The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-21
FROM WATER FRONT
PROSPECTIVE LARGE MOVEMENT
OF LUMBER.
MANY VESSELS CHARTERED.
FLORIDA SHIP CANAL COMPANY AP-
PLIES FOR A CHARTER.

The Furnishings Being Purchased
for the New Steamboat Louise.
Expected TO Have Her Out within
Ten Days-Mntters of Interest 10
shippers and Mariners.
The past week witnessed renewed
strength and activity in the local lumber
trade and in fact, at all lumber ports
on the South Atlantic, including Darien,
Brunswick, Fernandina and Jacksonville.
The present activity is shown by the or
ders in exporters hands, which exceed
the business for any previous May in
years One large firm states that it has
under charter 10 load and on passage car
goes amounting to about 100000 feet.
The large fleet of coal laden schooners
now bound for Savannah are all under
charter to load yellow pine lumber for
return cargo, and even with this large
supply of freight room rates show
! marked tendency to advance. Among the
vessels now under charter 10 load at Sa-
vannah for E. b. Hunting & Co, are the
schooners George Tauane. Jr., go 900
feet; Hilda 10000 James Boyce, Jr., 525,-
OOO: Edith Symington, 10000; Clifford N.
Carver. $4,000; Agnes Manning, $500;
Crosby, S00O 600 Harriet c. Kerlin, 100000,
and VIM. Nicely, 900.
A bill has been introduced in the Florida
Senate by Senator Harris of Key West
and in the House by Representative Hen
dry of Fort Myers Ito incorporate the
Florida Ship Canal Company, to locate,
construct, own and operate a ship canal
across the peninsula of Florida to con
meet the Atlantic ocean with the Gulf of
Mexico" The bill names the following
as incorporators: f. A. Hendry, George
W. Wilson, John e. Hartridge, John K.
King, N. Barco and A. S. Mann. The
capital stock is placed at 100000 900. The
bill provides as follows:
THE said company is hereby authorized
and empowered. and by this act is grant
ed and vested with absolute rights. fran
chises, privileges and immunities to con-
vey, locate, construct, own, maintain, op
crate and enjoy a ship canal with all APP
propriate and necessary appurtenances
across he peninsula of the state of Flor
ida. which shall connect the waters of
the Atlantic with these of the Gulf of
Mexico, commencing at point on the At
lantic coast al or between Amelia Island
and Biscayne bay, thence by the most
practicabl and feasible route the said
company may ascertain across said PENN
sula. terminating on the Gulf of Mexico
az some point between Deadmans bay and
Cape Roman, with the right to use and
pass over any lake, river other body
of water and the land under same on the
route so selected for said ship canal, the
same to be constructed with or without
locks as the company shall determine.
Capt. w. T. Gibson was yesterday look
ing around for carpets, rugs and other
furnishings for the new steamboat
Louise. Capt, Gibson claims that the
Louise viii be the finest furnished boat
that has run on the Savannah river since
the Wheeless. Especial care is being taxi
en- to have the passenger accommoda-
tions such as will draw patronage. 1t is
hoped to have the boat ready for her trial
run within the next ten days.
The Italian bark Silenzio arrived yes
terday a quarantine from Barbados. She
is bound for the city to load naval stores.