The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-22
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
..,,er. of Interest 90 shipping Men
Generally.

,,.,,er. OF Interest 20 shipping Men
Generally.
Tho steamship La Grande Dueheese,
can't Hanlon which broke her shaft and
~, her propeller. Aug p. while on the
.,,ts between Boston. Halifax and Char
,.,etoyvu. p. T.. L.. has arrived at New
YORK IN ballast. after receiving repairs
a, Newport News. she has done consid-
able cruising of Sandy Hook. testing
~, engines. The Grand Duchesse viii
~ 40 al Red Hook Point for the winter.
Tho naval number of the Nautical Ga
r.tte New York. has just made its APP
-,aranoe. A supplement 20 the paper has
rs...,,re Of the L. s. :. Alabama, which
,gsa rade from photograph taken OF tho
nir ship from the Brooklyn bridge. The
o.Vtion rs an attractive one. aud reflects
credit upon the publishers.
Ty,e Navy Department az an oorly date
r,,u name a board Of naval officers 10 in
spert the huge floating steel dock at Ha-
,'ana sent there By the spanish govern
ynsut prior 20 the war. with a view ~
determining whether u should be pur-
rhase.l f,y the United States. The Span-
ress 10 sell 10 this country. ana Congress
tas made available "a sum sufficient for
tbe purpose. The board will make its
inspection as soon as all possibility OF yel-
low fever infection disappears.
The steamer Irada cleared from Calves
ton Tor Liverpool on saturday. oct. "a.
with the largest cargo OF cotton ever sent
from thnt port. Her cargo consisted OF
ca
counted as $500. weighing 10, SIS 600 pounds.
and 2i0o bushels wheat. The record
cotton cargo heretofore carried from the
United States was 9,Si4 bales. on the
steamer Milwaukee. which cleared from
New orleans Tor Liverpool, Oct 80. 1897.
Commenting on recently issued statistics
relative 20 the marine tonnage OF the
world. the Scientific American says:
There are now 2S.322 vessels. having a
tonnage % 290i9.72S Great Britain has
i0.S8S vessels and her tonnage Is Il .26l e
aa From this IL viii be seen that the
numerical proportion OF British ships II
not so great as IS the case with some
other countries. because the greater part
81 her ships ore of larger size than those
Of other countries. and more OF them
are steam vessels. II s. gratifying 20
note that tho United States comes next
90 the British Empire. We nave 3.i35 yes
sells, with a tonnage of 2.750 2T: Germany
has l.7iO vessels. having a tonnage OF @
60O33 Then comes Norway, with 1850
vessels. with n tonnage Of le40si2; then
France. with l.2i8 vessels. having "A ton
mage Of 1850 5s2. and Italy. with 176 YES
Eels, having a tonnage OF ss3,655: Sweden
mas a greater number OF vessels than
France. having i.i33. but as the vessels
ore smaller the tonnage Is only 657 ~
Japan has .06S vessels the ,a4nage being
bE.657. Holland. soS vessels. with a ton
mage OF 59o.ZT7. Denmark has SOC vessels
with a tonnage Of 5i9.oli; Austria-Hun-
gary go vessels. with a tonnage OF ii60si
Greece Brazil. Belgium. Portugal and
Chill al have a tonnage IN excess OF
io0.O)O The steam tonnage Of the British
merchant navy IS superior 20 that Of all
other countries combined. but nearly halt
81 the tonnage Of the Uuited States IS
made up OF sailing vessels. Great Britain
has more than i600 steamers OF 1900 tons
and upwori Germany has III OF the
same size. the United States has 80 and
France %. Great Britain now has "a
steamers with a register Of 1900 tons or
more"