The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

4 Dense Fog Along the COast-The
Time Bali DiscOntinues to Drop at
II O'CIOck-TuE McCauIey Makes a
Double Tow to BrunswicIz-SchoOn
er Julia 4. Trubee Arrived at New
York After % Days Voyage.
Ocean Forecast for November.
The dense fog which hung over Tybee
kept the feet Of vessels which were ready
to sail from going to sea. There were no
vessels reported arrived and none, except
the regular coastwise steamers, sailed.
On account Of some changes being made
in the Office in which the machinery of the
time ball has been placed the dropping of
the ball will be discontinued until further
notice.
The tug VIM. F. McCauley left this port
yesterday towing the schooner Hilda and
barge Joseph Souther for Brunswick. The
schooner will load al Brunswick with lum-
Der for a northern port, and the Souther
carried a cargo of cotton to be transport
ed to a steamship bound for Europe.
The steamer loretta, which was due to
arrive from Button at Il o'clock yester-
day did not get here until about o'clock.
II
the coast was so dense that it was i'm
possible to pass through the sounds at
the usual speed.
The schooner Julia A Trubee, Capt AL
bertson arrived al New York Dec. 2 after
a tedious voyage of twenty-five days from
this port, with a cargo of lumber con-
signed to Cooney, Eckstein & Co,
The renOrted arrival of the steansh hin
Tallahassee from New York, published
yesterday, was an error. She sailed from
New York Dec. 2, and is due to arrive
early this morning.
The steamship Chattahoochee, from Bos-
ton via New York, is due to arrive here
early this morning.
The United States photographic office
has issued the following forecast for the
month of December at sea: Frequent
storm areas moving from the American
coast to the northWard of the British isles.
These areas are followed by strong ives
terly and northwesterly gales that are felt
as far south as Bermuda and the Azores.
In the central part of the ocean between
latitude % degrees north and latitude 40
degrees north, occasional gales. Some fog
on northern part of Grand Banks. Occa-
sional northers in the Gulf of Mexico.
Secretary Longs recommendation that
dry-docks be built for the navy makes in
teres ting a comparison between the condi-
ton of this and other maritime countries
Great Britain has Gil docks. Twenty
eight of them WILL accommodate the larg-
est battleShspS at1Oat. Fourteen hrSt-claSS
battleships can be locked at one time in
the two yards Of Chatham and Ports
mouth alone
two are capable of holding battleships of
the first class. Then there are seven be-
longing to private companies, which are
adapted for battleships.
Germany has seventy docks. Two, be
longing to private companies, can take
the largest warships in the world.
Spain has one dock suitable for first
class battleship and Italy has seven. Aus
tria, despite her limited sea coast, has two,
and China has one. Russia and Japan
each have six docks suitable for big war
| vessels.
An interesting contribution to the once
! much-mooted question of screw versus
| paddle efficiency is afforded by an illus
! tration in the November number of Cas-
| sier's magazine, representing two of the
earlier steam vessels of the British navy
| the paddle steamer Basilisk and the screw
steamer Niger, towing stern to stern, the
| vessels exerting their utmost power in OPP
| posite directions. From the very meager
| particulars which are available IT ap-
pears, says Casters magazine, that this
| trial of power took place i'm the English
channel on June %, lS49, and lasted one
| hour. in which time the Niger towed the
| Basilisk at the rate by patent log, of
1,466 knots per hour. Both ships were of
| very nearly the same dimensions, the
former having a length of 1894 feet and
| beam of "a feet, while the latter measur-
| ed 1870 feet and "a feet respectively. The
tonnages were lob and 1000, and the horse
! power equipments, 406 and 400 respectively.
| Both ships, too, were constructed at the
| Woolwich royal dock yard, and the .condi-
| tons therefore were as nearly alBke as
| one could well wish them to be for the
| purpose of a fair comparison.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at 7:O4 and sets at ass.
| High water at Tybee to-day Asa a. m.
| and 5:21 p. m. High water at Savannah
| one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for December.
Full moon, Sth, II hours, 16 minutes,
| evening; last quarter, 18th, 10 hours, 43
| minutes, evening; new moon, 23d, hours,
| II minutes, evening; first quarter, 30th, l
| hour, As minutes, evening.
| ARpIUATS Ann UEPARTURES