The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02

A44aAE al AlA4S port Hon RAOnR Wlef
the Appalachee returns 10 the Orient
The Appalachees broken stem Il
bolted together and the forward com
partmenr flled with concrete. which
takes up little space that otherwise
might be available for cargo, but which
VIII serve 40 keep out the Pacific fol
another voyage II necessary.
Some Of the Athenian's passengers
were transferred 10 the liner Doric
s Others. not in such a hurry waited fol
the next Canadian Pacific steamship
The Appalachee will dock today Il
q berth can be found for her along the
water front Captain Mills, formerly
chief officer Of the Appalachee, is now
in command, Captain Simpson, her for
5ner master having gone home to Eng
land
. The Appalachee was favored with
smooth seas all the way across the Pa
eihc, but ran through dense fog for
sixteen days Of the seventeen days and
nineteen hours she occupied making
the run from Yokohama She left
Hongkong forty-one days ago.
Increased Lumber Receipts.
II spite OF labor troubles the re-
ceipts OF lumber at this port show a
steadily growing increase. In May
June and July OF last year the total re-
ceipts Of lumber OF all kinds from Cal
iforn3a, Washington and Oregon by
ran and sea amounted to 21S,949. 600
feet For the corresponding period this
year the receipts total 250,277, 900 feet
. an increase OF 31,S2S,000 feet. Receipts
for july. 1905. aggregated 76.27s,00o
feet. OF tnis amount 4s,I7S,OO0 feet
csme from Washington and Oregon and
211eO,0Q0 feet from the northern part
OF THIS State. For the month just ended
receipts from Washington and Oregon
tOia] SOFAS. 600 feet and from California
<0,23o,Q00 feet. e total Of 100, 393. 600 feet
ana a gain over July of last year
amounting 10 24,095 900 feet.
New Key Route Boat Launched.
The hull OF the new Key Route
steam boat Contra Costa was launched
- Tuesday evening at John ". Dickie's s
Alameda shipbuilding yard. The Con-
.tEa Costa viii be similar in every re-
spect 70 the yellow ferry boats now in
commission. The engines saved from
the fire that destroyed the hull Of the
rev Claremont viii be used in the Con-
ira Costa. Dickie is building another
hUlg 10 replace the one burned at the
Union Iron Works, which concern built
the engines and boilers 10 be used in
the Contra Costa. The Union Iron
Works also will build the boilers and
engines, for the Claremont.
Added to the SpreckeIs Fleet.
The tug Charles Counselman, which
was towed up from Honolulu by the
anlship Enterprise, has been bought
from the MatsOn Navigation Company
BY the J. .. Spreckels & Bros. Tug Com
perN. The COVnselman is now at the
United Engineering Works being
equipped with new boilers. The latest
addition TO the Spreckels feet is a yes
Sc, Of 1913 gross and 55 net tonnage.
She is IS feet long. PIP feet beam and
.1e-2 feet deep She was built at Ballard
IN 1909
VIII Be Here in December.
The ". S. Porter. the tank steamship
under construction at Newport News
.fol, the Associated Oil Company. is ex-
pected 10 reach here ready for service
early in December. The Porter will be
able. 10 carry $4,000 barrels Of oil.
HIoBian L. Not so Slow.
The Matson Navigation Company's
new steamship Hilonian is proving very
satisfactory. Her speed has surprised
her owners and her adaptability to
economical operation delighted them.
She made the run from Portland to Hilo
1r eight days, one day making as high
a. 2S5 knots. In making this speed
she developed 100 horsepower. and did
81 or a fuel expenditure OK less than l.2
pounds Of oil per horsepower per hour.
Water Front Notes.
The Kosmes liner Memphis, which
sailed yesterday for Hamburg by way
or Central and South American ports,
viii call at san Diego for 500 tons of
steel tanks for the Guatemala Central
Railroad
The Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Companys liner Doric will sail
saturday for the Orient
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
iirer Sonoma will sail Saturday for
Honolulu. Pago Pago, Auckland and
Australia.
The Oceanic Steamship Compeny's
liner Mariposa will today be placed on
the drydock at Hunters Point.
The Kosmos liner Abydos docked
yesterday on the south side Of Union
street wharf No. 2.
Alexander Small. manager OF the ma
rine department OF Balfour. Guthrie &
Co. has returned from & trip East
The Oceanic Steamship Company s
liner Alameda. Captain DOwdell. sailed
yesterday fer It's port from Honolulu.