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Brunswick Builds Another Steain-
Boat, and Commits, Her
to the Waves.
A steamboat launching in Bruns
wick!
This is now the third we have had,
but it is not yet become common
enough to excite no interest
The new boat is a steam launch
for Messrs. Mason & McCauley, the
pushing ship chandlers on Bay street,
who will use her in their business.
And she is a beauty.
Not more than a dozen people knew
that these young gentlemen were con
templating such a bold step as build
ing a steamboat, and When she was
brought through the orty yesterday
on a large • wagon, many people
opened their eyes, and the questions
dew thick and fast.
THE LAUNCHING
Took .place at 12 o’clock, just in rear
of McClure’s planing mill, and was
witnessed, in addition to the -gang
of workmen, by Mayor Dunn, Capt.
•Dixon, G. H. Merrifield, J. P. Hughes,
•Bon •Borchardt, Henry Williams, J«o,
'Greer, Bill McClure, three ship Cap
•tains, two reporters, the .proprietors
and the builder, and a half dozen
•other persons.
Ed Mason sat in her as she slid
'into the water, and, breaking the hot
tie on her bows, christened her
“Janie,” in honor of Miss Janie‘Gus
tin, of Savannah, n friend of Mr. Geo.
McCauley.
She sat in the water like a 'duck,
and when the scribe came away, M r.
Mason was talking about fining up
for a trial trip.
The little steamer is twenty-two
feet and six inches over all 'iu length
:flvc feet beam, and draws about 20
inches of water. Her model is ex
quisite, the old salts say, and they
predict for her an easy and swift
movement She is provided with a
small marine engine of four horse
power, with upright boiler, which
makes hen- eighteen inch propeller
spin around at a lively gait, and gives
a speed <>f about eight miles per
hour.
She is arranged to'be TKa by two
men, one steer, ami one to tend
the engine, but it will be .easy for
even a single man to operutd her sue
eessfullv. She is supplied with coal
bunkers .and water taxikseo arranged
as to occupy very little spaoe, and al
low tiie greatest possible room for
carrying capacity. She is a complete
steamboat, With signal bells, steer
ing wheel, and ever)’ requisite.
WHO nUILTHElt.
She was built right here iu Bruns
wick—that’s the best part of it—and
she was built by a Brunswick man,
Mr. II. O. Tain as, the ship carpenter,
designed her in every particular, and
built her from the keel up. Messrs,
Mason & McCauley told him some
months ago about what character of
boat was neoded, and from this Mr.
Tolnas made the model, drew- the
plans and built the boat at his resi
dence on Georgestrect. Her timbers
arc of live oak, copper fastened, .with
eyress planking, and intended to be
here for many years to come—as Mr.
Geo. McCauley admiriugly remark
ed: “Not a man-of-war in the U- S
navy is built any stronger.than site.”
Mr. Tolnas is a practical ship
builder, of many years experience, a
Norwegian by birth, who took up lids
residence among us several years
ago* He has done • •-osid. -i.bLe ship
and boat work ;:i Brunswick, but this
takes rank above iliet .U, and re
flects great.credit qn<u his skill.
All the iron work of the boat was
.made at Btiesenick's foundry under
the personal supervision of Mr. Geo.
MieCauley. The engine and boiler
.alone were imported, and these Mr.
McCauley himself set up, and will
•warrant that it is well done.
We congratulate the energetic pro
prietors on making such a bold step
in their business, but we believe they
will b e more than repaid by the ser
vice rendered then). Their business
is almost exclusively with vessels,
•and thus equipped a trip to a vessel
in the harbor or sound will be of
small moment.
present bed in the mud nat ure
B. A W. dock, an old iron hull of
some kind that long ago ceased to
interest the average Brunswickian,
but in these latter days so many
strangers pass that spot, and want to
know what thaAsurious shaped iron
thing can possibly, be, some one has
sought to get even with the inquisi
tive passer-by, and has therefore la
beled it—
“This Torpedo
used at
Port Royal in 1863.”
And now even the old citizens, who
have seen that old hull lie there for
twenty odd years, arc wondering
what it can be, and, if a torpedo, how
the “plaguay thing was ever fired.”
For the benefit of the seeker after
truth we will state that Capt. James
Clubb informs us that this object
which has so suddenly come into no
tice is an old bell buoy that used to
be anchored on Doboy bar in 1858,
’59 and ’60. In ’61 it broke from its
moorings during a fearful northeast
gale, and was washed up on St. Si
mons beach, and later on was towed
up to Brunswick and left where it
•now lies. The Captain informs us
that it has guided him to sea with at
least, 150 vessels that he has towed
•out from the port of Darien and Do
boy. Tire bell was hung in the mid
dle o»f tbe boat or baoy, and every
movement of the water caused it to
ring, thus wnrning off the mariner
from a dangerous shoal, even at night;
when too dark t« see the buoy.
Brunswick as a Shipping Port'
The great desideratum in shipping
lumber is to get it to market as
cheaply as possible. All lumber ship
ped to Brunswick over our roads
comes for freight alone, except such
as comes over the B. <fc W. and has
to be transferred to the East Ten
nessee docks, which is charged $1 00
per car load -extra.
Not so, however, with lumber ship
ped over the S. F. & W. to Savannah.
Lumber on (that road is considered
at its .journey’s end when it
reaches the yard limits. A
transfer the docks below costs
•f2 per ear, or about 50 cents per thou
sand, which is charged up as stor
age. Wharfage here is 20 cents
per thousand and there 25 cents.
This gives Brunswick the advantage
of 55 cents .per thousand on timber
over our sister city, and some people
think 50 cents per shousand a fail-
profit in handling lumber. Bruns
wick has many advantages over oth
er lumber ports, which if realized
fully by lumber men, fvould bring
many more of them to our port.
AriotherLong Line.
Captain Dart, of the Brunswick
Street Railway Company, is arrang
ing for another belt line. He now
proposes putting in ahother line as
follows: Beginning at tbe stables,
runs east as far as Mr. Spears resi
dence, thence southward to.the'Ris-
ley school, thence eastward to the
neighborhood of West Hardy’s place,
thence due south to Monk street, and
down Monk to the point of intersec
tion with present line at Putnam’s
stables.
This will be a great convenience
and benefit to those living near or on
the other side of the new line. It
will save many a hot or cold and dis
agreeable walk. The thanks of the
people arc certainly due Capt. Dart
for this new enterprise.
Those Overworked Men.
We called attention recently to the
soiled ulcs of tbe E. T. V. & G. and
the recent cutting down of the work
ing force on this end of the road. We
again call attention to this matter to
show the real hardship worked, and
to illustrate, we will take one indi
vidual conductor and show his runs.
A, for instance, leaves Atlanta at
2:45 p. m. Monday; he reaches
Brunswick (300. miles) at 2 o’clock
that night (if on time); be remains
in Brunswick until 8:15 n. m. Tues
day and leaves for Atlanta, reaching
there nt 9:20 at night He leaves
AtlantaWednesday morning and runs
to Macon, 100 miles, returns to At
lanta Thursday by noon, and Thurs
day night lenves Atlanta at 12:30 for
Brunswick, reaching here nt 11:30
Friday, and starts baek that after
noon at 3:40,. reaching Atlanta at
6:10 Saturday morning.
The baggage men, if wc are not
misinformed, have even less time to
rest than the conductors. The en
gineers belong in the “motive power”
department, and under a different
boss who allows them to stop over at
Jcsup, tlius getting needed rest and
sleep.
As a matter of course, the crews
of these various trains have to “grin
and bear it" for thcy r can’t afford to
lose their jobs. Wo call attention to
these tilings not at the solicitation
of the men, but of our own accord, iu
of Gloucester (the BouIevaTuynr
—the other on south side of. George
to Cochran avenue, (the railroad
track). Wc will not, at this writing,
discuss the proprtety of this move
which has some Berious objections on
the fnce of them.
1st. They run a long ways off from
the business part of the city, which
is unlike the policy pursued by most
towns.
2d. Oneofthem—the George street
line—touches but two important lots
in its whole course—contrary to plan
usually carried out—sidewalks being
built mainly for the benefit of those
people immediately interested.
3d. Sidewalks should be petitioned
for by people who, themselves, ex
pect to aid in the payment of the ex
pensc.
But, as we stated above, we have
not brought up the subject to dis
cuss these features, but to suggest
that if such a measure is carried out,
we can see no reason why the full
width should be put down—a three
or four foot’ walk is all that would
be needed on a great portion of either
of these routes. wider walk than
this on the Dixvillo line especially
would soon lie grown over on the out
er edges with grass as is some other
unnecessary walks now down.
We throw out these suggestions in
behalf of the many poor people along
these lines who should not be need
lessly burdened.
Tw o Gala Bays.
A committee of citizens are dis
cussing the (Propriety of making No
vember 28tii and 29th Gala Days in
this city by inviting here on that oc
casion tlie fire companies of the State
and tlie various gun clubs of this
section. The idea is to offer prizes
for the eliamjmmship in these de
partments. and work up a big entku
siasm, thus waking up tlie latent cn
ergies of the people.
Eastman Waking Up.'
The citizens of Eastman held an
.enthusiastic iukss meeting Saturday
to formulate a plan to properly place
before the world the great advan
tages of their section as a health re
port. By this time next week a pho
tographer will be taking photos of
.the various places of interest iu the
vicinity of Eastmszi and matter will
he about ready for the printers.
Good Fishing.
Mr. Ben Falun, iu charge of the
Clara, doing quarantine duty on the
south of us, reports fishing good.
Whilst at anchor they have nothing
to do but fish, and here is tlie result
for about eleven days time:
Seventy-two old drum and seven
channel bass, averaging 35 pounds
apiece—total 2,765 pounds. They
have now some ten or a dozen big
fellows tied at their station awaiting
a chance for shipment.
the interest of common humanity.
Moral: If you want men to render
good service, give them a living
chance, and show them that you ap
predate their services, and when ne
cessity arrives they will look to your
interests at every hnjtfSrd.
Wc respectfully spbinit the above
to tlie consideration of the officers
and owners of the E. T. V. & G. R. R,
trusting that they will give it due
thought and relieve these overwork
ed men by [lotting back an entire
crew that lias been taken off of this
run.
Lumber Men Sad.
Every lumber man that comes to
the city from the Hues of road says
the lumber business is not what it
ought to be—that lumber is scarce
along the roads, and it costs more to
get tlie logs from tlie woods by their
tramways than formerly, and that
the roads have gone up on price of
hauling. They claim that if these
two evils continue the lumber busi
ness of this country will dry up lit
erally. To add to their troubles lum
ber is worth less money by $5 per
thousand feet, so with freights 25
Cent higher, logs harder to get, and
prices lower, tlie average lumberman
cries out for tbe “days of auld lung
sine.’’
Railroad officials should take this
problcm'in hand and make what con
cessions they can in order to perpet
uate this source of wealth.
New Equipments.
The Riflemen are in luck. Capt.
Dart has just returned from Atlanta
whither he had gone to secure new
equipments for his Company. lie
secured new belts, cartridge boxes,
etc., and will, ns soon as possible,
have new guns—the latest improved.
A Company is fortunate who has a
good worker at the helm. In this
respect both the Riflemen and the
Horse Guards arc fortunate.
A Beautiful Home.
A traveler along the B. & W. R. R.
in the neighborhood of Nahunta
would not suppose that only a few
miles away the country changes and
furnishes some elegant residence lots.
On one of these lots Mr. P. H. Baker
has put a nice home which he pro
poses to beautify and adorn until it
shall blossom anil bloom like an oasis
in the forest of pines that thrive in
that section. 51 r. M. A. Baker, the
plumber, went up there this week
to see what would be wanted in the
way of plumbing, as the house is to
be furnished with water throughout,
supplied by a four-inch artesian well.
Mr. Baker is one of the successful
turpentine men of that section. Be
sides his farm lie lias erected a mill
and will furnish tlie market with
lumber, which will bo brought to the
railroad on a tram.
Tlie Y. M. C. A. “Gym”.’Class
The young gentlemen athletes of
tlie Y. M. C. A. gave a public exhibi
tion oftheir skill to admiring friends
Monday night in the gymnasium un
der tlie leadership of Mr. F. McC,
Brown, which certainly showed a pro
ficiency not looked for. The young
gentlemen entered upon their labors
with real zest, and crowned them
selves with laurels. All did well—
remarkably well. After the main
features of the evening were over,
Messrs. Brown, Bnlch and Gunby
gave exhibitions of their specialties
that were equal to professionals.
Tlie young gentlemen seemed to
enjoy the exercise very much, and
the guests present, particularly the
ladies, went home feeling that their
labors for the Y. M. C. A. were'not
lost. The n?xt public exhibition
will lie at the ball, when the whole
class will be out.
the freshman class, in
this, his first year, he iias been pro
moted to a eurporalcy inj the compa
ny for proficiency in scholarship and
high marks in deportment. This is
a laurel not often worn by freshmen
boys in their first year.
Mr. F. L. Stanton, the original and
brilliant journalist, who has made a
State reputation as editor and poet
of the Smith vllle News, has accepted
a position on the editorial staff of the
Tribune of Rome.
Tuscaloosa, Ain., has an emulator
of the Whitechapel murderer. In
that city recently four negro men
have been murdered mysteriously,
and their heads almost severed from
their bodies.
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HEARTBURN, t.rVEB INDIGESTION,
DYSPEPSIA, COMPLAINT, JAUNDICE,
BV USING THE GENUINB
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GUNS
“Half Bushel to the Hill.”
The fall of 1888 is proving a big
one for tlie potato crop of the county.
Tlie ground is literally bursting with
the accumulating and growing roots.
Mr. C. B. Moody, who lives over the
river, brought in this morning the
product of a single hill—all connect
ed to the mother seed—which fills a
half bushel measure. With such a
ycld our farmers ought to Lave fat
stock of all kinds this season. In
speaking of his crop Mr. Moody said
that he “would have potatoes until
he couldn’t rest”—an expression
meaning a superabundance.
The New York Herald thinks “It
might lie interesting to interview
some of the prominent Mormons on
the great question of the day, Js
marriage a failure?"
CIUHRLIAILOIBED SHELLS
FOR SALE BY
PALMER BROS.
SAVANNAH, GA.
WHY IS IT! WHO CAN TELL ?
T IIE world i. wise, science i. progressive, men
are shrewd at gutwsing, but no one cun ex-
Alain the following strange condiiton at things
liappcning every day.
A number ot people nro beginning to “nil - ”
they complain of slight Indisposition; the sick-
ne s progresses until ttnnlly one will have con'
sumption. Another catarrh, another kidney troub
lc, and worst of nit.some will lie afflicted will,
that terrible malady, cancer. And to think that
ordiiiniy prudence In the beginning would have
saved us from any of these dreadful visitors.
Cancer has taken off some of our strongest aiert
and women lately, and others are stricken with
it. The reflection that the dead might lie living
ami the alfllctcd be In good health (had tbo prop
er means*been used) is not a pleasant one. That
king of ml blood purifiers.
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Grlflin.G.u
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FOR SALE
500 Fence Posts, lightwood, cypress
and cedar.
100 cords oak, bickoiy and -ceder
wood.
3ST. DIXOIT,
Wood yard, on Union street, bet ween 1 Mans
field and Howe streets.