Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-30
aARHOR ANDmARINK.
CLEAREr

1 ADril l5-Schr. GOeAAHAs NaPt. III 3AS-N-'
| light for Toledo.
April 1s-Tug Payne. Capt. j. T. Sullivan, for
| Port Huron
April as-schr. L N Foster, Capt. NickersOn,
| salt for Cleveland.
April a7-Schr. Col. Hathewsy, Capt. C. Wood
| grif, for Detroit. $50 tons coal.
April 27-Scow Vampire, Capt D. N. Ingraham,
for Cleveland.
The ice in Marquette bay is still firm
and solid.
1t is said sailors wages this season will
range from 81 to 81 so yer day.
The tug Deztsr present an elegant sp-
pearanee in her new coat ofpaints
Freights from Chicago TO Buffalo are
81 C. and tor corn. and and ~ c. fer
wheat
There is still large quantity Of ice in
the lake at Buffalo, and unless the wealth
er grows much warmer, will doubtless
remain there for some time.
The first arrival at Cleveland from
Canada, this season, is the scoW Lydia
Mack, that was beached of this harbor
two years ago last fall, loaded with peas.
The Anchor Line on account of dull
ness of trade, has decided not to put
either of the steamers India, China, or
Japan into commission before the 1st of
June.
The amount of coal on the A., Y. & P.
docks is very small at present, and the
| prospects now are that it will be some
weeks before the receipts will be equal to
those of last spring.
The port of Erie has been designated as
life saving station, and that proposals
will soon be invited for the materials and
construction of the necessary boats,
houses, and other apparatus.
The South wind OF last Saturday night
carried away the large field of ice that
had closed in about the Harbor and on
Monday the clear blue water was to be
seen as far as the eye could reach.
The 1. ~ Foster, which has been lying
here during the winter, is now being fit
ted out preparatory to a transfer to
Cleveland. She has on a cargo of salt,
which is now wanted in that market.
The new Michigan Transportation
Company, which has now control of the
EngeImann, Milwaukee Transportation
Co., will run line of steamers this sum-
mer between Grand Haven and Chicago.
Messrs. Hubbard & Co. are putting the
finishing touches on their new store, and
it will soon be ready for occupancy. The
post-Ofice, which is TO be located in this
building, is to be fitted up in a muc b
more convenient manner.
Last Friday afternoon, steam barge
with her consort, bound down, became
fast in the ice, and for several hours was
unable to extricate herself. When we last
saw her she was about three miles out,
beyond the ice and headed up the lake.
The new propeller now on The stocks
in Cleveland for the Western Transpor-
tation Co., will, when lcompleted, be the
largest boat on the lakes. Her extreme
length is 275 feet, beam 42 feet, and depth
of hold 16 feet. Her carrying capacity is
estimated at 2,50O tons.
The A., Y. & p Co. have been awarded
the contract for removing the bar beyond
the mouth of the harbor, and as soon as
the ice moves away from this shore the
large dredge, A&atG6uIG. will commence
the work. The tug Dezter is to do the
towing of the mud scows.
The new steamer Ohio, built at Huron
during the last winter, has been taken to
Cleveland where she is to receive her
machinery and general out fit. Her
length over all is 222 feet beam S5 feet
and depth of hold 1S feet inches. When
she Is in readiness she Will take her place
in the line OF the Sandusky and Saginaw
Transportation Co.
She steamer Duluth left Chicago for
Milwaukee last Tuesday morning to take
her place in the route between Grand
Haven and Milwaukee 1t is rumored
that before the Ist. of June this vessel and
another boat not yet named, but in all
probability the sidewheel steamer Sagi-
nav, will be put upon the new route be-
tween CHI cago and Grand Haven, by the
Northwestern Transportation Co. in op-
sltion to the Goodrich Line steamers.