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running up to the undertside Of the upper deck deck
beams These posts are eight feet apart IRON tl
ceutros, and are capped BY three tiers Pc O. ioog
sTapS9 oah bat dGpRns g s 10 al
fastened to the ends Of the vessel SO as to bold
.vith sx5i iron running diagepally across :from
one post to the other, forming cross @ between
each two posts and: there u then run iore ana
end, a strap Of rs: iron running the
Distance past tho end Of arches and woli fsst-
ore-and-aft strap is fastened with one and
one-eighth-inch bolts through tho arches, ana
through the diagonal straps. 90 that these bolts
md aft strap is run over the llagonai strnps ut
the CROSS, and tleso three parts OF iron arc fast
ened by hot rivets thus fastening them together
il the hold OF the Vessel. Quite a number OF the
diagonal straps at both ends run well down On
eIghts lnch iron bolts at each end. whore tho
arch curves down and TIE sheer ct deck eel curves M
chock Is fastened between the neas oeaas o nha
builders claim that these nrchcs Will hold tie
ends Of tho vessel up and prevent the bottom
fso ts ssy a1s sns
sides having the same effect that might DO ex-
psced m 9f ten h4 aae eef " Mt9
only two ana one-hslf leet apart 1rom ,n'a
keel. The lower deck beams aro, also fastened
to the arch posts BY bolts, and also u stringer
six By ten inches running TIE whole ia4 eneh qa o.
Of seven -elghths inch iron through tho posts,
and bolted edreways to the beams. 1t is claimed
that this extra fastening OF the beams f 60 re tne
bflge, will securely strengthen the hflges 20 that
they cannot work. These arches must bo ssen
to be appreciated, snd urc certainly very fine
The Progress will make few trips this fall
without machinery as "a toY-oargc: she VIII
have four masts and will spread 1,so0 yards of
s@eeo Without maobusfiy, Or slso,oo5 complete
IN CONTACT WITH sSAG.
The parties intrusted with the job OF casting
IN the lake, ii appears. took no pains to beach
her, nut let the old trap go short distance out
side Of the harbor piers to move about wstn O., ahe
while ridding the river Of a nuisance, the lake
has been incu1nbefcd with one. Capt. Brewer,
OF the tug Mary blcLnne. stated to the reporter
schooner John Kelderhouse into port the 3lc-
5s5st qs. sSs titles up ora nSa9st se sso tss ss
vessel wae came ~ near @ running TIC Jug down. The
keiderhouse iH her turn struck the aangero1us e1u:
night Capt. Brewer saw the tug Miller, with =
vessel in tow, pass close to the .Vater-loggcd
hulk. i evidently not having been observed b.
outside through contact with the hulk, suits
against the city to recover may be expected.
An OLD TC0 SOLD AND 4 NEW ONE TO BE BUILT.
Yesterday George r. Gilman became the pnr
s p1ice paid $500. Under the ter,ns Of sale 8. i:
Green fhs tue Co. %nt ore the 70 eiSse use na
Mr. Gilmore without formality. Messrs. Green
8 Co. propose to build large pew tug during
the coming winter, one that shall be the peer in
power, speed, and sea-goiug qualities OF any
thing now owned in Chicago. It has not yet
been determined whether the hull shall be built
here, or at Milwaukee or Manitowoc.
DRY-DoCK WORK.
occupy the Chicago compauy's dry-docks for
The & kak ass and ao 2has m a eang saa spa Tae
Yesterday the schooner F. S. Marsh and ing
Flossie Thielcke were in dry-dock at Miller
Brothers shipyard to have leaks stepped. The
stcnn1- barge NahAut was docked last evening to
unship her radder.
DOCK NOTES.
Among the arrivals here early yesterday
morning was the new Anchor Line propeller
Gone.naugh, wlth caso TO Of salt from Ply C!ty;
architecture. being perfect counterpart ct the
Lycoming In size and appointments. The d.
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previous occasions been printed fn Tue TRIB-
usE. Therefore it is not necessary to give them
The insurance of 5000 upon the tug Thomas
Spcur, which was burned on Friday OF Carlton,
Wis, Is divided between the Orient and Green
wich Companies, 1900 in each.
Tho new Steam n-bQEge Henry Chisholm suc-
ceeded In passing through the draw Of Chicago
avenue bridge on Friday evening with the aid
OF two tugs, only to ground again as h4rd Us
ever after seachIng the Ogden Canal and within
stones throw OF her dock. LigAteriRg Was
again resorted to yesterday, and by dark the I'M
fortunate craft was alongside Of the dock ready
to begin the discharge OF her coal cargo
The schooner Clara Is nursing broken jlb-
boom Until q new one can be provided for her.
Private dispatches were received hero ytstcr-
day announcing that the Ford River Lumber
ashore half mile south Of Two Rivers during
9 dense fog. A tug has gone to her assistance
from Milwaukee.
All day yesterday the wind blew down tho lake
from south.southwest with the freshness Of a
gale: To-day it may whip around to west
northwest -
The brideetenders arc becoming so embo1d-
encd through the good treatment bestowed
upon them by the authorities as to set laws and
regulations at defiance and ball tugs with toWs
after o'clock in the evening.
The tug Annie l. Smith got line in her wheel
on the lake, and was compelled tn give up tow
The stern Of the tug WIS lifted with the derrick
in Lighthouse Slip, and the line removed
MARINE DISASTERS.
SCHOONER REsUNrmoE STRANDED.
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