The San Francisco call., 1906-09-14
COAST SHIPPING NEWS.
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific.

ASTORIA. Sept 1S.-The big British steamer
Nisigoth arrived here last evening from Sar
Francisco. She will load lumber for the Orient
The steamer Argyll, which was bar bound
here for time, succeeded in getting to sea
The steamer Compeer has finished loading hel
cargo OF lumber and will probably get to ses
tomorrow She will carry 45o,0 900 feet to Sar
Francisco.
The British steamer Vermont arrived down
the river this morning with 600 feet OF
lumber for Shanghai. She will so TO al
the first opportunity.
The steamer knburn arrived in this mornins
from San Francisco and way ports with freight
The American ship Berlin arrived today from
Bristol Bay, Alaska, with the companies salmon
pack The salmon pack this year was quite
large about 10000 cases being put up. The
vessel will 80 up to Portland to discharge hei
cargo.
The bar is very rough this evening and the
big freighter Aztec is unable to cross out
TACOMA. Sept l3.-Peru is calling for Wash
ington wheat as the result OF short crop in
Chile, The steamer Assuan is loading 46o tons
ticipate q brisk demand for -four from Chile and
PeTp during the next six months; e.. o.,,
fornia with 10000 barrels of oil for the Tacoma
smelter.
size OF its Tacoma plant. making this city a
distributing point for large part OF the Pacific
The Tacoma smelter's receipts of ore during
August exceeded half million dollars in value,
with exports Of smelter products reaching nearly
The steamship Buckman arrived from San
Francisco last night and is today loading houI
and box shocks for San Francisco.
The last steamers to ascend the Yukon from
st. Michael were those which met the steam
ship Ohio sailing two weeks ago The Yukon
Is very low and may freeze at any time.
The steamship Senator sailed yesterday fol
Nome. On her return she VIII run to San
Francisco.
fined s5e5 for violating regulations providing
that steerage berths shall be numbered.
The schooner Hebe sailed today from Belling-
ham for San Francisco with. lumber
PORTLAND, Sept. 13.-With the completion
OF the task Of showing wheat into the hold OF
the French ship Laenneee tomorrow afternoon
another new record win have been established in
the matter OF loading grain carriers at this
The Laennee is expected TO sail for the United
Kingdom with 10000 bnAhels Of wheat. Con
sequsntly she IS being sup Supplied with cargo
The steamer George w Elder will not be
launched until the bsrkentine Amaranth is of
and painted and may remain on the dock until
next Monday Tuesday.
The steamer Asuncion is ct the oil tanks
near St. Johns discharging cargo Of oil from
San Francisco. The sreamer Roanoke sailed
tonight for Port Los Angels ana way ports;
afternoon from San Francisco Balfour, Guthrie
& Co have her chartered to carry a cargo OF
Material for rebuilding the burnt district Of
Vladivosfok is so greatly is demand that IL has
been decided to send the cargo being received
that port instead of to Shanghai. as had beer
planned. The change In the programme has Just
been announced. The vessel is loading at In
SAN LUIS OBISP0. Sept. 1.-THE steamer
Chehals arrived this evening at Port Hartford
with cargo Of lumber for this port and SaI
Pedro.
EUREKA. Sept 13-Tnere was but light
movement OF shipping here today. the steamers
Corona and Westport departing for and the tue
Ranger arriving from san Francisco The
Ranger is back after having undergone her an
nual oTerhauii1g.
san PEDRO. Sept. 13.-The steamer Cen
tralia Captain Erickson. arrived today from
Grays HarDor with SOC. OO0 feet Of lumber con
signed to the San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake Railroad Company. The Centralia carries
q union crew and is showing lumber to non
union longshoremen and yardmen. The barker
tine Lahaina. Captain Carlson, twelve days from
Everett, brought the large cargo of l.lO0 o0C
feet Of lumber. She is diseharging at the South
ern Pacific wharf.
The steamer Coronado, Captain Lundquist. viii
finish discharging her lumber cargo tonight and
is scheduled 10 clear tomorrow for Aberdeen
where she will load return cargo. She vii
take passengers for san francisco
The schooner Lucy, Captain Peterson, viii
finish discharging her lumber cargo for the
kerckhof- Gunner mill and is scheduled to sal
Sa turday for the Umpqua River. where she viii
load a return cargo for the same company
The steamer Roanoke. Captain Dunham, is OF
7 the way from Portland VIA San Francisco ano
way ports with good freight and passenger
list. The steamer Charles Nelson. Captain
Erickson, has cleared from Eureka with full
/ cargo OF lumber consigned TO local wholesalers
The British ship Queen Elizabeth, Captain Ful
ton, is out forty days from Hamburg for sar
Pedro with cargo OF cement consigned to Los
Angeles wholesalers
VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept lS.-The British
ship Beacon Rock, lumber laden for Adelaide
and the German ship Freda Mahn, also with
lumber for the West African coast. will gel
away