The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Salatis Arrives on Maiden rip
With Big Cargo Of Coffee

MsFu arrived today and win load 1000 tons Of
Captain Wood Of the steamer Fairhaven. rum
ming to La Conner, yesterday accomplished the
unique feat OF making an ice breaking maehine
through two inches Of ice, and more ID places,
NE sternwheel Of bis boat broke way Tor the
vessel with ease The captain forced MS ship
through the shallow, ice elogged Skagt Bay 10
La Conner in this manner.
SAN PEDRO, Jan. l6.-Tbe steamer Chehalis,
Captain kitueson, arrived this morning, DAYS
from Aberdeen, bringing 500 600 feet Of lumber
Tor the National Lumber Company Part OF her
cargo was discharged at Santa Barbara before
The tug Redondo cleared today for San Diego.
The schooner r. w. Bartlett Captain Olsen.
finished discharging her lumber cargo and sailed
IN ballast for Willapa Harbor TO reload.
The report OF the local Custom-house for De,
cemDer shows the arrival at this port OF 80
steamers, 3 ships, barkentines and q schoon-
ers' total OF l0l vessels. laden with lumber,
carrying IN crews 1850 men and having net net
tonnage OF 52.2T6 tons. These vessels brought
80 900, 600 feet OF lumber. IL. .35O.O00 shingles,
10000 shakes ., 394 600 laths. 694 poles, 25S2
piles lO2 tons Of shocks 1918 tons OF grain,
o. Se8 barrels OF oil l5,0Sl barrels Of cement,
l454 tons Of merchandise and 1852 passengers.
The exports were 649 tons Of merchandise and
SEATTLE. Jan. is.-The furnaces OF the
Moran Company's steel plant were closed to-
ships building there is delayed. More than 100
men have been thrown out Of work.
The Fishermen's Protective Association is
holding its annual convention here. II recon-
mends laws for the regulation Of fishing next
year.
Sloughs and small rivers around the sound
are frozen over and the Zee is delaying navi-
cation
Tie French ship Amiral Hamelin. which ar
rived here today i've days from San Francisco,
was lost in the straits on Tuesday night There
was heavy snowstorm and the pilots could
not locate the ship She was compelled to zig
gag across the straits all night
The steamship Itsuri, from Hamburg and
in progress In the town OF Acajutla, In Salvador,
when she was there.
San Francisco, steamer ltauri from San Fran
cisco, steamer Amiral Hamelin from San
francisco, steamer Edith from San Francisco,
steam schooner Rainier from San Francisco.
Today's departures: Steamer California for
Tacoma, steamer Buckman for Tacoma.
ASTORIA Jan. 16.-The British steamers St
Ra thord and Suveric, which left here for Port
land yesterday, are icebOund IN the Columbia
River, near Rainier.
The steamer Northland which was unable 10
get up the river on account OF the ice, has Sc
cured lumber charter al Flavei
The steamer I. A. Kilburn arrived here today
from San Francisco, via way ports, with freight
and passengers.
The japanese steamer GOto Maru arrived here
today from Portland, en- route 10 Yokohama with
The British steamer Condor, from South Amer
lea, for Tacoma, which put in here for coal
supply finished loading GO tons Of coal today and
left for Puget Sound.
The steamer Puget Sound left today for San
Francisco with cargo OF l.soo.972 feet Of lum-
ber
The big freighter Aztec arrived here from
Portland today with large freight cargo for
The steamer Roanoke arrived here today from
Los Angeles, via way ports, with freight and
passengers.
The British ship lakewood has accepted the
charter formerly held by the bark MelanOpe. now
disabled, and wiz load coal al Tacoma for Quay
mas. Mexico. She probably win leave for the
sound in few days.
The cold spell continues although the mercury
has gone up six degrees in the last twenty -four
hours. There is no improvement in the fuel sit
uatiOn.
PORTLAND, Jan. Is.-The steam schooner
Nome City left the Couch-street dock this morn
ing for San Francisco with a large number Of
passengers and 300 600 feet Of lumber.
The British bark Iverna passed out yesterday
afternoon. bound for the United Kingdom with a
cargo or wheat.
Little work IS being done along the water
front. owing TO the cold weather. The long
shOremen are not compla ining much at this state
OF affairs because II is no snap TO handle freight
in the cutting wind that sweeps the river.
The schooner Alice Mcdonald probably will be
brought TO Portland for repairs. Her false keel
was torn OF when she stranded on the sands at
the mouth Of the Columbia.
The Pacific Mail liner BarracOuta. which went
ashore al Corinto yesterday, hOated last
night She was not seriously damaged.
The British steamer Suveric managed 10 break
through the ice in the lower Columbia. and
reached Montgomery dock No. at O'Clock this
afternoon.
viii not reach the harbor before tomorrow night.
She is scheduled 10 sail from here tomorrow, but
probably VIII not get away before Saturday
night, when the Alliance and p A Knburn also
will depart
virtually all Of the Columbia River craft are
laid OF temporarily because Of the freeze-up.
The Willamette River boats are not hampered by
ice.