The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-23
SAILS OUT OF DATE.
Big Tramp Steamers in the
Coal and Lumber Trade.
FEW SHIPS ON THE SOUND.



Port Townsend, Aug .e-Spec.ai-There
are fewer ocean sailing vessels On Puget
Sound and in British Columbia waters
today loading ard oischarging cargoes
than has been known for a number OF
years. The Introduction OF the mammoth
tramp steamers. many Of which carry
over 200. GO feet OF lumber. and others
carry upwards OF $3.50 tons OF coal. have
partly paralyzed the commerce formerly
carried on by sailing craft There are
three or four steam Golfers plying IN the
San Francisco ard British Columbia coaI
trade. which have displaced and caused
10 be sent of shore some ten or twelve
sailing vessels. There is Just as much
coal and lumber being shipped from the
Northwest now as at any time in the last
three or four years. but the introduction
Of tramp steamers has practically driven
sailing tonnage Off the Coast The &c
mand for lumber in South Africa in the
past few months has been unprecedented.
something over i. COO 900 feet being ex-
ported from the Sound. mostly in tramp
steamers at a very low rate. The out
look for lumber shipments to the West
Coast is very fair. but the demand in Aus
tralia seems TO be diminishing somewhat
The lumber trade between British Co
iunbia and American coastwise ports
since the first of the present year in its
proportions Will surprise many lumber
men, Owing TO the abolition OF duty on
lumber the Northern mills have sent over
thirty cargoes OF lumber TO California
markets. aggregating nearly &C. 100000 feet.
and that, too. in period of the last six
months. The value OF this lumber. had
IL been purchased from the Puget Sound
mills. as would have been done under the
former law, is over s20o.o0o being the
81 . h.
workers of the state OF Washington and
given TO the Chinese. japanese and In
dian workmen of British Columbia. who
labor for 20 per cent. less than Puget
Sound workmen.
Here is a list of vessels on Puget Sound.
compiled for the Post-Intelligencer by
Rothschild & Co, ship brokers, at this
port:
Am blk Kate Davenport. 1.is4 tons. Rey-
nolds master. Blakeley, lumber for San
FTaneisco.
Am blk Invincible, 1884, tons, Rowland
master. Blakeley unchartered.
Chil blk Elisa. ai5 tons. Harken master.
Blakeley. lumber for Valparaiso.
Chill blk Ema Luisa. ,4s9 tons. Welsey
master. BlakeIey. lumber for Valparaiso.
Am bk Mercury. los tons, Colby mas
ter, Blakeley. lumber for San Francisco.
Am blk Colusa. ]: 100 tons. kalb master.
Blakeley, lumber for Fremantle. Aus.
Am bk Melrose 9l9 tons. Peterson mas
ter, Blakeley, lumber for Sydney.
Am Ok Matilda NIB tons, SNeDS0n mas
ter. Blakeley, lumber for Honolulu.
Am bktne lrmgard, 62s tons Smith
master. BlakeIey. lumber for Fiji Islands.
Chill blk Oscar Herrara, "a tons Pen
dleton master, Blakeley, lumber for Val
paradise.
Am schr Nocomos. 49, tons. Roos master.
Tacoma, lumber for San Pedro.
Am schr Prosper, h39 tons. Johansen
master. Tacoma, lumber for San Pedro.
Am schr Tampa. 1886 tons. Peterson mas
ter, Tacoma, lumber for Guaymas, Mex.
s--lr =. So 4s@,au Serv,
Tacoma, lumber for San Pedro.
Am bk Seminole. 1.43e tons, Weeden.
master. Tacoma, lumber for sydney.
Br sh Manx King. Loo tons. Kerran
master. Tacoma. wheat for United King
dom.
Br sh Dudhope. 1865 tons. Mcmillan
master. Tacoma. wheat for United King
Br str Straits of Dover. ! .so4 tons. Haln-
day master. Tacoma, lumber for Delagoa
Bay
Am schr Challenger 26s tons. Soderund
master. Seattle. lumber for Newport
Am blk Germania, SIS tons. Pearson mas
ter. Seattle. coal for San Francisco.
Am schr Compeer, $50 tons. Sorenson
master, Seattle. lumber for San Francisco.
Am schr Ella Johnson, l97 tons, Seattle.
laid up
tron master. Nhatcom, lumber for San
Francisco.
Am schr. Transit; sos tons, Jorgensen
master. Whatcom. lumber for Hilo.
Am schr Charles T. Falk, PSI tons An
derson master. Gamble, lumber for San
Francisco.
Am schr Bangor, 4S6 tons. Aspe master,
Gamble. lumber for San Francisco.
chill sh Atacama, 1.22i tons. Jensen mas
ter. Gamble, lumber for Valparaiso.
Br str De Bay. 1.0S3 tons Yates master.
Gamble. lumber for West Coast
Am schr Falcon. i9e tons Challestron
master, Gamble, lumber for San Fran
cisco.
Am blk Guardian. 1.0i7 tons. Marden
master. Hadlock. lumber for Callao.
Am brig Courtney Ford 3e4 tons Nc
Ieoud master. Hadlock lumber for Fiji
Islands
Am bktne J. NJ. Griniths. $50 tons. Arey
master. Hadlock, lumber for San Fran
cisco.
Br bk Shakespeare. 767 tons. Todd mas
ter. Victoria. general cargo. dischargine
Chill sh Republic. i,237 tons. Turch mas
ter, Vancouver. lumber Tor Valparaiso
Dutch hlS Van Galen, $40 tons MARS
master. Vancouver. sugar discharging
Haw schr Americana, $50 tons Smith
master, Vancouver, lumber for Delagoa
Bay. Africa.
an schr William T. Whitman. 40 tons.
Peterson master, Vancouver. lumber for
San Pedro.
Nor sh Prince Amadco. ISL tons. Steen
master. Vancouver. lumber for United
Am schr II ". Bartlett 4q5 tons. Sloan
master. Westminster lumber for san Pc
dro.
Am sh wachusetts. l.5is tons. Williams
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