Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17
NOTES OF suIrPINU.

Great interest centers in the two six
masted schoonerS to be built in Maine
TINS wlnter--one al Camden the other
ut Bath. Last season these two ports
flFaled each other in the building OF
monster SchOOnerS, Camden turning out
the John B. Prescott ana Bath the Ma
thanlal Il. Palmer, each Of about o2l3
tons. both OF which have taken coal
rom this port.
Ihcr. has been much dispute as to
/. winch of these is he better carrier
ana there is not much to choose be-
tween them in this respect. although it
Il said that the John Il. Prescott has
carried the largest cargo thus far
ahoGt 4."GO tons of coal
NOW these ports are to try for the
biggest schooner in the world-each is
!" build Il siX-n,uster
The Camden vessel is to be built in
the Fl. NJ. Eean yard for captain John
q. Crowley. ana others of Taunton
Mass. and is to be 315 feet on the keel
34' feet on the deck and register about
2..ao tons net. with an estimated coal
carrying capacity Of 5000 to $500 tons
A Year will be consumed in her con-
Structlon and hundreds Of men viii! be
employed.
The Bath vessel will be built by Ma
thaniel T. Palmer. and Will be of about
the same dimensions as the Camden
vessel.
The first attempt to float a stranded
vessel by the use Of compressed air *
about to he made by the Atlantic
rocking Company on &c Clyde Line
steamboat City OF Jacksonville. Which
was driven hard and fast ashore on the
north Carolina coast during the sep
temhe: storm. The necessary o,itfi, has
been shipped to the scene of the disas-
ter on the tug Pioneer Which left Phil
alclrhia for Ocracollt Inlet via Nor
1nlk, and which Will tow the steamer to
the nearest port should She DC gotten
into deep water.
y cahlegram has been received by the
William Cramp &: Sons ship & Engine
l'uldinS Company from Engineer Cox
who was placed aboard the Japanese
cruiser l\asagi as guarantee engineer
stating that tn" cruiser is satisfactory.
ter guarantee time has expired and
the final payment upon her has been
made. Under the terms of the contract
the cruiser was not only to attain IA
speed OF tWentN-thrce knots an hour for
four consecutive hours, but was also
70 repeat the performance after she had
ntcn inSerNice one YEAR
Italy contemplates building four s 900
ton arn.ored cruisers Of the Bricc tyne
eight s-inch ana eight 6-inch. Al
though the money has not been voted
The shirs have already been ma med the
Genoa Piza. Nanezia. Amalf They are
70 nave l?ooo horse power and speed
OF twenty-five knots. Italian builders
and the Armstrong Company have in
vited to make bids for tho contracts
upon the following condition: First
20 complete the ships in TWO years. first
payment Of 100000 to be made in 1902
and then at the rate Of q like sum each
year " to 1911. without interest on de-
ferred payments. The cost Of each ship
Will be about 81. 600 600
The New York Shipbuiltling Company
which has begun the construction of il
plant on the Delaware at Camden. was
incorporated this week under the laws
Of New Jersey. and is also authorized
to manufacture and deal in all kinds Of
marine and nautical supplies The cap
ftal stock is IS 900. 900. and the incor-
norators are: Henry G. Morse and
George l.. Brown. of Woodbury.;
Charles S. Hall and William c. RAN
die of Chester Pa