New-York tribune., 1921-05-25
Maritime Miscellany
NE W YORK


May 2t-The Steamship EcIinee n, +bo
Gntstd Amerlcan Line, the first America n
arelgnter electrically propelled. was in
Sptcted by party of fifty naval archi-
gineers. en-
a., The Eclipse. which arrived in this port
leW Gays ago, finished a run OF 90 500
mlies, during which time the machinery
To make repair.
The new Shipping Board passenger Iinar
silver State. flying the nag Of the Sdr1ireI 1iIre
Line, arrived here yesterday from Newnor+
EeTs IN EsfS on d her maiden voyage. She is now
tbo ~ Hrte Re BASIN; She Will be loaded here by
tne L barber Lines and will sail for Seattle
ny the way OF Havana Panama and Pa
''HG Th eoast a,sI ports on June 4
CONNIE ne silver state which has just been
80 60 was punt oy Inc Newport News
Try DOCK and ShipbulIding COMPANY. she
- - o'o neet IN length nd has speed OF
Vii II na hnoes At Seattle the Silver state
, ~ , oe asslened 10 the regular trans -Pacifc
SCI ice Of the Pacific Steamship Conoant.
to. 's ne stone state, another Of the 525-
loot passenger liners built for the shin
Plns beard, win go on her sna trials 1rhmr.-
GGaE, ne keystone State was built at
yorI' o,tu 81 y. n. > . at the yards OF the New
iork Snlpouilding Corpora ton
- ne vessel is sister ship of the recent
~ iaohciled passenger liner Silver stare
] ]mese SHIPS. Of the familiar 5S5-foot nas
Sehger liner type butft for the Shinnfn,r
Hoard, cost approximately 500 n00 ~ . .
80 St"ne state has been aiiocated 10 ths
NGn1Iral 5rbn Line to trans Pacific service
~. 4 ANN
which ashore Off East Chom ~ ~ }'
mouse, arrived here to-day. -'s''
BOSION, May 24-rne str Pocahon+ag
frnr5 wnrCh sent wireless call for ai1 to -day
because of boiler troBe was 1ialtfng "a as Is
Ne" port, X !. under her own ateam Al
ABOUT lour knots an hour at 3 n N, fFast
erh standard time, and expected to he ahjo
90 make port unassSted. Word TO This
by radio. '"'e ''-uaE
Her position at ; O'Clock was given g.
tsetCuoe 49' - longitude 70.e2. She sailed
from New York Yesterday for Naples and
Genoa . VIA Boston with 200 passengers
NORFOLK, May 24-The steel freirh,o,
Susana, sold a public auction to gstjs[
a claim Of $4,000 against her. has beer
nj by the Equitable Trust Company
Of New York for Sl01 900 The succaesfiil
bidder was the original libeliant, hayjnr
MED a claim based on a note apainst h.,
vessel on April II.
The susanna has a registered net TONNAGE
OF 23oS, Is 250.1 feet in length AZ feet
broad and 24.7 feet deep. she was hrIit
IN sunderland, England, and was formerly
owned ny the Steamship susanna CORPORA
t'o9, chartered in Delaware.
A9HlNGTON. May 24-Hcward W.
OF Commerce in Germany, cabIes tbat
curing the first quarter of the wear the
mum per OF departures at she port of Ham
ours totaled i,734 vessels, as compared
with 9s6 for the corresponding porioS of
the previous year.
Consul General Lahian. al Kingston
cables that the Governor or Jamaica hs4
proposed to the Legislattve Council ,bs
Kingston be made free port ''(a OF can 'Fac far =
three years to Australian and New Zoa-
lana steamships ordinarily passing through
the Panama Canal from and 10 EuroDa
ana me eastern coast OF the United states.
making ~ possible for these ships 10 un-
redistribution. 40'