The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
.oc,t AND GENERAL NEWS OF
NO' SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Tues on Their wa "
.i.t in Raising the Spanish |
-,..--bips-List OF Vessels Bound |
for savannah.
r,ss tug Regis will be hauled on WI
49,. marine railway to-day TO nave her
IN, scraped and painted.
.-,7so1idation Coal Company has
.,s5 for a second grade sea-going
1a built by the Columbian Iron
,r baltimore. She win be similar |
,-..... cumberland, which was recently de-
- no the company by the Columbia
10y, works The new vessel will be a
, r59 feet Ions over all, and 145
nm the water line. She will have
o+ 37ls feet, and a depth of hold OF
..t She is to carry $50 tons of coal
- q. IONS of water. The triple eXpan-
..,,iu4z will have cylinders measuring
n So aed Al inches with a S0-inch IsroKe'
~, -ol bv II feet 4-inch boilers are 10
..rr, rta pounds of steam each. The tug
sto ba equipped with steam steering gear,
,.,r.,l.qh+ a donkey boiler, incandescent
.-f, Hqnrs. powerful wrecking pump
e. ,,.-frg machine Twelve or thirteen
4 r,os will be expected of the tug IN the
q pfsl deckhouse will be placed the dining
ro,r, quarters for mates and TWO engl-
~ galley. pantry and closets. The pilot
q 49, and captains room VIII be above
49, J.,sbouse. The propeller will be four
t515sd measuring 8 feet 6 inches, with
q rt,ch of fourteen feet. The circulating,
a 20 bbge and wrecking pumps work in
4 d4nendentIy She viii be used in towing
coal barges 10 New England.
After delay of two days the Merritt
4 CHAPMAN wrecking tugboat w. e. Chap
man and The Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey's oceau-going tugboat Plymouth which
y has been chartered by the wrecking COM
many left for Santiago Friday TO assist
A in the wrecking operations on the ships OF
Cervera's fleet, says the New York Com
q mercial The tugboats towed two huge
h rontoons and the lighter Fred E. Sharp.
The pontoons are owned by the Boston
ToWboat Company. They resemble
mammoth wooden box They are 65 feet
long. Is feet wide ana p feet deep. AT the
end they are rounded slightly, making
them easier to tow. Both pontoons, which
we're built al an East Boston yard twelve
years ago. are constructed of oak
They have three apertures, about four
feet wide, running nearly the entire length
al the bottom, and converging at the top
to about four feet square. Through these
spaces four heavy 2-inch chains are car
RED from underneath the vessel and made
taut on top of the pOntoons by a heavy
steel PIN This passes through the links
Of the chain and rests on each side of the
aperture on the top of the pontoon.
The method employed in raising a wreck
is 10 place one pontOon on each side of the
fnkeu craft, sink them by opening the
valves in the bottom until they are flush
"a with the deck of the vessel, and when this
is accomplished the heavy chains which
have been run under the wreck are hauled
4 taut by the four hydraulic jacks, then the
water is pumped out by the steam pumps,
and together with air bags, caissons, etc,
the wreck is raised and pushed into shall
low water, this process being repeated I'M
Ill the damaged portion Of the vessels hull
Is brought out of the water and patched
y Each pontoon has lifting capacity of 800
8 tons and the hydraulic jacks have a ca
s. p3cty of 100 tons
The valves for filing the pontoons are
operated from the deck, and can be opened
or closed at will.
officers Of the steamer Raphael which
arrived az Baltimore Friday, report dan
seIous derelict at sea. 1t was sighted
sunday July p, in latitude 80 42 and longi-
81 tude 81 3d. The vessel was about so feet
Iong' and seemed to have been on fire.
It foated awash.
zen. Dumont, supervising inspector gen
efai OF steam vessels, has issued circular
IL "hlch he announces that under the new
war revenue act a Decent stamp must be
sIHAed to the following named certificates
ana copies thereof, required by law:
supervising Inspectors permit for tow
ing steamers to carry persons other than
crew. 'ii'''i
supervising inspectors permit EXEMPT
ns river steamers from carrying metallic
heboat ''i''O
DER. ~ e''iiS sulipo"-
Neruhcates permitting steamers to go to
aio'heI port for repairs.
CeIuheate of license to carry excursion
Certificate of license permitting the car
lr,'s ol petroleum on passenger steam
Certificate of supervising inspectors as
stsa ley oil using petroleum as fuel on
certificate of supervising insnectors ae
w. safety OF boilers not built of riveted
iron or Steel plates.
oIlslna, certificates of inspectors of
e.s5n vessels, issued to chief officers ~
customs for file, do not require a stamn