Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-04-28
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. APRIL 28. 1883.
MARIN II.

The scow Minnehaha arrived from
the north shore last Sunday.
1.-THE Van Raalte left this forenoon
for Mackinac and st. Ignace.
The Nashua will run this season
between Toledo and Ogdensburg.
The Flora arrived up Thursday
night 30 and called going down,
yesterday forenoon.
The Champlain left Chicago for this
port week ago last night. Wednesday
afternoon she was at Glen Haven.
This season spar buoy will be
placed to mark the IL foot shoals lying
about four miles west of Spectacle reef.
The tug Chas. l.. DeCeuninck put in
her first appearance on the river, for the
season, last Monday, on her way up after
logs.
The tug WinslOw passed through
the straits March 8, 1882, on her way TO
Manistique, and not February 18th, as
stated in the Inter Ocean.
The tug j. w. Bennett cleared
Thursday afternoon for LOrain, Ohio, to
enter upon her job of towing coal barges
between Black River, and Sarnia. =
The City of Cleveland is making time
this season, regardless of the weather.
She arrived up Wednesday morning, but
failed to call in on her down trip.
R-The propeller Messenger is expected
daily. She cleared from Chicago Tues
day for Manistique, on her second trip,
and will come from the latter port here.
The CityOf Cleveland collided with
Hicklers dredge at Sand Beach, breaking
off three spuds and doing other damage.
1t will cost $1,000 to repair her. The
Cleveland was not damaged much.
The Parana was the first craft to
clear from this port this season for
Chicago. She completed loading her
cargo of lumber Thursday and Capt.
Pollock got his clearance that afternoon
expecting to leave to-day.
The lighthouse board have issued
circular requesting mariners to repOet
promptly at WashingtOs any government
lights not lit at shutdown and extin-
guished at sunrise, and all buOys that
are found out of their proper position.
The Atlantic was wind-bound at
East Tawas all day Monday and did not
arrive up until 1920 Tuesday night, re-
manning in port until o'clock Wednes-
day morning, when she proceeded to
Mackinac and st. Ignace and calling in
bound down about p. m.
Last week the City of ChebOygan
only succeeded in getting up Black river
as far as MOOre's bay, where she found
the river full of logs, making it impass-
IDLE, and returned. Thursday she start
ed up again, hoping, with the assistance
of the tug DeCeunick. to get through the
logs.
"A telegram from the operator at
Mackinaw City at 10 a. IN. to-day says:
mo boats in sight yet; seems to be more
ice between here and WagOshance than
yesterday, and straits in the vicinity
full of floating ice, but does not inter-
fere with the Algomah in the least in
making her regular trips.
The lighthouse at Wagoshance Is to
be sheathed with boiler iron this season.
A space of two inches will be left be-
be filled with cement. The lighthouse
is in such an exposed position That it is
always damp from spray. The iron
work will be tightly calked, and is ex-
pected to keep the structure dry.
Last Monday the prop. Messenger
while passing through bridge in Chica-
go run into the schooner West Side,
loaded with grain, and cut her down to
within one plank of the water. The |
grain was not damaged. The Messen-
gers bulwarks were injured and her ]
steering gear deranged. The Inter-
Ocean says they will try to hold the |
Messenger for the damages.
The Inter Ocean says: "The survey |
on the schooner West Side, damaged by |
the propeller Messenger, was held In Chi |
cagO Thursday. Captain VIM. Keith and |
Captain Rounds being the surveyors.
The West Side will require new rudder, |
new stern, stern frames. new tafrail. |
and piece Of rail on the port quarter. |
The vessel is in dry dock at the Chicago |
yard. The propeller Messen-
ger will be asked to pay the bill"
"A new tug for Coats & Arnold was
launched last Monday at Saugatuck. She |
will be used by them in their extensive
fishing operations, with headquarters at |
Mackinac. She is named the Charles
w. West, and is of the following dimen-
siOns; Length of keel, n feet; over all,
50 feet; breadth of beam, 49, feet; depth |
Of hold, ~ feet; engine, Is inch dia-
meter, IL inch stroke; bOiler-shell. 10
feet long, and diameter 81 feet. The
engine and boiler were built by Sutton,
Of Buffalo, N. Y. The West is built for
speed and is very finely modelled. She
will be commanded by Capt. L. B. Coats.
one of the owners.