The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-15
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.


is among the late arrivals Of the
Saunders fleet, bringing in a catch of
10000 pounds of snappers.
The steamer Edna c. arrived in port
yesterday with a large cargo Of rosin
and turpentine, which will be dis
charged today.
The river steamers Eugene and Fritz
sailed yesterday morning for Freeport
and way points with large miscellane-
Gus cargoes.
The steamer Tarpon sailed last night
for points down the coast with a full
cargo of freight and number OF pas
sengers.
The steamer Manteo arrived IN port
yesterday in command of Capt. Seldom,
who has succeeded Capt. Young as
commander Of that vessel
Foreign arrivals at New York dur
ing February numbered 800 steamers
1 ship. 2 barks. 8 schooners. total sos.
Coastw1se arrivals numbered 192
steamers. bark, 100 schooners, total
313.
It Is stated that pontoons are to be
used in an effort to raise the United
States cruiser Yankee, sunk in Buzz
yards Bay. and that compressed air for
this purpose will be abandoned, as IL
has been found impossible to pump it
between the lower and second decks
as originally planned, because not only
was the spar deck of the cruiser blown
out on December II, 1909, when an at
tempt was made to raise her by COM
pressed air, but also a 15-foot section
Of the gun deck was forced out.
The recent Incorporation Of the
Eastern Transportation Company un-
der the laws of the state of Delaware
made 1t necessary to transfer the
barges Timothy J. Hooper. Margaret
M. Donohue, Mary, A. Hooper, Will
liam L. Donohue and John T. Dono-
hue at the Baltimore custom house.
The fleet Of the new merger, which
comprises several smaller concerns.
will aggregate about 1000 net tons
and will have a carrying capacity of
about 5000 tons. The value of the
equipment is fully 100000.
The steamer Yale, which formerly
ran out of New York to Boston in con-
junction with the Harvard, arrived in
San Diego, Cal, on her first trip March
4. where she was welcomed with con-
siderable ceremony. The San Diego
Chamber of Commerce gave a recep-
ton for the officials of the Pacific
Navigation Company, which is operat-
ing these steamers, and opportunity
was given to the public to inspect the
Yale.
The new Cunard liner Franconia
arrived In New York March after a
voyage of days. hours and SIS min
utes. She is 625 feet long, ~ feet
beam, has a displacement Of $4,000
tons, and is designed for the Boston
Liverpool service of the Cunard line.
The Mersey Tides.
In order to overcome the high and
low tidal range in the Mersey, land
ing stages are employed. The latest
addition to these is known as the
Princes Stage, which at various times
has been enlarged until 1t now meas
ures 247S feet in length and 80 feet in
width. Eight bridges connect with
the shore, besides floating bridge $50
feet in length and 35 feet in width.
The largest transatlantic liners berth
at the northern part Of the stage, and
the steamers maintaining regular SER
vices between Liverpool and Dublin,
Belfast and other Irish ports, also use
this port The southern half is appro-
propriated to smaller vessels and fer
ry traffic. This latter is enormous
More than 80, 900, 900 passengers cross
ing annually to Rock Ferry and New
Ferry, Birkenhead, Seacombe, Eyre
mont, and New Brighton, Extreme
spring tides in the Mersey reach a
height of SO feet, while neap tides at
tain only about IL feet, hence the me-
cessity of this method of landing pas.
sengers-Marine Journal
Arrived.
Venetia, Br IS, Lewis, PATS, Para, to
J. A. Merritt & Co.
Cleared.
Venetia, Br SO. Lewis, 2333, for Port
Arthur with 215 tons of coal.
MacdiarTnid, Ital ship, Simonetti
1868. for Rio Janeiro, with 1,1s0, 900 6
It lumber.
VESSELS IN PORT.