The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-14
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rrc .BRAM MINIS RETURNS FROM
THE BAHAMAS.

1IeDt With the Tug Wms r. Me-
uIev to Assist Schooner James
n.eeher, but Failed to Save Her.
...o,,.hiu ChattahOochee Delayed
Tvbee-Capt. George Biilups. of
4 VI, L. Co., MISREPRESENTATION of
o.est 10 shippers and Mariners.
.r,o tug Abram Minis. Capt. Frank
~. arrived at quarantine yesterday
80, the Bahamas, where she went with
,,e tug VIM. F. Mccauley some time ago
,.sist the schooner James G. Beecher.
,..b went ashore there. The efforts of
,la. Tugs with the vessels own power
(.rsd to move her. Capt. Durm of the
n.o,5er. reports that his vessel lies on
ID bottom, 400 feet from water sufficient
-. eoat her She may hold together for
some time, but storm is apt to break
,or up at any moment.
rhe steamship Chattahoochee, Capt.
7.u,s bound out for Boston, was de-
,,red at Tybee yesterday owing to mis-
.,., to her machinery. When the Chatta-
,oo,bee slowed down she was promptly
o,oroached by tugs, the belief at the
time being that she was afire. This prob
.5rv accounts for the report which reach
~ the city to this effect. The tug Cam
bria went alongside after the Chatta-
s,arbee anchored in the outer roads, and
rsm3ined there while the repairs were be-
inc made. Capt Rogerson Of the aug
Iscob Paulsen reported on arriving from
beIow that the Chattahoochee expected
n proceed at o'clock this morning.
Cant. George Billups, for years master
of vessels of the Merchants and Miners
TRANSFORMATION Company, has resigned
Win the intention of leaving the sea.
can't. Bnlups left Savannah few days
ago on the steamship Itasca, and on ar
irving at Baltimore, quit the service in
wb5.h he has been so hong and honorably
Identified HIS record as a seaman is a
rommendable one. His long service with
,be Merchants and Miners has been char
acterized by fidelity. The captain has
many friends here who will regret to hear
of his resignation.
Mate Hudgings, of one of the steamers,
is TO be promoted TO the vacancy caused
nv the resignation of Capt. Billups. Mr..
Hudgings was formerly master of a coffee
bark in the Rio trade before entering the
employ of The steamship line.
The attention of the authorities will
be called to a knoll which has formed in
the river opposite the Merchants and
Miners wharves. On entering yesterday
the steamship Kansas City struck it, and
was delayed a short time. Capt. Fisher
called for Sugs, and on pulling off. swung
his vessel around, and was towed to the
Ocean Steamship wharves. The obstruc-
ton is understood to be in the channel.
The tide was going out when the Kansas
City passed up.
The movement to extend abe shipping
facilities on the Pacific coast bids fair to
make the Pacific ports far more promi-
nent factor in American export trade than
they have been heretofore. The result of
this increase in the number of lines and
saings offered will, if manufacturing
facilities in that section of the country
are eorrespondingly increased, be highly
favorable to the development of American
trade, not only in the Orient and in Aus
tralasia, where it already has a strong
foothold but along the western coast OF
Central and South America, where hither-
to the manufacturers of the United States
have barely succeeded in holding their
own in competition with those of Great
Britain and Germany. In addition to the
improvements to be made in the San
Francisco service, there is to be a new
line from that port to Callao for Peru.
The steamship Guatemala left Callao for
San Francisco, Z, al. 3, and will inaugurate
the sailiugs from there on it's arrival. The
line is owned BY British capitalists.
new line is also to be established between
Portland, Oregon, and Manila, by the
Oregon & Oriental Company. The steam
ers Monmouthshire and Carmarthenshire
have been engaged for this service and
will begin regular trips the last OF Febru-
any.
Steamer Tanagra. (Br), at Bremen from
Savannah, via Norfolk and Falmouth, has
mad the fire in her cotton cargo. before