The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

,,r Hours-No River Excursions
yuu Yesterday Threatening
weather Delays Outward bound
craft-Matters of Interest to Ship
ners and Mariners.
THE ocean Steamship Company, 9TH
..,,ise known as the Savannah Line,
NC the New York Journal of Com
MERGE, has issued new regulations gov
ming the removal of naval stores from
4ba company's yards at Hoboken. The
savannah Line has heretofore been
gerry lenient with its patrons in this
trade and has. in fact. had no fixed
-nle or limit as to the length of time
goods would be allowed to remain
there. Shippers of naval stores, how
ever, have now been notified that
such goods must be removed within
twenty-four hours after the vessel dis
charges her cargo, and if not removed
within that time the goods will be
sent at owners risk and expense to
the Union Stores in Brooklyn, the
charge being cents a BARREL and
the minimum charge for Tightening any
consignment of such goods being SO.
The new order has caused some corn
plant among naval stores interests.
although the larger shippers do not
seem to be much exercised over if
Those who find fault with the new
regulation say that the steamship peo-
ple have gone to the other extreme in
limiting the time for removal of goods
10 twenty-four hours, and they point
10 the fact that other transporta ton
interests allow much longer TIM, one
line in particular granting seventy TWO
hours storage. Another source Of
complaint is the charge imposed en-
the shipper for Tightening the goods
from Hoboken to the Union Stores.
other lines. it was said. do not i'm
pose this separate charge.
Traffic Manager Charlton of the Sa-
vannah Line, said that the privileges
granted by the line to shippers of
naval stores had come to be abused
TO such an extent that it had been
found absolutely necessary to limit the
privilege in order to keep the mer-
chandise moving. Some goods had
been left in the Hoboken yard for
weeks at a time, he said, and some
even for months. The company had
no desire or intention to impose any
hardship on it's patrons, but wished to
be as lenient as possible. Mr.. Charlton
thought the matter would soon adjust
itself satisfactorily, and that shippers
would become accustomed to the new
order.
The pilot of to-day has entirely diff
fereat experiences from the one of
twenty or thirty years ago, though in
many cases in Savannah the same men
still serve. This is one feature of Sa-
f1ah h,,rf til.
engaged in it have seen develop from
a small affair to a very large one.
We'll do 1 recall the times when the
pilots lot was a question of the sur
Vival Of the fittest, said an old pilot
yesterday. Men were exposed to
such hardships that they either soon
became hardened for the work, or
gave away under the severe rigors of
work and weather. Then we were in
small sail boat. where the accom-
modations were necessarily limited,
and much more work was required to
maintain and handle the boat. Now
the pilot is surrounded by every pleas
ure and convenience desired. To him
a life at sea at times becomes monot-
onous, and vet the millionaires delight
to Srovide themselves with just such
accommodations as our pilots enjoy.
All the large ports now have excellent
pilot boats, and Savannah's is not
least among them"
The steamboats, remained at their
docks yesterday. The Beach boats,
the Clifton and CLAYTON. usually run
excursions to the nearby resorts, hut
the Indictment weather kept too many
pleasure seekers in doors, and the ex-
cursions were consequently not run.
The weather yesterday was such as
to prevent vessels ready for sea from
proceeding out. Among those DELAYED
were the schooners F. and T. Lupton
for New York. and the Thos. F. Pol
lard, for New Bedford. Unfavorable
winds were also against sailing, aside
from the Drecaution masters take
when there are indications of possi-
BILE rough weather outside.
Germany's foreign trade for the
past six months shows her imports
TO have been 2S40, 900. 900 marks ($7t0-
100000 against 2,752, 900, 900 marks
S6SS ,0OO for the previous six
months. The exports were 2,2S6, 000-
900 marks (s571 500. OOO), against 2,1S6,-
100000 marks ($534 000. 000), for the pre-
ViouS six months.
There are now under course of con-
struction at Towards shiDyard JEFF
Iersonville, Ind, a life-saving station
penthouse for Louisville, a towhoat
Tor Baton Rouge, a steel ferryboat
Tor New Orleans. a transfer steamer
LOT 81. Louis, mail-boat for the Ten
nessee river, and four big sand barges
lot st. Louis. In the river being FIN
lshed. are the steamboats, City of
savannah and the Stacker Lee.