The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-04
WITH THE SHIPPING
STEAMSHIP BARENFELS Is THE
LARGEST VESSEL IN PORT.
HANSA LINER OF 1854 TONS.
SUCCESS OF THE NEW LINES BE-
TWEEN SAVANNAH AND EU-
ROPE ASSURED.

Vhe Tendency to Concentrate the
Business with Regular Lines
HeIps-COnsuI KehI Writes to the
state Departnient of the New Ger
man steamship I&iser Wilhelm IL
Matters of Interest to seaIneH-
Among the large steamers in port is
the Hansa liner Barenfels, of 1854 tons
registry. Capt. Diedrichsen, loading for
Bremen and Hamburg. The Barentels
is one of the modern built steamers.
being designed for large freight car
rier. and with a draft that viii enable
her to enter most any harbor having
an average depth channel.
Since the establishment of the Hansa
Line. for which Williamson & Rauers
are agents, the movement of freight
has been sufficiently large to encour-
age the founders greatly, and to con-
vince them that the chances are IA
xorable for the upbuilding of profit
able trade for regular liners. The ten
dency in late years AT all large ports
is to concentrate the shipping in the
hands OF influential lines, thereby re-
ducing the business more to system
attic basis. Out of this port there are
now the Hansa Line, Burg Line
Strachan Line and Churchill Line. At
New York the business is so securely
with the regular lines that a tramD'
steamer can not always get cargo.
While some of the lines now being
built up between savannah and Euro
pean ports are practically new. they
have every chance to concentrating the
business for the ports they visit. The
fact that shippers can calculate TO
b tier advantage when dealing with the
regular liners, makes this a strong
point in their favor. With the favorable
start made this season shippers regard
the outlook for these additions to Sa-
vannah's shipping as exceedingly
promising.
The Morning News has just received
the November consular reports, WHICH
contain a description by Consul Kehl
from Stettin of the new German steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm II. This steamer
is built according to the German
Lloyd requirements for toe highest
register of the four-deck ship class. Her
double bottom is divided into twenty
six water-tight compartments. while
the hull proper is divided by seventeen
bulkheads into 10 water-tight compart-
ments, each compartment having sepa-
rate outlets to the promenade decks.
Her seventeen pumps are said to be
capable of discharging $500 tons of
water an hour. There are four sets Of
four-cylinder expansion vertical en-
gines, with surface condensers, each
set working on three cranks. two sets
for each propeller shaft. The engines
will indicate altogether 3S, 900 to 10000
horsepower. They are set up in pairs,
one behind the other, so as TO bring a
water-tight bulkhead between each
pair, thereby increasing the safety of
the vessel. The steam win be produced
by twelve double-end and seven single
end boilers, which will work at 225
pounds per square inch pressure. The
ships accommodations are for IT'S first
cabin passengers, S43 second-class pas
sengers, and no Storage passengers.
Mr. Benjamin r. Armtrong who for
the past nine years has been connect
ed with the Propeller Towboat Com
pany has resigned his position. Dur
ing his long connection with the COM
pany Mr.. Armstrong acquired a wide
acquaintance among shipping men. His
uniform courtesy towards them at all
times won him their esteem, and he
will therefore be missed.