The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Big DROP III Freight hateS Tor
Grain-GoOd Demand for Tonnage
Tor West Indies and Winwnrd Is
lands-NOrwegfan Steamship DrOt
in Distrcss-List of Vessels Bound
for savannah.
Tonnage is quite actively inquired for to
load general cargo and lumber to West
Indies. Windward and South American
,,rts but American vessels are debarred
from these trades for the time being by
,ae hesitancy of owners or discriminating
insurance rates, thus shippers find it nee
e-sarv 70 obtain foreign bottoms for their
freight Tonnage of the character requir-
81 continues very scarce, hence rates are
srrong upon the basis of recent fixtures.
Coastwise lumber tonnage is in immediate
demand at steady rates.
There has since the beginning of the
month been a marked reaction-collapse
is. in fact, hardly too strong term-in the
market for ocean freight accommodation
for grain. says the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin. On
Nav l large steamships for full cargoes of
wheat and corn to Cork for orders were
lent TO nearly l6 cents per bushel. To-
day ii is said, the same steamers would
have difficulty in securing IS 112d per quar-
Ter although IS cd is the nominal QUOTA
ttonl or 10 cents per bushei. Taking an
average grain steamship, say of $4,000
quarters, the difference between the rate
quoted on May ! and IS 112d would amount
on a single voyage TO S6,4S0 which repre-
eents very nearly the volume of loss some
shippers Cor those who bought from them)
have recently suffered. number of
steamships which were chartered at the
high rates of a few weeks ago have been
relet their proposed cargoes have been
resold and other steamships are in the
market for recharter.
The Norwegian steamer Drot, Capt.
Hansen from Baltimore for Havre, was
slgnaled May 20, in latitude 46 S6 and longi-
tude 80 16, with shaft broken. The steam
er Bostonian, at Boston from London
spoke the Drot. Capt. Hansen asked 10
be reported, but refused the offer of the
Bostonian to take his vessel In tow. The
Drot was probably waiting for some
steamer bound east to take her in tow,
thus enabling her TO reach destination and
also to be near her home port for repairs.
She was heading east, with wind slight.
The steamer Drot is we'll known in Savan-
nah, having been here twice during the
past winter.
River steamers arriving yesterday from
Augusta and waylandings brought light
freghts. 1t is reported that the river in
the up country is very low and steamers
have difficulty in passing over the shoals.
Capt w C. White of this city, who is
an experienced and capable river and
ocean pilot, has enlisted in the service of
the government He was called to Port
Royal last week, where he underwent an
examination before the board of nautical
examiners, and the medical examiner He
made a splendid showing and was presen-
ted with authenticated papers placing him
in the list of available assistant line Off
GERS of the United States navy A line
officer in the United States navy is entitled
to fill the position of executive officer or
navigator, with the rank of lieutenant
Capt. White is awaiting his commission
which IS daily expected.
The hot weather sent lots of people to
the various adjacent seaside resorts yester-
day.
The steamer Clifton left at 10 o'clock for
Beaufort with about 200 eXcursionists. The
steamer made the run to Beaufort in four
hours, stopping at the naval station about
half an hour. She returned at $50 p. m.
The steamer Alpha made two trips to
Daufuskie. In the afternoon the boat was
crowded with excursionists. The boat re-
turned at 9 O'clock
The popularity of Warsaw Island con-
tnues to increase and a large crowd took
advantage of the delightful sail through
the sounds, and the excellent bathing in
the surf at the island. The steamer Eu-
laie left at o'clock a. M and returned
about 10 O'Clock last night.
New York, May 2s.-The Clyde steamer
Oneida, which arrived to-day from Jack
sonville and Charleston, had on board the
crew of the schooner S. V. w. Simmons
winch she picked up last night The
schooner was sunk off the northeast end
Eghtship, where she lies with all sail set
and topmasts about thirty feet out of wa
ter. The Simmons hailed from Baltimore