, 1881-04-17
Unsettled Condition Of the Market
-. for Grain and Coarse
Freigfts.
Great Activity Among Coasters in
Consequence Of the Fine
Weather.
The chitaga and Grand na7en Raute- -iese
Hansfers-lee on Lake Erie.
4 Launch at Detroit Steamer Movements
at Oleveland-Local and
General.
LAKE FREtGU'rS.

vessel agents report. no Qeallu2S III Es<aaN
freights- This is due altogether to the de-
morulizution occasioncd by the railroad war
While entertaining the hope OF q speedy read
justment Of rates by the great trunk lines, car
riers seem now to be prepared to accept much
lower tlgurcs than were demanded screral weeks
ago. Tho unsettled state Of their views. how
ever, renders it utterly impossible to venture
guess us to the probable rates Of the future
They do not appear to be in any hurry to mako
engagements bccausc Of dnwnlng c"nricton
thai the Straits and Buffalo Hurbor will not be
open until the 9th OR 10Th Of May. which will
afford them 1nlIy TWO weeks more time for re-
Election aud ilnu determination. Until they
enter thu market themselves nu married activity
need be expected.
i considerable number Of vessels left this
port yesterday for points a!o.,g the west anu
east shores Of this lake to loud with lumber anu
other cu:.rsc freghtS. tut according To tho best
Information IT. possession Of tue reporter of
The TRIBUNE the rates ut freight nre not TO be
determined until tho return OF the vessels WIN
their cnrgucs. 1t IS the customary practice ot
everybody waiting for soncbudy to lccel't tlg-
ures thar may be pouncce upoa and accepted
rs the "ghing rates.. 1t was learned ycster-
duy that the owner Of several stean- burgess has
contracted tsi carry several million feet Ut luu-
her from Muskexou to Chicago Il. 81 10 per f-u0o
nu engagement 70 deliver :uU0U feet fr.,ul tho
snmc pUr. at $l.:U per l.U0U feet is confirmed,
but it appears that the contract was entered into
several weeks ago with the view OF Securing
enriy spring work. The, carrier secured charter
easily cuuugh, but the weutheS bus sadly dis
appointed his anticipntl2ns-
cord On dry wood from PeltwMrer to Chicag.
| The scow Cnriste takes wood to Milwaukee, from
Pentwater At the $ sa!t'e ; rate: o,,.an .pa
The schouners II. l. Cutiius and j. Duvall nre
under chartcr fur wood frotn kowley's Bay 1o
| Milwaukee ut 80 per cord.
at Milwaukee it is thought that lumber
frcigh,s will open at Sl.:J per 1,oJJ feet from
MuskeYon. $i.15 from Lul4ngton, and s. frutn
Annsstce-all to Milwaukee.
mir f1$e
| fur Tonnage, and ure freely Offering - cents 10
Chicago. Tesiei-nwuers are firm u dem and ng
! 81 per tout.n argue that CONTINUED il.rth~
easter n,uy ,ble vessels To gcr through frunl
| there to Cleveland uad load at 81 before the
The SCHOONER W. j. sutYel is chartered to take
| lumber and timber frun Toronto to Osweg-
schooner Jane McLeod fets. $50, iastead of
$1.:u, M lumber tn the sulne place.
| 1t is reported that SI...ai has been refused on
| lumber from Bay CITY to 'fonawundu.
THE RESUMPTION OF MA ALTON
| 4 day Of unusually fine weather caused q
great stir among coarse-freighters. The ship
chuuderies were pushed to their utmost in
| sending outfits to vessels and furnishing them
with needed ARTICLES frnm their stocks In trade.
The tugs tuty, had numerous calls to thlw QUE
| centre boards and nuke tOw5, End pedestrians
were enforced TO suffer customary delays ut
bridges while vessels were pushing through. a
gluncc at the port-list will show that not less
than thirteen sail vessels left this port yester-
dav. The !lcct Kur away between noon aud t1,TA.
and tugs experienced little difficulty IN towing
thetn past ttle ice line. OnlnrrOS Will undnuot-
eiy witness the departure Of US nlutly more aud
ere the close of the wee. fully two-1hirs OF tho
cuur5e frcEnters thnt Wiutered here VIII De once
| mt,re in service
| 4 private dispatch from Grand Haven an
| nounces that 1he propeller New Era left at noon
yesterday, luwrga tieet OF tre barxes .iecn
| with lumber A1l1 5nlugle5. She Will arrive WIFI
them this uOrll.tls. aud Immediately return Win
| 4 ROW OF twu turee Others now waiting loc nef
| in the lower hurbur.
THE GRAND HAVEN ROUTE.
! Grand Haven and Muskeguu people ure be-
| stirring themselves to orgaafzc joint-stock
company, with cash capital of 100000, for the
| purpose of putting on line OF bouts between
Chicagp. Grand Huven, and Muskegon. In place
of the Goodrich liners thnt have been with
| druwu. 1t Is proposed to style the CORPORATION
the Michigan j. Chicago Transportation Com
puny. The chief movers in the scheme claim
that the Goodrich Line steamers MuskeRun and
Corona can be purchased, the former for sl0ooJ
| and the latter tor S>.u.U0U No doubt the GoNd-
rcn Company are willing to sell the ste:lmeFs
named but shere. is the best OF authority tor the
assertion that SsUU00 cannot buy Them At De-
truft, Il few days since. Capt. G0cdr.ch. IN tue
course uf a aliusion to the abandonment of the
line between Chicago and Grand Haven, said
that he had run bouts between those places Tor
the last twenty years and got nothing but abuse
fur his pains.
VESSEL TRANSFERS.
| According to the record of sale made at the