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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1897
Page
9
Shipping news reports movements of vessels at major ports including Philadelphia and New York. It lists schedules of arrivals and departures and notes the status of Delaware River and Bay traffic along with the closing of foreign mails.
The Port of Philadelphia lists arrivals including steamers Bretwalda British Aikman Alexandria via Algiers with sugar, Peter Wright & Sons. Tabasco Rotterdam via Sunderland with merchandise. Phoebe St Vincent ballast. Indiana Liverpool via Queenstown passengers. and numerous schooners and tugs from Boston New York and Halifax carrying ballast merchandise and stone.
A compact list details numerous steamers ships schooners and towing barges bound for ports including Lynn Boston New York Baltimore Providence and Savannah. Notable entries include J B Hamel Jr and Co Rosefield W P Clyde Co Grace Read ing and Elizabeth S Lee among others with connections to Portland Newburyport Everett Webster and Bath.
Steamers due to arrive in Philadelphia by June 27 include the Pennland. Other ships listed depart from Philadelphia around June 25 with routes to Glasgow and Liverpool. Additional entries show links to Liverpool and Glasgow sailings with expected dates in late June and early July.
Breakwater notes schooner Sophia Godfrey sailed on June 20 and schooners Lafayette Eden Edna Earl arrived June 22. Various ships including Northern Light and British steamer to Flushing passed Marcus Hook while awaiting orders for Rothiemay Helen E Kenney from Port Iain Reedy Island. Several vessels towed barges and passed the Straits of Dover en route to San Juan Lynn Harrisburg Rageve and Boston. Lighthouse tender Zizania passed up on June 22.
The record lists multiple steamers and schooners with origins, destinations, and arrival or sailing dates. Notable entries include Steamer Waesland from Belgium bound for Liverpool via Queenstown, and several British and Dutch vessels such as Vittoria Vimella Hugo Molenaar and City of Macon sailing to or from Philadelphia, Savannah and New York with arrivals at Norfolk New York Portage Bath Georgetown Providence and other ports on various dates in the 21st and 22nd instants.
The British steamer Boniton reports all well with its crew led by Evans. The ship departed Belize near latitude 26.31 N and longitude 79.26 W and arrived at Philadelphia safely.
Philadelphia post closes foreign mail each Wednesday and Thursday with sailings to Europe the Britannic Britannic the Europa Queenstown Antwerp Curacao and Havana Port of Spain Jamaica and other destinations. times vary by vessel and special addressed letters.
Quebec reports on June 21 a collision between the Norwegian ship Austra lia and the barge Rembrandt causing damage to the vessel. The incident occurred at Quebec harbor with follow up details noting the involved ships and location. The New York brief adds that on June 22 the steamboat Albertina was mentioned in connection with similar maritime activity.
A mix of Canada and U S rail and finance news. Rates per ton range from 80 cents to 4.98 dollars with lines like Erie and Rockland. Omaha and St Louis transfer to new ownership effective July 1. Consolidation talks tie Annapolis Washington Baltimore and Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line. Western Passenger Association warns on rate wars while banks report loan activity and rediscounts.
The port records list vessels arriving in New York on June 22 including Kensington from Antwerp and numerous ships from Glasgow Leith Holstein Cape Mayoi Laughton Hull Jason Kingston Accomac Palermo Ethelburga Montevideo Wells City Bristol and others from diverse ports such as Ethiopia Santos Kaffir Prince and Mongolian. The notice catalogues wide international traffic into the harbor.
A fragmented OCR line lists many place names and personal names such as New York June 22 Romulus Pugwash Tauri Liverpool Chaucer Manchester Edam Amsterdam Trave Bremen Aurania Liverpool Alps Jeremie Kingston Port Antonio San a Manzanilla Stalhelm Syd.
A list of ports and destinations including New York Santiago de Cuba Manzanilla Clenfuegos Friesland Antwerp Marseilla Hamburg Newport News Britannic Liverpool St. Louis Southampton Cherokee San Domingo City Cape Haitien shows a broad network of 20th century maritime routes. The items identify ships and hubs such as Britannic and Liverpool reflecting a global convoy landscape.
On Wednesday June 23 schedules list the steamers St Louis at 7 A M with a 9 A M supplement, and Britannic at 9 A M with a 10 30 A M supplement to Europe and Belgium via Friesland. on Thursday June 24 Fuerst Bismarck sails at 4 A M for Europe.
A list of ships with routes and statuses dated June 21 to June 22. Vessels include Patria from New York to Hamburg, Waesland Philadelphia to Liverpool, Saale from New York to Bremen, State of Nebraska to Moville, Anchorage to Glasgow and Hamburg, Barbarossa via Southampton Moville, and Numidian from Montreal to Liverpool.
Domestic port of Baltimore reports the schooner Stephen G. Loud from Savannah arrived. Cleared steamers Adua and Reuter bound for Hamburg and Port Antonio respectively, plus the schooners Jerome B. Look and others sailing to Savanilla and Boston.
A British steamer with 12000 quarters of grain sails to ports like Philadelphia or Baltimore and Cork. Cargoes listed include nitrate on a 1758 ton ship bound for the west coast of South America. Multiple schooners such as William K. Park and Sarah Jane Vaughan carry coal, pine wood, or lumber to Philadelphia, Boston, Salem, Fall River, and Beaufort Sound Port with varied rates.
The New York and Amboy divisions and the New York and Long Branch lines issue a summer timetable from Broad Street Philadelphia for Asbury Park Ocean Grove Elberon and Long Branch with multiple weekday departure times and weekend additions. Returning trains from Long Branch to Philadelphia follow set morning and afternoon slots. Additional express services and further route adjustments await the new public timetable.
Mounted Policeman James Carroll of the Twenty seventh district was almost crushed when his horse shied at a passing trolley on Rhawn street near Walker. Carroll was thrown into the gutter and struck his head on the curb, rendered unconscious, as the horse fell atop him. Two fellow officers found him and sent him home.
The market surged with gains in Welsbach Commercial common and preferred while Pennsylvania Steel and United Gas showed lifts. Northwest and Lake Shore led the New York list amid expectations of a refunding plan, with Vanderbilt issues driving strength and London’s closure contributing to a firm close.
DeHaven and Townsend stock commission brokers at 428 Chestnut Street present quotations for buyers and sellers. The brief note lists ongoing prices and market terms available to clients.
Daily ledger notes show Philadelphia bank clearings at 11.58 million dollars and balances around 1.26 million. Rail dividends declared include Chicago Rock Island 4 percent payable August 22 and Norfolk and Southern 1 percent payable July 10. NYSE moves to close July 2 through 6, while Go result against AT and SF reorganization is dismissed. Banks in Ohio expect larger crops boosting lending. Chicago City Council rejects three-cent fares, fixing five cents for twenty years. Stock quotes list various Chicago issues with small changes, and rail rate tables for iron and steel car loads are published.
Petroleum prices show steady movement with Pennsylvania crude for July unchanged. Oil City reports no bids for certificates with credit balances at 87 cents and shipments totaling 78 510 barrels while runs reach 109 738 barrels.
Receipts and shipments in wheat totaled 1 216 and 1 609 bushels with strong demand and futures firming on worries about wet weather delaying harvest in the Southwest. Corn offerings were liberal and the option market softened slightly as export interest remained unsatisfactory.
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