Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-25
HARBoR & MARINE NEWS.

Grief overlook one of the mud seowS
last week and she sank in Is feet of water.
The Ann Maria, of the Capron feet,
has been purchased by Messrs. C. W. Hall
and b. P Hawkins for 800.
One of Pat Smiths dredges and a tug
were at work raising mud scow yester-
day, that was sunk in the lake below the
piers.
The sch'r Star of Hope is being hove
from her bed so long occupied in the chan
mel of the creek, just below the draw
bridge.
"A supply of coal coming forward for
the A. & P. docks to be in readiness for the
disappearance of the ice and the opening
of navigation.
The old school house at the Harbor has
bten purchased by the St. Peters society
and removed to the first street south, on
the Hubbard plat.
Every prominence affOrding view Of
the lake shows the unbroken white of the
ice which for some weeks, we believe, has
been driven to the south shore.
Tallman's new tug is nearly completed
in the hull, and after painting will be
launched and supplied with her engine in
season for the opening of the white fish
business.
-MessTs. Blair and Newell are overhaul
ing their purchase-the Snowdrop-anG
find her good purchase at $500. Capt.
Blair will propaby be master when ousi-
ness begins.
The high ground in from: of the slip
of the A. & P. is being moved into the
marsh in front Of the eompany's station.
The road by which it is hauled looks as if
it would take mountain goat to climb it.
Dredging in the 1000 feet slip has
now gotten fairly under way and progress
is apparent Two dredges are engaged in
the work. The A. & P. drelge is nearing
completion so far as the shipwrights are
concerned.
The seh'r Oneida is undergoing pret-
ty thorough repair and will be painted as
thoroughly. She is found to be in excell-
ent condition, and her ownerS--Capts.
Ford and Richardson-are well pleased
with their purchase at $4,000. If not sold
she will go into service as soon as the ice
will allow under the mastership Of Capt.
Beebe.
"A pile driver belonging to Messrs.
Chapman & Coaledge, contractors at the
HarbOr, mounted upon scow, was run
into just below the pOntoon bridge, on
Tuesday last, by a scow in tow of tug be-
longing to P 81. Smith, who is dredging for
the Lake Shore company, and the thing
badly demolished. The driver and engine
we understand were unloaded INTO the lake
at some damage, which is estimated by
some as high as $1,000.
NAVIGATION OPEN.
The steam barge, II. d. COfinberry and
conSort. Newcomb, arrived here yester-
day, afternoon at two o'clock from Cleve-
land. They came down light and exper-
fenced no difficulty in running through
the ice off this harbor, which is badly
broken up and will soon disappear, These
vessels are the first that have entered this
harbOr this Spring, and navigation may
now be said to be fairly opened here.
THE NEW DREDGE.
dnr ho
past few months building for the A. & P.
Co. a new hull for the machinery taken
from the dredge that was wrecked last Fall
in the lake off this harbor. Yesterday af-
ternoon was the time appointed for launch
ing it and a large number of citizens and
persons interested were on hand to witness
her taking to the water, but when our re-
porter left, at four o'clock, she still re-
mained on the blocks, but she is now prob
ably sfoat. The timber used in its con-
struction is of selected oak and is furnished
by Mr.. Harvey Hill of New Lyme, and has
been put together under the supervision of
Mr.. Chapman, contractor of the new A. G.
P. R. R. docks, from plans and speeifica-
tions furnished BY Mr.. S. B. Fisher, me-
chanical engineer of the Penna. Co. The
cost of the hull, which includes timber, la
bor, bolts. etc., will foot up to about 50, 800.
1t is said by judged to be one of the fin
est and most powerful craft of the kind in
the country. The machinery is to be placed
in her as rapidly as possible, after which
she will be used in filling and excavating
near the new A. 6 P. docks. She is to be
named the Hercules, and will be command
ed by Capt. John Kulnane.