, 1880-07-11
Further Concerning the Clark Street
Bridge Collision Case.
Proposed Canal from Georgian Bay to the
Bay Of Quinte.
HOME GATHERIN GS.

8Agement8 reported were US follows: 10 But
falo-Propeller Fountain City, wheat On through
rate; schooners M. E. Tremble, Charles Foster,
and barge William Edwards, corn at
cents; propellers Blanchard and Russia, outs
on through rate. To Kingston-Schoone
Mary Battles, wheat 1T cents Capacity 5000
bushels wheat, :85, 600 bushels corn, and 175,o0
bushels oats.
Coarse freghts are advancing. The rate on
lumber from Manistee Is now 81. .12N}4. an i'm
provement of 121i cents. On wood, ties, posts,
etc, IN advance is being obtained, although
shippers caution agents aguinst reporting char
ters where an advance is granted. At least such
is the statement made TO TlE TR1DUNE.reporter
by some of the agents. The consequence is thnt
but little information Of value to car
rtcrs con be obtAined- The engagements
made known yesterday were: Schooner
Pier ss to schicaso % at saisH; % schooner @ % Peoria,
hardwood lumber from Pine Like to Chicago on
private terms; schooner Grncc Murray, cedar
rate: rrte steam bnrge Hilton, lumber from White
Lake to Chicago ut $lI5-
TILE CLARK STREET BRIDGE AFFAIR.
Capt. William T: Conner, Of the tug Martin
Ciark street bridge day before yesterday, claims
that the tenders OF the bridge mlslei him by
tripping the bell at intervals until he WAS so
side Of the vessel. Tacitiy he admits that no ef-
fort was made to do go, by saying that when be
found himself SO dangerously close to. the
structure he made up his mind to move right
along, regardless Of the consequences, although
he had no intention to hurt any one. 1t was
stated last evening that the City-AttornMey M nag f
Capt. Conner. with the view OF testing 'the ex-
tent Of the rights Of tug and vessel masters ia
Confer asserts that the city viii have to pay for
the jibboom Of the Mocktng Bird In the end.
CONNECTION oE THE WATERS.
The water in the river was in great comuotton
all day Yesterday AZ o'clock IN tie BE, morning
ter Of an hour iater had resumed the usual level
Thereafter tides or currents set In and out at
regular intervals AL day about O'clock sst last
fatda' inches ' n iess ~ than l@'i twenty minutes
ana 4ae saeo see ecnad as
By, some this disturbance was regarded as in
dicatiye Of squally weather outside; by others
wind up the lake. The latter theory seemed 70
have the most hackers. Early last night the
horizon was dark, lowering, and very threaten ten
and the lurid glare of lightning betokened
heavy rainfall
The tug Two Brothers is in the Chicago Com
pany's West Side dock for an oyerhaulinR, IN
toned at South Chicago in the ashiug business
and thereafter sho will engage in towing here,
The Two Brothers made the run from South
Chicago hither-that Is from pier to pler-tn 5l5
The Canadian barge Ltsgar had her yawl
crushed 10 the South Branch yesterday:
The schooner Narragansett goes to, milwaukee
Thc schooner Ottawa lost her jibboom near
the lower railroad bridge in the South Branch
! Friday evening, while being towed by the tug
fhe tug Satisfaction and schooner Ketcham
| each has broken stanchion 10 report In con-
sequence Of squeeze given them by d steam
barge In The North Branch Friday evening.
Yesterday the tug l.: B: johnson vas not 10
| Commission because of the decentralization OF
her suoke stack shifting genr by coming IL con-
| tact with the quarter Of vessel In the South
Branch. ,-...
schooner John B. Merrill. The Merrill loaded
| and sailed for Buffalo ut O'clock last evening"
During Friday afternoon & lon&sh9lsemaa I asdaa e1a-
F. Wade, ut MarshnlFs t1nuery, Haistea strect
bridge, suffered a sunstroke, from the effects OF
he fe a'sI c}Geap retnned from
Friday night with Dredgc No. =, dump scow' Gn;'
| and n driver scow, belonging to the Chi
Dedng eao a ana p9fn fIom chcaeo to Esan
w Necessary I repairs upon her machinery caused
4 new horn has been placed in the schooner
'JtI It Is stated that the Milwaukee Tug Company
are about to seud the tugs Hugerman, John T.
Merrill and ,aexter to Chicago to engage In tow
in9. Things are so dull at Milwaukee that the
tu1rs lie Idle during the greater portion of each
day. 4,u,
was Yesterday advanced to so per month: The
confession was made all along the line. without
the unpleasant feature Of d strike
The fnter-Oceau and Argonaut arrived here
afternoon with cargoes Of grain. The william
srryed gesteay svnnnR m9nE got M eqe e1e
loaded and of for Buffalo. The Ballentine and
Moore were luter comers. Last evening; bow
ever. saw the eA1oore loaded, and the Batlent!ne
nearly so. Both expected to get away during
tie night This is quick work. The Hcet carry
aO0O6 bushels Of corn. :,
Capt. james F. Troye!l retired IRON ene eqa1 }af.
far Milwaukee last evening: Capt John Nc M
Cormtck is temporarily in command. capt', NC, NC
inn gt one tune had command OF one OF tne
Goodrich liners.