The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

The Government Lighthouse Tender
PharOs, Capt. Anderson, Comes
to Savannah for SuppIies-It Is In
tended to Improve the Lighthouses
on Hilton Head, and Move Build
ings Farther Back onto the Beach.
other Matters of Int to Ship
pers and Mariners.
The United States lighthouse tender
Fharos, Capt. Anderson, arrived yesterday
from Hilton Head, and is locked a the
foot of Barnard street. She sailed up the
river as far as Fort Jackson, and was
there taken in tow by the tug William F.
McCauley and brought to the city.
The Pharos is here for the purpose of
getting supplies for improvements it is
Hilton Head. The first work will be to
remove the houses farther back onto the
beach, which is washing away to some ex-
tent For this a considerable supply of
hardware ana lumber VIII be required
This win be bought a once, and loaded
ready for the vessel to start on her re-
turn. Definite arrangements will not be
made, however, until Capt. Anderson
hears from Maj. Ruffner at Charleston,
chief engineer of the Sixth district. This
district extends from Wilmington, N. c.,
TO Jupiter inlet, Florida.
Capt. Anderson is a genial courteous Of
hCer, who has many acquaintance he
formed in Savannah during the many Wis
iis he has paid the city. He has been in
the lighthouse service since 1866 and most,
II not all this time, has been spent N the
d-sulct he now superntends. He visited
Savannah In sailing vessels as early as
lS4S, and remembers wen when Og.sthorpe
avenue was the southern boundary of the
city. There are few seafariug men who
show their age less than Capt. Anderson
does.
The. schooner Nellie w. Hewlett Capt
SmiJn, bound from Baltimore for Savan-
nah, had some trouble in getting a crew
and led in doing so unlI her agents
signed for $50 a mouth. This is sad 70
DC Inc largest pay ven to 81 loIs from
that port for many years. 1t is also stated
there is a deJrth of coasIiug at Baltimore
The United States Fish Commission
steamer Fishuawk, Capt James Smith
nav. Ing comp led repa rs al ne works Of
iue James Clark Com sny, has saileJ for
Beaufort $. c.. where some time wiz be
possible tbe Fishhawk Will ,siend the win
ter in So thtra waters in the interest OF
the Fish Commission.
The steamship Atlas BD. Sargent,
which is chartered TO load cotton at Sa-
vaGnah, is reported sailed from Phiadel-
phia sept a.
The schooner Charles s. Davis. Capt.
Adams, is reported sailed Philadelphia for
Savannah on Sept. p.
There was considerahl e trouble among
the crew and officers of the ship Jabez
FJowes, which reached San Francisco on
Sept. p from Baltimore. When she ar
rived four OF the crew were In irons and
the police flag was dying n the main rig
gng. The men claim that Capt Cl9pp
and Mate Rogers assaulted them on The
higl seas Capt. Clapp states that the
mon muiUied and We're Incompetent and
insubordiuatc.
A leak below the water line was dis
covered ON Saturday night in che hun of
the schooner George Squire, which was
loading coal at Philadelphia for Saco. Me.
Part Of her cargo was on board. The tus
Crawford succeeded in keeping down the
leak with her pumps and tOwed the Squire
Monday, to Cooper's po.nt. where she was
beached TO ascertain where the leak was
The wire K of an unknown schooner has .
been discovered in cove near Cape Pine (
on Che southern part of the peninsula OF /
Avalon, n f. The crew is supposed to !
have persisted during a gale. As seven |
dories we're found near the wreck, it is /
assumed that she was a fishing vessel /
probably from the Grand Banks, with Il
crew of at least twelve men. Two boats |
with four men each are missing from Bon
avista bay. on the east coast
Capt. Mason OF the steamer Algiers, at