The San Francisco call., 1897-06-22
OCEAN FREIGHT
TRAMPS ARRIVING
The Cluden HaStened Here
TO Be Ahead of the
Tariff.
Passenger and Freight Rates to
Northern Ports Dropped
Low.r.
Cheaper Now TO Travel Than TO Stav
at Home-The Con cord in
the Bay.

Ahe tramp steamer CIuQen arrived Yes-
terday, little over % days from Hong
kong and % days from Moi, Japan. The
Pacific Mail Steamship Company is the
agent, and the big freight-carrier soon
tied up to the Mail dock. This is one of
several of the kind that is making fast
time to this port in order TO get in ahead
OF the time when the new tariff will 90
into effect. Like two or three of these
tramps that have sailed in recently, the
Cluden is loaded well down to the wafer
line with freight, much of which is likely
to be sent East by rail. The CIuden's
cargo is principally tea, rice and mating,
in all 49, 203 packages, or 49-2 tons.
This is the first trip of the Cluden to
this port She was built at North Shields,
England, and launched last Decent mber.
and has tonnage of 2035 tons net. The
steamer sailed from Cardiff 10 Hongkong
with coal for the British navy and thence
to this port. Her master is Captain San.
derson. The same company is also the
agent for the tramp steamer Glenshield,
that is on her way TO this port with sim
liar mixed cargo. The Glenshield is ex-
pected to arrive next Friday.
The fight in freight and passenger rates
between this City and Portland and Puget
Sound ports still goes merrlly on, and the
general public is rsaping the benefits
thereof. First came the cut OF the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company to So
for hrst-class passage fare between this
| City and Portland, which was met by the
Southern Pacific Company's $40 rebate.
Thus, those who wanted TO go 10 the
Puget Sound and British ColUmb sec
tlons had only to pay from S6 % to 50
more, making the trip very cheaply. This
compelled the Pacific Coast Steam hip
/ Company to come into the fight whether
1t wanied to or not, and it answered by
lowering its rates to $40 and S. for first
and second class passenger rates.
Then the independent company came
into the field with the steamer Cleveland
and made still deeper cash into the al
ready greatly reduced rates, and cut TO
81 so and IS for Puget Sound ports on
! both sides of the boundary line Still not
satisfied the Cleveland folks last Saturday
went still lower and dropped TO s. and
| 81 so.
In the freight line the Cleveland has
made a sweeping reduction also, having
made drop 10 81 ton, and Pacific Coast
| Steamship Company has met this reduc-
tion also. Tomorrow the Cleveland and
on Friday the Umatilla sail for the north
ern ports at the reduced rates. The Cleve-
land people have another small steamer,
the Lakme, that is running TO the sound
ports on the same cut III rates.
The gunboat Concord arrived from
Mare Island yesterday and anchored off
Folsom-street wharf.
Bay pirates are again at work on the
water front. On Sunday night they paid
visit to the Columbia River piIot-boat
Jessie, lying a the Beale-street wharf
and stole large quantity of clothing be-
longing to the people on board. The
owner, Robert Carruthers, Captain Cordi-
ner and the cabin-boy were asleep on
| board at the time, but they were not
aroused by the entrance of the thieves.
who ransacked the cabin at pleasure
The pirates gathered up large bundle OF
wearing apparel and made good their es-
cape. Mr.. Carruthers, among other
things, lost valuable suit of clothes and
the cabin boy was out several dollars by
their visit. Captain Cordiner was more
fortunate than the others. The bundle
gathered by the thieves was so large that
they could not carry it off all at once, so
the package was divided, ana the portion
containing the captains garments was
LETT on the stringer of the wharf, where
he found them before the rascals could re-
turn for their plunder. This gang OF ras-
Gals have been operating on he front I'M
detected Tor the past two or three months
and the police have not been able to secure
the least clew as TO their identity. Their
thievings now amount to many hundred
dollars worth of property.
George H. Dryden, the wharfinger ct
the Main-sreet wharf, left his post on
Sunday for two weeks vacation on and
around Puget Sound. He is accom- mpanied
by his wife and child.
The schooner Eta Johnson left Mis-
sion-street wharf yesterday with load of
lum Der for Mexico.
Early yesterday the little schooner Lila
and Matte sailed for the South Seas with
a party Of scientists on board, who ex-
pect before they return to bs able to add
much valuable knowledge to the science
OF bugology.
The steam schooners Navarro and Rival
went on the Merchants drydock yester-
day for an overhauling and cleaning
Both vessels are in the northern Ium Der
trade.
Word was received at the Merchants
Exchange yesterday that the British ship
Port Elgin had put into Montevideo
South America, with her cargo on FIRE
The vessel was bound from Antwerp TO
Santa Rosalia. No details beyond this
were received.
The Lighthouse Board has sent out no.
tlce to mariners relative TO the buoy off
Hum boldt Bar, Cal.
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