The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-23
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Local and General News of ships and
Shipping.


Shipping.
There is still a possibility of John Rourke
& Son reaching terms with the Spanish
government for the purchase of the float
ing dry dock there. by a company it il
proposed to organize for this purpose. As
previously stated. however. the consum-
nation Of deal will depend upon the
price the spaniards put upon the dock.
The latest information from Rourke &
Sons Havana representative is that the
spaniards have refused an offer of $2SO,0Oo
for the property. Mr.. Rourke has not
said what he would favor paying, in case
a company is formed, so that it IS not
known what the refusal to accept this
offer will have on the efforts being made
here to get the dock.
The North German Lloyd Line steam
ship Hanover, in port al Baltimore from
Bremen, after a fire run is the pioneer of
a new type of vessel. The fiae will in
future run her between that port and Bre-
men. Her sister ship, the Ko,ne, is now
on her way there, and three other vessels,
the Frankfort, Rhein and Main, viii be
there within the next two months.
They are steel ships capable of carrying
10000 tons of cargo under matches. Their
passenger accomm 0datio are for fifty
hrst-class and 5000 steerage. They were
built especially for the Baltimore imnai-
grant trade and have roomy, airy quarters
for the immigrants The vessels are $50
feet long and have triple expansion en-
gines OF great power They have six
matches and ten steam winches for hand
ling cargo.
Capt. Hettmeyer of the tank steamer
Paula Ger, from Shields, which arrived
thursday at Baltimore, reports that dur
ing hurricane, which began at o'clock
on the morning of the 9th instant and
which was accompanied with dangerous
high seas that swept across the decks,
there was fierce electrical display For a
time 1t would seem as if the rigging and
masts were ablaze, so vivid was the cleo
tricty. At 2 O'Clock on the afternoon of
the Sth, when in latitude 81 A north, longi-
tude 30 40. moderate winds from the south
began, soon shifting to the southwest, in
creasing in force afterwards to the west
northwest, at which time a strong gale
was raging. By midnight the wind veered
to the westward and then came rain,
han and lightning, followed by the hurfi-
cane and electrical display. During the
gale and hurricane, which began to mod
crate at o'clock on the morning of the
9Th, the vessel made only siXty-Six miles
in twenty-four hours.
A license was granted Thursday at the
custofne house at Philadelphia to the
coasting schooner Lois V. Chaples, which
arrived at that port recently from the
West Indies. The interests of the differ
emf owners are divided into $3.50 parts
which is probably the smallest division of
a vessel ever entered there. Capt Medero
owns 2Se5-SS60 Of the schooner The Chaples
was built at Belfast Me, in 1875 Capt
Medero. who commands here, Is 70 years
old, and has been a seafarer since he was
u years old.
Passengers by steamship D. H. Miller
Baltimore to Savannah, Dec. 20-Miss
Mary M Peters Miss Madeline Young
Miss Bailey, NJ. Taylor. Mr.. w. E. Shep-
per, Miss Shopper, Mr.. ChaIbann. Mrs
Pettiboan, Miss Henderson, Mrs. A. Gro
yer, Mr.. Sputt II. Lyah, MIR. j. Young
L. D. Wylly, Miss Hunter.
Passengers by steamship Gate City from
Boston. Dec. 20-Mrs. A. Anderson, Miss
| Mildred Anderson, Mrs. Abbe ]. White
| Mr.. f. 3. Smith, Mr.. William f. Flagg,
| Mr.. 3. F. Cook, Mr. Fred w. Rich. Mr..
| T. E. Powers, Mr. David Leahy.
Passengers by steamship City of Macon
| New York for Savannah Dec. ZOE. j.
and r. Karow. A. Sammis, Miss V. Haili-
gan, G. L.. Whitney. d. and II. Rauer,
G. H. Baldwin, ]. e. Doran, b. Gordon,
Jr., Gratz Dent, J. ]. Waring, Louis Egan
G. ]. Sargent, H. II. Birley, E. Birley
Mrs. b. Biley, L. Mercer A. r. White
side, Miss L. Whiteside A. r. Lawton
Jr.. Miss Feely. Miss A. G. Feely, E. B.
] Elliott, V. Meyers. H. W. Hesse, ]. K
! Tram, NJ. Utitz. Mrs. A. e. Bolande, Mrs
z. Kelly, c. Gomperts, L. W. Bates, c. 0.
A Iprt,f CN-m. ~
| Taft, w. Boyce and wife, Miss Grace
| Mendelsohn. Victor Breyer, George Bank
| er, ]. Commaseli. Henri Meyers C. l.
! Missel. b. C. Warner, II. D. Darling F.
| II. Marble, W. Basset, o. S. Comstock, W.
| III. Flint, A. Cuattello.