The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-17
WATER FRONT NOTES.

Schooner Huenems. now on the Sound, has
been chartered TO load lumber for GuaymAs.
Mexico.
The American ship Guardian. l.o-s tons. has
been chartered 10 load lumber on the sound in
November for Valparaiso
The Sicarsguan bark Dominion, Las tons.
now At Departure bay, has been chartered 10
load coal thence 70 San Francisco
steamship Queen will come up from San
Francisco on the next trip OF the wsiia walla,
while the latter 10 being overhaaled
ship Columbia completed her cargo of coal 90
the ounkers yesterday. she carries :, 40 tons of
Black Diamond 20 san Francisco and will 20 to
sea today.
fcg alarm station 10 soon TO be erected at
the light station on Entrance island, near Ssnai.
mo. b. {. IL win be located near the north
point oil the island a. close to the waters edge
as will be safe from the surt.
Steamship UmatfIia arrived yesterday at Q
O'Clock. bringing So tons OF freight and the fol-
lowing passengers: Mira T. l. Wethsreil. Miss
l. Jsmekin Miss James, Mrs. NJ. A. Pinker,on,
Mrs y. 4 Watson, Mrs crosshwaite. Robert
Moran, T. W. blanchard, W. II. Ford, William
Draper. Mrs. 7. Whippie, Dr.. W. e Coulan, W
Gooeale and nine steerzge.
collision between the steamship Umstiiia
and the steamer Fairhaven was barely avoided
yesterday morning OF Ten Mile point The fog
was very thick and the boats were running at
slow speed, when they doomed up In sight only
a few feel away. The Fsirhayea backed AZ full
speed. while the Umafilis went ahead at full
speed, and the two boats cleared each other by
baNly four feet
Steamship City OF Topeka arrived from Alaska
at ESQ O'Clock yesterday morning bringing fifty
tons OF salmon In barrels and the following pas-
sengers: Mrs. j. q. Trip, +. J. Whalley. L.
Levy. A. Dova, Leo Eugene, Miss Knapp, Miss
May Knapp. Miss Chisholm, J. h. Carss, III. Bohl-
man, d. W. Crowley, W. Green. DIR. Newman.
Tbs steamer Is two days late and will sail for
Alaska again at o clock this afternoon.
The Southern California Rate Cutting,
CHICAGO, Sept. l6.-The Southern Pacific
has issued statement regarding the rate
war. IL claims that the 81 which the
Santa Fe complained ii had taken from the
San Francisco rate was an arbitrary I'm
which no other company shared. and II
had therefore the right 20 suspend II any
way. 1t claims the same right to give free
transportation overits San Francisco loop
TO holders of first-class tickets as the Santa
Fe has TO carry frst-ciass passengers free
from Mojave via Los Angeles TO Barstow
or from Los Angeles to San Diego or over
its loop. The Southern Pacific is silent
regarding its reason for taking SIS at a
swtpe oil the Southern California rates.
On Tuesday next the Santa fe road will meet
the Southern Paeifes cut OF SIS In the passenger
rate from Los Angeles. Cal, 10 Chicago II is
not thought the cut will 60 further.
VIII Put In Larger Dynamos.
The Union Electric Company yesterday
let to the General Electric Company con-
tract for three 2,ooolight incandescent
dynamos to be placed in the A plant.
These are to replace three i.3oo-iight, two
750light and one 650iight machines. and
while they will have about the same capa-
city As the old machines they will save
space In the power house, labor in caring
for them and repairs, and a given quantity
of wire VIII carry four times as many lights
from them IS from the old ones.