The San Francisco call., 1910-03-25
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
Special Dispatch 10 The Cal

EUREKA, March 24.-The fishing launch Cali
fornia was lost at 10 a. IN. today on the Hum
boldt bar while crossing out with hotlla of
FIVE boats. The owner was rescued by nearby
fisherman. This makes the fourth launch lost on
the bar this month.
Steam schooner Lakme departed for San Fran
cisco this afternoon with full cargo of redwood
lumber loaded at Arcata wharf. The Lakme was
piioted out over the bar by the tug Ranger. this
Delng the nrst time for many years that 1t has
been necessary for the ting pilot steamers in
the coastwise trade to sea. The continuous north
the bar channels. making crossing by heavily
laden vessels perilous unless piloted by a tug.
cisco at 7:3O a. m. today with freight. mail and
passengers The Topeka will sail for San Fran
cisco tomorrow morning 1t Is loading part of
cargo of redwood lumber at the Samoa mills of
the Hammond company.
Steamer Elder is expected from San Francisco
early tomorrow morning to depart shortly after
its arrival for Astoria and Portland.
Steam schooner Katherine arrived from San
francisco last midnight. 1t is loading at the
Holmes wharf for the return trip.
Traffic Manager f. A. Blocklinger of the Pa
cihc Coast lumber company said today that his
OF large steel lumber carrying steamer 70 ply
between Fields Landing on this bay and Will
mington. in southern California Blocklinger
said that small steam schooners are not op-
Grated proftably long runs, that the proposed
new steamer would run to southern California
and that the present feet would cary lumber
from the local mills to San Francisco.
III. G. Hahn. United States boiler inspector.
departed for Crescent City this morning. where
be will make an official inspection Of craft
Hahn has been here for several weeks past and
has been employed in his official capacity of in
specting boilers of the many bay craft here.
PORTLAND. March 24-Carrying 2.os1 III
feet Of lumber. valued at S27.7 $50. the British
ship Poltalloch. Captain Armstrong. will leave
for sea tomorrow morning 1t has secured a
crew, and is now in readiness to start on its
voyage TO Sydney. 1t is being dispatched by the
Paeiic export lumber company.
French bark Bossuet. which is under charter to
Hind, Rolph & Co. for cargo of lumber to
Dunedin, has been moved from the stream above
the Madison street bridge to the Portland lumber
company's mill where it will load.
Miss Dorothy Corbett. the little daughter of
and steel works, win christen the port of Port
lands new tug 0neonta when 1t is launched
Saturday afternoon.
At the IumanP Poulsen mills the British
steamer Inverness, Captain Venus started load
ing about. 100000 feet of lumber for Calcutta
Steam schooner Rainier arrived in the river
this afternoon with a general cargo from San
Francisco.
Carrying full cargo of lumber for San
Francisco the steam schooner J. Marhofer left
from st. Helens tonight
In tow of the tug McCraken. the American
schooner Retriever up 10 Prescott this
morning to load lumber for California ports.
With so passengers and 150 tons OF general
freight the steamer Alliance Captain Astrup.
arrived at Couch street dock from Coos bay at 5
O'Clock this morning.
Steamer Alliance from Coos bay: steamer
Rosecrans and barkentine Retriever. from San
Francisco, arrived today.
Steamer ]. Marhoffer sailed today for San
ASTORIA March 24.--The steam schooner
.Casco with n cargo of lumber for San Fran
els, went to this morning.
The steamer Falcon of the American Hawaiian
line sailed today for San Francisco. with
freight for New York, to go over the Mexican
route, and which included several thousand
bundles of cedar shingles taken on here.
The steamer Ramona sailed tins morning FOR
Coos bay with freight and passengers
The steamer Francis Leggett arrived this
morning from San Francisco to load lumber at
the Hammond mill for a return.
The oil tank steamer Rosecrans arrived this
afternoon from California with a cargo OF fuel
oil for the associated companies.
The steamer Casco cleared at the custom
house today for San Francisco with cargo OF
sos 900 feet of lumber loaded at ST. Helens.
Practically no damage was done to the super
structure of the jetty at the mouth of the Co
lumbia river by the gales of the last winter
and as a result the work of extending the jetty
can be commenced soon as the weather con-
dtions are favorable for the delivery of rock.
which will be shortly after the first of the
coming month. Quite force OF men IS now at
work in the shops overhauling the locomotives
and other equipment so that the entire plant
can be ready for operation at moments no.
tice, the intention being to complete this Jetty
before the close of the present season. Piling
for the building Of the trestle are being towed
TO Fort Stevens on the Calender oarges and are
being unloaded at the engineers wharf.
LOS ANGELES March A--Arrved-Steam
shin Governor, San Diego: steam schooner Shna
YAK Columbia river; steamer Hanaiei- san
Francisco; steam schooner klamath, Tacoma; oil
steamer Argyll, San Diego
Sailed-Steamship Governor. Seattle via San
Francisco; steamer Hanalei San Francisco; oil
steamer Argyll. Oleum; u. s. s. torpedo boat
DESTROYER Hopkins, Vallejo: u s. S. torpedo boat
destroyers Rowan, Hull and Whipple. San Diego
SEATTLE, March OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES