The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-22
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
AOOAL AND GENERAL NEWS or
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.


Ahe Length of TOws StiII Retu,- M.
c"sscd by shipping Men-CI,iu.,
hree bnrges Are "A Long EnonuL
I""-Mntters of Interest 70 ST..
pers and Mariners.
The Committee on Commerce on,
portation of the Maritime Foxcha,... ai.s-
ii'idaelphla Ledger is still at work
Soici'ihg opinions from various sbin,,I,r,
men as 10 the expediency of asking no
'iohal legislation in the matter Of -.
towing at sea. Some time ago Tho =.
chahge received complaints that tho ,o,,.
oarse lows were a menace to navieatio,,
ana these We're turned over nv tha i,
nectors TO the committee for action ana
report. Several weeks ago the conp,it-
Heiu meeting, which was attended
py representative shipping men nh
spoke both for and against tba ,,o.-t
length Of lows, which take in all The NO.,
from one to six barges. Svbf,a go 80
lation. ms iesLs-
oh adJourning, the committee asked that
the dlnerent speakers should present j.,
writing all information possible as -
whether or not the lows were a menace
1hose who are interested in scboonar.
state that two barges are sufficient for
low but this number is not accen+abIo
10 the barge owners, who it is believed
are wiling to compromise on three bargas
as being long enough tow for tup
ne harnsdell Transportation Company's
steamboat Homer Ramsdell. which nlias
between various Hudson river towns ran
INTO the canal boat Robert Walker which
was tled up at the pier foot of One Hun
uteu anu Ihlrty-second street New Yorl,
carry Wednesday morning. The 1attaT
was struck on the port side amidshins
fier guard was smashed and the wood
work on the side broken. The Ramsdeu
was not damaged.
inc passengers of the Fall River Tine
steamboat Plymouth, which ran on tbe
rocks near Hunts Point on Monday nigbt
came of and was afterward grounded IN
shallow water, were transferred 10 TIC
Stonington Line boat Maine ana want -,
their way 10 Fall River. The freight Was
transferred to the City of Taunton and tba
plymouth, with her own steam and with
me tug transfer as a consort. proceeded
10 New FORK. There is big hole in the
outer skin Of her hull on the port side
Shipping agents at Baltimore are having
considerable difficulty in securing sailors
for the vessels engaged in the coastwjse
trade In some cases vessels bound 10
eastern ports with coal are delayed for
several days and il rarely happens fhat
the masters of the carriers can secure ex-
perieneed men to undertake the voyage.
1t IS thought that the usual demand for
vessels is the cause of the scarcity.
The bark Essex arrived yesterday from
Baltimore with cargo of coal CONSIGNED
to the Domestic Coal and Wood Cornanv
She Is berthed at the company's wharf
foot of Whitaker street.
The schooner Chauncey z. Burk arrived
Yesterday from Baltimore with a cargo
of railroad iron.
The tug w. F. McCauley returned YES
terday from Brunswick, where she toue5
the schooner Rob Roy, which was partly
loaded here with lumber by the Southern
Pine Company.
Capt. Cafferata of the British steamship
St Kiida entertained number of friends
at dinner aboard ship yesterday.
The bark Vidette. which was wrecked
at Dog Island, off Carrabelle, Fla. in the |
cyclone of Aug. p is reported 18th. as
arrived at Mobile
Passengers by steamship Birmingham
from Boston, Dec. 19-Mr Fred w. Eaton
Jacksonville. Fla; Miss Minnie Rodden- |
izer, jacksonville. Mr.. Matt Ryan. Pensa-
cola
Passengers by steamship City OF An
gusta for Savannah Dec al Scbpano |
and wife, ]. W. Smith and wife, A. X |
Cassaway and Wife r. W Travis. d Wi |
lis q. schnepps. II. o. Daniels, l.. j. |
Parker, ". =. Saden and wife. Miss saden |
n. d. Turner, j.. H. Woods Mrs hi |
Speague, Mrs. Montague. NJ. Hanley Ms |
y. Hanley, Miss s. Haniey. W. A. Blouut |
NJ. y. Blount. Mrs. >. c. Bradley ana |
daughter A. W. Schwartz. A. s. Abbott |
wife and daughter O.. n. DIETRICH and wife |
c. d. Robinson, Mrs. =. Brehn ana daueh- |
ter r s. Parker, Miss ~. A. Carr. n. vs.
sienAorn, J. s. Cook Y. Schmidt. o.
Adams. %. GaRnon, Hannah Jackson. Mr |
Pratt ana party D. ~ fhmbsf a. Webb |
A. Lewis. T. smith, r. n. Frain, b. ri
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