The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-22
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
sHIPs AND SHIPPING.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
sHIPs AND SHIPPING.
The british Steamship Kelvin Col
Iides With the British steamship
Hindnstan, Iniuring the Latter's
Bow-Dredging Finished in
Wrights River-Cotton steamers
Chartered For Jnnunry Loading.
Arrivals and Departures.
The British steamship Kelvin. while
coming out of the slip at the Central Of
Georgia railroad wharves Yesterday. col
hded with the British steamship Hindus-
tan. The latter ship was struck on the
port bow by the PROV of the Kelvin,
which cracked the bow plate. the dead
eye and frame just abaft of it. The KEEL
Vin was not injured, and proceeded to sea.
survey was held on the Hindustan, and
the board Of surveyors recommended that
a temporary plate be placed over the
cracked one, and the steamship be allowed
to proceed to Liverpool with her cargo,
when ready.
Capt. Jaime Font has the distinctive hon
merchant
vessel sailing under the Uruguayan flag.
He arrived here last week on his bark.
the Francisco Nadal, from Pernambuco.
The vessel is consigned to Jose M. Fsteve
d Co, and is chartered for a cargo of
lumber and naval stores for Iontevideo.
This is the second time the vessel has been
at this port, she having taken a cargo
from mere IN 1892 She is owned by A.
Jaume Hermanos of Montevideo, Uruguay.
She has been trading generally between
Monteyideo, Spain and the West Indies.
r. Rittenhouse Moores dredge finished
work in the channel at the mouth of
Wrishts river and was towed to the city
yesterday afternoon.
The barge Joseph Souther will be flowed
to Port Royal to-day for a cargo of paos-
phate rock.
The British steamship Glenmorven has
been posted al the cotton exchange for a
cargo of cotton, to be shipped to Stettin
and Reval. She is due to arrive Feb 10
consigned to Wilder q Co.
The British steamship Martin has been
posted at the cotton exchange for a cargo
of cotton 10 be shipped to Bremen She
is due TO arrive Jan. 10, consigned to the
Georgia Export and Import COMPANY.
The British steamship Marin has been
posted at the cotton exchange for a cargo
of cotton to be shipped to Havre She is
due to arrive Jan. 10, consigned to Strachan
& Co.
The schooner Anna r. Bishop, from
New York, arrived yesterday with a car
go OF salt, consigned to c. NJ. Gilbert &
Co. G
The schooner May O'Nein. from Bos-
ton, arrived yesterday with cargo of
guano, consigned to the agent of the Cen
trail of Georgia railway.
DR.. j. G. KelleNnas been requested by
the health officer to take charge of the
Savannah quarantine station to-day. DR..
Lindley arrived from the station last almsst
d dnS LEFT sGf to Charleston Mrs on
who is spending a while with rel
atives in that city. Dr. Keller went to
the station last night, and will return to-
night.
England's ships carry more than seven
tenths of the ocean commerce of the world
and earn for her over $500, 600 900 annually
says Leslie's Weekly. To this stupendous
total the United States contributes each
year $500 100000 or about three-ifths of
T. A4CN
is Nixon's figures, as given in a recent
number of the North American Review
The average for thirty years, he saws. has
been $500. 100000, or 5000. 100000 in all Ger
many, he says, has come forth to get what
she can of this, but helps us nothing; what
we must look at is the great loss. we
want this money at home. We want our
own ships We want more shfDvar]s
We want more Stars and Stripes on the
seas. This is the time for revival. Con-
gress should face the figures and act
London, Dec. 21.-The Norwegian bark
Adele and Sabine, Capt. Vilund from
Brunswick for Rotterdam, before report
ed ashore near Antwerp has broken IN
and her cargo is stranding along the
shore.
London, Dec. 21.-The fire in the hold of
the British steamer Silverdale at st. Mi
chaels, from Galveston via Newport News
for Bremen, which has been burning some
days, has been distinguished. The cargo,
is being discharged.
Savannah Almanac.
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