The morning news., 1894-09-30
The FIRST COTTON SHIP.
The BcTeneutT tl GTande Cleared
With S, $50 Bales Of Cotton.

Loaded With Non-Union Labor-The
Total Weight of Her Cargo Nearly
the Same as That of Her Last Cargo
Year Ago-Her Agents, Richard
son & Barnard, Well Pleased With
the LoadinE-She Takes 500 Tons of
Coal From Savannah.
The Berenguer el Grande cleared yes
terday for Barcelona and Genoa with
$3.50 bales OF cotton aboard, weighing
4.3s4.357 pounds The Berenguer el
Graude is the first cotton ship to clear
from this port this year, and was, as is
well known. loaded with non-union labor.
She carries exactly 300 bales less than
when she cleared from this port on Nov.
10. 1898 at which time she had $50 bales
of cotton aboard. Her weight then was
4,4l3,g5O pounds, which was only 29,593
pounds more than she carried this time.
There are other things to be taken into
consideration, however. The fact that
considerable room has been taken up in
the hold of the vessel since her former
visit to Savannah by heavy braces on ac-
count Of damages sustained TO her hull by
going ashore off Cuba last spring, must be
considered This, II is claimed. is more
than sufficient TO Offset the 800 bales diff
ference in the two cargoes. The differ
ence in weights is only equivalent to
about 90 bales. She also carries only 100
bales on deck this trip, as against I75
bales on deck last time. These figures
were furnished by Messrs Richardson &
Barnard, the agents for the vessel
THE VESSEL WELL LOADED.
To a MORNING News reporter yester-
day Mr.. Barnard said that the agents are
well satisfied with the work which has
been done upon the vessel and the cap
tain has expressed his satisfaction at the
manner in which the vessel has been
loaded. The work, Mr.. Barnard said,
was, of course, not equal to that done by
the union men, but the non-union men are
rapidly acquiring proficiency, and Dy the
time the steamers now in port have fin
ished loading there is every reason to be-
lieve that the work will fully answer all
requirements.
The Berenguer ell Grande arrived in
port sept. : and began loading Sept. g. 1t
will be remem bered that this was the
day upon which the riot between the
union and non union men occurred at Bay
and Houston streets as the non-union
men were on their way to begin work on
the vessel. Fortunately the riot did not
result as seriously as it was at first
thought it would, and the prompt and
effective measures taken by Mayor Nc
DOnough to preserve order had the de-
sired result and prevented further dis
order. 1t will be seen that the BerengUer
el Grande has been about three weeks
loading The work suffered several in
terruptiOns, however
SATISFIED ALL AROUND.
The brokers are satisfied that with
increased experience upon the part of the
labor the saving in the cost of loading
the vessels will be considerable.
Another item in the loading of the
Berenguer ell Grande was, that none of
the cotton was recompressed and that
the bulk of it was from the interior. When
the first vessel was loaded with non-union
labor last spring the bulk of the cargo
was recOmpressed for the sake of greater
ease in handling.
The Berenguer ell Grande dropped down
to the wharf of the Sloss Coal and Iron
Company yesterday morning, where she
took on 500 tons of coal. This is the first
cotton ship TO take on coal at Savannah
instead of going to Newport News, and
augurs well for this new departure in the
interests of the port. There seems to be
no reason why all the foreign steamships
loading at this port should not take on
coal here, and thus reduce the expenses
of the vessel, by saving the cost of a trip
into Neport News, and at the same time
reducing the rate of insurance.