The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
FROM WATER FRONT
CHANCES FOR AN INCREASED I'M
PORT TRADE.
FINE RECORD THIS SEASON
FOR THE INCREASE N IMPORTS
OF MANY PRODUCTS.

May be Visited by Savannah
Bound Steamers-FnciIities Avail
able if the Freight il Onered-MRt-
tiers of Interest to shippers and
Mariners.
The steamship Zeeburg. Capt. Shor
de BOer, is expected soon from Will
mington to load for Amsterdam. Upon
his last visit to Savannah Capt. Shor
de Boer expressed the belief that an
import trade could be built up between
this and Cuban ports. and stated that
his company would probably have its
Savannah-bound steamers visit Cuban
ports if there was any probability of
a satisfactory movement of freight.
1t was not expected that a great deal
of freight would offer at the outset.
If there is enough to warrant the visit
of steamers, however, the probability
is they will make the visits.
Capt. de Boer investigated the pos
sibilities when last in Savannah for
the purpose of presenting to the own
ers all the facts he could gather.
Whether it has been decided TO have
the steamers visit Cuban ports is not
known. though it is very probable the
owners of these steamers have been in
vestigating further to find whether the
talked of visits would be feasible.
As has been stated by the Morning
News. Savannah's import trade for
this season has shown more rapid
strides than it has for any one season
in the history Of the port on the
other side the fact that numerous
steamers are making regular passages
between English and Continental ports
and Savannah is becoming known. and
shippers are using them in getting
freight from abroad to the South.
Great advantages are claimed for these
lines, among them being that the rail
rates are less because Savanna is
closer to many of the big receiving
points than are the Eastern ports,
through which practically all the i'm
ports have been entered. II is
claimed that the cost of distribution
from Savannah will be less than from
other ports. and that time in transit
may be saved because of the shorter
distance.
Much interest is felt locally in the
possible developments in the import
trade owing TO. the excellent start that
has already been made.
Steamer Myrtledene (Br) Yule. from
Fernandina, Fla, for New York, in
ballast went ashore at Jones Beach,
J.. l.. at l a. m. Sunday. during a fog
Crew landed. The steamer worked a
considerable distance up on the beach,
but is not believed to have sustained
any injury. Wrecking tug l. j. Mer-
rift went to her assistance.
Sailing vessels and steamships not
connected with the regular lines which
run out of New York are likely to
ultimately be driven out of the Cuban
trade. The regular liners have formed
a combination and have arranged a
schedule, so that no two steamships
will sail from New York the same day.
BY this arrangement some steamer of
the combined lines will sail from New
York for either the north or south side
ports of Cuba every two days. Sail
vessel owners are endeavoring to secure
quicker dispatch in loading and dis
charging cargoes, hoping by this means
to be able to compete.
French sailing vessels are competing
with the craft of other nationalities
in the long voyage trade in Java and
the Far East. Freights have been
depressed in consequence of the large
number of these vessels, which by rea-
son of the heavy bounties paid them
10y the french government are en-
abled to make money while the craft
of other nationalities are barely able
to make expenses. Among the recent
arrivals at Philadelphia was the French
bark La Rochejaquelin. from Java.
which made the run in less than a
hundred days from Tagal.
She is a new vessel and one of the
most modern sailing craft every built
Besides having earned over $4,000
freight, she will receive nearly $4,000
cash from the French government as
bounty. No one on the La Roche aque-
lin can speak English. her crew having
been picked out from men engaged in
the coasting trade.
Savannah Almanac, 18th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at 7:24 a. m. and sets at
b:37 D. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at 1:24
a. m, and Las p. m. High water at
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