THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1915..
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PORTLAND'S WHEAT
SHIPMENTS EXCEED
FORTY YEARS AGO SAW
AN EXCITING FIGHT FOR
BUSINESS ON RIVER
HOT RATE WAR WAS WAGED ON RIVER IN 1 875
TWO ARRIVE; ONE READY TO SPREAD SAILS
GLEAT IS INVENTED;
FIRST 1EST IS GIVEN
v , . . .. '
ALL SOUND'S PORTS
Gain So Far This Season Is
4,100,000 Bushels, -According
to Compendium.
IS LEADING IN FEBRUARY
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An Automatic Devic Is De
Steamer Ohio, of Less Than
Six Inches'" Draft, Regu-,
. lated Rates,
v:::
. '!( 1" J V iff fclA"!
signed to Helease Line tp
Accommodate Boats.
DOCK FIRE GIVES AN IDEA
LOW RATES PROFITABLE
Kot of drain Exports Sara Bn to
Europsaa Countrlaa; Tonnaga
Xa Scare.
Joal Z,acla, Xavantor, Za Portland Man,
and Za Nariy 70 Taara
of Ag:
When S4 a Ton Was Xtrardd f!
Very ow Freight &at.
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Pioneers In the steamboat business
and oldtime residents In the Willam
ette valley remember the day in July,
.1875, when the valley towns and Port
. land were plastered with thousands of
: hand bills announcing the opening of
a rate war between - steamers on the
upper Willamette river.
The steamer Willamette Chief had
" Jflst been built for the Willamette
River Transportation company and ht:r
- backers promised to carry wheat from I
Corvailis to Astoria for 14 a ton. Capl. j
. XT; 11, Scott, the impetuous commander
oi me steamer uniu immeoiaieiy cut
rates to meet the new competition and
sent these bills broadcaHt over the
Valley. One of the few of these bills
left and resarded now as a curio is !
owned by. Arthur Jleilmw. cashier fur'
Brown & AlctJabe, stevedores. I
"On, for the Rood old days again,"
was the comment of t'apt. A. K. Ura- i
ham, of tlie Ortgon City Transpoita-
tion wmpany, when the old placard
-was shown to him. "ti those days .
they raised wheat In the V lhatueltd ;
valley and the whole section of the
state depended on one railroad !
and the steamers. Today too business
la divided between two electric lines,
one fleam line, numerous automobile
truck lines and the atrarncrs, and nat-
uraliy freight rates are tar below the
ones (juoted tor ti Ohio.
"The river, too, was vastly different. !
Instead of "Winx shallow over its en-!
tire lei gtli as it is now it was a series
of lon, dei haltiK, separated by bars
Whielr, wliile bothersome, could
waten-;d and worked over. stean- I
boutmji on the Willamette river was i
well worth Ijciiik in dunns tlloise days.
"However, with the Oregon City j
locks soon to be turned over to the I
government, 1 believe that it will again
become a leading transportation fac
tor and that more boats will be in
aeryice up there.'"
The old Ohio was a steamer of onl
3 feet 6 inches deDth of hold mid on
her trial trip she made Corvallis on !
only 6 inches of water. She was HO !
feet In length and '!' feet beam. S'iie
. ran for a number of years niakitiir !
good money for her owners. Hrr'
oones rest on Stevens
across from the Oaks.
Point, just
JT. 8. CHUISElt TO KESCLK
8. S. 8an Jose Drifts When Pump
Itreuks. ,
San Francisco. Cal., Feb. 27. The ;
.Pacific Mail steamship San Jose, Cap-'
tain J. 1,. Jones, steamed into port :
today from Hulboa via ports ot Alex- i nery ships and three codfishing ves
lco and Central America with 4S cabin eeH are loading for Alaska,
passengers and 31 in the . steerage, The steamer Alameda will arrive
some two days behind the ' regular : from Southwestern Alaska ports to
.schedulo. TIim two days might have morrow morning at 9 o'clock,
been much extended if a few of I7nole The freighter Cordova Is taking
Sam's well trainnd navy lads had not a cargo of coal at Nanaimo for South
come to tho aid of Captain Jones, : western Alaska.
when the ship was crippled on Feb-' V. V. Ninemire has taken the posl
ruary 14. tion of purser on the Alaska steamer
When the mam shaft of the circulating Alki.
pump broke the vessel drifted about : The Pacific Coast Steamship corn
off Acapulco for 20 hours. In re- party's steamer Spokane, Captain John
sponse to the S. O. S. the cruiser ., with 42 passengers and a cargo
New Orleans rushed to the rescue of 1000 cases of salmon and 256 boxes
and the San Jose was towed into of fresn fish, arrived from Southeast
port at Acapulco. The cruiser Chat- ern Alaska ports tonight,
tanooa also steamed up about this ThL. cannery ship St. Paul shifted
time and the engineering department from Port lilakeley to Seattle today
of the government ships held a con- 1 and began loading for Alaska.
imitation. The engineers decided that 1
all that was required was a bit of, STEAMER NEARLY READY
steel bar. This was secured from one . ,
'fL'hV''VTf wh'ch,starnfd,1nto 'Santa Catalina to Be Ready for
the harbor, and, then Lncle Sams boys, . . J
eot bnsv ami in a sin.rio ,ia v,h i
wrought forth a new shaft.
PROPELLER (JETS CAtjfJIIT
Steamer MuiK-huria Delayed Hour
by Accident.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 27. The
plans of tl'e it'ic Alall officers to
oiispptcli the steamship Alanchuria for
the orient via. Honolulu today at 1
o'clock v.ore shattered because a Imw-
er lroin the 1 11.-5 Arabs took a sudden I
notion to mix into the propeller of the
big s-hip .iii.st a tew minutes before
Captain Andrew IMxon was ready to
, give the wonl ' Let so. It was neces
sary to employ a diver to extricate the
contrary line. The work took an hour.
While the. hawser was5 being removed
by t't? dn er it developed that the I
.MauciiuriA was really a hone vmoon
fillip. Tie .'.10 o-M lir.st cabin passen- !
are going to Tion. lubiaud tile orient.
I'lo:al Kifts rind scattered rice told tne
set-ret ot the reteiit marriages.
HeKfie Dollar in Storms.
Tacoma, Wash., Keb. 27. The Brit
ish steamer Kt-ssie Dollar, which ar
rived at Kobe. Japan, from Tacoma
recently, encountered 16 gales in cross
ing the Pacific, according to the offi-
.cer of the American steamer Javery, j Navjeat,on company's steamer Hilo
in port from the orient. The Dollar's
lifeboats . were broken, several of her
stanchions twisted and she was other-
" ' vaiii.ir.1. cue wets o. Ull
the way.
, 1
f Cannery Ships liusy. I
San Francisco. Cal.. Feb. 27. -With '
the arrival p-f the ship Ktar of Poland
In s the harbor today the Jbig fleet of
salmon ships of the Alaska Packers' 1
"association and other concerns are to
be prepared for their annual trip to
: the north. The Poland came down
from Nanaimo with coal which will be
' distributed among the various units of
the fleet. ' 1
yUPPLILS FOR KLOXDIKK
Steamer' Homer Resumes Service t -vi
A hi ska n Ports. , i
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 27. The steam-
3i' Humboldt, Captain R Q. Baughman.
resuniea tne Miuiniasxern .viasKa run.
since her arrival from San Francisco
at S p. m. with. 45 passengers and 400
tons general freight carg-o.
L"). A. Cunningham and Pete Jack
son, two Klondike operators, took in
on the Humboldt an outfit of 15
horses, 500 cases of California eggs
-and 100 boxes'" of California oranges.
Ten sailing: vessels are in port to
day, all loading for Ktirope and Alaska.
- Three, the French bark ILaennec. Swed
ish bark Svithiod . and British bark
; Alice A. Leijrh, are taking wheat for
the United Kingdom, while four can-
SPECIAL
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Until Further Notice, the follow
ing Bates will be charged by this
Light-draught Steamer between
Portland and Corvallis": .
UP DOWN
Portland 'to Wheatland, $3 0U '$2 oO
" Lincoln t - - - - 3 00 2 50
' Satem, - - - . 3 00 2 50
' Kola, - - - - -i - 3 25 2 75
" (t Independence, . 3 50 3 00
" Buena Vista, - - - - 3 75 3 00
" Albany, 4 00 3 25
" Corvallis 5 00 3 50
Special Rates on Wool, Hides.
Sacks & Agricultural Implements.
J UL Y 7, 1875- Himes. Printer.
Steamer Ohio and copy of handbill announcing special rates.
nt-rw on jtmrcn o,
)fficials in charge of the work be-1
ve that the steamer Santa Catalina,
being repaired at the pfexit of the Wil
lamette Iron & Steel Works, will be
repaired on time. She is being given
1 a coat of paint, her outer smokestack
is being installed, the woodwork is i
practically linished, while the work of j
burnishing up her machinery is being
hurried.
The contract calls for the turning of
the bis steamer over to her owners
on March 8. The W illamette .Iron &
Steel V orks is to give a luncheon on
board the steamer, at which a number
of Portland business men will be In-
vited guests. No time will be lost m
the festivities, however, and she will
be sent out to load the first of a large
cargo of lumber for New York on
Alondav, March 8.
COPPKR ORE FROM ALASKA
Steamer La Toucbe Rringg Cargo
to Tacoma.
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 27. The
i steamer la Touche has arrived at the
Tacoma smelter with a big cargo of
copper ore from Alaska.
The American-Hawaiian liner Texan
is due In port Sunday from Han Fran
cisco to load general freight for the
Hawaiian Islands and the Matson
CEREAL SHIPMENTS
j Cleared, vessel, flag. rig. destination
1 Jan.
Klnrosh-shire. Br. bk.. U. K
Port Caledonia. Kus. bk., U. K.
Onwen, Br. str.. U. K
Canit)usdoon. Nor. bk., Injrbln
Ijndfleld, Nor. bk.. Algoa Bay
Pierre Antoniiip, t r. bk.. C K
Cluverdoii. Kr. sh., IT. K
( lueknmiinnushire. Br. ah.. U. K..
Celtic Cileii, Br. sh., V. K
Devon Citv. Br. str., U. K
Cranley, Br. str.. Rotterdam
Glenroy. Br. str., London
Herminton, Br. str., I'. K..
Karmv Kor. ah., U. K
Kldsvold. Nor. bk.. TJ. K
1 .who 1.fh 1 1 .h TT V
Ji
ii,
1
,L!)J
t;-)
21
2'
7
29
J
:: Dnnmark, Dan. l-k., '(?. K
1 (SO fe-ungvand. Nor. sh., U. K
Total for month.
Alfo 77.145 bushels of barleT.
161. 1O0.
Bn.l48.
tAlsto l2i).Wll bushels of barley.
i Kxpfirts for January, 1914, wera 1.024.5S3 bosheU of wheat. 96.271 barreU of flour and
j414 - 1 - 18 buabela of barley.
tneared. vesstl, flag;. rg, deatlnation
1
Strathdee, Br. str.. Cap Tows
Vaudtiaru, Nor. bk. J. R
( ambuskenneth. Nor. sh., TJ. K
Birtha. Nor. bk.- U. K
Kilmeny. Br. bk. TJ. K
lnvereauld, Br. bk., V. K
V I scorn be Park, Kr. ah., Alro Bar, U.K.
dsn Galbralth, Nor. bk.. if. K
Prompt, Kus. bk., TJ. K
Cnstleton, Br. sh., V. K ,
Batsford. Br. str., London.... r
Port Stanley, Rua. bk., U. K.
Total for month
4
8
8
13
lti
IS
19
25
2
2
27,
Also 422.9S5 bushels of oat. J24.1.6.TO.
oSi?,Ert" ,for ,r,bruary. 10l. 322.070
S2Utt oarrela of flour.
HlO.
wL jB
nian will arrive Tuesday to load for
the same ports.
"Un order to meet the requirements i
of her charter Dartv the French ship I
Duguay Trouin must be loaded by i
Siinrtnv nlrhl Th vssel ia taking
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zauu ions 01 wneai ior ine uiiiLeu
tons or wneat lor tne unnea
Kingdom and is being given quick 1
dispatch
Under 'charter to Kerr. Glfford & Co
the Irish Steamer Kish is scheduled ;
to come to Tacoma to load 8500 tons j
of wheat for the United Kingdom. I
The British ship Westgate left port
today with her cargo of wheat for the 1
United Kingdom. I
Amnn" the nine ocean liner and '
A.monB tne nine ocean liners ana (
sailing Vessels in port loading and ;
discharging cargo, the flags of the !
allies are well represented by the !
British, French, Russian and Japanese.
SAILORS AVERE MISTAKEN
Commissioner of Navigation Rules
in Puako Case.
Seattle. Wash., Feb. 27. The United
States shipping commissioner was ad- i
vised today that the commissioner of
navigation at Washington has decided
mat live uerman sanors wno pre-
ferred charges of ill-treatment against
Captain A. C. Peterson of the Ameri
can barkentine Puako had no cause
for complaint.
The sailors in question were paid
off following the barkentlne's arrival
at Winslow early last month. They
alleged that the food supplied them
on the vessel's voyage from Australia
to Puget sound, via the Hawaiian
islands, did not come up to the re
quired standard, and that the master
had compelled them to stand knee-deep
in cold' water while discharging a ship,
ment of freight in a Hawaiian port.
Japanese Steamer Chartered.
Vancouver, B. C. Feb. 27. Percy
Laing, manager here for Frank Wat
erhouse & Co., announced today the
Japanese steamer Hakushikt. Mam
had been chartered by the firm to
load cargo for the orient. She will
go on berth at sound ports on March
28 and will sail about April 6. She
was built at Belfast In 1889 by Hart
& Wolff.
FROM PORTLAND. 1915
Wheat.
Bushels. Vnlue.
Flour.
Barrels. Talue.
13H.1JO0 t lt5,WV)
141i..3
199.714
347. 74H
1 40.HS8
151,r.7
16i.9.)0
19S.522
122.676
165.S00
S81.628
HW.718
lld.Z7
111.676
i:w.9
87.626
1 18,419
205.544
B.715
31, 4.'!0
82.111
6.715
lei.sr.i
34,000
228.578
30.18H
t8.913
04.816
79.771
1 19,100
S3l.4.!8
42,2.12
138,479
J37.1SM
119.650
8,747
2,018,019 12,858,090
43.841
I227.2S1
Wheat.
BuKbeTs. Value.
flour.
Barrels. Valua.
22S.7TS
104.688
110.568
83.870
97.494
85.543
126.440
125. Si 5
76.229
121.488
63,W3
131.662
340.168
1S7.020
171.380
125. 806
146.241
132.543
2O2.304
211.757
118.150
182.a
80,479
204,078
1,844,020 $2,062,15
bushels of wheat. 377,448 buahela of barley.
Portland, has shipped more wheat by
4,100,000 bushels so far this season
than the combined Puget sound ports,
according to the monthly compendium
prepared yesterday by the Merchants'
exchange. The exporters of this city
have shipped 11.844,653 bushels of;
wheat as afjainst 7,779,373 shipped i
from the sound.
1 1 i mi . ...
x ui iioiiu iuu nas a line ieaa ror me i
month of February, which closes to- '
day. Vessels leaving this port have '
had in their holda 1.486.198 bushels of
wheat, while those dispatched from
Puget sound have born but 1,165.527
bushels. The bulk of this movement
of wheat has been to Europe, 990,503
bushels going In that direction, while
South Africa has. taken 353,212 and
California 142,479 bushels.
i. ukMVAj J i. tllQ A.l&Utt;a LIJ 10 UJUIJ Lll
shows to what an extent the move
ment of grain and flour on the Pa
cific ocean is being affected by the
European war and tho attendant soar-
city of tcmiage. The orient, which at ;
; this time last season had taken 1,447.
! 6S7 bushels of wheat and 597,374 bar
I rels of flcur from Portland, lias so
i far taken only 101,423 barrels of flour
, and not a bushel of wheat. The Puget
I sound ports through the direct service
i which they have Jifcd maintained by
the Japanese lines have managed to
i s.-nip 7S0.23J bushels of wheat tills sea
, son. whereas they had sent 2.737,362
bushels last season and 747,561 bar-
: rels of flour as against 1.514,683 bar- i
i rels at this time last seison.
! Shipping men assert that the lack
of tonnage lias had much to do with
. the shortage in the oriental sales. Pew
vessels are available except at high
i rates. The Japanese lines out of Se
I attle have maintained fairly good ser
' vice, but general cargo fills most. of
their available space, whils the Brit
! ish service out of Portland has been
j very irregula'r.
j Where the Japanese hav been un
I able to pay the price necessary to get
t however, Europe has gained greatly, j
I Portland has shlDDed 8.14X.802 hnshels 1
j this season and had only 4,951,928 anchoring place for the French bark
! bushels afloat at this time last sea- Germalne and the Norwegian bark
I son. Puget sound has shipped 5,103,074 Nordfarer, in from long sea trips, and
'.bushels of wheat' this vear to Kuronen, K,-.r,- ri.r
ana naa sent oniy ousneia to
the same countries last year.
NEWS OF THE PORT
Arrivals, Februsxy 27. !
Ia rprouse, Fr. bark. Capt. LeTeque, In j
ballast from An tofoja.sta to Hind, lialpb ic ( o.
Geo. VV. Klder. Am. str.. t apt. tofsteflt.
pastenpers and freijjht from Eureka aud Cooa
Bay; onh Pacific SteauiKhip Co.
vv . V. Hernn. Am. str., t aT't. h.n(raua.
bulk from MMiterey; Associated Oil Co.
. V"""-.
rrom i-ort Min i.uis; union un o.
ojsou & Mahony. cit. I'uvne. freight from
New V.ork 1 transshipped at San Prmnclaco);
American-Hawaiian bteanmblp Co.
castletonp.pMllen, wbeat
for the Cnited Kingdom; Strauss A Co.
Yosemite. Am. utr., -apt. Jahnsen, lumber
for San Pedro; McCormlck Lumber Co.
Marine Almanac.
Wcnther at Eiver'a Month.
North Head, Feb. -7. Condition of the
mouth of the rlTt.r at 5 p m mooth: wind,
th. 12 miles; v.euther, iartly cloudy.
Sum and Tides, March 1.
sun rises, 5:5o a- m. Sim sets. 5:67 p. m.
Tides at Astoria.
' High wator
I 0:51 a. m., 7. a feet
Low water
TMn'm-'
7.13 p. m.. 0.2 feet
0:o7 p. ui., 8.!s feet
. , . .
htcamsnips to Arrive.
PASSCNGERH AND CRRlflHT
Name
ucatan. .
Krom-
n...
, S. t. and way.
. l oos liay
S. F
Coos Bay
H. i. and wa y .
. S. l. and war.
S. I), and way..
S"lr ater"
Geo. VV. Elder..
Kose City
Kounoke. ......
Bear
Mar"
.Mar. 7
.Mar. 13
Steamers Due to Depart.
l-ASSENGEUS AND FKEIG1IT
Name From
Date
..Feb. a8
..Mar. 2
l.eo. W. fclder Coos Bar.
Bear. . .
-S. F. Hnd war.
Breakwater.
Willamette
t elilo
V. ucatan. . . .
Northliind
Beaver ,
San Kamon
HotiUoke. . . .
Uose City..
. Coo Bay
S. D
s. u
. S. 1. and way
. S. D
I. and wav
. S. D
. S. 1). and way
S. F. and way.
. .Mnr.
...Mar.
. .Alar.
. . Mar.
..Mar.
. .Mar.
Mar
.Mar. 10
.Mar. 12
Vessels in I'ort,
Name
i, "fr,f
.Oregon nrj-uock
...l.-F. Lbr. Co.
Lightship No. 07, Am. str..
Sanioena, Kus. sch
Katanga, Belg. bk
Ct-mbuskennelh, Nor. bk
VV laconjbe Park. Br. sli
i,eziua. Nor. sh
Atorna. Nor. hk
lastletnn. Br. sb
Port Stanley, Rum bark....
Batsford, Br. str
Prompt, Huss. bk
Bav of Biscay. Br. sh
Touraine. Fr. bk
Francois. Kr. bk
Ccmberuiere. It. ah
Germaine, F. bk
Llka, Nor. sh
Nordfarer, Nor. sh
Yosennte. Am. str
Drydoek
icli.rli
. .Astoria 1
.Montomerv
E. A w. Mill
Astoria
. . . .North Bank
Astoria
Stiejuo
. .Elevator
. ...N. P. Mills
Linnton
LiuDton
N. P. Lbr. Co.
LIutHon
Linnton
St. Helens
B. aV W. Mill
Rainier
.I.-P. Lbr. Co.
. .Tongue Point
LJnnton
Columbia
WlllbridKe
Willbridge
Albers
Aijisworth
! Koju Maru. Jap. str
' Siskiyou. Am. str
ttankokn Maru. Jap. str
Geo. VV". reuwlck. Am str.
La Perouse, Fr. bk
Geo, VV. Klder. Am. str.........
VV. F. Hernu, Am. str
Oleum. Am. str
Olson Sc Mabony, Am. str
Hour. Am. str
Cehlo, Am. str
Vessels Disengaged.
Akutan, Am. str r. .
Arnoldus Vlnneo. Ger. ttt
Alliance, Am. str
Berlin, Am. hk
Couch
.... .Goble
.. .Clifton
.O. W. I.
. : . .Gobi
Chinook, U. 8. dredge...
Iialbek, Ger. bk....
David Evans, Br. sea...
Golden Gate, Am. tr...
J. B. Stetson, Am. at.-...
Kurt. Ger Bb
Nehalem, Am. str
N
W. Steel
Victoria Dolphiua
. ..Astoria
. .O. W
.St. Helena
. . Westport
.St. Helens
At Neighboring Ports.
Astoria, Feb. 27. Arrived and left tip at
midnight- Str. W. F. Ilerrln, from Monterey.
Arrived at midnight and left up at 1 a. no-
S-tr. Geo. VV. Klder. frort- Krireka and Coos
Bav. Arrived down at midnight and sailed
at noon Br. str. Batsford, for London. Sailed 1
at midnight Mr. Liaisy, tor fcan Francisco.
Sailed at T:30 a. m. Str. Multnomah, for
Sua Diego. Arrived at 7:25 a. m and left
up at 3:16 p. m. Str. Oleum, from Port San
Luis. Arrived at 10:0 a. m. and left up at
2:40 p. m. Str. Daisy Freeman, from fan
Franciaco. Sailed at 4:40 p. m. Str. Geo. W.
Fenwick. for San Pedro. Arrived down during
the niKht Str. Jim Sutler.
Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 27. Sailed Am. atr.
Humboldt, 9 a. m., southeastern Alaska; Am.
str. -Dispatch, 10 p. in.. Prince - of Wales
Arrived Am. atr. Davenport, 4 a. in., San
Francisco: Br. bark Alice A. Leigb, 0 a. m.,
Melbourne; Nor. bark Svithlod, 2 a. m., and
Fr. ship Lseuuee, 2 a. m.. Antofoa;asta.
Port Ludlow, Feb. "27. Sailed Am. achr.
Repeat, for Honolulu.
Kedoudo, CaL, hvli. 27. Arrived Am. atr.
-, i
II'," v N
Top, left to right French bark
Astoria harbor lait week was the
laden with lumber and ready to sail
for Sydney. The vessels had Just
1 been dropped the towboats when
caught by the camera.
The King Cyrus is the first of many
small American vessels which will
leave from North Pacifio ports for
Northland, 7 a. m., San Pedro,
fi n. m.. for San Francisco.
and sailed.
Arrived Am. str. Saginaw, 1 p. m., from
Sau l'edro, aud sailed, 8 p. ru., San Franrlseo.
VancouTer. B. C. Feb. 27. Arrived 8 a.
m., Br. str. Duuraten. Capt. Matbiaa, from
Nanaimo.
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 2T. Arrived An.
str. Congress, San Franrlseo, 7 p. m.
Sailed Br. bark Westg-at. United Kingdom,
11:30 a. m. ; Am. str. Admiral Dewey. Seattle,
10 a. m.
Nanaimo. B. C Feb. 27. Arrived Am.
str. Atlantic, Belllngham.
Departure Bay, Feb. 7. Arrived Am. str.
Cordova, from Seattle.
an Franeisco, Cal., Feb. 27. Arrived Am.
strs. Hoaixjke, Portland via Astoria, 2:45 a.
m-: San Jose. Balboa via Acnpulco and Sla-
zutlau, 6:55 a. m.; Harvard, han Pedro. 9::iO
a. in.; Admiral Farrajrut. Seattle, 8:35 a. id.;
C'eiitriiliu. Eureka, 2:20 p. in.; U. S. btr.
Columbine, from a cruise, 2:35 p. m. ; C. S.
btr. Madrono. I'ort San Luis, 3 p. m. ; str.
lowan, Seattle, 5 p. m.
Sailed Am. atrs. Aroline, Ban Pedro, 4:40
. r C3.-rt.n-, un. : .. n Tula n m
PreatUs. Eureka. 11 a. m.; Freident.
i victoria and Puet Sound ports, 12:25 P. m. ;
I F. A. KUbnrii, Eureka, l:2o p. m.; liaroy.
Coos Bar ports, l-30 p. m. ; Waahteuaw, l'ort
i Han Luis. 2:06 D. ui.; Pasadena. Albion, i.&o
I 11 m.: Harvard, san reo.ro ana nn ut;u,
fJtF' Fill. f"rLfliMK v T: 1 Wiw itXrrw
Fh !3':1 P- m.j Am. achr. Premier. Blnlne, 3:W
Feb 2 I P- m-i Am. str. Manchuria. Hong Kong, via
Mar a i way port. 3:00 p. ni.; Del Norte. Crescent
f.1"- flnn. :H i. m.: Wellesley. Eurlta, 5:15 p.
Sim.; Nann Smith, Coos Bay ports, 5:30 p. m
Caspar, Caspar, 5:40 p. m.; v. 3. steamer
Cokirado. San Piego, 5:40 p. m.; steamers
Helene, Oravs Harbor. :40 p. m.; Santa
MonKa. Eureka, 7:30 p. m.; L'armel, tiraya
Harbor.
Arrived Am. strs. Eureka. Mejillones, 6 a.
m ; Ohloan, New York, a. m.; Ueiican. New
York, via San Dleifo, 7 a. m. ; Necanicum,
Fureka 8 a. m.: Juhan Ponlsen, Puget Sound,
-rfi ui a m - Ynip. md rrancisco. 10 a. w..
a Itedondo.L'oos Bay. 9:4o a. m.; tVlUapa,
2 Uravs Harbor, t p. m. Sailed Am. atrs.
3 Beaver, Portland, 12 noonj Redondo, 8an
liieiro, 11 a. m. ; Kalnler, San Diego, 6 p. m. ;
7 I Yale, San Diego, S:J p. m.; Javanese str.
8 I Azumasan Maru, San Francisco and Portland,
4 p. m.
Aberdeen. Wash.. Feb. Xi. eaneo Am.
str. bvea,- San Francisco, noon.
San Diego, Cal.. Feb. 2i. Arrived, 11 a.
1 ., , w Qi.i.vLLr.tu. Ssm n Fi-aneipco. 8:.iO O .
I m ; Am. str. Yale. San Pedro. Sailed 0 a.
m.' Am. 8tr. Khoshoae; 6 p. m SpeedweU,
i Krnnetseo.
I .,(irt Kr.ei, r-.i. Feb. 27. Bailed 1:46 p.
m Am. str. Brunswick, Ban Franciaco.
it .r!i.i or P-uV. n Am. str. Break-
; wal.r Eaiied fOT Portland IO a. m.
Port Townsend, wash., reu. x. oiibu
12-30 a. m., Alki, tor bkagway; 1 a. m. .
R IMin. San Francisco.
Eureka, Cal., Feb. 27. Arri ved 7 a. m..
Am str. Lakme; 11:45. Am. atr. Katherlne.
San Francisco. Bailed 9:26 a. to.. Am. str.
Carlos. San Francisco; 9:40, Am. str. City of
Xvpeka. Kun Franciaco.
NEGOTIATING FOR DREDGER
Bandon Wants Work Done In Co
quill e River.
MarsMteld, Or., Feb. 27. Tba su
perintendefft of tha dredge Seattle,
which has been operated on Coos Bay
by the Puget Sound Dredge & Bridge
company for the port commission, is
negotiating with the commission. Is
of the port of Bandon for doing work
In the Coquille river. The Job will
cost about $50,000 and will include the
making of channels 100 feet wide and
10 feet deep through all the Bhoals
, no vessels can enter the nver at an-
1 j0n and go up tne river 10 t-oqume 10
'load. The contract is inatutaii
closed. The dredge t completing a
$600,000 dredging job on Coos Bay.
Lew-era Delayed.
Port Townsend. Wash.. Feb. 27.
Thirty-one days from Honolulu, 10
days of which was spent off the en
trance of the straits, the schooner
Robert Lewera arrived this morning
from Honolulu and will proceed to
morrow to Port Ludlow to load re
turn cargo. Under charter" to W. R.
Grace & Co., to carry lumber to Eten,
Peru, the bark Benicia was towed here
this morning from BfeUingham, where
she loaded 900,000 feet. She will pro
ceed to sea tonight. The three-masted
schooner Repeat, with lumber from
Port Ludlow for Honolulu, was
towed here thia morning and will pro
ceed tomorrow. The steamer Spokane
arrived thia morning from Kailua and
will load a return cargo at Port Lud
low, shifting to that port tomorrow.
iCJ.! wJa-,s5!W iv" 'VT;.. .' i fct-JV ,wj
.... rfp - yr: U m ri hi - 5 tJ - - v - " 1
Germaine and Norwegian bark Nordfarer.
er King Cyrus.
Australia in the next few month.
She carries 910,906 feet of lumber
valued, at $9213.
Due to the high freight rates and
the demand of the European countries
for food almost every large sailing
ship in the Pacific has been,, pressed
into service to carry grain to Europe.
As a result the traffic on this ocean
has suffered slightly. The American
schooners and barkentines which
abound in the lumber carrying trade
STEAMER LEAVES OUT
WITH LUMBER FOR
S. S, Geo, W, Fenwick Sails
From' Astoria; Astoria Ma
rine Notes in General,
Astoria, Or., Feb. 27. The steamer
Geo. W. fenwick sailed this after
noon for San Pedro with a cargo of
lumber from the Hammond mill.
The steamer Daisy Freeman arrived
today from San Francisco via Coos
Bay with freight for Astoria and
Portland. After discharging she will
fro to Grays Harbor to take on lum
ber and later return to the Knapp
ton mill to finish.
The steamer Daisy sailed today for
Ran Francisco via Coos Bay with
freight from Portland, Astoria and
other ports along the river.
The steamer Jim Butler shifted dur
ing the night from Portland to Knapp
ton, where she is to load 350,000 feet
of lumber for San Pedro.
The ateamer Multnomah sailed to
day for San Pedro with a cargo of
lumber from Portland and St. Helens.
The British steamer Batsford sailed
today for the United Kingdom with
a cargo of oats and wheat.
The gasoline schooner Mirene ar-
t -
GRAIN TONNAGE
EN
Name, Flag and Big.
Epsom, Br. atr
i-urtb. Nor. snip
Glenard, Buss, sh
tliawatba. Nor. bark ,.
Henkon Maru. imp. str
Kllmallie. Br. bk
1-owtber Castle, Br. str
Majanka. .Nor. abip
Noemi. Kr. bk
Ollvebank. Nor. bark
Pampa. Kuss. bark
ProfefBor Koch, Huss. bark....
Ekoll. Nor. bk
Ville de Uulbouae. Kr. bk
14U8
8423
1510
27 40
1429
1J."X
JS76
i:ci7
1 41)7
2798
Miscellaneous to
Name, Hit and Rig.
AzumaraD Maru, Jan. str...
Jas. Tuft. Am. bk
Joun C. Meyer, Am. bk..
Kogosan Maru, Jai. str
Lawblll. Kuss. baik
Msry E. Foster, Am. eoh..
Tnor. Nor. str
VV. H. Mars ton. Am. icb...
Tons.
27o8
1043
"H4
3.C2
1749
8.-
2MNO
1110
CALIFORNIA SEAPORT
Panama Canal Service.
Name. Flag and Rig.
Uawallan. Am. str., A.-H
Hunolulan. Am. atr., A.-H
lowau. Am. str.. A.-H..
Montanan, Am. atr., A.-H
Ohloan Am. str.. A.-H.--
Oregonlan, Am. str.. A.-H
I'anaman. Aui. str.. a. -II.
Rant a Clara, Am. tr.. A. & 1...
bunts Crux, Am. str.. A. Sc 1 . . . .
Santa Cecelia, Am. sir.. A. & Y.
Santa Catalina. Am. nr.. A. r
West Coast Service.
Name, Flag;. Rl and Line.
Ouzcui Nor. atr., Grace.
fet. Helens. Am. str.. Orsee
Wm.. Chatham, Am. tr.. Crace..
European Service.
.From Sailed.
London V Orient.....
London at Orb. Oct. 1
Name. Flar. Kl ;." d
Oieneffer. Br. sir.. Ii. M. 9. P
Glrnroy, Br. str.. It ti. b. I
Ulenicyie, Br. str.. K. M. S. P....
Kroii, Maricureta. Swed, m. a., Johnson
Pacific. Swed. m. a., Joonson
Rneria Swed. tu. s., joensou
Abbreviations A. oraV-. Atlantic & Pacific
AmecsnHawSHan r&l Co.; Grace. W.
Ktfan Packet l-.ine. ft a 11 s v a (erm-u-c v.,
seuu; B-P-. Boatou-Paclflc Uleaushlp Co,
not by W. H. Bckhtrt
Bottom American ichoon-
are rapidly being placed In aervlce
again to care for thia trade ana tne
summer of IBIS promises as a result
to be a busy season for the American
ships.
The two foreign vessels, on the other
hand, represent almost the tall end of
the 1914-15 grain fleet. Only a doeen
vessels are now en route here to load
grain and at the rate the ship are
being" dispatched the northwest ship
ments will " ba practically over by
May 1.
rived during tha night from Wald-
port with cargo.
ALL ALONG THE WATERFRONT
When the steamer Bear arrived In
from San Francisoo Friday, Second
Engineer Holmes was off on furlough.
In his berth la Fred Miller, formerly
engineer on various steamboats on the
WITlamette and Columbia rivers.
The French bark La Perouse, which
reached the Linnton ballast dock yes
terday, waa 68 days out of Antofo
gasta when picked up by the Port of
Portland tugboat Oneonta.
To have her tail shaft pulled and
minor hull repairs made, the govern
ment dredger Chinook will be moved
to the Port of Portland drydock to
morrow. She has been given most of
hpr annual overhauling at the dock of
the Northwest Steel company in the
upper harbor.
Frank Bollam, city ticket agent for
the Independent steamship lines, re
ceived word yesterday that the steam
er Santa Barbara would carry passen
gers out of here the latter part of next
week for San Diego. The Santa Bar
bara is making her first trip into Port
land in many years.
Captain Lofstedt of the steamer
George "VV. Elder is proud of the
achievements of his steamer on her
rorr-nt. trln to Coos Bay and Kureka.
Kh was held up 36 hours off Joosf
Kay, 12 hours off Eureka and one
hour off the Columbia liver on account
of bad weather, yet was only 16 hours
late In reaching Columbia dock. She
sails thia morning for another round
of the southern coast ports.
The steamer Yucatan of the North
Pacific fleet is due in late this after
noon from San Diego ana otner can
fornia porta with passengers
freight.
and
ROUTE AND
LISTED FOR
PORTLAND
Tons From Palled.
297'J I'unta Arenas .Keb. 8
JK0 fcydnev Heads
179.A Kiwfitl
Meae
Ar. Dee. 21.
Sd. Melbourne, Jan. 0
'nt Tovfn . . . . 1C 0
Rlieinonosekl .i-eb. 7
Newcastle
kloli : e.
Ar. rtewraatle Jan.
Vladivostok ..rb.
hydney , Jan. 10
Newcastle, N. 8. Wi
Antf'aHa ..Dec. S
Lyttloton
Melbonrne ....Dec. 4
Melbourne ....Dec. 18
At Ortaaaley Oct. 28
At Lyttletoa Dae. 20..
Newcastle
At Newcastle Pea. 28
Arrive in Portland.
From Bulled.
Ran Franciaco
Honolulu
Grays Harbor
V okoiioaia
.Walaroat .Ian.
Kd. Manila ...Feb. S
ban Franrlseo........
Eaat London. .Jan. 11
Me me.
fid. Otarq ....Feb. 2
At. Honolulu .Feb. 11
At Aberdeen .Feb. 14
At UooxkoDS .Jan. 30
Sd. Newrsstle.Jan. SO
From Palled.
New York Dec. 19
P os ton A N. Y
New York Jan. 19
Mem.
Pd. canal t. B.Feb 18
ftl. 8. V K. B. Feb.19
At 8. F Feb. 27
New York
New York.
Ar. Norfolk Keb. IO.
.Feb. 9 Pd. canal W.B.Keb.lfl
New York
Nov. 23 Hr. 8. If.. N. Y., Feb.l
New York Dec. Ml
K,w York Keb. 21
Pd. canal K. B. Feb.23
New York.... Jan. 22 On Pnsvt sound
New York . .
Jan. 9
At Muklltoo. .Feb. IK
New York.
Dsa. by firs Oct. 18.
Frntl
felled.
...Jan. 19
Meroe.
At Calloo Fab. 1$
M. Balboa Jan. 14.
Sd. B. It. Dae. 97.
Valparaiso
Guayaquil
Caliuo . . . .
Memo.
December loading.
8d. Victoria... Fab. 7
L don h Orl., Not. 20 Sd. Yokflboma.Feb. IT
Goihetinari; ......... March loaitlua.
Ootbeuburg ...Dec. 18 Sd. 8. V. E. B. Feb.' IT
Gothenburg . , February toadlng.
line, owned bv W. B. Grace aV Co.; A.-B.( '
R-Gr.ce Co. , IrL B
... ,
gutter Co., agents. - -
An automatic, adjustable wharf
cleat has been Invented by Joel Lucia,
a Portland man, and Is being given Ita -first
trial at Ainsworth dock today,
where the steamer Bear of the Big -Three'
fleet is moored. The cleat Is
arranged so that it releases the Una
instead of the line having to be drawn "'
ip and around the tip.
Lucia first conceived the Idea whan
he read In The Journal the story of
the big east side dock fire in which
the British steamer Glenroy and the
American steamer Cricket were bad
ly burned. In trying to release thesa
steamers from Columbia dock No, 2,
where they were moored, the crew waa
forced to cut throuph one-half Inch -Wire
cables with axes. So fierce did
the heat become that they were forced
to desist and leave the steamers to
burn. Had the wharves been equipped
with automatic cleats Lucia believes -the
steamers could have been freed and
saved.
Seta XUnd to Work.
With this Idea in his mind, Lucia,
who is nearly 70 years of age, and
a former aaw filer in the St. Johns
Lumber company's mill, set to work.
At his home, at 9fr Commercial street,
he planned the cleat. Now, almost a
year since he started work, it is com
plete, patented and receiving Ha ftrtt
teBt.
The cleat Is a heavy steel arm
locking with a forged steel liolt when
the line Is made fant. Thia bolt Is
locked by a smaller bolt with a spring
attachment which when released
throws the heavy bolt out and that
movement .releases the arm. A heavy .
spring Is compressed beneath tha arm
and the pull -of the hawser and tha
spring combined will, It Is asserted,
immediately trip it and release tha
line.
Should a - deck be equipped With
these cleats on its whole front Mr.
Lucia believes that one man could
cast off the lines for the largest ahlp
afloat in less than two minutes..
Steamship men who examined tha
working model yesterday en pressed
the same views. - '
May Make Cleats " Hare. . -
"I have only one Improvement . to
make," said Mr. Lucia yesterday, "and
that will be in adding another lock to
the tip of the arm Itself which will
lock the hawser securely so that It
cannot be removed accidentally.
Swinging as It does in a sciml-clrcle
the cleat automatically adjusts Itself
to whatever direction the purchase is
to be.
"1 believe, too, that an arrangement
can be jjerfected by which a set of
cleats could be released by electricity
operated from tho bridge of . tha
steamer. This holds Its danger, how
ever in that the electrical apparatus
would have to be kept . under lock
and key to keep the miscreant from
releasing the steamer."
Lucia la perfecting arrangements
for tho manufacture of the cleat In
Portland should it prove -as success
ful as it Is expected to.
NEW LIGHTHOUSE PLAN
Life Having Station Also for Dux
bury ltvef.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 27
Twelve thousand dollars has been ap
propriated by congreHH for the instal
lation of a light and llfesaving sta-
tion at Duxbury reef, according to ad
vices received today from Washington,.'
The bill was Introduced by Congress
man Kent, and, as It has been passed
by both houses, now only requires ths
signature of the president.
The Introduction of th bill followed
the local agitation resulting -from tha
loss of the steamer Hanalel three
month ngo. Twenty-three lives were
lost owing to lack of lifeaavlng equip
ment In the immediate vicinity of tha
wreck.
Twenty-two out of the 42 survivors
of the Hanalel owe their lives to ths
prompt action of the -.San Francisco
ICxaminer, which sent Captain Nelson
and crew of the Golden Uata - lifesav
in citation across tho boy on a huge
motor truck. Without this aid many
others would have perished. '
Captain J. C. Cantwell, chief of ths
lacal llfesavlng service, suggested this
In his official report to Washington
and advised that an appropriation for
the new station be made.
Hf'IUNG HL'JCKLV IS IIKRB
ti. S. Ilrcak water Itetunis to Wed
neaday Mumiii; Ballings.
Ths first harbinger of apring on
the waterfront la here. The return
ing of the steamer Hi eak water to her
Wednesday morning aailiiic baa been
announced by the Portland c Cooa
liay fcteamnhlp compuny to tuke ef
fe t with tha aa.il I ng of the ateamer
thia week. .She will aail WedneaJay
morninif at 8 o'clock Instead of lues,
day .evening aa abe haa). all winter. .'
OwlnK to the lowering darkneaa of
late aftt'rnoou and the tidea during;
the winter months. C'aptuin T. J.
Macienn has made it a practice for
years to aail hia venel from 1'ortland
at night during thoae nioutliH, ho that
ha can take advuntae of the daylight
to leave tho Columbia- then takea
hta time down the coat ao aa to reach
Coo liay at dayllKht the next morn
ing; or on the flrat high tide after day
Ulfht.
With the firt sign of aprin;, bow
ever, tha Hreak water ictuiiia to the
morning; Ballings ho that passenger
may secure the benefit ot the trip
down the Columbia river. The steamer
will reach Portland thia afternoon
from Cooa Bay. (
AIlllIVUI) AT IX)S ASOKLE8 ?
1ab Angeles, Cal., l'cb. 7. Nearly
2,500,000 feet of lumber arrived here
today upon various lumber-carriers.
The steamers were the Johan i'oulscn
with poles, Wallapa and the Necanl
cum. The Hedondo arrived today, but
after discharging her pHsscngers sailed
Immediately for San Diego with her
lumber.cargo. -The steamer Ohloan ar
rived here from New i'ork this morn--tng
via the Panama canal. She brought
a heavy cargo of freight. The Mexi
can arrived front : New York via the
canal, and the San llego is discharg
ing at pier A. -