The morning call., 1893-09-12

SO the thing has shaped itself around to
. Ford doing IN self-defense just what
GoOdall. Perkins q Co. intended 10 do in
the spirit Of punishment. The latter COM
pany has achieved what it started out
10 do without having TO take up arms
itself.
Mr.. Ford could not be found at his Office
yesterday, but men familiar with his bust
ness say his mills will furnish enough
traffic 10 pay the steamers running ex-
penses and that he can keep up the oppo-
sition indefinitely.
At the Office of J. S. Kimban & Co. the
first news Of the opposition's cut rates was
brought by a CALL reporter. 1t was init
mated that Mr.. Kimball would meet the
cut and that his purse was quite as long
as that of the enemy.
Meantime Goodall, Perkins & Co. are
smiling placldlY at the thought of having
some one else take the fight off their hands
at no expense.
The oarks Charles B. Kenney and John
NorSter, which left the same weak with
the four vessels which arrived here Sun
day, Will finish up the Alaskan cannery
fleet Tor this season. The salmon industry
has been fairly profitable and the catch
quite equal 20 the average. Most of the
vessels Will lay up after discbarging cargo.
Captain w halman OF the w. W. Case was
IN the same gale with the Kenney on
August y and saw her afterWard. She
had lost her upper fore tOpgalant sail, but
Otherwise seemed 10 have had no damage.
l. he steamship Queen, which arrived
! rom Alaska, will lay up for time. Dur
2 the fall she will probably run few
ps to Puget Sound relieving the Pacific
Coast Company feet while each receives
an dVSrhauling. Tourist travel TO Alaska
was lighter this year than last, owing to
the counter attraction OF the WOrld'S Fair.
but as the Alaska service was carried on
with two steamers instead of three the
Da!ance-sheet showed net earnings con-
siderably above the average.
The British ship Craig Elvan, diseharg-
Ing at Folsom : Is connected ty telephone
with the central system Of San Francisco
The telephone is on deck, the wires run
ming over the skids to the wharf, where
they are connected with the city wires
Conversation is far easier than from the
little chicken coops on the docks, because
there is less noise. Hereafter all the
ships IN the Grace line when discharging
will be similarly equipped. Its convent
ence, particularly in the saving of time, is
obvious.
The Government jetty at Yaquina Bay,
$500 feet long, will be finished within a
week, and complete survey of the bar
will be made at once in order to observe
the improvement which is certain to fol-
low. There is now thirteen to fourteen
feet depth at mean low tide.
Among the vessels that cleared at the
Custom house yesterday were the British
laid up here awaiting a charter since Feb
Iuary q. 1892 and the latter since Deem
Der 16, 1891.
Though Captain W. o. Hayden has COM
mand Of the steamer Signal, her former
commander. Captain Bendegard, remains
aboard in the interests of her owner,
George Detrick, presumably to see that she
does not fall into the ways of the Haytian
Republic which was seized for smuggling.
Captain Carl Jensen has taken command
OF the schooner Lena Sweasey. vice Cap
tain BiTkhOlm. who has temporarily taken
command of the Golden Shore.
Harbor Commissioner Brown has gone
TO Chicago and will spend several weeks
looking at the sights of the fair.
Walter Willett, first officer Of the City OF
Puebla, has been transferred to the Una
tilla and will once more be associated with
his old-time superior officer, Captain
Holmes. When he left the Puebla the
crew presented him with a gold-headed
cane and a meerschaum pipe.
Captain 7. Fl. Barber, Pilot Commits.
sioner, is out after a serious illness.