The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships and
Shipping.

The big iredges that opened the slips
into Hutchinson's Island are going over
the work again, this time more for the
purpose of getting earth with which to DO
filling on the island than to deepen the
channel One of the dredges is in slip NO.
/. and the other in slip No. 2. with the
work they are doing. and the contract the
Georgia and Alabama has with the Sa-
yannah Lighterage and Transfer Com
pany for the ballast fFeH all vessels 1t
discharges, the chances are that the space
behind the wharyes will soon be hlied III.
While il has not been definitely settled
yet il is probable the steamer Doretta
will be taken off the Savannah and Bluff-
ton line shortly and put on the line be
tween Thunderbolt and Wilmington ISL
and Summer residents are anxious to
have a boat connecting with the island.
Capt George U. Beach is in Jackson
Vile for the purpose of bringing back the
Savannah steamer Alpha.
Capt. H. A. Strobhar. manager of the
Beaufort and Savannah line, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, has gone 20
Forsyth, Ca. to recuperate.
During the past three or four years the
value of steamers has risen very appre-
Gladly For instance, some two years and
a half ago a new steamer of about 400
tons dead weight was sold for f285e9; at
the present time a similar boat would
fetch about 1850 In the middle of 1897
a new 3,OO0-ton dead weight boat realized
1850: about two. years ago $4,000 was
asked for similar boat, and six months
ago about f2S 500, while at the present time
about 10000 would have to be paid for
a vessel of this type and size. A steamer
of 4.5O0 tons dead weight built in 1886 at
a cost of Ell 500, was sold at the end of
1897 for 10000; 1t is believed that TINS
vessel If open for sale, would fetch $4,000,
Notwithstanding that she is four years
old. Eighteen months ago about f27 800
was paid for a 3.50-ton dead weight boat;
last week f32 900 was paid for one of 800
tons; in 1896 a 3,5OO-ton dead weight boat
was sold for f22, 500. Early in 1897 a steam
er of 5000 tons dead weight was worth
about f35, 600; to-day a similar vessel would
fetch about f52 600. In March, 1898, a new
5, 4OO-ton steamer was offered for sale at
fS4 O00 six months ago a similar vessel
would have fetched about $4,000, and at
the present time would realize about f4S,
500 A 6,s00-ton boat was sold in October,
1898, for f4S 600, and a 6,sOO-tonner, but with
good speed. for f5S0OO net; similar sized
boats would now fetch $4,000 and $4,000,
respectively.
Passengers by steamship Kansas City,
for Savannah, May 6.-S. w Loftin and
wife, V. Ottermade. S. Ottermard H. l.
Hyde H. S. Oppenheim, II. E. Smith, Capt
f. L. Lea, J. Lemmel, DR.. c. H, Altharis
Mrs. Hughes, W. p. Richardson, Mrs. Ter
ren, s. G. Mum. A Hanley Sr., A. Han
ley, Jr., l.. E. Derden, A. Leland, d. s.
Leach and wife. Lee OTIS, w. ii. Foster
w Deerborn, A. c. Code and wife, M
Solomon and wife, Miss NJ. L. Green
Mrs F. A. Weedhouse, V. A. Lawson, w
Mcmillan, Shin Wan, Jack Peter, S. Male
and wife and daughters.
Passengers by steamship La Grande
| Duchesse for New York yesterday-Geo
| Smallwood, L. Hecht, F. j. Moses and
| wife, c. w Richardson and child, w. E.
Mathews, Mrs. Bruce and child, George
f. Sickles, f. II. Greatorex and wife, Rev,
]. w. Maynard and wife Mr.. Potter, Mr.
Mrs. H. d. Conway, Louis II. Cole, Miss
! N. Rinert, Miss May Rinert, G. w
| Thompson, ]. II. Mccormick, D. D. Ball
and wife, II. II. Sayler, w. Balde and
wife, lie Comte de Visone, H. p Canard
| John Breignan and wife, s. w. Lewis
| e. Heard, j. S. Brown. Mrs. Brown, Miss
Mary Brown, Charles S. Brown James
Moo. Brown, ]. S. kaufman, Mrs Rosen-
! thai, Miss II. Mills, 5. L. Thomas, Misses
Thomas, Mr.. Flannery, j. \. Bentley
Mrs. Huff, Miss A. Il. Truman, Miss Tru-
man. Mr.. Leighton and wife, Il. NJ. Tice
| and party, Charles Anness, Mrs II. A.
| Smelling, John McAleer, w. l.. Maunce
Robert w. Newell and thirteen interme-
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