The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-02
FROM WATER FRONT
orrLOOK FOR ACTIVE MOVEMENT
FOR RIVER BOATS.
FLEET OF VESSELS BOUND.
SAVANNAH LIKELY To GET ITS
SHARE OF THEM SHORTLY.

SHARE OF THEM SHORTLY.
nbe CoaIing of the o. S. s. Steamship
4be Wharf improvements There.
Lumber Checker Suffers Loss of
Finger in Easy Chair-BIow at
Tybec-Weathcr Forecast for Sep
TENDER.
The steamboat Louise arrived yes
4erday from Augusta with a full freight
and passenger list. While the move
nent of freight by the river routes has
been heavy for the past few weeks,
the busy season is yet to come. The
approach of fall trade is being felt by
them in steadily increasing move
ment of merchandise from the supply
centers to the country, and the indica-
lions are that the next few days will
find this movement largely increased.
The country merchants along the river
supply many of the turpentine dis
tricts, and when business booms they
get a good share of it. There seems TO
be a profitable season ahead for the
inland steamers, Notwithstanding the
service includes more boats than ever
before in the history of Savannah river
transportation.
The large feet of vessels bound for
savannah, and particularly coastwise
schooners, promise to improve the looks
of the river front shortly. At present
the harbor has a rather discouraging
appearance for this season, but with
the arrival of the vessels now bound
the wharves will be pretty well lined
with masts.
The decision of the Ocean Steamship
Company to coal it's north bound YES
sells here again draws attention to the
steady improvement which is being
made along the river front above town.
In some quarters the prediction is that
the next few years will witness great
changes in the entire section contigu-
Gus to the up-river water front, and
the fact that improvements are being
made gives color to its probable full
fillment. Already there are large mar
ufacturing interests there which do a
heavy river business, such as bringing
down logs and receiving other raw ma
terial for manufacture. Factories are
talked of for that end of town also
for larger transportation facilities, so
that it is likely many vessels will have
occasion to dock there. Wharf addi-
tons have been made in small way,
but before any large business can be
done the wharves at that end will re-
duire extensive additions and improve
ments.
About one of the most unusual &C.
to e ~
was the misfortune that befell 4 we'll
known lumber checker for local export
ers the other day. The accident cost
him a finger. He was sitting in an
easy chair, one of the folding sort
when it collapsed to the floor. The
young mans finger was caught in the
closing sides of the chair and cut off
as with a knife. To put in several
years without accident in a saw mill
and then lose a finger this way was
humiliating to the gentleman.
There was a stiff blow at Tybee yes
terday afternoon. The squat continued
about half hour, with high winds and
a heavy rain. 1t interfered with the
reporting of inward bound vessels.
whose names could not be made out
as they passed the Martello tower.
Inc naval HyuIOSIdplllC Office mas Is
sued the following forecast for the
weather on the North Atlantic ocean
during September:
Fair or moderate weather generally
over the North Atlantic. Occasional
gales north of So degrees north. chiefly
from the western quadrants, most fire.
quent east of the 50th meridian and
north of the 45th parallel; gales in
creasing in force and frequency over
August. Tropical cyclones very prob
able. Fog much less frequent than in
August: maximum bands occurring
from te 47th meridian westward 10
Newfoundland and northeast of Nan
tucket Island. Icebergs in the vicin-
ity of Belle Isle and to the northeast
of Newfoundland: some bergs south of
so degrees north"