The morning call., 1893-08-22
TWO STEAMSHIPS.
Double Service South by
the New Line.
THE ST. PAUL AND BERTHA.
The Ports Record Broken in the
Matter of Bending Sails-Puget
Sound Travel.
THE ST. PAUL AND BERTHA.

The new transportation syndicate organ
lied last Thursday by the Johnsnn-LOcke
Company, Louis Sloss & Co., the Alaska
Commercial Company and others 10 ex-
tend the trade OF San Francisco with
southern ports has leased the Steamship
Bertha in addition to the St Paul, pre-
viously noted, and is pushing all pre-
lminaries with much vigor. Arrangements
have already been made for a system Of
agencies at the principal ports, the various
strings to the enterprise are being gathered
together and the company hopes to be able
10 announce rates within week
The first steamer to go will be the St.
Paul. and she will probably get away be-
fore September 15 II will not be many
days thereafter when the Bertha will
leave.
The st. Paul will ply between San Fran
cisco and all important ports of call in
Lower California, the Gulf of California
and Mexico, while the Bertha will run to
Port Hartford. Los Angeles and San
Diego.
1t is the purpose Of the company to work
upthe trade with the foreign southern ports
which of late. while it has not been en-
tirely neglected, has not received enough
attention, and in this effort the company
has the moral assurance of hearty support
from all mercantile interests Of the city.
The steamship FL Proereso, chartered
by the North American Navigation Com
pany, which put into Rio de Janero for
repairs a fortnight ago, sailed Saturday
Tor San Francisco via Panama. The re-
port of leaky boilers was not quite true.
Before she left Baltimore new furnaces
were put in, and where the new irou
joined the old the rivetng was too weak.
This fault has u0w hQpn rpmp6ind
Much interest has been manifested
along the water front as TO how and when
the American ship bohemia would get her
crew and how much blood money, it any,
she would have 10 pay. All argument was
stepped yesterday when she took the last
OF her crew of sixteen, which was fur
nished by the Ship-Owners' Association
without paying q bonus. They began
bending sails at A. NJ. and fnishedstheir
work complete in every detail by 10
O'Clock, which time, according 10 good
local authority, beats the record. The
Bohemia cleared yesterday and will prob
ably go to sea to-day. One man who was
sick was sent ashore by order of the new
commissioner, William Gwin.
The Grace Barton smashed two buckets
OF her wheel against a floating log yester-
day and was delayed one trip.
Captain Avery OF the Pacific Mail
steamer Colon has been exoneraied from
the charges OF misconduct preferred by the
former steward and former mats Of the
vessel.
Much of the southbound steamship pas
senger traffic from Puget Sound TO this
port is business that comes from the trans
continental railroads terminating there.
For the past month the Great Northern
has been giving the Pacific Coast COM
pany good business for every steamer
The railroad sells mileage tickets which
the steamship company accepts, the rate
being exactly the local tariff. Travel for
San Francisco by the Canadian and
Northern Pacific, via Seattle, is about