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June, 1910 length, the additional dock line would be totaling ten and a half miles, four- teen miles of channel with perfect anchorage and wharves. The greater harbor of Tacoma must be built on the Milwaukee plan of making deep water channels and wharves. Tacoma and. Tacoma har- bor have at present great possibilities. Known for many years for its fac- tories and recently having acquired railroad terminals of immense. ca- pacity, it remains forthe city to de- velop its natural advantage by a far- sighted, systematic harbor administra- tion. This must be done by public supervision, to enable the several pri- vate interests to work together for the best results. GRAIN "AT TACOMA-SEATCLE. Per 2 000: Jhs. BUNKERAGE ON Cleaning 6.6 1.3 eee ee A ee 20 cents SMUCIN SF GS oe ce eee oe 75 cents Single: 'Sacking,.... 122 Sie es eee 25 cents Double: sacking.) sae, 55 cents Warehousing = 3..20. 9s a es 35 cents including unloading from cars and 30 days storage. Outbound handling, 1214 cents per 2,000 Ibs. for handling from warehouse to ship side or into cars. The rates for handling freight to various Puget Sound points, are per 100 pounds: Tacoma 'to. Port: Asigeless, 4... & 25 cents Tacoma 'to Seatthes. 53. aces 7% cents Tacoma to Port Townsend......... 20 . cents Tacomato = Hverett 42.3 a aes 12% cents Tacoma. to. Bellingham =: . 2%) .5.. 12¥ cents 'Tacoma: to Olympia +2... 220. . : 10. cents To the south coast cities: Tacoma to San Francisco: On 'careload. lots: ..¢e" 6 ee $3.00 Qn: less than: 'car load dots. 2... 4.00 Per 2,000 lbs. on returned empties.. 225 Caro load lot; minimums: .4.. ...4 0% 15 tons Tacoma to Los Angeles: . On car load lots, pers cwt. + <n. $ .50 On less than car load lots, per cwt... .65 Tacoma to San Pedro: On. carclodd «lots, per.cwts.<s. «3255 $42 On less than car load lots, per cwt.. £55 RaTEs oN WHARFAGE AND STORAGE AT TACOMA. All charges in cents per ton of 2,000 Ibs. or 40 cu, ft. Commodity. _ Wharfage. Storage. All freight less than car load lots as cae $: 250 $425 Explosives (oc ciy ts 1.00 AS Canned fish's. 755 ae ce 50 25 Minimum, single shipment... 25 325 Minimum, single shipment... 10+ 20 *On ocean shipment. +On Puget Sound. Freight transferred direct between vessels at wharf not using wharf facilities, one-half above rates. Eumber, per 1,000 £1. Bo Mis... 50 cents Grain. per ton. 3. 25 cents Cement." per: tone.04 a ee 25 cents msphaleim: 25 ee eee 25 cents Shingles: per 1,000 3:02 5.2 G3. 5 cents Sale per ton 660 ee 25 cents PRESIDENT OF ALASKA STEAM- SHIP CO. May 25, at Seattle, On Joseph H. Young, former general superintendent of at. San: the Southern Pacific railroad, Francisco, was elected president of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the North- western Commercial Co.'s, to succeed President Charles E. Peabody, of the Alaska Steamship Co., and W. R. Rust, former head of the Northwestern com- panies. Mr. Young will have general Supervision of the Morgan-Guggenheim TAE MarRINE REVIEW interests in Alaska and the northwest, with headquarters at Seattle. He is well known in railroad and shipping circles, especially in the west, having been in charge of the harbor fleet, the Sacra- JosEPH H. YounG, President of the Northwestern Commercial Co. and-Alaska Steamship Co., Seattle. mento river fleet, the Pacific Mail, and the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co. in his work with the Southern Pacific railroad. Mr. Young will be officially elected vice president of the Copper River & Northwestern railroad next fall, though he is now acting in that capacity. Charles J. Jones, formerly assistant general freight agent of the Southern Pacific, will have charge of the traffic department of the Copper River & Northwestern railroad and the Alaska Steamship Co., with office in Seattle. The directors elected for the North- western Commercial Co. are: S. W. Eccles, J. H. Young, M. R. Guggen- heim, W. E. Bennett, D. H Jarvis, Stephen Birch, W. H. Bogle and W. P. Hamilton. The directors elected the following officers: J. H. Young, president; S. W. Eccles, vice presi- dent: D. -H. Jarvis, secretary and treasurer; W. T. Ford, auditor; W. E. Bennett, assistant secretary; J. K. MacGowan, purchasing agent; W. B. Sprague, assistant purchasing agent; Bogle & Spooner, general counsel. These directors have in charge the affairs of the Northwestern Commer- cial Co., North Coast Lighterage Co., Northwestern Fisheries Co., and the Northwestern Steamship Co., which has been combined with the Alaska Steamship Co. The directors of the Alaska Steam- . Ship, Ge, are: Eccles and Stephen Birch. dent and general oak: J. Fo Young, lait, Jarvis, J..N. Steele, C.J. Jones) WR, Guggenheim, W. H. Bogle, 5S. W. Officers of the Alaska Steamship. Co. were elected as follows: J. H. Young, presi- manager: S, W. 'Eccles, vice president; D. H. Jarvis, Secretary and treasurer; W. E. Ben- nett, assistant secretary; auditor; agent; counsel. Manager C. A; Me- J. KL. MacGowan, and Bogle & Masters, purchasing Spooner, General Frank Burns, CuHarLes J. YOUNG, Trafic manager for Alaska Steamship Co., and Copper River & Northwestern railroad. whose resignation has been accepted by the Alaska Steamship Co.,: will, after a vacation, take up duties in connection with the Puget Sound Steamship Co.,. of Seattle. OCEAN PIERS AT SEATTLE. The Oregon & Washington railroad. is beginning the construction of two ocean piers at the foot -of Weller street, Seattle. The plans call for two docks, one of which will be 1,055 ft. long from the property line of Railroad avenue to the harbor line; 126 ft. 10 in. in width, with a shed 90 ft. wide. The first 125 ft. will be bulkhead, from which point the dock proper starts. The southern dock, which is to 'be built first, will have a total length of 1,135 ft. the two piers being separated by a'slip 154 ft. in width. Ten offices are planned for each pier; three conveyors and two slips on pier No. 1 and two conveyors and two slips on pier No. 2. About 2,000 creosoted piles will be used and the estimated cost is about $400,000.