The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-20
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific.
Especial Dispatch to The Call

EUREKA, May 19.-Steamer George W. Elder
Is due today with freight, mail and passengers
after arriving.
Steamer City of Topeka departed for san
Francisco at $3.50 q. n. today at the railroad
wharf with freight mail and passengers
Steam schooner katherine arrived this morning
from san Francisco and is loading cargo of
redwood lumber at Bucksport for the return
trip.
Steam schooner Acme arrived from San Fran
cisco shortly after noon today with mail and
freight. 1t is loading redwood lumber at Arcata
wharf for the Teturn trip.
With cargo Of redwood lumber from Little
river wharf, the steam schooner Excelsior de-
parted for San Francisco this morning
Steam schooner Iaqua left ont for san Pedro
at S-l5 this morning carrying redwood lumber
cargo loaded at Arcata and Samoa
With lumber from the Northern redwood lum-
schooner North Fork departed for San Francisco
this morning.
The freighter RavalIi departed at 9.3o p. m.
for San Francisco with redwood lumber.
Aroused TO activity by the important part
played by wireless In the rescue of the crew and
passengers of the steamer Santa Clara, the
Humboldt chamber of commerce has determined
TO endeayor to have all passenger steamers call
ing at this point equipped with wireless. The
for wireless
The San Francisco tug Defiance arrived from
the metropolis this morning at 40 o'clock and
left Fields Landing with the dredger Point Rich
mond in tow.
In regular monthly session last evening the
Humboldt chamber Of commerce adopted reso-
lutions asking that the rebuilding of the Hum
DoldL pay lettleS be done directly by the gov
eminent and not by private contractors. The
resolutions were drafted by Secretary George A
kellogg and copies will be sent to the head OF
the war department at Washington.
LOS ANGELES. May l9-Arriyed: Steamers
Watson, from Seattle; Governor, from San
Diego; Olympic. from Dillingham;: Coronado,
from Grays Harbor; George W. Fenwick. from
Columbia river; Cabrillo. from San Francisco:
Temple Z. Dorr from Fields Landing; Brook
Ign. from Mendocino
Sailed-Stesmers Governor, for Seattle: Will
liam II. Murphy, for Eureka; Fulton, for San
Diego; schooner Irene for Astoria.
PORTLAND, May 19-when it finishes load
ing wheat at the North Bank dock next Satur-
day the German steamer Augustus, Captain
Schuder. VIII have what is said TO be the lsrg-
est cargo of wheat that has been taken
out OF this port Captain Schuder says that he
has been told that no other cargo of grain as
large as that has ever left here. In addition
70 its cargo 1t will have 300 tons of bunker
coal, which il will take on at Nanaimo.
Carrying 90 passengers and 400 tons of
freight. the steamer Breakyater, Captain Mac
Gem, sailed from Ainsworth dock this morning
al O'Clock for Coos bay.
Another ship has been taken for cargo of
coal this way. and IL viii be due TO arrive here
in time to take out cargo of fall wheat. It
is the British ship Kirkcudhrig htshire, 4s2
tons net register IL arrived at East London
April 6 for Newcastle. where it will load for
the Columbia river. The Acknowledgements is
in command Of Captain Roberts. and is the