The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-03
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local aud General News of ships and
sbipping.

shipping.
The loss OF the sailing vessels repor ed
in the Morning News yesterday adls 70
the already "a &c mum er Il lest, VIII Oh
has had TIE effeot Of causing higher rates
en- account of the scarcity of sail freight
room. In addition 70 the schooners Thomas
L. James and the Charl.s $. Davis IS the
Annie T. Bailey. Est Of lost coastng
vessels was recently published showing
that the large number since las July is
not TO be compared with the few butt.
On her arrival al Baltimore, Oct. 81,
Capt Foster OF the steamship State Of
Texas reported rass 20 b, at 7 p. m, be-
tween Capes Lookout and APE Hatteras,
a dismanifed three -masted schooner, IN
tow. bound N; passed s0th, al ! p m, or
Cap Henry. TWO la ed ,hree- masted
schooners, bound in. Had strong NE W nds
in the hag.
Because the wages paid sailors out OF
Philadelphia are higher than those PAID
at some o her ports, there is now 70 scar
city there of the men. The better wage
scale has been The cause of taking seamen
from other points, and these combined
with those going there regularly have
made the supply at the present tine lit
tie greater than there is a demand Tor.
Fer several months $50 per month has been
pad seamen, shipping from Philadelphia
although several vessels have paid more.
A short time ago an agreement was mace
whereby sailors shipping On yesse's over
500 tons register got SO per month, while
those going on craft Of a lesser register
received S25. This has been changed, and
now SO per month Is paid by all vessels
on the whole there is a scarcity of sal ors
for The merchant marine on the Atlantic
coast, because OF the Increase in the Unit
ed States navy, many of the seamen who
were employed on vessels engaged in com
mercial pursuits having shipped on the
transports or men of war. There is stated
to lie a scarcity of sailors in En2llnd for
merchant vessels, because of the large
number who went on Great Britains
transports TO South Africa. AS a result of
this scarcity there is sad 10 be some mer-
chant vessels lied up" on the other side.
The ship Ardgowan was transferred
from the Central Railroad wharves yes
terday, where she hos been discharsing
cargo to the Plant System wharves, where
she will begm loading to-day.
The British steams ip st. Ronald, Capt.
Clements, which cleared yesterday for
sapelo, will proceed with water ballast. 1t
is understood she is 10 take on a consid-
erabe let Of lumber.
Passengers by steamship Kansas City
from New York, Oct 3l-Mrs c. s.
Mitchell, w F.. Vain and wife, Mrs. s.
w. Creaugh and sister, Mrs. G. W. Crit
flth. L. W Fentwoo1 w. W. Zapp, w.
j. Degnan, G. w. Beckett, B. S. Levy,
L. A. Loos, R. McConothy and wife, w.
II. Mcdonald Mrs. c. Fuller and daugh-
ter, A. ID. Baldwin and wife, Mrs. NJ. N.
Vernon and daughter D. Smith, wife and
two daughters, Fl. ]. Smith, c. Smith,
Mrs. Van Ripper, j. c. Slater and wife, C.
S. Hunt. Sr., and wife, c. S. Hunt, Jr,
and wife, Mrs, j S. Collins, Miss K.
Joyce, A. Thompson, A. Jackson, Hattie
Hurd, Lucy teaches, Ida Dady, w. r.
Rock, j. Day. C. Vogt, H. ]. VOTERS
wife and sen. S. Haines, w. C. Peterson
c. Mobeley, ]. Null gan, c. Stratton, j.
Swanson, L. II. Holmes. and wife, c.
Smith and wife, d. Bokelman and wife
H. Forbush, wife and two sons, and A.
Hempel A. Salvatore, A. Wood, ].
b. Smith s. w. Cherry, F. Winter, G.
Lawton, Beckie Baum, c. Nilsson. G. Kun
dure, w. Meyer, 1. Gofdson in storage.
Passengers by steamship City of Macon
for New York, Nov. Mrs. r. C. Hari-
son, Mss F.. Huger, Miss L. Huger, Miss
L. Ingram, Mrs. James Blount J. c..
Leslie f. A. Whiteside, e. b. Respess,
Capt H. f. Somers, c. NJ. Cary, Mont
gomery Corse, Mrs. E. F. Bryan and Geo.
Mensel, Mike Bergen, storage.
The Chattahoochee sailed at o'clock
this morning instead of 4 yesterday after
noon, as originally scheduled.