The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-02
Waterfropts Notes.


With a cargo of iron pyrites, the
Spanish steamship Cabo Cervera ar
rived Friday, and upon being released
from quarantine, came over to the
city, taking a berth in the slip, where
cargo will be discharged to cars for
interior shipment. It was stated
yesterday that the steamer win load
cargo at this point. This is one of
the first cargoes of this nature that
has been reported here In some time,
and will be discharged rapidly.
Arriving from Galveston, laden
with 100000 bushels of wheat for the
English government, the big Leyland
liner Nicosian, 4079 tons displace-
ment, steamed up to the coal chutes
for nearly one thousand tons of bunk
er. The steamer worked all night,
taking this supply and at an early
hour this morning is expected to
move out into deep water when a
deckload of sawn timber will be load
ed. Hence the Nicosian will go to
Liverpool, and it is expected the big
ship will be ready to go to sea by
dark.
The American barge Strange in tow
of the Mobile tug Echo, arrived yes
terday, coming from Havana to which
point the barge was towed some two
weeks ago with a cargo of lumber.
The Stranger comes on this occasion
consigned to the Stearns Lumber Co.,
and will fill out at once for return
trip to Cuban ports.
Clearing for Port Arthur, Texas
the American steamship William H
Murphy Is expected to get away some
time this morning and Captain Han
sen said yesterday afternoon that he
expected to be back in port in about
six weeks. From Pensacola the steam
| er will go to Port Arthur for a fuel
oil supply, thence will proceed Il
Orange, Texas, for a cargo of lun-
Der for Trinidad. At that point Il
is expected cargo for Nicaragua viii
be secured and at Cape Gracias the
Murphy will load another cargo Of
mahogany logs for Pensacola. As
stated, the round trip is expected tt
consume less than two months.
Early next week it is expected that
the Spanish steamship Wilma vii
reach Pensacola for a miscellaneous
cargo, a part of which will be cottor
and naval stores. A deckload of tim,
Der is. also understood to have beer
booked for the Wilma, which is one Of
L. xx,oIT Irr1rvn Ena~1
Quite number of people spent Fri
. day afternoon over the bay on SAINT:
Rosa Island. Dozens enjoyed a splash
in the surf, it was reported, upon thu
return of the parties last night.
| Anchored in the stream and read,
for cargo, the barge Stranger, which
arrived only yesterday, caused man,
to believe that the steam tug E. Z
!, Simpson, sent to search the gulf 70
schooner in distress, had found ant
, returned with the object of search
, The Stranger, which is a hull wit
. no spars standing, is in the barg
business between gulf ports and tn
/, Island of Cuba, and at first glanc
presents the appearance of a vesse
which had been through storm an
had suffered in consequence there
I of.
Work of unloading lumber fror
the wrecked schooner J. e. duBigno
proceeded a little more rapidly yes
terday, it was reported, than had bee
! the case in the several days this wor'
! has been, carried on. The schoone
4 and cargo, according to copy of wrec'
\ report filed in the Pensacola custor
q house,, represents a total valuatio
I of SIG, 600.
Returning from weekly voyag
4 down the coast, the steamer Tarpo
! is looked for about daylight, and
expected to bring here several hur
bred barrels of rosin, which will b
loaded on railroad cars for transpol
tation to the storage yards north G
i the city.
8 After a stay of several days oppc
site the aeronautical station, the d.
i stroyer Roe came up to point oppt
site the city late yesterday and ar
4 chored for the night.