Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-06
NOTES OF SHIPPING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MARINERS
GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES.


ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MARINERS
GATHERED FROM ALI. SOURCES.
Yacht Building Abroad. Models of AmerI-
can nsar.hlps. Many Vessels Change
Hands. Terms Agreed on.
The London Syren has been felicita-
ting British yachtsmen upon the great
er interest they are evii!cing in large
sail yachts, iEstancel by the couStruc-
ton lately Of the schooner yachts Rain
bow and C,leniffcr. of 115 feet ard i'll
feet water line length respectively. ana
sail area. etc. in every regard to cor
respond. Looking carefully through the
list OF sixteen hundred American sail
yachts. particulars of which are pre-
sent"d in the current edition of Man
ninS's Yacht Register. we find that only
one under our own flag at all compares
in size with the new Britishers, which
is our famous old Coronet. Of 125 feet
water line, built by G. & r. Pnillon.
this pore in 1854 Since then there
| have baen none in the way of sail
yachts OF such size added to the club
lists. although the list of big steam
yachts have grown amazingly ana nov
represent an astonishing amount of
money invested for such luxury There
are perhaps dozen big schooners Of
about 100 feet water line. such as the
Als3cienne unrmerly Norscman-alSo
built b. the Pollons) the Brunhiltle.
Colonia. Constellation. Fectwing Git
ana, Hildegardc, Intrepid, Palmer,
! w anderer. Ramona (formerly Resolute)
ana l-asra. some of which are almost
as great in tonnage as the English
KalnboW: but the class Of American
yachtsmen who first admired the. Coyo-
net as an ideal seems to have graduate
disappeared and it is Il question whcl h
= N, Ia ~
there Will be any resusciiation Of the
big cruising schooner type which Syrcn
says mas become an inevitable reaction
in English waters.
IN hNSone days the enjoyment Of
yachting was held 10 be fast cruising
not racing. and the roonly craft of four
CT FIVE decades ago We're designed viii,
the double object of carving their
owners to Whatsoever haven where
they would be. or first pass the flagship
"hSn occasion so required. But the ad-
| Vent of steam as Il motive force led ~
| the creation Of those luxurious craft
| prosaica!ly described as steam yachts
hlSh-class passenger liners in Minis .
1ure--nf high speed, good seagoin-
Qualities and everything in the shape
OF comfort that the Wit of mans can de
| wise. Thus it came to pass thar tina
steam Yacht displaced the sailer as a
cruising yacht. And in the United
states at least. Where even the wealth.
lest man does not so largely abandon
ms business instincts for sport as to
willingly trust himself on a sailing Graf tt
| When he can make absolute appoint
ments ahead With the aid of steam H..
| revival OF the sailing cruiser on any
large Scale seems Very doubtful The
| American who works by steam wants 10
recreate by steam also.-AIarine Jour
nal.
The Manila philippines Times in a
recent issue stated that since the oc-
cupatlon OF that city by the United
states forces, 18th August. 1898. l41 vcs-
sels nave been transferred from the
hanos OF English German and Spanish
cltlzens, principally Spanish, to these
OF Americans. duly registered. ana ara
row lying the American flag This az
! least shows an increase of confidence BY
me business people of Manila toward
Inc American government. AS many as
twenty OF these, having names Of once
FAMOUS spanish generals ailmirals ana
! governors. have thought it to their adj
vantage to fencunae the old name and
take an American Or English name bn
| fore regis tering.
NrEan gen have peen made to send
20 the Paris Exposition Of 1900 the
| models OF several American warships
that served in, the war with Spain
I:eE Will be included in tbs. exhibit of
li.e NAVY Department in the United
states government building and Will
undoubtedly prove an attractive feature
| Oh the exposition. Among the models
VIII be these OF the Inflated battla
snip Maine. the premier battle ship Ore
son. and Admiral Dewey's flagship. the
cruiser Olympia. These. models are now
| or eEhlbltion in the corridors of The
| navy Department. and are objects or
great interest to visitors They are n..rN
| feet fac SMILES in miniature of the
Warshlps they represent They We're.
dlsplayed at the Omaha, Atlanta ana
| -SashXlllc eXpositions and We're much
| admired. -
Action of considerable interest TO the
steamship trade was announced g, the
New York Produce Exchange in tbs
form OF bulletin posted by order of tho
board OF Managers. The Board has
adopted the report Of a special com
mittee which stated that an as,raemani
mad been reached with the underwriters
whereby the latter would assume fhs
risks exempted in the Harbor Act on
the payment of an additional premium
me premium agreed upon was three
cents per 100 dollars value on approved
regular line steamships: six cents Der
SAIo on other regular liners and twelve
cents per 500 on full cargo sieamshins
not on regular lines. The mana sers
nave now approved these terms and
theV VIII go into general use
MIR. Bonner to Take Charge
Mr.. c. p. Bonner, of Norfolk. has be..,,
engaged by the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
fnac as engineer in charge of the con-