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      Items From Chicago. The steamer Silver Spray, Capt. Thos. Young, is being put in readiness for the season’s business on the lake front, receiving a fresh coat of paint and a general overhauling.

      Items From Chicago. Capt. Chan. Thayer is now in command of the sand steamer Junior of the Lake Sand Co. All of the company’s steamers are kept busy delivering sand to the yards at Chicago and South Chicago.

      Items From Chicago. The tug Kentucky, formerly the Alpha, arrived at South Chicago the first of the week from Cleveland and is at the Dunham Towing Co’s yard receiving extensive repairs to the hull, boiler and machinery.

      Items From Chicago. The tug Duncan City has been kept very busy doing towing in the river since her arrival here. She was placed in the V. O. drydock one day last week to tighten a loose wheel, which Eng. Alex Lanto luckily discovered before any damage was done.

      At the Superior Docks. As a result of running into the ore dock at Allouez bay the whaleback steamer Frank Rockefeller is in dock at this port, and it will take a month to put her in shape for commission. Her nose was so badly smashed that a new bow …

      General Marine Notes. The Crosby Line have plans for a new passenger boat that is to be brought out in a couple of years. The craft is to cost $500,000 and be equipped with all the latest in the way of inventions and devices for the convenience and safety of …

      General Marine Notes. The schooner Minerva, Capt. J. E. Ellingsen, had a rough trip of it from Sturgeon Bay, Mich., last week. She had on a load of slabs and Saturday ran into a heavy northeaster, reaching Milwaukee early Sunday morning in a waterlogged condition. The vessel was assisted into …

      General Marine Notes. Two strandings and a collision were reported last week. The steamers Rockefeller and E. D. Carter met headon (sic) at the Great Northern ore docks in Allouez bay, Superior. The Rockefeller had about twenty plates damaged and her bow crushed to the collision bulkhead. ...

      In the Local Harbor. The steamer Liberty, Capt. Clow, was over from the west shore Saturday looking after some matters connected with the stone business.

      In the Local Harbor. The steambarge Philetus Sawyer was a north-bound passage early Tuesday morning, this being her first appearance in these waters for the season.

      In the Local Harbor. The Government lighthouse steamer, Sumac, Capt. Hubbard, was in port the first time this season on Thursday afternoon and for the following several days was busy setting out the different buoys in this and Green Bay.

      In the Local Harbor. Advices from Allen Bros. of Kewaunee are that their fish tug Elsa M. will soon have a new boiler installed, the kettle being now in the process of contruction (sic) at Green Bay. It is of the Scotch type, 56 inches by 8 feet and will …

      In the Local Harbor. Capt. N. A. Laplant of the tug Industry has been granted two weeks’ leave of absence under full pay on account of the death of his wife. His place is being filled by Capt. D. L. Ramage. The tug and dredge are ready to leave for …

      In the Local Harbor. The storm of Saturday and Sunday is said to have caused considerable damage to the twine of the fishermen operating in the lake, and some of those in Green bay are likewise reported to have suffered to a more or less extent. It also effected the …

      In the Local Harbor. Engineer Carlisle Ramage is engaged in fitting out the tug Watkins and getting her ready to go into commission in case she is wanted by her new owner, Thos. H. Smith. The latter figures on making an examination of the steamer Three Brothers, ashore on South …

      In the Local Harbor. Word received from Richard Noelck of Baileys Harbor advises that he is held up at Appleton, Wis. on account of not being able to get through the locks, his gasoline boat Sea Queen having been taken to Oshkosh to have a new engine installed. It is …

      In the Local Harbor. Capt. Godfrey Laviolette of the gasoline boat G. F. Laviolette was in town Monday having papers made out for the transfer of the other half of the craft to himself, he already owning one-half. The Laviolette will be engaged as heretofore in the freighting trade between …

      In the Local Harbor. Capt. Isabell expects to leave the end of the present week for So. Fox Island to begin wrecking operations on the steamer Vega, the owners of the boat having notified him to get busy on the job. The City of New Baltimore will of course be …

      In the Local Harbor. The Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. the first of the week received an offer to charter the tug Wheeler to the owners of the tug Duncan City, who wanted the boat to tail the tow of that craft, which is engaged in transferring carferries in the river. …

      In the Local Harbor. The tug Kentucky was in port Friday evening, having come in from the lake to replenish her coal bunkers, being on her way to South Chicago from Cleveland. The craft was in command of Capt. Frank Moore who with his crew will return to Lake Erie …