The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Stranded w. F. Witzemann
May Prove to Be Total Loss

d ~ wiz ~ begin TO fall slowly Sunday and Mon
T,nasS Sae water VIII run out rapidly so that by
nornsIs Ts or wednesday the stage win be about
The Hartman liner Costa Rica. cantain Ma.
bnr-t; 80 away for San Francisco last night by
media iug coal from the Oriental liner Nico-
Tn anu she IS well toward her destination.
ne ne Costa Rica is the second steamer supplied
~ tsH luei from the bunkers of the Nicomedia
y. h. aud \. dock without enough fuel To see
hrp,,,i. saiely across the Pacific. Coal win be
osto"sHt 10 her, however as soon as traffic over
uis v. r. and n. lines is resumed
captain Hugh Il. Robertson. originator of the
80 80 gong log RATS, died yesterday at his resi-
eenee, 2o4 Twenty-second street North from
complication Of diseases He had been jIi
LOT lo me past three months He was born April
ana -, 80, IN Nova Scotia, and leaves a widow
The steam schooner Santa Ana is at the mills
~ o. me Eastern and Western Lumber Company
!. seaqlng Ing lumber The steamer Meteor is loading
a. Haner S and the Gabriel at Warrenton.
As1OhlA, Feb. THE steamer Columbia
arrived this morning from San Francisco with
IIelgnt and passengers. She left for Portland
this afternoon.
- me oil tank schooner Maverick arrived from
St Sort harford, Cal, with cargo OF crude oil.
She went TO Portland this afternoon.
The steam schooner Jim Butler arrived from
san francisco and will load lumber g Portland
ior%rhe return trip.
The steamer F. A KfIburne arrived from
San francisco and way ports with freight and
passengers. She went to Portland this evening.
100000 feet OF lumber for San Francisco.
LETT In tow of the tug Samson. The tug
y aAiula was at the mouth of the river when
the Washington left, and reports that she had
her ensign set IN a reversed position, which
would indicate that she was in distress The
lookout at North Head, however, reported noth-
ing concerning this affair
The Japanese steamer Koto Hiro Maru arrived
today from Yokohama and Is under charter to
load -four at Portland for Japan.
The French bark Emile Galline, Captain Ar
nsndtzioa, arrived today after a passage of
ia days from London She has a cargo ot
cement for Portland and will load grain for
europe. On January 10. in latitude north,
longitude 124 west, the Galline spoke the French
bark Jacobson from this port for Europe. She
reported IAN well.'
The steamer Costa Rica arrived from Port
land and left for San Francisco this evening.
Early this morning at high tide the German
steamer Aragonia started out to sea, but found
I the condition of the bar still unfavorable.
The brig Lurline arrived from Portland with
a lumber cargo, en- route TO San Pedro.
SAN PEDRO, Feb. The steam schooner
Coaster. Captain Higgins arrived this morning
from Aberdeen bringing $50 600 feet Of lum-
/ Der consigned TO the Robert Dollar Company.
The steamer Fulton, Captain Sondgren, ar
I rived from Eureka with $50, 900 feet of lumber
consigned TO the San Pedro Lumber Company.
The schooner Spokane, Captain Jameson fin.
/ ished discharging her lumber cargo and sailed
/ today in ballast for Port Gamble 10 reload.
/ Los ANGELES, Feb. Captain Frederick
son and the crew Of the steam schooner National
/ City, which ashore near Redondo last Tues
day, have abandoned their efforts TO pull the
vessel out of the sand in which the hull il
/ deeply embedded. The hull is filling with water
and the waves are breaking over the deck. The
vessel viii probably be turned TO the
! insurance companies.