The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-15
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The river steamer Capt. Fritz, which |
was tied up at Mary Esther during
the storm Of last Friday. and missed
reaching here Saturday afternoon, is
now in port, having arrived yesterday
morning with a cargo of naval stores |
She took on return cargo during the
day.
The fishing schooner Alcina, Captain |
Cooney, arrived from the fishing banks
yesterday with $4,000 pounds of red
snappers, the largest catch to be
brought in this summer. The vessel
made the catch at the Campeachee
banks.
from the docks yesterday after under
going a thorough overhauling and af-
ter taking aboard some freight at the
Tarpon wharf moved over to Baylen
street wharf to complete her cargo for
st. Andrews.
The largest. number of fishing vessels
TO be in port at any one time this
summer are now moored at the two
| wharves of the fish companies. With
| the clearing of the weather the feet
will begin to get away to sea.
Panama Canal Coal in British Bottoms.
Virginia was recently awarded a con-
| tract by the Panama Canal Commits
| sion to furnish $50 900 tons of semi BIZ
luminous coal at $2.51 per gross ton, to
| be used In furnishing steam for the
many engines used in excavating work
| on the big canal. This is one years
| supply and shows the enormous con-
sumption of coal for this purpose. ALI
| of this fuel will be transported from
| Newport News to the isthnus by the
Earn Line at $1.29 liz per ton. This is
a British line and means that for every
So expended in this country on this
contract 81 would go into the pockets
Of foreigners.
| The Myrtle Branch Doeked at Rio.
| The British steamer Myrtle Branch
of the Nautilus Steam Shipping Com
pany was taken out in the big new
| drydock of the Commercial Navigation
| Company at Rio de Janeiro on the 5th
/ of June this year with her full cargo
| of $500 tons on board, for the pur-
pose of repairing damage to her pro-
peller.
This new doeq is $50 feet long and
has e depth of about 81 feet on the sill
at the lowest tide. The Myrtle Branch
is 3s1 by As by Is IL feet and drew
when she entered this dock % feet 8
inches.
| The United Kingdom Pilots.
Marine Journal: The Marine Jour
| of the proceedings of the twenty
| seventh annual conference of the
United Kingdom Pilots Association,
which was held in Liverpool on May
30 and 81 and June l this year. The
delegates from other ports on this oc-
casfon were welcomed by Morris W.
Roberts, after which an address was
made by Michael Joyce, NJ. P, who
succeeded the late Commander George
| Cawley, so many years at the head
| OF this association. and to whose de-
mise about a year ago he referred feel
| ingly. The delegates were received the
| first day at luncheon at the Town Hall
| by the lord mayor as his guests, and
in the evening a banquet was given to
their guests at the Adelphi Hotel by
the Liverpool pilots.
| Delay in Payments.
Marine Journal: Shipbuilders who
are constructing vessels for the navy
are in difficult plight as the result of
the delay by the Democrats in the
house to adjust the matter of par
tial payments on ships under contract.
The delay is due to Representatives
Fitzgerald, chairman of the house COM
mite on appropriations, who has per-
| sistently refused to accept the relief
L
that he is actuated by a desire to make
the cost of building ships under con-
| tract as high as possible, in order to
encourage the building of ships at navy
yards, particularly the New York navy
yard, in Brooklyn, thus providing
| work for his constituency.
Arrived
Engineer, Br. SIS. Llemellyn, 1882,
New Orleans to ]. A. Merritt & Co.
| Texas. Br. SIS, Steil, 1869, New Or
leans to Southern States Lumber Co.
1t Piemonte, Ital. S., Ohlsen, 1892,
Tampa to J. A. Merritt & Co.
| Luchana, Br. IS. Driscoll, 1884, Gulf
port to Cary & Co.
st. Andrews, Ital. SIS, Mauen. 2153.
| Nipe to master.
Kosmos, Nor. blk, Johansen. 1927,
| Rio Janerio to master.
| Cleared.
| Luchana, Br. So, Driscoll, 1884, for
Buneose Ayreswith LOO tons bunker
coal
Bianchetto Ital. ship, Revello. 1929,
for Guneos Ayres, with 1,033,o00 IT.
lumber.
Robert H. McCurdy, Am. sch. Watts,