The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
THE RIVER FRONT.

| The Repairs to the Pilot Boat j. II.
Estfll FInished-After Going on
the Marine Railway for Painting
She VIII Return TO Her Station.
Weather Forecasts for June.
Matters of shippers and Mariners.
After being tied up several days at the
foot of East Broad street for repairs. the
| pilot boat ]. II. Estiu was turned out
yesterday. She will go on the marine
| railway to-day to have her bottom painted,
and will later return to her station.
The repairs required were of tedious
nature, and their prompt execution was a
credit to Mr.. Richard Burns. who repre-
| sented the contractors, the Savannah
Foundry and Machine Company. Several
of the bow plates had to be taken off and
Strengthened, and tins alone neecssitated
the removing and driving of row after row
of rivets. Ugly bends in the stem were
Strengthened. The heating of the iron was
accomplished by means of an adjustable
hre-boX, which was fastened to the bents
ana when the Iron was heated this box
was removed so that the stem could be
! hammered straight. This and other fea-
| lures of the work was facilitated by means
| OF a commodious staging which was erect
| ed about the bows, thereby enabling the
| men to work with ease and safety.
There was some talk of having the pilot
boat repaired in the North The satisfac-
tory work which has been executed by
! savannah concerns from time to time
| demonstrates that this class of work can
| be done as we'll here as elsewhere.
! The pilot chart for June gives the fol-
lowing forecast for the month al sea
Generally fair weather over the North
Atlantic. Occasional moderate to fresh
gales north of the fortieth parallel and off
the American coast north of Hatteras In
the West Indies, frequent rains and
! squalls, with winds inciining to the south
of east Limits Of the trades moving
| northward Fog. as shown, from off Nam
tucket. northeastward. beyond Flemish
| Cap; maximum bands occurring near the
Virgin Rocks and so degrees west and
| southeast of Novis Scotia and Cape Bre-
ton Island. Icebergs to the east and
southeast of Newfoundland and along the
| nftieth meridian to IL degrees north.
Capt. Marktschlaeger of the Dutch tank
| steamer La Campine. reports an interest
| ing phase of the recent eclipse OF the sun
at sea on May % The steamer was in
| latitude A degrees 10 minutes longitude
| At degrees % minutes, with a coudiess
| SKY, when at lois o'olock, a. M, the first
| contact was seen. The greatest darkness
was about l:4O o'clock. At the beginning
of the eclipse the thermometer recorded
% degrees Fahrenheit, and al the center of
darkness it had fallen to AT degrees. the
temperature having gone down SO degrees
in the space of one hour and twenty-five
minutes.
The characteristic of the fog signal, a
Pinch steam whistle" on Fenwick's ISL
| and Shoal light vessel, off the coast of
| Maryland has been changed to sound
| blasts of eight seconds duration, sepsrat-
ed by alternate silent intervals of 80 sec
onds and q seconds, thus: Blast, eight
| seconds; silent interval 50 seconds; blast
eight seconds; silent interval, Y seconds.
During the lightning yesterday the fore
| topmast of the schooner Humarock was
struck and shattered. No further damage
was done.
| The bark Oracle formerly the Norwe-
| sian bark Marie Siedenberg, was sold yes
terday to New York parties. Until her
| former Savannah owner returns from New
| York it is not known what will be done
with the Oracle.
! Passengers by steamship Itasca for Bal
timore yesterday: Albert Marshall, Thorn
! as Wright. W. P. Pogose. w. H Moreu
! John Branch, ]. P. Beckett S. Woodward
c. Price B. B. Henderson, Mrs. Middle
Ton, Mrs Jones, Mrs Milidge, Miss l..
De Lyons, Mrs. Ryels, Miss Ryles. Miss ]
Ryles, A. Washington, Henry Johnson
Mrs. Johnson, Miss Jennie Harris Miss
Turner, Miss Harris, H. Washington, L.
J. Ramsburg. Jr.; D. F. Herne, Miss
Luffman Miss Cooper NJ Marks, G.
Howe. Miss NJ. Swartz Julian Clark, A
B. Holmes. a. NJ. Meincke. ]. NJ Morri-
son, Robert Young. T. Bryce, Mrs. Bryce.
PASSENGERS by steamship Nacoochee
I'D. V. Hops. ]. C. Merge
c. II. Duval, DR.. G. Marcus, J.
F. Cole, H. Rosenhein1, w. r Smith. Miss
Q. NJ. Blaisdel, w. f. Barn.. w. Stayton
w. H. Holloway E. A. Hundman, w. H.
Warrington. L Wadleigh Miss M Rivers
VI. Rivers, ". Beril
Passengers by steamship Chattahoochee
for Boston June 7-E. S. Barnum, Mrs. A
| NJ. Bernard, Miss B. M White, George
| Wilson. T. A. Watson, Mrs. Charles r
| Wanson, W. w. Cureton and wife D. A.
Graves an wife, William P.
| Waterhouse and child, Mrs. F. s Dennis
S. l.. Wadsworth and wife, c. R. West
morelend, A. D. Butler, Walter T. Mitch
ell. colored. Miss Mena, Jacob Washing
| ton, r. c. Edison. Lizzie Reed f. A Dyer
Henry D. Muir, J. c. Davis, Arthur Cole
man. Samuel Clark. Gertrude Capers, COL
ored.
Per steamship Itasca for Baitimore-5O
| bales upland cotton, 2,740 barrels rosin
! 1871, 1876 feet lumber so crates pineapples
81 crates vegetables. 81 barrels vege-
| tables, so barrels cottonseed OIL 653 sacks
clay, So packages merchandise, 95 pack
ages domestics and yarn, 22S bales hides
and wool, 80 bales palmetto fiber, % bales
| linters, sol bundles handles.
Savannah Almanac
Sun rises at Ash a. m. and sets 7:o7 o. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at 3:43 q
m. and 4:16 p m. High water at Sayan-
nah one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for June.
d. II. NJ
| First quarter ................ 5 0 5s morn.
Full moon ....................12 SO eve.