The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-01
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
CHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

Two steamers, the Sotusmere from
Tampa, and the Kentucky from Nor
folk, arrived in port yesterday, both
consigned TO ]. A Merritt & Co. The
Kentucky Will load a solid cargo Of cot
tonseed oil cake. and will commence
taking on cargo this morning.
The British steamer Mounthelds
cleared yesterday with a cargo Of O.
%35,0oo superficial feet of lumber and
timber for Genoa
OF the many vessels to clear for
! foreign ports during the past week
none, with the exception Of a schooner,
| has carried less than 1000. 900 feet OF
lumber and timber. and usually they
were far in excess of this amount.
The river steamers Rollo and Eugene
arrived yesterday with cargoes Of ma
val stores from points up the Black
water and Choctawhatchee and after
discharging loaded return cargoes.
The Ward liner Bayomo arrived IN
New York June 16 from Havana with
considerable wreckage from the sunken
battleship Maine consigned to Govern
or's Island. Among the relics was fifty
| feet of the hollow steel mast of that
vessel together with some of the steel
rail Of the fighting top and the stand
of range finder.
The steam yacht American, original
" built for and from the design Of the
late Archibald Watt, and which has
been laid up for some time, was sold
recently by Mrs. Grace Wall Thomas to
E. r. Dick of the New York Yacht
Club. The vessel will he overhauled
and refitted by the Tietjen & Lang Dry
Dock Company. Fobolzen.
Eight big transatlantic liners which
sailed for British and continental ports
June II carried 34e7 cabin passengers,
being record for one days sailing
from New York this season.
The Merritt & Chapman Derrick and
Wrecking Company has purchased the
steam lighters and wrecking equipment
of the NJ. P. Smith & Sons Company
of l16 Broad street this city, and had
the name Of the wrecking steamer
Fleetwood changed to Commissioner.
The board of estimate Of New York
having authorized the issue Of 81, 900, =
600 corporate stock for the improve
ment of Jamaica Bay, the war depart
ment has signified it's readiness to take
part in this work. BY an act OF con-
gross of June IS, 1910, S250.oo was APP
propriated for this purpose in the
rivers and harbors bill
The annual report OF the Interna-
! tional Mercantile Marine Company for
the year ended December 81, 1910.
shows net profits Of S4,S49,5s1. or an
earning Of 9.S7 per cent on the pre-
! ferred stock outstanding as compared
/ -r-sNA ~
! stock during 1909. The GROSS earnings
of the company were $3s,07s.E96 az
! compared with S33,461 ,4S5 in 1909. The
number Of vessels now employed by
this company is 1874, representing &
gross tonnage Of 1,07s,370 tons, with
six steamships building which will add
when completed $4,000 gross tons.
During the month Of May. 449 vessels
| passed through the Suez Canal as com
pared with 394 for the same month last
year. The receipts this year for that
month were 11.s40,000 francs as com
pared with 11,1so,ooo francs last year.
The Seattle Dry Dock Company
Seattle. Wash, Will build a floating dry
| dock to accommodate vessels up to 10
! 900 tons displa cement. This is a new
corporation with a capital stock OF 81,
! 900, 900.
The Great Lakes Engineering workr
! has been awarded a contract for three
steamers. 26l by AZ IL by 2S1-2 feet
| to be operated between New York
| Porto Rico, and South American ports
| This makes fifteen vessels now con
! tracted for by these works to be turned
out at their Ecorse, Mich, plant for tho
Atlantic coast trade.
The Newport News Shipbuildins
! Company has begun active work on the
| construction of the two revenue cutters
Numbers Fl and 3d.;
The Maryland Steel Company, Spar
| rows Point, was the lowest bidder
| Monday last for the construction OF
| two naval GOLFERS authorized at the
| last session of congress. It will build
| either one on the departments designs
| for 1884 900, but VIII build the two on
! designs Of it's own for 1915. 600, delivery
J 10 be made in eighteen to twenty four
! that following IS own designs and
| specif cations this company will build
! one for sse2,0O0 and two for 1851 900
| The New York Shiphuilding Company
was the lowest bidder for the two
ocean going tugs, scaling formre bids
down to $4,000:
For the two weeks ended June II.
! the Bureau Of Navigation assigned Of
! fetal numbers and signal letters to
| sailing vessel, gross tonnage. 6; 81
steam and gasoline vessels. gross ton
/ mage, POTTS; Is unrigged vessels, gross
! tonnage, 512.
/ Arrived
Sotusmere. Br SIS, Wilson, 24s1, Tam
/ pa TO J. A. Merritt e. Co.
! Kentucky, Dan SIS, Adreasen, 23s9,
/ Norfolk to J. A. Merritt & Co.
Cleared.
Mountfelds, Br SIS. Diggins. 1947, for
/ Genoa with 1.4o4 900 IT sawn timber,
| 921 900 s II lumber.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Steamships.
/ Skogland, Swed, Ingvarssen, 2Os4, to
Z Fr. J. SChreyer.
Ryde. Br. Diver. 1857, to The Key
ser Muldon Co.
Eliza. Swed. Tngvarssen. 2216, t.