, 1881-05-01
Chicago Harbor Again Partially
Blockaded by the Ice
Fields.
Tie Indications Are That Green Bay
Will Remain Closed Ten
Days Longer.
An Abundance of Ice Still Exists This Side
Of Point St. Ignace.
Lee. Turns Back Steam.Barge on Lako uuron-Yes
sels Leave Port Calbornc, Etc.
ICE AND. NAVIG ALTON,

ICE AND NAVIG ALTON.
CNrCAGo'S ICE-F1ELps.
The wind having como from II southenstcrly
direction for upwards Of twenty four hours, the
icc-tlelds otf this port, vhca hogan 1t resrogratle
movement Friday afternoon, hld almost
rcaehct: tho shore north Of tho narbor 1T luri1
last evening. The tugmcn represent that the
ice now confronting the harbor Is ct the we'll
regulated sort; none Of your s!ush and stnull
cakes, but in large, unbrolxcn masses, and quite
heavy, having moved down from tho head Of tho
lake Us tho old fields either shifted or wasted
away. 1t is hardly probable thnr q
blockade will be established. hut tows must
experience more or less delay In moving
through the mass. Among the vessels towed i'll
yesterday was the schooner Cecilia, which came
til II hult i'll tue Ice the previous
venlng. She remained prisoner
until yesterday moi ming. when tho
tug Satisfaction brought her inside. Quite IL
lurKe number ot |'.ssctS Hre now due here from
| across and down tho hike. Such ct shem :ls
reach an oIllng before daylight will unqucstion-
the tags considerable trouble in working thoni
throurh. Tho lake on this lst day Of May, will
prcscnta curious spcGttcle 10 such ChicagOuns
US tnly tlkc the trouble to visit the shore.
GREEN BAT.
The ln1cst intelligence from Green Buy ind-
cncs that vessels will nor be atiu to rcach parts
aols Its shores for Ut least ten days The
ton, Wells s. Wan Schaiex Company tho follow
ing from ,lenomiuee dated 4 prii %: Ice not
out of ,9 Gy St KS; Ihefs , is ,os strip Of open
ana a1ter that. rs tar us c!An be seen. there Is
nothing but lcc.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Van Schalck rccciy ed
tho following dispatch:
"MESoMISEE, Mich, April :1.-No boat has
left here. Tho leo is moving in Tho bay will
"ll. STEPHENSON"
Special Correspondence ot The Chicago Tribune.
EsCANanA, April 2S.-Nobotly knows how soon
hfsrfA Tl7a t}1Gfta tlf
Buy seems to he solid YET ana tue ice cannot move
out OF this bay until it commences to move IN
Green buy. Ford River, seven miles south OF
Escanaba, reports that the mcn working on the
inEton. Rock and St. Martins Islands, twenty
tive miles away, plainly aud in ali that distance
thorc IS nothing but an apparently unbroken
plain OF ice.
EsCASAuA, April 2S-There is still IL heavy
body OF Ice covering the whole of Green bay
aud our hnrbor. which will last for ten dnys: to
prevalent north aud west winds have no effect
upon it. Most OF the vessels which wintcrcd
here hnvc crews on board, and are outilttn@
The railway company has filed two Of the three
docks with ore, and will commence to loud the
fleet by Saturday.
Special Dispatch to I2e Chicago Tribune
CuERorGAS, Mich, april J.-The propeller
Van iiaalte returned to-duy. and reports the Ice
all gone to MAckin,c Island and st. Ixnuce, In
the North Channel, but above that, toward Will
goschancc, it WIS nothing but ;ce lnd apparently
quite firm. The ice Is gouc however, in this
passage. 1t WIS broken during the night within
u few miles frou tho foot OF litls Blanc.
The weather WIS cold lust night uud it froze
hard. Wind west today; cold.
LAKE HURON.
Special Dispatch tn The Chicago Tribune
SARSIA, Ont, April a0-The propeller City of
Concord returned today. after nn unsuccessful
uttcnpt to make the passage to tlicago.
LAKE ERIE.
Special Dispatch to The CHICAGO Tribune
all 7k<e h.tnS Snf%
this shorc aud tho hlrhor Is all clear to-dAy.
Five vessels and one steum- barge. the nrst de-
partures OF the season from here, left this rlorn-
ing.
Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Trbnne-
AMHEnsTHuIsG, April ;n-The steancr Alask: !;.
reports III aight between Detroit River
and tho lsandS and SAIduSky.
THE SITUATION At BUFFALO.
The Buffalo Courier OF Frday his the follow
ing concerning tho ice Cif that port. which does
not afford much satisfaction to those dcsirous OF
reaching either that port Or tho Wclland Carat:
1t appears that tho ice ut this end Of the lake
is closely packed together. Il number OF hike
nude /, run out into the fields yesterday noon
OH the tug Tom Maythnu1. IN charge Of Capt.
Ed. MAythan. which was kindly offered for this
purpose by her owners. The ice was struck Il
short distance northwest of tho new brcakwater
light, nnd though the tug hui on Il Steam press
uro Of nnety-tive pounds she was able to enter
the mass unly fnr distance Of Il couple OF hun
Gred feet. As fnr rs could be seen thorc is now
no solid. Dluc Ice; thnt encountered is nMdc up
OF large and small masses or soggy, sttl5hy
nature, much OF which is of considerable .lepth.
1t Is all broken UP and well routed, and the large
cakes were easily torn nsundcr by the stem OF
tho boat; but there Is such heslyy Accunlua-
tion OF it TINT no nun on board had any ideu
that steamer could work through the mass
On Wednesday this ice extended from Fafrport
to Buffalo. distance of about $50 miles, accur,i-
ng to the reports Of vessel masters. md no open
water was to be seen along tho south shore. At
this point the ice reaches from shore to shore us
far us tho cye cnn reach. and it IS not unrcnson-
ntlc to conclude t1lt, :vith the downward move
t,1ent at present. such is its condition almost to
its further extremity. or Erie shUrt time Rgo
there was great deal OF open wafer. but ut last
accounts the eice had ngain covered it all! Should
we Sct Il heavy Southwestern the masses would be
driven down this way, piled I'D and anchored,
and then there would be trouble to ret rid Of 1t.
We need rains nnd easterly winds to wear away
anu scatter the ice. The propeller lines have Us
yer no thoughts Of starting out any boats. They
are waiting to see what next week Will bring
forth.