The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-14
FROM WATER FRONT
SAVANNAH SHIPPING PILES TO
NEW YORK FOR NEW DOCKS.
SEVERAL SCHOONERS TO LOAD
WHERE MERCHANTS AND MINERS
NEW BOAT MAY BE RUN.

1t Has Not Been Definitely Settled
That She liz to Rum to Savannah.
Sailing the ''13th" Doesn't
Worry seamen-PensacOIa's New
Line-LocaI and General News o:
Ships and Shipping.
Savannah is forwarding hundreds of
piles to New York to be used in the re-
building of the North German Lloyd and
the Hamburg American docks at Hobo
ken, which were destroyed by fire re-
Gently. Piles are also being shipped from
other Southern ports 1t is said that.
fourteen schooners were at these docks
recently. discharging piles to be used in
tn, construction work.
T.. schooner Julia A. Trubee. Capt.
Miller is at the foot of Whitaker street
loading for Charles S. Hirsch & Co., lum-
Der exporters. The Trubee will take 200
piles from so to 95 feet long. The vessel
is being loaded by Stevedore Joseph l..
Graham, who is using care and skill in
his work. After all the piles possible
are loaded, the vessel then lacks a great
deal of being down in the water, because
of the large amount of lost space be-
tween the piles. Crossties and lumber
are then put in as long as a stick can
be loaded, and even with this it is diff
cult to get on a full cargo, such as the
vessel could take If loading lumber. The
present shippers have already forwarded
a large number of piles, and have over
a dozen vessels chartered to load more.
The various shipments will represent an
immense expenditure among the lumber
men of Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Merchants and Miners New Steamer.
Much conjecture is going on In Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation cir
cies about the route the new steamer
Rawlins will run on. Some say she will
run between Savannah and Philadelphia
others between Philadelphia and Boston
or Providence. From all accounts the
Rawlins would make a very desirable ac-
QUESTION to the company's Southern fleet,
and would be welcomed one of Sa-
vannah's regular liners. She is said to
have accommoda tons for $50 first-class
passengers, so that with a steamer this
size the local passenger department would
proba bly, not, at any time, be embar
raised in caring for the company's pat
rons. An official announcement will like
ly be forthcoming shortly. as the company
bought the steamer because she is need
ed, and will not therefore have her Idle
any great while.
'Thirteen" Doesn't Worry Seamen.
Thirteen" arouses little superstition
among sailors, who would as lief sail on
the thirteenth as they would on any other
| day of the month This is shown by the
fact that vessels ready for sea rarely, If
| ever, hold back on account of fears that
| i'll luck will befall them if they leave on
| this date. If there really was any fear,
| and the master held his vessel back a
| day on this account, the owner would
| doubtless relieve him for a less supersti-
tious person. When the German bark
| Charlotte cleared at the Custom House
yesterday. the evil commonly connected
with the date proba bly, never entered the
captains mind. When superstitious be-
| liefs are tested by conflicting with bust
ness they are generally found not gen.
uine.