Evening journal., 1898-04-19

| Eu5t MOpI DliuSe WOIhS, AT buSt
Moor
The barge which the Enoch Moore
and Sons Company are building for
New Jersey parties is nearing compile
tion.
The dredge and barges OF John
Lynch, Of Philadelphia, which are un-
dergoing repairs at the Jackson and
Sharp Company's yards, have left the
marine railway.
The tug Emily carries a great deal OF
cotton to the DUPONT Powder Works,
at Carney's Point, on the Jersey
shore, where it is converted into gun
cotton. Sometimes she is loaded so
heavily with bales that nothing but her
pilot house and smokestack are visible.
Two cars belonging to the Baltimore,
chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany, which have been built by the
Jackson and Sharp Company. left the
shops yesterday and are now on the
siding ready to be taken to their desti-
nation.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany is preparing for the official trial
trip Of the Gould yacht Niagara. The
fact that she is to go into the govern
ment service adds interest to the work
OF her completion and demands for her
more public attention than is bestowed
upon any other craft in the yard, the
Stringham not excepted.
The work OF repairing the w. & N.
pier, on the Delaware. is progressing
rapidly, machine No. 8, belonging to
the Delaware Construction Company be-
ing busily engaged in driving piling at
the present time.
Work on the torpedo boat Stringham
is being pushed with vigor, and she is
about one-ffth done. When completed
she will be one Of the crack boats In
Uncle Sans torpedo flotilla.
The seven knOckabOut yachts for tine
Corinthian Yacht Club, OF Philadel-
phia, will soon be delivered to their
! owners by the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company. They are in one OF the
car shops, where they were built, and,
!, as soon as the riggers and sailmakers
are through, the speedy and comfort
I able little cruisers win be put over
e board and towed to Philadelphia, con-
e stituting the longest string Of small
u pleasure craft ever sent out of the
q Christiana river. They will be used by
+ the yacht club in its cruises and races
e this Summer and early Fall.
e 1t will require four or five months oi
Il steady work for the Delaware COnstruc
n tion Company to complete the building
$ Of the four barges projected.
II The annual report OF the Maritime
/ Exchange was read and approved a. I
/ meeting of the board OF directors yes
81 terday, and all preparations have nov
5. been made for the annual meeting, ol
= the 21st instant. Robert Campbell wa
.. yesterday elected a member OF tn
q Exchange.
n The master Of the schooner Fostina
d laden with pig iron, bound from Nor
r folk for Boston, which lies opposite tn
y beach in the Delaware river, above NeN
&c Castle station, states that the vessel
st apparently in good condition. Sh
l. floats only at high water, has her fla
n. in the rigging and wishes the assist
lp ance OF tug.
a. -Four men were hurt at the Harla
r. and HollingswOrth Company's shipyar
Ia yesterday by the breaking OF scaffol'
ne | None Of them was fatally injurd.
e The government tug Enterprise WI
to at the Harlan and HOllingsworth Con
Mt pany's shipyard yesterday The off
ut GERS in charge Of her inspected G. w.
It. Drexels yacht Alcedo; Howar
ed Gould's yacht Niagara, and the tn
ic Gettysburg, which they have alread
ge bought
The steel bark Tramp is at the Hal
1
lis wharf, waiting her turn to be dOcke
an which will take place as soon as II
to work on the bark Waiter II. Wheel'
he is completed.
%. The steamship Aladdin was to
e. docked here, but owing to the tW
n barks in ahead OF her, will have to {
er elsewhere for repairs.
,rt Surveyors report that the BARI
he David Crockett, at the Delaware Breal
in water. is leaking twelve inches p
ng hour, and recommended that she
RS. towed to New York.
zi- The Elliot l.. Dow, from New Yor
"a is the three-masted schooner which W
ne | in collision several days ago, in Ches
rd | peake bay, with the steamer T
ZEE (Dan). bound from Baltimore for Pc
- Antonio The Dow, on ,Saturda
is arrived at Baltimore, and 7
es ports that her headgear and cargo a
1c- damaged.
we Work on the Niagara is proSressil
~ rapidly. 1t is not thought that she "
~, be used by the United States Cover
ment. Her yards are being placed
%, position, but her sails have arrived
Jhe the shipyard and will not be bent un
.i III after her official trial trip, on ne
lne SATURDAY., Captain Shackford, who W
"" command her when finished and W
has been supervising her constructiC
my has been sick for several weeks and u
lew able to attend to his duties, reported
ev- the yard this morning and took
ing reins in hand again.
ap- The Standard Oil Companys' sh
raj Maverick, is at the Harlan and HI
lingsworth Companys shipyard for
the pairs. She will have her old boil'
ing taken out and two large Scotch ty
the )oilers placed in her. This work was
be done last Winter, but the 81
ted could not wait until the local oompa
on had time to attend to her, so po
,ns poned the work. She will be placed l
der the shear poles and finished
= To The tug Jansen, which has been
.rds paired at the Harlan and Holm
any worth COmpany's yard, left there t
and | morning.
has
am AT ST. ROSE OF LIMA.
Maggie. the daughter Of Mrs. FL
the Boner, of Eddystone, Pa, died on s.
mi. 49, IL