The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
81 AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

.h,uping People Interested i'm Talk
- of withdrawal of Naval stores
,,.tors From Savannah to Fer
.5ina-Mntters of Interest to
e,,oDers and Mariners.
8 rhs reports during the week of the
& .sib,e moving of naval stores fac
from Savannah to Fernandina
aroused interest among river
s,,ners. who would be greatly affect
h,, the change. The effects of
#'...sning of the naval stores exports
~, here would reach practically
+. -...rv line of the shipping business.
rss nilots. stevederes, lighterage and
ewing people, ship chambers, rail-
..ds insurance people and merchants
,,ould lose patronage.
such A move as that being talked
.hout appears too radical to consider
4 -.r;ouslv. and still some naval stores
soctors believe they see the possibility
If ahead. Unless the railroads re-
arcs freight rates from Florida points
savannah that will bring the ship
.nts on here factors say it is only
question of time until the dust of
gsnnah will be brushed from their
H. Some believe the railroads will
sn in at the proper time and protect
4, themselves, for it is claimed they are
,bs heneficiaries who control the situa-
What we want is to build up Sa-
onrah's shipping" said one man,
Ind naval stores exporting is such an
IGNORANT feature of it that the talked
Of withdrawal of factors should be
watched and prevented. Savannah
csnt afford to lose her prestige as a
naval stores exporting point. If there
&c anv real probability of a withdrawal
al interests should combine to pro-
tect the port.
The health authorities of Vancouver,
n c. have issued an edict that rats
shall no longer be permitted to leave
vessels visiting that port 1t is held
hat these vermin carry deadly germs
& from one country to another by TAX
4 Ing passage in ships holds, availing
tbsnselves of anchor chains, hawser,
etc. in boarding.
To prevent infection from this source
q # has been ordered that all vessels
81 visiting Vancouver harhor must run
n smooth. hard disc on all chains or
Il ropes connecting them with the land
Maritime News.
The photographic office monthly pilot
chart for June has been issued, and
contains the following predictions of
the weather at sea during the month:
Along the transatlantic routes fair,
4 dry weather will prevail with light
winds. West of the twenty-fifth me-
rdian the winds blow 66 per cent of
the time from the western semicircle
40 per cent of the time from the
southwest quadranD; east of the same
& meridian 81 per cent. of the time from
n the western semicircle $50 per cent. of
q the time from the southwest quadranD,
n Gales rare, blowing longest from south
i west dying out at northwest. Fog fire.
Al Quent
Along the American coast from
q Sandy Hook to Florida the prevailing
n winds are northeast (29 per cent? and
81 southwest (33 per cent?, the former
\ with high the latter with low barom-
eter Gales very rare.
throughout the West Indies light
n trades inclning to southeast; squally
q weather, with rain, especially during
n the afternoon hours, Hurricanes rare
n ly occur during June.
II The absence of ice reports UP to June
justihes the belief that bergs on the
Grand Banks will not prove a serious
menace to navigation during the pres
II ent season.
The owners of sail craft find coast
n ing coal freights much more remuner-
4 alive since many of the barges have
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