The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
cI AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.


,,here she VIII Receive New
no,,ers and General OverhauIing
fUachinery-FOg Prevents sever
:, vessels From Coming Up to the
c,t,-Niatters of Interest to Mari
.rs and shippers.
can't George u. Beach has closed a con-
- with the Merrill-Stevens Manufac-
- company of Jacksonville for the
i-;ry and remodeling of the steamer
,i.t, which it is intended to equip as a
-'.,,I,ss excursion boat. The Alpha will
.atan TO jacksonville in the next two
= three weeks for this purpose, Mean
IT, she will be hauled out on the ma
railway for preliminary repairs, which
iii include scraping and painting her bot
tom.
a. previously stated in the Morning
,,.u.s the Alpha is to receive new boilers,
Il ~ machinery will be generally overhaul
a and her house lowered several inches.
rbe contract allows ample time in which
- ,on,olete the work. It is desired to have
~ vessel ready for the summer service,
n,5i,b she will engage in next season. It
is probable the vessel will be taken 10
jacksonville by Capt F. c. Bolineau.
An example of the improvement In
freight rates is furnished in the charter
mo of the Savannah schooner Hilda for a
ooroo Of lumber from Savannah for Balti-
4 more at s.. Six weeks ago the prevailing
Il ra,4 was about $4.75. The increase is due
n n the loss of a large number of lumber
carriers which either went down or were
damaged during the recent hurricane. The
yaulear Black is chartered for a cargo of
n humber to Baltimore at the same rate. The
Humarock. bound for this port with fish
n SCRAP from Promised Land, is chartered
d for a cargo of lumber from Savannah for
q Philadelphia at 81. The steady improve
4 ront in sailing freights is the natural con-
sequence of a scarcity of vessels. The
81 owners Of coastWise schooners, and espe-
4 cially those engaged in the lumber trade,
q say they are worth gold dollars"
q The new hydraulic sand dredge Niagara
q has been launched at Baltimore from the
81 sbipyard of Charles l.. Rohde & Co. The
q dredge was built for the Baltimore Sand
8 Company of which Mr.. Arthur L. Shreve
81 who superintendent the construction of the
81 Edison Electric Illuminating Companys
n underground system in Savannah, is pres
8 is equipped with a ten-inch suction hose,
n which hangs over the bow like a goose
a neck. and sucks UP water and sand from
81 any place it is wished to remove it. 1t is
81 calculated that the dredge will be of great
use in gathering sand for mercantile pur-
poses and making channels to float vessels
which have gone ashore. The sand is me
q chanically deposited on a barge The
"a dredge will take up 800 tons of sand daily.
The pump is geared TO an engine of 40
horse power and an engine of 15-horse
Il power handles other apparatus.
# Stewards barkentine Doris Capt. Klages,
arrived at Baltimore Friday from Carde-
mas Cuba, in tow of the tug Britannia,
a Capt Dunn The Doris was partly dis
masted after sailing from Punta Gorda
Oct q for Baltimore with a cargo of phos-
II plate rock. Capt. Klages put into Carde-
mas and the Britannia was sent from
Baltimore 10 tow her to port. The fore
s. topmast is gone just above the top and
other spars aloft We're broken and dam
aged
Mr. Herman Rauschenberg, consul for
Sweden and Norway at Baltimore, has
received an appeal from Bergen, Norway
& soliciting subscriptions toward the raising
Of a fund for the wives, children and par
I. ems OF 1870 fishermen who were lost in the
great storm that swept the Norwegian
coast about Oct. 10. The appeal has been
signed by all the leading business men
q Bergen and indorsed by the government.
4 tons
Ii Owing to a dense fog, which prevailed
an day yesterday off Tybee a number of
ssMus vessels are understood to have an
on@ed out Two or three steamships and
I'd nan 1A.st@ $50
lli as they had not been heard from yes
'Fday, the supposition was they were kept
out by the fog
inc navy department has invited bids
tne purchase of the collier Scipio and
ne old naval tug Rocket. The Scplo is
the New York navy yard She was
4It IN scotland in 1882, and is not en-
afd 10 American registry. Her apprais
Vdloe Is $4,000 She is described as a
el steamship, schooner rugged and was
l0 hased Tor use in the war with Spain
collier The Rocket was purchased by
government in 1868. She is at the
'5iwport training station. Her appraised
Value is 5000.
II, 9ur-masted schooner Iona Tunnel, of
9i IONS register, the largest vessel ever
ult IN Machias district, was successfully
-u,'Shea at Millbridge, 18th. Besides the
pullaers her principal owner is her com
-anuef Capt. G. A. Tunnel, of PhiIa-
.hl' from which port the schooner
assengers by steamship Gate City from
oS ION NOV. 17-Mrs. A. NJ. Stevens, Pun
HGoIaa, Fla; Newton c. Muttart, Fort
a"ey r. t. Heathman, Savannah: Mrs
eaIninan, Savannah; John browne Sa-
& lin4h' Il. j. Day, Savannah; Albert
3,.a1 jacksonville; Miss G.. Smith,
assengers by steamship city of Macon.
I ann new York, Nov. 17--Mrs G. NJ.
H. rlii IN J. S. Johnson, Miss D. Jones
n. G. Amidon, Mrs. e. w. Holmes
coheb, E. WHEEL, A. E. Wooden
II AHred, F. H. Moore, c. w. HAYNES. y
$780, telnberg and two daughters. l..
n"aT'z NJ. A. Nash. ]. Potter, ]. Beg
y" r. Price, c. Phillips, w. S. Ben
y 49, =. Gadsen, ]. H. WOE wife and son.
savannah Almanac.
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