The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-31
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
...ER HENRY LIPPETT's voY-
81 ace TO SOUTH AFRICA.

.n,ander Took Generai sup
Her There and Sold Them to Deal
g the Far East-CleanIiness
the Lippett-Coastvvise
.overdue-Matters of Inter-
20 shippers and Mariners.
- schooner Henry Lippett, Capt..
u NOW loading pine lumber at the
hO of BARNARD street, is among the
IT, Ills that have by enterprising man
o,nsnt visited South Africa with
.ardise and will return there with
iHN .har general cargo in June. This
.oi brought steel rails to Savannah
l.on, baltimore, will take lumber. back
- baltimore, and from there will prob
~. make preparations for her second
40 VOYAGE to South Africa.
,ovage of the Lippett to the Far
v,ost is another evidence OF the thrift
- ou,ners of American sailing vessels.
l.ont Howes took a general cargo, con-
Two If flour, meats, sugar, coffee,
-. c1othing and about every other
sesarv of ports his vessel visited. OF
rree the cargo was a valuable one,
rother hazardous to risk on deep
anu ro', 90 unless heavily insured. 1t
",nderstood that so successful was
10 win that another is to be made in
u. Nv which time it is believed there
Jun Jun 10 fresh demand for general sup
other schoonerS are engaging in
same trade, and have been found
tn suitable for successful navigation
hose waters, and particularly the
anbooners built along modern lines. The
Itnnott has been out of the yards two
llpr she is we'll equipped for long
:.oyages being handled throughout by
stean and automatic apparatus.
This vessel was seen by Morning
News man. and the general appearance
- things aboard bear out the truth CT
tbe statement that Capt. Howes has
,Ias which he enforces. Among the
est 70 these is cleanliness aboard. A
lance at the engine room showed that
sSansrtment to be in the neatest condi-
t;nn with the machinery clean and
eoors scrubbed. The kitchen is also at
tractiye for its cleanliness and neat ar
rangement.
"There has been no such thing as
Aood tide in the Savannah river for
some time" remarked an old watch
man Yesterday. owing to the freshets
we have had a continual ebb tide, with
The food an undercurrent entirely.
everything floating upon the surface
has been moving out for some time"
Few things are more distasteful to
the commander of a vessel than for VS.
itors to expectorate on deck. In some
cases shippers show visitors ashore for
IL a,,Irr h I'D 4 aalx n
tobacco Juice Expectorating aboard is
regarded in the same light by them
that it would be upon the brussels car
net Of parlor. Speaking of this yes
terday, an old salt said that in the
Austrian navy they have a rule of
leading a splitter with a heavy weight
for this offense, which he carries until
he catches another for the same vio-
htion, when he turns the weight over
to him. 1t is said this is enforced on
some American school ships.
The steamship Berkshire, from Phil
adephia, is little overdue, believed to
be due from heavy weather at sea. The
Berkshire was due yesterday morning.
She was not reported from Tybee up
to dark last night. ...-
York Cotton Exchange during the week
the complaints about freight rate dis
ordinations on ooastwise shipments of
cotton were considered. The commit
tee that considered the matter is com
posed of George w. Baily. chairman;
Charles NJ. Calhoun, Malcolm t. Maine,
Henry Schaefer, Henry H. Wheeler,
Aubrey Bennett and Charles w. Lee.
A member of the committee said after
the meeting that nothing definite had
been accomplished.
Capt Van B. Avery of the tug Will
liam F. McCauley spoke. off Martins
Industry lightship yesterday. schooners
jeremiah Smith, bound for Fernandina,
and Edna, bound Bermuda for Bruins
wick.
Capt. Fisher of the steamship City of
Savannah reports that on March q he
passed, off Bodies Island, a large spar
aftoat in track of vessels bound north
or south.