The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items OfIntereSt TO Mariners
of the Pacific


ASTORIA June The steam schooner Wash
ington- with cargo Of 6l5,O00 feet Of lumber
for San Francisco, arrived down the river this
steamer Maverick. with q cargo Of crude oil oil
from California arrived and went TO Portland
10 olscharge The steam schooner oasco pro-
ceeded 10 Portland this morning 10 take on a
lumber cargo The oil steamers Whittier and
Argyll in ballast for California, arrived down
the rived this afternoon and went direct to sea.
The catch Of fsh during the past two days
has shown some improvement. but as the water
is muddy the gin netters have alone been able
10 take the beneht OF It The principal feature
Of the run is that the fish average large and
OF The finest quality. 1t has been suggested
that the blasting on the north bank has the
eject Of keeping the fish away but this is de-
MED by many practical fishermen. as the boats
drifting in the channel are having the best luck
except at the mouth Of the river and no dead
fsh are found on the shore. II is a fact
though, that many fishermen viii not drift along
the north bank for fear of the blasting. and
as IL viii continne during the summer the catch
on that side Of the river viii be reduced.
PORTLAND. June 1.-The steam schooner
DAISY Freeman has cleared for San PEDRO with
700 600 feet Of lumber. The schooner Expan-
sion finished loading YESTERDAY ana cleared for
RedondO with 100000 feet Of lumber She left
down this afternoon.
L L. Patterson, formerly collector of Gus
toms at this port but now a broker at San
Francisco is in the city today.
The steam schooner Casco arrived MP this
afternoon TO load wheat for San Francisco. She
Is at Montgomery dock with cargo Of shingles
from Hoquiam- The barge is in command Of
d
Collections at the custom house for May were
sl29 666 95 so that the total for the IL months
Of the fiscal year is now more than 81 600 000
san PEDRO, June 1.-The freight and pas
senger steamer Hanalei, Captain Ravens, cleared
today for San Francisco and way ports.
The schooner Caroline v, Captain Westerdahl,
finished dischsrging a lumber cargo for the
KerckhofT Gunner mill and lumber company and
sailed today for the Umpqua river, taking 200
The steam schooner Berkeley from Fort Bragg
and the schooner Endeavor from Aberdeen. are
out two days with full cargoes Of lumber con-
fine John Smith Is out two days from Astoria
with q full cargo Of lumber consigned TO dealers
at Redondo-
The steam schooner Samoa, Captain Kinder
finished discharging that portion Of her lumber
cargo consigned 70 this port and cleared for
fsedoudo where q quantity Of railroad ties viii
ne ffechsr0ed The steam schooner Scotia,
csntefD Nelson. finished discharging her lumber
cargo and cleared today for Eureka to reload
Army Transports
The Burnside is at Seattle.
The Buford bound for Shanghai, sailed May
26 from Nagasakl
The Crook Is In port
The Dix left Nsgasah May 2e. homeward
DOTRe Sba Kilpatrick is at Newport News, Va.
The Logan sailed May 26 from Guam for Ma
The Meade is at New York. Out Of commits
s'ert The ingalls, is at Newport News. Va
Ihe Sberidar IS at Mare island. under repairs
The Sherman sailed May 81 from Honolulu
bomeward bound
The Thomas is IN port
The Warren is In port
The Overdue List
NorveOtsn bark A1eida, out 153 days from
Iou,0ue' for Falmouth, u per cent.