The San Francisco call., 1908-12-03
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

PORTLAND, Dec 2-The American Hawaiian
liner Nevadsn, Captain Greene, sailed this even
ing for Seattle.
British ship Neits6eld will begin discharging
general cargo and cement
Steamer Alliance Captain Olson, arrived this
evening from Coos bay.
German ship Oregon viii he in the harbor To-
morrow IN ballast to load wheat for Europe
Port of Portland commission will hold spe-
ciai meeting Friday to take ip the sale Of tonds
for the new towsge and pilotage system.
Three more big eargoes Of lumber out OF Port
land are assured by the announcement made by
Frank Waterhouse & Co this afternoon that the
British steamer Century. now her way to
the coast from the orient will load lumber here
for Australia. The third steamer will be the
Gymeric. which has been in port before She
will load 100000 feet Of lumber here for
Singapore.
tain F. S. Moore. arrived from Kodiak Valdez
and Seward this afternoon with 100 passengers
800 tons Of copper ore and IS boxes OF fish.
Nearly 30 Of the passengers came from the In
terror. Via Valdez.
Steamer Governor sailed this morning for San
Francisco with 324 passengers.
Steamer Queen arrived after smooth pas
sage with the a full cargo but light passenger
Steamer Jefferson sailed tonight for skagway.
via way ports, with general cargo and 20
passengers.
American steamer Missourlan. which brought
cargo OF coal from Newport News for Puget
sound navy yard. has finished dlscharging and
came to Seattle today 10 load a general cargo
for the Atlantic coast
COmpipieQ
Moran yard and is bunkering prior to leaving
FOR San Francisco on Friday.
TACOMA, Dec. Russian ship Finland
cleared this afternoon with 99. T29 bushels Of
barley and l515S bushels of wheat. The total
cargo is valued at S79.717-
British steamer Beechley has cleared with
lumber and will probably leave tomorrow.
Steamer Watson Is IN port today loading gen
eral freight for San Francisco.
Barge Charger left port this morning for
Alaska with supplies for Sulzer She viii stop
at Ladysmith. b, c.. for coal cargo.
Kosmos liner Mera will load 1900 tons Of
wheat at this port, OF which 1000 tons is for
Hull and I.200 tons for Cailao
ASTORIA Dec. 2.-Stenmer Alliance, Cap
tain Peterson. arrived this morning from Coos
bay and left up the river for Portland.
on tanker Asuncion left out today for Point
French bark Mareschai de Noiles left out to-
day for the United Kingdom with cargo OF
grain
feet Of lumber for the United Kingdom arrived
down the river today and will leave out at the
French bark saint Anne with $4,000 bushels
Of wheat arrived down the river today and
viii leave out for Queenstown Falmouth for
orders at the first opportunity.
coal at thfs port the French bark Bossuef left
up the river for Portland today
SAN PEDRO, Dec. arrived today: Steam
Francis H. I.eggett from Eureka, steamer West
erner from Graye Harbor and steamer Santa
Rosa from San Diego.
Departures: Steamer J. B. stetson for Gravs
Harbor. steamer Mandalay for Crescent CITY
and steamer Santa Rosa for San Francisco
VICTORIA, 3. c., Dec. 2.-The Swiftsure
Of these large buoys. comprising bell and
beacon costing S15. 600. delivered at the govern
ments factory III Prescott, Ont. exclusive Of the
freight 10 this coast TO disappear. The
steamer Leebro win leave tomorrow TO search FOR
II and drag for the T5 fathoms of heavy chain.
Last December the former Swiftsure bank buoy