The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-21
HARDOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES or INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

NOTeS OF tNTEH.ST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.
The river steamers Capt Fritz, Eu-
gene and J. P. Williams arrived IN
port yesterday, all bringing fair car
goes Of naval stores, and are loading
return cargoes OF merchandise. feed
stuff and groceries.
The British steamer GrantIey, which
entered yesterday from Ponaarou.
brought in cargo OF 2.71o tons Of sui
phur ore, which is being discharged at
the L. & N. wharf.
The British steamer Ca1liope. from
Port Arthur for Nantes. with cargo,
put into port yesterday for coal.
which was supplied by the Gulf Tram
sit Co.
Several fishing vessels, which have
been at sea for several weeks, are ex-
pected to reach port today or tounor
row. None have arrived since Satar-
| day.
The steamer Capt Fritz which plies
betwene Pensacola. Freeport and way
owners being Capt, J. N Rogers, J. J.
| Tucker and Jesse Sharon. Capt Roy
ers formerly owned the vessel. AMI
sold her few months ago to other
parties.
The gasoline schooner Two Boys hxs
been bought by Jno. q. welsh from
Dave Levy. The schooner WI be
used as fishing boat.
The tank steamer William r. Herrin.
building for the Associated OIL Conn
pany BY the Newport News Shfpbuila-
ing and DRY DOCK Company, went an
trial trip Saturday. She WIN be the
fourth vessel to be completed at that
yard this year.
The Canadian Northern Fisheries
Company. OF Victoria. B, c., has ha3
Eve new steam wha1ers built In Nor
way recently, to which 1t has given
the odd names of White, Black. Green,
Blue and Brown. These vessels are
each SS feet long, Is feet beam and 3
feet deep. and their design is sorne-
what of an Improvement over the for
ner whalers employed by this com.
pany.
The Austrian governrn emit has adopt
ed naval program carrying an ex-
penditure Of 81, 100000 for battieship
construction and an outlay Of $4,000. :
900 within six years for warsfips gen.
orally. The creation OF q feet OF at
least sixteen hrst-class battleships is
contemplated.
The British naval program for the
ensuing year includes the construction
OF FIVE dreadnoughts. three protected
cruisers. one unarTnored cruiser,
twenty destroyers. six submarines and
an increase OF 5000 men IN the naval
personnel. The naval estimates issued
so far provide for the expenditure Il
s2z1, se2,50o an Increase Of $1s,ooo,ooo
over last year.
It f. expected that the plans anj
specifications for the two revenue
cutters authorized by the last congress
viii be modified 50 az to provide for
smaller vessels. No bids were received
from private yards when they were
advertised for these vessels recently, In
consequences Of the eight-hour law ap-
plying, and congress failed to author
lie their construction In q navy yard
before it adjourned.
H L CrandalI & Son Company. East
Boston, are equipring the marine rail-
way in the yard OF Stearns & McKay,
at MarbJeheads Mass. with electric
power in place Of steam.
The Newport News shipbuildins and
Dry Dock Company was the lowest
bidder for two oil barges last week TO
be built for the Isthmian Canal Com
mission at cost Of about $4,000 each.
This company recently completed four
barges for the canal commission
The total displacement Of the
Chinese navy at present Is 45.07o tons
and comprises second class cruiser.
third class cruisers, 3 torpedo gu~-
boats, 81 gunboats. 20 torpedo boats.
The recently-organized navy depart
ment Of China has adopted a program
which provides for the building Of s
first class battleships. 20 or more
cruisers, 20 gunboats, the organization
of two torpedo boat fiotillas, and the
establishment Of four nava; ports. The
new fleet will have 9 total displace-
ment of 100000 tons.
The Electric Boat Company, which
has a plant in the Fore River Ship
building Company's yard at Quincy.
Mass, was the lowest bidder for sub
marine torpedo boats the t4th Of this
month, when bids were opened at ths
navy department IN Washington.
Many Ships Bought.
Since last April the Weekly SUM
mary Of Shipping IN Great Britain has
published list Of one hundred British
sailing vessels sold to foreigners. fifty
Eve per cent Of which passed under
the Norwegian nag. Inasnuch as only
2,s5e tons of sailing vessels were built
for British owners during 1910, while
916,S tons Of steam vessels were con-
structed for the same, it Is evident
that the day Is fast approaching when
the extinction OF the former viii he
complete The reason given for the
economy is that steam vessels arc
more effective and seaworthy than sau.