The San Francisco call., 1907-02-17
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

Northiand arrived from Portland today and
Der for San francisco. The steamer Yosemite
left this evening for San Francisco with a
cargo of $50 600 feet of lumber
The Norwegian steamer Mathilda arrived to-
day from Guaymas under charter to load Ium-
Der at Portland for the Orient
The schooner Alvena sailed with cargo of
$4,000 feet OF lumber for San Pedro. The
steam schooner Aurelia left for San Francisco
With cargo of l26 730 feet of piling and
S53. .s9e feet of lumber
The German steamship Nieomedia, Captain
Nagemann, left tonight for Hongkong and way
ports with cargo OF 55,I57 bbls OF nour
225,lo4 feet Of lumber. The total value of her
cargo is $225, 900.
Cherry, Lloyds' agent, for the purchase Of the
British bark Melanope, which was towed into
bids were not opened, but forwarded to j. J..
Moore Co. at San Francisco, where other
bids were to be received.
Captain Kjerland OF the Norwegian steamship
Matilda, which arrived this morning from
Gauymss, reports sighting quantities Of trees
and other driftwood along the coast At one
point the steamer was compelled to run out
OF her course for some distance to avoid the
SAN PEDRO, Feb. 1e.-The oil steamer Ar
gyne, Captain Dixson, finished discharging her
cargo for the Union OIL Company and cleared
Tor Port Hartford to reload. The steamship
Erancis r. Leggett, Captain Rainer, for Eureka,
and the steam schooners Norwood and Hornet
1or Grays Harbor cleared tonight TO reload
The Norwood took the schooner Ruby In tow
10 Coquille River
DlfeTt ere at WOrk on the bottom or the dis
abled steamer National City, ascertaining the
repairs.
The steam schooner Centralia. Captain Erick-
son, departed tonight for Grays Harbor The
steam schooner Coronado Captain Lundquist,
finished unloading that portion Of the cargo
consigned TO this port and proceeded this after
noon TO Ventura TO complete the discharge of
the balance for wholesalers there.
Ihe schooner Ensign, Captain Asplund, secured
crew and went TO sea today. She is bound
for Grays Harbor. The schooner Allen A. Cap
departed for the Sound to seek charter, The
schooner Ruby, Captain korthi, departed north
In Tow OF the steam schooner Norwood.
TACOMA, Feb. 16.-The bark Yosemite sailed
today for Valparaiso with lumber.
:, v When hen The steamship City Of Puebla left port
bars from the Tacoma smelter valued at $3.50
600, which is destined for the Baltimore Smelt-
ing and Refining Company. The copper will be
taken to Vancouver. r. c., and from there will
be sent across the country by the Canadian Pa
cthc Railroad. 1t is one Of the most valuable
shipments ever made from smelter.
The schooner A. NJ. Baxter sails from Bel
ingham tomorrow for San Francisco with hum
Der.
PORTLAND, Feb. 1e-The Hartman liner
Costa Rica, Captain Mason, arrived at O'Clock
last night, 81 hours from San Francisco.
The steamer Northland left last night bound
Tor San Francisco with cargo of lumber. The
steamer Alliance sailed for Coos Bay last night
with freight and passengers. She win be given
her annual overhauling upon return here
The barkentine Susie II. Plummer and the
bsrkenttne Puako arrived here this morning The
former went TO Linnton TO take on part cargo
before going 10 the North Pacific Company's
mills, and the Puako stopped at the drydock
for a general oTerhsuling. The latter will re-
ceiFe her cargo at the mills of the North Pa
cihc Lumber Company.
The steam schooner AureliR left Vancouver
yesterday afternoon with a cargo Of lumber for
San Francisco.
The Coos Bay. Roseburg and Eastern Railway
Is charging such high rates for handling freight
from Coos Bay points to the interior that the
owners Of the steamer Kilhurn have decided not
70 receive freight for interior points
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 16.-The prospects for
a large lumber export trade from the North
Pacific Coast to China were never better than
Tor this year. Certain conditions now existing
IN the Orient have created larger and stronger
demand than there has been for several seasons
and In trade about evenly distributed between
lumber VIII be shipped during the next twelve
months.
William Edwards, representing Snethlag & Co.
of Shanghai, the largest importers OF lumber In
the Orient was here today with W. F. Ewart
Of ]. ]. Moore & 90. of San Francisco, which
Co. Edwards viii remain in the United States
several months, establishing his headquarters in
Portland. Snethlag g. Co. have arranged for q
number Of steamers which will carry lumber
from Puget Sound and Portland to Shanghai
In discussing lumber conditions in China, more
particularly at Shanghai, Edwards said:
The building of large wharves and ware
demand for lumber. and q great deal of this
work is now under way. Each warehouse re-
Quires at least 600, 600 feet and the wharves
adjoining q million feet more In addition to
Japanese lumber coming coastwise we imported
81 00o 600 feet last year. The year previous
the coming year we expect to import more than
4O, 600 600 feet