Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-03
Marine,
The Eva English has had her boiler

raised and her cabin is to be rebuilt.
-Amiot launched one of Macarthur,
Smith 81 Co.'s new scOws Thursday after
noon. H.
j. Dingman's tug, the Clara Irr, is
being fitted out for the seasons busi-
ness.
The propeller Mary was launched
Thursday afternoon. She is being. re-
painted, and when completed will be one
of the handsOmest crafts afiOat.
-Amiot has the timber prepared for
two new lighters fcs the ChebOygan
Lumber company, and one has been
started and will be finished in the short
est possible time. ID,
The schooner Duncan City is having
some important repairs made on her, at
Duncan. She has received new bow
spirit, jib-bOOm, fOremast, tOpmast and
deck. Her bulwarks are being repaired
and will be as good as new.
Mr.. johnson, at Macarthur, Smith
& Co.'s dock, has received telegram
stating that the Keweenaw would leave
Detroit for this port and Mackinac next
Tuesday evening. She will probably
reach here about Friday morning.
The tug 7. NJ. Bradley is to have one
of the wheels formerly in the Mary,
The wheel is larger than the one she
formerly used, and with the new engine
being built by H. A. Blake, will afford
her more power and better adapt her to
towing.
The Marine City left Detroit Tuesday
evening for this port. Last night, at
dark, she was at Crawfords Quarry and
expected to reach mere early this morn
ing, but the thick weather, doubtless
prevented her. 1t is reported that heI
whistle was heard this morning.
The dredge has been busy at work
this week dredging channel been the
lumber docks of the Cheboygan Lumber
company. The channel will be 40 feet
wide, 13 feet deep, and the full length OF
the docks, to enable vessels to be tOwed
in between the docks and take on full
cargo of lumber.
The Bismarck was launched Thurs
day. She is to blow her old whistle this
season. The chime which has been on
her for the last two seasons is going or
the Mary. This will be good news to Oul
citizens, for it was an awful noisy whis
tie, and it will be away from the harbOl
a good portion Of the time with tht
Mary.
The Saginaw Herald says Carkin
Stickney & Cram are building a new
dredge on the west side of the river, ant
near by they are rebuilding the tug Mil
dred so that she will be as good as new
The dredge will be Sc feet in length, q
feet beam and Is inches draft. 1t will
provided with The best of machinery, ant
will have capacity for IL 600 yards pc
day.
The first steamer i'm the straits thi
season, put in her appearance yesterda,
forenoon, being steam barge towing
cOnsOrt, She attempted to work through
the south passage, but at dark last nigh
seemed to be stuck In the ice some mile
above this port and to-day the weathe
is SO thick that it is impossible to Sc
out on the straits. +.
p. Chamberlain, President of th
Northern Transit company, issues tn
following: Hereafter please address let
ters relating to freight traffic passin,
through Port Huron or Sarnia, to w. "
Ellsworth, General Freight Agent, POr
Huron, Mich; remittances and letter
relating to financial matters to w. "
Butler, Treasurer, Port Huron, Mich
letters relating to passenger traffic to Y
w. Halbert, General Passenger Agenr
Port Huron, Mich; all other correspond
ence and reports to A. w. French, or my
self, Port Huron.