The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

EUREKA Oct 5-The unfayorable weather
Monday moderated this morning. and weather
bound shipping was enabled to move again. The
first vessel to cross the bar this morning was
Astoria, with freight and passengers The
Eureka was to have departed yesterday.
the Fields Landing wharf was the steamer San
Pedro. with lumber for San Francisco.
The Charles Nelson company's steamer North
Fork departed for San Francisco from the Ar
cata wharf at today with a lumber ship
ment and small cargo of miscellaneous freight;
The steamer Van Gnard, with freight, mai
and passengers. In addition to large cargo
of lumber. left for San Francisco from Fields
Landing shortly after noon today. After DIS dis
Francisco the Van Guard will proceed to San
Pedro before returning to this port.
Departing from the Fields Landing wharf for
San Francisco at o'clock this afternoon was
the steamer Prentiss with cargo of lumber
lumber at the Carson mill company's. wharf for
several days, among the outgoing lumber
carriers this afternoon
The steamer Andy Mahony left the Fields
Landing wharf this morning for San Pedro.
The British bark Antiope,~ Captain z. j. H.
Mathieson, was cleared at the customs. house
redwood lumber valued at S29. .439.2 26, shipped by
the Charles Nelson company for Sydney.
sea tomorrow The cargo is &C composed as fo.
lows: Redwood lumber, so0.332 feet, valued at at
FEET valued at aTSe o09 REDWOOD
shingles, (575 NJ $4,000 feet, valued at $500
PORTLAND, Oct. with the chartering this
morning of the British steamer Masunda, 8, 1913
tons net register, commanded by Captain Burns.
the en- route grain tonnage has been increased
to 54 093. The Masunda was fixed at the union
rate of 30s and will be due here to begin taking
on cargo the latter part. Of this month 1t is is
now at Honolulu, where it arrived September Il
from Newport News with cargo a Of coal for = the
carrier of about the same capacity as the British
steamer now in port and will take out in the
neighborhood of 244.000 bushels OF wheat.
Another of the grain fleet now on the way from
the Hawaiian islands is the British bark VIM; T.
or this port from
hu1ui 1t arrived at that port September 9
with coal from Cardiff and was chartered for
grain by the Portland Touring mills company.
It was formerly the bark Robert Dunning.
The British steamer Uganda will begin taking
on its cargo of 240,000 bushels of wheat at the
Oceanic dock tomorrow morning.
With $50, 600 feet of lumber the steamer Raj
nier cleared this morning at the custom house for
San Francisco lt loaded at the PORTLAND umber
company's mills.
The british steamer Inverkip, which has been
chartered by Henry Lund & Co for general
cargo this way, will begin loading at Gothen-
hure. Sweden about the first week in December.
according to Taylor, Young Co., the agents
With passengers and freight from San Fran
cisco and San Pedro the steamer Rose City, Cal
tain Mason arrived this afternoon.
Laden with 7e0 tons of cement the steam
schooner Yellowstone. Captain Ludlow, arrived
at an early, hour this morning. 1t encountered
had weather on the way up the coast.
because of slight accident to the towboat
Ocklahama, the French bark General de Bois-
deffre did not leave down for the sea until this
afternoon. 1t cleared at the custom house this
morning with 112.7ee bushels of wheat. valued
at S10S 600, Its destination being Havre direct.
The cargo is being dispatched by the Northwest
ern warehouse company
ASTORIA Oct. 5.-The steamer Quinault ar
rived today from San Francisco with general
cargo and left up the river to discharge and
load lumber for return
The steamer Yosemite arrived today from San
Francisco with q general cargo.
Oil tanker J. A. Chanslor arrived today from
San rancisco with cargo of fuel oil and left
up & the sfesmer rser Rose City arrived this morning
from San Francisco with freight and passen-
gers. 1t reports heavy swell all the way ~ up
fhe coast but no gale was encountered. The
bar was iumpy when it crossed in. but was not
breaking.
Willapa Harbor to load lumber
The steamer Sue n. Elmore started for Tilla
nook this morning, but was compelled to turn
Andinp If impossible to cross the Tllamook bar.
TANK steamer Asuncon sailed today for San
Francisco.
which are now en- e n this port port from San
Scbooners Irene and Alvena, which arrived
recently from San Pedro are still without char
ters.
river today. but will not attempt to sail for
Tiliamook tonight.
crossing in over the bar last evening a huge
sea swept over. it, knocking number of loose
articles about the deck
and San Pedro with freight and passengers. It
was about IL hours late in coming down the
river
The steamer Breakwater sailed today for
Coos bay with a good cargo and several pas
The San Francisco tug Hercules arrived this
morning after a dredge which wns recently
hniIf at ST. Johns and which 1t will tow to
Honolulu The dredge, which is of the suction
type, was built for ,S, company that is to dredge
river ye by the Shaver transportation company's
steamer.
TACOMA, Oct 5.--Arrived: Steamer Presi-
dent from San Francisco
nenarted steamer Dirigo, for Seattle: steamer
Jeanie for Bellngham; British bark Wendur for
Falmouth: schooner Wilbur F. Smith, for callao.
SEATTLE, OCT 6.--Arrived: Steamer Jeffer-
son from Skagway; steamer Dirigo from Ta-
coma: steamer Col. E. L. Drake. from San Fran
cisco; schooner F. E. Sander, from Carmen ISL
and: schooner James H Bruce. from San Ffan-
cisco.