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ATLANTIC COAST GOSSIP. OFFICE OF THE MARINE REVIEW, 1005 West Street Bldg., New York City. Twelve of the steamships .;compris- ing a fleet of 26 which sailed from New York last -Saturday were in the trans-Atlantic passenger service, ten coastwise steamers for South America and the West Indies, and four for southern ports in the United States. were Work on the new Ambrose channel has progressed so far that the state of the tide no longer controls the hour. of sailing. of some of the larger trans-Atlantic liners, the channel being deep enough to 'accommodate the TAE Marine REVIEW has been investigating the wreck finds that the second officer of the steamer wis grossly culpable, the findings of the court being forwarded to the Marine and Fisheries department at Otitawa. In the case of the steamer Kildona, wrecked at Brazil Rock, Cape Sable, the same court exonerates the cap- tain and officers from all blame. Paul F. Gerhard & Co. announce that they have accepted the general agency of the Prince Line, for Bra- zil, River Plate and South Africa. The Prince Line will thereafter dis- patch steamers regularly for Brazil on the 10th and 25th of each month, for RESULT OF ONE WEEK'S WORK ON THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA AT THE YARD OF THE FORE RIVER SHIP BUILDING CO., QUINCY, MASS. largest steamers afloat at all times. With the sailing of the Bunker Hill from Boston on Saturday a second all-water route was inaugu- rated between that port and New York, under the control of the New England Steamship Company. aN schedule has been arranged for the Service, which provides for 'three sail- ings weekly, ithe other steamers being the Massachusetts and Old Colony. The British steamship Chesapeake, from Borneo, has arrived at Phila- delphia with 2,000,000 gallons of naph- tha and benzine in her hold in bulk. In tts decision relative to the stranding of the steamer Mount Tem- ple at La Have Iron Bound Island on Dec. 2 last, the court of inquiry which the River Plate once a month, and for South Africa at regular intervals. The winter cruises of the White Star Line to the Mediterranean and Orient were inaugurated with the sail- ing of the Cedric from New York last Saturday. These sailings are prac- tically pleasure cruises, tthe ships being operated solely for passenger busi- ness. Some of the finest ships of the White Star Line are transferred from the trans-Atlantic to the Mediter- ranean service during winter to ac- commodiite this growing 'traffic. The tank steamer Hothan Newton, which has arrived at New York from Middlesbro, England, brought seven members of 'the crew of the Nor- wegian bark Germanic who were picked up Dec. 17 in mid-ocean in an complete. 25 exhausted condition eight days after their vessel, which had become: water- logged and leaky, had been abandoned. The. captain went down with his ship, and the other members of the crew have not been heard from. Five steamships of the Hamburg- American Line sailed from New York on Jan. 4, their combined tonnage being 58,900. The Kaiserin, Auguste, Victoria and Pretoria sailed for Europe by the northern route, the Hamburg sailed for the Mediterranean, and the Prinz August Wilhelm and Venetia, of the Atlas service, sailed for ports in the West Indies, South 'and Central America. Captain William Hall, one of the best known pilots in New York har- bor, was found dead in his berth on the British steamships Munster Castle at quarantine early on Monday morn- ing. Doctors at the quarantine station said that his death was due to heart failure. The 'unknown sailing vessel sunk off the New Jersey coast last week is the coaster Estelle Phinney. The schooner Elizabeth Palmer arrived in Hampton Roads and reported running down the Phinney, the captain and crew of which were taken aboard the Palmer. The Phinney was built at New London, Conn., in 1891 and was 188 ft. long and 36 ft. beam. She was partially insured, and the cargo fully, Commander Henry H. Hosley, supervisor of the harbor of New York and one of the most popular, officers in the United States navy, died in his rooms at the New York Yacht Club on Jan. 6, death being due to an attack of grip complicated by asthma. He was in his 55th year. It -was Commander MHosley who piloted ithe floating drydock Dewey from the Virginia Capes to Manila, a distance of 11,000 miles. The new Lamport & Holt liner Verdi, especially designed and equipped for the South American trade by Workman, Clark & Co., 'has arrived at New York and will go into regular service immediately. She is 445 ft. in length, and ts of 6,577 gross tons. Her propelling machinery consists of one set of 'triple-expansion engines, steam being supplied by three double- ended Scotch boilers. . The installa--- tion of auxiliary machinery tis very She attained a speed of 14 knots on the measured mile.