Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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 LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, April 6, 1882 VOL. XV. OLD SERIES, NO. 31 VOL. 2 NEW SERIES, NO. 46 [extracts of marine news] Capt. John Sullivan has again been placed in command of the "LILLIE PRATT," and will commence to take on the first cargo of lumber today. Capt. William H. Cabot who commanded the TRUESDELL last fall will command the propeller PLYMOUTH this season. Dewar & Wing left here for Cleveland last Tuesday morning accomp- anied by Capt. Carr and J. H. Bartlett, of Port Huron. They will take possession of the propeller SCHNOOR and bring her here at once. Mr. Bartlett will act in the capacity of chief mate. Charles G. Wing and Duncan Dewar have purchased the steam barge SCHNOOR of Cleveland for $18,000. Capt. James Carr has been placed in command. The owners have made a contract with O. N. Taylor to carry lumber to Chicago. Any one in Ludington who so desires can have freight brought here by the SCHNOOR. AROUND THE STATE: The Manistee life saving station went into commission April 1st. A Bay City ship-builder, not having hands enough to finish his contracts on time, sublet one of them to a Frenchman. When the ship builder went to his yard the next day, he found that the Frenchman had hired his best hands away from him, by offering them 50 cents per day higher wages than the ship builder was paying. The Frenchman's job was booming, but the ship-builder's other work was being stopped. Then there was one grand row, which ended in the too too awfully sharp Frenchman being pitched out of the yard, and his job taken from him. Good chance now for the lawyers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, April 13, 1882 VOL. XV. OLD SERIES, NO. 32 VOL. 2 NEW SERIES, NO. 47 [extracts of marine news] IN THE CITY: The schooner LYDIA brought a full cargo of general merchandise to the city last Tuesday from Manitowoc. The steam barge that Dewar & Wing went to take possession of at Cleveland last week was found to be, after due trial, defective in her machinery and the bargain is declared off on that account. On Monday morning last the steamers "CITY OF LUDINGTON" and "JOHN A. DIX" commenced to run on regular time, leaving Ludington al- ternately every evening and arriving in Milwaukee early the following morning. John Gee, who was so well known on this shore as a governmental harbor inspector, was taken with congestion of the lungs on Friday, March 31, and died on Friday last, at the Clinton House. Mr. Gee was a member of the Royal Arcaneum and consequently leaves a policy of $8,000 to his heirs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, April 20, 1882 VOL. XV. OLD SERIES, NO. 33 VOL. 2 NEW SERIES, NO. 48 [extracts of marine news] IN THE CITY: The mail is now sent across the lake and received from Milwaukee daily. The steamers G. B. SANFORD and GRACIE BARKER call at Ludington daily on their way between Pentwater and Manistee. The tug BROCKWAY has returned from her first trip to Chicago, and will have some additional repairs on the boiler before crossing the lake again. On April 10, at Manistee, Health Officer Lamontague discovered three cases of smallpox in town, and yesterday another was brought to light. One of the first cases died yesterday, and the rest are very aggravated types of the disease. Prompt measures to prevent its spread are being taken; but as it has got in the Polack quarter which is dirty and filthy to the last degree, some difficulty may be experi- enced before it is got under control. One of the cases was brought from Chicago in a schooner which makes this port. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, April 27, 1882 VOL. XV. OLD SERIES, NO. 34 VOL. 2 NEW SERIES, NO. 49 [extracts of marine news] IN THE CITY: Steam-barge "COLIN CAMPBELL" brought a considerable amount of freight for J. Allen & Son last Tuesday. ITEMS OF INTEREST: HARBOR OF REFUGE. - This question, which has been so often dis- cussed in The Record and has deservedly been of interest to all classes of citizens, is for the present shelved, pending the decision of a committee of engineers, appointed by the secretary of war to visit Ludington and other places along the shore and determine at what point such a harbor is most needed and which at the same time is naturally the best point at which to establish the harbor. That a place of safety for shipping should be furnished there is no question. Robert F. Dundass and Eugene Allen, who were sent as delegates to Washington to attend to this matter, have done all that was in their power for the furtherance of the scheme. Mr. Dundass returned but a few days ago and speaks hopefully of the final decision of the com- mittee to locate at this point. In all probability the summer will pass before any decision is reached, although the usual amount of pier work and dredging will be done on the harbor as it now is. While the subject was under consideration by the house of representatives, information was called for, when the secretary of war furnished the house with a copy of Major F. Harwood's report, which is certainly in favor of locating the harbor here and is a masterly and well written document. We shall endeavor to give our readers as full information as can be obtained from time to time while this matter is in progress. ===========================================================================