Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-14
OPEN RIVER
TRANSPORTATION
Big Tonnage Of the Wheat
Crop VIII Be Handled
This Way

PORTLAND, Sept. 14.-Wheat will
be shipped from Portland to Europe on
steamers this fall. says the Journal.
the first tramp for that business for
the season having been chartered this
morning. The vessel is the Strathen-
rik 2,843 tons net register, which re-
Gently left the ways at Port Glasgow
and is now on her maiden voyage
around the world, having left New
port News, August 5. for Mare Island
with cargo of coal for the govern
ment.
The fact that steamers are being |
pressed into service to haul wheat for
Europe goes to indicate further the i'm
mense amount of wheat that will be set
af1oat from this port this season. Sail
ing vessels have been chartered nearly |
every day for several weeks past and |
there are now bottoms in sight to load
hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat
before the close of the calendar year,
but still exporters are after tonnage
and they are paying good prices to get
it.
1t was stated this morning on good
authority that the Strathenrik will get
| 81 shillings 3 pence a ton, which is a
/ trif1e less than that asked for sailing
vessels near at hand. In this connec-
! ton it might be stated that the Ger
man bark Schubek was chartered this
morning by Taylor, Young & Co. to
carry wheat from this port to the
| United Kingdom. She is said to have
been taken for 80 shillings, the lower
rate being due to her being quite
ways off and unable to arrive before a
couple of months at the best. She was
last reported at Valparaiso.
Wheat Comes More Literally.
/ Wheat is coming in livelier this sea-.
son than last, although not as literally
as desired, the railroads being unable
to furnish cars at the rate orders are
coming in. Much wheat will be sent
to tidewater by way of the Open River
Transportation compary's service,
which has already contracted with
growers to move 100000 sacks from
points above the portage road to Port
} land.
This will prove of incalculable as
sstance to the exporters because, even
with cars scarce, they will be able to
, get in the neighborhood of 1900 sacks
of wheat every other day on the steam
er j. N. Teal. Yesterday morning this
quantity was brought here by the Teal
from Alderdale and Roosevelt, new
landings on the upper Columbia above
the portage road, and tomorrow the
Teal will bring another cargo of the
same size Thus the wheat steamer
Teal alone will bring 5000 sacks into
the warehouses along the waterfront
each week.
Good Prospects for Delivery.
In view of the heavy movement Of
wheat from the upper Columbia river
basin, the Open River Transportation
company has decided to increase its
facilities as soon as possible. To start
with large barge will be placed or
the upper river between Arlington and
Cello, upon which the farmers may
load their wheat for transportation tt
, the portage road, whence it is hurried
! down the line to Big Eddy and placed
, on board the Teal for Portland.
a Exporters were fearful all spring
a lest the car situation should prove Sc
serious this fall that it would be i'm
! possible to ship even II Europe wanted
9 the wheat badly, and for that reason
> they held off chartering until very re
I Gently, when light began to appear
3 ahead and prospects of delivering thu
a goods became fairly certain.