Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-13
SHIPPING NEWS
Captain Beers Molasses Barging
Charter in Cuba.
A sehooner's Good Record-rno Al
v"nco Note ana crimpins Inv
Violations TO be s,oppee-No.cso of
Interest TO Shipping Mcn.

The tug Pioneer towed in from Phil
adelphia yesterday the two new mo-
lasses barges Margaret and Eliza beth.
and last night clearance papers were
issued to the Pioneer and the Norwe-
gion steamer Herman Wedel harrisburg.
for Cardenas. Cuba, to tow the two
barges there.
The Pioneer, Captain S. H Beers,
goes to Cardenas on a three months
charter, with privilege or six months
acceptance. to tow these barges to and
from Havana to various ports, as far
as Cabarien, or Key Francis The
barges are each of about $50 tons, net
register, and each contains eight tanks
OF iron, fitted with steam. pumps, to dis
charge the molasses. The molus ses
VIII be taken to Havana, and there
shipped to various points. The Jarls-
burg, Captain Kjerland, carries a cargo
OF coal, destination unknown. The
four vessels will sail at once
Some time ago this paper made re-
ference to quick trips of schooners be-
tween this port and New York, and
mentioned the Edward Smith, Captain
Sears, as recordmaker. This schoon-
er, during the last IS days, has; made
three successful runs to New York and
of lumber. Seven days from dock to
return to dock ut Norfolk was one OF
the trips in brief.
Mr.. ATcFarlane, International Organ
izer of the international Seaman's
Union, is successfully working up a
union in Norfolk. !,
Mr.. McFarlane is q hustler, and just
the man needed here. One violation of
the advance note law has been trapped
by him. and after a conference with u
S. Shipping Commissioner Bullock and
the master OF the vessel the latter paid
the men in full.
Mr.. McFarane states that Newport
News is noted for it's crimping and vio-
lation of all laws governing and pro-
tecting seamen, and he intends to push
all cases he finds there TO n finish.
The tug Pilot towcd the schooner
HARRISON Hickman, Captain Henderson
into port yesterday with her mainsail
split and other damage done. She was
bound here from Delaware Breakwater
WITH cargo Of fertilizer.
The tug Asher j. Hudson arrived in
Baltimore yesterday. towing the
schooner Nettie Champion and barges
Viola w. Tunis and Maggie Donaldson,
and left for Back Creek to take a tow
OF six barges for Norfolk.
Divers found a leak In the bottom of
the British steamship Honiton Sunday
at Lambert'S Point, caullled it and
made such repairs as will fit her for
her voyage to Glasgow, for which port
she sailed yesterday The Honlton it
on the sands Off Paul Gamiel's Hill last
Thursday.
Yesterdays Baltimore Sun says: 1.-THE
new steamer Augusta, built by Nea.fie
4 Levy. of Philadelphia, for The Chesa-
peake Line. between Baltimore and
Norfolk. arrived Saturday night in COM
mand of Captain Bennett. The Augusta
has the distinction of being the largest
vessel of her tyne OH the Chesapeake
besides having two mammoth smoke
stacks. AS soon as furnished uD she
will take her place on the line.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
panys tug Commodore Duryea, which
sunk at her dock last Saturday morn
Ing, was yesterday raised and towed to
Berkeley flats by Captain French, and
there pumped out. She is but little in
iured. A fresh water hose was left
running into her tanks and after they
were filed the water filed the bottom
of the boat. sending her to the bottom.
The tug Reliance came off Graves
railway last night and Il barge took her
place.
Much interest was shown yesterday
in the forum article of Sunday on har-
Dor needs in this paper. Another arti-
Gle on the channel obstruc tons appears
this morning in the same column.
Dense fogs have prevailed at Cape
Henry for the past two days, and Mon
day no vessels were sighted either pass
ing in or out, consequently no reports
can be made from that quarter.
Fog in Norfolk Monday night thick
and impcnetrable. Traffic blocnd-
schedules, whistles and bells sounding
in every direction.
Yesterdays Baltimore Sun says:
Captain c. C. Peters, of the Mer-
chants and Miners steamer Decatur Fl.
Miller writes the Sun from Savannah:
The navigation OF the CralEhill and
Cut-Off channels. leading to Baltimore
is dangerous in winter time, when
buoyage Is made defective by Ice de-
stroying or moving the marks out Of
position. This is q chronic state of
affairs as long as ice ranges UP and
down with the tides. The navigation
of these two channels under any defects
in the buoyage could be remedied by
placing two white sectors in Seven
Foot Knoll light, the incoming sector to
cover black can buoys Nos. 1 and 5,
which mark the turn into the Cut-On
channel when outward bound White
sectors. os have suggested, would be
useful in navigating the channel on
dark nights and give the mariner safe
guidance even If the buoyage had been
disturbed by ice or otherwise"
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