The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

LuESest CarRO OF LumOe Ever Ship
ped From This POrt-A Day Beacon
TO BE Placed on Cape Hatteras-The
Submarine WrecINinE Vessel Ar
gOnaut to Go to New YOrl-COttOn
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day beacon, to be placed on one of
the dangerous shoals of the Diamond
group off Hatteras as an experiment, has
been completed at Baltimore. The beacon
consists of a skeleton structure of
wrought iron and cast steel, embracing
four legs, forming pyramid frame, upon
the apex of which will be the day mark
and cage around it. 1t is to rest on four
cast steel discs, through which steam will
be used to wash away the sand and allow
the discs to seek a foundation fourteen
feet below the bottom, thus establishing a
stronghold which 1t is expected will pre-
vent the action of the sea having any eff
feet upon It. The skeleton structure Will
afford no resistance to the seas that sweep
over the shoals, and the construction Of
the framework has been calculated to
work so that damage will be almost i'm
possible. The frame weighs thirty tons,
and will be fitted to two steel pontoons.
These pontoons are seven feet in diameter
and forty feet long, with convex ends.
Fastened to them, the beacon is to be
towed to Hatteras and a fourteen-foot
lump will be selected for It's position.
system of levers on the pontoons can be
used to release the beacon from the pom
a fl,r, - Il
a port and used for some future work of
the kind. The effectiveness of this beacon
! In such position as IL IS to be selected
! to experiment with will be watched by
mariners with intense interest.
Simon Lakes submarine wreclSing ves-
| sell the Argonaut is now on her way from
Baltimore to New York to show the resi-
dents of the metropolis the wonderful pos
| sibilities of this often successfully tried
| vessel She left Curtis Bay Friday, and
proceeded under her own steam up the
| Chesapeake and through the canal to Del
| aware City. The Argonaut was at Della
ware City Monday. She could not proceed
| further through the shallow canals, so
she headed down the Delaware river for
! the sea and will go up the coast to New
| York. The Argonaut will explore the sea
| bottom around Sandy Hook and exhibit
| herself in New York. She has already
|
| Henry and back, occupying two months.
She traversed over a thousand miles In all
| kinds of weather on the surface and over
| all kinds of bottoms. During this run IL
was proved that the Argonaut could find
| mine cables and cut them. She remained
submerged ten hours, during which time
meals were cooked below the surface.
| Many wrecks were found. They contain
ed nothing of value, but demonstrated the
usefulness of the realization of Jules
Verne's dream.
Higher freight rates are being obtained
for steamships to load cotton for European
| ports, while the grain rates remained un-
changed, owners still holding off for bet
ter prices. Cotton tonnage appears to be
| more freely offered, as that article Is ap-
| parently looked upon as the more desira-
| BILE freight A London cable has reported
| one steamship fixed to load cotton at a
Gulf port at 53s Sd. At Gulf ports AIS
6dd45s were asked. A lively demand for
tonnage is reported at Galveston, New Or
leans, Mobile and this port. 1t is quite i'm
possible, brokers say, to charter a ship GO
days ahead as owners believe still better
rates are to be had.
The appeals of the New York, Phiadel-
| phia and Boston commercial bodies to the
British Board of Trade for either tempo
rary relief or immediate action on the
| North Atlantic loadline question has borne
! fruit at last.
The special committee which was ap-
| pointed by the British board to investigate
| the matter and which abruptly adjourned
without action until Oct. 6, was ordered
| to reconvene at once, and reopened the
| hearing on last Thursday. The committee
| win hereafter sit two or three times a
week until the work is completed.
The famous flibuster Bermuda, which
was seized by the British authorities at
| Port Antonio many months ago, has been
released and is ready to sail. She now be-
| longs to ]. ID. Hart of Philadelphia, halls
| from Kingston, Jamaica, and flies the
| British flag. She has been placed in
| charge of Capt. Weyberg, formerly OF the
steamer Horsa, who has been in jail in
! Port Antonio for over a year for alleged
| filibustering.
The largest cargo of lumber ever ship
| ped from this port was cleared yesterday
| on the FIVE masted schooner Gov. Ames.
| IL Is the first time that the vessel has
| loaded with yellow pine lumber and Capt.
Waldeman piled 1t on. The total cargo
amounts to 1.4S7,6 25 feet. The Ames is
bound for Philadelphia.
The United States auxiliary gunboat
Waban, formerly the tug boat Confidence,
arrived yesterday from Port Royal with
| Commander Rockwell on board. Com
mander Rockwell viii remain in the city
for couple of days.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at $3.50 and sets at SAG.
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