The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-11
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The British steamer Abaris arrived
from New Orleans yesterday, where
she loaded part cargo, and will finish
out here by taking a large quantity
of rosin and turpentine. She is con-
signed to the South Atlantic Steam
ship CO.
The British steamer Glanton com
pleted loading yesterday and cleared
for Aarhus with a cargo OF 1890 tons
of cottonseed oil cake, one of the
largest cargoes of this character to be
loaded here.
The British steamer Sandsend,
which brought cargo to this port, has
completed discharging and cleared
for Port Arthur yesterday, where she
will load a cargo of lumber and tim
Der. The vessel filled her bunkers
with coal before leaving.
The steamship Hyades of the Wat1
: Navigation Company, san fran
cisco, is being converted into mo-
lasses tank ship at the Moran Ship
building Company's yard in Seattle,
Wash. This vessel will also be
equipped to burn oil and will have
tanks fitted with a capacity of 1880
gallons. Other alteration work will
include removing old piping and IN
and adding new deck.
The Canadian North Pacific Fish
cries Company of Victoria, B. c., has
contracted with the Moran Company
of Seattle for two modern steel
whalers to be SO by 11.6 feet. They
will be equipped with oil burners and
all modern devices for whaling and
viii be operated alopg the coast of
Alaska.
The Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company was the
lowest bidder for a S55-foot steamer
for the Clyde Steamship Company.
This will be the largest combined
freight and passenger steamer con-
structed at that yard, should It get the
contract, since the City OF st. Louis
and City of Montgomery were COM
pleted there about a year ago for the
Savannah Line.
The Augusta Gardiner, and Booth
bay Steamboat Company, in having
plans prepared for new steamer to
run on the route between Augusta
and Boothbay harbor, Maine, in ad-
dition to Its steamer Islander.
= The sloop yacht Pilgrim, built in
1899 as one OF four cup defenders, out
of which the Vigilant was chosen, and
which since 1907 has been used as a
floating hospital in Boston harbor, is
being converted into fishing vessel
at Hodgdon's Mills. Maine, and when
completed will be equipped with two
altered for her new service she will
have an over all length of 122 feet, a
beam of % feet, a draft of 51-2 feet,
and win measure sS.ss gross tons.
1t is stated that the French Line is
figuring on plans for a steamship that
will be larger than any now under
construction. The new steamship
France now building for this line will
be completed some time next spring,
when Saturday service will be inau-
gurated. making two departures from
New York and Hayre each week.
The Newport News Shipbuflding
and Dry Dock Company launched the
steamers Carolina and Virginia for
Company within twenty minutes of
each other on October rs. These yes
sells are to be ready for delivery in a
few weeks and have the following di-
mensions: The Carolina is $50 by %
by 9 feet. and the Virginia lis by %
by feet. They will be operated on
Albermarle Sound in the passenger
and froeight service.
American Shipyards Praised.
Marine journal: Admiral Garcia of
the Argentine navy has paid United
States shipbuilders q high and we'll
deserved compliment In stating that
in many points our shipyards sur
pass the most renowned shipbuilding
yards In Europe. The greatest value
in this statement consists in the fact
that previous to making it the ad-
miral made a close study of European
shipyards, which enables him to make
authoritative comparative estimates.
Admiral Garcia headed the Argentine
naval commission to this country, I'M
der whose supervision the two great
battleships for the Argentine are
building by an American yard.
Of Interest to the Possessor OF a
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