Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-20
THE PORT.
Sights and Sounds at San
Pedro.
THE SANTA FE'S NEW SCHEMES.
Something Entirely New About
the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
RailrOad-NOtes.

Qay lOTcuOOu WHou liic IlhhAl-D . iOP
resentative stepped upon the plat
form of the little depot which marks
the end of the Southern Pacific Com
pany's line in that direction. The
wharf was crowded with vessels of
every description, while in the offing
several large ships were discharging
their cargoes into lighters, which were
towed over the bar at the entrance of
the bay by two large and powerful
tugs.
On the wharf scene OF the greatest
activity prevailed. Engines attached
to long lumber trains were backing to
and fro, while large number of
sailors were busily employed in un-
loading the lumber upon the fiat cars.
Some yes els were s,not being un-
loaded, owing to the inability of the
railroad company to supply them with
cars upon which to place the lumber.
Every available foot Of the large
wharf was utilized for the storage of
millions of feet of excellent lumber.
In the shipyard several small vessels
were being constructed, amongst them
an elegant little steam yacht for Cap
tain Will Banning.
The Collector of the Port reports the
Custom House business about equal to
that of the months of November and
December, an account OF which was
given in the HERALD some time ago.
On the hill several nice residences
are being erected, some OF them cost
ing between four and five thousand
dollars. Hardly breath of air was
stirring, and the sails OF the vessels
ready for sea hung in a listless way to
the spars.
Laying alongside the wharf and in
the channel there were thirteen YES
sells of many classes. Two OF them
stood in the channel ready for sea and
left at p. NJ.
Outside the harbor there were five
large ships discharging their cargoes
with the aid OF lighters. Those out
side were: The Barkentine, John
Worster, from Tacoma, with So 200
foet of lumber, arrived Sanutry 18th !;
the ship Oregon, ftom Tacoma, with
1,1S6 600 feet of lumber, arrived on
the 18th of January the ship Stock
bridge, from Cardiff, with 3IO3 tons
of coal consigned to Chapman q Co.,
arriy ed January 14th: the ship Ed
ward O'Brien, from Port Angeles,
with 1,365 900 feet of lumber, con-
signed to the Southern Pacific Com
pany, arrived the 10th of January;
and the ship John Byrce, from Port
Blakely, with LAZY, 900 feet of lum-
ber, consigned to the same company.
Lying alongside the wharfs there
were: The barkentine Wrestler, from
San Francisco, with 10000 feet of
lumber. She was almost empty, and
will return to Puget Sound Saturday
or Sunday.
The schooner Hueneme, from San
Francisco, was ready for sea, and will
60 up the Sound for another cargo.
The bark d. G. Murray, from Port
Townsend, stood in the channel wait
ing for the tug which was to take her
out TO sea.
The schooner Mary Buhne, from
Eureka, with 100000 feet of lum ber,
was about discharged, and will go to
sea Saturday or Sunday. This is the
only vessel in the port manned by all
Union men.
The schooner Jessie Minor, from
Eureka, with 100000 feet of lumber,
is discharging, and will remain some
days yet.
The schooner Rebecca from Eureka,
arrived Tuesday last with 220, 900 feet,
and owidg to the lack OF cars
has not yet been discharged.
The brig Emma Augusta, from
Grace Harbor with 225, 900 feet is
now discharging.
The schooner Abbie, from Casper
Greek, with 100000 Or 100000 feet OF
lumber is awaiting cars and will not
get unloaded for several days.
The bark Win. w. Case, from st.
Helens, which arrived on the 9th of
this month with 100000 feet of lum-
ber, is nearly ready for sea and will
leave Saturday for Kahalui, S. l., for
cargo OF sugar,
The schooner Lillebonne, from
Humboldt, with 297 600 feet Of lum-
ber, arrived last Sunday and will
leave shortly for Humboldt.
The schooner Maria f. Smith, from
Grace Harbor, arrived last Monday
with 446, 1000 feet of lumber. She will
return to Grace Harbor.
The only full-rigged brig in the port
is the Sea Waif, from Grace Harbor,
with 233, 900 feet of lumber. AS soon
as it is discharged the brig will return
to Grace Harbor.
The Tanner, aschooner-rigged vessel
with a sqnare stern, brought 3OS,OO0
feet of lumber from Grace harbor and
returned yesterday to that place. The
Norway, a schooner from Grace har
Dor, arrived last Friday with 305, ,00(
feet of lumber, which she is now dis
charging. The above mentioned YES
sells have no difficulty i'll finding
plenty of men to work on the cargo
but as stated they can not all get cars
as they need them. All their meI
employed are non-union. with the ex
ception of the Schooner Mary Buhne
which has crew of union sailors
From go, 900 to 100, 900 feet of lumbe
can be discharged from eacl ship I
day.
The average number of cars loadet
and shipped each day is l40, carrying
abou / ,2O0 900 feet of lumber. In ad
dition to the lumber business, th'
port carries on quite large genera
merchandise trade, the average i'm
ports Cay being 200 tons, with al
additional average amounting to 10
tons every three days, of merchandis
alone, for San Diego. North bount
shipments, or exports, locally
are small, and will onl
average about 140 tons pc
week. There are seventeen steamer
running to the port which carry pas
sengers and merchandise alone. tn
officials say the opening to the harbo
is working deeper every day, and tina
they now have at the high sprin
tides eighteen feet of water, and at eX
treme low tide eleven. This depth the
claim is sufficient for all present pul
poses. The Southern Pacific Compan
;s h11ildinu Eve hundred feet of ne,