The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Matters of Interest to Shipping Men
Generally.

Generally.
Unless there is some unforeseen hin
drance 1t is expected the Belgian steam
s,ririts turpeutine Considering the fact
this is the first visit of the Clematis, and
cor seouently the first experience the
stevedores have had with her the work
so far has been done in good time.
It is understood that the Clematis will
not carry The amount of turpentine the
company expected she would. While it is
not known just what she will clear with,
If is not believed she will come up to
expectations.
The Lighthouse Board has just issued
a book containing a full list of all bea-
cons buoys and day marks in the Fifth
Lighthouse Dis .rict, embracing the sea-
coast of Virginia and North Carolina
from Metomkin Inlet, Va, to New river
inlet, n. c., Chesapeake bay and tributa-
ries, James river and tributaries, Poto-
mac river and tributaries, Hatteras and
Ocracoke inlets, n. c., and Beaufort
Core, Pamico and Albemarle sounds and
heir tributaries. The book also contains
list of the laws for the protection of
aids to navigation
The largest schooner in the world the
first six-master ever built, was launched
during the week from the yard of Har-
vey NJ. Bean. at Camden Me. This is
the schooner Geo'ge w. Wells owned by
Capt. John G. Crowley of Tsundon and
others She viii be commanded by Capt.
Arthur Crowley, now of the fve-masted
schooner John B. Prescott The keel Of
this monster schooner was laid on April
J. She is now practically completed as to
hull, but such is her weight that the
mass will not be put in until after she
has been launched for fear that the blocks
upon which she rests, now crushed al
most fiat, would collapse altogether. In
stead of spilling wine at her naming the
pretty daughter of the man for whom the
vessel has been named will scatter white
roses over her bows, and as she moves
down the ways a flock of white doves will
be liberated after the fashion favored by
the Japanese
So great is the sweep of her deck that
the vessels houses, although of generous
size, look very small. Her after house
is &c feet square; amidship is the galley,
and forward the engine house and fore
castle, while she also has a wheelhouse
r use in heavy weather something that
is seldom found on coasting vessels.
of Oregon pine. each 119 feet long and 80
inches in diameter in the partners; the
topmasts are each IS feet long, the fore
topmast being 20 inches in diameter in
the cap. The jibboom is IS feet long, and
% inches in diameter in the cap. The
driver boom is 70 feet long and Is inches
in the sings. The other booms are AZ feet
long and IA inches in the sings. Her fore
topmsst, driver boom and jibboom are OF
IF
native spruce. All the Standing rigging is
of wire, set up with turnbuckles. The
masts are named as follows, beginning
forward: Foremost, mainmast, mizzen-
mast, spankermast, jiggermast and driV-
ermast. The vessel will carry 12,0C0 square
Yards Of the he aviest duck in the follow
ing pieces: Driver, jibber, spanker, miZ-
zen, main and foresails; six gait topsails
of the same respective designations; driv-
er. jigger, spanker, mizzen and main'op-
mast staysails, five jibs.
In the after house are the cabins and
six staterooms, besides a chart room. The
staterooms will be occupied by the mas
ter, steward, two mates and engineer, and
including accommodations, there will be
two spare rooms for passengers. The cab
ms and staterooms are finished in ash,
sycamore and cherry, and supplied with
steam heat baths, hot and cold water,
electric DellS, anu d lclSpHO@-S llllS " Lhc
gall y and engine house.
An improved steamboat wheel is on eX-
hibtion at the Monongahela wharf, and
II promises to revolutionize the mode of
steamboating on Western and Southern
rivers, says the Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph. Unlike other steamboat wheels,
the wheel does not produce swells, and
when backing does not wash" the river.
The invention is known as the Mederer
improved steamboat wheel. The wheel
has curved buckles supported on each
arm, one for going ahead and enc for
backing. The aIrved buckets simply lift
ire water and drop it without making eny
waves The owners claim that the speed
of a boat can be increased by the adop-
ton of this kind of wheel. Several W
resentatives of the transportation deciSt-
ment of the river combination inspected
the wheel, and were so pleased with 1t
that the towboat Leader or Monterey will
he fit ed up with wheel in order to give
it a trial.