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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Capt. Gibson Disposed of His Inter
est in the Southern TranspOrtn-
tiOn COmpany-New Floating Dock
for Extraordinarily of Column
bus to BE Launched Jan. 10.
Capt. w. Il. Gibson has returned
from Augusta. He has disposed of his
interest in the Southern Transporta-
ton Company to Mr.. w. B. Righam,
president of the company. Capt Glib
son has also rendered his resignation
as manager, and, it is said, he will be
succeeded by Capt. ]. ]. Carolan.
The Southern Transportation Com
pany was established by Capt. Gibson
about four years ago and was later
made a stock company. 1t is under
stood that the company is now con-
system and will probably add new
steamers in few months.
Capt. Gibson will continue in the
service of the company as general
manager for the next fifteen days I'M
til he can complete certain work which
is now under way. He says that he is
very anxious to take a rest and that
this will be his first vacation in forty
four years. AS to his plans in the flu
ture he has not decided.
The tug Weymouth, which has been
OH Rourke's railway for the last ten
days undergoing needed repairs, will
go into service again tomorrow.
The schooner S. C. Hall was report
ed anchored at Tybee late yesterday
afternoon. She is bound for South
Carolina points.
The Merrill Stevens Company has
been organized at Jacksonville, with a
capital of 100000, taking over all the
plant, business, ETC., of the old COM
pany of Merrill-Stevens Engineering
Company The charter of the new
corporation provides for the construc-
ton of a 4,2OO-ton floating dock.
City OF Columbus Soon to BE
Launched.
The City. of Columbus, being built at
Chester, Pa, for the Ocean Steamship
Company, will probably be launched
Jan. 10. 1t will be about three months
before the second ship, which is being
constructed in the same yard, will be
launched. Both of these ships are
similar in design and dimensions to
the City of Memphis and the City of
Macon, launched at the same yards in
1902 and 1908. Their dimensions are:
Length, 1896 feet; beam, IS feet; with a
displacement of $3.50 tons and car
go capacity of 1000 tons.
The City of Augusta will arrive this
morning with a large passenger list of
Northern tourists who are coming to
Savannah for the season.
Weather Forecast for January.
The weather forecast for January,
issued yesterday by the photographic
Office, follows: Along the Transact
lantic routes foul weather, with west
erly gales, high seas and frequent
snow squalls, will prevail. From
Sandy Hook to the 45th meridian the
wind will blow 20 per cent. of the time
from the western semicircle CAS- per.
cent. of the time from the northwest
quadranO; between As degrees west
and 25 degrees west, SO per cent. (5l
per cent. from the northwest quad
rant); east, of 25 degrees west 70 per
cent. (52 per cent. from the southwest
most frequent between 1880 degrees
west; south of so degrees, between 30
Is degrees west, sometimes attaining
hurricane force and shifting in sud-
den and violent squalls from southwest
to northwest. Along the American
coast from Sandy Hook to Fernandina
the most frequent direction will be
northwest (3S per cent?. with gales,
generally from northwest. Over the
eastern half of the ocean the normal
winds are apt to be disturbed by
cyclonic conditions, the center of the
system lowering several days in sue
cession in the vicinity of the Azores.
During such periods the wind rela-
lions on the sailing routes between the
channel and the equator and north of
25 degrees are reversed. Throughout
the Caribbean Sea and the West In
dies fresh trades will prevail. North
ers may be expected in the Gulf of
Mexico and along the American coast
as far south as Colon. These storms
are, in general, preceded by a slight
fall of the barometer Zone or two
tenths of an inch), the gale itself be-
ing accompanied by a rapid rise. Fog
infrequent. The Grand Banks are free
from bergs. Field ice may. however,
be looked for about Feb. 1.