Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-13

Steamship Willamette will 20 to sea
tomorrow night. She will be followed
by the Walla Walla, which arrived yes
terday, and by the Umatilla, which is
expected from Portland about Friday.
These three ships will take 1000 tons Of
coal from this port in less than week.
Capt. Gage, formerly master of the
barkentine Portland, has been transfer
red to the command of the ship City of
Brooklyn, recently purchased by Simp-
son Brothers. Her first voyage down
will be with coal from Seattle.
The barkentine John Smith will load
rice and other Chinese produce at Hong
kong for Now Tacoma, w. T. This 10
the first vessel laid ON at Hongkong for
that port. Sahm d Barlow will be the
oonsignees.
The ship Great Britain, which sailed
from Liverpool for San Francisco Dec.
I'd, was formerly the Black Ball Line
steamer Of that name, and was recently
converted into a sailing vessel, after
having been laid up for some six years.
The total tonnage Of the United States
at the close of the fiscal year was 4, 1885,
923 tons in 1850 vessels. The number
of vessels built was l37, with tonnage
Of 2S2, 270 tons.
After closing its hearing on American
shipping at New York the Congressional
Committee held q consultation and
agreed that all Legislative ob6truCtions
to the successful running Of American
vessels should be removed. The quos-
tiOns relating to free ships and rebate
Of duty on materials for building vessels
to be employed in foreign trade were 10
served for discussion at an adjourned
meeting Of the committee.
The New Bedford Mercury Of recent
date states that "San Francisco will in
1883 have four steam whalers and eight
sailing whalers in the Arctic and New
Bedford will have twenty vessels, in
Guiding three steamers, in the same To-
cality Also, "that from present indi.
catioc3 moro new steamers and vessels
will DO built in San Francisco during
the ys.r, 70 that in 1884 it is reasonable
to predict that San Francisco will be Tar
ahead Of New Bedford in the number of
her whaling 6eet."
The British ship Pinafore. now ON the
berth at Glasgow for San Francisco, is
the largest iron sailing vessel a6oat. She
il 800 fest long, and 325 over all; 10 feet
10 inches beam, and 25 feet depth of
hold; her gross tonnage being $500 tons,
and her net 1858. She 10 owned By John
Kerr q Co., of Greenock.
A Portland firm has contracted With
Pusy, Jones 4 Co., Of Delaware, for the
construction OF an auxiliary steam
schooner, ITO feet long, and with seven
feet draft, for use along this Coast. She
will BE- provided with steam winches
k1~e L.
enable her to enter all the harbols on
the Coast. She viii cost about $25, 600.
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street.
Baby dresses in endless variety at
Clayton Bros.
Ladies' embroidered flannel ohemise
at Clayton Bros.
Those $50 oorssts at Clayton Bros.
take the lead.
Tho celebrated DR.. Warmers Health
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Our $500 bone corsst at e d .
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Clayton Bros.
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