The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-11
FROM WATER FRONT
MERCHANTS AND MINERS To ADD A
STEAMER TO ITS LINE.
STEAMER RAWLlNS BOUGHT.
MAY BE PUT ON THE SAVANNAH
AND PHILADELPHIA RUN.

Increase Ina Traffic Mude Additional
boats and Their Ages-Work on
Steamboat LOuise-Matters of In
terest to Shippers and Mariners.
The Merchants and Miners Trsnsporta-
ton Company has purchased the United
States army transport Rawllns, now at
New York, and will probably put her
on the Savannah Philadelphia line The
fact that the company was negotiating
for the Rawlins, which was formerly the
Old Dominion Steamship Co. steamer,
Yorktown, was mentioned a month ago
in the Morning News. 1t was stated then
that the gratifying increase in the COM
pany's business by it's -Philadel-
phia line made 1t necessary to add to
the facilities by the purchase of an adj
ditional steamer. The appraised value Of
the Rawlins Yas s25O.oOO and the proposal
for her purchase stated that the high
est bid above the appraised value would
the accepted.
The Rawlins formerly ran between
Norfolk and New York, says the Baiti-
more Sun. She was bought by the Navy
Department for an auxiliary cruiser and
was named the Resolute. The govern
ment paid $4,000 for her Upon her
transfer from the navy to the army she
was renamed Rawlins. in keeping with
the rule to name all transports after
generals.
She was built by the Delaware River
Shipbuiding Company. Chester, Pa. in
1894. Her tonnage is 1888 gross and 2,l26
net She is $40 feet long, 40 feet beam
and 26 feet 9 inches depth of hold. She
has two masts. lighted with electricity
and has splendid cabin accommodations
for a large number of first-class passen-
gers.
The New York Herald gives a list of
the ages and former names of New York
steamboats, which may be chartered for
excursions. There are some old-timers
among them. the former names of which
are quite familiar to steamboat men.
Two old Savannah steamers are in the
list, the Eliza Hancox, once a favorite
on the Florida line, now known as the
]. S. Warden. and the Gen. Sedgwick, for
years an excursion boat in these waters,
now called the Bay Queen. The first is
80 years old and the other 80 years.
Capt. w. T. Gibson, general manager
OIL the southern transportation OOnpdIys
expects to have the new steamer
Louise out for a trial trip within the
next week. He stated yesterday that
the dynamo for the electric lights had
arrived and was to be put up promptly.
The interior of the new boat has been
about finished, so that with the few
touches that are now being made upon
her. she will be ready for service. Her
trial trip will not only be a. test of her
running qualities, but of her speed as
well.
The North German-Lloyd Steamship
Company has contracted for six new
freight and passenger steamships. They
will be built in Germany. They will be
named the Gneisenau. Vulcan, Room and
Scharnhorst. Geestemunde, Zeten and
Seydlitz. The new steamships will be
propelled by twin screws and each will
be of 1000 to 5000 tons register.
The bark Pedro is taking on cargo
of yellow pine lumber at the Georgia Lum-
Der Companys docks. This cargo, OF
course is for foreign shipment.
The schooner Margaret A. May, Capt.
Jarvis, arrived yesterday from Baltimore
with cargo of coal, consigned to d. r.
Thomas & Son.