The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-24

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ship Valley Forge, LIB tons; coal from. NJ
uslmo g San Francisco: option OF San Pedro.
= BAH Ineobald. ssl tons; coal from Nanaimo
San Diego =
ship Ericsson. l,5ss tons; coal from Nsnaimo
% san Francisco; option Of San Pedro.
snip Louis Wash. 1.497 tons, now at San
Feoro; coal from Nanaimo to San Pedro.
Following is the cargo of the ship Henry
Willard, which left New York for the Sound
on the 9th of last November:
One hundred and ffty-two thousand seven
hundred and seventy-seven ms beans cases
books, 10000 ms bone dust, 6,ss6 gallons
brandy, 3,6Ss cases canned goods. ss4 sos ms
chrome ore, 80 packages drugs. e66 ms dried
fruit, package hardware sos bundles leather
scraps, L liquors, 2o6 27s iss mustard seed
al bales rags IA 2S5 cases salmon, $50 cases
sheiiac. IS packages Shells lib ,343 Ms tin. 2sse
gallons vinegar, 14o.665 gallons and is cases
wine and 1o0 lbs wool.
The following are the expectations from
this customs district since my last report:
August l6th-American bark Amelia to Homo
lulu: s4s.42S feet rough lumber, valued at So
4s42s $3.50 feet dressed lumber, valued at
500 s.; 56,l4s feet foring, valued at 81 ,olo72;
shingles, valued at $3.50
August oo-Bark Charles B. Kinney, LOIS tons:
1852 tons OF coal for San Francisco
August 25th-- Chilian bark Pastoriza. 112o
tons, for Iqufqui; 3252 feet rough lumber. val
ued at 1929 IS: 4o26s7 feet dressed lumber. val
ued at $s,u36ss, and 5000 laths, valued at 500
August 2lst- Bolivian bark Omeo, 7s9 tons for
Melbourne: 6,S SOC feet dressed lumb. r, valued
at $6,2s4C6; los. 500 aths. valued ct s2f7 o. and
2,540 plckets, va ued al $27540
August 2lst-American bark Newman. sos
tons, for Melbourne: 6s6 1916 feet OF rough luns-
Der, valued Al $685.. IS.
August 22d-American schooner Puritan. 5s4
tons. for Shanghai: go 746 feet OF rough lumber.
valued at $7,297.46 ard 502lo feet of dressed
lumber. valued at 1908 76.
Following are the latest changes of mas
tiers:
Charles o. Anderson is master of the bark
Memnon.
John r Ryan is in command of the steamer
Marcy.
u. NJ. Parker again has charge of the steamer
Waseo
Captain o'Brien has been temporarily sue
ceeded as master OF the Premier by Captain B.
Gilboy.
Captain Farrell assumes command of the shin
Blue Jacket, vice Captain Boyd. The change
was made before the Blue Jacket left San Fran
cisco on her last trip up.
The following Information pertaining to
Santa Rosalia. east coast of Lower Cali
fornia, has been received from Captain ].
G. Dodd, of the British ship Ben Macdhui:
Santa Rosalia is situated where Canon Proyi.
cencia is marked on H. o. chart No. go fan.
proximate q 20 n, 112 is 30 WI. At the old loca-
ton there are no buildings. The town has be-
tween 1000 and 1000 Inhabitants. All supplies
are control ed by the Boleo Company (French).
Water Is supplied in casks; price cents per
gallon. Baiisst is difficult to obtain; probable
cost. l50 to 81 per toa. Vessels bring coal and
patent fuai and take away "copper" and also re-
fuse from the furnaces. which has not been
thoroughly refined. Vessels approaching
thould make Toriuga island and then steer in
shore until the smoke-s.acks of the reduction
works are visible. At night the furnace fires
and stream OF fire running down to the beach
offer an excellent mark. The anchorage is about
one-half mile from the beach. Pilot
age is collected whether pilot is on
board or not Pilots do not go off to
vessels Of night or in very rough weather
Commander E. M. Sheppard, commanding
the United States steamship Mohican, reports
that June 5, 1890. Whale Rock buoy, Pago Pago
harbor, Samoan islands, was found drifted to
position well to the westward of the rock and
that he intended TO remove the buoy. owing to
the difficulty IN maintaining it in position
Captain Newcomer, of the British bark Lord
Downshire. reports line of breakers extending
fourteen miles westw ard from the center islet of
the Scilly islands. South Pacific ocean.
During the week ended August 8 the
bureau of navigation, treasury depart
menf, assigned official numbers, etc., to
the following Pacific coast vessels:
Steamer Alert. OF Empire City. Or, e6. 20 tons