The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-25
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GEN ERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

ships IL Exposed 10 Speti"i D%'
ger. which 1t Has Been Decided
Must BE specified in Bill Of Lnding.
DredEe working on Nook in slip
No. 3 on HutchinsOn's Island-Mat
ters of interest to Shippers an d
Mariners.
An important decision to Shippers ar ri
underwriters in regard to COTTON cargo es
mas been given by the United States Cou n
of Appeals at Richmond, Va, in which 1t
is said that cotton slowed in steams lip
alleyways is exposed to special dan. ger
and must be so specified upon bills of
lading, Otherwise II perpetrates fraud u BON
the Insurance companies. The case mas
that of the British steamer Kirkhill, lien
vets chartered to load cotton at Wilm Ing
tor. n c., for a November voyage to Eu-
roIe The charter party expressly al
low cd the merchant TO load cotton i : Il
covored-over spaces on deck, including
the aeyways. There was also the usual
provision that bills of lading sho1 id IL.
signed as when presented" The ner-
chant demanded clean bills Of ling ioi
cotton carried in the deck aheyways. The
master refused, whereupon the merchant
lioeled the ship in admiralty. The court
held that "as a clean bill of ladiny inn
ports d carriage under deck, stDwage
in any place less safe would work
fraud pom the purchaser or insurer, I'M
less expressly stipulated II was also
held that the obligation to 81 gn bills of
lading las and when prese ated' only
meant at any rate of freight that the
charter might agree upon.
The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Com
pany's suction dredge is cutting way
into slip No. on the Georgia! and Alb
bama Terminal Companys property OPP
poste the city. There Is a nook running
into the entrance to the slip, and it IS
this the dredge is now getting out of
the way. An immense lot of work has
been done at and about the entrances to
the sips by this dredge during the past
three weeks.
Vessels loaded and ready for sea were
prevented from going out yesterday on nc
count of the unfavorable winds, which
made it neither safe a gaining or
time TO proceed. Reports from Tybee
We're to the effect that very rough sea
was running there. Masters of vessels
are agreed that they save time by re-
naming at their docks. rather than take
risks of running into unfavorable weather.
The thirty+sixth annual report of thu
West Indian and Pacific Steamship Corr
pany Limited, for the year ended Dec. 81
last, says: From the profits of the yes
the directors have appropriated 1894 IS
for depreciation, and have placed f20.l 20
to the reserve fund. Including 6,459 Us Sd
brought forward, there will remain 1853 375
0s lid at the credit of profit and loss ac-
count, says the Liverpool Journal of G, )m-
merce, Feb T. An interim dividend of los
per share was paid in July, and the d rec
tors now recommend further divb lend
OF 405 per share free of income tax, pay
aDle on Feb. p leaving f13.375 0s lid TO be
carried forward. The steamers Atlartian,
American, Anuiian, Colombian and ia
mncan have been chartered 10 Her Males
tvs government for transport Sc rvice
The profit and loss account does n 81 in
cude any profit which may result from
this employment no voyage having yet
been completed. The insurance accouut
has been increased by fla, 1923 Sc Sd, and now
stands with a credit of fl60,33T As I'D for
completed risks.
Passengers per steamship Nacoochee.
from New York;. A. Brant, j. S. KEEL
sa, r. IL. Strong, Mrs. c. H. Strong. w
Fl. Rob 'nson, c. w. Stuart, Alder Cur
It's, C. NJ. Ferry, Mrs. Morton, DR.. Inger-
soil and wife, d. c. Rae, p. l.. Mcmahon,
w. A. Gaylor and wife, G. S. Rockford
r. s. Holbrooke, w S. Skinner, w. w.
McGrath, G. II. Warner, Mrs. s. j. War
ner and three Storage
Passengers per steamship City OF Biz
mingham, New York for Savannah, Feb
22.-Mrs f. T. Talaferro, Miss G. Tai
iaferrc DIR. II. N. Rosser, w. C. Ban
croft, Mrs. N. Duke. ]. V. Venleer, J. NJ
Wycoff, A. Pearson, J. H. Baldwin, e
n. Simmons.
Passengers by steamship Nacoochee. for
New York.-Wimot Duryea, S. A. Rich
ards and wife, A. NJ. Richards, DR. j.
NJ Ingersol and wife, G. Seaman, f. f.
Winsiow aad wife, H. NJ Stone C. w.
Laidlow. Edgar H. Cook, A. P. Weisnger
w. S. Skinner. f. NJ Van Buren,, Mrs
T.. M Van Buren,, Ike Rosenblett. F. NJ
Patton, l.. A. Sheridan, Charles Tropn.
G. II. Burbank, Minnie Davis, Harriett
Rowe, Ida Purcell Florence Stewart
Bessie Quarterman, Abbie Hicks, Julia