The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
rU0M THE WATER FRONT.
TIMBER EXPORTERS TO-
ARDS NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.

"a Not AntagOnistic to Exist
Zines, bat Favor the Newcom-
,,r Ground of Establishing
,etitiOn-FOur FOur-Mnsters
...,, Iumber-Mntters of Interest
sbinpers and Mariners.
49, +aIked of new steamship line
~, savannah and New York,
.~tion of which has been made III
Morning News, is being discussed
lH' -,tnring circles, and particularly
il ,,e,. exporters, who will be large
p' tarAeted in the event of the pro-
~ line if established. While they
ot antagonistic to the present line,
'.o,, feel that good results may follow
.o,,netition such as is promised.
discussing the matter yesterday,
nan said that notwithstanding
wv was among the largest of Sa-
,,ob,s coastwise exports, it was al
novs required to take back seat
.aher il interfered in any way with the
,rornt movement of other classes OF
...r+ The demand of late is largely
MATED by the promptness of ship
,,art al orders are placed in many IN
ICES subject to shipment by speci-
Cad time. and if the exporters fail TO
IN +hie mart of their agreement the or
M u cancelled. The Importance of
a,nla+e facilities are thus explained.
" ie the understanding, of course, that
49, newcomer will get guaranteed
,o,lrt of business, which is said to
a. The basis upon which it hopes to
pei15 on established trade. The fav-
w hia stand exporters have taken is
Uot in an antagonistic spirit to estab-
iisbad lines, but is claimed to be In
The interest of the port.
There were four four masted schoon-
ers in port yesterday, two OF Wnlch
saiIad with lumber, while the other
slia ara IN load lumber. The schooner
Vanlear Black and the Marvill are to
load the first 475,000, and the other
e00 0oO and the Manning and the Sym
;D@ton sailed. the first with $4,000, and
Tho latter with 100000. This Will make
the total shipments in these tour-mast-
ers 2,65O,000 feet.
The BOARD of Pilot Commissioners at
Pensacola. Fla, at a meeting held last
week. denied registry as pllot poat
IN the schooner KWasind, winch was
recently purchased in Boston for the
rIIrnose of being used in the pilotage
business at that port, says the Nauu-
cal Gazette. The board adopted res
oIution to the effect that there are at
present a sufficient number of licensed
nilo+ boats there-all that are required
and necessary to the proper plotting
of vessels arriving at or leaving the
port. The defeated pilots now say that
the mandamus proceedings, brought
few weeks ago. win be renewed with
much vigor, and long legal battle is
expected.
The coming out and trial trip of the
tug Independent at New Orleans dur
ing the past week, with oil as her fuel
power. caused claim in some quarters
that If was the first boat to use that
product for the purpose. Probably the
first boat in Western waters to use oil
was the Sonoma, from the Big Sandy
river. which was chartered by Capt.
Edward Hart of Memphis, about 16
years ago for the purpose of doing
away with her coal-burning furnace
and installing patent burning fur
mace, which was done in this city. The
boat made a trip between here and st.
Louis ana return, ana showed OH dI
all the large river towns. After re-
turning to this port she was turned
over to her owners. In several of the
rivers in Russia are five steamers using
oil which were built by Pittsburg peo-
pie during recent years.-Cincinnati
mmercial-Tribune.
st. Michaels, Azores, Oct 13.-The
Austrian steamer Abbazia, Capt. Thia-
Mich, from New Orleans, Sept. 10, and
Baltimore Sept. q, for Venice and
Trieste, has arrived here with her ma
chinarN n11t of nrdar