The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-21
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

and Is DamnGed-ArriynI of Vessels
with CargOes From the North.
Movement of River Freight.
The Propeller Towboat Company's tug
Forest City arrived yesterday from Coo
saw In a damaged condition. She left here
Saturday to tow a barge. Sunday she
struck an old boiler which was sunken
! lust out Of the channel at Coosaw Rnc
had her rudder post torn away. She re-
turned 20 the city under her own steam,
and was hauled out on Jones marine rail-
! waV last night and an examination VIII
be made to-day TO ascertain the extent
| of the damage and have 1t repaired.
| The old boiler which was struck by the
Forest City was formerly in the washboat
OF the Coosaw Phosphate Company, which
| capslzed in the channel during the great
storm Of September 1898. The obstruction
was removed from the channel by tow
boats but its position was not marked at
the time, and 1t was almost forgotten. Tho
Propeller Towboat Company will see mat
The position Of the old boiler will be mark
ed hereafter, or else removed entirely out
of the way of all classes Of vessels.
The government bureau of navigation
has issued it's twenty-ninth annual list
with the official numbers and signal LETT
ters awarded them by the commissioner OF
navigation; also lists and distinguishing
signals of vessels of the United states
navy quartermasters' department, l. ).
A, engineer department, u. 5. A, Mis-
sissippi and Missouri river commissions,
revenue cutter service, lighthouse estab-
lishment, coast and geodetic survey, L. 5.
fish commission and L. S. marine hospi-
tai service. The work is corrected up to
June 30. 1897.
The British steamship Buckminster,
Capt Zines from Port Royal arrived
Yesterday for a cargo of cotton, to be
shipped to Genoa. She is consigned TO
Richardson & Barnard
The schooner Thomas A. Ward Capt
Lyman. from New York, arrived yester-
DAY with a cargo of fertilizer material
consigned to the Savannah Guano COM
pany.
The schooner Edward j. Berwind, Capt
Mcbride, from Newport News, arrived
yesterday with a cargo of pyrites, con-
signed to the Commercial Guano Com.
pany.
The schooner John r. Halliday Capt
Moore. from New York. arrived at Ty-
bee wharf yesterday with a cargo of ce-
ment. to be used in the construction of
the government works on the island.
The schooner Julia A. Trubee, Capt. AL
bertsen, from New York. arrived yester>
day with a cargo of fertilizer material
consigned to the Savannah Guano Com.
pany.
The steamer w. S. Cook, which arrived
Sunday night from Augusta and way
l,Ia
$50 bales domestics, 1913 barrels soap stuff,
$50 barrels naval stores SO barrels gum
and a lot of miscellaneous merchandise
She had full list of passengers.
The steamer II. G.. Day, which arrived
Sunday night from Augusta and way
landings, had on board 116 bales cotton, SIG
sacks cotton seed, 229 barrels naval stores,
a large lot of miscellaneous freight She
had full list of passengers.
The steamer Clifton will not make her
regular trip for Beaufort on Thursday
but will leave Friday morning at $50, re-
turning the same night. This arrange
ment has been made TO accommodate pas
sengers along the route who may wish to
spend Christmas either at Savannah or
Beaufort,
Capt Haddon of the steamer II. G. Day,
eral weeks with typhoid fever, is recover
ing his health. and Will be able to get
out in few days
The Austrian steamship Istok has been
posted al the cotton exchange for a cargo
of cotton 10 be shipped to Trieste. She is
due Jan. %, consigned to Strachan & Co.
The steamer Harry G. Day will lay off
Christmas week. During that time ad-
ditional bulkhead will be placed in her,
her machinery thoroughly overhauled and
the hull painted.
The tug Weymouth, from Beaufort, ar
rived yesterday to tow barge loaded with
machinery for the government works at
| Fort Royal.
The steamer loretta arrived yesterday
| from Bluffton with the largest lot of cot
| ton she has ever brought from the thrifty
| little island town. There were As bales
of upland and bags of sea island cot
| ton She also brought a large lot of mis-
! cellaneous freights and number of pas
sengers.
| A compromise which has been expected
| for some time has been affected between
| the Propeller Towboat Company and the
| Bristol Towboat Company. The opposi-
! ton so far as cutting rates is concerned is
| at an end, as long as the agreement be-
tween the two companies will last. The
rates agreed upon for outward towing is
| il cents per ton for foreign vessels and
10 cents per ton for coastwise vessels.
| There is no rate agreed upon for inward
towage, but the first tug that reaches an
| incoming vessel will not be interfered with
in the making of a contract for the tow
| age
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day al 7:07 and sets 4:53.
High water at Tybee to-day 5:04 a. M
and $50 D. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.