The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-21
A BUSY pAY ON ia RIVER.
Ten VESSELS ARRIVED YEsTER-
DAY AND SIXTY DUE.

SOutherIy Winds Kept the Sailing
Fleet Back and IL Is Coming Now
With n NOr'easter-MOre Shipping
During the Last Two Months Than
For Many Years-A Heavy Business
For September.
Yesterday was the busiest day the pilots,
tow boats and the harbor master have had
/ for some time. After about two weeks Of
sOutherly winds, which kept vessels from
coming down the coast a change to a
northeaster brought a large feet into the
harbor, all in a bunch.
Ten vessels never were hustled to their
docks in so short a space of time. The ca
gerness with which the tug boats moved
around, each trying to get more than the
other, was commented upon BY those who
witnessed the busy scene from the
wharves. Dozens of night watchmen were
on hand trying to get engagements to
watch the vessels; the Smith & Kelly Com
pany was getting its men together to dis
I charge the vessels which brought cargOes
and the lumber stevedores and shippers
were gathering their forces to arrange
cargoes and commence loading the vessels
which came light.
Acting Harbor Master Graham was the
busiest man In town, locating berths for
the vessels. and attending to the dock
ing.
The vessels which arrived yesterday are
all chartered to take outward cargoes and
are as follows
British steamship GlenisIe, Capt Morris
from New Haven, in ballast, to load cot
ton for Genoa, consigned to Richardson &
Barnard.
ccboo,,or pohay-t W Tasaxy Cent Hun
ter, from New York. with cargo Of cot
ton band ties, consigned to the agent Of
the Central railroad.
Schooner John e. duBfgnon, Capt. Tur-
ner from Philadelphia, with cargo Of
coal, consigned to the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company.
The schooner Jennie Thomas, Capt.
Young. with oil consigned to the Standard
OIL Company.
Schooner c. c. Wehrum, Capt. Cavilier,
from New York, with salt consigned to the
Central of Georgia railroad.
Schooner NJ. Luella Wood, Capt. Spauld-
ing. light. to load lumber for Philadelphia
/ or New York.
Schooner Rob Roy, Capt Matt Newbury,
/ light, from Boston. She is chartered to
/ load lumber for Perth Amboy. by ]. A.
Calhoun.
! Schooner Harriet c.. Kerlin, Capt. Cover
| dale, light, from Perth Amboy. She is char
/ tered 10 load Jumper Tor new 1OTks Dy
John A. Calhoun.
Schooner Stephen G. Loud Capt. Pier
son. light, from Boston, to load lumber for
| Boston.
Schooner Harry A. Berwind. Capt. Wal
lace light, from Philadelphia, to load lum-
Der for Philadelphia.
There are still about sixty vessels char
tered to load at this port, and daily ex-
pected to arrive BusiAess men will call to
mind the fact that there was very large
fleet of schooners at this port last month
which cleared with cargoes Of lumber for
northern ports. The southerly winds which
prevailed during the summer delayed a
large number of vessels around Hatteras
and when they struck favorable breeze
they came in a bunch.
Tt will also be remembered that during
June and July there was a large feet Of
foreign vessels here which loaded with ma
val stores and sailed for Europe. The mos
OF them are expected back.
Altogether, the volume of shipping dur
ing the last two months has been larger
than that of the same months for several
years,