The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

SAN PEDRO. June 20-The steamer Fair
OAKS. Captain Peterson. Eve DAYS from Grays
Hafbor, arrived in port this afternoon with $50 :
600 feet Of lumber
The bark Diamond Head Captain Peterson.
seven days from Columbia river. anchored out
side this evening with 900. 900 feet of lumber
ASIoRIA; June 20--The schooner Nokomis
tOwed 10 sea this morning
The steamer Melville Dollar arrived down the
river this afternoon and sailed for San Fran
cisco.
The British steamship Kalibia finished taking
On partial cargo Of lumber this afternoon and
went 70 Rainier 10 load.
The oil steamer Asuncion with a cargo Of
crude oil from Port Hartford, arrived this even
The British steamship strathyre. with lumber
for the orient. arrived down the river this aft
ernoon and will 60 10 sea In the morning.
The steamer Yosemite arrived in from San
Francisco this morning TO load lumber al the
Hume mill. After passing by the city its cap
tain did not take the regular channel TO the
mill, but attempted to skirt along close to the
whsrves. He went inside OF all the buoys hay-
ing no ranges and went hard aground near the
site OF the old Silvia de Grasse wreck and reef
The Yosemite is stil there, but IS not believed
to have received anv damage. 1t is expected
that il will come on late tonight or tomorrow
The North Pacific steamship company's steam
ship George ". Elder. Captain lessen. arrived
this morning from Portland via Eureka and san
Francisco with big freight list and many
passengers. The Elder Is scheduled TO clear
tomorrow for Portland via San Francisco and
Eureka with all staterooms filed
The steam schooner Wasp, Captain Wehman.
arrived this morning from Tacoma via San
Francisco. bringing large cargo of iumbernou-
signed TO the San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake railroad company.
The steam schooner centralia. Captain Erick-
son. cleared today for Grays Harbor via San
Francisco TO reload. This will be the last trip
of the vessel to this port for some time. The
Centralia has been coming regularly TO San Pedro
with lumber cOrgoes for i've years. but was
chartered recently TO carry lumber from Grays
HarbOr 10 San Francisco in future.
The schooner Annie E Smale. Captain CAL
strap, and the schooner Jessie Minor. Captain
JOrgensen finished discharging lumber cargoes
and sailed today in ballast TO reload, the former
for Astoria and the latter for Eureka.
Captain oscar Oberg. who lives at Long Beach.
has been licensed master Of the four masted
schooner Admiral
SEATTLE June 20-Two Lake Washington
boats have been fined $500 for having carried
more passengers than they allowed by law.
The schooner Willis A. Holden has been char
tered TO load lumber at Mukilteo for Guaymas.
II had been laid up two months on account Of
the low rates
The rate between the three companies
operating from Seattle TO Vancouver has be
come more serious and greater cut may be
made in the rates.
A special dispatch from Port Townsend sta ties
that Weather Observer Hobbs who is also the
Lighthouse tender. is i'll and alone on Tatoosh
island He is described as scarcely able to get
around. but attends TO his duties. Shipping
men will ask for an assistant for him.