The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of Ships
and Shipping.

Capt ]. E. Ryan of the steamship
Berkshire reports that July Is, at 6:S5
q. m, while between Lookout and Fry
ing pan, he passed the schooner Eben
Haggett with mainsail gone, and
wished to be reported. Capt Ryan
states further that he passed a large
fleet between Lookout and Frying
Pan, all bound South.
The work of cleaning and recaulking
the bottom of the British barkentine
Rescue, which has been on Rourke's
marine railway for the past several
days was finished yesterday. Capt. c.
Z. F. Schwarz, surveyor for the Blu
reau Veritas, made a final survey and
to-day the vessel will be hauled off the
ways and begin to take on a cargo of
lumber.
One of the largest coal fleets ever
sent down the Ohio river from Pitts
burg is now moving slowly toward
the mouth of the river. About 400
coal boats and a slightly larger num-
Der of barges have already left Pitts
burg with over 0000, 900 bushels Of
be sent below the falls at Louisville,
but it is not likely that all will get
over as the stage of water will un-
doubtedly fall in a few days. The
present coal-boat rise in the Ohio is
the first one since April %. Never be-
fore in fifty years has the Ohio failed
to have coal boat rise either in May
or June. In consequence of the failure
to ship coal in June. the market is
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ment is the greatest in the history of
Ohio river navigation.
The New England Company, Bath.
Me, have the frame in their yard for
the four-masted schooner which they
are building for c. A Davis of Somer-
set, and they expect to rush the work
on her She is being built for the
lumber trade with plenty of deck room
and large bow ports, so arranged as to
facilitate loading and discharging. The
schooner Will run between the south
ern lumber ports and Providence, R.
l., under charter to Jas. A. Potter &,
Co., who are part owners.
Any incandescent electric light will
burn under water at any depth If the
wires and the lamp are protected from
getting wet.
New York-Fire Island lightvessel
No. 6S Withdrawn for repairs.-On or
about July Is. 1902, lghtvessel No. 6S,
moored about nine and one-third miles
8. degrees f. true (South, WHY mag)
from Fire Island lighthouse. and off
the southern coast of Long Island. will
be temporarily withdrawn from her
station for repairs, and Relief lightves-
sci No. 16 will be placed on the station.
Relief lightvessel No. is will show,
the same as lightvessel No. 68. two Ak
ed white lights, one at each masthead,
and during thick or foggy weather she
viii sound a steam whistle with the
same characteristics as that on light
vessel No. 6S. viz, blasts Of three Sec
onds duration, separated by alternate
silent intervals of and 20 seconds.
Relief lightvessel No. is has two
nnasts, schooner rugged, no bowsprit,
and black snnokestack and the steam
whistle between the masts, but differs
from lightvessel No. e8 in having all
visible parts from the bow to the mid
die of the foremost, and from the mid
die OF the mainmast aft, painted red
all visible parts between the fore and
main masts, including the middle
third OF each lantern mast, white The
oaymarks at the mastheads have five
vertical stripes, three red and two
white, and on the springstay midway
between the two masts, there is an
oval hoop iron daymark with one
white and two red vertical stripes. The
number rs" is in white on each bow
and each quarter. and black on each
side OF the springstay daymark. The
word Relief, in large black letters, is
painted on the bulwarks on the middle
of each side.
Itghtyessel No. eS will be returned
TO her station as soon as repairs have
been completed, of which due notice
VIII be given, and Relief lightvessel
No. 16 will then be withdrawn.
(9l5) North Carolina-Dianond
Shoal hghtvessel No. Il placed on sta
uon.-On or about July 2, 1902, light
vessel No. II will be placed on the
station, about 5% miles southeastward
from the eastern point of the Outer
diamond shoals off the seacoast of
North Carolina and about 14Ih miles
;. As degrees, 80 inches E. true (SE.
4 5. mag) from Cape Hatteras light
house, and lightvessel No. y, now
marking the station, will then be with
drawn
Lightvessel No. Il will show lights
including a searchlight throwing a
vertical beam of white light toward
the zenith. and sound a fog signal hay-
ing the same characteristics as those
on hghtvessel No. 70, and her general
appearance is the same as that of the
latter vessel, excepting that she bears
the number II instead of q on each
bow and each quarter.