The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
,o,AL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

,,,. british steamship Cycle Arrives
rrou Hremen-PRssaae Delayed on
account 81 Rough Weather, the
steamer BsiBg Unable 90 Make
o,cr six Knots an Hour az Times.
0rmIer oyster Company's New
u,nt Named the Wilmington.
uss British steamship Cycle arrived
To-day from Bremen, after a longer
,.-.ae. than It usually takes to make
IS, voyage. Capt. Leng said the delay
.,s duo TO rough weather which was
,..ogrt,rod. and which kept the steamer
...n making reasonable speed. She was
. water ballast on some days the Cycle
Aid not make more than six knots an
lVl-
rr, new steamer recently built a.
7.ssrks 4 sons shops for the Oemler
oyster company. has bsen christencd the
wilmington" She Is fitted up well. aud
y 10. used during the summer months
oil. ,u excursion boat between savannah
and FhunaefboH and Wilmington Island.
Third Engineer james Gordon. as Draw
,. Edinburgh scot as ever walked the
..s ot an ocean frelghier. called re-
unity az tho Crows Nest to say that
. Ian J. 1900 the 9-year-old, seven
t.at average. 1900 ton kirkby has taken
ttm SOME 5000 miles, says the National
r4.1zInc for December Draw pencil
uare- ou your map between the follow
... points OF her course ana see what
..r shaped streak OF lightning this
81 - a. arHH.-
I cardiff on the Severn 90 81 Mich
s ttcnce TO Savannah. Ca. to Bremen
,r the Weser, 10 HUI. England, 10 Dur
etr Natal across the Indian ocean 20
Es4tla aud Swrabsya, Java. 20 Padang,
a1-4ttrn. back TO Alden. Arabia, through
..s Sucz canal to frowniug Gibraltar. and
thence 70 the Delaware Breakwater and
BOSTON harbor. where the gallant craft
tr.sf herself from her cargo OF Occanica
SUGAR and shcathing OF equatorial barna-
~. aud took on biz load OF oats for
Isarpool Here's hoping that Engineer
Gordon and his violin for he's a walk
lax bundle OF music-nervesl Will have
.Il, and smooth voyage through the saw
IL, lutumnal storms that sweep the At
hHdc.
owners OF coal-carrying vessels express
o.. Gear that in the near future con
moss will be taken away from them. says
d philadelphia Dispatch. The Staples Goa
COMPANY OF Taunton. Mass. q corpora
lion closely allied with the Pennsylvania
railroad Company. has now under con-
e.ru-flon az Bath. Me. eight huge ba ges
aul a sea-going tug. Some OF these
bar.,- will carry 500 tons Of coal, snd
,su be- manned 10y a crew Of four men
whereas a schooner Of the same cana ity
would require a crew four times as large
It IS the opinion among shippers that the
p.rrevIvania Railroad Company intends
t9 construct a fleet % coal-carriers SUI
f.lent 20 enable 81 TO cope with such con-
d.tons as arose last winter when coal
frelshts 70 New England ports went as
reh Us S225 Scores Of contracts were
fn existence Of last winters gpurt Of
frelghts at a price delivered below what
we're the existing freight rates. and the
Heading Railroad Company. being In pos
session OF a fleet OF sufficient size TO car
D. its own coal. suffered hardly any Pc
cIu'arv loss.
Shlpnlng men think that last winters
high freight rates will prove eventually
disastrous 10 American schooners. as Il
has stimulated the building OF barEes by
tr the large railroad companies and ship
rsr= or coal. The Staples Coal Com
tanv's fleet at present numbers about
;5rty-Rve barges and i've powerful tugs.
Tho administration Of the Bureau Veri-
tas has Just published the list Of mari
time disasters. reported during the month
az October. 1870. concerning all HAYS as
follows. Sailing vessels reported lost:
American 10. Argentine i. Austrian. l.
Brazilian l. British. .; Chiilan, l. Dan
i.H 3. Dutch. 3: French g. German, II;
Italian. G. Norwegian. 9. Russian 8. Span
l.a. .. and Swedish. s. Total. io5. In this
number are included vessels reported
missing Steamers reported lost: Ameri-
can. o. British. 2. Danish. g. Dutch. J;
French. /. German. /. Italian. {, japanese,
- Norwegian >. Russian, I. Spanish, ].
and Swedish !. Total. 3d. Causes OF
i0sscs-Sailing vessels: strandlng. So col
HsIou. 4. hre ! foundered 3 abandoned,
3; condemned. -. and missing 2. To'a,
$685. steamers. Stranding. .. collision.
fire g. foundcred abandoned ]. and
condemned. ]? Total. 81
SAIL tonnage for long voyage trades con-
tuucs Ia demand but tine offerings arc
siiu limited in character. owners seek
ine Co obtain some improvement ia cur
rent rates says the Philadelphia Times
Prompt and early tonnage Is wanted from
tHc Gulf 10 River Platte with ss bid for
medium vessels: forward tonnage is avail
able az sifO West India freights are
quiet with rates for lumber from Gulf
points easy Coastwise lumber freights
ore dull although rates are without quot
uhie change. There Is no improvement So
Eastern coal frcights.
savannah Almanac.
sun rises at s.57 a. m and sets at l:57
o. m.