The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-04
NEWS OF SHIPPING
orr,,IER GOV. Stafford TO RUN
As REGULAR PACKET.
Re PUT ON NEW INLAND LINE.
.,,rruR FACILITIES FOR THROUGH
FREIGHT TO CHARLESTON.

. - ID. Philips to Run the SAT-
- with the Pilot Boy on the
tnIaud Line Connecting Charleston
,,5;.h Philadelphia and Baltimore
sAi,s-Tug Royal Arch Goes Down
-. Foot of Randolph Street.
s,o,uer Louise Arrives From
a4.s island With CottOnseed.
The steamer Gov. Stafford arrived yes
..raoy from Brunswick and will be run
regular packet between Savannah
- Charleston Capt. Frank d. Phillips
,.,,.~bt her of Capt W. M. Topper OF
,,r,,,syvick for the purpose of meeting the
,ooreseed demand for facilities for the
.~a,s,ortation of through freight from
1,i,iroore and Philadelphia to Savannah
~. The Merchants and Miners line, and
.,,ar,a to Charleston by steamboats,. The
,.l5i+ion Of the Stafford will give the new
,.r. two steamers, the other being the
Pilot Boy.
l,or some time past efforts to get a rate
from the Merchants and Miners on
through freight have been made, and the
faa, that the management of the inland
lire is TO put on another boat probably
MEANS that some satisfactory arrange
r,ert has been made with its connection.
As previously stated Charleston does not
,nio,- the benefit of water rate from
either Philadelphia or Baltimore as does
savannah, and the purpose of the new
inland line is to supply the missing link.
Cani Philips is satisfied from the en-
,,,,ra cement he has received from North
arn shippers since he inaugurated the ser
,ice that the line fills a want, and for
,5is reason he proposes to make the ia
ciIittes complete. The boats come in COM
ratirion with the rail lines, and for this
reason considerable sparring for business
is expected.
The steamer Stafford is we'll known to
local steamboat men. She was built for
+he Gulf trade, but was later sold to
Beach and Miller, who ran her for sew
eral wears on the St. Johns river. After
che destructive freeze of 1896, which de-
stroyed the orange crop of Florida, she
was brought by her owners to savannah
and put on the Beaufort route in COM
petition with the steamer Alpha Capt.
Beach later sold the Stafford to Capt.
Topper of Brunswick Capt. Upper is in
The city and will deliver the boat TO her
purchaser to-day.
The tug Royal Arch went down early
yesterday morning at Salas coal dock,
foot of Randolph street. The Watchman
vas the only person around at the time.
she lays close to the dock with nothing
above water except the stack and the
tops of her houses. She is owned by
Richard Burns, formerly with the Savan-
nah Foundry and Machine Company. Mr..
BUNS is out of the city at present, but
NJ will be advised of his loss. The tug
knl doubtless be raised promptly, as she
les in a position to cause inconvenience
TO the occupants of the wharf
THO immense dry docks are in course
Of construction at Liverpool that will
accommodate the largest ships yet built
or contemplated and have plenty of room
10 spare. The Canada dock, almost ready
for use, is 925 feet inches in length, 14
feet inches wide at the top, and "a feet
wide at the bottom. The entrance is "a
feet in width and carries 30 feet of water
over the sill. The material is Portland
cement and concrete in parts of eight to
one, finished with parts of six to one
The dock has three centrifugal pumps,
capable of discharging 100000 cubic feet
of water in one and half hours The
second dock is 1000 feet in length, 90 feet
width of entrance and will have 81 feet
depth of water over the sill.
The steamer Louise arrived yesterday
from Ladies Island with cargo of cotton