The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
BELL IS HERE
READY FOR WAR
Says Company Will Not
Compromise With
Schooner Men.
auntington and Hammond
TO Enter Lumber Trade
in the South.

James E. Bell, former manager Of
the Ben-Nelson Lumber Company of
Everett. who has been engaged by the
Pacific Coast Company 10 carry on its
fight against the lumbermen Of Cali
fornia. whose schooners have entered
into the passenger traffic business. ar
rived yesterday from the north and is
registered at the Grand Hotel Through
Bell the Pacific Coast Company has ar
ranged 70 establish lumber yards at va
rious southern points. including San
Pedro, San Diego. Santa Barbara and
Los Angeles, with a view toward cut
ting the present rates on lumber and
forcing the mill concerns that have
oeen carrying passengers between the
coast ports on their schOOners TO aban-
don this traffic.
Bell is regarded as one Of the most
. practical lumber men on the coast and
for that reason he has been given
charge Of what many look forward TO
as one Of the bitterest fights that has
ever been waged on the slope. Yester-
day Bell spent a great deal Of his time
among the representatives Of the larger
lumber interests, especially those that
have agencies in the southern part of
the State. One Of the first moves to be
made by Bel viii be to establish a big
yard at san Pedro. The HOOpers Of
this city have already been ordered TO
Vacate the property there that they
have long leased from the Pacific Coast
company 1t is possible that the com
pany VIII also establish a yard in this
city.
ARE READY FOR WAR.
In discussing the purposes Of his
southern trip yesterday Bell stated that
he expected TO remain here a week and
would then continue down the coast TO
san Pedro. Before ceming 10 San
Francisco he visited a large number Of
the lumber mills in the State Of Wash
ington, including those Of the Weyer-
haeusers. who are the largest holders
OF timber lands on the coast, and he
claims that he received from a large
number Of them assurance Of a big
supply Of lumber when il is needed for
the new yards which the Pacific Coast
Company purposes TO open. Concern
ing the prospective fight, Bell said:
The Pacific Coast Company will first
endeavor in every possible way to in
ouce the lumber carrying schooners to
abandon their traffic in coastwise pas
sengers' and il. they refuse 10 do so
our company VIII Immediately inaugu-
rate a service Of its own and with its
yards at different points along the coast
launch forth in the lumber trade"
The Pacific Coast Lumber Company
has been organized by the Pacific Coast
Company for the purpose Of carrying
On the fight which it is expected viii
be on by January 1. unless the schoon-
a~, 3 -,
out Of the passenger business.
MAGNATEs ENTER TRADE.
In connection with the present agi-
'tatiOn in the lumber trade over the i'm
pending fight between the Pacific Coast
- Company and the schooner owners it
was learned yesterday that Henry z.
Huntingdon vice president Of the
Southern Pacific Company. and A 3.
Hammond. the lumber magnate of
Northern California, are soon to en-
gage in the lumber business on a large
scale in Southern California The two
millionaires have already had several
conferences regarding the project,
which viii be inaugurated by the open
ing Of a big lumber yard at San Pedro,
TO be controlled by a company which
is now being formed and in which
Huntington and Hammond will con-
troll the bulk Of stock
While Hammond has been in the
north arranging for future deliveries
of lumber TO the company in the south,
Huntington has been busy negotiating
with K II. Hartman for the purchase
If thirty acres Of land on San Pedro
Bay owned by the Southern Pacific
Company. The land is part Of Timms
Point, the greater portion Of which was
filled in some months ago by the rail-
road company and is commanding
site Cor lumber traffic in that it is ap-
prca ched by deep water and will af-
ford the safe docking Of lumber YES
sells. II is the intention Of the Hunt
ington- Hammond syndicate TO operate
their own vessels. as soon as they car