, 1881-04-24
MARINE!:NEWS,
The Warm Weather Produces. No
Marked Effect upon the
Chicago lce.Blockade.
Damage by Collision in the River
"A Sailors Remarkable
Escape from Death.
Interesting "reminiscences Of Early
Navigation on the Illinois &
Michigan Canal.
Condition Of The Nraits-Sagiaaw Ray Still Solid,
and Lake Huron CoFered with lee
from Shore ID Shore.

Condition Of The Sraits-Sagiaaw Ray Still Solid,
and Lake Huron Colered with Ice
from Shore t9 Shore.
HOME GATHERINGS.
THE 1cE-nLofKApE.
Notwithstanding the ubually warm weather
yesterday, and Il gentle brdcze from the south,
no change worthy Of notc} occurred in the con-
dition Of tho ice-blocka,1e Of Chicago harbor.
Tho fields cxte:,d out into tho luke to the cast
wurd iudcllnitly and in p northerIy direction
fully six miles. For tho first three miles after
leaving the harbor the ice pack is so heavy us to
offer considerable resistance to the passage of
tugs aud othor steam vessels but tho remainder
can casiy be penetrated. Friday evening tho
tug Moshcr brought Ii, Il schooner tllt scow and
yesterday the tug Mary McLane rcached the
river With tow OF three vessels. These were
the only sail arrivals noted since the exploit ot
tho tugs Commodore and Campbell whereby
twelve Vessels udIaged To- reach the harl,or III
two tOws,-eleven i'll one ana one In the second.
As muny as fifty snit-ycssets of aI descriptions
afternoon. but the tugs toSed only nine or ten
nf them through to the open water OF the lake.
The remainder will be taken out to-day. 1ho
tug-uilces were fhrly btslegcd by Captains,
especially toward cycnE. but us NIL OF tho boats
in commission had abundance Of work iu
hand but little comfort could bo afforded to
swcarins resulted, bur such invocadons failed
to mend matters or improve the situation III tho
least Nearly nll of tho vessels moved down
stream took two tugs because of the current:
and 1t was for. this rcasou' mainly, that boats
were so scarce.
Shortly beforc noon yesterday the Saugatuck
fishing tug A. Mcmillan started fur South
ChicuEo, alid reached ncr destination late In the
day. Tho tug Two brothers. owned by Munsen
s. Co., Left South Chicago for this port EttUts,
bur up to dark had NOT arrived. 1t was rcptaacd
during tho afternoon that she could be
seen some distance southeast OF the harbor fast
brothers to leave South Chicago because OF tho
ice blockade, Mcssrs Munsen s. Co. have been
compelled to cngase the tug Tom brown to tow
This they feel inclined to regard dead loss,
aud it Is nearly SO.
RIVER susnArs.
Yesterday y+ ,: ai1srnoon the barge st.
steam, with the intention If leaving port OH her
first trip this season. But. unfortunately, in
bridge Sue took Il sheer toward tho wesr dock
line and run into tho schooner T. u. Stanton,
which lay moored Inside Of another
tie jibboo'n and Il ca,icad on tho st1,lIon. und
then brought her stern uEsainst tho schooner
Ietrcl, lying just below, with such violence us
suffered damage, but to what extent could not
be asccrtained last evening. On board Ut tho
ST. Joseph dumagc was done to be1wecn-dcck
stanchions and quiekwork TO such III extent
that prompt return to tho shIDyard tor repairs
was rendered necessary.
In II collision with tho stcnm-barge S. C. Hail
yesterday forenoon, somewhere IN tho South
Branch, the schooner Churles Luiins lost her
jibbe'on. 4 new 9ne is beiug supplied by tho
Chicago Dry-Duck Commlny,
Tho tu:, \. Mosicr was forced against bridge
nburment yesterday and had tpO stuuchious,
quickwork, ETC.. broken
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
p A seaman named Alexander Anderson had n
miraculous escupc from instantaneous denth OIL
board Ut the schooner j. W. DOaue yesterday
afternoon. He had asccnded the foremost for
the purpose OF recvinE fhe jib halyaras
trestlt-trees and cap, be lost his hold md fell.
Luckily bis position wns SUCH in falling, thut
the nne tet by a f bis
rendered powerless thruu.fra excessive fright is
no1 known; but he lay mdtio,,lcss acrtss tho
trestie-trees for some moments: Thea h: he
op''e'i Of bis head, ,e'o;sa rcsn,nci lis feet
aud slowly clambercd down the rigging to tho
s,lmed work, having sustained no inj Jury OF any
consequence. The escape Of Anderson was
most miraculous. Ordinarily Il nan could not
fall as he did without making the descent TO tho
deck. ncarly ninety feet below. nnd telng killed
lnsttntaneousiy. 1t must have been the thought
that such was indeed 10 be MS fate that ret,-
dercd him for the moment powerlcss to net. To
complete the recital OF the Incident It is neces-
sary TO add that tho reetin1 of the jib halyasds
wus left for i more auspcioits time.
INSURANCE MAGSATEs IN SESSION.
The n,aguates OF the New York combination
Of tifteen Of the inarre-lnsurNl!ce companies
doing business on the lakes we're in session YES
cttic Hotel. The session was Of strictly private
nature, snd ,,u reporters were admitted. Con-
nothing is known Of the nature or rc-
sui; Of tie deliberations uor will anything be
known until sut,1e OF those who were present
d,yulEe the proceedings. 1t WIS yet too curly
for this Inst evening. Although an invitation to
be present WIS extended to nH General Agents
aud officers Of outside companies, it can be
stated that some Ut these companies were uu-
represented ut the meeting, seemingly for very
LAKE FnE1GHrs.
The through rate to New York, via Erie. OBJ
taineti by the Anchcr Line for the t5.003 bushels
Of wheat shipped by ". I. Baker Co. was 10
liycriug the gruin ut Erie abuut II cents per |
bushel. It II stated that an "ffcr Of 10000
bushels Of whcat At ihs e. SINE IN, rue " vas nao
Coarse treights remain unchanged. inc |
schooner City Ut Slcbotsnn goes tn .]Ackson-
Chicago delivery Of ~ cen IS on ties aud cents
Oil posts. \ fleet of vessels will leave this port
to-!norrow evening for Muskggon, TO loud With |
lumber ut freight rate of Sl.5o or $1.G25: per
l,o6o rect. An offer Of rs cents per gross ton mas
brcn made on $3.50 tons OF iron-oro awaiting
Shipment from Escannba to DepeFc
EARLY CASAL1SG IN ILLINOIS.
10 the Editnr Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, April la-Thic1y-lhrce years ago To-
Ing thu first boat arrived III Chicgo by the IIli-
1oIs 4 Michigan Canal. was then, aud until
/
-inn business, and think n few rclntniscenccs Ut
Chicago business generation ago Will interest
FOUR rcAtlers.
The work on the canal was undertaken by the
State in lSD, but after spending $5.0Ou,0o0 WAS
suspended in lS41 resumed III 1Stt and co1n-
,leted in lS4S At p. IN: April ~, ISIS, the
,nnal-bout Gen. Fry, Of Luekport, reached
3ridgcport Lock with li0 III the principal III |
,abiius,ts Of Joliet and Lockport- Every vehicle
t. Chicago was In use IL t!lke the crowd to |
bridgeport to see the sight. Bands played and
:aunun were fired. When the bont was
ockcd into Chicago River and made
i,st to the lake propeller 4. Rossircr,
vhicf had been chartered by. the city for tho
purpose. Mayor James II. Woodworth made II
pccch Of welcome which was responded to by
udge Parks Of Joliet, and the tow started TO
,hicuKo. AS We approached the forks OF the
liver every wharf WIS crowded, ind the craft
chccrcd. The boat WIS tnwcd into
AXE Michigan, and on passing Fort Dearborn.
there Rush street bridge is now. was snlutcd BY |
r.tliery frpm the fort. She was landed at the
DOT Of Water street, and the visitors mostly |
topped at the American temperance House, q
lrlc wooden hotel Mt tho northwest corner OF
,ukc Street and Wal,ush avenue. At that time
here was llnat bridge over the South Branch
t Randolph street, nl1d one over the main river
t Clark street, but no other bridges in the city
n,its. There was no gas, no Water Works. no |
ewcragc, not q mile of ratroaa running into |
1e city. and no tugs on the river
Il month later the passenger packets began
lnniug to La Salle. They we're very we'll