The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-23
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
SCHOONER CHAs. l.. DAVENPORT |
TO BE TOwED TO PHILADELPHIA.


TO BE TOwED TO PHILADELPHIA.
She Will BE Taken in Tow of the
Tug Abram Minis-ExpOrts of Ma
val stores by Steamers and Sail
Ing VesseIs-Jerry Searles at Auc-
ton SaIes-Matters of Interest to
shippers and Mariners.
The tug Abram Minis is scheduled
TO sail to-day or tomorrow with the
disabled schooner Charles L. Daven-
port, which put in here leaking. and
after being surveyed. was ordered
repaired and to be towed to Phila-
delphia. The Board of Survey recon-
mended that the Davenport's deck
engines be repaired. and that her
pumps be fixed so that she could be
kept partially free Of water. These
repairs have been made, and it is ex>
pected the tug will be able to get her
TO Philadelphia safely. Capt. Sproul
has filed protest against the finding
of the Board of Survey, an account
of which has appeared in the Morn
ing News.
The report the other day that Phil
adelphia shipping men had arranged
for the indirect shipment of a large
lot of rosin from Savannah attracts
notice to the steadily increasing ex-
ports of naval stores by the way Of
indirect steamers. Owing to the low
rates out of Baltimore and Phila-
delphia shippers were able to obtain
better rates and quicker deliveries by
forwarding naval stores that way.
Whether rates have continued easy, or
the lines interested are offering low
rates to obtain this business, is not
known, but from the quantity of rosin
reported to be under contract for ship
ment by them it seems the lines in
terested are very active Scr the bus
mess. During the entire history of the
naval stores industry the exports of
these products have gone mostly by
the square ringers, and of these the
decided majority were Norwegians.
Since the steamers have taken a hand
in the foreign movement of naval
stores, however, sailing craft have
dropped out, and many of the vessels
that formerly visited the port are now
engaged in other trade. Some are
trading with South Africa, and others
are carrying lumber from Gulf ports
TO South America.
Jerry Searles, one of the oldest coll
ored men on the river, frequently
takes a prominent hand as a bidder
at auction sales of vessels. Jerry at
tended the Custom House sale of the
brig Alice Bradshaw the other day,
and is still feeling jubilant over his
success in bringing the purchase price
of the vessel and lumber up to what
he considered a fair figure.
Some of 'em wanted to know what
wuz dom biddin' and the auctioneer
told 'em / had's much rights anybody
wanted the property to bring a fair
price. If they though rs foolin' they's
mistaken, for I had the authorities in
my pocket to bid. Yes, when she got
to $1,000 I said Is cents mo- and when
she Climbed up higher I said ten
cents mo-. When I saw 'em gettin'
short of breath | said five cents mo-,
and I kept addin' on a few cents tell
she got whar couldn't see no money
in it fo' Jerry. Den 1 quit and let
'em hav'er, 1 never bids any mon 1
can ford to pay"
Shipping interests have frequent oc-
casion to acknowledge Indebtedness
to the Weather Bureau as it is man.
aged under Chief Willis l.. Morgan. He
has been interested in the develop
ment of wireless telegraphy as APP
piled to shipping, and his experiments
have been of great value. In his an
nual report he says that the line of
research has been divided into three
classes: First, the perfection of a
more powerful transmitter, in which
the energy of radiation shall be great
ly increased: second, the devising of
more delicate receiver, one that
would be positive instead of depend
ing upon an imperfect and variable
contact, as do all systems now in use;
and third. the perfection of a system
of selected telegraphy, whereby mes
sages can be differentiated and only
the receiver that it is desired shall
receive the message becomes respon-
sive to the waves of ether. The first
of these problems may be said to have
been successfully solved, and a trans
mitter devised capable of radiating all
the energy generated; the second is
believed to be nearing a successful
solution; the third is thought to be
well demonstrated theoretically, but
has not been fully tested in practice.