The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-16
MARINE.

quarters at this place on ounoay morn
ing.
The F. & P. NJ. No. brought cargo
of salt for the Manitowoc Land Il Salt
Co. this week.
The Virginia was put in the dry dock
on her arrival here to have some shafting
| taken out.
The propeller Saginaw Valley cleared
for Buffalo this week after completing
repairs at the dry dock here.
AThe scow Success which was on the
beach at Little Bay, was brought here
this morning by the tug Goldsmith.
The officers OF the steamers which col
lided and sank in Lake Huron last week,
the Albany aud Philadelphia, refuse to
testify as to the cause. Twenty four
lives were lost by the disaster.
The steamer Lockwood which is sunk
at Lime Kiln Crossing is proving a men
ace to vessels passing there. The steamer
Onoko struck her on Sunday last but
fortunately sustained no injury.
Leatham Il Smith owners Of the pre-
| peller Thomas Smith which was sunk
| in collision with the Arthur Orr, have
| libeled the latter for $4,000, claiming
that the Orr is wholly responsible for the
disaster.
There are many boats OF deep draugtt
| l
| arrivals this week are the John Oades,
| Red Wing. Robert Wallace, David Wal
| lace and T.. NJ. Peck. The Wallaces scrap
| ed the bottom a bit on the way to the
docks. Tho Peck drew is feet of water
and had some little difficulty above
| Eighth St. bridge.
The steamer Lockwood bound down
| with ore, and the schooner Nicholson in
| tow of the steamer Owen, colllded at
| Lime Kilns' crossing on Saturday morn
ing. The Lockwood sank. She was
struck with such terrific force that she
| was broken in two. The Nicholson is
| badly damaged and was towed to De
| trOit.
The steambarge Thomas FL. Smith was
was sunk of Racine on Saturday morn
| ing by colliding with the steambarge Orr,
in fog. The Smith was on her way to
| Menominee. The Orr came within 800
| feet of the barge before sighting her.
| Engines were then reversed but it was
| too late. The Smith was struck near the
fore hatch and cut IN about three feet
| Boats were lowered from both steamers
| and the crew Of - men rescued. The
| Smith was owned by Leatham & Smith
and was built here by Rand & Burger.
She was valued at $4,000.
The Milwaukee Journal of Monday in
mentioning tie fact that the F. & p. M.
boats will begin to run here, commencing
December l. says that the local agent IN
Milwaukee states that the discontinue
| ance was as much due to the Lake Shore
as to the T. & p. M. The line did not pay
during the summer and the Lake Shore
refused to stand a share OF the loss.
If the line did not pay 1t was the neg
lect of the F. & 2. NJ. in sending it's boats
here It was advertising to the world
that the line did not pay and thus be
J fouling its own nest and injurIng the
: reputation of Manitowoc. No one knew
when it would please the management tC
send a boat here, and people who desired
3 to cross the lake were often required tt
spend three days here waiting for a boa
, and then went to Milwaukee in disgust
, The writer saw eight passegers get Off a
the depot here from a Lake Shore trai1
l from the west, one morning who desired
/ to reach Michigan, but receiving no as
9 surance that boat would arrive here
s went OF to Milwaukee. A corpse sen
a here for shipment to Michigan lay TO
:, days at the depot waiting boat, and be
J came so offensive that one could not re
: main near it. Was such service calcu
: lated to bring business?
And yet when the line was discontlnu
II ed and notice was given to ship no nor
u freight by the Manitowoc and Luding
al ton line, the boats had to come here tiy
~ times to transport the accumulate
Il freight. When freight 1s hung up in tia
# way and business neglected does any sar
man believe the line will be patronizeC
Shippers want despatch; they won't shl
10 by a line which adyert1ses a daily DO;
III and sends one only when no business ca
W be had elsewhere.
CT For themselves Manitowoc business me
. might be satisfied with boat once wee
. if they felt certain OF that. But such
line as was advertised can not be supper
:, ed by local business. The F. & ?.
~ people were always finding fault wi
III Manitowoc and the business they recei
ID ed from the city. Manltowoc was alwa
made to compare unfavorably with 9th
Oh cities which patronized the line and tn
'h seemed more intent upon advertising t
ne fact that the line did not pay than IN
ne attempt to get outside business. Flo
Us which was sent here for shipment fro
ne this point was sent to Milwaukee a
I'VE shipped from there because of the nc
ice arrival of q boat. Then Manitowoc "
7fe made to bear responsibility for the
'fI suits of the boat lines dereliction, a
&C. we were told that line from here vol
Oh not pay.
no If the T. & p. NJ boats are to run b
"a again and will run regularly, will seek
lui business arc retain it by giving good 6
hl
the vice they will have no fault to tiud "
lis the treatment they receive at the hal
of the business men of Manitowoc.
IN city is interested in the success of a
OF across the lake, but it is likewise In
Is ested in its continuance. But little be
r of 6t.resnIts from the boats, runrinp /
I is faxr n,on+bs and tban abandoning