The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-04
'HARDOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The mackerel season is now on and
small boats are beginning to arrive
with good catches, seven thousand
pounds being received by Saunders &
Co. yesterday, being the second con-
signment to come from down the
coast. The mackerel are now making
their annual trip west and are passing
in great schools
The river steamers Eugene and
Capt. Fritz were among the arrivals
yesterday, coming from Freeport and
way landings and bringing good car
goes Of naval stores. Both steamers
took on cargo during the day to leave
this morning on the return trip.
The schooner John M. Keen arrived
Yesterday from the snapper banks
with catch of 10000 pounds of snap
pers and 10000 pounds of .groupers for
Saunders & Co.
| The schooner Wallace Mcdonald put
back into port yesterday on account
of the bad weather prevailing in the
gulf. She had abou. 1000 pounds of
snappers.
The schooner Albert Geiger will be
taken across to the marine railway to-
day or tomorrow to be given
thorough overhauling.
The British steamer Worthwhile,
which arrived yesterday from Apala-
chicola, with part cargo, will be load
ed with timber and lumber by. The
Keyser Muldon Co.
/
A part of the cargo of the British
steamer Rosebank, which cleared yes
terday, will be taken to Palermo,
| Italy.
Shipping Sales.
The steel screw steamer James
Brand, owned by the London and
Thameshaven OH wharves, Ltd, Lon
don, has been sold to Mexican buyers.
She was built by Messrs Armstrong,
/ Mitchell & Co., Ltd, Newcastle, in
1893, and carries petroleum in bulk.
Dimensions, $40 by A by 31.2; 1907
tons gross, triple expansion engines
% inches, Al inches, 81 inches, by As
inch stroke, by the Wallsend Slipway
Company, DID.
The iron screw steamer Warnow,
owned by Mr.. F. Rathkens, Middles-
bro, has been sold to Norwegians at
about s4,75O. She was built by
Messrs. ]. Readhead & Son, South
Shields, in 1888. Dimensions, 257 by
BAT by 20.10; 1871 tons gross. Com
pound engines % inches, So. inches. by
s6-inch stroke.
Messrs. Glen & Co., of Glasgow, are
the purchasers of the new steamer
building by Messrs. Short Brothers,
q o
weight, recently reported sold. She
was sold through Messrs G. Chambers
& Co., Liverpool.
The steel screw steamer Yare, own
ed by Messrs. Johnston Brothers, Lon
don, has been sold at about $3.50.
She was built at Rotterdam in 1904.
Dimensions 135 by % by 10; 3S1 tons
gross. Compound engine Is inches, 80
inches, by 19-inch stroke.
The steel screw steamer Amethyst,
ownSd by Mr.. w. Robertson, Glasgow,
is reported sold to colonial buyers.
SheSwas built by Messrs. Scott &
Soma Bowling, in 1910. Dimensions
1S6 by 29.6 by 1873, e. tons gross.
Tripk- engines IT inches, %
inches, As inches, by 33-inch stroke,
by Messrs. Muir & Houston, Ltd.
Tna steel screw cargo ana pas
sengSr steamer Sanda, owned by the
Clyde Shipping Company. Ltd, Glas-
gov, is reported sold to Turks. She
was built and engined by Messrs. w.
B. Thompson & Co., Ltd, Dundee, in
1892. Dimensions 24S by 1877 by 1911;
1,145 tons gross. Triple expansion
engines % inches, 3S inches, 81 inches,
by 4s-inch stroke.
Suez Canal Traffic.
Some very interesting particulars
relative to the traffic of the Suez canal
during the forty-one years of its ex-
istence are given in the supplement to
the Suez Css.al Weekly Shipping List,
issued by Worms & Co., of Port Said,
Suez, ETC.. whose agents in London are
Messrs. James Burmese & Sons. Dur
| ing 1910 Ah2a vassels of % nh4 an1