The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-31
WILL COAL At SAVANNAH.
Vessels Drawing "a Feet Of Water Can
Go Down the River This Fall.

The Berenguer ell Grande to Take 600
Tons of Coal at Savannah in Addi-
ton to Her Cargo Inquiries of
Foreign Ship Owners as to the Depth
of the Channel to Be Answered by
ohciaI Information From the United
States Engineer.
The plan TO have steamships trading at
this port coal here instead of at Norfolk
bids fair to be successfully carried out.
Mr.. James L. Logan, the manager of
the SIoss Iron and Coal Compauy's Sa-
vannah Office, has contracted with the
owners Of the Berenguer lie Grande of
Barcelona, Spain, which will arrive in
Savannah about Oct. /, to furnish the
vessel with 600 tons of coal.
The Brenguer ell Grande visited Savan-
nah twice during last season, and at
tracted considerable attention as the
largest vessel which had ever visited this
port. Her cargo was 10000 bales, but
having passenger accommodations for
several hundred passengers, this, of
course, diminished her freight room.
Otherwise her cargo would have been
about 10, 900 bales. If vessels of this size
can coal at Savannah there would GER
tainly seem to be no reason why the
ordinary cotton carrying steamships of
from 1,200 to 1000 tons should not take
all their coal at Savannah, instead of
going to Norfolk for it, and considerably
increasing their expenses by extra costs
Of pilOtage and insurance.
NO TROUBLE ABOUT WATER.
L, I ! IL
spOndence with foreign ship owners with
reference to the coaling of vessels at
Savannah Naturally the idea which he
finds most difficult to combat is the i'm
preston which exists among foreign
ship owners as to the depth of the Sa-
vannah river In this connection the
work of the board of trade in
having the correct depth of the
channel placed upon the government
charts is destined to have considerable
effect. One very large shipping firm
OF London, in replying to recent letter Of
L1r. LOgan's in reference to COaling its
vessels when visiting Savannah, ackuOwl-
edges the apparent advantages of Coaliug
at Savannah instead of at Norfolk or
some other port to the northward, the
SINGLE item of the saving of $50 pilotage
being especially noted.
A MISTAKEN IDEA.
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the fear that The draft depth of water
! ION the bar" is insufficient, and that
| vessels with full cargoes aboard would be
unable to cross the bar at savannah with
| their bunkers filled with coal. Theletter
! concludes by inquiring the actual draft
! Of water at Savannah. MIR. Logan went
/ to Capt. Carter, United States engineer
| in charge of the river and harbor work
| at Savannah, and was by him furnished
with letter which states that There is
! at present at least mean low water
! channel depth between Savannah and
! the sea of 10 feet, or at least mean high
water a channel depth of twenty-four
feet between the same points. Opera
| tiOns are now in progress, adds Capt.
! Carriers letter, which it is hoped will
result at an early date in further increas-
| ing the depth.
! TO NOTIFY SHIP OWNERS.
Mr. Logan will have copies of Capt
! Carriers letter made and mailed to the
/ foreign ship owners
In reference to the Savannah bar, it is
well known here that there has always
been plenty of water on the bar, the only
dildculty having been in the river which
has been greatly deepened in recent
years as the result of the government
work. Capt Carter Informed Mr.. Logan
that if he would load the Berenguer ell
! Grande 20 a depth of "A feet in the mid
die of October he would himself take her
down the river. With this backing MIR.
other contracts for coaling steamships.