The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
oc.I AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

, Revenue Cutter service Has "a
large List of Juniors This Year.
,monc Them "a Savannah BOy-SaIe
Of vessel Property ON the Lakes
SiocL-FOrccnst of the Weather at
s.a for JuIy-LOcaI Steamboats,
nnu Excursions to the Resorts
vows pots From the Water Front.
competitive examinations in the revenue
,utsr service this year We're more Sc
,.ore than any since the Inauguration of
.hs cadet system by the revenue cutter
s,ryce. says the Baltimore Sun. Nearly
s0 Youths presented themselves for ex-
.mfnation 70 I'LL the eight vacancies in
me service. The successful candidates
~re said TO have been the pick of a very
rrrc number who made high averages
in the civil service examinations. Among
the juniors aboard the cutter Chase is
cell NJ Ga bbett of Savannah
All the cadets are on board. and undcr
mo direction of Lieut.. Daniels, the exec
utiye officer, have begun their first les
SONS in the life of a cadet. Arrayed in
,he white working suits, with cadet dis
,reuishing marks, the newcomers have
bcen learning all parts of the rigging.
how TO reeve gear for making sail, TAX
Ing In sail and sending down light yards
and m>s
Al sea the cadets will be taught naviga-
ZION. seamanship and boat drills When
the ship is in winter quarters mathe-
nsfics. navigation, seamanship. gunncry.
astronomy. nautical surveying, interna-
tonal and revenue law, signaling, infan-
trv great gun. broadsword fencing and
ristol drills will make up the daily rou-
tine Of both classes.
There will be no visit to foreign coun-
tri,s this year. The lateness of the start
Nll curtail what promised to be a most
Interesting itinerary for the cadets. There
will he a visit 10 ports north of the
Chesapeake. with a majority of the time
between now and September spent at
sea
Vessel property on the lakes has un-
dergone q considerable change in the last
six months. says an exchange To-day
there is practically no buying and sell
mg Late last year and during January
boat had only to be reported on the
market TO bring out several prospective
snapped up without any dickcring as to
the price. A large number of vessels that
had been tied to their docks for months
aud wars were fitted out and put into
service Many boats were taken from
boneyard berths in an effort to corner the
high rates that were confidently expected
this summer.
Now these old ships are finding it hard
10 get a charter Some of them are even
back 10 their old occupation of filling dock
space For months before the opening
Of NAY ieation there was general belief
that rhe man who placed his boats FOR
~ season would be running his vessels
~ the lowest rates of the summer. The
story reads the other wey now Owners
Of bottoms chartered last fall and win
ter arc making money. In fact. they are
mixing so much money and their pros
pority affects the iron market so much,
that Rockefeller had to pull his boats
out Of the trade in an effort to boost the
Wild rata from 90 cents 90 81 back to the
charter price of s1.25. The price has not
yet reached this figure, and of course.
the vild-touuage owners are the losers.
The man who chartered before the sea-
son opened is now counted the wise bust
ness person; the prophet who held his
heats for fabulous wild rates is up in the
air. 50 to speak. A fleet of two score
lumber hookers tied up at Milwaukee
for many days. There was no call for
them. This explains the present state of
TIE lumber trade. It is listless; just a
trifc less dull than two weeks ago.
Vesselmen generally figure on good
feeling in the lake traffic when tonnage
is charging hands. Midsummer is never
a busy season for vessel transfers. From
present indications, however, the small
amount of sales recorded leads to the
belioi that the lake business is not as
vital as wanted by many marine men.