The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

tween here and the Columbia river.
ne Bear was launched October %
Snd the Beaver November %. The
Beaver, which made 17.6 knots on its
SriaI trip, was fVe-tenths Of a knot
faster than the Bear, but this differ
come the Bears start on the vova ge
around the Horn.
IN the construction of the twin
steamers special attention was given
70 The passenger accommodations The
run from Astoria TO Portland is fhe
most interesting stretch Of the voyage
between here and Portland and that
the passengers may enjoy to the f1u
this "Trip along the Columbia river each
steamer is provided with spacious OBJ
serNatton deck
All ships VIII Receive Visitors
This is the last Sunday for some
months that viii find the armored
cruisers OF the Pacific fleet at anchor
= man Of war row. The six big war
SHIPS viii be there today and all of
them VIII be open during the after
noon 10 visitors. who will find launches
70 take them of at Mission, Howard
ana Folsom street bulkheads. The ships
VIII leave tomorrow for Santa Barbara
ma, after target practice in the Santa
Essroe s. "a enanneL win be distributed
between the Mare Island ana Bremen
ton navy yards for the general over
hauling they all need
Wireless From Alameda
The Oceanic steamship company s
ilner Alameda, which sailed Wednesday
from Honolulu for this port, is already
IA wireless communication with the
mainland A message which left the
ported the liner then l.26O miles away.
with all on board well. The Alameda.
wnlch IS due here Tuesday. has on
board the Columbia park boys.
-Four Tankers TO Have Wireless
The Union oil company has signed
contracts with the United wireless tel
eeraph company for the eQuipping of
ne folloWing steamers with wireless:
La anslng. Pectan, Santa Maria and
The Lansing is now being equipped
ma the others viii follow as they ar
rive.
Nay BE Here Next Thursday
The japanese turbine liner Tenyo
Msru, Captain Bent, with passengers
and freight from the far east, sailed
- 10 o'clock yesterday morning from
pass quarantine Thursday afternoon At
noon Thursday the Tenvo will be OUT
I'VE days from the ISLAND port
New steamer for Coast Run
The Coquine River transportation
company viii call for bids in A few
DAYS for the construction of a steamer
Tor the run between Portland and the
tOqUllle river The plans have been
be OF steel and $50 feet long. The
estimated cost Is Sis. 600
Two Steamers Chartered
Hind, ROlph & Co. have chartered the
BTlIlSn steamer WSltemata, $50 tons
net register, 70 load at Glasgow, Liver
pool and Antwerp for Vancouver
After discharging at Vancouver the
Walremsta win come to this port and
load for SuTa, Fiji Balfour, Guthrie
& CO. have chartered the British
steamer Inverness, now due here from
antwerp with general cargo. to load
lumber at Portland for Calcutta.
Manzanfta 10 Come Here
The lighthouse tender Manzanita.
which is attached TO the thirteenth
Lighthouse district, has been ordered
here to relieve the Se0u0ia. which viii
he laid up for a general overhauling.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner Newport sailed
yesterday for Panama and way ports
with passengers and freight for lower
coast ports and New York.
The Japanese liner Nippon Maru left
HOngkOng February 25 for this port.
The liner Korea, homeward bound,
left Yokohama yesterday for this port.
Uncharted Reef in North Pacific Ocean
SEATTLE. Feb. 2s.-The steamer
Welding Brothers. Captain Andrew
Welding, engaged in the haiibut trade,
of Queen Charlotte island with 5000
pounds of halibut, and reported the
discovery of an uncharted reef south
OF Cape ST James.
The new reef is reported far to the
south Of the rocky lodges which are
known to extend out from Cape St.
James, and Captain Welding reports
that they are very dangerous to navi-
cation. as the rocks are well concealed
at high tide. and there is plenty of
q lready noted on the existing charts.
According to his observations, the.
newly discovered Lodges are four miles
southeast by south of the farthest out
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