The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
FROM WATER FRONT
EXPORTING SEASON SOON TO OPEN
IN EARNEST.
AGENTS WANT FIRST SAILING.
srp ACHAN 4 co. GOT FIRST BOAT
OUT THIS SEASON.


The Prospects are Cotton VIII Not
uariu To Move Actively Before
SAINT. 15-New Boiler Inspection
ordinance-Of Interest to Ship
pers.
Interest is expressed in shipping cir
,,es as to which agent will be first to
coil a tramp steamer out of Savan-
,.b in the new season which opens
an Sept. 1. This honor went 10
o+ra chan e. Co. for the season now
Arowing to a close. There is no special
rivalry among the agents, though none
are averse, if circumstances permit, to
.oking the lead in starting the first
boat of the new exporting season. A
number of steamers are posted for
sentember loading at the Cotton Ex-
change, and the fact that they were
mt I'D by as many agents means that
there are several entries for the hon
ors of being first.
New Boiler Inspection Ordnance.
If was recently discovered by the
National Board of Steam Navigation
that floating craft supplied with en-
olnas and boilers for hosting and other
purposes with no propelling power OF
their own, of which class there are
many in New York harbor, were not
included in the United States inspec-
ton law, neither were they subject to
state or police boiler inspection. The
National Board called the attention of
the New York city authorities to this
fact which resulted in the Board or
Aldermen passing the following ordl-
nance:
Section /. All boilers in vessels now
used on the waters in and around the
city of New York not coming under
the Jurisdiction of the Marine Depart
ment of the United States government
or the police department of the city
of New York are hereby placed under
the Jurisdiction of said police depart
ment, which is hereby authorized and
empowered to test said boilers and
examine the persons operating the
same as to their qualifications as en-
gineers and firemen. Such tests of
boilers and the examination of persons
operating the same shall be conducted
in accordance with such. provisions of
the Greater New York Charter and
laws of the state of New York as are
applicable to boilers operated on land.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take
effect Sept. l, 1908
The approximate annual cost of
running our yachting feet may be fig
ured as follows: Wages of 5000 pro-
fessions, seamen, engineers, fremen,
cooks, stewards, walters and coal pass
ers, $780, 900; stores, including coal,
ice, provisions, wine and entertaining,
S3,5O0,0OO; repairs of all kinds and in
surance, 81 ,0000 900. In other words, a
grand total of 100000 a season is
paid by the American people for the
pleasure of steam yachting
Journal.
The Dominion Line steamer New
England, which sailed from Boston re-
Gently for Liverpool, carried out the
first shipment of apples of the season,
40 barrels. The first apples shipped
from Boston last year were taken out
by the Cunard steamer Saxonla, Aug.
81 Il barrels.
j. Pierpont Morgan has achieved the
proud and novel distinction CT being
considered by the British government
a person of such formidability as to
make it worth their while to provide,
in their contracts with the Cunard
company, against the sale of any ves-
sells to that parsonage or his company.
The report of lumber shipments over
the Erie canal eat the Tonawandas
shows an increase of more than 10000,
900 feet up to date this year in ccm-
parison with the same time last year.
Last year the shipments to the end
of July were 60,161,267 and this year
for the same time they have been TO-
6IS,331. There is also a great. increase
in stone shipments.
The deepest depression in the earth,
ascertained by sounding, is five ard
fourth miles; the greatest hight, the
peak of Mount Everest, five and three
fourths miles.
Savannah Almanac, 18th Meridian
Savannah City Time.
Sun rises at 5:55 a. m. and sets 6;57
p. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at s.
a. m. and 900 p. m. High water at
Savannah one hour later.