Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-02
SOME BOAT NOTES.


Sir Thos. Upton announces that he
will try again for the Americas cup.
possibly in 1908 or 1909.
Steamers Phillips and Froehlic. of Bel
lows & Squires works, ''cut OUT last
Saturday. The Froehlic broke her shaft
and lost her propeller that day off New
Point The Squires and Bradley, of the
same firm, are still fishing, the latter
bringing in good jag Tuesday night.
Several times of late we have missed
our Wednesdays important Richmond
mail, besides occasionally other DAYS.
We suppose therecent steamboat tie-up
and bad roads are to blame. but we
hope it is not Indicative of what the
winter holds in store for us. We can
not do without this interesting mail a
single day.
The French submarine boat Lutin
sank off Bizerta, Tunis, October 10th.
with fourteen men and two officers ON
board. The opinion prevails that the
Lutin tried to come to the surface too
rapidly, and that her stern consequently
struck on the bottom. This caused riv-
cts to start and plates to burst. Six
leaks We're found in the hull.
Fishing steamer Fairfelds, of the
Enbank Transit Guano Co., Kilmarnock.
was blown ashore on Oyster Creek flats.
just north of Wind Mill bar. early We'd
nesday night, where she remains well IN
on the shore, with heavy sea beating
in against her. It is supposed that
trouble with machinery while bound up
the bay in the storm Wednesday caused
her grounding.
steamer Severn has been purchased
by some enterprising business men
along the Rappahannock and at Fred
ericksburg and will be put on a regular
schedule between that city and Urbanna.
She will make her first trip Tuesday of
next week, leaving Urbanna at a. m
and stopping at the various wharves
between the two points. On Wednes-
day meeting will be held at Freder-
icksburg in which all interested in the
new line will be allowed tn take part
Those along the river wishing to attend
will be taken up on Tuesday.
In tow of. the tug Paul Jones. the
the sevenmasted schooner Thomas w
Lawson sailed from Newport News
Sunday for Sabine Pass, to enter the
eoastwise oil trade. She was leased
some time ago by the Standard Oil Com
pany, and has been in the shipyard.
being converted into an oil carrier. The
Lawson is the largest sailing vessel
flying the American flag, and will carry
more oil than any ship on the coast.
She viii use her sails instead of being
towed. The vessel originally cost
$3.50, 900, 800, 600 of it being owned bv
Thos- w. Lawson, who is fighting the
Oil and others trusts. 1t would seem
to be the irony of fate that the Stand
ard should have bought controlling
interest in the ship.
An organization will be formed IN
facilitate the shipment of oysters and
hsh between New York and Norfolk
on the coast. AS to the service of this
line twill depend on the interest shown
by the shippers along the seaside.
Plans are making to start from Nor
folk and stop at Cape Charles. Broad
water, Wachapreague, Chincoteague.
Lewes, Wilmington, Chester. Philadel-
phia- A direct line will run from
Chincoteague to New York and direct
line from Philadelphia to New York
Every shipper along the coast NAV
have, and he wills, an interest in this
Company. A boat is fast nearing COM
pletion that will run is knots an hour
and SO give fishers of seafood fast SER
vice to Philadelphia and New York.
Quantities of life-preservers have
washed ashore on the South Carolina
coast, and seafaring men think that a
great maritime disaster, yet unreported.
has occurred. Some of them are plain
and bear no mark, and some of them
are marked 'Caswitz Rettunysyurcel.
g. X. p, No. los, SI4.' Two life
preservers also drifted up at Hatteras
Inlet station three miles south of Hat
teras, one marked Sealanon, and the
other unmarked. A small skiff. about
hfteen feet long, also drifted I'D about
three miles north of Big Kinnakeet. and
small piece of what appears to be a
yawis gunwale, came ashore near that
station. The names appearing ON the
are thought to be the
names of the makers and not the
names of vessels.
EDITOR CITIzEN:-W note with Meas |
lre and HEARTILY endorse the article in |
your last issue under the head of boat
notes, to the merchants and SINNERS
If Rappahannock section.' 1t meets
With my hearty approval and /. for
me, would be glad to cast in nv little
mite, and nothing would give me more
pleasure than to see our tried and true
riend, Mr. Henry Williams, at the head
Il the company. have heard that he
lgned a contract not to oppose the
resent company by an opposition line.
ut see no reason why he couldn't be
Induced to take charge of company
$ saiaried man. Hoping in the near
uture to see our friends plans go into
Meet, am, Very truly,
MERCHANT.
WHAT THE EDITOR SAYS.