Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-15
San Pedro Shipping News

SAN PEDRO, Jan. 1.-THE Pacific Coast
Steamship company's liner President arrived
tonight from Seattle via San Francisco and
Redondo Beach with freight and passengers
and will continue down the coast to san
Diego tomorrow morning
1t was expected that tho President would
dock at the new berth for Pacific Coast
steamers at the foot of Fifth street, but the
wharf will not be ready for use for another
week. This wharf was formerly used by
the Catalina steamers. (which now dock on
the south side of Fifth street. new sta
ton and warehouse has been built for the
Pacific Coast company and extensive i'm
provements made in the wharf. including
adjustable slips that freight may be UNI
loaded from the side ports instead of the
top matches al either high or low tide
With the transfer of the Pacific Coast
steamers there will be no moro passenger
business south of Fifth street and the South
Pacific wharf there Will be used eX-
clusively for freight. New tracks and spurs
have been built so that steamers may be
discharged more rapidly
Eureka May Run TO San Diego
1t has been announced that the North Pa
citic Steamship company, operating the
Roanoke and George W. Elder between here
and Portland, will add San Diego to the
port Of call. but there seems to be some
doubt whether the Roanoke or the Eureka,
which has just been added to the line, VIII
make the run to the southern port, The
Eureka is now in drydock at San Francisco,
being converted into an oil burner. she IS
the smallest of the three, and Will run only
between San Francisco and San Pedro, pos
sibly San Diego, calling at way ports There
are about sixteen way ports between here
and San Francisco and the little steamer
Coos Bay of tho Pacific Coast line has been
taxed to care for the business The Roanoke
having discontinued the call at Eureka may
have time to run to San Diego ON her BIZ
weekly trip
New Master of Roanoke
20 bd gIppeR6N6
r i Dunham as master of the North Pa
cific steamer Roanoke. Capt. Zeh has been
with the Pacific Coast steamship company
for a long time and is the third wei known
commander to leave the service of that
company within the last few weeks. the
others being Capt. Hannah and Capt Hail
Miscellaneous Notes
The steamer Chehalis, Capt. Kettleson,
arrived today from Grays Harbor via San
Francisco with passengers and 10000 feet
of lumber for various wholesalers
The steamer San Pedro, Capt. Benerct-
son, sailed today in ballast for Eureka 10
The schooner Robert searles Capt. Plta,
will reload lumber at Everett She sailed
today in ballast
charge of zoo tons of coal here tonight and
continued down the coast with nearly d
hundred excursionists. VINO VIII lnVestlgalo Q
trade conditions in Mexico. The Erna lad
to be towed into port on account Of dis
abled rudder, which was repaired here.
Tho Norwegian steamer Tricolor com
pleted discharge of cargo or hllrates TO-
dav aud sailed tonight for san Francisco,
en- route to Puget sound to load lumber for
South American ports.
The steamer Fulton, Capt Maioney' sailed
today in ballast for Mendocino after dis
charging a cargo Of ties for the Pacific
Electric.
The steamer Klamath was due to san
from Columbia river last night with a cargo
of lumber for the National Lumber COM
pany The klamath was recently launched
al Eureka by the. Hammond Lumber com
pany, ana is one of the largest wooden
steamers IN the lumber service. Ihis Wlll
be her first trip to San Pedro.
The barkentine John Smith has arrived at