The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-18
.HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The British steamer Pomaron ar
rived In port yesterday from Pomaron
with carg of 2.740 tons of sulphur
ore. The vessel Is consigned to ]. A.
Merritt g. Co.
The British steamer Glencoe, which
arrived from Jacksonville yesterday,
will be loaded with lumber and timber
by the Pensacola Lumber Co.
The river steamer j. P. Williams ar
rived from Blackwater points yester-
day with a full cargo of naval stores,
and will load today for the return
trip.
The steamer Tarpon arrived from
Mobile yesterday morning and after
taking on a full cargo here sailed last
night for points down the coast.
The steamer Capt Fritz brought in
a heavy cargo of naval stores yester-
day from points up the Choctaw
hatchee and after discharging same
began loading for the return trip.
The steamer Edna c. was among the
river craft to arrive with naval stores
yesterday and loaded for the return
trip yesterday afternoon
The British admiralty has given an
order for a torpedo boat destroyer to
be fitted with internal combustion en-
gines, and the construction and trying
out Of this innovation in war vessels
will be watched by naval constructors
with the keenest interest. 1t Is esti-
mated that fifty per cent less space for
machinery and ninety per cent less
bunker space will be required in a YES
sci so equipped when compared with
the ordinary marine steam engine.
The internal combustion engine re-
duires oil fuel only, and the same
horse power can be obtained from
about one-third of the weight Of fuel
at present consumed per hour. The
horse power would be about one-half,
and the saving in labor about seventy
five per cent
It Is rumored on the Pacific coast
that the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany may purchase the steamers
Beaver, Bear, and Rose City from the
San Francisco & Portland Steamship
Company, a subsidiary of the 'Ha-ri-
man interests. The Beaver and Bear,
It Will be remembered, were built on
this cost q little over year ago at
the yard of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company. On
the other hand.~it is also stated that
the San Francisco & Portland Steam
ship Company will build two freight
and passenger steamers to run out of
Portland in conjunction with the three
vessels named above, should the deal
not go through with the Pacific Coast
Company.
The shipbuilding firm of Blohm &
Voss Of Hamburg has declared a divi-
dend of four per cent for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1911, as against
six per cent for 19os-1s10. Only on
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establishment has its dividend been as
low as this, and one year, 1S91-s1,
when no distribution was made. The
chief reason given for this years low
dividend is the three months strike
and the increase in wages which re-
suited. The average number of OFF,
| calf and workmen employed during
| the year was 6,721, as against $40 the
previous year. Among the vessels un-
/ der construction at the yard there is
one for the Hamburg-So American
Steamship Company. which will be
gines, and another to be similarly
engined Is building to the yards &C
count.
r. B. Dalzell s. Co. have contracted
| with J. S. Ellis & Son of Tottenville
sions> as follows: Length, 100 feet;
beam, % feet; depth OF hold. 1912
feet. Her engines will be 20 by 20
| inches, boiler tested for $50 pounds Of
steam, and she win be fitted with all
| modern improvements for a towing
| and passenger steamer, including
| steam steering gear. When completed
| the vessel viii be named for W. F.
Dalzell. a brother OF Fred B., the for
mer having designed her and will
superintend her construction.
The Electric Boat Company was
| awarded contract September 80 by
| Secretary Meyer OF the navy depart
ment for four submarine torpedo
| boats. Whether these craft are to be
built on the Atlantic or Pacifc~coast
| has not yet been decided.
| st. Helena and the Whalers.
Marine Journal: St. Helena, which
bids fair In the near future to become
an important whaling station again,
| was regular port of call for the
American whaling feet in the South
| Atlantic In years gone by. Up to the
early eighties some thirty to forty
4 vessels ranging FINN, - Qnn