Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
HAD TO COME BACK
Strathnevis Failed to Complete
Her Cargo.
SO SHE CLEARED TWICE
Grain Exports from Newport News for the
Week Over Half u Million Bushels.
No Account Taken Of Coal.
The Months Imports.
SO SHE CLEARED TWICE

The grain exports from this port last
week amounted Is fo2.3l, buSllrIs-305-
""l bushels Of oats AMI -97: 30 bushels
of corn. carried in tho cargoes as fol-
lows:
The City Of Lucknow. Capt. Morri-
son. for London. 209934 bushels of oats:
.o.l26 bushels III corn
The Strathncvis. Can't smith. for
Avpnm"uth, 2o:3,2249 bushels Of corn;
af.6o3 bushels of oats
The StrathneviS cleared twice from
this port--a Very unusual thing for any
snip 10 do in Il. period OF two days. She
first took on part Of hes cargo here and
then went 70 Norfolk for the rest Of it.
Not being able to get the rest Of it there.
she was compelled TO come back to this
port ana finish loading
The 6. & Q. ship Rappahannock
cleared last week also. but her mani
lest is not available.
Those who saw the comparison be-
tween the exports OF Newport News
and Norfolk We're struck BY the fact
that this port was nearly $4,000, 900
ahead Of her elder sister across the
Roads This contrast is all the more
striking when it is stated that Norfolk
counts in her exports every ton Of
bunker coal taken on in that port by
freight ships. Over here such a thing
is never done. Coal for consumption
aboard vessels taking it on is never
counted When one thinks of the
thousands of tons Of coal consumed
every month by foreign bound vessels
from this port he can see what an enor-
NOUS increase would be noted in the
total value Of exports from Newport
News were account taken at the Gus
tom house Of all the bunkers filled al
| the G. & Q. Piers.
The immediate consumption i'm
ports last month were unusually large
amounting to s196. O91
1T is reported here in shipping circles
ihat the British government has char
tered seventy ocean steamers for use
IN transporting men and munitions Of
war to South Africa. thirty of which
are stated to be in the North Atlantic
| trade.
This draft upon tonnage resulted in
a great advance in ocean freights. and
rates went skyward here.
1t is believed that OF The vessels cali
ed tor BY the British government sp1--~
| eral are transatlantic passengers liners
FURTHER calls are expected and some
shipping agencies here have been ad-
a''>'A
! fleights for the present.
'Alr. John p. Davis, Of New York. who
says he is an agent of the British gov
eminent, sent to Southern ports to
charter steamships to carry soldiers
ana war supplies to South Africa is
| now in this section. lie SAYS he will
see the heads of the steamship compl-
MES and afterwards go To other South
! Atlantic and Gulf ports
Mr.. Davis says his government wants
more vessels of the swift ocean-goins
kind
Thousands Of mules are being bought.
or barSained for, in the American mar
ketS for service in the seemingly iney
liable war; ana these Will be shipped
from Southern ports. It is probable
that some may be shipped from this
port. Wagons and other supplies are
also being purchased in this country
by agents Of John Bull, and it is also
said that several hundred teansters and
hands to go with wagon trains will be
nred in the United States. preference
being given to soldiers who served in
Cuba during the late war. These team
steers will. of course, will be only civil
ian employees of the government of
Queen Victoria.
I>he following steamships are sched
ula1 ~ .,i, ~, %a,,i. 8 .
export cargoes:
sorr.ntn m ,ch;;
burg, Oct. !.
.,r,nnm,ttnx E,,,.ns. 1,v;.,,
(LtdD. London. Oct. s.
Teviotdale, u. S. Shipping a. 49,
sterdam, Oct. 10.
kanawha, Furness, Witty & CO
Gtd) onE1nn on1-1.
ST J,onards ~ cbinni ~