The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
STEAMBOAT PEOPLE GETTING
READY FOR SUMNER BUsI-
MSS.

All Lines OveFhauIfnG Their Boats
for ExeursioBists-TuK Morse Ar
rIves From new York After stormy
voyage 20 Join Tug Triton i'm Tow
ing Steamship Syassa to New
YOrk-IocaI and General News %
ships and shipping.
The steamboats, about the harbOr are
putting on new attire in anticipation
Of the summer excursion business.
which II 70 be q speciality with some
lines the coming season. The steam
boat Alpha will be out In a thoroughly
Overhsuled condition. She Il being
washed and painted opposite the foot
~ Whitaker street. Repairs are be-
Ing made IL the interior Of the boat.
with a view 10 providing every ac-
commOdation summer ezcursiOnists
may desire. Ample deck room will be
supplied BY the removal Of part Of
both the forward and after cabins.
which is also expected to improve the
speed Of the boat By giving her more
advantageous position in the water.
The Southern Transportation Com
pany and the Savannah River Steam
boat Company are to get their boats
IN readiness for summer business coon.
The Savannah river people are over
hauling the D. Murchison with view
to running excursions with her. Mr.
Oemler, owner of Wilmington Island,
will run excursions with the steam
boat Wilmington. principally from
ThunderboIt TO the island. With all
the boats to run excursions, however
II IL not Understood that any extensive
preparations have been made by any
Of them at any Of the resorts for the
entertainment Of the public.
The tug Morse arrived yesterday
after a stormy voyage from New York,
and WILL with the tug Triton, which
arrived several days ago. tow the dis
abled steamship Nyassa to New York
to dry dock The Morse coaled yester-
day at Taggart's dock.
Some Of the steamboat people are
discussing the plan Of working with
the railroads 20 carry excursionists
70 places OF interest along the coast,
such as the naval station and sights
about Port Royal. The idea is to at
tach the steamboat coupon 10 the rail-
road ticket in the usual way, thereby
giving the excurslonist the privilege OF
going on If he desires. This Is some
thing new, and the steamboat people
intend to find out II 1t Is practicable.
The British vessel Ban RICH, which
recently got into so much trouble in
South America, was named after the
late Queen Victoria. The Celts OF
Scotland had made no provision in
their language for a reigning queen,
and as "righ" pronounced "ree'O is
Gaelic for king. a way had 10 be found
out OF the difficulty, and ban" was
prefixed, the word slgnifying fair" or
Woman" so that Ban RICH means
Woman King.
"The Ea. says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, is said to have the shortest name
for vessel in the world. She Is a
Spanish steamer, and she reached
Philadelphia laden with iron ore last
week. after voyage so rough that
three of her sailors were incapacitated
by seasickness. The Ea was named
by a Spanish nobleman after his
daughter. Esmeralda. She belongs to
a line that has set, in the matter of
short names, an example that other
lines are beginning now to follow. The
Eolo, the AFRO and the Orla are sister
ships of hers. In all the fleet there is
not name that is more than five let
tiers long"
The Morgan Line steamer El Alba.
Capt. Quick. at New Orleans, March
10, from New York. March 49, reports
that on March II, latitude SO: 90 north
longitude 1856, west, the FL Alba
passed close to the wreck of schooner
OF about 500 or 600 tons She was float
ing awash, her stern was cut off just
abaft main channel plates and the two
lower masts were floating alongside.
The vessel Is a dangerous obstruction
to navigation.
Passengers by Steamships.
Passengers by steamship City of Au-
gusta. New York for Savannah, March
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