The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-03
HARB0R, RIVER
AND MARINE
NEWS
Shipping Transactions and
Notes of Interest Along
The Bay Front.

The smack Carrie B. WeIIes of the
Saunders feet, entered yesterday
with a catch of 5000 pounds of snap
pers.
The steamers Belle and Vernon OF
the Vernon Transportation Co, en-
tered yesterday from Vernon aud
way points with cargoes of naval
stores, which were discharged at Cen
trail wharf The vessels will load
cargo today for the return trip
The steamers Fritz and Eugene
completed loading their cargoes last
night and viii leave this morning for
Freeport and way landings
The launch Grand Rapids arrived
from Holly yesterday with a number
of passengers.
The smack Ida entered yesterday
with a catch of 5000 pounds of snap
pers-
The steamer TarpOn had more
freight than she could carry out
Tuesday night, although she was
loaded to her full capacity, and yes
terday the company chartered the
barge Peter, owned by Capt. SaUn-
ders, and loaded it full of freight to
be lowed to St. Andrews this morn
ing.
The finest feet of sea and inland
barges on the coast are 10 now laid
up in squadrons of five each in Can
ton Hollow. They belong TO the P.
Dougherty Co. and their cargo, dead
weight capacity, will reach over 49,
900 tons. The depression In freights
and the lack of Watsr-boTne business
has caused the owner to tie them up
and wait a tide that will bring better
results. Superintendent Lawrence
McHugh says that ii is cheaper to
place the feet out of commission than
to run them as other barge companies
are doing at a loss.-Baltimore Sun.
The torpedo boat destroyers now
under construction have been given
the following names:
No. II, building at the Cramp yard,
the Joseph B. Smith. Lieut.. Smith
commanded the Congress when she
was sunk by the Merrimac on March
Is, 1862, and was killed in that en-
gagement.
No. IS, also building at the Cramp
yard, the Roswell H Lamson Lieut.
Lamson took part in the battle OF
Port Royal and the capture of Fort
MaakeE rri ana a. YYfbonff oR9Ressasoy
No 10, building at the yard of the
New York Shipbuilding Co., the Sam
ueI w. Preston. Lieut.. Preston was
killed in the assault on Fort Fisher,
January Is, 1866.
No. 20. building at the Bath Iron
Works, the Chas. w. Flusser- Com
mander FIusser was killed in action
on the Miami in an engagement with
the Confederate ram Albemarle, near
Plymouth, N C., on April 10, 1854.
No. q, building at the Bath Iron
Works, the Samuel c. Reid. Capt
Reid commanded the privateer Gen
eraI Armstrong. He was attacked in
the harbor of FayaI on September
IS. 1914, by boats from three Brit
ish men-of-war- Capt. Reid drove
them off, killing and wounding 135
officers and men. The frigate Rota
compelled him to run his ship ashore
and destroy her before capture He
received the commentator of con
gress and a sword from the state OF
New York.
Work on the battleship Texas Is
being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible at the Norfolk yard, in or
der to have her ready to be placed
| IN commission about the first of mex
month. Whether or not she will be
assigned to duty as station-ship a
the Charleston, S. c., yard remain:
| in doubt. orders TO that effect having
| been issued and later, according Il
reports, revoked. Just what will b.
| the future of the cruiser Atlanta
which has been doing duty for a mum
| Der of years as station ship of the tor
pedo flotilla in reserve at Norfolk, /
not known. Only recently the gum
were removed from the Atlanta an
she was placed in first class condi
ton for the duties of station-ship. ad
ditiOnal office quarters being install