The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
COAST SHIPPING NEWS.
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific.

VANCOUVER. b. C.. Aug. 1s.-Sailing ton
mage is so scarce in the United Kingdom that
IT has been found impossible to two
sells to 90 on the berth at Liverpool and Glas-
gov TO load general csrgoes Of merchandise for
Vancouver and Seattle. This scarcity is as
crfhAd to fhe enormous demand for sa ling YES
sells created after the San Francisco earth
quake, when numerous vessels were chartered
to carry building material from England and
ment that the Dominion Government IS again
negotiating for the establishment Of a subsidized
steamship service between Vancouver anu Nah
zaniIio has resulted IN Andrew Weir & Co.
OF Glasgow looking into the project again
EUREKA, Aug is-IAt thc meeting OF the
yns decided that in the future no union long
shoreman shall be allowed to work the winches.
II was thought that this would effect a tieup Of
all non-union vessels in port, but It has not.
Iongshoremen do not refuse to work on these
bein- loaded without the aid Of winches. Presi-
dent Nolan Of the loagshoremen says that the
organization will not interfere with non-union
men nor mOlest them Ia any way The REFUSAL
Of longshoremen to work winches will cause de-
las IN the loading.
Friday the steamers Eureka and Aberdeen
arrived from San Francisco Today the steam
ers Alliance and Roanoke arrived from the
north and the steamers Eureka and Pomona
sailed for San Francisco. All carried passen-
PORTLAND. Aug 1s.-Two vessels were
,,a,ed an tbe on route list for Portland today.
Que being the big Norwegian tramp steamer
Jetl,ou and the other the well-known British
hork Znita The former chartered by the
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cargo Of lumber to some port in the Orient and
the latter was engaged by A. Carpenter OF San
Francisco to load general cargo ana cement al
Antwerp for this port
Porthmouth tanks early this morning with
cargo OF OIL Captain Badger reported an un-
eventful voyage mp the coast FROM mere inc
steamer will probably proceed 10 Seattle.
20 into service between Portland and San Fran
e'sTS The steamer Alliance is due arrive here
next "Wednesday from Eureka via Coos Bay.
There IS already enough freight on the dock
10 al the steamer.
The schooner Sequoia and the barkentine
Tronie Bird will be towed down the river from
Vancouver tomorrow by the steamer Harvest
oneen The bar ting Wallulu is the drydock
today being painted She VIII be completely
Ovcrtauled. -
,,inred nv striking n rock few weeks ago.
Nc heeu repaired and was fowed TO Mukilteo n
today to load lumber for San Francisco The
Following vessels loading lumber at the
t,rancisco and other California points, all be-
inc chartered within the past twenty-four hours;
FSur-Tnasted schooner William II Smith. Amer
lean schooner A: n. Baxter, steamer Bee,
SS,Iyon me American brig. W. G. Irwin was towed
20 eea TODAY with a cargo Of lime and shingles
for San Francisco. The Pacific Coast Steam
ship Companys steamer bmathia saiied this
ComDanv's steamer Buckman this afternoon for
San Francisco with full cargoes OF general mer-
cllandise The Tmatilla carried lis passengers
The steam schooner Washington will be
Iarnched Monday. Sne is being built for the
california lumber trade and expects TO sail for
San Francisco with lumber cargo Septem-
4 search is being made for Johnn Christen-
son son OF Dr. Christensen OF Ia Crosse. Wis.,
bS Rev. II. A. Stub OF Seattle and a friend Of