New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
now JESSELS ARE NiNID.
rIrr GOvFRxMENT list SHOWS \ WIDE RANGE
IN TIE CHOICE OF TITLES FOR
AMERICAN CRAFT

rur covrPSME%T list SHOWS WIDE RANGE
~ TIE CHOICE or TITLES Fon
AMERICAN CRAFT.
p.o,I. who are called upon - name vessels
s,mctimes have strang, IDEAS rs ~ III" hnrsS "i
thing. AMI the l.st - merchant vessels sailing
or floating or being pushed or dragged along uhn'r
tho American nag shows how affection gratitude"
,,li,l.ol preference Imagination and humor are all
us.I - Furnish names fot sailing craft System is
adhered t. only hv regularly established ines ana
bv only Few of them. even the biz steamers OF the
American Line the Ncw-York and Paris having
l..n nafnel before they h1lsi'I a." Stdr' am
s,r,pcs "Clty Of being dropped wh"a thit IN
tercsilng ceremony took place. Tie largest list 81
strictly American vessels wh"re system - FOL
lowed f. In the case Of the Southern Pacific fleet
running between this city AMI Nrw Orleans the
names OF the steamers nll beginning Win the
Sranish .Eg" while the OCEAN steamship Company
running t. savannah called upon cities ana MYERS
Of Georgia for names for it, vessels
While the comparatively small number OF steamers
ny.ng the American nag ir'cludes any great
latitude In nomenclature. he sailing hret "ah"s
M for tho deficiency. with room 10 spare. ana
with that part Of the Nations coin'n"rr'hi marin"
the name naler TAD good time Judging by 'He
results 81 his efforts. \ Texas h@H "PP'''""S
donbting whether be was not. asks the qua ''ipn
by naming his little nve-ton schooner An l. WINE
some one in .:oank Conn. 'dr"w on the P"in'i
tongue ana named his iitue two-na+irr NTH'p'h-
oquk \ man IN Westerly. X. !. had PAM ana
recorded T. by ealing his soop Hackdch" Will"
CHIEF Justice g. +. Daily IS the nam" OF S!"op
hanlrg from Sag IIarbDr. Norfolk county Va. re
calls other DAYS In Srw-l ork by calling a Siopp
The Helen Josephine Mansfield but VINO lllo'Lln L
ClccaIuga vino has schooner named after hrF,
may be X probably known onlV - NJ nun VIM
wrecked "A pretty Italian name "h'n ne chtl@''H''
n Cow Eav ~ y schooner the t'uy Eiina
ChinCoteagic. Va. has "A man VINO - pronhpIy an
agnosilc. ns his lack Of knowleds" - bilHph'i OH
Information | Don't Know. Port Huron. Mich.
has n name which IT Is well TO recall wheh collar
button s lost. II is on an clGhtech,,oh sooS 3t
called the 90 Look. George W. hilds mas my
tons Of shippIng named after him. George b
Mcclellan was good enough for Jour vessels agsr..
1oais around Crisfeld Ne. the oval Asitator
halls from chicago. while the Missssippi River ~
New Orleans floats II Lighter cahea the i"nui
Wellfleei Mass reioces In q sioop which Is
known as the q They Know Me- ana the other
end II the country has. at Port io"iiSr'lu Wh.n
a man who had IL narrow escape. am crebra,ri
- b,, naming his soop the Never Touched NJ"
How near Deer Isle. Me. ana Nortoik u, i"l',I
hands is shown by the Maine boat Na"igh"aw ahh
The Virginisn Nassa wadtlux Names "h're Mhiy'
eli her alone or IN combination WIN o.uer wol's
appears are borne by more thai' 81" '"i'eu "'""'
sailing craft. 49,, u.,r,y ira recalled hv
the name Pitcairn. borne by VESSEL Dull 10 ''Ie
ord savs ri Bencia Cal, blt now NAMING IRON,
nctror Mich what Proof GLASS IL ~ P,onnpiy
knnwn 10 the New-Yorkers VINO own si,op on
thnt name one OF coOpers Worhs ~ rScuH,i ~
w.. H. paI,imore schooner Wishthnwlsh ana Mich-
anr nm 'nn eiruck a combination or Petroleum v
Nasty and Josh i'iiiihb' WV"
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