The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
MARIN INTELLIGENCE.
LEGAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Avoid Harbor Dues-SchOOner Fan
mic l.. Child and British Schooner
Syaparn FIOatcd by Propeller
TOwboat CO.-Other Notes OF Inter
est.
An important experiment has been made
at Glasgow in The design Of a cargo steam
ship. with a view to avoiding harhOr dues.
a Scotch firm has just had a 50S-ton
steamship built. and, while on the load
line she can carry $50 tons, her net regis
ter tonnage. on which dues are calculated,
is at only 70, or for every 100 tons of carry
ing capacity possessed by the vessel, there
are apparently only - tons assessable for
dues In thus obtaining an exceptionally
small register tonnage considerable saw
ing in ordinary dues is effected. The own
ers declare that the requirements of a sec
ton of their trade compel them to have
boats of large capacity with the smallest
possible assessable tonnage The expert
mental steamship viii be closely watched,
and no doubt, if she be successful, there
viii follow a rush to build vessels of the
new type.
The schooner Fannie /. Child, which
cleared for Boston over month ago with
a cargo Of lumber, and after waiting for
fair wind near the quarantine station.
met with a very unfair one on Oct. 2,
which placed her high and dry on the
marsh, was floated yesterday. She is APP
parently in frst-class condition. and viii
proceed to her destination to-day.
The British bark Syanara, bound for
Halifax, n. S. went to sea yesterday af-
ter having been pulled off shore at quar-
antine, where she was blown Oct
2, by the tugs of the Propeller Tow
boat Company. Her deck load of lumber
was lightered before an attempt was made
to move her. II was afterwards placed
on board and she left In good shape for her
destination.
The British steamship GIomin, from
Shields, arrived yesterday consigned to
the Georgia Export and Import Company.
She is chartered to load cotton for Liver
pool. 1t will be remembered that the
Gloamin was On collision with the British
steamship RAMA In the English Channel
two months ago, in which both ships were
damaged The RAMA Is expected here
soon, and perhaps both captains will meet
and talk over their perilous accident
Liverpool port statistics show that dur
Ing the past month 1851 emigrants sailed
from there for the United States, and 3,124
for British North America, bringing the
totals for the nine months ended Sept 30
up to SO $50 for this country, and 2l,SS5 for
Canada.
The steamer Bermuda has been charter
ed by the West India Trading Company
of Baltimore as the first Of a fleet of yes
sells they are to operate between Baltimore
and West India ports. The steamers are
to bring cargoes of fruit from Jamaica and
Cuba. and win seek outward business of
general cargo. The Bermuda was the IA
nous flibuster which made a record run
ming the blockade of Cuba and landing
supplies and ammunition for the insurgents
before the declaration of war.
There is likely to be considerable trouble
in getting the fleet of lake boats which
have recently been chartered by the At
lantic Transportation Company to Mon
treal. The first of the vessels to go down
the st. Lawrence river, the steel steamer
Aragon, is badly ashore at the Cedar, and
the Lindey a wooden steamer and one of
the largest of the ships, is also ashore and
will be a Tong time reaching the coast.
The fleet includes four steamers and 80
sailing vessels. Since it started lake
freights have advanced from 40 to 80
cents, and are sure to reach $1.O0.
The Norwegian bark Marguerite, Capt
Larsen, from Liverpool, arrived yesterday
with a cargo of salt consigned to c. M.
Gilbert Co.
The four masted schooner Annie NJ.
Anderson, Capt. Taylor, from Baltimore,
arrived yesterday with a cargo of coal
consigned TO the c. H. Dixon Co.
The British steamship Olvedene, from
this port for Havre, arrived at Newport
News Monday with boilers leaking.
The steamer Clifton yesterday brought
from ST HeIens Island 100 sacks of sea
island cotton seed for foreign shipment
by the steamship Lucina, which Is loading
here for Liverpool.