The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


EUREKA, May 24-Schooner Allan A was
towed to sea, bound for San Pedro early this
afternoon by the tug Ranger. 1t carries $50 900
feet of redwood lumber. loaded at Arcata by the
Eastern redwood lumber company.
steamer City OF Topeka departed for San
Francisco with freight, mail and passengers
Steam schooner J. j. Loggie left for San
Francisco this afternoon with redwood lumber
loaded at the Occidental mill.
The launch Elgin viii leave here tomorrow
morning with crew Of woodsmen for the
Crescent City numbering plants
British steamer Strathtay will complete its
cargo OF redwood lumber tomorrow and will
leave In the afternoon for the Columbia river,
Arriving here tomorrow on the steamer XII
burn from San Francisco will be the captain
who will succeed Captain Lindquist in command
Honolulu. Lindquist was badly beaten on the
local water front several nights ago in row
The Humboldt stevedores company announces
that during the next year the ]. j. Moore com
Francisco will load three -fourths OF the ofshore
lumber cargoes shipped from this port. Both
tramp steamers 10 load at this port and on
Puget sound.
John A. Chestnut, San Francisco mining ex-
pert, departed today for the klamath river with
crew of eight men to prospect about 20 claims
Of the Lower klamath gold dredging company.
Last year Chestnut visited the claims and was
well pleased with what he saw. If he Is salts
fed that the venture will pay a gold dredger
@ Mill soon So ssa es put ~ 70 wors large steam launch
from Crescent City. 3
Marx G. Wood Of Wood Brothers of Smith
River is in this city, intending to leave overland
for San Francisco tomorrow morning, where he
will endeavor to secure power schooner TO take
on this run the schooner Lady Mine was lost or on
ger owner Of the Lady Nine sss endes1ored % d IN IN
shipping business himself If possible Wood
vessel on the Smith River err run by Independent dtTa
owners, but, failing In this, he will purchase a
vessel to be operated by his hrnn.
Los ANGELES, May 24.-Arrived-Steamer
President, Seattle; steamer Lakme. Eureka:
schooner A. B. johnson, Tacoma; schooner Andy
Sailed-Steamer Roanoke, Portland; steamer
Hanale. San Francisco; steamer Santa Barbara
Grsys Harbor; steamer Rainier, Portland.
PORTLAND, May 24.-Two oriental lumber
& Co. of Seattle. to be loaded By the Portland
lumber company. and, while the steamers char
tered for the business have not been named, the
first vessel will work cargo there during June
and July for Tientsin. China
When the British steamer Strathtay pulls out
from Eureka 1t will have aboard 500, 600 feet OF
500 600 feet at Knappton. It win Snish ids loading
at st. Helena. 1t is under charter to the Afneri-
can trading company OF San Francisco.
Lumber measuring 100000 feet is awaiting the
company's dock 1t Is due there Saturday TO
With $4,000 feet of lumber. the schooner
1t Is reported that the steamer Rose city will
make one more trip before going the drydock
at San Francisco for cleaning and painting. The
Beaver will take it's place while it is on the
dock. The Rose City will leave here for the
last time on the present schedule June f. after
which the Beaver will continue making the rlln
with the Bear until the new schedule goes into
effect.
Having beneath its matches a close second to
the largest wheat cargo ever loaded In this port
the German steamship Augustus left this morn
ing, headed for st. Vincent for orders. II car
ries 137, AL bushels OF bluestem and 1O7 las
bushels Of red wheat, representing total valua-
ton OF s225. $50.
That at least one out OF five submarine craft
to be built this coast for the government will
be constructed here has been announced, and the
Willamette iron and steel works will do the
work
Arrived-Steamer Newport from Coouille:
steamer Casco, from San Francisco
Saied-Steamer George w. Elder for San
Pedro and way; steamer Hoquiam. for Grafs
Harbor steamer Sue 81. Elmore, for Tillamook
steamer Breakwater. for Coos bay; schooner
Mabel Gale, for San Pedro; steamer Asunclon
for San Francisco.
ASTORIA, May 24.-Steamer George R. vos-
burg arrived this morning from Nehalem with
800 boxes of cheese.
Oil tank steamer catania sailed this morning