The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-05-03

Marine Miscellany.

E'KEGHrs. The Freight Circular Of Brown
x Cn., New nll, reports for the week end
ing April 21St In consideration of the u!ii-
Guilty Of obtaining remunerative employment
for large spot vessels the chances are that a
considerable percentage of the foreign ton
mage that has been accustomed to FREQUENT
this and neighboring ports Will be deterrt d
BY the extreme !pw trelghts prevailing from
coming llitiier seeking, in which event de-
cid.d reaction would he the logical ST.
'Inence of d revival of business, to which the
long inactivity must ines tably give place.
Az matter NJ fact, some Of the British cast
petroleum tleet III port i'll tile far east AL
ready accepting irtights from home ports, in
preference t. return to the States while
long voyage ships on the other side of the
Atlantic are being despatched to the Indies
Australia and South America, instead Of
looking IN this direction for employment IN
the present disrunraging position Of our pc
tr"leum aud general cargo trades. In the
continued absence of any considerable mum
Der OF fixtures tor petroleum. either cases or
barrels, rates remain nominally steady. For
Australia there has been some little charter
ing at the extreme loW i;;res prevailing, and
III view Of Tie liual collapse NJ tile insIrrec-
fon in BRAZIL there l. a revival of demand
for tonnage III that direction, which contrib
utcs in some measure to the tirnness Of llln-
ler trvights 70 the River Plate, handy size
vessels now heng lleia lt Sll j0o 81 from
/
/ pOrt4 FIR Buenos .Ayres. YELLOW pine timber
fls.i gits from the Gulf for L. Is. and Colsti-
4 urIt are scarcely 50 firm, because of lnCreus
cd competition from steam tonnage cur
T rent RATES Ipr sail beng about ,t26 to 100.
H NAVAL Store trright- from the South remain
+ Qlict Int iii.iil, thr demand being chiefly fur
Y sunnner loading at 10 pr !, for rosIn to
f CORR fur orders as to the size and position
+ of vessels Chartering for the West Indies
/ and Other short VOYAGES during the week has
htru moderate, OM the basis substantially Of
furnIrr rates. Cua orders for Cuba, etr.
A hayr been few, and yellow pine freights,
\ though not brisk. have held their own SIT
gar wood, salt ana other homcward freigitS
remain steady. Coastwise yellow l,lne hiiG-
her and tie lreights are without material
change, though better rates liaN, IN instance s
\ Been Obtained, especially from the Shual WA
ter ia The South Atlantlr ports. Goa! trei GIFTS
eastward are quiet, vessels bclng scarce and
! thus far rates have not improved. Other
/ eoastwise freights are slow and unchanged
4 Charters Sch. Clara II. Colcord, Havana u
/ North ~ llatteras, sugar, -. ~ ~ and
III H. cents Blk. John 3. Emery, Portland
to Buenos ANres, lumber, 81. Sch, Nett.
Langdun, Jamaica to New York or PhiIadel-
pha, logwood, $50 roots, 81 Bg. Jennie
Hubert, Darien to New York, lumber, 81 30
Blk r. A. G. Smith, n Y, to st. Jago, paving
locks, $40 loaded and discharged and free
wharfage Sch. Noronbega, to New York
to Snrinam, $3.50 and port charges. Sch
Austin ID. Knight, Apalachcola to New
York, lumber, 500 Sch Fannie A. Cor
ham, New York to Tampa, general cargo
and hack with phosphate rock, $3.50, loaded
and discharged AZ both ports. Sch. Olive L
Whittier, New York TO Sabine Pass, lefty
stone, - 80 and discharged