The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-27
THE WATER rRosT.

The bark Germania begins loading coal
today.
The steamer Al-Ki still lies at the ocean
dock. Her boilers are being overhauled.
The Wells line steamer Jeanne vii prob
ably leave San Francisco for Seattle tomor-
row.
II IS not known yet when the new
steamer Discovery win 90 on the Seattle
Port Angeles route.
The Point Arena loaded 1000 empty
lime barrels at the Badere Milling COM
pany's wharf yesterday.
Up to a late hour last evening nothing
had been heard Of the steamship Idaho,
which has been looked for since Sunday.
The steam schooner Signal, sailing in the
Barnard line, arrived in port yesterday
from San Francisco with general cargo.
The bark EIsinore, sailing in the Wells
line, arrived here yesterday from San Fran
cisco with 400 tons Of general merchan-
disc.
Captain Beecher has purchased the
steamer General Miles and she viii be run
ming in the J. B. Iibby's place within .
few days.
The Point Arena brought in 100 barrels
of lime, 104 bales OF hay, III sacks OF whe al
and sixty tons OF miscellaneous freight
Monday night
The Wells line schooner Vesta arrived in
port yesterday from San Francisco with q
general cargo. She docked at Yesler
wharf and began discharging Immediately.
Russ Lowe, of Port Townsend, did not
buy the Columbia river steamboat Wasco.
lie intends, however, 10 purchase some
boat for the Hoods Canal-Port Townsend
route.
Mr.. ]. J. Holland is expected TO arrive
here today from Portland with the plans,
specifications and model for John Lang's
new boat. Immediately upon his arrival Mr..
Holland win begin getting his yard at Bal
lard in shape to begin work on the boat.
The Puget Sound Shore Railroad Com
pany has begun extending Its track from
the main line On Railroad avenue along
the south end of the city dock where II
ran before the fire. The spur is about zoo
feet long. II viii be utilized IN transferring
steamboat freight.
The statement that Captain Seahury of
the bark Highland Light was absent from
bis ship Monday morning when the Coast
Seamen's Union boarded the vessel and re-
moved the two sailors, is untrue. Both
captain and Mate Kennedy we're aboard
The Highland Light at the time.
ghe building On the Ocean dock, al pre-
sent used for Offices for the Pacific Coast
Steamship Co., is 20 be moved &c q point
southeast of the large warehouse on the
wharf TO make room for an extension 10
the warehouse The work OF preparing for
moving the building began yesterday.
The British bark Banca. Captain
BerfhoId Balberow. from Liverpool via
Honolulu. arrived in port yesterday with
2oe tons of salt, sal soda and bath brick.
consigned 70 Schw bacher Bros. & Co. She
will discharge at Schwahacher's wharf.
When she fnishea unloading she viii pro-
coed to Tacoma.
J. C. Nixon has sold two Of his sealing
schoouers. the James Hamilton Lewis and
the Venture. The Lewis was sold to
Captain Al McIeane. of Victoria. and
Iabes Brcs., of San Francisco, for
$500. she left for san Francisco
Yesterday, where she viii tit out
for q northern cruise Immediately.
The Venture was sold to Anderson Bros.
Of Port Townsend. She viii job this winter
and 20 north at the opening Of next setson.
The price paid was 81 800. The Lewis Is s.
feet long on :he keel. 10 feet over all. has a
2s-foot beam and is IL feet deep. She is
built ensirely of teak wood and is one of
the ssaarchest schooners OF her class
afloat today. she was built at Yokohama
in 1854 aud sailed under the English flag until
seized in Behring sea IN 1857 by the United
states government. She was sold under
the hammer at Port Townsend last March
10 ]. G. Nixon. The Venture was built at
Astoria in 1856 and was bought one year
iatsr by Mr.. Nixon, and by him held until
sold 70 Anderson Bros. She Is sixty -six
feet long. has a sixteen-foos beam. and s.
sxsen-Eoot hold. Mr.. Nixon has bat one
schooner left now. the Allie Falgar, which
l. laid up in Salmon bay.