The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-03
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
-,ne TRANSACTIONS AND
rs or INTEREST ALONG
-ur BAY FRONT.

s~srfsh steamer Gracia will
1hs - for Tampa, where she will
paw ..,eraI thousand tons of phos-
laa ot after which she will return
Sa,s .sac1la and complete her cargo
h this port
...s~er Castano from Pensacola
Inc I'D I'D at Hamburg, and the
fas az. yoantsfields, hence, has ar
siys5 a. Genoa.
..sa-ers Rollo and J. P. Will
} hr ,,S15rated taking on cargoes yes
Shs sT-rroon and will sail today
:. luF PlgCswater river points.
~,. s,tooner Lucy H. sailed yester-
Lax corning for St. Andrews with a
- cargo Of merchandise.
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To Increase SaiIings.
TIM New Orleans Porto Rico service
=, che New York and Porto Rico
S,ssrrshfp Company is to be increased
.t,lf October to weekly sailings in
lo...1 NJ every ten days, as at pres
..f Two new ships for the freight
Itrgda have recently been added to this
',rra and a third is being built. With
f. opaDing Of the fall season, a pass
|.nger shin will also be sent to New
|GrIsaDs by this line to run regularly
|to Porto Rico.
Can This Be True7
Marine Journal: Inefficient lighting
In the coast of California is given as
he principal reason for the wreck OF
|t5s steamship Santa Rosa recently
|rsar Point Arquello. just north OF
Santa Barbara, and the government is
Esing severely criticised by masters OF
|sgstEise vessels for its unWiSe policy
h this regard. The growing import
|snce nj the shipping on the west coast
hi on country. it seems, would war
liant this matter receiving attention
Ind adequate provision being made tc
Insure safs navigation there If the day
k-d right marks are not now what
+hav should be- In the meantime it is
jrrerestlrg to note that the Twelfth
clubhouse District, which extends
iron rnr boundary between California
Ind Nexico 10 the boundary between
Cslif0rris and Oregon and includes
the lighthouse service of Guam, the
Midway. the Hawaiian, and the Sa-
moan Islands has only 1l3 lighted aids
ard 335 unlighted aids to shipping out
rf d grand total of 12,0S2 such aids
maintained hy the government. This
too is the lowest number for any dis
rict outside Of the tenth, which en-
braces a lake and inland river terri,
tory
The New Tug S. o. Brown,
The new steel harbor tug S. o
Brown launched from the yard of the
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company
Port Richmond, the 22nd, for the Eas'
Jersey Railroad and Terminal Com.
Iany was built under the supervision
and direction Of P. Fl. Laverie, chic,
surveyor in the United States for the
bureau Ferttas, the requirements o.
W7lch she viii meet. Her dimensionj
Fre 70 by 20 by IL -12 feet deep ant
y is equipped with a vertical direct
Ictlng compound engine, with high
lressure cylinder 16 inches In diane
kr low pressure 80 inches, and strok
\ inches. Her boiler is of the Scotcl
|y1e J. feet long by 13 IL feet in di
|nster A special fire pump with
|aracity Of at least LOO gallons
minute, with fire gun and necessar.
bose connections, will be supplied an
FITTED. Her electrical generating Sc
v.l he furnished by the General Elec
'rs Company, and the vessel will b
-sated by electricity throughout. Mis-
Flora Laverie, daughter of Mr.. La
s''e christened the tug.
Neglect of the Lead Did II.
Marine Journal: During the Cunarl
ines many years of successful opera
pom, not equaled by any other steam
E2jp line in the transatlantic trade, tn
.@nsIring of a master for negligen
navigation has seldom, II ever occur
''d This exemplary record, however
vas broken recently by the captain o
|na Cunarder Ivernia, which vesse
struck Daunt's Rock May "a and wa
)1slderably damaged thereby, reach
|ns Queenstown with her forward com
lHtments filed with water. Tn
Weather was thick, but it was fount
UPON Investigation that the Ivernii
vas proceeding at a higher rate 0
I2sed than was prudent. and that he
osiuon was not verified by the lead
Is consequence he was censured ant
ned $3.50 by the investigating com
1'ttee Nine tenths of the disaster
'at occur through the stranding o
Sse!S of all classes is through tn,
gtect OF that simple but valuable ait
ra.s l. \