The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
Especial Dispatch TO The Call


for San Francisco this afternoon with freight.
mail and passengers. The Topeka viii lay over
sequently Will not be due here again until Sat
urday. On the following trip the steamer will
make up the lost day and will be back on regu-
lar schedule to sail from here again on De-
cember l.
The steamer North Fork of the Charles Mel
son compsny's feet arrived here today with mis-
eelaneous freight and maiI. Included In the
cargo were 500 pounds of black powder and 100
pounds of dynamite for the WilIett & Burr
construction work and 1S6 bales OF hay and 381
sacks of rolled barley for the livestock being
used on the construction work.
1t is reported that residents and businessmen
on the Klamath are now making plans TO build
new power boat to operate out of the Klam-
ath TO Crescent City. Eureka and other nearby
During the next three weeks there will be
taken aboard tramp steamers and sailing vessels
In Humboldt bay almost 100000 feet of rough
clear redwood lumber for Australia. At least
four tramp steamers are expected here to take
cargo.
This week there are two tramps and one
sailing vessel expected The tramp steamer
Riverdale is due about the last of the week
from San Pedro and wednesday Thursday
the British steamer Strathalbyn is looked for.
The schooner Minnie A. Game will arrive this
week.
Early next week the British tramp steamer
Strathalbyn is due from San Francisco. probably
which has visited Humboldt several times in
the last several years and is now on Puget
and TO-
LOS ANGELES, Nov 2f-Arrived: Steamer
Roanoke. from Portland: steamer Grays Harbor
froH, Hoquiam; steamer Nehalem. from Fort
Bragg: steamer Samoa. from Caspar; steamer
Roma. from San Francisco.
Sailed: Steamer s 1a1 Roan9ke for San Diego; lego
for Grays Harbor; steamer Samoa. for San
Diego; steamer Norwood. for Grays Harbor
PORTLAND, Nov 21-The French bark
Bossuet. on its way from New Castle. \. $. w.
western warehouse company for cargo of
wheat out of here to the United Kingdom and
1t is expected that it will be here for loading
about The first of the year.
The Norwegian steamer. solveig has been char
tered by Balfour, Guthrie G. Co.. for cargo
of wheat from this port or Puget sound.
The German bark Selene finished unloading
at noon today with about $4,000 bushels 'of
wheat for the United Kingdom. 1t will prob
ably leave down tomorrow Wednesday. 1t is
under charter to A. Berg
made it necessary for the steamer Breakgater.
which arrived from Coos bay this morning.
Columbia river lightship by means of the lead,
which used constantly. Captain MacGenn
says that the bar was comparatively smooth
when the steamer crossed in.
Captain NJ. Talbot vice president and gen
eral manager of the Alaska Pacific steamship
by Mrs Talbot They left this afternoon for
Los Angeles.
SAN PEDRO Nov 21.-Steamer Roanoke ar
rived today on its regular schedule from Port
land via San Francisco and proceeded for San
Diego> with passengers and freight
Steamer Grays Harbor: arriving from Hoquiam.
Steamer James S. Higgins has arrived from
Fort Bragg via San Francisco with passengers
and clear tomorrow for Hueneme with remainder.
Steamer Nehalem. arriving on maiden trip to
this port will discharge 100000 feet Of lumber
load ded at Astoria. After dlscharging part cargo
lumber here. steamer Fair Oaks cleared today
for Port San Luis with balance of cargo. 1t
will reload at Grays Harbor. Passengers and
freight steamer Watson cleared today for
Seattle via San Francisco with heavy freight
oriers have been issued by the war depart
mont transferring Captain W. Stokey of the
engineering corps from this district to San Fran
cisco and reassigning Captain Charles Leeds for
duty In connection with river and harbor Inn
provements here. The change becomes effective
Steamer Samoa arrived from Caspar via San
francisco with sh pa passengers and lumber After
Diego with 100000 feet; also has part cargo for
Redondo Beach.
Redondo Beach with balance lumber cargoes.
Oil steamer Roma arrived from San Francisco
and will load %. 500 barrels of crude oil at the
terminal tanks, clearing tomorrow for Portland
direct.
When leaving port this morning the propeller
of passenger steamer Watson struck and sank
launch May. valued at $1,000 owned by Union
SEATTLE Nov 21-Arrived: steamer
Tampico. San Francisco steamer Governor, San
Francisco; steamer Charles Nelson San Fran
cisco; steamer Admiral Sampson. San Francisco:
Irondale.
Sailed: steamer Bertha. Valdez: steamer Tai
Ffac. Bremertou: steamer Aumlrai sampson,
Tacoma: schooner A. NJ Baxter. Everett.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 21.-Sailed:
steamer Riverside. San Pedro
ABERDEEN, Nov. 21.--Sleet, hail, sunshine,
thunder and lightning alternated today to make
weather. conditions such as the oldest inhabitant
fails to remember. The unusual conditions fol-
lowed a storm which had been continuous for
"a hours Windows blown cut, signs
loosened scows sunk In the harbor. and gen
e ~hnso Of Wires were o
down and telephone wires put out of commits
sion. In the harbor a scow belonging to the
Grays Harbor construction company was sunk
with an engine and boiler The Pearson
pany, which is building the Union Pacific bridge,
lost about 100 rails by the upsSting of
and considerable amount of piling that went
to sea The tides were unusually high.
Schooners Matthew Turner and Roy Somers and
steamer Centralia detained in lower harbor.
while no incoming vessels were reported. The
steamer Coronado steamed for the lower harbor
expecting TO get away as soon as the storm
abated.
Schooner Lizzie Vance which was damaged
when 1t dragged its anchor and grounded
a spit in the lower harbor, is unloading a
cargo at Cosmopois. II will go on the marine
railway for Investigation of damages as soon
as the cargo is out.
Reports Of schooner ashore at the entrance
TO the harbor were widely circulated today, but
proved to be unfounded.
ASTORIA, Nov. 21-Steamer Hoquiam ar
rived today from San Francisco with general
cargo and left up river to discharge and load
lumber for return.
OIL tanker Argyll arrived today from San
Francisco with cargo of fuel oil.
The steamer Geo W. Elder arrived this
morning from San Francisco and San piedro
with freight and passengers 1t reached the