The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
NInritIme MisceIIany.

TO people interested in ships and shipping
as well as those who go down to the sea
in ships, the British steamship tConningsby
is a particularly constructed crsft and at
tracts much attention as she Is moved IN
the slip at the Central of Georgia Rail
road Company's wharVes, receiving part
cargo of pig iron.
She is what is known as a trunk steam
ship and is the sixth one of the kind ever
built. The popularity of the ship is that
she has an elevated deck, built l1ush with
the poop deck, bridge and force astle. 1t
is about or 10 feet above the main deck;
is 20 feet wide and extends through the
center of the ship, leaving about 10 feet on
each side for the main deck below The
main deck is scarcely ever used, as all of
the matches, five in number open through
the trunk" and the hosting engines and
derricks are also on this upper deck
The first steamship of this kind was
built few years ago by Robert Roper of
Stockton Tees, England, and proved
such a success that five others have been
constructed. The first of the kinds nam
ed Trunkby, after the style of vessel Mr..
Roper is the patentee of this style OF
steamship which is destined to be a uni
versally acceptable to commerce in the flu
ture as the conVeniences and modern APP
pliances for handling and carrying freight
are far in advance of the old style of
freighters.
mendable is that the trunk" when filled
with grain acts as a feeder to she bal
ance of the grain in the hold, and there is
no possible chance of the cargo shifting.
This commodious steam ship is 1880 tons
dead weight and 2,15S tons net register. She
is 1856 feet in length and 40 feet beam. she
has a capacity for 2A, $50 cubic feet of cot
ton, and 270,9 4S cubic feet of grain, and
carries 635 tons of water ballast, when not
loaded.
She was launched July /. 1897 and sailed
for Savannah, just after her trial trip on
Aug. A. which showed a speed of II knots.
arriving here Sept to load pig iron and
cotton for Barcelona.
She was burt for Gladstone & Cornforth,
of West Hartlepool England, who intend
to put her in the India trade regularly.
The Conningsby is commanded by Capt.
James Smith, who Is one of the Jolllest ana
most active seamen who personally car
ries a dead weight of over three hundred
avoirdupois.
The schooner Margaret A. May, 2S days
| from Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with
a cargo of coal. The May had long and
! tedious passage down the coast, encounter
| ing head winds all the way.
The schooner Emily f. Northam, Capt
| Travers, Is days from Philadelphia, ar
| rived yesterday with a cargo of coal. Capt
| TraVerS reports having ndU WHO'S OlTeCl
| from the south nearly every day of the
passage. He says that he worked hard TO
| reach a point east of Charleston, when on
| Friday he had to work even harder to keep
| from being blown to the south of Tybee.
The American bark SYRIA, Capt. Olsen,
| from New York arrived yesterday with a
| cargo Of fertilizer material, consigned to
| the Commercial Guano Co. She is charter
ed for an outward cargo of naval stores
| for Rio Janeiro.
The barkentine Carrie L. Tyler, Capt
| Jayne arrived yesterday. % days from
| New York with a cargo of salt to order.
| She will load with lumber on return for
! New York.
The steamer Doretta departed yesterday
| for Blunton, on her first trip on the new
line She will leave Savannah daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at o'clock p. m, and leav-
ing Button az o'clock a. m.
The British steamship Coniscliffe, Capt
| Wrightson, from Antwerp, arrived yester-
| day, consigned to Strachan & Co. She is
chartered for a cargo of cotton from this
port for Bremen.
The Propeller Towboat Company's tug
| Forest city was yesterday hauled out on
Jones marine railway to have her bottom
| painted.