The morning call., 1894-01-12
STEAMER CHANGES
Withdrawal Of a Pacific
Mail Steamer.
CITY OF SYDNEY LAID OFF.
The San Bias on Her Way Up
From Central America.
SHE WILL RUN TO PANAMA.
Relieving the Sydney, Which Will
Probably Be Sent to China.
Queen for Portland.
SHE WILL RUN To PANAMA.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
withdrawn the steamer San Bias from its
wayport run between Acapulco, Mexico
and Panama, and the steamer City of
Sydney will not return to the Panama
route but will probably be used as sub
stitute for the lost City of New York be-
tween San Francisco and China. The San
Bias will be put on the through run to
Panama.
The withdrawing of a regular steamer
plying between Central American ports is
an important move in steamship circles, as
will DE the placing of the City Of Sydney
on the route to the Orient.
To heavy competition, unfortunately of
foreign nature. the recalling of the
San Bias is attributed. Much coffee will
go TO Hamburg this season and great
deal to New York. The North American
Navigation Company has done something
toward crippling the Mail Company, but
IS not such an important factor as is the
regular line of tramp steamers running
between Central America and Europe.
The question of holding part of the cot-
fee trade for San Francisco has recently
been agitated by our local merchants, and
the prospects OF this city getting but a
small portion of this seasons crop is ag-
grayated by the news that the Pacific Mail
Company is no longer able 10 stand the
expense OF running empty vessels up and
down the Central American coast.
The excuse for bringing the san Bias to
San Francisco that is made by some of the
company's employees Is that the vessel is
in need OF repairs. Like the Barracuda
they aver, the San Bias will return to her
regular waypUrt run in the summer time
There is very small possibility of this
statement being correct.
Captain Seabury will probably take
charge Of The sydney, should she be sent
10 the Orient. The vessel Is a sister ship
TO the wrecked City of New York.
Ii is expected that the San Bias will ar
rive on the Doth of this month, In which
case she will probably undergo a slight
Overhauling and then be sent south again
on the Sydney's scheduled time.
Il cannot account for the small ship
ments Of coffee this season." said local
dealer yesterday. IL 90 not particularly
favor the Pacific Mail Company, but am
sorry to see that ii is fetching so little
freight from Central American ports.
The North American Navigation Com
panys steamers carry large amount IF
through freight between Panama and San
Francisco, but they do not secure many
consignments from Central America, so
the business of that section is not coming
here by any of the steamship lines.
Let me propose tnat 1HE GALL tell the
merchants of this city To look little more
closely into the business and trade down
south. 1t is worth watching"
Next in importance in the matter of
marine news yesterday is the story that
the steamer Del NOrte will be chartered
by the firm of Moore. Ferguson & Co. of
this city to run to Yaquina City in the
place of the attachment plastered Will
lamette Valley.
Though the charter had not been re-
corded up to 6 o'clock last evening, il un-
doubtedly will be this morning.
Moore. Ferguson d. Co. have a quantity
of grain at Yaquina City and must find
some cheap means of getting it to this city.
The Del Norte will make four or FIVE trips
north at least, and will, perhaps, be kept
permanently on the route.
Repairs are necessary to the steamer
State Of California, and she will be taken
off the Portland run. The steamer Queen,
which was only recently sent over to Sau-
Salito to lay up, was towed t. Broadway
wharf yesterday and will be sent to Ore
gon vice the State of California.
A mechanic at work on repairs to the
tug Alert lost his grip on the rail and fell
into the bay. The Alert was alongside of
Howard No. 3 at the time and the man was
rescued by two boatmen from the Folsom
street float
On board the steamer National CITY.
which arrived yesterday morning from
Eureka, are two large sections of a red
wood tree and quantity Of flagpoles for
the Humboldt County exhib al the Mid
winter Fair