The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23

@ III register 600 tons carry $50 600 feet of lunl-
NIL ono cost SSU.0O0. Tie steam schooner Car
i. aieI. building for Beadle Brothers of San Fran
~ VIII De launched Ia thirty days She will
ispschaasf 1afge as the Hornet When the Carmel is
lona new steam schooner fur Olson Ma
npouey OF San Francisco will be started All of
~ - ilew vessels being built at the Liadstrom
Warts W ~ ger their engines at the United Engine
The schooner ". J. Patterson has finished a
do1, u,lDel ~ cargo for San Francisco and dropped
~ IIo"n 10 the lower hsrbor. The schooner Abbie
Frsnatanshe nalshed cargo Of 225,0oo feet for San
Aberdeen is still the worlds leading lumber
sshlpping point Statistics show total shipments
TOT tbe first six months of 1906 of more than
-, oouol feet. as compared with 100. 000. 600
teet Tor the ssIne period of 1905. Portland is
second on the list with 973S5. 600 feet. loss of
,. aooat .soo09o feet as compared with the ship
Preparations are being made for the enterta in
tnent OF Congressman Ransdan. member of the
state The Congressman viii be asked to secure
government aid for the improvement Of the har.
The car shortage is becoming more and more
pronounced and lumbermen are turning to schoon-
ers and steam vessels to get their product away.
AS there Is also a shortage of tonnage some of
time
ASTORIA. Aug. 22.-The little schooner Ben
DER Brothers, Captain Charles Lutjens arrived in
port last evening from Unalaska. The vessel
sailed from San Francisco with supplies for the
missions and trading stations in the Bering Sea
ulsulct captain Lutjens brought down cargo
OF mink, bear, black and red fox. otter and other
Iurs valued at $1,000, which will be shipped
direct to London. The schooner came TO this
10 San Francisco
The British steamer Beckenham, with about
o,OOo.OpO feet of lumber sailed for the Orient
thls afternoon. The oil barge Monterey arrived
rom California this afternoon The barkentine
Amelia with a cargo of 4s4,0 600 feet of lumber.
sailed for San Francisco today. The steam
schooner Jim Butler. recently built on Grays
arrived this morning in tow of the tug John
Cudahy and viii be taken to Portland, where her
machinery is to be installed.
Inc arrival OF the Alaska Fishermen's Pack
ing Company's steamer North Star today was
surprise to all interested in shipping circles.
gust II, and had fine trip down the coast
she brought reports of a fine season in the
The tug Damtless has been engaged to tow
the Benson log raft to San Diego and she prob
ably will leave tomorrow. The company plans
tow io~ for 1t from the Columbia River. This
viii be Tie first raft of logs in the history
mated that the tow will contain 1000. 900 feet of
lumber. For the last two years RATS of piling
% he eeen no Sent fn 70 & san Francisco These rats
two feet deep. The Benson Logging Company is
dispatching these RATS as an experiment. the
installation of their plant at San Diego being
contingent on satisfactory results.
PORT HARTFORD. Aug 22.-An explosion
took place on the TRANSFORMATION oil Company's $
boat Sonoma at today. The gas from
the galley ignited some of the oil being loaded
and in minute the ship was of flames.
from the wharf and the flames were extingushed
The tug refused to take the Sonoma out tonight
because of fear OF another fire.
The tug Sea Rover. with barge No. 8 in tow
arrived from San Francisco today.
TACOMA, Aug. 22.-The officials Of the Kos
mos line are planning the expansion of their
feet and more frequent sailings. Three new yes
sells were recently added TO the feet. which now
consists OF forty-fve vessels. L. NJ. Gray Of San
Francisco, the Pacific Coast manager Of the line.
who was here today. says the company has let
contracts for nine new vessels. with tonnage
ranging from 1900 TO $500. As soon as the new
liners are completed passenger service will be
established from the Sound TO the West Coast.
While here Gray will buy two tugboats to assist
in unloading cargo at South American ports
where vessels have 10 discharge in the stream.
Gray says there were six Kesmos liners at VAL
paraiso at the time Of the earthquake but
Of them were injured
The steamer Shawmut. Captain Roberts which
arrived here from the Orient today. had serious
fire while on the way from Keeling to Moji. A
blaze broke out in the storeroom. number of
streams of water were kept playing on IL four
hours before Ii was extingushed. The passen-
gers were kept in ignorance Of the fire until
The French bark Andre Theordore chartered
by Balfour. Guthrie G. Co. to carry wheat from
Tacoma TO the United Kingdom. is now en- route
from Honolulu. She is the sixth French vessel
TO be chartered.
SAN PEDRO. Aug. 22.-The steamer Roanoke.
Captain Dunham, from Portland via San Fran
cisco. arrived at San Pedro this morning and
docked at the Northern Pacific Steamship wharf
She carried sixty passengers and her cargo con-
sisted Of 1900 tons Of shingles, shakes. grain
and merchandise. A number of union long
shoremen Immediately took hold and the dis
charge of cargo proceeded without hitch. The
owners OF the Roanoke complied with the de-
mands made BY the sailors a few months ago
and the strike at this port was therefore waived
in their favor. The vessel Will be unoaded and
ready to clear tomorrow
Sixteen Of the non-union employees handling
lumber unloaded from the steamer Melville Dol
lar threw up the S~h today, stating that they
had no desire TO work in the places Of the union
men. More men were sent for and the work of
discharging the four steamers is still proceed
ing.
in this city conferred with the Trustees last
evening and decided 10 voluntarily close their
places Of business for one week in view of the
labor trouble at this port.
Captain Clark sold the wrecked barkentine
Portland today TO Charles Greene. superinten-
dent Of the North American Dredging Com.
pany for. ii is said $500. Captain Clark will
leave this week for San Francisco for short
The steamer Coronado. Captain Lundauist,
sailed tonight for Grsys ,t Harbor to reload
and Eureka from San Francisco arrived today.
The feet of steam schooners here is steadily
growing smaller. The longshoremen's refusal TO
man the winches or do sailors work necessi-
tates loading by hand, tedious and expensive
operation that causes steam schooners to shun
The City Council adopted a resolution last
night calling for the removal of the board fence
around the Pacific Coast Steamship Companys
C-street wharf, also resolution notifying the
company of fits intention to terminate the MONTH
sible legal period after the service of the no.
tice The company has not vet taken down the
fence. II Is understood the Council VIII not take
a hand In the matter till the time for which the
wharf is rented expires.
VANCOUVER. B. G. Aug. 22-Federal in
ouiry into the running down of the steamer
Chehalis by the VancouverSeattle fier Princess
Victoria on July u. with loss of the lives of
eight passengers of the former vessel, opened
here TODAY 1t will last several days.
The Chief Hydrographie Surveyor of Canada
IS now in the vicinity OF Prince Rupert the
coast terminus Of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way. for the purpose of selecting sites for light
houses and fog alarms for the protection of deep
sea shipping using this new port The coast line
from the sea right into Prince Rupert viii be
adequately protected. The improvements will
bo beneficial 10 all Skagway shipping In con-
nection with the reduction from twenty-one to
nineteen DAYS in the time made by the Canadian
Pacific Empress liners between Vancouver and
Hoekong the railway steamship department
nofIncqs that for the betterment of the mail
vice between Great Britain and the Orient fast
trains will be put on 70 make the run from
Quebec 10 Vancouver in ninety three hours. Con
necfion between London and Hongkeng will be
made in thirty days
The City of Puebla sailed south this morning
with 100 tons of miscellaneous cargo for San
Francisco.
Notice to Mariners.
POINT PINos. CALIFORNIA.
fIfst OF Light and Fog Signals. Pacific Coast,
I aoe mage 10 No 20. and List of Lights Buoys
ana Dsvmarks Pacific Coast. 1906. page III