The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-11

without Violating Government
immigration Laws-FreiEht Mar
ISets-SteambOats Arrive with Cot
ton-Matters of Interest TO ship
pers and Mariners.
The schooners c. c. Wehrum and
Fannie Reiche have finished loading
cargoes of lumber and are ready to
sail.
Thirteen tramp steamers are in port.
Eight of them are at the Seaboard
piers and in the slips.
The steamboat Two States arrived
yesterday from up-river points with
large lot of cotton. Her bows were
stacked high with cotton, and it look
ed much like a resumption of the live
cotton hauling she did last season.
The steamboat D. Murchson is haul
ing cotton from Stoney Point to Au-
gusta.
Arrangements have been practically
completed for quite a number of in
teresting changes in Liverpool ship
ping circles. largely due to the amalga-
nation of the interests of the several
lines merged under what is Familiarity
termed the Morgan Combine, says
the Liverpool Journal of Commerce,
Aug 26. Mr. Wilding, as head of the
community of interests" will short
" take up his duties in the Liverpool
offices of the Leyland Line, in James
street The London manager of the
Leyland Line (Mr. Roper will succeed
Mr.. NJ. Martin in directing the affairs
of the Leyland Line in the Liverpool
office. The London office of the FUR
ness-Leyland combination will then be
closed. or rather considerably reduced
to the position of a branch, and thus
the scheme which has for its object the
curtailment of expenses will be so far
fulfilled. The American Line business
will also be transferred to James
street, and Mr.. Ellerman will vacate
the Leyland office. and with his man.
ager, Mr. Swift, conduct his large
shipping business in the well-known
Offices of Messrs. Richardson & Spence.
at the foot OF Water street.
The crew of the steamship Lustleigh.
Capt. Baker. which arrived yesterday
from Greenock, is composed of Chinese
and japanese. For this reason ques-
ton was raised as to their right to
land without violating the emigration
laws.
The general understanding in ship
ping. circles is that the Chinese may
cone ashore, though the master of the
vessel is responsible for them, and is
expected to take them away from the
country when his steamer sails The
understanding is the crew may land on
the theory that they are in the custody
of the master of the steamship Lust
leigh. Three years ago a steamship
visited Savannah with a Chinese
and it is said they were allowed TO
land with the assurance that all were
to be accounted for by the ships mas
ter when required to do so by govern
ment officers.
The Chinese are said to make good
seamen. While they may not do the
work other crews will, they are quiet
and orderly, and make up in their good
behavior for their physical shortcom-
ing.
The sail tonnage situation retains a
generally quiet appearance. No in
crease is observed in the requirements
of shippers to foreign ports, there be-
ing an extremely duh market for the
various export staples. For coasting
yellow pine tonnage there continues a
quies condition of affairs, though with
vessels offered sparingly previous
rates are sustained with considerable
firmness. There is a trihe more in
quiry for bituminous tonnage to East
ern ports. with rates somewhat
stronger. Steamer freights continue
DUH Shipments of grain are yet held
in check by the limited receipts, and
full prices required. Cotton. timber
and deal freights are offered slowly,
the receipts of the former al seaboard
points being very moderate. General
cargo tonnage to Europe Is in fair re-
quest for Gulf loading.-Journal of
Commerce.
The British steamship Lustleigh ar
rived yesterday to Williamson & Rau-
ers to load for Havre, and the Rosalie
to A. F. Churchill to load for Man
chester and Liverpool.