The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

The Steamer Gopher Ready For n
Cruise in Carolina Waters-A
Number of Charters of Vessels 10
Load Mt savannah-LOriIIard
FIoatinE Palace at ThunderbpIt.
Description of an Unsuitable
Craft.
The steamer Gopher, which has been laid
up in the Savannah river all summer. has
been recently overhauled. and yesterday
was taking on supplies for cruise in Car
DINA waters. She will sail to-day. Prof
Moore her owner, arrived in the city yes
terday from Philadelphia, accompanied
with several associates, who Will assist
him in his scientific researches. Later in
the season the Gopher will go to Florida,
where the party will resume their investi-
cation OF Indian mounds.
The steamer Star. formerly of Savannah
but recently sold by Booz Bros. of Balti-
more to syndicate at Honduras, arrived
here yesterday for coal on her way to
Puerto Cortez, Honduras. She is in COM
mand of Capt. T. K. Travies, who was for
merly commander of steamboats, on the
Satilla river He will pilot the Star to
Key West where she will be taken by
Capt Tefair Hodsop Of Mobile to Hon
duras.
The steamship Gate City arrived from
Boston via New York early yesterday
morning She was scheduled to sail from
New York Thursday, but did not get away
on account of breaking propeller blade,
which detained her until Friday. She did
not sail for Boston yesterday. as was adj
vertised. but will be put on the New York
line, sailing tomorrow in place of the La
Grande Duchesse, which was scheduled to
sail on that day.
The following charters have been re-
ported: The schooner Thomas A Ward,
for a cargo of crossties from Savannah to
New York, at Az cents, 5000 feet per
day; the schooner George II. Ames for
cargo of salt from New York to Savan-
nah. at 80 cents. and return with lumber,
at 81. 621&; the schooner Aaron Reppard,
from Philadelphia to Savannah with salt,
at so cents, and return with lumber, at
A.2j.
Mr.. p. Lorillard's floating palace and
floating stables passed through Catalogue
sound yesterday on the way to Florida,
and stopped at Thunderbolt.
The Norwegian steamship Drot remains
stuck in the mud opposite the Central of
Georgia railroad Wharves, where she got
aground Sunday. 1t will probably be
three or four days before the tides will
be high enough to float her.
The government naval yard tender Hope
arrived from Port Royal yesterday, bring
ing Commander Rockwell and a party of
his friends, who will spend two or three
days in the city.
The report of charters in the New York
Herald of Sunday shows that Savannah
leads in demand for vessels: British
steamer, 1,54 tons, kainit, Hamburg to
Charleston or Savannah, IS, chartered
abroad; Norwegian bark, 457 tons, rosin,
Savannah to Montevideo, 75c; schooner,
521 tons, lumber, Brunswick to New York,
81 .621h option sound A.75 or Boston, "a. S1a;
schooner, 37S tons, salt, hence to Savannah,
SOC, and back 81 SPY; schooner, 1872 tons,
lumber. Satila to New York, IS; bark, Gil
tons, lumber, Fernandina to Philadelphia,
"a 80; schooner, 404 tons, lumber, Savan-
nah to Philadelphia, $4.25 coal out, SOC;
schooner, 339 tons, lumber, jacksonville
to Philadelphia, "a 50, coal out to Charles
ton, soc; schooner, 765 tons, ties, Savannah
to New York or Perth Amboy, 1412c, TO-
600 feet per day.
The Italian bark Chiarna, Capt Ma
with a cargo of sulphur to order The
vessel is consigned to Dahl & Andersen.
The British steamship Hindustan has
been posted at the Cotton Exchange for
a cargo of cotton, to be shipped to Liver
pool. She is due to arrive Dec l, con-
signed to the Georgia Export and Import
Company.
The steamer H. G. Day arrived yester-
day from Augusta and way landings with
IT'S bales cotton. S51 sacks cotton seed, 60
barrels naval stores and large lot of
hides, chickens, etc. She had fifteen cabin
and sixty deck passengers.
The steamer W. S. Cook arrived yester-
day from Augusta and way landings with
80 bales cotton, 259 sacks cotton seed, 1876
| bales domestics, 200 barrels naval stores,
100 barrels soap stock and lot of miscel-
| passengers.
syndicate of bankers of New York and
| other cities have placed an order with the
Cramp Shipbuilding Company for the con-
struction of four modern vessels. The
| contract calls for screw steamers. which
will be modern in every respect, and
which will, perhaps, be the most expen-
sive vessels of similar dimensions ever
built in this country. They will each be
800 feet long, 36 feet beam, with a dead
weight carrying capacity of from $500 to
| 200 tons. The steamers are intended for
the West India trade. The object of the
builders for the new vessels is to charter
them to the Boston Fruit Company in
place of vessels which 1t now has under
charter. and Is of special interest, In that
1t means the placing of so much new ton
mage under the American flag, the pres
ent steamers of the Boston Fruit Company
being of foreign build
The largest steel steam yacht ever built
in America is now in process of construc-
ton at East One Hundred and Eighteenth
street and East river New York. In the
yards of the Johnson Engineering and
Foundry Company, of which Commodore
Archibald Watts is apparently the owner
is a craft which is claimed to be the most
remarkable in a number of ways; first he
cause she will be practically the only I'M
sinkable steel craft In existence; second
ly, because she is more strongly built than
the steel battleships of the American navy
and, thirdly, because her owner not only
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