The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
JOHN ROURKE d son To BUILD A
MARINE RAILWAY.

The Plans Accepted and work win
BE started rs Soon as Wharf Ex-
tension Is Finished-RaiIway VIII
Accommodate Only the Smaller
VesseIs-President PauIsen of the
Propeller TOwbOat Company In
spects New Tug Minis Now Build
ng mt Camden, y. }.
N connection with the extension of their
~s-rr lines, John Rourke & Son have de-
cided to build marine railway at the
east end of their property. which will en-
able them 10 haul out tugs. and other YES
sells as large as the pilot boat j. II. Es-
gill. The completion of the undertaking
will give the firm facilities they have
wanted for years but which they did not
have the room to provide until the harbor
lines We're changed, giving an additional
seventy-fve feet from the old wharf lines.
Plans have been drawn for the railway,
and the work will be begun shortly. While
1t will not be comparatively large, the rail
way will afford facilities easily for haul
ing out vessels of the size mentioned Ac-
cording TO the plans a new style of rail-
way is TO be built, which will convey the
vessels on a carriage, thereby leaving them
on the railway Ia the same position they
occupy in the water. The carriage de-
sends into the water on a wooden track
which Win consist of two large timbers
resting on a solid line of piling. Once the
vessel to be hauled out is placed in prop
or position on the carriage the balance
,.n.1tss 4an
by means of the steam apparatus to be
attached. The floor of the carriage is to
be close so that there will be no incon-
venience in getting around the vessel, or
in dropping tools where they cannot be
easily recovered. Great pains have been
taken by Mr.. Rourke TO perfect the de-
tails of the railway. which, he says, Will
be modern in every particular
As stated in the Morning News recently
wharf piling is now being driven for the
extension and as soon as this is finished
work on the railway will be begun.
Capt. Frank B. Avery, who is now at
Camden, N. j., looking after the interests
of the Propeller Towboat Company in the
building of the new tug Abram Minis, will
probably not remain longer. Capt. Jacob
Paulsen. president of the Towboat Com
pany, visited the works of Dialogue & Son
York, aud was satisfied from the Roadway
the builders have made, that there is no
great need for the presence of Capt. Avery
there at present. He thinks there will be
later on, however.
Capt Paulsen feels sure the Minis will
be finished by next April, and was given
assurances to this effect by the builders.
The hull of the new tug is finished. he
says. with the exception of the steel plates
that are now being attached. Owing to a
number of little interferences, the builders
were delayed. They expected by this time
60 be further along with the work. They
did not seem to have any doubt about fin
ishing the vessel in contract time, how
ever. 1t was proposed to Capt. Paulsen
that certain little changes be allowed, but
he. declined to authorize any changes
against the specifications.
The schooner Margaret A. May, Capt.
Jarvis, arrived from Philadelphia yester-
day with a cargo of coal consigned to G.
l. Taggart & Co.
The schooner Raymond T. Maui Capt.
Smith, arrived from Baltimore yesterday
with a cargo of coal consigned to D. r.
Thomas & Son.
A dispatch dated Boston, Oct. H. says
that the damage TO steamer Navahoe for
Brunswick. via Charleston, sustained by
collision with steamer Canada (BD, for
Liverpool, at the Upper Middle, consisted
of some of the railing on the port side
OF the Navahoe being smashed The Can
ada was unAnjured. The accident was
caused by the tug Honey Brook, towing
the barges c RR of NJ Nos. @ s and H.
from Port Johnson, crowding over TO the
South Boston side where she intended to
drop her barges. The captains of both
steamers rang to reverse with full speed
astern, and the Navahoe was forced
against the starboard side of the Canada.
Passengers by steamship Gate City for
New York, Oct. 14-J. d. Stinson, Miss
Rebecca B. DUPONT. Mrs j. E. McCol-
lum, Thomas II. Clark, Mrs. j. e. Craig
George w. Chaplin, j. E. Williams. Miss
Engle, Stuart Boyd. Miss B. Irlich, j. c. |
Slater, Mrs. ]. c. Slater, r. Burns, G. w
Beckett, c. G.. Wilcox.
Passengers by steamship Chattahoochee
from New York, Oct. 12-Miss Pidcock |
Mrs. G. Butterworth, r. ]. Riley, Col j. |
f. Tattnall, Mrs. E. G.. Stevens and son. |
II. II. Frost and wife w. Hanwell and
wife, j. M. Thomas, DR. II. A. Toilette
Mary Garcia. p. A. Donegal and wife
Miss M. A. Soden and sister Julia Martin.
$. Garcia, f. Disso, e. Adulla, A Morte-
ley.
Passengers by steamship Itasca, for Bal |
r. Miller. Miss Agnes Demers
James Leach, f. A. Marcus and wife. !
+. Warner and wife, A. c. Cookins ana |
wife, w. w. Thompson, A. J. Gallean.
John r. Saulsberry.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at 6:23 and sets at 5:S7.
High water at Tybee to-day at 400 a |
m. and 1886 p. m. High water at Savan- |
nah one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for October.
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