New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-24
Maritime Miscellany

BALTIMORE, Aug c3-All records for
passage between the Panama Canal and
son Navigation Line str Buckeye State
which arrived at San Francisco sat
urday on her maiden voyage from Balti-
more. The Buckeye logged 469 miles In
ono day at sn average speed OF 1913 knots
an hour: This is believed to stand as a
record Tor the Shipping Board liners on
hours were taken in the Balboa-san Pedro
run.
Tho Norwegian str Commodore Rollins
arrived from Jamaica with % 500 punches
OF bananas, ending her charter with the
United Fruit Company. The Norwegian
5 ST. Vera is due to arrive Monday from,
which Will probably close her charter with
that company The Dutch str Caillsto at
fhiadelphia from Hamburg viii be the
next steamer dispatched from this port
on the United American lines by Schu-
nacher &, CO. for Hamburg The str
T Ecu "a which grounded SATURDAY in the
tlFer Whlls bound 20 Glasgow, was foated
to-day and proceeded.
PORTLAND. Orc. Aug os-Thc str West
Haven arrived from New York with coal.
me. me West Ssmak sailed for Europe with
w wnSat 70 receive orders at Colon. The str
Itfpu Maru arrived from Japan TO load
H ~nea t dor Europe The str Uralsan Maru
snlps chartered to load wheat here The
sur lsurushima Maru arrived from Seattle
70 coinplete her cargo FOR the Orient.
Rosseter, vice pre- sident and general man
ager OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
p pa today denied a statement attributed
racifc Mail had retained ex-President
,lson and Bainbrdge Colby. former Sec
Th OF state, counsel at Washington.
trsansp9rt and move assigred to be a flag
snip or the Atlantic Fleet. Will sail from
Mare Island Sept 70: New York Navy
onfcers and mon and their families will be
carried as passengers. Tho Shipping Board
liner Empire State Hong Kong for san
lrancisco. was DELAYED at Shanghai orc
Gay because of n tynhoon outside, but still
IS two days ahead of schedule Due at
Honolulu Aug 20, the str Mont gomery City.
from KOBE. will load $50, 900 cases OF
canned pineappes. OF which 40. 900 cases
are for San Francisco discharge and the
remainder fv1 New York. Pineapple ship
ments from Hawaii to tho Atlantic sea
board this year will cxceed the usual move
ment OF rs. 600 or 10000 tons. In order to
reach san Francisco In time to be taken
out tomorrow on the Matson liner Maui,
turbine engines weighing 81 900 pounds are
being rushed overland by express. The
turbines arc 70 be placed IN a disa bled
vessel A Honolulu.
SEATTLE. Aug 2s--At meeting OF
chipping men. lumber men and bankers ut
the Chamber OF Commerce yesterday to
order against further bookings OF lumber
for transPscfo ports It was voted TO
await fur ther advices from Washington be-
fore lodging q protest
lumber rates are stiHening and tho latest
charters are a. more than $3.50 q thou
sand feet. which has been the going rates
Bookings run ahead as far as November
and December at rates from $40 to s17
The purchase price of the wrecked str
Canadian Exporter ashore AZ Wiilapa Har-
Dor Is reported to have been SO 900.
Launching OF the government str Canadian
TRANSPORTER. $500 tons deadwclght. has
SAN DIEGO. Aug es--The str Neptune.
New York FOR San Francisco, has been de-
layed here since Friday by forty fathoms
OF s-inch hawser being fouled In tho pro
pellers- Divers have been working to clear
the scrub.
san PEDRO. Aug ea--Two carloads Of
ira rs Pacific mail arrived hera yesterday
IN the shipping Board str West lslip from
Far East ports and Honolulu. The vessel
carried full cargo. Edward NJ Daugh-
erty w p Jeffries and w r Dickinson were
naned yesterday mem bcrs OF the ne "
Iarbor Commission
NEW YORK. Aug 2o-shipping Board
Str Eastern Admiral, Manila for London
and which sailed from Singapore August
14th. returned to that port on tho 18Th
DO completed before proceeding
GIBRALTAR. Aug 30-Str Aldgate. Nor
folk for Ptraeus. arrived here to-day with