The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-02
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The steamer Tarpon entered yester-
day from points down the coast bring
ing a heavy cargo of naval stores and
large number Of passengers. The
vessel goes to Mobile tonight, returning
Tuesday morning.
The new tug ]. B. Camors, recently
rebuilt at Bagdad, arrived in port yes
terday for inspection, which was salts
factorily passed.
The fishing schooner Seaconnet Of
the Saunders feet, arrived yesterday
with catch Of 5000 pounds Of snap
pers.
The schooner Lucy H. arrived yes
terday from st. Andrews with full
cargo of naval stores. which will be
discharged Monday morning at Central
wharf.
The river steamers ]. P. Williams
and Rollo were among the arrivals
yesterday from points up the Black
water. Both brought good cargoes.
Four steamers cleared yesterday, all
carrying lumber and timber cargoes,
excepting the steamer Wilma, which
carried cotton and miscellaneous cargo.
The first keel plate of the big new
Cunard liner Aquitania was laid at
Clydebank, Scotland, in the Brown
shipyard June 5 with due ceremony.
The dimensions Of this vessel have not
yet been made public, but it is gener-
ally understood that she will compare
favorably with the big new White Star
liners Olympic and Titanic.
For the week ended June g. 1911, the
bureau of navigation assigned official
numbers and signal letters to four sail
seven steam and gasoline vessels, gross
tonnage 100; ten unrigged vessels,
gross tonnage, LAOS.
The Newport News ShipbuiIding and
Dry Dock Company launched the
steamship Hilton for the A. H. Bull
Company of New York June 10 for SER
vice in the southern coastwise and
Porto Rico trade. This vessel is 1896
| feet long over all, 461 feet beam, has
dead weight capacity of 1900 tons,
and is a sister ship to the Ruth built
for the same owners at the same yard
a year ago.
Although It is not generally known,
a large engine of the internal COM
bustion type is being built in Nurem-
berg for the German navy, to develop
5000 horse power. There has been
much discussion of the availability for
naval purposes of engines Of this type,
which do away with the necessity of
smokestacks, but there are technical
difficulties about building them big
enough for warships larger than the
submarine or torpedo boat type, and
the results are being awaited with in
terest. Germany has also recently
added to it's navy the, thirty knot tur7
bine cruiser Magdeburg. The vessel is
about twenty feet longer than the four
preceding vessels of the smaller cruiser
class and which have a displacement
of 1880 tons.
The new tug Edward S. Atwood, to
be used for passenger service and as
an observation craft, as we'll as ocean
and harbor towing, was launched for
F. B. Dalzell & Co. by the Staten Island
Shipbuilding Company June II. This
vessel is SO feet long, % feet beam, and
IL Feet deep. This craft was on her
trial trip recently. "
The battleship Friedrich der Gross
was launched at Hamburg June 10 for
the German navy. Her construction
was begun in November, 1909, and she
is to be completed early in 1912. This
new dreadnought has a displacement of
$4,000 tons, q speed of 81 knots, turbine
engines, and her main armament will
consist of twelve 12-inch guns and six
| torpedo tubes.
The T. S. Marvel Shipbuilding Com
pany, Newburg, was awarded a con-
tract this week for a steel ferryboat
to cost Sis, 900 and to be completed in
eight months time.
Another Wireless Record.
While experimenting with a kite and
receiving instruemnt in wireless teleg-
raphy on a voyage to Argentina re-
Gently, Marconi received messages dur
inc the daytime from Clifeden. Ireland
and Glace Bay, n. S. at a distance of
some $500 miles, which is said to be a
record for daytime wireless transmits
| sion. The kite was flown by means of
very long wire, and but for the fact
| that a storm arose which made it i'm
possible to keep it in the air, messages
| could doubtless have been received
from even greater distance.
| Arrived.
Spanish Prince, Br SIS, Jones, 4214,
New Orleans to Prince Line Agency.
Cleared.
! Sheppy Allison, Br SIS, Smith, 1852,
for Rio Janeiro. with 1,632o00 # lum-
! Der.
Glencoe, Br SIS, Cooper, 164S, for HUI
| elva, with 1,SS0,31S # lumber.
Wilma, Span IS, Arrotegui, for Liv-
erpool, with 1928 bales of cotton, $3.50
pcs oak slaves, $4,000 pcs slaves, 49,
400 # walnut lumber, 1880 # oak
lumber, ST. hogsheads leaf tobacco.
Kentucky. Dan S., Andersen, 1881,
Der.