New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-17
Maritime Miscellany

NIOIlsiitlC IllSCClldHY
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Sept 16-Nev
York may be omitted port OF call
for the Portuguese government steamship
line the transports Martimes and Decs-
tado making New Bedford the only port
in this country where the lines vessels
will touch. This announcement ia made
by Captain pccanto, In command Of tho
st Vicente. who cnme to this country
under special instructions to investigate
the cause OF the delays that have in
variaby detained the line steamers In
Azores and Lisbon this morning with $50
passengers, the largest number ever car
ried by the vessel.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept l6-The tug,
Sea Monarch and Sea Lion returned here
to-day after having towed the str Canadian
lmporter 70 Victoria Orders for them to
proceed to Naknek to bring back two
barks OF the salmon packing fleet have
The strs Cardi sanshIre tBr) and vecht-
djk tDu) have been assigned to the Joint
Royal Mall and Holland America service
between this coast and Europe as addi-
tionai tonnage for the height of tho sea
net. will be the largest vessel in this trade
The motorship Pedro Christie 2hersen
9Swedl will be returned to the Johnson
present fleet OF motorships.
Captain J Christensen and seven mem
bers Of the crew. OF the power schr Lotus
arrived here to-day on the str Humboldt
which picked them UP from small boat
after they had abandoned the Lotus on
fire The fire started in the forward hold
from an unknown cause. Captain Christen-
sen said
SAN PEDRO, Sept 1s-En route to New
York to become the peace flagship of the
Atlantic fleet, the str Great Northern, for
merry n army transport arrived here yes
tercay from San Francisco. a large num-
Der of naval men and their families ara
carried as passengers.
The motorship La MERGED. which ground .
eo Wednesday after coiliding with navy
oil barge was noated at high tide yes
g al Inn nj
lisior.
VANCOUVER, Sept Is - Out of her
Yesterday went ashore, high and dry. 1t
is expected she Will be foated at high tide
Navigation on the Yukon River will be
closed this year week earlier than in
CURED during the last week of navigat
in 1920. The last sailings from Dawson
will be September 20
Eleven hundred passengers of all classes
sailed for the Orient yesterday on the str
Empress of Russia (Br)
VICTORIA, Sept determination of the
bottom of the str Canadian Importer has
Jailed to show cause for the vessel being
disa bled at a few weeks ago and the
theory is advanced that seacock was
open.
SEATTLE, Sept 1s-The Standard Oil
Company of California is making arrange
ments for the establishment of a fuel oil
bunkering station on Whisky Island. Puget
Sound.
The tug chehalis, which grounded Tues
day near Ladysmith. was foated with the
assistance of the tug Oregon, and. undarl-
aged. proceeded to Chemainus
PORT TOWNSEND, Sept 16-For dis
charge at Seattle and Vancouver and over
land shipment to the East a large con-
signment of silk arrived here yesterday on
the str 1xion (Br).
.- NEw HAVEN - =. Conn ss Sept NJ. 1.-THE The
don. was sold at auction by United States
Marshal Palmer yesterday for $4,000 to
: R Grennel. of New. York;
vfxyf an 10
steamer Rudigen, informed during the war
and sold by the United States Shipping
Board to a French line for $40, 900 The
craft was nbellcd in May. released on
June and again llbelled- To satisfy the
claims in the latter incident the sale was
BuENos AYREs. Sept 14-str Beacon
Grange from Liverpool and Norfolk and
previously reported aground, Is a total loss
Position OF vessel Is at the entrance TO the
LoND0N. Sept i5-str Hornby Castle
London and Havana for Galveston. has
heen towed into Cienfuegos with machinery
MONTREAL Sept 14-str Belerby
while leaving port here yesterday fol-
was later floated and lowed TO Windmill
Point Is apparently unchanged. viii
be surveyed.
Chesapeake arrived here yesterday with
a broken propeller wheel
SANDY HOOK, N j., Sept 15-Str Poca-
but later proceeded.
Str Albertina stopped off West Bank
light at 11:45 a m. Probably has engine
trouble.
ST JOHNS. F. Sept ls-An SHIPPING
Rugged the harbor here today foilowlns
Weather Bureau warnings that nurri'
/ cane approaching. The Norwegl ar
str Torrey. from Epden for New York
put in here this morning after Teee A,e o.
lean str Passaic Bridge also is mere WIZ
engine trouble
coastwise steamships that have never OPP
Grated out of Baltimore soon will este btish
local Offices and headquarters here. " a
deal now pending between the companies
and the Board OF Estimate and the Port
Development Commission goes through n
( The companies are the Clyde Steamship
Company and the Mallory Steamship Com
pany with general offices at Pier So, Nortt
River, New York.
Harbor Engineer Hill has had severa
conferences with the president of the clyde
Line and mas conducted most OF the nego'
tiations, il is underst0od
It was decided that the eastern side o.
the outer end OF Pier 6, Pratt Street. might
answer the purpose OF the two companies
and the negotiations have been carried
along by Harbor Engineer Hill on tna
basis The companies desire space capaplt
of docking two OF their steamships. whlcf
are among the largest and most conlrno
dious in the Atlantic coasrwise trade, anc
they want a pier shed $50 feet long ane
rs feet wide.
D. The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
will launch the last OF the b3b-fooe com
bination pa ssenger and freight steamer
here at noon on Saturday for the shipping
Board making q total Of five. The vesse
is to be named the Nutmeg State, for Con
necticut, by Miss Nancy MedorA Templeton
daughter of Lieutenant Governor Charle
A TEN pleton of that state. Miss ieHApie
ton will be accompanied by her mother
letter from the schr Anardale, IN com
mand of Captain Fletcher CAN'T or Baitl
more, reports that on the outward tril
from Norfolk for Santa Cruz de IenerlH
Walter Bond, OF Norfolk. colored COOK o
the vessel, WAS shot by Captain Ganlt ouT
ing an alteration.
The steamship and stevedore companle
men at this port announcing reductloi
In pay beginning with the end OF tn
present contract, September 30,
The Shipping Board str Hawkeye star
will be turned back TO the Matson Navi
cation Cimpany upon completion or ne
will take up the intercoastal service, which
includes Baltimore.
HAMBURG. Sept 10 - The Hamburg
American Lines new passenger steame
Bayern sailed o-day for New York ON he
maiden voyage. Director Warhnholtz. o
senger. The Bayern is the nrst German
passenger liner to sail for the United SLATE
since 1914.
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept 1s-The British
str Ruhens sailed to-day with wheat 10
the United Kingdom. The North Shin'
The str Brush. which arrived yesterda;
from New York, sailed for Puget sound
The str Liberator arrived from Baltimore.
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