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- General Marine Notes. The little schooner Iris, Capt. A. E. Dow, is laid up at Manitowoc.General Marine Notes. The little schooner Iris, Capt. A. E. Dow, is …
- General Marine Notes. Work on the ship canal was suspended last Thursday and the tug Alert left for Chicago the same day.General Marine Notes. Work on the ship canal was suspended last Thursday …
- Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, will immediately begin the building of a tug for Geo. Pankratz, of that city. She will be 80 feet long, 18 feet beam, and 9 feet hold, and is to cost about $17,000. The tugRand & Burger, Manitowoc, will immediately begin the building of a tug …
- The steambarge Milwaukee, Capt. J. W. Morgan, was in port over Friday night, and on the following morning cleared for Manistee, Mich., where she will lay up. The Milwaukee has been employed in freighThe steambarge Milwaukee, Capt. J. W. Morgan, was in port over Friday …
- The steambarge Thos. H. Smith made excellent time in the passage from Manitowoc to this port last week. She left the former port about the middle of the afternoon of Thursday, and arrived here aboutThe steambarge Thos. H. Smith made excellent time in the passage from …
- While towing the disabled schooner E.M. Portch from North Bay to Chicago on Friday evening, the tug Parker mistook Horn's Pier for the canal, and ran the vessel with in one hundred feet of the beachWhile towing the disabled schooner E.M. Portch from North Bay to Chicago …
- The tug Bismark will be struck off to the highest bidder at Chicago. Her successor has been christened Joseph Parett (sic).The tug Bismark will be struck off to the highest bidder at …
- Captain Cox returned from Manitowoc, where he laid up the Kitty Smoke, on the steambarge Thos. H. Smith Thursday night.Captain Cox returned from Manitowoc, where he laid up the Kitty Smoke, …
- The frames for the three scows which the Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co. is building here are up, and one of the craft is rapidly nearing completion.The frames for the three scows which the Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co. …
- The Goodrich Co's ice-breaker has been christened the Arctic. She will be commanded by Capt. Perry Edwards, formerly of the tug Commodore Nutt.The Goodrich Co's ice-breaker has been christened the Arctic. She will be …
- The tug Gregory took a scow loaded with plank to Manitowoc last Friday night. The lumber will be used in planking the decks of vessels at that port by Rand & Burger, the ship builders.The tug Gregory took a scow loaded with plank to Manitowoc last …
- The Menominee Herald is authority for the statement that the steamer Hawley will go to Milwaukee at the closing of navigation for the purpose of receiving a new boiler and engine during the winter.The Menominee Herald is authority for the statement that the steamer Hawley …
- Kitty Smoke of Sturgeon Bay, was stripped and went into winter quarters. --Manitowoc Times.Kitty Smoke of Sturgeon Bay, was stripped and went into winter quarters. …
- A couple of boiler-makers from Manitowoc- Cumberlie and Dumpke -were here the past week for the purpose of examining the boiler of the tug Leathem, which it is proposed to give a thorough overhaulingA couple of boiler-makers from Manitowoc- Cumberlie and Dumpke -were here the …
- The following telegram to the Chicago Inter Ocean from this port is strongly tinctured with a bit of good natured humor. It reads: "The large and powerful wrecking tug J.W. Tillson cleared from hereThe following telegram to the Chicago Inter Ocean from this port is …
- Fish Creek. The new tug was to have made her initial trip on Thursday.Fish Creek. The new tug was to have made her initial trip …
- Clay Banks. The mill is running pretty steadily this summer under the management of Chris Braunsdorf, who has been the owner for about a year past. The little schooner Clara does the freighting betweClay Banks. The mill is running pretty steadily this summer under the …
- Port of Green Bay. The repairs to the Russia have been completed at Buffalo and she is now on her way up with a full cargo of freight.Port of Green Bay. The repairs to the Russia have been completed …
- Port of Green Bay. Plenty of water in the channel now. The steambarge Waverly came in from below one day this week drawing 15 feet and no trouble was encountered in coming over the flats.Port of Green Bay. Plenty of water in the channel now. The …
- Port of Menominee. The Eugene Hart gave a moonlight excursion out of Menekaune on Wednesday evening but as the weather was kind of foggy and the wind blew pretty strong there was not much of a turn-oPort of Menominee. The Eugene Hart gave a moonlight excursion out of …
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