The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-27

IfErROPoLTr4N MArrERs.
Interesting Happenings in and About New
XoTA Yesterday.


YOTA Yesterday.
The American steamship Saturn, l.S17 tons
burden. which reached this port on Tuesday
from Bristol. is said to be the first American
tramp steamship TO carry the Stars and
Stripes into an nglish port. she has already
made two profitable trips
Her first voyage was TO AvOnmOuth. She
LETT New York September 18th with 800 tons
of grain and 7lS tons Of general cargo. She
reached Monmouth September oath. making
the trip in eleven DAYS and eighteen hours
She left there in ballast October island arrived
at Sandy Hook October 18th
On the trip Just completed the Saturn left
New York October I'D and reached Bristol
November tn She carried the same kind of
cargo as before and returned in ballast.
She is commanded by Captain ID. W. Wiley.
and has q crew OF twenty-five men She mas
a bunker capacity of so tons of coal. burns
twenty-siH tons per day and runs thirteen
knots per hour
The success Of the Saturn it is said. will
prove great incentive for the investment OF
American capital in reight steamships The
Saturn is owned by the American 1Owboat
Company, and her business when not carry
ing transatlantic freight is 10 tow large coal
barges from Norfolk and other Southern
ports to Boston. Sic w9s built about one
year ago.
IoOKs LIKE A TRUCE.
The directors Of the Standard Gasllght
Company were busily engaged yesterday IN
preparing for the meeting OF the company %
he held to morrow whom it IS expected some
sort of a truce will be made with ex-President
Wallace G. Andrews in connection with the
alleged illegal appropriation of large amount
OF the common stock of the company.
There seems TO be desire on the part OF
some of the directors 70 elect an anncable
settlement A conference was held Yesterday
at the law Offices of NanderpOel Goodwin a.
Cunning. All the members of the committee
of directors appointed 10 confer with the
parties Interested in the stock deal we e pres
ent at this meeting. When the committee
adjourned Mr. Goodwin said that there was
nothing TO be made puolic
We Will not be ready TO talk " he sai0
before Friday. After our meeting then we
may have considerable TO make public. {
will not say what MIR. Andrews is going TO do
or whether any proposition from him in likely
80 meet with the approval of the directors"
Mr.. Andrews contends that much of the
stock has long since passed out OF his control.
THE vIGILANcIA DETAINED.
The steamship Vigilancia. Of the United
States and Brazil Mail Line. which arrived
here from Brazilian ports late On Tuesday
night. was detained at quarantine yesterday
for inspection. 1t had ; cen rumored that
there had been a case OF yellow fever on board
This proved not 10 be true however Only
one case Of sickness occurred on the voyage
from Santos. That was the case OF
pantIy-man, who was taken sick
soon after the ship left Santos
and died soon after the ship left Bahia His
name was julius Sandermsn. and he died
from remtteut fever. The body was buried
at sea AS soon as Sanderman was taken
sick he was removed t. stateroOm on the
spar deck and was cerefully tended 10y Or.
Whitehead, the ships doctor and volunteer
nurses. The Yigiancia was scrupulously
clean and called forth many praises because
OF her cOndltl n from Superintendent Burt
and Port Captain Baker. She will come up
70 her pier this morning.
TIE APPROPRIATION CUr down.
Captain n. II. Farquhar. chief of the Bureau
of Yards and Docks OF the Navy. paid visit
OF inspection to the Brooklyn navy yard yes
terday and had conference with Comman-
dant Henry Erben with reference TO contem-
plated improvements at the yard
Owing TO the reduction Of the original est
mates for the nayy.yard Improvements.
which were cut down from S20l5l1SW 10
Sl27. $50. 20, the extensive plans formerly en-
tertained will not DO matured during the
coming fiscal year.
OF the amount allowed the sum Of 100000 /
Is to be expended on the quay wall extension /
OF the cob dock and S67,1t0.75 for the quay
wall OF Whitney basin. This does not IN
clude the cost of maintenance. for which an /
estimate of $4,000 is submitted for all the
navy yards and stations
1t is believed that a special appropriation !
may 6e asked from Congress Tor an add |
uonai new dry dock az this nayy-yard
THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER NOW.
The recent rain has doubled the flow Of tho /
,roton river. and 1t is now nearly 200. 900 900 |
gallons day. The reservoirs in the Croton |
watershed are filing rapidly Measurements /
,aken at noon yesterday showed that within |
tne previous twenty-four hours the water ia
Sroton lake had risen twenty inches. in /
boyds corners reservoir two and half feet
and In Middle-branch reservoir seven feet
~ a: NJ yesterday the old RESERVOIR in
Sehtral Park showed gain Of two feet three
,ncnes ana inc forty-second street reservoir
gam OF eight feet two inches. The large
fall OF three inches. SAo"'u
al nSo aany consumption of water is now
lI3.0OO.OOO gallons. Chief Eneneer Pirdssii
sad Yesterday that the increased pressure
ought 70 send the water at least a story higher
~ the houses OF the city. The orders against