The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-26
MILLIONS OF LUMBER.
MANY VESSELS LOADING At
BLAkELEY ron FOREIGN FORTS.
Fine Tfmbers for . Dry Dock at
Plymouth. EnEland-A Fleet Of
Nine ships for That Port Alone
south America and south Africa,
Making . Grand Total Of More
Than Fourteen Million Feet.

The British bark Creeomore. now at
Port Rlakeley will load lumber for Plyn-
outh. England She rs the sixth of series
OF nine large vessels going 20 Plymouth
with lumber from the Blakeley mill The
Creednnore carries I. $50 feet OF lumber.
and she will be followed by the kenne-
beck. which carries f.SA.eoo feet Capt.
Lewis. who is master OF the Remedies.
left the ship at San Francisco and will
join the Kennebeck at Port Townsend.
The Undaunted win fellow him 10 Ptyn-
outh loaded with lumber from this place
for the same English firm.
The Alex Gibson was the first of the
series TO leave. and she carried l-222,oo
feet; then went the John A. Briggs. car
rying l,iSo.o zoo: then the German ship Co
lumbus. carrying as7 GO feet. and lastly the
British ship Dundee, carrying l.6SI.eo
Two other ships will probably be char
tered for the same order. which will bring
the total amount of lumber going 10 the
same place to more than II. eoa, 90 feet.
In this order. besides the small lumber.
there viii be between le.0oe and II. go pieces
of timber ranging from III. TO "a inches
square and from IS TO IS feet long. All
this is very fine lumber. being an extra
quality of mercantile. and all goes to
build a large dry dock in the harbor at
Plymouth.
The trade with Japan still continues on
the same level. The bark ST. Katherine
Is now loading for that coast. She will
carry 10000 feet of lumber, consisting
mostly of large pieces from Is 10 "A inches
square. The schooner Prosper. carrying
So ea and the schooner Fred f. Sander.
carrying ssl,ooo. left a short time ago for
the same coast.
The Chilean ship Temuco Capt. Swan
son. left port Friday night for Valparaiso.
carrying $4,000 feet of lumber. besides 500
tons of sugar pine and canned goods. The
Chilean bark Latona. Capt Gilmore, also
loads for Valparaiso. carrying about 100000
feet. The bark Emma Louisa, carrying
100000. and the bark Anna Catharina.
with $4,000. left for the same coast only
a short time ago.
The steamer Bogstat Is nearly loaded
for South Africa. She will carry 100000
feet of lumber. besides 100 tons of -four
and 300 tons of merchandise. She will fin-
ish her cargo on Thursday.
The British ship Scottish Isles Is ex-
pected in Biakeley very soon from Hong
kong and win also load for South Africa.
There has been no trade with that district
since their late war. but ii is again reviv-
ing. and all indications are that 1t will
reach its former level.
The bark Hesper. of mutiny fame will
finish loading lumber on Tuesday and
clear for Australia. The ship Lewis Walsh
Is also taking on lumber for Australia.
Among the vessels at Blakeiey is Ger
man ship loading deck lumber for Ham,
burg.
The bark Mercury will probably get
away from Port Blakeley on Tuesday with
$50, 900 feet of lumber for San Francisco.
The ship Invincible is also loading lumber
for San Francisco. She will carry about
100. 600 feet.
There are at the present time thirteen
vessels in port. either loading or prepar-
ing to load lumber for various ports of the
world They will carry out more than
IA. 200. 900 feet.