquamenon River, isa total wreck. She encountered heavy weather and sprung a leak. The water rushed into her firehold and extinguished her fires. In order to save their lives the crew ran the boat on the beach. There were six men on board. All were saved. ‘he Bradley measured 18 tong, was built at Chicago by Bates in 1878, was owned by Smith Bros. of Cheboygan, rates A2 and was valued at $4,- 000.. PORT ARTHUR, ‘The Campana has arrived. The report that she had been in collision with the Canadian Pacific railway steamer Alberta is correct. Shortly after leaving the St. Mary’s Canal at Sault Ste. Marie the Alberta struck hera glancing blow on the starboard side, smash- ing several stanchions and carrying away considerable rail. The accident, if such it may be termed, might have proven far more serious had not the captain of the Campana put his wheel hard up in time to lessen the torce of the blow. ERIE, The United States steamer Michigan, Cap- tain J. J. Read, took on her ammunition on| the 9th, and sailed for a six week’s or two month’s cruise up the lakes. ‘The boat is in magnificent trim and has an entire new bat- tery. O8WEGO, The government lighthonse on Hope Island, near Collingwood, is ready for use. | The light will be found of great service to) Chicago vessels running to Midland, The! light will be a revolver. Pay were about 600,000 bushels, most of which was wheat. There is very little coal for shipping, but as the mines are working this week the supply is commencing to come in, and there is an unusual amount reported coming up by boat. Coal freights are steady at former quotations. All of Lake Michigan vessels offered were engaged, /but most of them will experience some ify in getting their cargoes. Quite a number of vessels {rom Toledo and Detroit were in port. TOLEDO. The steamer Massasanga has abandoned the excursion business at this port for the present season, and returned to Detroit. The propeller Morning Star is fitting out for the fish trade, and expects to sail for Doreis Point next 'hursday, after her first cargo. Judge Dunlap, of Toledo, hag constructed the model of a boat invented by him to com- pete for the $40,000 pize offered-by the Cana- dian government for a boat which can be propelled through the Welland canal with- out washing the banks. It is run by paddles arranged to revolve underneath the boat. PORT HURON. The propeller Kasota arrived with the schooner Scotia in tow, the latter having been damaged by going ashore recently at Agate Harbor, Lake Superior, where she was going to load ore for lower lake ports, While making a landing a squall came up and the schooner dragged her anchor and went on the rocks. She was pulled off by the Ka sota, Which also had a hard time to keep off the beach at the same place. The damage to the Scotia is confined to her bottom planks and she will be docked for repairs. oats and merchandise tor Duluth. The schooner Battle, in tow of the tug Williams, collided with the propeller.T're- mont lust Wednesdav, smashing her own headgear and breaking in the bulwarks of the propeller. High winds made the schoon- er unmanageable for her tow. Freight rates are picking up. The rate on wheat to Buffalo is 234 to 3 cents per bushel; on iron ore to Ohio ports, $1.10 per ton. The shipments of silver and copper ore are increasing every day. ‘The Wallula un- © .) who has been loaded coal at South Duluth and is loading, 600 tons of silyer ore valued at over $100,000, besides 40,000 bushels of wheat. B. EAST TAWAS, Captain Booth, who superintends the in- terests ef Mr. Morse, of ‘erry, N. Y., and lumbering here extensively the past two seasons, arrived here with a ship carpenter and an engineer tor the pur- pose of fitting out the Maud Fish, which was used for towing logs across Tawas Lake this past season, and will, when ready, take her to Buffalo, and perhaps to Albany, unless sold sooner. Mr. Morse will not have use for her next season, as he has concluded not to lumber here this winter. ‘The office of the storm signal observer is now located at the corner of Newman and State streets, MILWAUKEE, The wrecking tug Leviathan, with the wrecked propeller F. L. Hurd, arrived from Detour on the 8th, and the Hurd was docked. She is in bad shape and about 10,000 bushels of damaged corn remains in her hold. The police are protecting the non-union crew of the schooner Ahira Cobb, of Cleve- land, which arrived here. About 50,000 bushels of grain are received at Milwaukee daily and there is some inqui- ry for vessels, but no great amount will be shipped until October. Contractor Starke Is preparing to com- mence work on the harbor of refuge exten- sion. The work is not to be completed until late next year. The governmeat advertised tor bids for building 600 feet and Mr. Starke’s bid, which was the lowest, was only $63,000, so that about 800 feet can be built with the appropriation of $35,000 made by Congress. SAUGATUCK. The schooner White Cloud is in ordinary in this port. _ The new steambirge J. C. Suit cleared for Grand Haven for inspection, from whence she goes to Muskegon in the lumber trade between this port and Michigan City. The steamer Douglas made the round trip between here and Chicago in a little lees than eighteen hours, including time to un- load her freight. The steamer A, B, Taylor, which carried 6,300 baskets on her last trip, made the round-trip in twenty-one hours, but had another port to make, There are two boats daily to Chicago and Grand Haven now, and one up the river, ail in the fruit trade. ‘ Captain Brittain talks of building another | barge this winter.