The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-16
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT,

Two vessels entered for cargoes
yesterday, the British steamer Jamai-
can from Mobile to J. A. Merritt &
Co, and the Italian ship Btanchetto
from Luderttz Bay to master.
The British steamer Aldershot,
which arrived from Belize wednes-
day with a cargo of mahogany logs,
commenced unloading on the east side
of the Central wharf yesterday.
Several of the naval stores vessels
arrived in port yesterday, all bringing
full cargoes of the product and began
loading with general merchandise for
their return trips
Baymen are being kept busy this
week and Saturday nights pay rool
will be larger than in a long time,
with the prospects of even more mon
ey being paid out next Saturday night.
The Coronation National Review,
The naval review which will be held
at Spithead the Gath of this month,
in connection with the coronation of
George v, will include ITO British war
vessels of all types from submarines
to dreadnoughts, 18 foreign warships
and about so ocean liners. This fleet
will cover about eight square miles,
and is exclusive of the yachts and
steamers that will carry the sight
seers.
Coaling BY Hand.
A new coaling record was recently
made by the japanese coolies, men
and women in placing in the bunk
ers of the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
400 tons of coal in the short space
of nine and one-haf hours. Upward
of one thousand persons, mostly wo-
men, were employed in this opera
ton, who with almost miniature bas-
kets performed this hand to hand
| work.
Extensive harbor terminal improve
nents at Halifax to be made in the
near future at cost OF about $1,000
| 900 provide for the construction of
four 800-foot piers by 235 feet wide.
! The improvements contemplated, will
meet the needs of that port for some
years to come.
The New Australian Navy.
By 1912 Australia will rank among
the naval powers Of the world, as she
will have then completed one armor-
| ed cruiser, three second class cruisers,
| six destroyers, and three submarines.
She will thereafter, construct eight ar
| mored cruisers, ten protected cruisers,
| eighteen destroyers, and twelve sub
| marines, train $4,000 officers and men
and establish naval colleges, stations
and bases, so that by 1925 she will
possess a fully equipped fleet of for
! ty- eight vessels. The cost will be
$3.50, 900, 900 to be borne by a poula-
ton of four millions.
Sensitiveness of the Compass.
A strange tale of the sea was re-
vealed in a recent admiralty order.
| The compass of one of H. NJ ships
suddenly became strangely and vio-
| lently detected. After a host of incon-
elusive speculations the helmsman
naively wondered whether his medical
truss had anything to do with the
case. Investigation disclosed the fact
that this instrument was highly mag
netized and responsible for the varia-
| lions. So henceforth no trussed sail
! or is to be permitted at the wheel
May not this discovery supply the key
to sundry nautical mishaps never yet
| satisfactorily explained?
The Life Of Big Guns.
Marine Journal:
| Four 12-inch turret guns of the bat
tleship Connecticut were recently re-
| moved at the Brooklyn navy yard and
replaced by four new ones in the re-
! markably short period of six eight
/ hour working DAYS II is interesting
to note in this connection that the r.
inch guns with which our modern
dreadnaughts are equipped cost about
| $4,000 each, but rarely do they last
more than rs f1rings, hence each dis
charge costs the government about
$3.50 for deterioration of weapons
alone. The rapid wearing out of these
high-powered rifles is technically
! known as erosin, and is caused by the
highly active chemical agent liberated
in the explosion of modern gunpow-
ders, coupled with the friction of g
steel projectile hurled around the spi-
al rifling in the guns. The refitting OF
modern battleships therefore with new
guns in time Of war, when in a single
battle seventy rounds might be fired
in the course of a few hours, becomes
a question of first importance.
Arrived.
|. Aldershot Br. S.. Jacobsen. 1854
Belize to Gulf Transit Co.
Jamaican, Br. SIS, Brown, 2947, Mo-
bile to ]. A Merritt & Co.
Bianchetta, Italian ship, ReveIlo