The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
-,r,,vC BUSINESS BY THE MER--
~ CHANTS AND MINERS co.

MILO Adoption of Its storage roiics'
- other Advantages TO SNIP
Has Increased Their Move
.rt LargeIy-wiIi Build Another
sa soon-Greek Flag
~D From Steamship Cyciadcs-
,-..hin a short time it is said the
.,bants and Miners Transportation
NAVY will put the steamship u.
=, miller on the Philadelphia run, and
steamship Hudson will go on .the
baltimore line The company con-
hates dry-docking the Hudson be-
core long. when her engines Will De
-,.,,,gad with a view to increasing her
ID IN about Ia knots an hour.
The immense lot of freight stored
obont the Merchants and Miners
Tronsnortation Company's terminals
-.aol,s for the business it's lines are
doing. During the past few months
LOO improvements were made about
+be terminals in anticipation of in
creased business, and from the space
II takes to store freight there the ex-
plptH6
to,,r tracks running into the terminal
,ronertv. and the warehouses recently
bniit there. together with the good SER
,ica the company's steamships are
Giving offer inducements that seem
N be attracting shippers from new
torritorv. AS an illustration of the
workings of the company's new policy
of receiving freight and holding 1t on
storage until called for such large con-
Germs as the American Steel and Wire
company keeps stocks of their goods
on storage, and when desiring 10 MI
orders do so by giving them against
the steamship company to purchasers
who deliver the goods upon presenta-
ton of the shippers order.
The warehouse policy, which has
nroved so popular with many large
carriers, including the rail lines, is
gradually being adopted by the Mer-
chants and Miners Company. One
large warehouse has just been conf
pleted on the River street side, and Is
leased by three Atlanta hardware
firms These firms supply their trade
IN this territory from Savannah at a
large saving in freight over the old
methods The steamship company ex-
meet TO build another large warehouse
soon. plans for which are now being
drawn.
On the wharves freight is stored
Systematically, so that there is not the
slightest hitch or friction in producing
. it at any time. There is a place for
the Philadelphia and the Baltimore
freight, one for receipts for the steam
boats, a place for grain, another for
iron and steel products, another for
lumber, and others for cotton. The
six stevedores in charge of the loading
and discharging of vessels have up
ward Of 200 men under them, and the
company is said to be in position to
use more quick roustabouts. Both the
inward and outward movement of
freight by these lines has been most
satisfactory for months. The business
demonstrates thoroughly the success of
the Philadelphia line, which now in
cludes three steamships, the Berkshire.
Allegheny and Hudson. This line was
a failure up to the time it was last
established.
1t is claimed the Greek flag made
its first appearance in Savannah's har-
Dor yesterday on the steamship Cy-
clades, Capt. Boyagides. The vessel
is from Hamburg, and will load cotton
and naval stores for Genoa. The YES
sci attract ~-considera bie@ attention
among the Greeks of the city during
the day. Capt. Boyagides is member
OF a prominent family in Greece.
Arthur Goodrich writes in the cur
rent Worlds Work that the carrying
capacity of each of the Pacific liners
for trade with the Orient will equal
that of half a dozen steamers of COM
mon size on the Pacific combined.
Forty-tve cargo winches will feed its
nav through twice as many matches
as the Celtic contains. Each boat can
carry 400 head of cattle, 5000 tons of
coal and 5000 tons of water. An entire
locomotive can be shipped ready to
run out on some Oriental railway: l.
5OO passengers can be accommodated
$50 first class, $50 second class. 200 third
Grass and 1000 teerage-besides a crew
Oh 5OO. The arrangement of classes
WIN IN measure divide the American
passengers from the Asiatics. Turned
INTO an army transport each ship could
carry ten full regiments and guns,
from an S-inch down. They VIII be
~ per cent. stronger than any boats
now ahoat, encased as they are in a
null everywhere three inches thick of
steel. They are being built for sta
olilty rather than for speed, but their
Crlple-eXpansion engines, taking steam
rom water-tube boilers aggregating
I,'VVV horsepower, will drive them
through fog or fair weather at an aver
age speed of fourteen knots. Any three
ol their four boiler rooms, each con-
tanning four boilers, will give adequate
pesopelllng power, so that the disabling
Vi d boiler or two will not in any way
retard the ships speed.
Passengers by Steamships.