The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Matters of Interest to Shipping Men
Generally


An effort is being made IN male xo,.
west coaling station for vessels Diving
In the waters of the Gulf The BOA rd of
Pilot Commissioners of that place are
considering the matter of reducing one
haf the pilotage fees for steamers call
ing there for coal or supplies. IL Kew
West becomes the coaling station IL is
GAINED that it would save time for yes
seis bound across which now call at Nor
folk or Newport News for bunker SUNNY
The Raddatz submarine boat has re-
cehtly been tested at Milwaukee, Wis.
me boat is sixty-dve feet long and four
rect IN diameter at the middle, and ia
pers TO point at each end. Near the
extremities are two coming towers. each
about twenty inches in diameter. When
going on the surface, power is furnished
by ten horse power oil engine. which
gives the vessel a speed of six to seven
miles per hour The boat is driven under
water by an electric motor supplied from
siXty-two storage cells and attains a
speed when submerged of four to four
and a half miles per hour. The nature
or the controlling mechanism has not vet
been made public. 1t is said that the
boat will sink to forty feet. which is as
far as it has been tested, in from thirty
to forty seconds. 1t does not dive nor
slant when descending or rising The
ooat carries a supply of compressed air
and abs an apparatus for purifying the
air contained in the interior while under
water. 1t is stated that three men could
easily remain beneath the surface for
eight hours. 1t is the intention of the
builders to construct larger boat in the
near future.
Earnings of the shipping of the nations
of the world for the year 1897 is placed
by Michael Mulhall, the statlstican as
follows: Great Britain, f55, 10000; Ger
many 1890 900; Austria, 81 400, 600; Sweden.
e., 100000; Denmark, fI5O0,o0O; Belgium.
f70O 600; United States. 10, 200 900; Australia.
f1,S00,000; France, "a, 10000; Russia, 1900. =
900; Italy, 100000: Portugal, 10000; Nor
way, $500 600; Holland. Fl. 10000; Greece,
Fl 200. 900; Canada, $4,000. This makes
a total for the world Of f101, 800 900, OF
which f93, 100000 is credited TO the Euro:
pean countries. The earnings OF British
shipping interests represent more than
one-half Of the total.
speed of forty-three miles an hour
was attained recently by an English tor
pedo boat destroyer propelled by tur-
bine of the Parsons type, says an ex-
change. The vessel is 80 feet long, q feet
beam. and feet draft and requires 1900
horsepower to go at it's best speed. There
is little or no vibration. The turbine de-
vice is less bulky than the ordinary steam
engine and allows more space for the
crew. The British government is intro
ducing the turbine in its meet ana hopes
to gain an advantage by it's use. While
that government seeks to get over the
water fast, the French government is
putting its money into fast subaqueous
boats.
The steamship Empress (Br). due Sept.
20 70 load for Havre and Rotterdam, has
been posted at the Cotton Exchange
The American bark Essex arrived at
quarantine yesterday from ST. Johns,
Porto Rico. She will come up to the city
In a few days
Several sailing vessels cleared yester-
day for Northern ports, and will probably
go to sea to-day.