The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-10
SOUND SHIPPING.
seattle In the yaa-A Glance 1t the
Merchant Marine Fleet NJ sss,a
rares.

-
! Merchant Marine Fleet ~ ssxsd
rarss.
There are g vessels ROW lcssifnr a;
the vs-soas SQUAD rcvts-a phenosne-
nally large nasnRer. As wiil he seen
hv the following table ssso-e than q
fourth ef this nanasxr. and cansi sera-
eae nsere than = third in r~ssns Of tom
mage. are icaaiag At the Queen Cssy.
The total tonnage NJ the entire sssxs l.
sss.ts-s tons and those icassiag 81 Seat.
tic a.ssS tons Port Gzsahie sssme~
next vs.h the ereSlssbse showing Of
ie.SA tens; Port Discovery a Close
third With Z. IS spns: TSxotila fourth
wssh tssts tons an! other ports as
! Shown n the summary. os the total
number oi vessels on The sound Is. OK
little over orc fifth. arr ioresgn- also
"A unusually large number The in
crease in the number OF foreien vessels
eosssing 10 the sound IS very marked
and the remark Il often heard thar
farVign built vessels are driving Amer
kan ships cut OF the foreign carving
trade. This j. undoubtedly true 10 a
considerable degree. In sslqnir;ne into
the cause of this effect Mr. II. Fash,
Shipping Commissioner Al rorf Town
send. WAS seen Smong Others. and ne
attributes il largely to the fact that
foreigners hire their sailors for fresn
S to <io month while here they
command $40 and $40. Fer instance.
he SAID:
A sailor whsi deserted frcsn a Nor
Hegisn bark short time ago. told me
that he and the entire crew had
shipped for i've years al s. peg month
about $50 American snoaey; that
half OF their wages was retained hy \
government officer, and that ANY
sailor leaving the ship in the mean
time wosiid forfeit this amount Nor.-
over. he said this was true Of all ves-
seis in that country" The commits
sioner was furshe.sasked Mr.. Bash,
what do yoa think would l,e the effect
OF free trade on American shipiingf"
. Ii would be rss2Eeas- Come In sossie
day wheE. | am no, basv. and | viii
show YOU why. What the merchant
marine needs Is government subsidy
ard better laws. Ii Is rapidly growing
now under Disadvantages. It's increase
would be enormous under favorable
auspices" Mr.. Bash i regarded rs
excellent authority ON shipping mat
tiers, and his views are identical With
those OF many others who have given
the subject thought.
Below Is 4 complete list OF vessels
now loading and loaded al the diEer-
ent Sound ports:
At Seattle loading coal for San
Francisco-Ship {. +. Sargent.
1888 tons; bark Bonanza, 1855
tons: ship Commodore, 1913 tons:
ship Valley Forge. i.-B tons; bark
Majestic. Ili7 tons: ship AbEer Co
burn. 1879 tons: ship Cyrus Wakefield.
2ol3 tons; ship Blue Jacket, 1895 tons;
ship Palmyra. 1910 tons; bark Carroll
ton. l4So tons; ship Richard III, ssss
tons; ship Spartan, i48s tons; ship
Frederick Billings. 2F7 tons; bark /
Charles R. kenney, ip1S tons; ship |
Oregon, 1864 tons; loading luinlsr for i
same port. hrigantine Emma Augusta, !
ss5 tons; ship ivanhoe, eeai Tor san
Francisco. l6ii tons. Total, l. vessels,
"A "a. tons.
Al Tacoma loading coal for san
Fraaeisco-Bark Seminole, ifs9 tons
ship George F. Manson, 1888 tons;
ship Yosemite, 1854 tons; ship Alaska. j
1915 tons loading lumber for Hohsofs's
Bay, British ship Crown Of Italy, 1851
ion>. Total. 5 vessels, ,ssf2 toiss.
Al Port i4u ilow-isfilish ship pGretaa, I
lumber Tor Melbourne. i1ts5 tons;
schooner Corona, lumber for san
Peslro. 5s5 tons: schooner kiisap, lufn-
Der for san Francisco, 75s tons. Total,
) vessels. .s>ss tons.
At Port Gamb.e- British ship Ellis
land, lumber for Hobson's Bay. 2si,5
toas: bark Arkwright, lumber for san
Francisco. lao7 tons; Norwegian bark
Professor Johnson. lumber for ~ dncy.
lio7 tons: British ship sherwood, laul-
Der for Hot,son's Bay. fss3 tons; ship
Caronieiet. lumber for San Diego,
1915 tons; bark Sycamore, lumber for
saa Francisco. l332 tons, bark Cow
iisz. lumber for san Pedro. 10 tons.
harkentine skagit. lumber for san
Pedro. ssS tons. Total. ; vessels, iu,5si !
tons.
At Port Hadlock-Ship Guardian. (
iufnker san Francisco, i072 tons; bark I.
Theobald. lumber for San Diego. nj I.
tons: bark Henry Buck. ininber Tor 1
Guaymas. tis5 tons; barkentine Re
trieyer. lumber for san Francisco. 5is I
tons; barkentine Eureka. lumber Tor
san Francisco. 81 tons; harkentiae
J NJ. Griffith. lumber for san Pe,iro,
425 tons. Total. 6vessels. 1907 tons.
Al PORT Madison: Ship Mercury,
lumber for San Diego, iissi tons; bark I
Hesper, lumber for san Diego. tssi
tons; schooner William Renton, ium- /,
Der for san Diego, as tons; schooner
Fannie putard, lumber for San Fran /
cisco. 252 tons; schooner + :. Red
field, lumber for san Francisco, 40
tons; schooner Fred T.. Sander. ian,- 4
ber tor san Pedro, ii0 tons. Total, O .
vessels. 1916 tons.
At Port Discovery - British ship
Bandanura. lumber for Hobson's BAY.
fSG2 tons; schooner Premier, lumber
for san Pedro, sse tons; bark u, G.
Murray, inmber from san Francisco.
i32 tons, bsrkentsae Robert sndien.
lumber for san Francisco, 5i9 tons;
ship jeremiah Thompson, lumber fer
San Francisco, issi tons; bark Mary
Glover. lumber for san Francisco, is
tons: British ship Talisman. iumler
for VALPARAISO, 1883 tons; British ship
1915 tons; British bark Rhota1. lum-
Der for Port Discovery, 1000 tons. To-
tai. vessels, 9,Ss tens.
At tfsaIasiy--B Bark Normandy, lum-
her for sydney. iia5 tons; British bark
Willie Mcf.aren. lumlsr for Norman
town. Ss3 tons; British bark Martha.
lufnier for Melbourne. sS tons. To-
tai, vessels. 2s5i5 tons
Al Port Blakcly-- Bark otago. iuni-
her for san Diego. so tons.
At Port Townsend Bark James A
Bourlana tandergoiBg repsirsi, $50
tons: tsarkentine John Smith tseesing
rharteti 81 tons; German bark e.. T.
Harhitx tawaitinr ordefsi, t53 tons.
fetal, } vessels. I>sS tons.
srxasEY.
Seattle, II vessels. "a .fsss tons: Port
Gamble, 5 vessels, 1854 tons. Port
Discovery, 9 vessels. aSss tons: Ia
coma. 5 vessels. 6si2 tons: Hadlock. q
vessels, sfsg7 ions; Madison, 8 vessels.
.ss.5-si tons; I.Eidiow. ; vessels. 2Ssi
tons; Eiakeiy. vessel, SO tons; Port
Toxnsend. 3vrsseis, fsSs tons. Tosal.
- vessels and tsi,I74 tons.