The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
FROM WATER FRONT
rrrRs OF INTEREST TO SHIP
PING MEN GENERALLY.
lake STEAMERS IN OIL TRADE.
.,,xy OF THEM RETURNING TO
THE COAST.

nruh on Bark olive Thurlow.
Al. T. Il. Evans, Keeper of Tybee
,,ch+. IA Sufferer From Chronic
NnIaria-Capt. Charles Marmel-
.tein at New York.
cant John Kenzie, formerly princi
-, Of Kenzie's School of Navigation,
,,,tb quarters in the Board of Trade
building. is again in the city. The cap
toin has made a change, being first
NATE on the bark Olive Thurlow, which
,ros towed over from Port Royal to
,ood lumber here for New York. From
savannah Capt. Kenzie went to New
vork and there accepted position on
calling vessel, which went to the
West Indies. He will be remembered,
and BY none more pleasantly than for
r,or pupils of the School of Naviga-
ton.
Mr. ]. S Evans. for the past eight
or ten years connected with the Tybee
telephone service, and for the past two
Years in charge of Tybee light, is i'll at
the Park View Sanitarium, where he
vas taken last Wednesday. He is suf-
fering from chronic malaria. Sincere
wishes are expressed for his early re-
covery.
The lake-built steamer Paraguay has
heen sold for $3.50, 900, for use as an OIL
tank steamer between the Texas oil
fields and the Atlantic coast. She is
IN the lakes. The work of converting
the ship for the trade will be begun at
once. and many changes are necessi-
lated. 1t is stated that the steel
schooners Liberty and Loyalty, which
we're also built for salt water service,
but kept on the lakes, will very likely
he the next ones sold for this trade.
The Paraguay was on the coast only
last winter, and returned to the lakes
in June The Texas oil industry is
growing with great rapidity, and near
" every week more wells are being
struck. 1t seems certain that large
feet of boats will be necessary to ham
die the business. The Chicago Inter
Ocean thinks the lake shipyards are
likely to get the bulk of these boats to
construct, if they are not to be built too
large for the rivers and canals which
they would be compelled to pass
through to salt water. The building of
such vessels for carrying oil in bulk
is said to be a fine art. ship that
cannot navigate around the globe
without leaking a drop may easily
waste it's entire cargo of oil. The rivets
must be close together to hold oil, and
the utmost pains taken to avoid any
chance of leak.
The Bureau of Equipment, Naval
Department. has just issued the inter-
national code of signals for the use of
all nations. There are eight new flags,
which are for a, e, !, o, u, x, y and 2
making, together with the code flag,
twenty flags in all. Other slight
differences in the letters are the change
of from a white triangle with red
spot to a red triangle with a white
cross line, and of from blue, yellow.
yellow and blue squares to yellow,
black, black and yellow squares.
Part Of Uncle Sans code book con-
tains urgent, important, tabular,
money, weight, barometric, geograph-
ical, phrase signals formed with aux
iliary verbs; Part II, index, general Vo-
cabulary and geographical index alpha
betically; Part Ill, lists of storm
warming stations, life saving and time
signal stations, Lloyd's stations, sema-
phoring and distant signaling codes
and United States army and navy and
Morse wigwagging codes.
The new code prepared under author
ity of the British Board of Trade and
adopted by every maritime power, with
the exception of Turkey, will go into
effect on Jan. 1, 1902. The new flags
cost from $25 to $50 set
Shipping men who have had the OPP
portunity to study the new code say
that the signals will be easier to find
and to read. Merchantmen, yachts.
and naval vessels communicating with
wit
use them.
The British Board of Trade has re-
quired examinations on the new code
since Jan. l, 1898, of all applicants for
masters and officers certificates.
Consul Hughes of Coburg, under date
of June "a, 1901, says that. according to
German reports, the Turkish ministry
OF marine has resolved to make loan
In order that sixteen mail and cargo
steamships may at once be built for
use in Turkish waters. The Mahsusseh
Company is to increase it's feet by six
steamships of 1900 tons displacement,
six of 500 tons, and four smaller steam
craft
The Baltimore Tugboat Owners As
ISOLATION has entered into an agree
ment to charge 500 for towing vessels
VI 4'OVU lOIlS OF less ITOIIl bdlIililOTt W
the capes of Virginia, and an addition
al charge of cents per ton will be
made for all vessels over that tonnage.
Capt. Charles A. Marmelstein, bar
plot of Savannah, Ca, is spending
short vacation in this beautiful and
greatly favored section of the United
states. The captain was entertained
by the Sandy Hook pilots on Monday,
after which he made the Marine Jour
nal pleasant call. OF course, Savan-
nah is the port of all ports in Capt.
Marmestein's estimation, and the John
II. Estill the best steam pilot boat ever
ouilt.-Marine Journal.
savannah Almanac, 18TH Meridian
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