The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

shipping People Look for Big In
crease I'm Next Seasons Ocean
Freight Business-POrt Will Hold
Its own, and More business to
COme-Matters of Interest to Ship
pers and Mariners.
The steamship agents Of Savannah
expect a large increase in ocean ton
mage next year. as a result of the prob
able increase in the export movement
through the port. From present pros
poets the coming season will exceed
others of late years, unless there is a
failure of the cotton crop, which does
not seem likely now.
The reasons for believing a larger
export business will be done through
Savannah are that the port will not
only retain its present prestige, but
large interests are to establish here
next season. The American Cotton
Company of New York has made this
city the concentrating point for its
cotton, and all brought here will, Of
course, be exported.
Another reason for expecting larger
movement is the reported acquisitions
to-be to the force Of fob brokers.
The brokers are great friends to the
port. and do much in bringing cotton
this way.
The Clyde steamer City of Jackson
vile has arrived in Boston to go on her
summer route between Nahant and the
former city. This stanch little steam
er has been doing service south in win
ter and North in summer in credita-
bile manner for several years.
Business in sail tonnage continues of
an exceedingly limited character. For
River Plate tonnage with lumber there
is rather more inquiry, with several
additional fixtures reported at rates
from the Gulf indicating a slight i'm
provement. Long voyage and barrel
oil freights continue extremely dull.
Tonnage for the West Indies is in
quired for, bat small vessels, which are
chiefly wanted, are unavailable. Coast
wise lumber rates continue to show
an easy tendency in the absence of de-
mand Coal tonnage to the East is
freely offered though freight is diff
cult to obtain. Steamer freights do
not improve Occasional inquiry is no
ticed for deal, timber and general car
go tonnage, but grain orders are absent.
Rates are nominally unchanged. Jour
nal of Commerce.
Four prominent New Orleans business
men called at the Philadelphia Trades
League the other day and as members
of the Progressive Union of the South
ern metropolis, conferred with the Off
GERS of the local organization on the
project of a direct steamship connec-
ton between the two cities. The Wis
itors We're John D. Burghardt, Lewis
Luderbach, A. A. Solomon and T. B.
Richardson. The assurance was given
that all the commercial bodies of New
Orleans could be relied upon to do all
in their power toward the establish
ment OF the line.
Mr.. Burghardt and his associates
stated that the New Orleans Progress
sive Union and other organizations eX-
tended a hearty invitation to a dele
CATION from Philadelphia to come to
that city at an early date and confer
with the Southern business men as to
the best methods of furthering the en-
terDrise. The information was given
that capitalists of the South had been
approached on the subject of an indie
pendent line between the two cities, and
they had promised their support. The
indications were. Mr.. Burghardt stated.
that New Orleans could easily be count
ed upon to take care of half the capi-
tai required to establish the line. The
officers of the Trades League, on the
other hand. assured the visitors that
this end could be depended upon for it's
half of the capitalization.