The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING,


SHIPS AND SHIPPING,
Lively Scene at =, f. 4 W. NbarVes,
Where About 5000 Tons of I<ainit
Are Being Discharged From steam
ships Florence Pile and the SSnra.
Steamship st. Louis of the Ameri-
can Line Makes Great Record Last
Year-Matters of Interest TO Ship
perS and Mariners.
There is an active scene at the savan-
nah Florida and Western Railroad
wharves at present, where the British
steamships Florence Pile and the Symra
are discharging cargoes of klinit
number of carts and large >wheelbarrows
are being used in transporting The car
goes from the ships to box cars, and also
TO pens which have been built for the
purpose of temporarily storing a pat Of
the shipment on the wharves consid
cradle part of the shipment is being sem
to fertilizer works at Montgomery, The
Florence Pile win discharge about 43aO
tons, and the symra about 1852, taking
the remainder to Charleston. Savannah
will set about 5000 tons
The steamship St Louis, Of the Ameri-
can Line made a notable record during
the past year in covering the greatest dis
tance ever traversed in a similar space
of time by any production of mans IN
genuity propelled by its own motive DOW
err. In thirty-four voyages across the At
iantic between Southampton and New
York this American-built steamship trav-
eIed 1O6,76l19 miles and carried 16,S5S pas
sengers of which number 1881 were hrst
class. There may be Pullman cars on
trans-continental trains which In con-
slant service have traVersed more than
106,000 miles within year, but no locomo-
tive or other vehicle propelled by it own
power has approached the rec I'd OF the
St. Louis. The s.. Louis was in COM
mission continuously during all save two
weeks. an had not single m shap. The
average of the ST. Louis for the 800 days
IN the year is 292 miles Taking into con-
sideration the fact that the steamship
was in port during 1873 days it will BE- Sc
that ner actual average steamirg was $50
miles a day.
In discussing the question of submarine
boat construction in its present asp cts a
writer in the Marine Review remark= that.
notwthsla nding the Indifference so gener-
ally manifested in England rega ding
such craft of every descrip ion, F ancs
has been the one European nation that has
steadily endeavored to realize lis devel-
opment to the most perfect grees, de-
sDi,e the numerous failures VIII ch have
taken place. These failures have of
coarse, produced much discoura cement
IL was not so very long ago that public
gretfication was al a high pitch over the
Gustave Zede, but it appeared laier that
she range of action of the YES ell was i'm
tied in the extreme; the French authori-
lies derived no little satisfaction, however
out of the fact that Zede had at leas dem
onstrated the practicability Of the sub
marine boat Attention was next turned
TO the Goubet boat and after ii had p ov-
ed thoroughly impracticabla, interest cen
tered as generally in the Morse but as
is well known, with similar Disappointing
results.
The commander and the first mate of the
schooner Humarock, which sail q from
Savannah Sunday, were examined whila
here by the local steamboat in p ctors
and given licenses as masters Of ocean
going sailing vessels. They received in
stuction under Capt. John Kenzie found
er and principal of the Savannah School
of Navigation
The steam yacht Sapphire arrived yes
terday from Jacksonville. Her owners
have been on Southern cruise, and are
now bound north. The Sapphire was
built at Bath, Me, by the Bath ron
Works. Her original owner was j I'M
Stetson Of Boston, the theatr cal manager
who died there some time ago.
The tug w. f. McCauley, which was
run into by the steamship Ponce some
time ago. and her bow Plates damag i,
tied up at Rourke's dock yesterday for re-
pairs She will probably be there several
days.
The steamship Nacoochee, Capt. Smith
will sail instead of the stea mship City Of
Macon TO New York, beginning on Satur-
day. and the Macon will sail for Bos ton
direct on that date.
Passengers by steamship La Granda
Duchesse for New York, Jan 16-M, c..
G. Bedding, G. +. Barfield. A. Smit7 and
wife, Mrs. NJ. Gormley, John F. Campbell
c. Ziegemaier. James w. Raynor.
Passengers by steamship Itasca for Bal
timore-Miss Agnes Ryan, Mis- NJ. G Lee
more, Miss Jennie Rcdy, Mrs. c. Fernan-
DIM Mrs. r. r. Black, DR.. Wheeler t.
F. Shadroch, James A. Kelly and wife.
Passengers by steamship City o. An
gusta, New York for Savannah, Jan. IA
II. w. Fox, b. s. Brooks. J. NJ. Gutm an,
f. A. Benfield and wife. Miss A. NJ. Weed
]. B. Shannon, John Kmblll. F. c. Ad il,
Fred Gilpatric, f. O Brien, w. Wins oyv
ton G.. Lutz, NJ. f. Sussman. WI am
Stone, Walter Stone, a. Guis5pp' VI. Cul-
YER
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at 100 a. m. and sets at $40
p. m,
High water at Tybee to-day at s:Ss a.
m. and 9:03 q. m. High water al Savau-
nah one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for January.