The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
ISpeciol DispOlch 10 The Call

PORTLAND Dee f6-The F. J. Dodge com
PAM 0f san Francisco opened ofnces n me l-unl-
bernen building to-day from which the business
~ fbc company VIII be handled pending the
anuuirenenf 81 larger quarters J ne company
is engaged Ga tie lumber and shipping business
ictWeen here and san francisco WIN inc stream
~.ho8ners 81 Hclens and N9rthiand. In case
business justihes another scheenet VIII seeai pe
rut T. H. Dodge son OF the man whose
name the frm bears IS The Portland manager
Tho schooner Andy MahouE arrived al lsinnfon
To-day in tcw q the tug Met rscken 10 leaa
lumber for san Pedro The McCrackcn viii re
Torn To- Astoria and bring the schooner Forester
Win nsssenerrs and freight the steamer Santa
Clara arrived ar Martins dock At O'Clock THIS
morning from san francisco IL VIII sah again
n finish iis sreo with 10000 barrels Of -four
tnr SorVegifr -smer Rygja came down from
Iuunfn -I0uiern alills % Albers dock last night.
ID wiz be ready 20 sail for the orient about the
hrsf ~ neat week
Tho Tender Arueria Is on Puget sound DONG
luey work sud delivering supplies and coal 10
m TOW y she steamers Ocklshama ana the
N r. Henderson the British bark Jordan Hill
was brought down to the lower bsrbor today
from the Inman- -Poulsen mills. II TOOK the two
steamers All forenoon L. move the bark through
shs bridges. because of the current in the river
f. J. Msuion- general manager OF DodweH q
d. owners II The British tramp Knight OF st.
George which IS in Portland hsrbor at the pres
cnf fime i in tho city TO confer with the cap
tain of the ship regarding its purchase
TACOMA. Dec le.-Arrived: Steamer Gov
sailed: steamer ADMIRAL sampson FOR sound
ports.
ASTORIA Dec. lG.-The steamer Breakwater
sailed today FOR Cor hay.
The crew - tho barkentine Argo. consisting
~ 1o men. paid Of st the custom house
radav lhe Acg0 arrived few DAYS ago from
Honolulu and IS now loading lumber at the
hnsppfon mill
from Coos bay and Eureka with freight and pas
sengers.
Tho susrrerrnss1er department steamer Cap
tain Anton Springer left out this afternoon for
Port Townsend. whore IL will he stationed in
rhe future The steamer IN command Of
Captain George Wood. who win return after
delivering II there
The four mas1ed British bark Kelburn which
arrived last evening. 40 days from Santa Ro-
- iia Ia ballast. reports q rough trip Captain
Milne. master OF the bark. says he OF the
lnnufh Of tie Columbia river for two weeks and
al that time IN succession Of terrific
gales with the seas running almost mountains
high. November -, the day that the ship
NarferhOrH capsized on Umstila light. the
storm reached its height and the Kelburn suf
fernd considerable damage. Quite q number Of
sails were lost the deck beams were strained.
IS were sonfe of the stBnchi0Bs. and the fOretop
mast bsckstsy chain plates werf carried away.
SEATTLE. Dec I6.- Sailed-Steamer Umstiils.
for San Francisco. Norwegian steamer Herneen.
f0r Port BiskeieE. steamer Tampico, for Ev-
erpft: steamer Tucatab. for Valdez.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. e.-Arrived-sehooner
Taurus from Tacoma: stesm schooner Samoa.
from Csspar: steam schooner Centrsiia, from
Aberdeen.
Ssiied-sfeamship President for San Diego:
steam schooner Aureiia. for Eureka; steam
e. Redondo, for Coos bay.