The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Liner Mongolia Brings More Than
900 Japanese From Honolulu

from sesSSIhefs Costa Rica and Roanoke arrived
~ california points yesterday morning.
/ +,iS nv steamer Alliance taken TO the drydock
,e.I 80 a5I'efnoon to be lifted for painting and
sseieoAl s oyerhanling. She will be on the dock
TOT period OF three days
me American ship Elwell is at Stella and
.boTb enieIlean ,i,an ship Sintram is at st. Helens
,..,s me steamer Meteor sailed for San Francisco
Tse IsNll VIII cargo OF lumber.
mas mas chartered the large American steamer
&c SSseiaees H 70 carry lumber from this port to
TIPS and has capacity for about . 900 900
,eet each "trip. The Pleiades is due to arrive
ohlef mates of all oceangoing steamers from
Sealte: S Portland, San Francisco, San Pedro and
I'm. San Dslego VIII stand bridge watch at sea
hereafter, will be paid overtime while in termi-
nal ports and will not be obliged TO be aboard
s aSsseis between the hours Of 5 a m. and D. m
~ 'e oHa,s are IN port Sundays and holidays
selted DC the Association of Masters and Pilots
ana agreed to by the various steamship compa-
hleS operating from coast ports.
heretofore il has been the custom for the
- LlA.e @ 10 soperlntend the dischargng and loading
.. me vessel Second, third and fourth mates
attended 10 their respective matches only. On
the Pacific Coast steamships the mates often
were compelled to be their feet for more than
allowed vas
SEATTLE. Feb. 25-In signed statement
/ ST9pmitted Titted TO United states Marine Inspectors
whitney ana Turner Captain Philip r. Masson
OF the steamship Portland states that the vessel
went ashore AT Entrance Island near Nanaimo
Il9qghorn lqgle keeper at Entrance Island. Captain
Mason alleges that the keeper OF the light and
boy after midnight and that the officers of the
snip were scarcely able TO hear the signal. He
oeileVes mat the boy in charge must have fallen
asleep captain Mason is again in command of
me steamship Jeanie. The investigation Will
oe continued when he returns from the north
Jhe United States Marine Inspectors today
sent sealed decision in the case Of the recent
grounding Of the steamship Spokane TO John
Birmingham, Supervising Inspector at San Fran
Arrived today Saratoga. Valdez. freight and
passengers; Asuncion.. San Francisco, oil; Fara-
Ion; Skagway. freight and passengers.
4 Sailed: Farallon. to Tacoma to cor1plete dis
chsIglng freight: Santa Clara. freight aud
eouVe for Tacoma to complete taking cargo
.AsroRFA, Feb. 25.-The japanese steamer
Iuknl Marr arrived from Seattle. She went TO
Portland this evening where she is under char
ter 10 load -four for Japan.
Tie American steamship Pleiades of the Bos-
ton TowboaF Company arrived at this port today
from seattle. She IS under charter TO load luul-
Der at Portland for California.
The schooner Golden Shore arrived today from
San Francisco to load lumber for California
The bark Cheney arrived from San Francisco
ana VIII load lumber at Portland for California.
The steamer Meteor cleared st the Custom
house today with cargo of l,T4s,lS1 feet of
lumber for San Pedro.
Adyices were received at the Custom house
today from the Department Of Commerce and
Labor that the hne of $1,000 recently imposed by
the collector Of customs at this port on the Ger
man ship Arthur Fitger had been RENTED The
Fftger arrived here from Bristol via Antwerp
and failed to brins a consular bill Of health
from the original port Of sailing although she
did have one from Antwerp. The fine i'm
posed for failure TO have bill of health from
Sled protest against the fine. asserting that he
had taken command Of the ship after her ar
rival at. Antwerp and was not responsible for
any dereiction before that time. The depart
meat allowed the protest
SAN PEDRO, Feb. 25.-The steamer Iuka, on
the Columbia River has been chartered to load
! ar~o San padro
The oil steamer ArgyIle. Captain Dickson, I'm
ished dischargihg 81. 900 barrels of oil for the
Union Oil Company and. cleared for Port Hartford
TO reload, having in tow the oil barge Santa
The steamer Ludlow, Captain Longkilde. ten
days from Grsys HarbUr. arrived with $50 900
feet OF lumber consigned to the San Pedro Lum-
The steamer w F. Jewett. Captain Abraham
son. arrived this morning. twelve days from
'Grays Hsrbor. bringing 100000 feet OF lumber
and railroad ties consigned 10 the Santa Fe
Five foreign ships. with a tonnage of 5000
tons. route to Port Los Angeles, Four Of
them are from Newcastle-on5Tyne. They are
the British bark Samoa, Captain Vose. sixty
eight days OUT the Norwegian steamer Horhelen.
sixty-six DAYS the British bark Procyon, Cap
tain johnson. and the German bark Furst Bu-
low. Captain Garlich. The British bark Soe&-
ira. Captain NestphaI, is out seEenty-four days
from Rotterdam
TIE schooner Glendale, Captain Pearson. from
Grays Harbor. is diseharging 350,0O0 Of lumber
for the. NstioQal Lumber Company
The schooner Alvena. Captain johnson. nine
days from Astoria. has arrived with 900, 600 feet
Of humber consigned to the Santa Fe Railroad
Company
eleven days from Portland. Is discharging $50 600
feet of lumber at the Crescent wharf, consigned
TO the Union Lumber Company Of Los Angeles.
The schooner. Prosper. Captain McVfcker, an
chored in the outer harbor this afternoon with
full cargo of lumber for wholesalers at this
port. She is out twelve days from the Colum-
bis River.
The steam schooner Signal, Captain Sears. and
the. steam schooner Helen P. Drew. Captain
Gunderson will finish dischaFging lumber car
goes and are scheduled TO clear tomorrow TO
reload, the former for Eureka and the latter
for Greenwood