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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1897
Page
11
Movements of sea going craft at major American and foreign ports. Schedules show vessels arriving and departing from Philadelphia and New York ports. Delaware River and Bay News closes with foreign mail listings.
At the Port of Philadelphia on Saturday June 12 the sun rises at 4.81 A M and sets at 7.28 P M with high tides at 11.10 A M and 11.50 P M and low waters at 5.31 A M and 5.56 P M. Arrivals June 11 include steamers Ludwig German Hageman Hamburg merchan dise C G Hempstead Son Orsino British Evans Girgenti and Messina Paul Paul Jr Parthian Inde dw Boston merchandise George C Eckhardt Saxon Sherman Providence merchandise General Cadwalader Ter Baltimore merchandise F S Groves Harrisburg Anderson Salem towing barge Alaska from Boston and related vessels and cargoes.
A historical clipping lists numerous ships and shipping firms across ports such as Liverpool Glasgow Boston New Bedford and Portland. Names include Steamers Waesland Assyrian British McDougall St Johns N F Gust. Heye P T Barnum and Emma C Knowles among others, with entries tied to Charles T. Megee Co and J N Stetson Co.
The German steamer Sophie under Von Boltenstern and Gust Heye cleared Marcus Hook near Genoa after arrival at Genoa with clearance details reflecting early 1900s maritime activity.
Shipping notices list steamers due in Philadelphia by June 12 and 13 from Liverpool and Antwerp with vessels Gorean and Indiana among others. Additional arrivals scheduled from Glasgow and London with June dates, including Assyrian Rhynland and Minnesota, departing from Philadelphia and Liverpool.
Delaware Breakwater June 9 report notes schooners Rodney Parker Edlu Carmita sailing on June 11. Broadmayne British Dunkirk for Marcus Hook passed up. several British steamers to Philadelphia in tow. various ships listed with destinations including London Philadelphia Rotterdam Londonderry Port Antonio and Genoa. Reedy Island June 11 passed down steamers and tugs, with barges to Boston and other ports.
Steamer Williamsport from Boston to Philadelphia towed a barge and passed Chatham at 1 30 PM on the 11th. Steamer Siberian arriving Glasgow on the 11th. Pennland from Philadelphia to Liverpool on the 11th. Fonar in port at Ship Island awaiting sail. Switzerland passing Flushing toward Philadelphia on the 10th. Pottsville from Philadelphia to Boston via Bey ori arriving 11th. Indian from Philadelphia to Boston arriving 11th. Margaretha from Philadelphia arriving Marseilles on the 10th. Lamar at Turks’ seas May 31 bound for Philadelphia. Alice Holbrook sailed Bath Yth. Emma D. Endicott sailed Bath 10th. Stinson, Childe Harold from Philadelphia to Boston passed Chatham on the 10th. Mary Freeland for Philadelphia cleared Jacksonville 10th. Van Name and King from Alro’s Point to Philadelphia arrived and sailed New nm on the 30th. Holmes Bredaan from Philadelphia arrived Providence. Mary Manning and Wear L. Tuck from Philadelphia to Boston near Vineyard area on the 10th.
Shipping notices list several vessels departing from Philadelphia on Saturday June 12 for destinations including Genoa Great Britain Ireland Scotland Europe Jamaica Costa Rica Cuba Vene zuela Curacao and multiple Mexican ports. Times range from 4 30 AM to 6 45 AM with sailings via special addresses and anchor legs from Rotterdam Queenstown Curacao and North Sydney.
Fragmentary OCR record notes a Norwegian sailor Bark Einar Tambarskjilver from Liverpool on May 15 bound for Pictou Nova Scotia aboard the steamer Ludvig, likely a German vessel, with nautical bearings and unclear verbatim details. The fragment preserves limited names and voyage cues without a complete narrative.
Port of New York arrivals and departures dated June 11 show vessels including Ocean Rotterdam Dia mant Norge Copenhagen Adria Hamburg Matteawan Antwerp Bar barossa Bremen and more sailing to and from New York with clearances to Havre Liverpool Naparima Charlottetown Wakefield Hull Cape Haytien and Boulogne Boulogne via Rotter sam. The list also mentions ships such as Kaiser Wilhelm II Irawaddy Grenada and Trinidad and others proceeding to Genoa Cardiff and London.
Shipping notices list Saturday departures for Europe with named vessels and destinations. Entries note France and Germany mail departures via specific steamers at early morning times, including 6.80 A.M. and 8 A.M. for various routes, with later supplementary cutoffs.
A compiled list shows numerous ships arriving or sailing between European and American ports. Vessels named include Lord Bangor, Hermann, Gl enwood, and Italian Prince with destinations such as Baltimore New Orleans Philadelphia and New York. Entries note ports like Liverpool Glasgow and Cardiff with dates around June 5 to June 11.
Baltimore reports arrivals of steamships Sedgemore from Liverpool Bartlett from Cardiff Gloucester from Boston Howes from Boston F W Brune from New York and steamer Anthony Groves Jr Grace from Philadelphia. Cleared Allegheny Nickerson Providence Steamer Marth Stevens New York. Cape Henry notes Mourne from London for Baltimore passed in.
Boston June 11 The Reading Railroad steamer Pottsville from Philadelphia sunk at Beverly arrived today in tow of the wrecking tug William E Chapman Nassau June 11 The schooner Rebecca J Moulton from Newport News May 25 for Key West stranded at Grand Bahamas but got off and is coming New Orleans June 11 The Norwegian steamer Baracoa from New Orleans for Bocas del Toro has arrived at Port Eades with machinery disabled she will be towed back London June 11 The British steamer Ohio ashore near Wick has been a center and wreckers are unable to her She is ashore forward but is held fast amidships ind astern
Shipping notices list vessels including Ethelward with 15 000 quarters grain from Philadelphia to Cork f o with rates 26 4 d in July, Blanca schooner 178 tons with Fustic bound Jamaica Philadelphia or Chester or New York at 8 dollars, Felicina cargo crude oil Philadelphia to Marseilles, plus coal shipments from Philadelphia to Fall River Saco Salem Portsmouth and other ports, and several other schooners and pipe cargoes with routes and rates.
The Oxford agricultural fair draws large crowds in Chester county. A 60 foot bridge will be built over the Perkiomen creek. Andrew M. Smith of Waverly gains a West Point cadetship via Congressman Connell. Four nurses graduate from Chester Hospital training school. British American societies plan Queen Victoria diamond jubilee events on June 22. Lebanon county sees record sickness for the period. Central Railroad of New Jersey to work its Lackawanna mines twenty days this month. Reading smoke nuisance probe finds no valid cause for complaint. Nearly a thousand Allegheny residents to attend the Christian Endeavor convention in San Francisco. H F Stouffer elected superintendent of schools at Ridgway, Elk county. Bar-styles Star-Independent moves to State Printing Office Building.
A revival of speculative fever drives active trading in New York Philadelphia and Chicago with gains in Morgans Reading Northern Pacific Lehigh Valley and other names. The Indiana Supreme Court upholds a three cent streetcar fare law triggering market reaction and changes in Wilbur management speculation.
Receipts reach 51 874 bushels of wheat and 68 849 bushels of corn with 171 835 shipped. Spot wheat weak as bearish sentiment spreads across domestic grain centers while cables firm. Exporters hold, sales limited to No 2 yellow and mixed on private terms. Oats show moderate supply with buying only for immediate needs.
Futures inactive and nominal with limited car sales. Flour receipts and steady demand noted, flour prices firm across grades. Refined sugars quiet but firm with price increases for Nos. 5 and 6. Hay and straw markets clean up high grades, rye straw oversupplied. Cotton small demand for middling uplands. Provisions quiet with mixed pork, hams, and lard prices. Live poultry supply fair, dressed poultry in good shape with steady prices. Butter and eggs steady with liberal receipts and selective high quality pricing.
The market remained firm with continued fair demand for choice full-cream cheeses. Supplies were mostly cleaned up with quotes for New York full-cream new and small sizes at fair to prime levels, large sizes at fancy, and part skims at lower quality.
Chicago grain futures and cash quotations show wheat and corn trading with mixed highs and lows across futures contracts. Cash markets list No 2 spring wheat, No 2 red and No 2 corn at varied bid prices, with oats, rye, barley and oils also cited along with pork, lard and sausage prices, all reflecting a firm but fluctuating Produce Exchange.
State notes report West Lebanon School Board approves a five year tax exemption for new local industries. Odd Fellows lodges and Rebekah groups hold memorial day observances at Shamokin Cemeteries. A Candensis hotel and barn destroyed by fire. barn contents lost. Loss estimated at $5,000. A special Tamaqua election on July 20 seeks approval to borrow $50 for water mains improvements.
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