The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest TO Mariners
of the Pacific

san PEDRO March 21.-The schooner Aza-
ies- Csptsin Fardelius. has arrived from Eureka
tain Aacsen, has completed the discharge Of q
iun seg cargo and cleared tonight for Caspar.
ASTORIA. Marh 2I--Tbe steamer Alliance.
Captain Olson. arrived today from Coos bay.
The oil tank steamer Argyll arrived from Port
Captain Nopander. left for San Francisco with
Ire izhr and passengers. The British ship Largie-
more eft = hnish unloading ct Portland and
vii load grain for Europe The French bark
Eugene Peregline left FOR Portland to load grain
fpr Europe. Plans are being made by the Colum-
~ CONTRACT company 70 begin delivering rock 70
fise government a. the Columbia river 5etty
March % The tugs which viii be employed are
iie Hercules samson and Daniel Kern Ten or
Z barges VIII be used, each having q capacity
y about LOO tons With three barges in
isW. the Hercules will ply between the Fisher
licked Up there By the Daniel Kern and taken
fa ~ the mouth Of the river Daily trips VIII
hsrges representing rock delivery OF 3 800 tons.
new quarry has been opened up at Mount Cof-
m. from which the Daniel Kern will operate
With barge loads OF material for the big break
water Officers for the several tugs are being
selected. 5oseph Church has been engaged as
captain Of the Hercules and Arthur Riggs viii
TACOMA March 2I-work Of bulkbesdinS
FOR Which, was swarded 70 the Tacoma dredg.
-, 9s eomPasy, l;g has begun Pile driver @ is at
Seh @ e used nR T6e snr ses Lon Dss
be American ship St Paul % drydock and
ihen left cut. towing the British bark sus-
Kingdom The British ship segors has I'm fIt
shed loading wheat and with the British bark
next week. United States lighthouse tender
Heather is IN drydock at Qusrte-master. The
ienesr america wss II port last night, pro
steamer Wsngsrd left for Seattle this after
noon q eontiDue loading -four for North China
The United States cable steamer Burnside
which has been repairing boilers this week will
coal touorrow and leave cut Monday under hurry
orders 10 repair break IN the cable between
~ no - y
ne Burnside IS perfectly 6t for the voyage its
tellers reqairing only t1e customary periodical
we're 3s sS56 bushels for Yokohama, and -four
clesrsnces we're SS5.sT0 sacks for the orient.
cleared FOR the Hawaiian islands. Foreign
I.lesrsnces Of lumber for tho week were .. 152.
PORTLAND. Ore. March PA drrdock. te
10 completed by fail. having lifting capacity
- $40 tons win he constructed by the oregon
;trrcock compenr. The dock will be placed
nesr the pisnt Of the Willamette iron and stfRl
works on the west hank Of the river. between
Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets. Charter
rstes for the transportation Of lumber from
"a s5s IN The last fo,r moufbs with epoueh
tonnage IN sight 70 handle the balance Of The
SrsIR remsining for export purposes. the iDdi-
esfioBs are thst The tariff win soon reach q
sfiii lower figure Announcement was made to
oar that the British steamship Taunton had
i'een chartered 10 load grain or lumber at Port
coroneI Bart which left from Astoria today
srfH bring q cargo OF u 600 barrels OF cement
from Antwerp and VIII take ont a cargo or
wheat. The steamer HaBaiei- Captain McFar-
land. sailed for San Francisco this evening with
10000 sacks Of wheat and many passengers.
With 46 .dunsu ears and 0ne locomotive board.
the schooner Waiiscut cleared today for Grsys
Hsrf,or. While trying 70 enter berth al the
Oceanic dock last night the steamer Hsnalei
collided with the British ship Arctic Stream.
earrying away q portion OF the sailing vessel s
besdgesr II Is said the accident wss due TO a
raisundersfa anding Of orders. The British bark
Celtic Burn arrived in Astoria last evening
from santa Rosslis sitter . passage Of % days,
10 Il Of which the vessel rolled about 10 q
calm Having taken on part OF lumber cargo
- Tongue point the British steamship StrEth-
blsne came up 10 ST. John today TO receive an
additional shipment.