ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

384
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 2349 - 2357
SHIPPING & SHIPS (Cont'd)
2349 - H&G June 15; ed:2/2 - We understand that the excellent steamboat
GENERAL WAYNE made ber recent trip to the upper lakes in eight
days out of Detroit, including the usual stoppages at the different
ports. The boat is up for Chicago again on the 19th. (verbatim) (1)
2350 - H&G June 16:2/3 - The steamboat CLEVELAND has been repaired and
came into port this afternoon. (verbatim) (1)
2351 - H&G June 19: 2/3 - The GENERAL WAYNE leaves this port for Chicago
and intermediate ports on the 20th. A card signed by some 50 ladies
and ger..t1emen passengers on the WAYNE during her last trip to the upper
lakes speaks in high commendation of the boat and officers. The praise
is deserved. (verbatim) (1)
2352 - H&G June 19:2/3 - The LAWRENCE, a new Grand River boat, was
towed into this port on Monday (June 18) by the UNITED STATES for the
purpose of receiYing her engine. Sbe was launched but a few weeks since.
(verbatim) (1)
2353 - H&G June 20: 2/3 - Three of the new crack boats, the CLEVELAND,
MILWAUKIE, and the ERIE, are now in this port undergoing repairs. They
will be out again soon. (verbatim) (1)
2354 - H&G June 22; ed:2/3 - Our suggestion regarding the possible use of
tow boats on the lake, after the enlargement of the Erie canal, elicits
comment from the Buffalo JOURNAL and the COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
Both appear to think the plan cannot be successfully adopted to any
great extent.
"As to the employment of tow boats, we are not competent to judge.
The experiment will not unlikely be made, one of these years." (5)
2355 - H&G June 26: 2/1 - A company of regulars from the Sault de St.
Marie passed down the lake this morning on the new steamboat ERIE.
(verbatim) (1)
2356 - H&G June 30: 2/4 - The ship MILWAUKIE, Captain Dickson, left this
port for Buffalo last evening with the following cargo: 2,060 barrels
flour; 4,018 bushels wheat; 33 barrels pork, and eight packages sundries -
in all about 350 tons. So far this is the largest amount of freight
ever to be shipped from this port. (2)
2357 - H&G June 30: 2/3 - The brig ROCKY MOUNTAINS, Captain Hagerty,
cleared for Buffalo two days ago wi th the following freight: 1,667
barrels flour; 3,055 bushels wheat; 33 barrels pork; and 11 barrels
ashes, the entire cargo weighing 280 tons.
The ROCKY MOUNTAINS was built at Green Bay last year and
ranks among the largest and best of the lake vessels. (2)