The San Francisco call., 1906-08-31
COAST SHIPPING NEWS.
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific.

SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 5o.-The American
schooner Spokane and the American bark Emily
f. Whitney were towed to sea this afternoon
bound for San Francisco each with over one
million feet OF lumber. At the same hour the
1Our-masted schooner Columbia put TO sea with
The Buckman viii sail for San Francisco
September loaded 70 her capacity with general
The expedition which goes to the scene Of the
Valencia wreck TO bring the bodies 70 Seattle
FOR reburial viii leave here tomorrow morning.
The revenue cutter Grant viii take them and
the cOffns TO Bamhed.
The British steamer Coya, now at San Fran
cisco, has been chartered 70 carry lumber from
here 10 the West Coast The charter market
for lumber carrying vessels 70 the West Coast
foreign vessels are being taken up.
The steamer Nunirsk, reported wrecked q
month ago in the kuskokwim River, Alaska, is
today reported repaired Rfter beaching, and Will
resume her run on that stream.
PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 3o.-'There VIII be
Pacihc Coast 70 the orient this fall said ].
T. Dawson. local representative OF the Portland
iscnsins raor 10 lie eject that the All
steamers Minnesota and Dakota were TO carry
wheat TO Hongkoug for 81 ton. whereas Sz5
Is the rate agreed upon several months ago
when the representatives OF the various lines
held meeting. As many deckhands employed
on the river boats have deserted the steamers
for the hopysrds during the past day two
I,een created along the water front
t'e'.rs. Via san Francisco and Eureka, and the
s.easner + a. kiiburn sailed for San Fran
cisco. Via Coos Bay and Eureka.
The Pacific Export Lumber Company char
tered the British steamer Crusader yesterday
afternoon 10 carry lumber from Portland to
Calcutta some port IN China not yet de-
cided upon. She was taken for December or
January loading. The Crusader has capacity
FOR zoo, 600 feet OF lumber
When the steamship Aztec leaves Portland
for San Francisco September s & her scheduled
ever taken from the Willamette River 70 q
cosstwise port. II viii consist Of 5000 tons.
made up Of great assortment Of miscellaneous
stun Crowded in her hold viii be -four,
wheat. machinery scrap tin furniture, crack
ers rubber goods, bottles. bags. tallow, barrels,
box shocks. bar iron, paper, vegetables and q
little of almost every conceivable sort OF goods
sent from hi this section Of the 81 county Tt :,
the State against William Gohl. who is under
arrest for an armed assault upon the schooner
Fearless. will be tried in the Superior Court
IN October. Gohl has been held for trial in a
bond Of $500.
The body Of Vance Baker, a seaman on the
schooner Fearless, who drowned some days
ago. was recovered last evening from the Che
halls River.
The schooner Melrose VIII sail tomorrow with
cargo Of 500. 900 feet Of lumber She is load
ing at the Slade mill
The bsrkentine Hawaii. against which libel
suit has been fled al San Francisco. Is proceed
Ing with her cargo. The vessel will not be
loaded for fully week to come. She will
carry something more than 100000 feet and
20 TO Melbourne Australia.
The steamer Centralia arrived in port this
morning from san FRANCISCO. She Is loading at
The Slade mill. The steamer Acme with freight
also arrived today and will begin loading tonnor-
row The stesmer Quinault arrived last evening
and Is loading at the Hart wood mill
The Mary Dodge has finished cargo Of $685.
600 feet OF lumber al the Dryden & Leitsch mill
where the Grace Dollar is now loading lumber
The schooner Honoipu is loading at the Michigan
nil; the schooner Nabukona is loading at to,
IniOn mill: the schooner Henrr Wilson Is load
Ing al the Wilson mill. The steamer Coronado
IS loading at the Anderson and Middleton mill:
the steamer .Chehalis is loading at the Aber-
Tcssels now loading wiz carry away Z $50, 900
feet n lumber, practically all OF which goes TO
San Francisco.
TACOMA, WASH Aug 3o-For the first time
In months only six vessels loading lumber
at Port Blakeey.
The antipathy OF James J. Hin to Tacoma is
containing mating from Tacoma 10 St Paul
For years past mating valued at $500 600 to
S400O00 has been stored here 10 bond and
shipped out in carload lots as sold By Hills
orders the mating viii hereafter be stored In
ST Paul and the local warehouses closed.
The steamships Umatflla and Buchanan ar
rived last evening from San Francisco with a
general cargo
The British steamship KeIvinbsnk arrived
from Port Biakeley to load coal for her voyage 10
Tremantle.
In September the cable ship Burnside. now
being repaired here. Will lay branch Of the
Alaskan cable connecting Ketchikan and Wran-
Fel about 200 miles.
ASTORIA. Aug. so-csrging a large cargo