The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Ifems OF Interest TO Mariners
of the Pacific

ASTORIA. Ore. March iT-The steamer Al
nance lance arrived from Portland this morning snd
sailed for Coos bay. The Alliance has been on
the drydock for three weeks and received a
general oVerhauling. The French bark Eugene
Fefgetine, Captain Lenormand. arrived al this
port today. 1Tl days from Antwerp. with a
cargo OF cement. Ii is under charter load
grain at Portland for Europe The schooner
John A. Campbell sailed today for San Pedro
with 62I.00O feet Of lumber The Schooner
Meatherwax arrived here today from san Fran
cisco after quick trip of seven days. The
barkentine J. NJ Grifhths cleared today with
2 cargo OF $4,000 feet Of lumber for Redondo.
repetition a. Friday nights storm visited
lhis vicinity last night. but fortunately it's
duration was not as long. The schooner Mathew
Turner, which is loading lumber at the Tongue
Fessel in port that suffered The schooner
turned bToadside 10 the tide ana wind ting
sessei was safely tied up. No damage was
done- ne German steamer Numsntia OF the
Poitland-A Asistic line was unable TO get to sea
todsy owing 10 rough bar.
TACOMA Wash. March IT-The British
ship Hilston arrived today from EsquimaIt
T. C.. where she has been discharging Goa ]
for the British navy. The Hilston will load lum-
Der for Rotterdam The Pacific Coast steam
ship company announces that its steamer on
the SkagwaE run viii hereafter make Prince
rupert, D. &. which is TO be the Grand Trunk
l, raeins terminus rIl regular port Of call. The
steainef City Of Puebla made its fortnightiy
can i"diS aAd VIII leave tomorrow noon with
a large amount Of bullion, 700 tons of wheat
ana other general cargo Heated coal in the
plihNefs ot tae German steamer Serak. OF the
hosmcs line. was DISCHARGED on Scows alongside .
ana the ire extinguished. II was said that no
damage was done The British steamer Ming
chow cleared tonight with general cargo val
ued At about SJuO. 600 via the orient Ia Iir-
erpoci ana other United Kingdom ports The
american Hawaiian liner Columbian brought
NeW lnrk freight and Is taking a large ship
ment Of freight -four and feed for Hawaii.
he hiili for the dredger being built for the
Tacoma dredging company was launched today
Inc craft Is ia feet long by 40 feet beam
SAN PEDRO, Cal. March 1.-THE cruisers
tennessee, California and Washington Rear
Admlrai Sebree commanding. are anchored in
side the breakwater and will depart Monday
Tor Redonoo and Venice The steamer Brook
iFn. captain Hendrickson. arrived this morn
ing from San Francisco and cleared tonight Dn
It's return trip. Tie Wilmington transporta ti,a
company, having the contract for steredorin,
q cargo OF oak ties of the Norwegian steame or
Aker from Japan. announced a reduction of
wages from 80 cents TO - cents an hour
The union longshOremen refused TO accent enS
the vessel is being discharged with nonunion
labor The steamer Redondo Captain Rende-
gard VIII clear tomorrow for Coos ,av via
san Francisco. 10 load lumber The Norw eeian
steamer Aker. which arrived from Mororan
code Letters MPBB i'm latitude "a n longitndc
l55 w bound from Valparaiso for Astoria which
reported all well. The schooner Gotama Can
tain Gruggel, arrived from Nehalem river with
$50. 600 feet Of lumber.
PORTLAND. March 1.-THE Senator and M
aer arrived early this morning. on schedule time.
tne Elder with s6 passengers and the Sena tor
about Su The new steam schooner Capistrapo
rapIalh +: l. Hartman, left at noon today on
Its nrst trip for San Francisco with ZOO 0oO faat
OF lumber. The schooner J. M We.t,eru-.,
winch arrived at Astoria this morning will load
lumber Tor san francisco. The steamer Alliance
leIl last night for Coos bay The Breakya ter
Vii p,lIs,n cave Tor Coos bay tomorrow night The
load lumber for South Africa The schooner
Irene VIII load lumber for California