, 1881-09-04

betwecn decks are sxs inches, and kneed at the
head and foot. Her deck beams ar sar,eeen knecn
with sfy-fnch knees, of which there are pet"ecli
tnur m,u and % i've hundred She is square spiked
and bolted through und through = Mooaen
arch Of oak extends from tne p:Sc tI, ~ I'D M fenf
tTnis IS four inchcs by six feet. Her rail an, ana
bulwarks arc solid fram m ,,,,os end 70 ci'in@ Gn9'
with no opening: AZ Az rooTed tno Te,l's for venta
4,mn t1tu and briuc. There 'lArc venttating-
pipes forward aud aft. and n!so , Grasi STOP Stops
OF The head OF the arae9 ,wluressuro WIN @ engines
,ustr,ct cnu liz tue Globe Iron Works. sinilnr to
those Of the steamship hcpuotlc: The enSlnes
are thirty-six inches n diameter and thrtysix u
inches stroke Her boiler; is: twelve rect IN
diameter and eighteen feet long. and loc'..en
i'll wroght-irot pan which rests s}no ~ ShS -
nroviledIwith all pudera app!IanceS ~. ~ s
Cargo punpn!: salp. and extinsussnnS, ntes NY
and has such convell1ences ~ tieI e'tu oia - hn+
class She has ali elcyen-foot wnecl- Hel ull-
GERS will bc rs follows: Master !. u. fete1son:
Nate Fred Grover: engineer leFES ~, ~ ~,
s,roud engineer Frank HaEcl0cH. sou u tue
engineer.
LOW WATER At THE LlME-Kt1.SS.
sptc1at Dispatch to The Ch.ea9a 1'r1oune.
AMHElIsrRuRti, Ont. Sept 'I-1ne tug aoes a?e.h+
with the schooners Scotia, HtlEcthn, hoitou,
kinsti=her and Reed Case. Owing TO low ~ntef @
she was compelled to leave the SCOTIA una 1lein
yctju above till about noon today Inc u"
The proncllcr UutYalo ay here several hours
this morning on account or low water anu ln'ch
weather. 90; ......
The steam-burcc Minnesota with her consors
while passiIlg the Line k!lns ut noon attempteu
pass the eoy u anS
rocks piled up there by the dredEes ana ran INTO
the drill, breaking the drill frame anu dotns il
Sue also Shaved the side OF the drcdgc. But for
tho Minnesota striking ridge Of r9sks t;;
She would have surely. sunk tho drlll,
.{,7 - ~ rflfkrEH Hf4
oil them. The line was east OF the consort.
rhe Minnesota came down and the consars
drifrcd down to the head OF l5o!s Blanc ls!s.na,
and let 70 her anchor. They both had a narrow t ~
escape from drifting onto the island Ihey
passed on dosr1, not being damaged much. ,iho
propeller Milwaukee was detained I'VE ..tal mouts
Tue steam -bAr:.t: W. T. Graves, with tue Dar1e
Atluu1s Iu tow, took 20O tons OF coal ut Alulbu5
to-day.
LAUNCH OF i sTEAM-nARGE-
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1.-THE new steatn-ba
built at the Milwaukee Cotnpnl1yS shln{aru lor
tho machinery OF the old tug W: n: Mutr r. was W
tened the G. H. Starke, after one ut the members
uf tho Milwaukee Tueboat Company, by whom
the crft Is owned ler a. n iu m shoaIf
mart ~. fert. The estimated carrying capacity
OF the new boat Is a., ,UD feet Of lumber
ASHORE AND RELEASED.
Spxtirl D:s.ateh to The Chicago Tribune.
avuEusTBUnG, Ont, Sept. 3.-Tho steam
burge W. II. Barnum is reported ashore about
forty miles from nutfal1
P0KT CoLnOKSE, Out, Sept 3.-Thc steam
barge W. IL. lsarnum run ashore on Io1nt -aol1o
last night in tho thick, smoky weather After
throwing about 400 bushels overnoard @ 1 snE f;ot ~i5
buffalo.
S2ecfnt Di.patch 10 7ae Chfcaon Tribune.
Ct,rnftYftS Wis. Sent ,}.-0u Thursday n ter