The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-23
PUGET SOUND SHIPS.
Less Stagnation Except in the
Lumber Movement.
fIFTx-slxvEsseLsIN THE PORTS


S4&e1 sg1S ~ 81Ay t0iHEs On tuS luCEcoSCe
while coal sngagemsnp are not on the de-
cline. The stagnauon appears to Be in
lumber movem=niA The British steamer
Algoma. which cleared yesterday for Mel
bourne, il the second Of this class Of yes
seis 70 carry lumber foreign from the
Sound. Her cargo. while fully - valuable
- was thar Of the suffolk, viii not prove
bonanza for her charterers. rs the time
ioss in her dispatch and the fuel which she
will consume will cut far into the rate
which she obtained.
J. w. HarrisOn's San Francisco weekly
coal circular contains the following:
There have been the following arrivals during
the week: From the coass coilleriea ls.2ss
tons; from Sydney, 1857 tons There 10 no spe-
cial change in the situadon: prices are the same
- last week. buyers are numerous and sellers
lew. Ordeu are baing Gus down and divided,
20 - to make our small stock reach Gil
consumen The northern mine are aid
ing rs ably to tide over our present
troubles, and win provide a. against what may
be termed an abeoAute coal famine, although
the asking prices strongly intimate that the
famine has been reached. The early settlement
Of he coal strike in Australia, which has been
anticipated to tsks place at any moment re-
mains unsettled and very indefinite; - this II
the source from which our earliest relief II sx-
pected, large consumers are feeling very des-
pondsnt 9 their profits ase being entirely con-
stunned b the present prices Of fuel.
LATEST cHARrERA
The following are the latest charters Of
interest 70 Puget sound and the North
Coast:
Ship Harry Mofss, 1873 tons, coal from Seattle
70 San Francisco; chartered prior to arrival BY
Oregon Improvement Company.
Cal 70 -
San Diego, lumber from Puget Sound to Fort
Pirie. IS s.; chartered BY Dempster g Ksyea
Ship c. +. Sargent, 1858 tons. coal from To
coma 70 San Francisco; chartered BY II. Z.
White.
Ship Louis Walsh, 1.n7 tons. now Il San Pc
dros coal from Nanaimo to San Francisco; char
tered by Jonn Rosenfeld's 6onA
snip Occidental LISA tons now et Seattle,
coal 70 San Francis o; chartered BY the Oregon
Improvement Company
Bark Oregon. L36l tons, coal from Nanaimo
to San Francisco or San Pedro: chartered By
John Rosenfeld's Soma
Bark Dstroit, l,las tons, coal from Seattle to
San Francisco; cnsrtsred by the Cedar River
Coal Company.
Bark AK NcNen, Loss tons. coal nom Ma
naimo TO San Francisco; chartered BY John
Resenfsld's Sons
Schooner Annie Larsen. sss tons. lumber from
GrAy's harb0r to Talara bay; chartered BY J. W.
Gsace Co
Ship Valley Forss, 1.2as tons, nov q San p
dro, coal r. m anaim to San Francisco or San
Psdro; chartered BY John ssuisld's Sons
Norwegian BARK KAmp jord, 75e tons, Iumber
from Puget sound to Melb0uIne: 81 III Cd:
chartered pr or 10 arrival.
British ship Ellen 4. Reed, l.7s0 tons, now On
the Sound, wheat from Tscoma % Cork, United
Kingdom, Havre or Antwerp; 81 IL sd-chax-
= led PRIOR TO arrival
Bntish bark George Thompson, LIZ tons,
now on the scund, lumber from Rugy Blakoley
BFitish ship otsmboul, Las tons. lumber from
Psges sound to Valparaiso for 0gdeEs; ~ Il Cd
chartered prior 70 arrival
KxroR1s Fo1 TIE Wick.
Tia exports. foreign. fer The week havs
November ls-British bark Rothieway, 1sls
tons. Captain Hayes. for Qaeeustown Of Pal
mouth Tor Orders; 3t.S56 SUCKS Of wheat, A24z-
$50 pounds, valued 1t S5s,o57.
November 15-American schooner Louis -
tons. Captain Hatch. for Melbourne: 7s7,s67 feet
Rough lumber valued q N,S7&67. 16.ee6 fset
slaves valued = SS002k 1otai value Of cargo,
IS $40 So
November 15-American schoonef King Cy-
rus, 967 tons. Capt Ia Christenson for Port
Prize: S52, 81 feet rough lumber, valued ct ~
52644
November nth; American bark Ncwsboy. SIS
tons. Captain johnson. for Port Prize. 10. 500
feet rough lumber, valued at H,0f6o9.
November lsth; British ship Austriaua, 1919
tons. Captain Campbell, for Liverpool 10s4. $50
feet rough lumber valued ct $1O,95l6Q
November list; British steamer Alrernon,
LS92 tons, Captain George. for Melbourne,
l5,9i4650 feet rough lumber valued ct SIG 02S S.;
4a2.ao0 iaths valued 1t 1854 so 1900 picrets,
va,ued ct ISL o. Total value Of cargo, Q7,7s4H
cyrr nRfrrn No
Captain Ryder has been appointed to the
command of the bark Rufus E. Wood, and
Captain Mackie has been placed In charge
OF the bark General Fairchild.
The bureau of navigation, treasury de-
partment, has assigned official numbers tn
the following Pacific coast vessels. VIZ:
LOG. 795, and signal letters 4. n. s. n:
steames Farragut. 1858 net tonnage, No.
$685. Both Of these vessels hail from
this port. The steamer City of Latona, So
attic, 1901 net tonnage, No. 120,81A
The ship Oriental arrived in port yester-
day morning from San Francisco. Her
charter Is coal, to be loaded at Tacoma
The ship George +. Manson left last
night for San Francisco. Sine carries I
cargo Of coal
The ship Carondelet was yesterday towed
70 Port Gamble. where she loads her
cargo.
vEssELs on THE SOUND.
There are ffty-six vessels loading at the
Puget sound and British Columbia ports
this week. of which forty are Americans
The total tonnage of the feet is 81, l2O. The
following is q detailed list of vessels load.
ing:
AT sxArrLE
American ship Spartan, 1856 tons Cautsin
Polite; loading coal for San Francisco
American bark J. D Peters, Loss tons, csutain
Gibson: loading coal for San Francisco.
American bark G. C. Perkins SCI tons Can
tain Thebs; scnarging general mers handise.
American barkentine Retriever. 567 tons. dis
charging merchandise.
American bark Gasherer. 1869 tons, Captain
Prichard; iosoing coal for San francisco.
American bark Charles b KFuny. LOTS TINA
Captain Johnson; loading coal fog San Fran.
cisco.
American bark Highland Light. LOS ton.
Captain Hartman; loading coal for SAN Fran.
cisco
American bark Nicholas Thaysr, SIS tona Can
tain Sorman; discharsing cargo.
AT FORT BLAKELEY.
American bark Matilda, sA tona Captain
swiuton: repairing.
American ship Pactolus, LIS tons; loading
lumber fog Sh anghai
British ship George Thompson. l,ls6 tons.
Captain Barneson; loading lumbar for sydney.
AT rAcoxA.
British ship Karoo. $50 tons, Captain Munro:
loading wheat for United Kingdom.
British snip Bsnlarig, 1,6s2 tons, Captain
Blase; loading wheat for United Kingdom.
No.