The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

pany's fleet on its last voyage from Iinnton to
Monterey and back 1t made the trip in six
same fleet recently made what said to be
a record round trip from Linnton TO San Fran
cisco but as Monterey is IL hours farther steam
ing Captain Moore says that he thinks he has at
least equaled that record If not surpassed it.
Captain Moore says that ne never saw so few
vessels the last trip The Rosecrans ar
rived at Linnton at o'clock last night with
5000 barrels of OIL
Laden with lumber for San Francisco. the
steamer Svea left down from the Inman- Poulsen
mills tonight and the steamer Shoshone dropped
down the stream from st. Helens TO Oak Point
to complete its lumber cargo for the bay city.
ASTORIA Dec 12.-Motor schooner Oshkosh
, arrived today from Tillamook with freight and
passengers and left up the river for Portland
Francisco and will load lumber At fhe Hammond
lumber company's plant in this city for return
Oil tanker Colonel f. L. Drake arrived from
San Francisco with a cargo Of fuel and left up
the river for Portland to discharge.
Steamer Golden Gate arrived today from TilIa-
nook with freight and passengers.
During the month of November IS vessels
loaded at the mills in the lower Columbia river
district. their combined cargoes amounting to
20,96e.614 feet Of lumber. and all but two Of
the vessels went to California
SEATTLE, Dec 12-ArriYed: Steamer Vir-
ginian, from Saline Cruz; steamer l. L. Lucken-
Skagway; steamer Fairhaven, from San Fran
cisco: steamer Klamath, from San Francisco:
steamer Admiral Sampson, from Anacortes.
Sailed: Steamer Eureka, for San Francisco;
steamer Admiral Sampson for San Francisco;
steamer Tamba Maru; for Tacoma; steamer Fair
haven for Port Ludlow; steamer Klamath for
Everett; steamer Setos, for Hamburg
ABERDEEN. Dec. 12.-With the passage sat
urday in the lower house of the rivers and har-
bors bill calling for an appropriation of S21.-
6e4, ,S61 the completion of the two Grays Har-
Dor jetties is practically assured The recon-
mendations of the board of engineers that both
jetties be raised to high tide jetties will un-
doubtedly be carried out and the work completed
the continuing contract plan. The $500, 900
appropriation represents the amount TO be ex-
hp fha
and work viii be resumed by the government
early next spring.
discontinued. owing to the fact that the
money represented in the appropriation had
been expended Last week Representative viii
+. Humphries wired the local chamber of COM
merce that he believed he would be able 10
secure appropriation Of 5000 900 for the com
pletion of the work. This appropriation was con-
sidered absolutely necessary, for the reason that
the work so far carried on would be of little
value unless work was resumed on the project
early next spring.
At present the piling is in place, ready to re-
cefve the rock work. With the south jetty
practically completed as a mid tide lefty 1t
Will not be necessary to expend the full amount
of the appropriation to complete the project of a
mid jetty. 1t is evident that the government
has in view the completion of the project to
high tide jetties. The appropriation of $500 600
will be carried as an immediate appropriation,
and $3.50. 600 has been authorized for the COM
pletion Of the project 1t is estimated that up
to the present time $3.50. 600 has been expended
by the government in less than three years
In tow OF the tug Goliath. the barkentine Ko-
hala. bringing 900 tons of coal for the Grays
Harbor tugboat company. reached Hoquiam from
Puget sound late Saturday. The Kohala Will
load 100000 feet of redwood brought to Hoquam
by the steamer Chehalis from Eureka and after
that will finish its cargo of 100000 feet of fir
for New Zealand.
Captain Ralph Peasly has sold his interest in
the schooner Wawona.
Captain ". H. McWhinney is said to be nego-
tiating for a lease of the Lingstrom shipyards
from Charles Green & Co.
The schooner Taurus arrived from Port Town
send In tow OF the tug Daring.
The steamers Daisy Freeman and Bee also ar
rived.
Departures since Sunday include the steamers
Newburg and Chehalis.
SAN PEDRO, Dec. 12.-The passenger and
freight steamer Santa Rosa sailed this morning
for San Diego It viii call tomorrow, bound for
San Francisco, via Redondo Beach.
The steamer Norwood completed the discharge
OF $4,000 feet Of lumber and sailed today for
Aberdeen to reload taking passengers and
The steamer George W. Elder arrived from
Portland, via San Francisco, with large pas
senger and freight list. 1t sailed this afternoon
for San Diego.
Departures today included the steamer Fair
oaks, for Grays Harbor, via San Francisco, 10
load return cargo of lumber.
-Four foreign vessels are loading general car
goes at Antwerp for this port. They are the
British steamers Strathbeg Skipton Castle st.
George and Inverkip.
The German ship Wihelmina sailed on Au-
gust II from Antwerp for San Pedro with gen
eraI cargo