The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-22
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.
.ldershot,

The British steamer Aldershot,
which entered yesterday from San
tiago, brought cargo Of $500 tons OF
copper ore. The vessel is consigned
to the Gulf Transit Co. and her car
go is being discharged at the Tara
COMA street wharf.
The river steamers Fritz and Eugene
both got away from port yesterday
morning for Freeport and way land
ings.
The coast steamer Tarpon sailed last
night for points down the coast, car
rying out a cargo which taxed her ca
pacity. Quite a number Of persons
took passage on the steamer for va
rious points along her run
The steamer ]. p. williams was load
ing yesterday and win sail this morn
ing.
The American schooner James T.
Maxwell. Jr-, viii start loading a full
cargo of cypress lumber In a few days
manufactured by the McCaskin plant
at FTeeport.
The fishing schooner osceola, of the
Warren fleet, entered yesterday with
q cargo of $4,000 pounds of red snap
pers. being the first cargo received in
port for q number OF days.
The Passing of shanshaiins.
The recent shanghaiing Of a sailor
IN Baltimore serves to call attention
to the fact that this practice may now
be regarded as a relic Of the past.
This was one of the cruelest practices
that attached to the sailors life. The
men thus placed on board ships were
always under the influence of liquor,
and more often than not in an un-
conscious condition from its effects.
The law on this subject is now not
only very strict but enforced, so that
captains win not as rule take a man
on board who Is drunk--Marine Jour-
nal.
A Long Haul Made by Tug.
The tug Hercules, Capt. Dan Thorn
sen, recently towed the ship Henry VII
lard from San Francisco to Panama
and back, a distance Of $500 miles.
This vessel was loaded each way by
Bates & Chesbrough Of the former
port. and is an entirely new depar-
ture in freighting on the Pacific coast.
The Hercules was built by John H.
Dialogue & Son of Camden, N. J., in
1907, is 134.9 by All by 1872, and has
| triple expansion engines with cylinders
II, "a Al inches in diameter with a
common stroke Of 80 inches.
e.
Work Progresses on the Maine.
Before congress adjourned 1t appro-
priated an additional sum Of $3.50, 600
to carry on the work of raising the
ldaine. OF this sum $4,000 it is esti-
mated is required to complete the cof-
ferdam, $4,000 for unwatering the
dam, bracing the ship, etc, $225, 900 for
removing the wreck. $4,000 for bury
ing the dead in Arlington cemetery,
and $4,000 for returning the wrecking
plant to the United States 1t is also
estimated that some SIS, 600 Will be re-
allied from the sale Of the steel piling
composing the dam. Col Black has re-
ported that the dam will likely be COM
pleted by the end Of this month, and
that by the end Of April the water
will have been pumped out and the
wreck viii then be exposed on the
bottom Of the harbor in the best pos
sible shape for examination as to the
cause OF this ships destruction. Col
Black also says that the divers reports
indicate that the hull is in a very bad
condition.-New York Marine Jour-
nal
Arrived.
Aldershot. Br IS. Jacobsen 1884. San