The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-15
MARINE.

| MAGIlNE.
The F. d 2. NJ. boats now run regular
ly here. They are getting more freight
here than at Milwaukee.
Sturgeon Bay has been made a port Of
entry and c. NJ. Whiteside has been ap.
pointed collector OF port.
The steamer Menominee went above
Sth street bridge on Monday morning on
account of the heavy sea.
The kearsarge, the boat which sank the
privateer Alamaba off Cherbourg. France.
near the close of the war of the Rebellion,
was lost on reef on the Caribbean Sea
on the 2nd instant.
| The warehouse at the T. i 2. N. docks
was literally packed full of freight on
| Sunday last on the arrival of the T. & 2.
III. No 5. The freight was mainly flour.
and furniture from Sheboygar. Ninety
| five men were employed loading and un-
| loading.
j. ". Barnes has disposed of his inter
ests IL the schooner Burt Barnes to Cap
tain Oberg and George Oberg, his son.
Mr., Barnes had half interest which was
sold IN equal shares to the two Durchas-
ers. Captain Oberg now owns three
fourths of the schooner. The considera-
ton was 81 400.
There is movement on the part of
vessel owners on the great lakes to re-
duce wages % per cent. Very few yes
sells made money during the season of
1898, and conditions have not improved
to such extent as to warrant the hope
that large lake business will be done
next season. The lake faung men are will
ing to accept light reduction, but OBJ
Ject to the % per cent cut. Al organized
effort is being made to bring ali the mar
Inc workers into the union, presumably
for the purpose of defeating the wage re-
ductiOn.
The Goodrich Transportation Co. has
decided to build a new boat OF the same
size and style as the Indiana, for use be-
tween Milwaukee and Chicago. The In
diana will be used for northern ports
The boat will be built at Cleveland or
Detroit. It is in relation to such works
as this that Manitowoc needs marine en-
CINE works capable of building the largest
kind OF engines. The Richards Works is
pushing ahead IN this line and should re-
celye the encouragement and assistance
of our people. If machinery could be
had here on as good terms as in Cleve-
land this new boat would be built here.
Captain McDougall, of whaleback fame
was before the committee on river and
harbors, representing the interests Of Su-
perlor and Duluth. The information he
furnished Is quite valuable. The writer
had at one time an opportunity given
him TO hear Captain McDougall address
a crowd on his favorite subject of trans
portatlon. He is IN no sense an orator,
but is SO full of information, so practical
and SO interested in his subject that he
speaks well though his vocabulary is
limited,
He says the improvements beng made
on Canadian canals on the st. Lawrence,
will enable boats carrying 5000 tons each
to go direct to the sea from the great
lakes and that this will double lake COM
merce. Freight can be carried by water
1000 miles at one-fourth the cost OF rail
transportation. On water, if the convoy
of barges is large enough, a ton of freight
can be moved a mile with the consump-
ton of third of ounce of coal. A ton Of
ore can be brought to market for 40c. per
ton, loading and unloading to be as much
more, or soc. in all. He says the Mesaba
Range iron can be brought to water for
from 90 TO Zoe. per ton cheaper than from
any of the other ranges and that this
product would control the iron interests
of the northwest. There does not seem
to be much cause for fear of Cuban iron
ore in the showing Captain McDougall
makes