New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18

SQUARE sternei, clumsy bowed packers plying
ACROSS the Atlantic, anu the shipping Interests OF
the port. of NewYork were counted ID pig ngnIes;
mot ns snf By English
feet Of stout-bullt sea-going s,de wace HOY tow
boats was constantly yyn IN !s in cruising
off shore under constant orders 20 PICK du ~ amrs
shios and hurry with all speed in order 70 secure
berhs for and %a nndsr the rule first
oo,no est saryedv contest between rival steve
dorcs OF the ships Emerald Isle and f. Z; Scran'oa
created much excitement and Threatened Sonnios
between the State and the municipal authorities
while Fernando Wood was Mayor Ill ,h;s
The outbreak Of the Civil War enaheo .h az has has
been lasting until now. when there seems 70 VI The
we'll grounded revival In shp-6nldpS ~ h;l ,i 10
Eastern Yards and the sewer hahiltation of an
American merchant navy; When the war DS worb
n certaiuty the wharves of New-fork were woo nra
seeing There were busy e1Peiir IN tho dspatchng
of South bound vessels ne 90; "mnaarance on
were regular cockwork in their az ,sciS home
noyts NOT 70 return. They were wanteu III , ,,
ESonfedcracv aud their captains were gehelaaiHy
willing to take chances on r sao were havens Of
saqntv and profit when the light craft laden Win
elton or naval stores could be run out through the
narrowing lines of the bockadng SQUADRON. MANY
rsssels which were owned Jointly by Northern and
Southern ON ners were chartered TOT use III tns
onartermasters department or sold at an appraised
aleu mn M unIer charters with the accrung clause
and when there was little to do IN New ofk
Harbor found ready employment elsewhere from
Washington and Baltimore, down to Virginia and
After the war everything had changed Recon
strncfion elsewhere led to reconstruction OF the
Shining. The fast sailing clippers had been
wearing themselves ont by hard-preSscd voyaees;
many had fallen prey to the Confederate cruisers
ont of the Geneva award. and many had fur safety
changed ownership while IN foreign countries ana
found living in far-o waters unner ano'n n nag
Steamers which had survived the arduons require,
ments of the Government service were 10 DC ha9
CHEAP. Vessel owners who were early on hand
when the war broke out had gTGWn ,Si Hy .fo
take second hand boats at aucton prices wnen tne
Government offered bargains. Many OF the south
crippled financially beyond resusctation The
trade at home ports for Southern productions bad
fallen into Pew hands. The schooncrs gave WAY 10
small moderately fast steamers. T TeiTnana,na'
Charleston. Savannah, Galveston, wilmington,
New bern, Norfolk found these steamers entering
their waters instead of the fore and alters ana
Nearly ten years of inattenton gave American
shipping chance to die ont, The war ana tne
r at Eows There was td
and certainty was dimmed by constant additions 10
the fleet of ocean wanderers from foreign ports;
Intended blockade runners became" tramps here
and everywhere and until 1874. when the clipper
Ocean King was launched at kenneounK. Ne,
there was nothing notable in the ship buildng
lean ship TO the foreign trade. and with the Henry
b HYDE of 2453 tons. asserted the claims OF
American owners to recognition for speed and
beauty Her first voyage to San Francisco was
made last year in 1913 days. thence, erain-laaeu,,
she reached Liverpool in 95 DAYS, and has Just
reached home in twenty-five days from the latter
port. ,:; +o,-;,c Nev
Yorks wharves as a criterion. is pecu'lar' we are
creeping back in measure to the familiar OUTLOOK
OF years ago-but only creeping while the FEATURES
TO he restored will be but partial restoration at
hest Tie fleets of steamers. which are ocean Terry
boats sail under the English French or 'aerman
haC and the stranger vessels, LOADING loT
market, are forelgn-built ana Ioreien neu. . no
coastinC trade is by steamers of better class IMAM
at first, doing the work more quickly ana leaving
nothing for the trim scbooners to do in their wonted
channels. The briys and barks which were
identified with the North of Europe trade, still come
here looking just as they used to do, ana thelr
characte ristics are pleasant as permanent renem-
brancers of old times. The light work vessels
which cruise Down East, oyer oryonu ane Ma ne
coast are more trinity built and larger; the
schooners are nearly all threemasters and nave
double the TONNAGE OF twenty years ego. me
sauare-rgged vessels, few and tar between, are
ment upon nor a decline from the models OF twenty
years ago although some OF the foreigners rdng
at anchor in the North River, or lying wei up
toward the on the Eash strn are of the
clippers which is again to be hoped for. will be
repetition of history APPLY illustrated The clippers
gave the new ship Frederick Billings a Rockport
clipper of 2 800 tons, full cargo TO okohama' ana
the ship will return with paving cargo, alTeaay
insured The California lines have held on
tcnacionsly, notwithstanding the immense business
of the Pacific Mail Company. and in view OF the
announcement of last years ventures the SNIP
builders at East Boston and Bath are about setting
nm clippers of equal size with the Hyde, the Ropes
and the Billings. to be oil and away AT sea pelore
the season closes.