Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-11
BOSTON AND SAVANNAH.
FacflIGies-TWO New Steamers and
New Terminals.

The Boston and Savannah Steamship
Company has leased large wharf prop
erty, says the Boston Advertiser, and
is making the necessary arrangements
for the accommodation of the business
which is to be developed by the progressive
managers OF the line. The company, 1t
will be remembered, was lately incorporated
with capital OF $3.50, 900. 1t is practically
the old firm of F. w. Nickerson & Co.
changed into a corporation. The President
of the new company is Mr.. A. A. Nickerson,
the Treasurer Mr.. F. w. Nickersou, and the
same gentlemen, together with Mr..
Elkansh G. Crosby, constitute the
board of directors. The headquarters
of the company are at ia State street.
The company has carried on freight
and passenger business between Boston and
Savannah and Boston and Halifax, the
steamers of the line lying at T wharf when
10 this port. It's new wharf is 10 South
Boston, near the eastern end Of the Congress
street bridge. The Boston Wharf Company
Is now building freight sheds aud laying out
and paving a roadway upon its land north
of Eastern avenue, which is an extension of
Congress street, and near the western water
front of the Commonwealth docks, and this
property has been leased for ten years to F.
w. Nickerson Il Co. The land where these
improvements are being made is about three
acres IN extent, and is being enclosed by a
fence twelve feet high. 1t extends 626 feet
on the water front, giving a berth with
more than sufficient capacity for two
steamers, and is 100 feet deep.
The wharf is to be called Nickerson's
wharf. 1t will be arranged with wide drops,
allowing the WORKING OF the ports of p ship
st 81 stages of the tide. The freight shed,
the foundation OF which is now being laid,
is to be 575 feet in length and rs feet In
width; It will be raised two feet above the
roadway to facilitate the loading and I'M
loading of truck teams. At the Eastern
avenue end OF the shed there will be pri-
Vate office, general office and waiting rooms
for passengers. The roadway will be 40 feet
wide, and is now being paved with the Bel
gian block system. On the eastern side OF
the roadway, opposite the freight shed,
there will be yard 20 feet deep and about
600 feet long for lumber, of which the COM
psny handles a large amount, and other
merchandise which is not liable to injury
by exposure to the weather. The New
York and New England Railroad ConpS-
ny will lay a track nearly the full
length OF the freight shed, giving direct
connection between the railroad system and
these steamers. Alongside the wharf and in
the channel the water is to be deepened by
dredging to minimum depth of nineteen
feet at the lowest state OF the tide. The
company has lately purchased two steamers
the City of Columbus and the Gate City
to replace the old steamers on the Savannah
line, which are of insufficient tonnage to &C.
cOmmodate the business OF the company.
The newly-acquired steamers are built Of
iron, 2, 200 tons each, and have the highest
sting for twenty years. They are steered
by steam, and are provided with electric
lights for navigating the Savannah river at
night. Their freight capacity is up
wards of 1000 bales of cotton, and they
have passenger accommodations for one
hundred and fourteen first class and sixty
second-class passengers e2ch. Their cabin
appointments are very elaborate, and are
unsurpassed by any ocean steamers. They
are two years old, and have been running
between New York and Savannah. 1t is
expected that the new steamers will make
the run between Boston and Savannah "a
less than eighty hours The City of Colum-
bus viii make her first trip from Boston
September IA, and the Gate City September
81. The new freight house and wharf and
their accessories are to be finished by Octo-
Der Is. They will be among the finest in
Boston. NckeTson's wharf will also be
used for the vessels Of the Boston, Halifax
and Prince Edward Island Steamship Line,
which at present comprises the steamers
Carroll and Worcester. These vessels are
OF !, 500 tons each, but the company contem-
plate building one or two new steamers Of
1900 or $500 tons burden for Introduction
next season.