The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-30
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Launched at Camden, Me-, i'm De-
cember-Meeting of the Internal
tiOnaI Maritime Conference at
Antwerp-ArrivaI of Vessels With
CONGREGATIONAL weather at Sea.
The immense schooner being built at
Camden, Me, will be the largest ever con-
structed. Her carrying capacity will be
1890 tons, which will allow her to load on
single voyage as much cargo as six or
more of the generally of the craft now en-
gagged in that line. This monster vessel
will be the heaviest timbered and will con-
tain the heaviest material of any schoon-
er ever built in Maine and she will be
the largest fore-and-aft vessel ever built.
Indeed, so large is the new experiment
that before the keel was laid marty two
years were consumed in debates and con-
situations regarding the feasibility of the
construction of such craft being a success.
The schooner Gov. Ames, which is at this
port ready to sail for Philadelphia, with
nearly a million and a half feet of lum-
Der, is at present the largest of that
class now afioat, but the new one, IL is
said, will carry at least one thousand
more tons. For the purpose of compar-
ison the statement is made that the hull
of the Ames Will easily slide into the
hull of the schooner now building, some
idea of the latter's gigantic size may be
realized.
Capt. John G. Crowley of Taunton,
Mass, will be the owner of the coming
leviathan of the deep Her dimensions
are on the following plan, scale which
can scarcely be conceived of until the
vessel itself is seen and examined: Keel,
ran nd
knightheads on deck she will measure 31S
feet; she will be A feet and inches in
width, and q feet inches in depth. There
will be two whole decks and four-foot
poop running to one berth aft the for
ward hatch. The frame will be of Virgin
ia oak and her planking inside and out
will be of Georgia pine. The cabin will be
finished in ash, mahogany, cypress and
sycamore. She will have five Oregon
masts of gigantic proportions, when con-
trasted with the existing type. The for
ward one of these lofty spars will be 20
inches and the remaining four % inches
in diameter Each will be l12 feet long
The spread of canvas which it is des-
tined that the schooner will expose to the
wind is as large as the other marvellous
items of her construction. Ii is estima-
ted closely that the sail area will be 10000
square yards-possibly more. Another
singular point will be- despite the tremen-
QOuS idDOT u running up al THESE SANS
and navigating the monster, she will only
carry a crew of twelve men. Steam hoist
ing gear and other innovations will do
away with the laborious work of spread
| ing the canvas to such an extent that it
| is said the sails can be unfurled and
| spread from every spar in fifteen minutes.
| Two anchors of 5000 pounds each will be
| required to hold the vessel to her bottom
when in rough harbor, and to prevent her
| breaking away, the anchor chains will be
of iron two and three-eighth inches In
| diameter.
The international maritime conference,
| which is to be attended by delegates from
England, Germany, France Holland Bel
| GUM and Norway, met yesterday at Ant
| werp. 1t is proposed to promote uniformity
of mercantile marine law among the va
| rious maritime countries in regard to COL
| lisions at sea- An attempt win be made
to alter the English law on two points,
| first in the case of collisions where both
are to blame; and, secondly, In the case
| of compulsory pilotage.
1t is expected that at least on matters
| of collision the conference will come to
some International understanding which
| may lead to unification of the law. At all
| events, it is certain that this ratification
| is a need generally felt at the present time,
| and that all efforts made in this direction
will be welcomed by those interested in
maritime business.
There was a heavy sea running off the
| bar at Tybee yesterday. A tug boat came
| in for a harbor and the schooners John
! l.. Treat and Fannie L. Child, after at
| tempting to go to sea, returned and anch-
ored near Venus Point.
The steamship Buckminster has been
| chartered by Richardson & Barnard for a
| Of tn
She is due to arrive Oct. 90
The tug Asher ]. Hudson of Philadel-
| phia put into Tybee roads yesterday for a
harbor. She is bound for Darien to tow a
distressed vessel North.
The government snag boat Taccoa,
which has been at work near Fort Pu-
laski for the past month, arrived up to
| the city yesterday.
The Swedish bark Norrskenet, from
Hamburg arrived yesterday with a cargo
of cement consigned to the United States
| government.
| The schooner Charmer, from Baltimore
| arrived yesterday with a cargo of coal
consigned to the C. H. Dixon Company.
The schooner Isaac N. Kerlin, from New
| ~
guano, consigned to the Commercial
| Guano Company.
The schooner Annie C. Grace has been
chartered for a cargo of coal from Nor
| folk to Savannah at $100.
The United States prize steamer Adula
/ which sailed from this port Saturday
night, arrived at her destination Tuesday.
Pensacola. Fla. Sept 29.-No entrances
| or departures.
A southeast gale has been blowing for
| thirty-six hours with an unprecedented
rainfall of about eight inches. The Nor
wegian ship Bellevue dragged her anchors
| in the harbor and went ashore in twenty
feet of water. She is not damaged and
will be foated when the storm abates.
| No other damages.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at $3.50 and sets at SAG