The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27


From here the steamer will go direct
to an English port, probably London,
and from there to Hamburg. The
products with which the ship will be
loaded will be on the English market
in about two months after the
steamer leaves here.
The cargo, which is practically made
up now, will include big shipments of
canned salmon, grain, canned and dried
fruits.
The Abessinia is a big carrier and
can make the trip to the old world at
To insure good behavior in this respect
the steamer will be drydocked at
Hunters Point after discharging it's
At Salina Cruz the Abessinia loaded
about 1000 tons of express European
egs for Na ths port and PTgt for Wc
toria, B. c. OF the Salina Cruz freight
3,400 tons is for the sound. The
steamer has about 5000 tons for this
port.
Through Service to Panama
The through service by sea to Pan
ANA which will be operated by Bates
& Chesebrough, will be inaugurated
October /, when the freighter Stanley
cargo cargo of W New sN Fom YORK mere freight Tth rhis
cargo will be delivered in New York
October %. 1t will arrive at Panama
steamer Colon October %. The stan
ley Dollar will also call at San Pedro,
thus giving Los Angeles the benefit of
the new service and incidentally in
PRODUCING into the southern country
for the first time an element of real
competition in the transcontinental
transportation field. The Pacific Mail
company, which, until Bates & Cheese
brough announced its plans, had fig
ures to prove that a direct service to
Panama was a practical impossibility,
will also enter the direct field The
Wi
which will leave here September 80
but which will not call at Los. Angeles.
both the Bates & Chesebrough and
the Pacific Mail freight and which
has been running from the isthmus to
New York practically empty. will go
that it has taken to New York since
the Panama railroad company went
into the steamship business.
Manchuria Sails Today
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria,
Captain Dixon, will sail at 1 o'clock
this afternoon for the far east. Cap
tain Saunders, who relieved Captain
Dixon while the latter was on his
of the Pennsylvania, which will be
the first direct steamer on the Panama
run and will sail September 80 for the
resigned from the Pacific Maif serv
ice to take command of steamer in
the far east and has been succeeded on
the Manchuria by Chief officer
from the Siberia. The Manchuria will
take from here ESQ cabin passengers.
200 in the steerage and cargo of
about 5000 tons.
WiIheImina Sails Tomorrow
The Matson navigation companys
liner Wilhelmina, Captain Peter john
son, will sail tomorrow for Honolulu
with big cargo and a large number of
passengers. Among the passengers will
be W. a. Coulter, the marine artist
Coulter has already painted a number
of large marine pictures for the as
sembly hall of the Merchants ex-
change. His latest commission is a
picture of Diamond head, and he Is go
ing down to the island port to renew
his acquaintance with the picturesque
headland and to make the sketches that
will be necessary for his finished pic
ture.
President Carries Many
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
panys liner President. which sailed
yesterday for Los Angeles, carried a
large number of passengers, among
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