The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-28
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

The British steamer Tampican,
which arrived Monday from Hamburg
with full cargo of manure salt, will
commence unloading her cargo this
morning.
The schooners Sheffield and Ruth A.
Welles of the Saunders fleet arrived in
port yesterday with a total catch Of
over 10000 pounds of snappers, the
first to be brought to port in about a
week.
The coast steamer Tarpon sailed last
night at her usual hour for points
down the coast, taking out a heavy
cargo of merchandise, groceries and
feedstuffs. Quite a number of passen-
gers were aboard for various points.
The river steamer Edna c. arrived
yesterday with full cargo Of naval
stores.
When the steamers Keyingham and
Kirnwood sail today they win carry
out a total of over 5000, 900 superficial
feet of lumber and timber. The form
er vessel goes to Genoa, Spezzia and
Castellamare, and the latter TO Mes
sina' Leghorn and Naples.
There was one entrance of a foreign
vessel yesterday. the British steamer
Inkum, of 1888 net tons, entering con-
signed to ]. A. Merritt & Co.
1t is expected that the British
steamer Manx Isles, which arrived
mahogany logs, will finish unloading
today. She is at Commandments
wharf.
Chinese Shipping Enterprise.
1t is stated that the capital of the
China Merchants Steam Navigation
Company is to be extended to between
twelve and thirteen million dollars and
that some thirty additional vessels are
planned, ten to be placed on foreign
routes, including a line to Singapore.
Java, Bombay. Yokohama, Australia
and San Francisco. There are also
plans in connection with the ship
ping enterprise for the establishing Of
a new shipyard at Shanghai under
capital of about $4,000 The coolie
migrant traffic with some of these
ports offers exceptional opportunities
for profitable business, and this to-
gether with the low cost of Chinese
manned vessels it is believed will
make the work of raising funds for the
enterprise comparatively easy.
Information About New Orleans
Marine Journal: We have an in
quiry from a subscriber in Pittsburg
for authentic data in regard to the
steamboat New Orleans, built in the
former port in 1911, the centennial Of
which is to be celebrated October next
by the citizens Of Pittsburg. There
seems to be some doubt as to wheth-
a. A.
wheeler This vessel was built we be-
lieve by Fulton and Livingston, and If
any of our subscribers are aware Of
any papers left by these pioneers in
steamboat building, or If any organi-
cation has copy Of her dimensions
among its effects, we would be glad to
hear from such. 1t is proposed to
build a replica Of this vessel much the
same as was built of the Clermont two
years ago to celebrate the latter's first
successful trip up the Hudson, If re-
liable information can be obtained as
to her model or working plans.
Swimming Taught in Public Schools.
Swimming is to be taught in the
public schools of Philadelphia hereaf-
ter. Instruction will begin with the
pupils in the fourth grade in the ele-
mnetary schools, the boys to have les
sons four days and the girls two days
of each week. It is expected that by
the time the children have reached the
eighth grade they will have become
expert in the art, and that hundreds of
lives will thus be reasonably insured
against death from drowning. Instruc-
ton viii be given in the public swim
ming pools of the city.
A Sailing Vessels Earnings.
The auxiliary bark r. c. Rickmers.
now loading coal at Newcastle, Aus
tralia, is the first flve-mast bark that
has been seen in that port for more
than twenty years, when La France, a
British built craft, visited that port.
The Rickmers was built in 1906, and
during the first 942 days that she was
in commission she covered 10O,310
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