The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
Gasoline Tug Is Launched
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest TO Mariners
of the Pacific

SAN PEDRO, March 26-The steamer Noyo,
Captain Olsen arrived this morning from Fort
Bragg discharged mart of a cargo Of redwood
lumber and cleared tonight for San Diego. The
schooner John A. Campbell, Captain Wilson. ar
rived from Astoria with $50, 900 feet Of lumber.
The schooner Sampa. Captain Nielsen. from
Grays Harbor, win discharge 434, 900 feet of
lumber The George w. Elder. Captain lesson.
cleared tonight for Portland. via San Francisco
and Eureka The schooner Fearless, Captain
Lilliqust, arrived this morning from Grays Har-
Dor. bringing 100000 feet of lumber. The United
States steamship South Dakota, Captain Fox.
will remain at anchorage under the breakwater
until Monday.
PORTLAND, March 26-The French bark Cor
nil Bart arrived in the harbor this afternoon
with $4,000 barrels of cement consigned to w. P.
Fuller K Co The steam schooner Washington
eolded with the Burnside bridge draw last night
while being shifted No damage sustained
by the schooner. but the bridge draw was put out
of commission for an hour. The Washington will
go TO Rainier this afternoon to load lumber
The steamer Breakwater left for Coos bay last
night. The steam schooner F. S. Loop left the
mills of the Portland lumber company last night
for San Francisco and will finish a lumber cargo
at one of the mills down the river. The steam
schooner Mann Smith has arrived at Coos bay
1t was given an ovation when it steamed into
the bay. The Mann Smith belongs to the C. A.
Smith lumber and manufacturing company and
will carry lumber Its capacity is 100000 feet.
The steamship Roanoke sailed for San Pedro and
way ports tonight. Fhe American ship Henry Vii
supplies for Alaska. The bark Donna Francesca
arrived at Astoria today in ballast from the west
coast. Only two proposals were submitted to the
for building steamer for service as a transport
on the Yukon river These came from Joseph
Supple who offered to build the craft for $3l-
500. and the Willamette iron and steel works
whose bid was SCI 900. Both bidders are Port
VICTORIA March 26-The American tug
Marion of Ketchikan has been purchased by J.
Fl. Greer and associates of Victoria and will be
brought here and placed under the British fog.
1t will be used in general harbor work with
the Greer feet. which includes the Albin. Stet-
son. Queen and J. f. Goyden. Arrangements
have been made to reconyert the barge Alex
ander into steam freight and passenger vessel
for use in the northern trade The steamer
Transit passed up from Guaymas TO Nanaimo.
having been In company with Admiral Evans
SQUADRON off the. northern coast of Mexico.
Tyee the British ship Segura left out this
afternoon bound for Queenstown for orders, car
rying wheat. The steamer Watson will leave
The Steamer will take considerable wheat. The
German steamer Exeter went to Seattle. The
Manila liner Shawmut, which passed in today.
Will arrive in Tacoma tomorrow afternoon After
discharging 25,000 barrels of fuel oil the steamer
Colonel L. L. Drake left for San Francisco. The
Norwegian steamer Christensen has completed
diseharging ore and will begin to load lumber
for Shanghai in few days.
SEATTLE, March 26-The steamer Chippewa
towed in today to go drydock. After an
oyerhauling the Chippewa will take the place of
the steamer lroquos on the Vancouver run. The
steamship Luxor arrived from Tacoma today TO
complete a cargo for Hamburg and will sail in
the morning. The French bark General de
Negrier viii begin loading wheat tomorrow at
the west Seattle elevator. The Moran COM
pany this morning launched the hull of the Ajax,
new fire and tug boat for the Southern Pacific
engines will develop 500 horsepower and the
boat will be capable of throwing four streams Of
water at the rate of 900 feet a minute.
ASTORIA. March 26.-The steamer Breakwater
arrived from Portland this morning and sailed
for Coos bay. The oil steamer Asuncion pro-
ceeded to Portland this morning. The steam
schooner f. S. Loop arrived down the river
today and went to knappton TO finish cargo
of lumber for San Francisco The British bark
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arrived after passage of 50 days, under charter
to load grain for Europe. The steamer Rose
city, for San Francisco. arrived from Portland
this evening. Several vessels made an attempt
to get to sea this morning, but found the bar too
rough The steamer Telegraph soon viii leave
out for Puget sound to be used as an excursion
boat.