The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Extract From Secretary of Treasury
Cages Annual Report Regarding
the Steamboat Inspection Service.
The Siren Whistle of Tug McCau-
mingtOn, y. C.-List of Vessels in
the Port of savannah.
Secretary of Treasury Cages annual re-
port includes an interesting reference to
the work of the steamboat inspection SER
vice. The personnel Of this service con-
sits of 175 officers. clerks, and messen-
gers. The number of annual certificates
of inspection issued to vessels propelled
by steam, gas fluid naphtha, or electric
motors, foreign and domestic, last year
was 1897. The number of certificates is
sued to foreign passenger steam vessels
505, and to domestic vessels, SOP. The
tonnage of domestic steamers (neO was
1873, 258.96; foreign steamers (gross), 1,021,
554.28; number Of officers licensed, 10, ASP.
The number Of steamers inspected on the
Atlantic coast was S,791 with a net ton
mage of 1,4S1, 400 tons. The number of Off
GERS licensed on the Atlantic coast was IT,,
$50.
1t is estimated that CSC, 900 900 passengers
were carried on steam vessels during the
year. The total number of accidents re-
sulting in loss of life was 20; total number
of lives lost by accidents from various
causes during the year, ,1SS; decrease in
number of lives lost. from previous year,
80. OF the number of lives lost, forty-six
were passengers and 1877 belonged to the
crews of the vessels.
The foreign steam vessels Inspected and
certiticate ted during the year was: British,
ia; German, 3d. French, IS; Norwegian, "A;
Dutch, 10; Belgian, 8; Spanish, 6; Nicara-
guam, 8; japanese, 5; Danish, 4; Portu-
guese, 3; Hawaiian, 1; toal, SO5. with to-
tai gross tonnage of 1,021 ,554.2S. The to-
tai number of new life-preservers exam
ined was "a, 907; found deficient and reject
ed, 100; number passed, 54747.
The total number of color-b blind exami-
nations of applicants for masters or pi-
lots license was 1,46S; number rejected, So.
Under the act of congress approved Jan.
2, 1884, 3,742 iron and steel marine boiler
plates were tested at the mills, of which
367 were rejected for various defects.
The supervising inspector-gener re-
news the following recommendations for
Legislation: That so much of the Revised
Statutes, be repealed as confers upon the
board of supervising inspectors the full
powers of legislative body; that the num-
Der of supervising inspectors be reduced
from ten to five; that the position of as
sistant to the supervising nspector-general
be created by law; that provision be made
for the punishment of forgery in the alter
ing of licenses, and for perjury by per-
sons applying for license.
The steamer loretta arrived yesterday
from Button with a heavy freight and
about thirty-five passengers The people
from the South Carolina village are COM
ing over daily to sell their produce and
buy Chris mas supplies.
The steamer Clifton arrived yesterday
from Beaufort with fifty passengers and
a large freight
The tug William F. McCauley returned
yesterday from Wilmington, n. c., having
towed the schooner Roger Moore to that
port. The people of Wilmington are not
accustomed to the siren whistle and were
startled at the McCauleys unusual harbor
salute. The Wilmington Messenger of
Thursday says: The remarkable noise
which was heard in the harbor yesterday
and last night was the McCauleys whistle
1t sounded like Sut Lovingoods descrip-
ton of trenoise made by a panther with
a grindstone on its tall
The schooner James G. Beecher from
Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with a car
go Of coal consigned to c. H. Dixon & Co.
The tug Robert Turner is at Rourke's
undergoing an overhauling to her machin-
cry.
The Spanish steamship Martin Saenz, in
leaving her dock yesterday, came very near
meeting with an accident. A large
quantity of coal had been placed on deck,
which made the cotton-laden ship top
heavy, causing her to careen as she en-
tered the stream. Fortunately the coal
was shifted in time to avoid an accident
and the ship went to the blight where she
anchored. She will sail to-day for Bar
celona.
Capt. Cox, the regular master of the
British steamship Adra arrived here yes
Eterday, overland, to relieve Capt. Tweddle
who brought the steamship from Europe
| to this port. Capt. Cox remained in Eu-
rope to attend a wedding, at which he was
one of the two principals. He brought
his bride with him and the happy couple
went on board the Adra yesterday.
Savannah Almanac.
| Sun rises to-day at 1905 and sets at Asa.
High water at Tybee to-day S39 a. m,
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