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Self Propelled Steel Barge Line On The Savannah River.
W’hat It Means To Greater Augustas Future Growth
EH ”■ -Savannah Navigation
l,^H» l . - organized for the pur-
rating a line of barges from
Htn Savannah.
Wallace was elected
; ' with George R. Stearns,
|O|E president; E. H. Callaway,
president; Landon A.
Hr. ;'Miivr, and Messrs. David
.las P. Doughty, directors.
Anderson was selected gen
traffic manager. Their
:tn< ss for the positions they
are the sole consideration
mploy inent by the company.
H>rgr s are under construction
&M Ra.-ino-Truscott Shell-Lake
■i |r;niy of Muskegon, Michi
they will will ire delivered
Georgia, anywhere from
HH to the fifteenth of Septem
|H will then be put into coin
rapidly as possible and the
■ of the barge line will lie im
|H a Great Distributing Point.
HM.ii the operation of this barge
call lie brought from New
Philadelphia and Haiti -
Augusta and distributed from
i.i all points throughout th_>
■ nis territory.
will be left undone to in-
service and the quick dc
freight. The tariff on all
will he published in oni
■ n'lii and the executive officers
Hompany will be ready at all
adjust matters -with its cli-
a matter comes up for
there will be no rod tape
Hiessary delay, ftom any cause.
pos,. and aim of the n an
is to conduct the barge line
with the rigid exactitude with
Hither lines are conducted and
■e away from slipshod methods
HiUle. And tjiey believe they
Ht tile right -men to do this.
Hi be a through line at firs;,
H simply between Augusta an 1
Hilt and allowing the packet
How in operation to take care
Hloeal business at, intermediate
H But as time and circumstances
Hrate the needed addition to the
may find that the local
Hs. too, can be taken care of.
of the Barges.
will be 150 feet long, 30
Hm and five feet depth at side,
about four feet of water when
B conditions of the river they
Bpv a greater cargo, say 350 tons
B will he of first-class steel
and absolutely fireproof.
Bull will have five water-tight
dividing it into six com-
Bits so that they will be unsink-
B snags, even if the rigid steel
B and plating failed to be ample
IHm.
Bergo will he carried in a steel
cargo hox. 100 feet long, 10
Brie and 15 feet high. Abaft 1 1 1 *
will he tlto engine en
|B. mess rooms and engineers’
and on top of the cargo
B\V]l he the pilot house and
■ the latter with staterooms an 1
■facilities for the officers. .'ll
enclosures will h,. of flre
■ metal construction, even the
M being of metal.
M Self-Propelling Barges.
■ boats will .be self-propelle 1,
■rine gas engines and Galusha
■oducers being the motive powe r
■ Each barge will 'have two 75-
Bower engines driving twin-screw
■ ers.
■>vel feature of the vessels, so far
vicinity is concerned, will be
■innels it. which tile screw pro
■ will operate. The tops of these
■s will he above the water-line,
when the vessel is heavily
■, but the. action of the-propel
■ eeps the water up to the top
■ .Linnels and so enables much
to be used than would
■vise be practicable.
■act, the tunnel feature is whit
■ possible the modern high-speed
gas engines with screw pro
■ in place of the old cumbersome
■wheel, driven by low speed and
■ inefficient steam engines.
■le a novelty in thoes parts, the
■ type of construction is by no
■ new, having 'oeen used for many
B for river navigation in all parts
Be world.
II The Tunnel Type of Barge.
le gas producer is also a novelty
Boat propulsion in this vicinity,
Bigh it, too, lias passed the experi
lal stage and, in fact, has been
I very extensively on shore. In
Btion, it resembles the big blast
Ices in which iron is smelted, but
I much smaller scale, and with tao
I ore, of course, left out.
Isentiiilly, the producer is simply
lick lined retort in which coal is
■ led by the heat of its own coin
ion, or rather the combustion oi a.
| of the coal, and a mixture of coal
land w.ater gas is given off to be
I in the gas engine just as gaso-
I vapor is used in automobile en
l all of the coal is converted into
ler gas or ash, there is no smoke, so
I the familiar sight , of'the smoke
thing stacks of the old river boats
Ibe noticeably lacking. With the
1-nce of smoke there results not
f economy of operation, but the
leer of the cargo being ignited by
Iks or hot flue gases is entirely
binated thereby.
Eleetrjoa! Lighting,
he Barges will be lighted by dee
ply, each barge having a dynamo
ten by one of the main engines
supplemented by a storage bat-
A powerful searchlight will
k-. it possible' for the boats to oper
with safety bj- night.
.nother novel feature will he the
Uric whistles with which the boats
be equipped, steam whistles being
of tile question on vessels which
without steam boilers. These
trie whistles are much like the
ton horns, but are on a much
ier scale.
I'hile the barges themselves win
entirely fireproof, the possibility of
in the cargo has been provided
inst by unusually elaborate fira
-1 tingr apparatus. Each barge will
e a Worthington two-stage Class
Underwriters' fire pump, with a
acity of 30C gallons per minute,
with permanent connections to a fire
main supplying an adequate number
of fire plugs so disposed about
boat that it will be possible to reach
any point in the boat wdth at least
two streams from one-inch nozzles.
In addition to this, the barge will
be equipped with a suitable outfit of
portable fire extinguishers and it is
probable that each boat will carry an
Ajax chemical fire engine.
How the Barges Are Being Built.
While the principal work on the
barges is being done ;.l Muskegon,
Michigan, the various plates, frames,
guides, etc., will be only temporarily
bolted together there to ensure that
everything fits properly. They will
then be taken apart and loaded upon
cars for shipment to Savannah.
The ears composing the shipment
will probably be made up into a spe
cial train. At Savannah the work
of erecting and riveting the barges
"ill be done, and when they are put
together, then the machinery, which is
being built at Bridgeport, Conn., to
gether with the gas producers, which
are under construction at Boston,
Mass., will be installed. It is expected
that the boats will be launched and
have their trial trips early in Sep
temper, which will be in time for the
fall carrying trade. At any rate, the
boats are likely to be ready by the
time the terminal warehouse at Au
gusta is finished and ready for busi
ness.
Barge Line Schedules.
While the regular differential in fa
vor, of the ri.ver route will be main
tained and attractive ' freight rates
will thus be assured, the barge line
expects to make its strongest appeal
through reliability and quickness of
service.
The schedule will be arranged with
especial reference to the Savannah ar
rivals and sailings of the New York
and Boston lines of the Ocean Steam
ship Company and the Philadelphia
and Baltimore lines of the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company,
so that carload shipments between
these points and Augusta will go
through quite as quickly by the all
water route as by the all-rail route
and with a great deal more certainty
of actual arrival on a given date.
In the case of less than ear-lot ship
ments, the advantage of the all-water
route will he very marked, as even
single package freight sent via the
barge line will go through as promptly
as will carload lots.
While the final working schedule of
the barges cannot be positively de
termined until after one or two ex
perimental trips have been made,
which will take place after the deliv
ery of the barges, preliminary sched
ules have already been arranged. From
these preliminary schedules some idea
may be formed of what the barge line
will he able to offer in the way of ser
vice.
Outgoing Freight.
For example: freight for New York
from Augusta delivered to the barge
line by 6 p. m. Thursday would be in
the hands of the consignee on the fol
lowing Tuesday morning, thus taking
only five days from consignor to con
signee or four days actually in tran
sit.
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INTERIOR VIEW OF CLAUSSEN’S BAKERY
E. E. Dysard, Pres.
Dysard Construction Go.
General Contractors
400 &. 401 Austell Bldg. Atlanta. Ga.
SPECIALTIES -
Sewers, Water Works, Electric Lights and
Telephone Systems Constructed.
REFERENCES -
We take pleasure in referring to all our
past work. We have done work in every
Southern State.
Correspondence Solicited.
Some of the important public work in Au
gusta was done by this firm and they have been
highly complimented hv the city officials and
others who* have had occasion to watch their
work here.
To Boston, Philadelphia and Balti
more the time from shipment to act
ual receipt by the consignee would
be from six to eight days, depending
on the connections, freight for Bos
ton received before 6 p. m. on Tues
day reaching its destination on the
morning of the following Monday.
It is probable that these times may
be further shortened as the prelimi
nary schedule is based upon a very
conservative estimate of the time re
quired for the trip down the river.
Incoming Freight.
In the case of freight hound for
Augusta from New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia or Baltimore, practically ;>s
good donditions will, prevail in spite
of the fact the trip up the river must
be made against the current. As an
instance: freight shipped from New
York before 3 p. m. Tuesday will he
ready to deliver to the consignee in
Augusta the following Monday morn
ing, thus requiring only six days in
all, or five days in transit.
The time by rail from Boston would
be eight or nine clays and from Balti
more six to eight days, depending on
connections. Of course the advantages
of both rates and service will apply
not only to the ports of New York an't
Boston, but also to points beyond, such
as the manufacturing cities of New
England, and the barge line will also
ultimately offer attractive local ser
vice to the landings between the cities
of Augusta and Savannah.
The inauguration of this new freight
line, which must prove t great im
provement on the service rendered
both by, water as well as by rail, is
destined to mark the beginning of an
epoch in the prosperity of Augusta
and its surrounding territory. It means
a lowering of freight rates to all
points within a radius of many miles
with this city the point of distribu
tion. it is the. one tiling that we could
have had and should have had long
ago, but i.ow since we have actually
gotten it, w’f should guard it carefully
and make the most of it.
REMEMBERING NAMES
IS A COMPLIMENT
Can you remember names and
faces? If you can, you are cultivat
ing one of the most valuable of busi
ness assets, says John Harris in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Teach your
self to remember names and faces,
impress your clerks with the impor
tance of doing likewise. A good rule
to follow in remembering names is to
write down the name of your new etts
tobers when they leave your store
or when you go home at night. If
Mrs. Smith comes into your store and
you great her with a kind “How do
yon do,* Mrs. Smith?” she is happy.
You have appealed to her vanity. You
have singled her out from the rest.
She is not just a customer”; she is
Mrs. Smith. She has a new person
ality and she will repeat her visits to
your store. Even if she only wants
to make a five-cent purchase she will
go out of her way to come to your
store of you remember her and call
her by name when she comes in. But
don’t allow clerks to overdo courtesy.
Many women are easily frightened by
a display of too much politeness and
will drop your store as a buying place
C. H. Starling, See,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
if they think your clerks are getting
too familiar. However, the study of
names and faces is a part of the busi
ness that should not be overlooked.
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Oh, why will reckless millionaires
Those warm love notes indite,
When they but pile up future cares
With every one they write?
“Old Mr. Grabscoin says he likes to
see the leaves fall in autumn.”
“I guess that’s because they have
yellow backs.”
’“AUGUSTA IN 1914”
One hand is on his steering wheel,
The other lights a cigarette;
That kind of motorist, we feel,
Seme day his just deserts will get.