The New York herald., 1920-01-16
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Announcement made yesterday by W II
Grace & Co that fortnightly passenger service
/ from New York to the west coast of South Amer
lea is soon to be established, when two additional
steamships will be placed In the run by the Grace
| line This will make an eighteen day trip with
out change TO Valparaiso. Chill. after stops al
Callao. africa. Iquique and Antofagasta. Prior Ia
the the time was twenty-five days. with many
changes. At Valparaiso the traveller may take
the Trans-A ndcan Railroad. which will land him
| in Buenos Ayres in twenty-onc days from New
York. which Is faster that the direct water route
to the east coast. the announcement says.
/ Eight new tankers, six of 10 600 tons and two
Of 100 TONS for service between Mexican oil
ports and the United STAYS and for oversee
transporta ion of oil, have been ordered by the
Sinclair Petroleum Co. II was learned here yester-
day. The new tankers. which will bring the ocean
going fleet of the Sinclair company up to more
than 10 vessels. will be delivered late this coming
summer or early in the fall. About April there
will bc launched here by the same company the
first tank steamer under the Cuban flag This
vessel will be Of special type and will be
utilized 20 carry oil in the coastvise service.
str KicSapoo fro. Smyrna Nov %, with cargo
for New York was reported by wireless yesterday
as having lost one Of her propellers and leaking
about 200 miles east of the Virginia Capes. The
wireless report stated that the pumps were able
20 take Of the leak, bnt thht the hssistahoe
Of tug was required.
The Cunard Steamship Co yesterday announced
the receipt Of advices from Its home office stating
that twelve new vessels are now under constrnc.
tion for the Cunard transatlantic service TWO OF OF
late this spring. The others are the Frnnconia'
the Iaconia. the Sanaria, the fiburnia, the
Alaunia, the Aurania. the Antonia the Andan'a,
the Ansonla and the Ascanla Ihey rhhse III
length from 80 to 600 feet
Str Mopang hence for New Orleans, returned
yesterday with feed pumps out OF order
locations Of 13 fuel oil stations to supply
bunkers for steamships OF the United stare
SHINING hoard fleet were made public here yes
ter,iay Two Of these stations. one at st Thomas.
Virgin ISLANDS, with 11O,OnO barrel capacity and
the other nt Brest France with le,,Vp narrei
capacity are now In operation. Inc o'her s'hi"ns
Cor which tentative arrangements have been made
re:-pontn nclgada. tank barge Wasaeyu' .',WV
barrels, ready this month and TO serve until pr
maucnt station Is provided ape 'ep pI.or,a an
ginrs three tanks with 10000 barrel capacity !;
Constantinople three tanks, with lo9.WV ~ natrel '
canorty: Colombo three tanks. with l6o'ooo
barrel cspacity; shanghai. China, three tanks,
i05. 600 barrels; Manila, two tanks 10000 Mrrei
capnclty The foregoing stations u is eNPec,,eu P,
will be ready for operation Apri !, 10 ~ r,oo'ua" a
thcre win be two tanks OF llo.or narreis ca
pacity II possible ready for usc by June l. bur.
han VIII have three tanks OF lV''Vru parre,s ,olh'
capacity. possibly by July J, ana ut SSun's,
NSX tanks of which the capacity have not as
yet been determined. are expected 10 ne ready by
the same date At Rio dc 'Janeiro, station OF
10000 barrel capacity VIII. u Is eNpe'teu' "
ready for operation by March u
BARRY, Ian i5-Str Ardgowan nirl from Hull
Jan ! for New York, put in here today win en-
glno trouble.
HoSToN Ian i5-sir Lake Festiha. which AZ.
rived ,oday from Tocopila SC. lost one blade OF
propeller and blew out gasket to boiler.
GALVESTON. Jan 15-Str John NJ Emery, which
ran aground and was abandoned or brazes river
bar 18th will probably he salvaged
UONol iIU Jan Motor tn Pioneer. hence
for san Francisco. returned on account OF engine
trouble.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Jan 1J-Nith large
hole in her bottom the Coast anu Geodetic Survey
convcrted vncht Isis 2B5 net TONS was beached
todrv five miles south Of st Augustine without
injury 10 the crew Of fifty. The revenue ou''n
Yamacraw went 20 her aid
LONDON Jan ia telegram from Valencia
s,ates tbat str VaarH Cxorl from New York for
Barcelona Murseilcs auI Genoa. took fire PM
ian 10 in Nos = and 3 holds while AZ anchor; fire
continues 10 burn vessel now anchored In outer
port
str capines has arrived at Falmouth for re-.
pairs 10 machinery.
MIAAu, Fla, Jan 1o-Tvgs have been summoned