The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
AbeSsinia Is Bringing a Record Cargo of
Coffee From Central America

have been ordered deported. The men came to
1acoms on the fremont and were debarred un-
Ger the terms of the alien contract law. They
sails.
A libel action TO secure the original price Of
a consignment OF lumber and charges for freight
was Instituted yesterday in the Federal Court
Dy the Northern Pacific Lumber Company against
is nearly $1,000 The COM Complaint % states that
N October, 1906. the defendant purchased lum-
Der IN this district which was to be delivered
70 Portland and there loaded on the barkentine
Amaranth for transfer TO San Pedro. The total
value OF the lumber was $7397 and the charges
lor transfer from Portland 70 California $640l-
The complaint alleges that no part Of this
amount has been paid.
The steamship fremont is loading 10000 tons
OF nour, cotton and lumber for Oriental ports
The transport Dix is loading lumber for Manila,
ana VIII go thence 10 San Francisco TO load 500
horses for the Tenth Cavalry.
EUREKA. March 2e.-Thomas S. Mcsrath Of
the United Steel and Equipment Company OF
Portland, Or, arrived here Thursday 10 make
certain arrangements which, If successful win
put Eureka on the list OF world ports and bring
this city into direct touch with various points in
Europe. The United Steel and Equipment Com
pany holds charters Of many sailing vessels and
deals In cement, pig iron, coke, IRE brick and
such commodities manufactured in Europe IL
Is the intention Of the company TO bring the
commodities here and obtain return cargoes OF
lumber for European ports. McGrath viii con-
Ter with the Chamber Of Commerce tomorrow.
The steamer George w. Elder arrived here
today from San Francisco with 240 pouches OF
mail The steamer i. A. Kilburn also arrived
Leggett Captain Rainier. will carry passengers
on her next trip 10 San Francisco and San Pc
steamers Roanoke and George ". Elder viii
call at Coos Bay on her north and south trips
hereafter, in answer TO an appeal from Portland,
Eureka and Coos Bay merchants. The Uru-
guayan ship Andromeda arrived yesterday from
San Francisco 10 load lumber for the west coast
Of South America The lightship tender Ma.
drona recently dropped into Humboldt Bay and
replaced bell buoy and red spar on Humboldt
Bar. The steamer Oakland. q gasoliner. which
went the rocks of the south 1pftV March e.
day after the Corona wrecked. is on the
marine WAYS repairing The superstrucfure on
smokestack has been carried away. aud the yes
sci has sunk six feet IN the sand. The water is
mp TO her hurricane deck and her staterooms on
the main deck are submerged. The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company has advertised for bids for
saying wing t9s cargo on ne eorcns; v...- =.
pected in Eureka 70 look over the bar and bay,
which win be surveyed By Government engi,
neers with view to deepening the harbor and
improving The bar Congress Appropriated sew
eral hundred thousand dollars for the work.
SAN PEDRO. March 2e.-Ihe passenger and
freight steamship Coos Bay. Captain Zeh. ar
rived today from San Francisco After dis.
charging she took return cargo and cleared
The steafn schooner Fulton, Captain Larsen.
arrived this evening eight days from Grays
Of lumber.
The schooner p. NJ. slade Captain johnson.
sailed today in ballast. the former for Grays
HarbOr and the latter for Olympia.
The steamship Ohio is expected tonight or
early tomorrow morning from Honolulu with the
returning excursionists of the Los Angeles Cham
Der OF Commerce
The schooner Bangor. at Astoria and the
schooner Prosper, at Port Townsend, have
been chartered TO load lumber for San Pedro.
The steam schooners Despatch and Vanguard
from Eureka. and the schooner Fearless from
bellingham Bay are out two days with car
goes Of lumber consigned 70 this port
The big steamship Pleiades, Captain Puring-
ton, which brought the largest lumber cargo
ever consigned TO this port. 2,60o. 900 feet, ex-
poets 10 get her cargo out tomorrow night when
she win clear for Tacoma TO reload.
The British bark Falls Of GavHy, Captain Mac
Farlane, is out l04 days from Antwerp for San
Pedro with cargo of cement.
rived eight days from Eureka, bringing 375, 600
feet Of lumber.
ASTORIA. March 2a.-The steam schooner
Coaster arrived this morning from San Fran
cisco TO load lumber for that port
The French bark Armen towed 70 Port
land today 70 load grain for Europe.
The OIL steamer ". s. Porter arrived today
from San Francisco.
The French bark Aisle, grain laden for Europe
arrived from Portland this afternoon.
The British bark HeIanoDe in tow Of the ting
Pilot, left TODAY for Nanaimo
The French bark Bayonne was towed up the
The British bark Muskoka in tow OF the fu9
IatoOOsh, left today for Puget Sound The
Nuskoka is under charter TO load lumber on the
Sound for Valparaiso
The schooner Bangor towed TO Rainier to-
day 10 load lumber for California.
The steamer ElmOre arrived from TiIlamook
with general cargo and passengers