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      Government Wants a Tug. Captain J. G. Warren of the United States engineer corps, stationed at Milwaukee, has asked proposals for the purchase of a tug to tend dredges in harbors along the west shore of Lake Michigan. The notice states that information will be given by Captain Warren, Maj. …

      Marine at Milwaukee. Captain Mike Anderson, who last season sailed the schooner Quickstep, goes into the schooner Jura this season.

      Marine at Milwaukee. Captain Anthony Bolster, who last season sailed the schooner Ebenezer, will this season sail the schooner Lomie A. Burton, of Chicago. Good luck to you captain.

      Marine at Milwaukee. The schooner Nancy Dell is fitting out for the season and will go into commission the latter part of this week. She will again be in charge of Captain Jacobson.

      Marine at Milwaukee. The schooner Ebenezer has the distinction of being the first sail craft to leave this port for the season. She got away for Baileys Harbor on Monday for a wood cargo for delivery here.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. The steamer Edward Buckley has taken two cargoes of salt out of Manistee thus far the present season.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. On Saturday the large fishing tug Oval Agitator left Manistique for Manitowoc to receive needed repairs.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. A Sheriffs wheel 7 feet in diameter has been ordered for the steamer Frank Woods at Grand Haven. A Sheriffs wheel 6 feet 8 inches in diameter has also been forwarded to New Orleans for a tug.

      Local Nautical Affairs. Scofield & Co. have obtained bids for material of new light at Green Bay, and new U. S. oil storage at the canal.

      Local Nautical Affairs. The steamer John Schroeder leaves for Manistee Saturday night for a lumber cargo for delivery at Milwaukee.

      Local Nautical Affairs. Ed. Weber is overhauling the Leathem’s engine this week and getting things in ship shape order for a busy season.

      Local Nautical Affairs. Engineer Henry Devine, last season second on the steamer Seymour, goes into the fishing tug Liberty with Captain Guinan.

      Local Nautical Affairs. The Goodrich liner Iowa came down from the canal early Monday morning and landed at the steamboat dock, where she put off and took on a large consignment of freight and merchandise.

      Local Nautical Affairs. John Light, superintendent of construction at the ship canal, has resumed operations on that waterway for the season with a force of men. The government pile driver has been overhauled and fitted out for work.

      Local Nautical Affairs. The fishing tug Annie D, which wintered at the NW end of the ship canal, was brought down Friday afternoon of last week in the channel made by the tug Wright. She has made regular trips to her twine in the lake ever since.

      Local Nautical Affairs. At Sister Bay the carpenters are still at work on the tug Volunteer. She is being rebuilt form her water line up. Captain Matt. Roeser is looking after the work and he finds her in much better condition than was expected. She will soon be completed and …

      Local Nautical Affairs. As soon as the carpenters get through with the Pewaukee work will be resumed on the tug Leathem. She has been calked on one side as well as painted and puttied. The new decks, house, etc., will be built after she is floated. The Leathem will be …

      Local Nautical Affairs. The work of tearing down the sides of the tug Pankratz at the ship yard has been accomplished, and the new work well underway. New frames are being put in along side of the old ones, and the stanchions will all be new. On the starboard side …

      Local Nautical Affairs. When the tug Wright reached the canal on Friday noon of last week after having forced her way through the ice, she came within an ace of going to the bottom again. It seems that the hole made in her planking filled with slush ice and as …

      Local Nautical Affairs. Work on the steamer Pewaukee is being rushed to completion as fast as possible. A gang of carpenters and calkers are employed and she will be ready for the water in a week or ten days. The work at present consists of a new bow, and some …