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      Don’t Need Licenced (sic) Men. D. S. Long, local deputy collector of customs, is in receipt of the following communication: Post of Milwaukee, Aug. 18, 1910. Deputy Collector of Customs, Sir: Referring to Department Circular No. 207, I wish to inform you that, according ...

      Items From Chicago. The tug Geo. Nau is about to pass out of existence, having been taken to Cleveland where she will be dismantled, the engine, boiler and all else of value being placed in the new steel hull in process of construction at the yards of the Great Lakes …

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Repairs are being made to a portion of the Leathem & Smith dock.

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. John Riley resigned as assistant engineer on the steamer Sailor Boy and Dave Van Dreese took his place.

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Preparations are being made to haul the City of Glasgow out of the water at the foot of Liberty street, to better facilitate her reconstruction into a crushed stone carrier.

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Capt. Ed. Hart has resigned the position of master of the passenger steamer Bon Ami and been succeeded by Capt. Lars Madsen. The latter has been succeeded on the steamer Sailor Boy by Capt. Dave Ramage.

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Capt. Grant Minor is filling the berth of master on the government tug Industry temporarily, while Capt. John Peterson is at Chicago under medical treatment, a growth having developed on his neck that required immediate attention.

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Starke Dredge No. 8, will be discharged from the boxes within the next day or two. The tug Sioux, Capt. Louis Wirth, had some minor repairs made to her while lying at the shipyard. The dredge at present is awaiting orders it not being known …

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. Rieboldt & Wolter are having a couple of the sections of their floating docks rebuilt above the water line during the temporary lull in the work in this line. They also are making preparations to build a larger office building, as well as making extensive …

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. The North Manitou Shoal lightship left port Sunday, being taken to her destination by the lighthouse steamer Sumac. The department has sent out notices of the change in the markings of the shoal now marked by this lightship. Indiana shoal, which it was originally ...

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. The tug Shipman pulled the new tug Hunsader out of the pocket Saturday, where she rested on the bottom. She now lies at the outer end of the wharf at the foot of Liberty street. This craft draws 12 8 (sic) feet after in her …

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. The Leathem & Smith company have been awarded the contract by the government to furnish 7,200 tons of rip-rap stone for the work at Ludington. Each one of these stone must weight not less than three nor more than five tons each. It will be …

      Gathered In the Local Harbor. When the steambarge I. N. Foster, Capt. C. B. Packard, and consorts Andrew, Ida Corning and Mott arrived in port yesterday they were placed in ordinary temporarily and will probably be idle a couple of weeks. This is caused by a delay at Ludington, where …

      Items From Chicago. Capt. John Odell is now filling the position of day foreman at the dock of the Pittsburg Coal Co., north pier.

      Items From Chicago. Capt. Ed Minoquin of the William H., played the part of a hero one day last week by rescuing a horse that had backed off a dock into the river.

      Items From Chicago. The schooner George Marsh has been placed in ordinary in one of the basin slips. At the present time things don’t look very good for sailing vessels on the Great Lakes.

      Items From Chicago. While the steamer Arundel was backing up near her dock at Saugatuck, Mich., she fetched up on the bottom in the shallow water and twisted the rudder stock. She was able to reach Chicago, where Diver Chas. Gunderson made an examination of her injuries. ...

      Items From Chicago. The tug J. H. Hackley is now being painted and got in readiness for tests to be made by the government of the smoke consumer with which she is equipped. She may make a trip around the lakes, touching at all principal ports for the purpose of …

      Items From Chicago. The smaller class of yachts that took in the races on Saturday had a pretty hard time of it in the heavy northerly blow that set in. Some of them were dismasted, while others reached port in a badly crippled condition. There was also a private gasoline …

      Items From Chicago. Among the craft at the Dunham yards are the following: Tug Chicago for calking and minor repairs to bottom. The steamer Searchlight for calking and minor repairs to hull. The gasoline yacht Illinois for some repairs to her stern. The fine steam yacht sea Fox was released …