The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest TO Mariners
of the Pacific

PORTLAND Feb. 1.-THE British steamer
Agapanthus and the French bark Marechal de
Villars arrived IN the hsrbor yesterday after
noon, the former berthing at the coal bunkers
and the bark at Greenwich dock No. l. The
Ininan Poulsen & Co. for China, under charter
10 the Pacific Export Lumber Company The
French bark brings cargo Of cement consigned
The steamer F. A KfIburn is at the Oak
street dock discharging freight from San Fran
cisco She arrived here late Saturday night.
The steamer Roanoke sails for San Pedro and
san Francisco tonight
The Hartman finer Colombia sailed on Sat
me Oriental liner Nieomedia VIII sail for
China and Japan so st 200 noon 5SmoTrow, carving
The cargo consists Of -four, there being 55, 155
SkN PEDRO. FEB 1.-THE steamer Alcatraz.
Captain Frederickson. arrived nfty-six hours
from Greenwood, bringing 292ooo feet Of lum-
her consigned 10 the Blinn and Southern Cali
The schooner william Bowden. Captain Peter
Tacoma, with $4,000 feet Of lumber consigned
70 the Kerckhon-Cuzner Mil and Lumber Com
The schooner Resolute is out two days from
Seattle with full cargo of lumber consigned
The marx GENERAL Fairchnd, Captain SWAIN
heretofore reported as having sailed for Ia
coma, is still in port, being unable TO obtain
Tbe tug Redondo arrived this afternoon from
Redondo having in tow the disabled steam
schooner National City. which went ashore at
Herman. Just above Redondo, several days ago
re National city probably wiz be towed 70
San Francisco. where she viii be repaired.
The schooner Meteor. Captain Hopner. fin
Ssbed discharging her lumber cargo and sailed
todar h ballast for Grsys Harbor 70 reload
VANCOUVER B. C. Feb. 1.-THE steamship
Suveric is in port loading 250o tons Of salt sal
IT The British steamship Trafalgar. Captain
FracQ reached port yesterday morning from
Eureka She brought up about half cargo
of redwood from the California port and Will
complete her cargo at the Hastings mill for
ybe nrosperity Of British Columbia proved too
great a temptation TO twenty-one japanese OF
the crew Of the Norwegian steamship Haldis,
which reached port from MoJi on Saturday after
noon and every one Of them deserted last night.
At what hour they went or whittier they went
moi even Captain lessen has the slightest idea.
This morning. however there was not Japan
So aboard the steamer The Halcjs, which was
chartered about six weeks ago by Mackenzie
Brothers of Vancouver, 70 replace the wrecked
e+ennaship Thernis. in the carrying trade OF
the coast was twenty-eight days out from
Moii Japan, when she reached William Head on
treserf transPacihc rates on -four are to re-
main unaltered until June 80 according to
decision reached at g meeting OF the Asiatic
5-efchf Bureau in Seattle last Friday. B. W.
Greer, general freight agent OF tae Canadian
Pacific Railway. returned yesterday from the
sound CITY after attending the meeting The
refes on four are now $3.50 ton TO Japan and
81 TO Chinese ports Some months ago they were
~ TRAMP steamships and 1t was arranged
that the reduction should remain IN effect
lrnril Aprtl J. II was decided at Fridays meet
.t1g to extend the same rates 70 June 30. All
PACIFIC GROVE. Feb. 1i.-With a full
display Of bunting, the Porter newest and
largest Of the of carriers on the Pacific Coast
sfesmed into the port Of Monterey this morn
ing and docked at the oil company's wharf.
where she is now loading cargo from the