Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Pentwater News Friday, December 5, 1873 [extracts of marine news] Neighborhood News - Whitehall The tug AMERICAN EAGLE keeps plowing her way through the ice between here and the Mouth. On Tuesday morning the ice had frozen so thick that her progress was rather slow, and she had to back up and take a fresh start two or three times. - Muskegon The steamer MUSKEGON made her last last (sic) trip to Chicago leaving on Wednesday of last week, and upon her arrival at Chicago was laid up for the winter, hav- ing completed her second season under command of Capt. J. F. Smallman without loss of life or limb or damage to a single plank of the vessel, or the first pound of freight. May the future seasons of the MUSKEGON be as free from accident, as profitable to her owners and as pleasant to her patrons as the last. And may the same officers continue to secure a just popularity for the boat. - News, Nov. 28. The new propeller MINNEAPOLIS came to our port to-day, and will take her place on the Engelmann Line at once. She is a staunch boat, a very pretty model, and I **** will do good service. Marine Items. Mr. Turner has the SOUVENIR again on the stocks, where she will be overhauled this winter preparatory to next spring's trade. The MINNIE CORLETT came into port on Saturday last on her last trip for the season. She brought over quite a quantity of freight. The propeller LAKE BREEZE makes her trips from Milwaukee to Pentwater, Ludington and Manistee as often as the weather will permit. It has been so stormy lately that her visits have been far between. She has been for some time under the command of Capt. Goldsmith, formerly master of the ALPENA of the Goodrich line. Mr. Goldsmith enjoys the reputation of being one of the best sailors on the lakes, and as Master, a perfect knowledge of his business and a disposition to oblige all with whom he does business. Mr. Johan is clerk, and a better one is not on the lake. The schooner NORTH STAR, with lumber from Pentwater for Chicago, cast anchor in the bay a little distance north of the harbor, during the storm of wind and snow Wednesday evening, but the anchor chain breaking, she was driven ashore between Schneider's and Eichmeir's brick-yards about 10 o'clock p.m. She lay in 5 feet of water about 300 feet from shore. The water broke over her so as to drive the inmates to the rigging, where the cook (a woman) remained lashed all night, as the high surf would not permit of any attempt to get them off then. A bonfire was built on shore by several citizens, who were in readiness to render all possible assistance in case of need. They were got off safely in the morning, the woman suffering considerably from exposure. It is thought the vessel will be got off without very great injury. - Sheboygan Times, Nov. 29. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pentwater News Friday, December 12, 1873 [extracts of marine news] Neighborhood News - Ludington. Geo. W. Barber came near losing his life on Friday last, while engaged in removing the boiler from the tug CYCLONE. The boiler which weighs about a ton and a half had been raised upon blocking, when suddenly it canted over and came down. Barber, who was in the fire hole at the time, had his leg literally crushed from the ankle up half way to the knee. He, as well as another person who was in the hold, had an exceedingly narrow escape with his life. - Record, Dec. 3. Marine Items. The propeller MESSENGER arrived at Pentwater Wednesday morning last, Dec. 10, 1873, well loaded with freight. There seems to be nothing in the way of winter navigation just now. The readers of the Wisconsin will remember our having mentioned, a short time since, that the Engelmann Trans- portation Co. had purchased the steamship MINNEAPOLIS from Eber Ward, of Detroit. The vessel arrived here yester- day, in charge of Capt. Saveland, and was the subject of considerable interest during the day. Her gangways are so constructed that when closed and caulked, grain can be carried between decks as secure from damage by water as in the hold of the vessel. The dimensions of the MINNEAPOLIS are: Length over all, 230 feet; breadth of beam, 37 feet; depth of hold, 14 feet. She is propelled by an engine of 54 inch cylinder and 46 inch stroke. The MINNEAPOLIS, on her trip to Milwaukee, under steam and sail, made 17 miles an hour. She was built expressly for the freighting business, and we doubt whether she can be made a passenger boat without destroying her present good qualities. Captain Saveland is loud in his praise of the new vessel, but admits that she does not equal the ill-fated IRONSIDES, than which no better sea-boat ever floated. We will state here, for the information of the Detroit people who expect to see the MINNEAPOLIS back again, that they are doomed to disappointment. She is owned in Milwau- kee, and will rest her bones in these waters, if perchance she must. The MINNEAPOLIS is the finest boat of her class that has yet been turned out on the lakes. For the present she will be commanded by Capt. Saveland. Eventually Capt. Thompson will probably take charge of her. - Milwaukee Wisconsin, Dec. 2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pentwater News Friday, December 19, 1873 [extracts of marine news] Neighborhood News - Ludington Owing to the inability of the contractor, who knew as much concerning harbor work as a ten year old school boy about national diplomacy, the extension to our south pier was left in an unfinished and very unsafe condition, last fall. Mr. Dewar, who had charge of setting the cribs, had them in their place sufficiently early for the full completion of the superstructure and filling, but this work was delayed until the weather put an end to the season's operations, and the half completed pier was left in such condition as to be the most dangerous for vessels approaching our harbor and most liable to be destroyed. The frequent rough weather of the past few weeks has wrought continual damage to the work, but the storm on Wednesday night was the worst of all. The outer crib has been rolled over into the channel, and the heavy sea in to the shore, forcing a passage between the revetment and the inner crib, through which a large amount of sand has already been carried into the channel. The water is still 10 ft. deep, however, in the north side of the channel, so that the passage of all classes of vessels is not inter- fered with. Our citizens are interested that the comparatively meager appropriations made for improvements upon our harbor should be judiciously expended and the work done in such a manner as to afford the greatest possible benefit to our com- mercial interests, hence the general dissatisfaction at such inexcusable mismanagement. - Record. Marine Items. The Engelmann Line of boats make their appearance in our harbor as often as the weather will permit. The MESSENGER was the last boat in. Lake Michigan - Sheboygan. - Notice is hereby given that on the night of Monday, the 1st day of December, 1873, a fixed red light was exhibited from an open frame-work structure recently erected on the outer end of the north pier at the harbor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and will be continued until further notice. The illuminating apparatus is a Fresnel lens of the 6th order, illuminating 180° of the horizon. The focal plane is elevated 32 feet above the level of the lake, and the light should be seen in clear weather at a distance of 11 1/2 statute miles. By order of the Light House Board. Joseph Henry, Chairman. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pentwater News Friday, December 26, 1873 [extracts of marine news] Marine Items. The MESSENGER made her appearance in our harbor on Tuesday for the last time, as we understand. The schooner NORTH STAR which went ashore near Eichmeier's brick yard, on the 26th ult. was got afloat Wednesday afternoon and brought into the river. Capt. Chas. Lamont, of the tug MESSENGER, of Chicago, has manifested the most plucky de- termination in getting her off, and under great discouragements arising from frequent rough weather, which filled up the channel dredged up to her several times. During the six days previous to getting her off, he worked at her almost constantly night and day with a strong force of men, until success crowned his efforts. The vessel's back is broken, and she will have to be hauled out and furnished with a new keel, probably, and otherwise rebuilt. - Sheboygan Times. ===========================================================================