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Around the Lakes. _ Capt. Thomas Richardson has sold one-eighth of the steamer Hilton for $1,250. : Capt. Mills, in the Bulgaria last season, goes in the John Harper this season. Eighteen dredges will be employed on the Hay Lake chan- nel work this summer. Masters and engineers fitting out at Erie can secure copies of the REVIEW at Moses Dryfoos’, 303 State street... aynece aa G. Trout, of Buffalo, has received an order to make one manganese bronze wheel each for the steamships Mascotte and Olivette.— Marine Journal. ___Asteeple-compound engine, with cyliners 16 and 34 inches in diameter, is being built at Grand Haven for Brittain, Colburn & Parks’ new steamer, on the stocks at Saugatuck, Mich. West Bay City ship carpenters who have gone to the Pacific coast write to their friends that there are indications of a boom in shipbuilding on the coast and that wages at present are $3.50 to $4.00 a day. Capt. Clearly, formerly of the Deer Park life saving station, east of Grand Marais, has been placed in charge of the new Marquette station. Everything at the station will be in order when navigation opens. Capt. James Calbick, for several seasons past in charge of the _ steamer Robert Holland in the Lake Superior lumber trade, has accepted the position of inspector and wrecking master for the Chicago marine insurance agency of P. H. Fleming & Co. _ J. W. Averill is having a 50 foot steel hull constructed at the Globe yard, Cleveland, for a stake driver. Fisherman have always been troubled in putting out and pulling stakes by unstable or unseaworthy drivers. This steel hull will overcome that. The yacht Viking, building at Ashtabula for Supt. Kimball, of the Lake Shore Railway Company, has been launched and will soon be ready for service. "The machinery, which is being placed in the boat, was constructed by Clough, Witt & Co., of Cleveland. In the fueling advertisement of the Sandusky'Coal Company, inserted in the REVIEW last week, the pocket slates sent out by that company are mentioned. They write this week saying that. requésts for slates have commenced coming in already. There are three pages in the slate which has a pencil attached. It is convenient for masters who wish to take note of anything, where oftentimes no paper is at hand. Knapp & Gillen, of Racine, have sold the tug Sill to Mus- kegon parties and will buy a larger and more powerful tug. The following vessel purchases have been made by Racine par- ties during the winter: William Pugh, scow Laurina, $1,000; Capt. Williamson, schooner Maj. Ferry, $4,000; Chris. C. Nailed and Erickson, one-half of schooner J. B. Newland, $2,000; H. Jensen, one-half schooner Mellitta, $1,500; Abram Anderson, one-half schooner Jennie Weaver, $1,600. A general election will be held ina few days in the Michi- gan county in which Hancock and Houghton are situated and it is more than probable that the vote on the question of bonding the county for the erection of a free bridge across Portage lake, between the two towns, will be overwhelmingly in favor of the bridge. The congressional measure permitting of the erection of the bridge, which passed the last congress, provides, however, that.a corps of army engineers shall examine the plans to ascer- tain whether the bridge will in any way hinder navigation and upon the report of these engineers also depends the success of the citizens who advocate the improvement. The meetings held lately by labor organizations made up 9 men engaged in different lines of work aboard lake vessels would indicate that trouble may be expected in securing crews, especially on Lake Michigan. The Lake Seamen’s Benevolent Association, which proposes to include within its ranks dock laborers as well as sailors of all kinds, has started out by fixing wages in the Chicago branch at $2 a day from the opening of navigation until the end’of the fair weather season. The Sea- man’s Union and lake firemen of Cleveland held a meeting last week and. decided to continue their organizations under the Knights of Labor. Lake Michigan vessel owners and masters are preparing to meet the opposition of the unions. & MARINE REVIEW. Cleveland Matters. __ Capt. Wm. Kennedy thanks the masters who were so con- siderate and sympathetic during his late bereavement, in which. - he suffered the loss of his wife. Metcalf & Dow, Cleveland divers, went to Navarre, O45 & few days ago and removed four pumps from a mine owned by ~ the Burton Ridge Coal Company. ‘The mine had been flooded’ © and the pumps were in 94 feet of water.’ oe _ The propeller Pasadena will be brought to Cleveland from Erie in a few days to receive new boilers. The Pasadena is a new boat but her boilers, constructed by an Erie concern, have given the owners trouble ever since the boat came out. A mistake was made last week in saying that the committee of the Cleveland Vessel Owners’ Association appointed to estab- — lish wages on metal boats had fixed the limit for second engineers on such boats at $75 a month. The limit is $70 for second en- gineers and $115 for chiefs, and this applies only to metal boats having triple expansion engines. - Capt. David Vance, of Milwaukee, wasin Cleveland during the week. He says his boats will not go into commission until about May 15 no matter what course other owners pursue. “I am interested in Milwaukee boats that have about 50,000 tons of ore to carry to Chicago on an old deal” he added “and the men tell us that they do not want these boats to begin w until May 15.” ae The pit for the second dry dock for the Ship Owners’ Dock Company has been excavated and Contractor Stang ha driven three rows of piles in the bottom. The dock will b ready for vessels some time in August. The pumping machinen will be situated between the two docks and the new dock will be emptied in one hour. The Ship Owners company will thus have facilities for taking care of all the work that comes to this port. Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association. Association members will please notice that the death of Bro. J. P. McArthur, of Chicago lodge No. 3, necessitates the issuing of another assessment, to be known as assessment No.1o, amounting to two dollars, which they will remit within thirty days to W. A, Collier, grand financial secretary, V. O. T. office, Cleveland, O. In remitting state the number of lodge of which you area member. ‘There is no objection to members remitting in clubs where statement is sent with remittance. eS Informal social gatherings willin future be a feature in the affairs of the Cleveland lodge. ‘The first of these was given last. Wednesday afternoon and evening when the captains with their wives and friends. assembled in the lodge rooms and partook of ait an elegant repast. At the regular meeting, Friday, C. H. Hub- | = bard and Joseph Anderson were admitted to membership. | Lodge No. 7 will be instituted at Detroit, Thursday night, with thirty-eight charter members, giving the association seven lodges and 600 members. ‘This growth is due to the fact that it is a most excellent organization. What it has done in legislative matters is only a promise of what it will do. George R. Howe, of the tug G. W. Westcott, is a recent addition to Branch No. 2, Port Huron. About a half dozon more names will be added to the membership list before navigation opens. Members who have not received policies will get them as soon as they forward name of beneficiary to the grand financial » secretary. Notice to Mariners. oe Commander Heyerman, light-house inspector stationed at Detroit, has given notice that the wreck of the steamer Kasota, in the Detroit river; one-half mile below the mouth of the River Rouge, and 1,650 feet from the American shore, forming an ob-’ struction to navigation, will be marked by a lens lantern show- ing a white light visible all around the horizon froma pole about 12 feet in height. The light-house board gives notice, that a fixed red light is now exhibited froma tubular lantern, suspended thirty feet above lake level, from a post set at the outer end of the north pier, at the entrance to the harbor at Chicago. The light will be visible, in clear weather, two or three statute miles, and will form, with — the main pierhead light, a range showing the direction of the — piers and the course to be followed in entering the harbor, . 4