The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
.UsuIP DRACHENFELs WILL
sooN FINISH LOADING CARGO.

SOON FINISH LoADiN" S''
u.;I1 Carry out Probably the
st Cargo of Cotton Yet Taken
,.-om an Atlantic Port-Cooiies
1beir Way of Living and
ling Aboard Ship-Mermaid's
Waters of Interest to Mari
ners.
-,, steamship Drachenfels is now
ading cotton seed meal and cotton
Ntaa C'entraTs upper wharves, having
,ahe4 loading phosphate rock, which
ras the first cargo she took. With all
Drachenfels will load, it is stated
,,iu not draw the water she does
so, loaded to weight capacity, as cot
has not the weight to put her down
- tbe water. Considerable of her
mao is now loaded, and the vessel
lis some of drawing twenty feet.
T,o+ such vessels as this are in con-
r.nt demand is shown by the fact
>o+ the loading of the present cargo
oid 10 be hurried for the reason that
- ,.essel is chartered and hurried
,rl, is necessary to get her through
!. time to meet her engagements. But
.,e is being loaded by 1876 to $50 roust-
-,.,+s who get around in quick order.
81 rron, the upper wharves the vessel
an, short distance looks mountain
q ans So large is she that the wharf
/ ersruenters have named her the
absbv" not in disparagement, but to
oive ironioal emphasis to her ponder
ousness.
niscussing the coolies who frequently
"a comA TO Savannah in tramp steamers
an old shipping man told yesterday OF
a q few things he had witnessed aboard
e sbps that employ these laborers. Dur
ing the months the city ordinances re-
a ouire sailors to sleep ashore, he said
4 1frsons seeing coolies pass with large
on their backs no doubt Won
n dpred what the burden was.
THAT is their bedding" said he.
"Those fellows will not sleep upon any
8but their own bedding, and on leaving
Ethe ship for their lodgings they carry
HI along. Next morning they lug it
Eback with them. Aboard they use their
cooking utensils and none other. All
Hneats eaten by them must have been
Edressed by them, and not the butchers.
. By their understanding before shipping
Ewith vessels the ships officers must
Eriot interfere with the coolies in any
Eway for they are under officers of their
Zown nationality who are expected TO
Eexercise all discipline.
Those fellows take their time in all
Ethngs too" continued the man. 81 re-
*call seeing about hundred of them
Eclimb the side of a ship in going
aboard. 1t took them about two hours
Rto get aboard. They would not start up
h he ladder until the one on it had as
<rended the top and was off. In climb.
#rg they were slow and stepped with
3 he utmost precision to guard against
Ia tumble"
Pyrites frequently forms the cargo
Eof inward bound vessels. 1t is used
Eargely by the fertilizer factories about
Savannah to make acids. Owing to it's
&weight pyrites makes the finest sort
E Cf ballast for vessels.
As a mere act of courtesy the man
from the submarine had called in his
Eiying bell to deliver a bundle of the
#atest papers from the states.
j Il see he remarked. that another
i those fellows who win women with
#Fheir eyes has been shot,
Yes replied the mermaid; "the
nortaity among those chaps is always
olerably large and she felt around
see if her pistol-pocket was on
#raight
What in the world does Prince
Henry want with 65 trunks?" asked
be mermaid.
lhere are some people who think it
ce to wear clothes" replied Neptune.
Inc matter had not presented itself
the fair nymph in that light, and
ne olushed deeply and turned away
Aarine Journal
mere is much that is not rosy in
he lighthouse service. For example.
om b. dudley, assistant keeper of
ne Point Love lighthouse at the mouth
Chester river on Chesapeake Bay,
ds lceoound and prisoner last week,
He IN the meantime his 19-year-old
ne ana child were taken i'll and died
avon, n. G. An adventurous ice
achtsman took the assistant keeper
ue news across the frozen bay and
SISTED MIN by means of the ice yacht
Iedch the shore, where he started
ohce Tor Avon.-Marine Journal.