The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

british Steamship BaWtry Arrived
For Cargo of CottOn-The old
FIlibustering steamer bermuda to
Go i'm Mexican-Cuban Trade-List
of Vessels in This Port.
Mr.. T. O'Keefe Of the Stevens-Clark Co.,
who went to Mobile on the steamer Co
pher as chief engineer, and to look after
the steamer in the interest of Prof. c. d.
Moore, her owner, returned yesterday af-
ter having seen the boat safely delivered.
The steamer Santee, which left for Flor
ida at o'clock, collided with the pier on
the port side, carrying away the guard to
her wheel house The steamer put about
after passing the bridge and returned to
the city for repairs.
The British steamship Bawtry, Capt.
Oakley, from Hamburg, Aug. 2 and South
Shields. Aug 5, arrived yesterday in wa
ter ballast. She is chartered 10 load cot
ton for Bremen. The Georgia Export and
Import Company is the consignee.
Mr.. George A. Cosens, secretary and
treasurer of the Savannah Lighterage and
Transfer Company, returned yesterday
from his vacation, which was spent in
New York and New Jersey.
It is learned that the old flibuster the
Bermuda, is to enter the Mexican-Cuban
trade. She is said 80 have been chartered
for period of four months, and will
carry among other things cattle from
Mexico to Havana. Capt Wiborg will be
in command of the Bermuda, which is
10 continue to fly the British nag. John
d. Hart, one of the reputed owners of the
Bermuda, is still IN Jamaica.
Capt. C. c. Peters master of the army
transport steamer D. H. Miller of the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company, writes to the Baltimore Sun
from Santiago de, Cuba, Aug. IA, that the
d. H. Miller had just arrived there from
Ponce, Porto Rico, with 500 men and thir-
teen horses. Four hundred and twenty
five of the men were to be landed at San
tiago. They are all colored and will be
used in cleaning the streets of the city.
81 must say" wrote Capt. Peters, this
is the dirtest town on the face of the
earth. 1 will possibly sail from here with
in three or four days for New York with
soldiers. All well on board ship"
Theseight new topedo boats, which are
the latest addition to the German navy,
are different both in their shape and con-
struction from the previous topedo boats.
With a displacement of 155 tons when
fully equipped, the new boats can travel
at the rate of twenty-five sea miles an
hour. This compares favorably with the
rate of speed hitherto attained, which at
the utmost was from twenty-one to TWEEN
ty-three miles an hour. German materials
have been used exclusively in building
the boats. The body of each boat con-
sists of nickel steel, which is a special
form of this metal now used for the first
time in marine construction. This steel
is said to considerably surpass the hith-
erto used Siemens- Martin steel both as
regards strength and durability and it
is at the same time quite free from attack
by rust. The cost of constructing these
topedo boats, including the cost of arm
ing them and making trial trips, amounts
to f173,600, and next month all the boats
will be sent on active service with the
fleet. Six of them are already taken over
by the naval authorities.