, 1874-05-30
Miscellaneous.

Cant. Jamea Ferris Inns taken command Of the tug
The ting Tom Brown loat % part tA of ior pIlonouso
day oeaore yeaorny Consequently aho has to lAy lip
-aeorgo feilere has boon appointed Captain of tho
ng Moaita md Ep Wilson has taken Charge of tho
SMessrs. M Bates %. aro building q PASSENGER
ss i ras sss &c. sg
The satu1dsy night boat to Grand Haven on tho
Goodrich Limo wilt commence running on tho 9ofh
20 FupoEt atssr Sasissaf Saturdays na and roar1
before buaincsa houra Mouqaya. ..'t
S Sfes .ya s1,zsa rom ' n xofs ssnFs a
freight W. - brought through the New York Canal by
-Four men, who had bocn picking up wood in Tho
privilege Of tho Captain Of tbs prop I.sae Of Tying
While trying to mako fist to tho VESSEL tho acow up.
got md the men wofs thrown out. Thrce Of thoftn
n? s e1 saa Ssess
had gona, to Ills aaeistance roachea linn,
Thoy had, =: fearful raiu,storru at Detroit hat
Wednesday,, Tho rain.dropa were large enough to oil
storm struck thc marino reporter Of thd seniatl hut
he was not pueay enough to strike back, But little
"A now lighthouse Is erecting on Ferguson Point,
The aohr Kate Kelly, laden with coal for Chicago
apT1ng ,cda @ n tho "eland oAna and has gone to
The lightsnp damaged at Bar Point tow days ago
repair her. It Important ha s veassl ho si Teturn
ed to her post, At the earliest practicable moment aa
fog Of thick weather would be doably hazardous. '
The total shipments by wntor, from Saginaw Niv-
or, during last week, were aa fotlows:-
4unoeft .1O2 PAT, 500
iatns .''." sloo Bao
stlsG 000
4l1l 8vo
Timber, cubic 059,t00
Al East BOSTON, Mass tiore has been built b. &
without ffamo. he Sasssl is 1ss feet long, ieat
large capacity, md buoyhncy Thovcsael Is composed
@ o. square M % 1Sss OF spruce foot s9uare placed ono
eass ia = osss 9 se 6
or expects That thIs vessel will provo to be stronger
moro sapacdoua and fester then vessos Of tho orna
ry construction. In timber era ia saving Of 10 per
cent. Twonty-air tons Of iron wcro used. Tue oon-
struction Of vessels this plan Illustrated by on
TGa old ship city Il Madison, utter aesy}ca of aey
eneon years on the lakes. has ut length bean aban-
years ahs mot With no disaster worth rccordinR Her
asst msfortn9e Maa III October, 1857. as Port wash
upwards. nJny, 1850, she struck the pier at Willow
oreek and waa damaged $500. sho losta nan over
board In Jnly: y:1saa Il oswego Soon 9fser. in tho
same month"; ahe went ashore at Qass River. Lake
sus sSa ~ sssS:
~ asmaeeS s. Sdee Tve other nisiosianes o!ortoos
her, nnsl in October Of lust year eho ashore nt
Washington Ialaud, which was the final oloso of her
career.
The Detroit Port sayn: "Thero must bo change
soon, and ono for tho worse Is almost Impossible.
freights looking up tribe at that portland that
quito n1mbpr Of veaaela which have not Attcd out
this seaaon have eommenccd tho work within tho past
terday, saya quite number Of vessel Captains who
tied their yBssels up at that port waiting for better
tmcs, tre' preparing 10 como out again during tho
coming week. At this port matura apparently as
aS hns m od tug tSpaa heard TO-
years, and I'll bot Int that In lcsa than thirty
days vessel CaptuuB won't be able to take their choico
from Twenty-Five or thirty tuga they'll tahe the first