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Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland as second- ‘lass mail matter. OLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. THE NICARAGUA CANAL TREATY. The construction of a Nicaragua slip canal has become, under the new treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, a very desirable object, the accomplishment of which will develop our coasting trade, and, without doubt, promote the building of a grand commercial murine, enhance the value to. this country of the proposed reciprocity treaties wivh the various American vountries and solve the unfortunate problem of the Panama canal bond holders, ‘lender the treaty the United States will become the virtual owner of the canal, and a strip of land on either side which will insure respect for her possession. ‘That is, the canal and a line of teritory three miles in width, will virtually become domain of the United States, and being a governmental enterprise, not that of & corporation, it can not buf advance the best interests of American commerce. The treaty defines the management and protection of the canal and its accessories, if built under the supervision of the two goverments, as follows: ‘The work shall be entrusted toa board of managers, which shall consist of six members, three appointed by the President of the United States, and three by the Re- public of Nicaragua. ‘'his board shall be designated xs soon as the canal is ready for traffic, and shall determine questions by a majority vote. ‘The chairman of the board shall be one of the members appvuinted by the President of the United States, and desig nated as chairman by bim, and in case of a tie the chairman shall have an additional vote. This board shall be entrusted with the gen- eral executive management ot the canal and its acceasories, shall fix the tolls, and provide rules and regulations for the management thereof. Their action, however, shall at all times be subject to a joint direction by the Presidents of the two republics, which they are bound to implicitly obey. The United States agrees to begin work within two years, and to finish it within ten years from the be- ginning.’”’ President Arthur, commenting, in his message submitting the treaty to Congress, notes the following time advantages: “In point of time the gain for sailing ves- sels would be great, amounting, from New York to San Francisco, to a saving of 75 days, to Hong Kong of 27 days, to Shanghai of 84 days, and to Calleas of 62 days. Lake Nicaragua is 90 miles long and 40 miles is the greatest width, and the water affords abundant depth for vessels of the deepest draught, Several islands give facilities for establishing coal stations, supply depots, harbors, and places for repairs. ‘The ad- vantage of this vast inland harbor is evident. The lake ia 110 feet above tide water. Six locke, or five intermediate levels, are required for the Pacific end of the canal, On the Atlantic side but five locks, or four inter- mediate levels, are proposed. Seventeen and one-half, miles of the canal He between the Pacific and lake, and the distance across the lake is 63 miles from the mouth of the San Carlos (where the canal will leave the San Juan). ;‘l'o the harbor ot Greytown the distance is 36 miles, which, it is hoped, will, by new surveys, be shortened 10 miles. The total canal excavation would be thus from 433¢ to 633¢ miles, and the luke and river navigation, amounting to 119 miles by the present survey, would be somewhat de- creased ifthe new surveys are successful. From New. York to San. Francisco by this route for safling vessels the time is ten days shorter than by the Panama route.” It can not be denied that European countries will adopt every means to delay the completion of the work and secure the defeat of the treaty. The question then arizes: Shall we ratify the treaty, commence this canal and dety the great allied powers to stop us; or shall we decline to’build it, thus throwing the concession into thelr hands, and then take the risk of interfering to stop them? France or Europe at Panama would be a continual menace but the construction of the Nicaragua canal would be in the nature of a powerful ally for our protection, which solves the question that we should take both horns of the dilemma mentioned above, build the canal and at the same time greatly advance the interests of our com- merce. The United States would then be enabled to keep the canal open without ref- erence.to what occurred in Central or South America, and with formidable stations on the gulf and Pacific, she would be in a better condition than ever to enforce the principles of the Monroe doctrin and resist the encroch- ments of European powers. —_—_—_—_—_———e oe ERIE HARBOR. The Erie Board of Trade held a large meeting Monday night for the purpose of memorializing Congress to hasten to the re- lief of Erie harbor, threatened with destruc- tion by the rapid washing away of the peninsula, which forms the harbor. The recent gales have done damage that nature cannot repair in two hundred years. The condition outlined here is a reflex of the un- wisdom of the action of the lighthouse board recently ordering the distruction of the land lighthouse, substituting therefor pigmy lights on the channel piers which could by no possible means answer the needs of the harbor. As they were placed in such location as to be effectually screened from view by a clump of trees on the Peninsula. In order to obviate this defect and render nugatory the odium of their stupid blunder, the board actually issued an order that the trées on the Peninsula should be cut down, trees whose abattis of roots formed the only protection to the Peninsula against the encroachments of the luke, an order which fortunately was rescinded through the influence ot energetic action on the part of the people of Erie in- terested in the property of the city. We respectfully insist that Congress should take speedy action in this matter giving to this memorial an early and favorable consider- tion, securing to Erie intact this important factor to her future prosperity and business growth. JupGE Biopcett, in the United States District Court Chicago, has decided that the tug Thomas Hood is entitled to the beneftts of the limitation of liability act, in the Adams street viaduct vase, the judge holding that the act of 1851 was intended to limit the lability of the owner as to any damage his vessel should do wi:hout his knowledge or privity on land or water. The funeral of Captain Green, of the tug Admiral, took place on Sunday at Graceland cemetery. Nearly 100 carriages, containing his many friends and the members of the Masonic order, to which be belunged, fol- lowed his remains to their last resting place. William Bone, the fireman, was also buried on Sunday, at Rose Hill cemetery, and Jo- seph Hogan, the engineer, was buried at Graceland cemetery on Tuesday. THE total number of lives lost in disaster on land and sea during the year 1884 is 73,- 787, or over 200 a day. ‘Ture is a noticeable activity in the ship- building business on the Tyne. THE MARINE RECORD. VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION. | ‘The fourth annual meeting of the Cleve- land Vessel Owners’ Association was held Monday morning at the Board of ‘Trade: rooms, Nearly all the large vessel interests | of Cleveland were represented. ‘The officers of the association were re-elected for the ensulng year as follows: President, Captain Alva Bradley. Vice president H. M. Hanna. Secretury, B. L. Pennington. Messers. Philip Minch, George P. McKay, Thomas Wileon, R. K. Winslow, M. A. Bradley, J. W. Moore, H. P. Lillibridge, Jobn H. Palmer, and W. D. Rees,—Exevn- tive domunittee. Mr. George W. Gardner appeared before the aseociation and called their at'ention to the advisability of taking action relative to the proposed extension of the breakwater. It was stated that Congressman Foran, an- ticipated some difficulty in securing a sat- isfactory appropriation for carrying on the work, was desirous ot the support of repre- sentatives bodies of Cleveland, and ‘favored the appointment of committees to push the matter. The railroads have already en- croached on the harbor of refuge to the ex- tent 1,000 feet, and it is understood they pro- pose to petition for the use of 500 additional feet. ‘The Board of Trade and the City Council have taken action in the matter, and it was considered advisable that the vessel owners appointed a committee of three mensbers to confer with the other committees and that one person from each committee be sulected to proceed to Washington and pre- sent“the condition of aftuirs to the Con-|, gressional Committee on Appropriations. ing a committee to Washington stating that, in his judgment, a resolution embodying the sentiments of the association would be much more effective in bringing about the desired result. President Bradley appointed Mesers. H. P. Lillibridge, George Stone, and George Palmer to confer with the other committees and report at the next meeting of the associa" tion. The meeting then adjourned. NAVIGATION INCIDENTS IN 1884, Jan. 8,.—Steamer Algomab jammed in the ice in the Straits or Mackinaw for ten days; captain il! on shore, Schooner Geo. S. Haz- ard renamed the [ron State at Buffalo. Fet. 1.—Two large elevators containing 175,000 bushels of whent burned at Toronto. Feb. 13,—Detroit river free of ice as far down as Lake Erie. ‘ Feb. 14.-Tug H. 8S. Hunter drifted out of Vermillion into Lake Erie and sunk. The schooner ‘l'elegraph, 37 years old, was re- named Jack Thompson at Chicago, March 1.—John Allen, for many years manager of the W. 'T. Co.’s line of lake steamers, died in New York City, aged 66. March 12.—A heavy southwest gale, the firet of the season, sweeps throughout the lake region. : April 2.—The railway steamers Great Western and Michigan Central collide on the Detroit river, with damages upward of $12,000. April 8.—Navigation open between De- troit and Cleveland ; steamer City of Detroit leaves Detroit on this date. April 4.—Steambarge Iron Chief damages 34,000 bushels of corn at Chicago. April 7.—Tug Peter Smith exploded off Vermillion, killing the captain and two others. April 9.—Navigation open between De- troit and Sandusky; the steamer Alaska leaves Detroit on this date. April 10.—Navigation open between De- troit and Alpena; steamer Flora arrives at the latter port on this date. Propeller W. A. Havkell, 1,440 tons, launched at Detroit. April 14.—Coal rates, Buffalo to Chicago, 75 cents per ton. An ice jamb prevails at St. Clair Flats for several days, and steam- ers unable to pass through. April 16.—Navigation open between: De- troit and Gheboygan; propeller Atlantic first to arrive at the latter port. A slight fall of snow at Detroit on this date. April 18.—Tug Mariel arrives at Chicago from Cuba, via New Orleans. April 19.—Steambarge Kasota, 1,274 tone, launched at Cleveland, April 20.—Navigation open between De- troit and Mackinaw City; steamer City of Cleveland first to arrive there, April 21.—Navigation open at Port Col- borne; schooners Albany and Grace Whit- ney leave there, April 22.—Navigation open at Buffalo; steambarge Wm, port. April 24.—Navigation open through to d wards departs from that Mr. Hanna opposed the proposition of Luke Michigan; the steambarge Mary Mills. the firer to pasa through westward, April 25 —-Wm. M:ges, chief engineer of the Anchor Line of lake steamers, died at ‘Thomasville, Ga., aged 54 years, April 26.—Navigation open to Luke Su. perior; the Van Raalte at the Sault. Rail- way eteamer Michigan dismantled at Detroit, 4 pril28.—Welland canal opened at this ate,” May 2.—A_ riot. between ’‘longshoremen and Italians at Buffalo, May 6.—Tug Aluuson Sumner burned at Oawegn; value, $20,000. Muy 10.—Steamship Alberta arrives at Detroit, en route to Owen Sound. Schooner Northwest siranded on Point Abino and threw over 1,000 bushels of corn, May 15.—Steambarge Calumet, 1,180 tone, launched at Buffalo, i May 27.—Bark Alexander, 27 yeara in service, condemned at Chicago. May 28.—‘Tug Charles Kellogg made a | British bottom at Detroit and name chan; to Charlton, Tug Pringle made a British Bottom at Detroit, and uame changed to In- ternational. ee June 4,—Steamer Prince Edward burned at Belleville, Lake Ontario; 1oss$10,000. June 10,—A raft containing three million feet of loga broken upon Lake Erie, Steam- barge Munte»gle, 1,273 tons, launched at Buffalo. June 15.—Captain J. J. Downs, an old mariner, drowned himself at ‘Toledo. June 19.—Yacht Verve arrives at Chicago from Scotland. June 30.—Seamen’s riot at Ashtabula; John Johnson, a union sailor, shot dead. July 21.—Tug N. P. Sprague, 27 years old, sunk off Point Au Pelee. fi July 26.—Steamship Alberta and steam. barge J, M. Osborne collidéon Lake Supe- rior; the latter sunk; three lives lost, Aug. 4.—Captain H. N. Throop, a veteran steamboat navigator on Lake Ontario, died at Pultneyville, N. Y., aged 87 yeurs. Aug. 16.—Propeller Chicago exploded at Buffalo; damages, $5,000. : Aug. 19.—Tug Pavific exploded at Ash- lavd, Lake Superior; the engineer killed, Aug. 20.—Captain James Trowell appoint- ed harbor master at Milwaukee. : Aug. 21—Steambarge Albany, 1,677 tons, launched at Wyandotte. Tug Bismarck had her name changed to Justice Field at Detroit. Aug. 26.—Schooner W. W. Brigham, 36 years old, lost in lake Michigan. Sept. 10.—Steambarge Henry Howard burned on the river St. Clsir; value; $9,000. Sept. 12.—Schooners John T. Mott and Monticello collide in Pidgeon Bay, Lake Erie; former, coal laden ; a total loss. Sept. 19.—Tug 1. U. Masters had her name changed to Phoenix at Detroit. . Aug. 22.—Steambarge Massachusetts un- loads 1,618 tons of ore at Chicago in six hours.’ Sept. 24.—Heavy northwest gale on all the lakes; much damage to the shipping. Sept. 25.—Schooner Golden Rule capsizes is Lake Superior; the captain and one man oat. Sept. 26.—Steambarge Syracuse, 1,677 tons, launched at Wyandotte. ; Oct. 3.—Schooner Arabia, 32 years old, is wrecked at the entrance to Georgian Bay with cargo of corn. Oct. 8.—Steambarge 8S. H. Pickunds, 1,200 tons, launched at Grand Haven. Schooner J. E. Bailey becomes a total loss at Gill’s Pier, Lake Michigan. Oct. 9.—schooner Kittie Grunt wrecked in Lake Michigan; four lives lost. - Oct.17.—Captain James Dunlap, barbor master at Erie, found dead at his home, aged 80. Oct. 18.—Schooner Kin old, wheat laden, wisckel Lake Erie. ‘ Ovt. 23.—Propeller Scotia (iron) wrecked at Keweenaw. Point, Luke Superior. Schoon- er Golden West, corn laden. becomes a total loss on Snake Island, Georgian Bay, afier 23 years of service. Schooner C. Nilsson wrecked at Bailey’s harbor, 13 years old. Oct. 25.—Propeller City of St. Joseph burned at Benton Harbor, Lake Michigan. Oct. 26.—Schooner New Dominion foun ders in Lake Erie, with six lives. Oct. 29.—Steam yacht Pastime arrives at Detroit from New York City. Steambarge Onoko mekes the trip from Chicago to Bul- falo, discharges 100,000 bushels of corn and takes on a cargoof coal in four daya and three hours. , Nov 4.—The steamer Grace Grummond burned at South Haven, Lake Michigan. Schooner A. J. Rogers damages 190 bushels of wheat in a gale on Lake Erie. Nov. 6.—Captain Willis Ables disappears from barge Golden Harvest, at Detroit. Nov. 8.—-Schooner Lizzie A. Law short 500 bushels of wheat at Buftalo, Low water in the Welland canal has caused frequent delays during the season of navigation. Nov. 17.—Schooner L. Van Valkenburg arrives at Milwaukee after a passage of 36 days from Buflalo. Dec. 16.—Navigation closed at all points and ice in large quantities in Detroit river. Dec 31,.—The tug Admiral explodes her boiler at Chicago, by which all hands lose their lives, The F, &P. M. Steamer No, 1 is carried against the piers at Ludington ina ‘ale, breaking off her check valve, scalding the fireman fatally and another severely, and sinking in fourteen teet of water, invalv- ing total loss of cargo. J. Ww. H, Sisters, 22 years on Gull Island;