New-York tribune., 1908-11-26
FOG DEAR TO SHIPPING
TWENTY-FIVE STEAMERS
HELD OFF THE HOOK.
Brief Tightening During Day Miti-
gates Damage Little-Many
Turkeys IN Peril.

New York Harbor was enveloped yesterday for
! the third day in the thickest and most tenacious
fog in its history. and, according to the local
weather bureau. little relief may be expected to-
! day. 1t realized yesterday, after two days
| of paralyZed traffic. that the presence OF the
! fog would mean loss to shipping interests In
! this port of conservatively estimated at
| about S7OO,OOO. The fact that the fog affected
! the produce markets, coming, it did. so
closely the eve of Thanksgiving, was demon
strated yesterday by the sudden arrival of thou
sands of turkeys and other poultry when tho
! fog thinned out over the upper bay at l p. m.
/ The thinning out of the mist lasted for about
! an hour and many car floats loaded with cars
/ from the West piloted to the city by skip
! pers courageous, and the wholesale price OF
/ turkeys was kept down to 20 cents. Dealers
/ in the various markets about the city raised
their hands in real thanksgiving.
! One of the dealers in Washington Market COM
pared the effect the fog prices to the effect
the illness of a prominent financier has on
Wall Street. 'It never impressed me so force
fully as yesterday when the fog lifted at 1
o'clock he said. LAS that fog lifted our hopes
went UP, for we realized that we would get our
consignments just IN time to save ourselves
from big losses. l could only compare that lift
with the change for the better in the condltion
of a stricken banker whose illness had de-
pressed the stock market
About ) D. m the fog fooled the uninitated
by making its second lift for the day. The sea-
dogs Of the water front shook their heads and
pointed to the eastward,
tom" Morris, the weather prophet of "The
Maritime Register stood the Battery wall
and smiled when it was suggested that the big
fog blanket breaking UP. "Oh, no., ne re-
marked. mo such luck. 1t is true we can see
Liberty plainly and the shore of Brooklyn put
that is due to little increase Of the wind from
the east Nothing but complete shift of the
wind will blow this fog out
DELAY TO LINERS.
Since Monday only two big incoming transat-
lantc liners were able to land their passengers
The italian steamer Re d'Italia groped her way
up to her pier on Tuesday and yesterday the
| Holland-America liner Neuw Amsterdam, tax
ing advantage of the late lift in the fog'
steamed slowly to her pier in sHoboken
The big express steamer Kronprinzessln
Cecilie, with large passenger complement and
mails left her pier in Hoboken at noon on
Tuesday. She was scheduled to sail at 10 a. m'
but held back for two hours, hoping the fog
would lift Captain Hogemann finally decided
TO take a chance and work his way out TO sea,
: but on getting down near Quarantine anchored
off StapIeton where he held for twenty
eight hours Taking advantage of the lift yes
terday, he took the Kronprinzessln out through
the Narrows safely and cleared for the open sea-
The Hamburg-American liner President Lin
coin. scheduled to sail for Naples Tuesday.
was likewise held up, but managed 10 get away
yesterday when the fog thinned out.
The White Star liner Teutonic, bound to clear
for Southampton at 10 a. m. yesterday. made a
tardy departure from her pier, but found the
fog above the Narrows too thick for safe navl-
SIN al drCDDed anchor.
Star liner Kroonland, scheduled to leave her
pier in the North River for Antwerp at 10 a. m,
did not venture through the fog blanket until
the sudden lift came in the afternoon. She
,,ada an anchorage off Tompkinsville, but that
was the limit of her attempt to get out of port
The big Cunarder Lusitania, scheduled TO
made her first eastward passage TO Liverpool
under her new commander, Captain turner
did not start from her pier. 1t was announced
that she would get away at the first oppor-
tunity, and for that reason her passengers were
rather oath TO return to their homes
Constant inquiries at the Cunard pier con-
corning the whereabouts of the Lusitanla re-
ceived the cheerful answer, waiting safeiy at
her pier thank you, and everybody haVihs
royal time" Although the Cunard Line was In
no hurry to risk the big leviathan in an uncer-
tain trip through the Opaque blanket OF the
upper bav, it is generally thought that If she
pets under
she will overtake any other liner that may nave
slipped through the fog yesterday
THANKSGIVING ABOARD.
The Red Star pier was empty yesterday after
noon after the Kroonland started for the HOOK
The incoming iceland, which arrived on Mon-
do, rjgbt was resting peacefully down the
bav with a large list of cabin and steerage pas
sengers and from the present outlook the Zee
lands passengers and those marrooned on all
the other liners down the bay will most prop
ably take Thanksgiving dinner on shlpboard
II Is estimated that at least twenty five in
coming steamers, Coastwise and transatlantic
are fozbound off Sandy Hook Those whose
nresence is known but who have been unable TO
make their piers the c. F. Tletgen, from
Copenhagen; the Mokta, from Huelva; the
PRINCESS Irene from Naples: the Massachu-
setts from London; the Georgia, from Liver
pool; the Callistro, from Rotterdam; the
Grosser Kurfurst. from Bremeng the Buffalo
from Hull; the Republic. from Boston, the
Comanche, from Jacksonville; the Lampasas
from Galveston; the Orinoco, from Kingston
tho Creole from New Orleans and the Lucia.
from Liverpool
The fog was exceedingly thick last night at
Sandy Hook and unless there is clearing by
this morning which is doubtful. the White Star
liner Adriatc will not be able to reach her pier
much before the afternoon, If at all The Adri-
attic was only 354 miles east of Sandy Hook at
7.45 a. M and should be in Quarantine. the
weather permitting by o'clock this morning.
The Hamburg American liner Amerika is
scheduled to sail at 10 a m. to-day for Ham
bprp but her departure is doubtful La Pro-
vence of the French Line. which has always
managed to get out OF port and into it in all
,rts 90 xreather will start for Havre to-day at