The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-20
HARDOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES or 'NTER -sT ALONG
THE RAY FRONT.

Receipts of red snappers during the
past two days have been heavier than
for several weeks. the following YES
sells of:the Saunders fieeting entering:
John M. Keen $4,000 pounds of snap
pers and $500 pounds of groupers. Sea-
comet with 10000 pounds of snappers
and 5000 pounds Of groupers. Ida M.
silva with $4,000 pounds OF snappers
and 1900 pounds Of groupers, Louise
r. Harper with 1900 pounds of snap
pers and 1900 pounds. OF groupers.
The Spanish steamer Madrileno put
in port yesterday from Glasgow for
Tampa, and was supplied with bunker
coal by Cary & Co:
The Chinese government has con-
tracted with the Kiangnan arsenal.
Shanghai, for four gunboats at about
1,500.0 600 taels. This construction will
be watched with considerable interest,
as the experience Of the plant, SO far
as the building of modern warships Is
concerned. has heretofore been limited
to assembling gunboats butt in foreign
countries.
The steamer ]. P. williams arrived
from Blackwater river points yester-
day with a cargo of naval stores and is
loading for the return trip
The river steamer Edna c. was
among the arrivals yesterday Of YES
sells with cargoes Of naval stores.
The steamer Tarpon, Capt Barrow.
sailed last night for points along the
coast, carrying out heavy cargo OF
freight and a large number OF pas
sengers.
AS the two battleships authorized at
the last session Of congress and which
have not yet been contracted for are to
have heavier armor than the New York
and Texas. they may have 4 displace-
fneiit as great as $500 tons, making
them the largest warships in the world.
The New York and Texas, the last two
contracted for for our navy, will dis
place $1,000 tons each. The armament
on the two new ships will be the same
as that OF these two ships. namely, a
main battery of ten 1!-inch guns.
The plans for the two battleships au-
thorized at the last regular session of
congress and which have been APP
proved, call for an oil burning equip
ment, but it may be that this decision
will be reconsidered, inasmuch as some
experts in the service entertain the
belief that it is a mistake to depend
entirely upon oil as fuel for a battle
ship. Should this occur, there would
doubtless be a return to the designs OF
the Texas and New York, now build
ing.
The navy department has received
bids for constructing the four subma-
rines authorized at the last session of
congress as follows: The Electric Boat
a.. A.
boats at the Union Iron Works, San
Francisco. for s4ss.000 each. Complete
one In twenty-four months and one
each month thereafter. Or four boats
at the yard Of the Fore River Com
pany, Quincy, Mass, at s4S5,000 each,
to be completed In the same time.
The Lake Company offered. to build
lowest bid and $44S,000 each at it's
highest; also. one boat at $45o.ooo.
The eight hour law applies to this con-
struction. No award Of contract has
as yet been made.
The Western Steam Navigation Co
has contracted with the Craig Ship
building Company, San Pedro. CAL, for
a 305-foot steamer similar to the Ma
vajo, built at that yard recently. The
new vessel will cost about 100000.
Coastwise Transportation Company al
Camden, N. j., and which has been
chartered to the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad Company
for five years, arrived at Norfolk this
week ready to go in commission be-
tween that port and Boston. The new
craft has capacity of about 1900 tons
of coal and is capable of making about
forty-fiv trips year, which will en-
able her to transport approximately
100000 tons of coal annually. She has
speed OF thirteen knots an hour, al
though she exceeded that on her
maiden trip down thu Delaware re-
Gently.
For the week ended September Q
1911, the Bureau OF Navigation as
tiers to Is steam and gasoline vessels
gross tonnage, 279: 10 unrigged yes
sells, gross tonnage, S54. No sailing
vessels were documented.
The Bath Iron Works will build two
Of the eight torpedo boat destroyers
contracted for by the navv department
and the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany, Quincy, Mass, will build one at
S779, 450. The other I'VE will be built
in the Cramp and New York Ship
building companies yerds.
Arrived.
Madrileno, Span IS. Larrinaga, 1888,
Glasgow to Cary s. Co.
Cleared.
Madrileno, Span %, Larrinaga, 1888
for Tampa, with 37s tons bunker coal
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VESSELS IN PORT.