The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-22
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships
and Shining.


and shipping.
That the inland routes are receiving at
tention at present, was evidenced yester-
day by the number of steamboats, at the
docks foot of Bull street. Five were clus-
tered thereabout in readiness to take on
freight. All could not get to the wharf,
and the fact that some were tied along
side Others means that it is case Of
first come, first served" Among the
boats there were the Doretta and the
Louise, both of which are now running
on the Button route.
Recent additions to the facilities at the
different coaldocks for the discharging of
coal laden vessels, represent great
saving of time The hosting engines
operated at most of the coal docks facili-
tates discharging greatly. Added to the
conveniences in discharging are the recent
extensions in accordance with the newly.
established harbor line, which gives a
much larger dumping ground
Merchant vessels built in the United
States and officially numbered by the
Bureau of Navigation, Treasury Depart
ment, during the calendar year 1900, com
prised 1,102 of 365,79 gross tons, compared
with 954 Of 267, 542 gross tons during 1899.
Steel steam vessels numbered 80 of 1856,
1917 gross tons, compared with Sc of 1885,
76S gross tons in 1899. The greater part
of this increase is on the great lakes
from IA vessels, 50,S36 tons, in 1899, to 30
vessels, 1OS,511 TONS in 1900 Steel steam
vessels built on the Atlantic coast num-
bered 81 of 1882 gross tons. compared
with 60 of 7SSOS gross tons in 1899 For
l
Hartlepool, England, built "a steel steam
ships of 81 ,794 tons in 1900. Steel steam
! vessels built on the Pacific coast NUM-
bered of 8,SS1 tons, compared with of
SOB tons in 1899. Wooden san vessels in
creased from 523 of Sc, 125 tons to SIS of &c.
$50 tons; wooden steam vessels from 335
of 1884 tons to 423 of 40546 tons; steel
sail vessels 0ncluding schooner bargesl
from 10 of q 1856 tons TO u of 2S,S2S tons.
The foregoing figures do not include for
either year unrigged canal boats and
barges.
An important advance in the steam tur-
bine is indicated in the recent experiments
with the latest Parsons turbo-motor, one
o. two constructed to drive 900 kilowatt
| alternators for the Electric Supply Works
of blberfeld Germany 1t is reported that
the tests were very severe, and the result
showed that a record in steam economy
had been achieved. A comparison vita
the best results hitherto attained by re-
| c:procating engines of the highest record
ed efficiency showed that the steam con-
sumption equaled twelve pounds per in
dicated horse power per hour. At the
lowest computation this is probably one
or one and one-half pounds per hour bet
ter than the most economical result yet
attained with engines of the reciprocating
| type. Indeed fifteen pounds is a good
result with triple-expansion engines. Now
the latest addition to the transatlantic
Sreyhounds, the Deutschland, consumes
twenty-five tons of coal per hour, and If
in vessels of this type the saving of 25
per cent which the above figures indi-
cate, could be achieved, it would be a
reconsideration which would certainly APP
peal to the shipowner. 1t is said that the
| turbine has other mechanical and econo-
mic advantages It's employment results
in great reduction in the weight of ma
chinery for a given power.
New York. Jan. 21.-The Norwegian
steamer Talisman, laden with sugar from
Demerara, struck a sunken wreck at the
entrance to Newton Creek, opposite
Blackwells Island, and knocked a big hole
in her bottom forward. She quickly sank
with eighteen feet of water in her forward
hold