The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-19
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships
and Shipping.

Work will not be generally suspended
along the river front tomorrow in OBJ
servauce of the holiday unless there
are stevedores who can lay off their
men without interfering with the load
ing of vessels. 1t is not probable the
laborers win clamor for a holiday as
they do when it is more generally OBJ
served. What the roustabout wants is
a holiday like the Fourth" or Christ
mas, Labor Day, or a time that sig
nifies a celebration.
There is little activity at any of the
docks at present. Seldom in the history
of the port has this season of the year
found harbor operations so small as
Trey are now. One explanation of the
change is that larger vessels are TAX
ing the places of the smaller ones. 1t
is not because the freight is not COM
ing this way, for Savannah's receipts
of cotton so far this season are greatly
in excess of last year. There are not
many tramp steamers in port loading,
but those that are here carry very
large cargoes.
Chief Engineer Hayes has classed all
The steamers of the Pittsburg Steel
Co.'S fleet and fixed the rate of wages
that will be paid in 1902. There are
thirty-six vessels in the first class, all
of which will carry three men in the
engine room, twenty three in the sec
ond class and ter in the third class.
On the first class vessels the engineer
will receive 81, 800, the second-class 5000
and the third class $720 On the second
class vessels the chief engineer will
receive 81 $50 and the second, $40. On
the third-class steamers the chief en-
gineer will receive $1,000 and the sec
ond 1920.
The Clydesdale Shipowners' Com
pany, of Great Britain, has filed a libel
in the United States District Court
against the William w. Brauer Steam
ship Company and William w. Brauer
individually to recover damages for al
legged breach of charter party under
which the libellant says he agreed to
let the respondent, the steamship
Aboukir for thirty-six calendar
months, at the rate of 1900 pounds per
calendar month. The libellant further
says that the steamship was duly de-
livered on May 10. 1901 but that on
Nov. 10, 1901, before the term of the
charter party had expired, the re-
SpOnuenL refused TO IulIlll It's ODllSd-
tons. Similar action for damages has
been brought in the same court against
the William w. Brauer Steamship
Company by the Ansgar Steamship
Company. Limited. the latter alleging
that under a contract of charter party
il delivered the steamship Ansgar to
the respondent on July l, 1901, when
the steamship in question was in the
port of Hamburg, the respondent,
without cause, refused to continue the
charter party and notified the agents
of the owner that the vessel was at
their disposal. The defendants claim
that the vessels were not as represent
ed, burning more coal and developing
less speed than was specified in the
contract, thereby giving sufficient
cause to cancel the charters.
Newport News. Va, Jan. 1S.-The
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company's steamship Howard, bound
in from Boston, with passengers and
freight, went ashore this morning at
Sewelps Point, opposite Newport News.
There is comparatively little sea run
ming and the vessel is in no danger.
Tugs are working on the Howard.
The steamer Howard, before reported