The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-17
FROM WATER FRONT
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR LEE on IN
SPECTION TRIP.
TO SEE CUTTER HAMILTON.
GOVERNMENT WANTED TO DOCK
CUTTER ALGONQUIN HERE.

No Dry Dock Facilities, Hence She
Will Have to Go Elsewhere.
Steamship NederIand-Of Interest
to shippers.
The big British ful-rigged ship
Harlech Castle, Capt. Edmond Evans,
arrived yesterday afternoon from Nor
folk in tow of the Norfolk tug E. v.
McCauley. The Harlech Castle dis
charged about $500 tons of nitrate of
soda at Norfolk from Taltal, Chilli. She
was on that voyage only eighty-five
days, and from Norfolk to Savannah
three days. She was berthed at the
Seaboard Air Line terminals in slip
No. l, where she will discharge her
ballast preparatory to loading cargo
of naval stores for Cork. The Har-
lech Castle is an all steel vessel of
1905 tons net registry. She was for
merly the Glenfnert and was built in
Port Glasgow, Scotland, by A. Rogers
& Co. She belongs to a large fleet Of
sailing vessels that trade principally
between San Francisco, Portland, Ore
gon, and ports in Europe. She carries
a crew of about twenty-eight hands
all told and a compliment of appren-
tees The crew are quartered in the
Sorhead forecastle, the petty officers
Snd apprentices in the after fOreCaS-
Tie and the captain and officers in the
cabin aft Capt. Evans is accompd-
MED by his wife. who came to Nor
felix direct from Europe. The Harlech
Castle is named for one of the cele-
brated Welch castles. She is owned in
Liverpool by Robert Thomas.
The Norwegian bark Ludwig Hol-
berg, Capt. Kaldager, from London for
Sandsfjord. was beached at Brekk-
stoe, Dec. Is. The Ludwig Holberg
was a wooden bark of $50 tons register
and was well known in Savannah, haV-
ing loaded here many times for va
Tious ports in Europe.
Chief officer S. Roggeveen of the
Dutch steamship Nederland, loading
cotton at the Central Railroad wharf,
has a unique watch charm in the
shape of a Masonic emblem made from
a piece of iron from the United States
battleship Maine, which was sunk in
Havana harbor. The square, compass
and the letter G are fine hand work.
This charm was present to Chlet
Officer Roggeveen by a friend in Prov
idence, Rhode Island, where the Neder-
land was discharging coal several
weeks ago. Mr.. Roggeveen is a Free
mason of high standing, being a mem
Der of L'Astre de Orient Lodge of
Flushing.
Previous to accepting his present po-
sition as chief officer of the Nederland,
Mr.. Roggeveen commanded the Dutch
passenger steamer Giroude. plying be-
tween Rotterdam and ports in the
United Kingdom. She was wrecked off
the coast of Scotland. The Gironde
was named for the river Gironde in
France, on which the city of Bordeaux
is situated.
Mr.. James w. Lee, government ma
val constructor was in Savannah yes
terday looking after the cutter Hamil-
ton, which has been on Rourkes ma
rine railway for some time. He found
the work being done there satisfactory,
and left during the day for Baltimore.
He was well impressed with the
Rourke plant. Government vessels
on the Atlantic coast usually cruise
during the winter months, and repair
during the summer. The opposite is
the case with the government vessels
on the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Lee disclosed the need for a dry
dock at Savannah by the inquiry ne
received during the day from the de-
partment at Washington inquiring if
the cutter Algonquin, now at Havana,
could be hauled out here. She is en-
tirely too large for any railway here,
hence the proposed work had to be
sent elsewhere. Mr.. Lee gave it as mis-
opinion that Savannah could expect
much work If adequate dry docking ia
cilities were provided here.