The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-11
PORT PARAGRAPHS.
Maritime Matters of Local and Gem
eraI Interest.


eraI Interest.
The ocean Steamship Company will APP
mint in a short time six or more engine
room apprentices. These positions are the
first step towards becoming an engineer
They are given to young men who possess
tbe natural qualifications for the work.
The apprentice is really an oiler, or man
who does the work on the engines that
fits him for an engineer AS soon as he
becomes familiar with the work and has
served the required time under the law he
ran present himself before the govern
rnent inspectors for examination as an en-
gineer. His first grade is that of third as
sistant. and from that he progresses to
second assistant and first assistant and
finally to chief. The engineers positions
ara among the best in the large vessels
and good engineers are always in demand
anywhere
The British steamship Evelyn. Capt.
Horner, was cleared yesterday by j. F.
Minis & co. for Genoa, with 5000 bales of
cotton and 1888 tons of phosphate rock.
Il BdnlOtu INOSS Nh5 AONi DNFA ~ "eAS
yesterday hauled out on Jones' marine
railway for repairs.
The British steamer Tafna, Capt. Or
cbard from Philadelphia Oct. 20, for
Sharpness, is ashore near the mouth of
the Wye. The crew has been saved, but
there is no prospect of getting the vessel
off. The Tafna was lately in the Mexican
and Cuban trade out of Baltimore. She
has frequently been at this port in COM
mand of Capt. Harris having brought
several cargoes of pyrites during the past
few season, from Pilley's Point. The YES
sci was built in Shields in 1885, and was
owned by the English and American Ship
ping Company of London. She registered
l,454 tons net.
The Merchants and Miners Transporta-
ton Company has awarded a contract for
a new passenger steamship to Harlan, Hol-
lingsworth & Co., shipbuilders, of Will
mington, Del. The new vessel is to be
a duplicate of the steamship Howard,
built last year for the same company by
the same builders, and is to be completed
by October, 1897. She will cost $3.50, 900,
and will have a speed of 10 knots an hour.
Her name has not yet been decided upon.
The new vessel will be built of steel
throughout She will be 270 feet between
perpendiculars and 293 feet over all on
deck. Her nodded beam will be AZ feet
ana depth "a feet. She will have feet 6
lhches sheer forward. The first and SEQ
ohd decks will be for freight exclusively.
1here VIII also be a space for freight on
the tnlrd deck, which will contain a fore
castle ntted with rooms for the crew.
mates ana cooks storerooms, ice-house.
SCI accommodations, Mushrooms and
eailey' Aft on the same deck will he Tho
nam saloon, furnished in mahogany. Ten
s,IaIe-rooms on each side will omen into
siio HldIii saloon. The pantry and toilet
ICONS ICONS VIII be on the forward and after
0'-1S' respectively. of the main saloon.
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IN, me lonowing are the steamers of the
alerchants and Miners Transportation
company, all actively employed on the
~, Ue'on, providence and Savannah lines
out Of Baltimore: 'iiieS
tor ne s, William Lawrence. 1904 tons regis
in 1869. ''0ii'i0 WORKS Boston,
l. Mliiiam Crane. 1,417 tons. built bv Har-
In 1871. ~ -" HAilingIoh, DEL,
r Decatur H. Miller, 1896 tons. built bv
4iaIiah d Hollingsworth, in 1879
torl eshany and Berkshire, each 2m4
deI iSi quilt by VIM. Cramp & Sons, Phiia-
o dorchester, 2,537 tons. built nv Harlan
Hollingsworth, in 1889. -''''
Icsn r'% shiu1, 2729 tons, built by the Amer
in i 1877 IlHipouHding Company. Philadelphia,
Essex 1854 tons, built bv william,
ramp & Sons, in 1890. ''i
Holiipns&H, z,Sol tons, built by Harlan &
lana oTSSester, 2,542 tons, built by the Mary
iSqs S'eel Company. Sparrows Point in
H1iiUI"ard' 2551 tons, built by Harlan A.
Aoiiingsworth, in 1885. '' 90" *
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