The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-18


tai output II Sufficient.
o.sfye coal IN the San Francisco mar
- 18th for steam and domestic pur-
~ has advanced 81 ton. The same
Sxcs Applies to foreign coal. and
~ grades there IS O scarcity. with
21a1sts that prices will not fall for some
~ ID come.
~ main cause Of the advance IL a
1870 Of coal bottoms from here. and
~ oeai producing districts. The Cape
no trade has taken a large number
n Ve6oets that formerly carried cargoes
- terx TO San Francisco, but greater
- this Is the large and increasing
Trkaf OF vessels being used BY the gov
n<nt for transports. British bottoms
~ formerly used coal for ballast on
| ~ TIPS to San Francisco to load grain.
~ n large number been taken by
| q Hfitism government for transports,
RI WI the prospects Of trouble ahead
" tnin the situation. IT Is believed, will
- = relieved. This state OF affairs, II
nau has cut on, to great extent, tina
7eb,y o. Australian and Cardiff coal sent
| ~ Francisco.
- dtuafion IL best told in a circular
|,o(>s4d here from San Francisco coal
ku11n. II Is dated July II. and reads as
lkwss
Csslitions At San Francisco.
4hcs the Msriposa left there have
~ Inc following coal arrivals from
ptmaia, viz, Port Elgin. 2,7ss tons; Az
GnnlstAn. i3.ss0 tons T'hallatta, e7s tons.
~ M tons There are reported char
~ for coal from Sydney and Newcastle
y4fwo vessels, with carrying capaci-
i 4 tM0Q0 tons There are only ten
/ fAsss due here before September 1.
- Ire thirty-cight vessels listed for
uaiian islands. with about 1900 tons
01l Freight rates are quoted at 1ss
: Nfiy, and La for distant loading from
srAstis. and tonnage hard 10 procure
III fhtse figures our market IL almost
4eg nere of steam grades. every cargo
sing y Delivered from ships side with
Ven thus none Is yarded. leaving no
~ 70 draw from. Our Coast colliery
efors are straining themselves TO get
output 10 market, yet they are
70 MI the orders as they come In.
- called into requisatton ali the
W Coast tonnage, and IL delay
H. y loading Of steamers for here. II
suit e predict where tho combined
m % the world, which Will shortly
g41w In China waters, Will draw their
supplies from, OF course considera-
10y BE- drawn from Japanese collieries,
IN ftolduum must come from Australia,
u 9ritish Columbia cannot furnish any
~ the moment"
team and domestic coal per day
- does II occur that more than mr.
~ dsys' surplus supply IL on hand, and
qsfe. win even one vessel taken
~ efree, IN felt In tho market. Bot
The large number 81 coastwiss and
supply there IL exhausted and
have advanced To hrinE about
stvance many things have combined.
~ freight rates from Seattle TO San
ton 10 $3.50 The cost 90 handing
4 ian Francisco has gone up. Bunker
IN sharEts have increased and yardage
M 4 higher Labor Is also short. and
sMtsiHg better pay, until, II Ia said,
MI advance win little more than meet
~ Increased expenditure.
No Local Advance.
xale these conditions exist In San
hsneisco, there ID no prospect OF any
hssnec IN either domestic or steam coal
= Washington, II is true that tho cost
y rrpducticn has advanced In wages from
~ i per cent, and in other ways 10
Rs'sely Is cents ton, To meet this
y iane Il was decided "a sell domestic
Ms hy the short ton OF g.0o pounds
@frAa OF the long ton OF 2,st0 pounds.
kNa coal is still sold by the long tor,
!ha only advance made was In Frank
uvai VI 10 GA. Tho present prices
~ u the general upiniun Of all coal
Ttssess wlll net SO any higher.
sFeaShR Of the matter yesterday, w.
Fssfee, Of the Pacific Coast Company.
/, TIE causes ~ advance IN coal rates at
~ Ffaarlsep are numerous, but they
- sssls
frvn Washington and nritish CO.
7ssks % san Francisco.
second Australian and British Goals.
800 arr largely used 10 san Fran
are owing % the Increased charter
- rssslns from s. to s. per Ton more
49, u short, very few vessels being
ss way from Australia or Great
TAft The Cape Nome trade ana de-
M. w goal az Dutch hareor and Tin
sss ,eek considerable tonnage from
80 tsa Columbia mines that otherwise
49, aafc sQNe 10 san Francisco
- tesTr causes have operated 20 pro
scarvity AZ San Francisco which
-. ssssl.st ia materially stifenlne the
$3.50 are fully supplied ana there "a
7ule likelihood 81 an advance IN
TS the point. or in tNts territory"
49, NSAfy. % the l.oary Coal Company,
- TIE demand for transports IS the
NonvM ard thu number 81 vessels
-. WINERY carried coal and arc now
$50 y the cage Nome trade has
- sNcFtASe 40 bottoms ard an tn
e3 rate az freight The Chinese trou-
~ Alte cause e stii lighter tonnage
.ana So b a. 49,