Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-08-08
MARINE NEWS.

The new propeller Chicago, left Cleve-
land last Sunday on her maiden trip, tax
ing a cargo Of miscellaneous merchandise
to Chicago.
Robert Stewart, Of Windsor, is build
ing new culvert over Fields brook, on
the east side in place of the one that was
washed out during the freshet of last
September.
"A feet of the largest boats on the
lakes have been in the HarbOr during the
past week. Among them were the Egyp-
tian, Havana, David Vance, Leonard
Hanna and Helena.
The pOntOon under the west approach
to the swinging bridge at the Harbor,
which was carried away last week by the
steam barge Sparta, has been repaired and
was put in use sgain last Sunday.
Charles II. Pratt, recently mate on the
schooner Oneida, has now taken the birth
of mate on the schooner David Vance
Charley is to be congratulated on secur-
ing the position on so fine vessel.
The large and fine schooner, David
Vance, which came in last Friday with
ore, has been repainted and her deck oil
ed while here. She takes a cargo of coal
to Milwaukee, from which point she will
reload with grain.
As the Helena was passing out last
Saturday, her stern swung about and
crushed a small boat that was lying at
the dock near Bridge street Ifa vessel
can get by this point without doing some
damage to property she is considered
lucky.
The new propeller New York, of the
Union Steamboat Co, passed Ashtabula
last Sunday morning. This is the first
trip of this mammoth boat, which meas
ures PSI feet over all, II feet hold, 81 feet
beam, and is 1921 tons burden She is
three feet longer than the Commodore.
There is getting to be quite scarcity
of vessels for the iron ore trade. The ad-
vancing freights in grain is the cause, and
such vessels as not bound by contracts
are hurrying back to Chicago and Mil
waukee for cargoes of grain. The Vance
was to have left yesterday for Milwaukee.
1t is quite likely that grain freights will
drop as rapidly as they rose, on account
of the large fleet that is now entering into
this trade.
The Painesyille Telegraph says the
steam barge Whitmore, arrived at Fair
port Friday night with 7SO tons of ore,
and it took two steam hoisting tubs till
Monday night to unload her. They may
consider that dispatch at FairpOrt, but at
Ashtabula it would be considered very
slow work. 7SO tons could be taken out
of a vessel at this harbOr, by two cranes
in about ten hours, and the boys would
not be compelled to work very hard at
that.
ARRIVED.
July 3lst-Prop Egyptian, ore, Marquette.
Aug. 2-Sch'r Q. G. Breed. ore, Eseanaba.
Ohio. ore, EscanabS. sch'r Oneida, stone,
Kelley Island. Prop. Jno. N. Glidden, ore,
Marquette. Seh'r n. R. Warner, ore, Escan-
ada Prop. FRED Aelieys ore EECdnaOa.
5th-Sch'r Florida, light, Hamilton. Prop.
R. J. Hacket, ore, Marquette.
6th-Sch'r H. n. Brown, ore, Escanaba-
Prop. COrmerant, ore, Marquette Sch'r Alva
Bradley, ore, Marquette.
CLEARED.
July SIst-Sch,r Oneida, light, Kelleys ISL
and. Seh'r Richard WinElOW, light. Mar
Quette. Sch'r Flying Cloud. coal, Narcotic.
Prop. Egyptian, light, Marquette.
Aug. Ist-Sch'r John Merrill, coal. Mil
waukee. Seh'r Montauk. coal, Chicago.
Sch'r L. Hanna, light, Escanaba. Sch'r
Typo, coal, Chicago.
2d-Prop. Havana, light Escanaba. Sch T
Helena, Hight Egeanaba.
4th-Sch'r N. r. Wagner, light. Escanaba.
Prop. Fred Kelley, light, Escanaba
5th-Prop. John N. Glidden, light Mar
Quette. Prop. R. ]. Haeket, light, Mar
quette. Prop. COrmerant, light, Marquette.