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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), August 1923, p. 321

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August, 1923 San Francisco;.the arrangement. with the Pacific Steamship Co. will enable it to handle freight and passengers from Co- lumbia river and Puget sound on vessels of the Admiral line. ee sa For the purpose of soliciting busi- ness, the port of Seattle has dispatched two of its traffic officials to various industrial centers throughout the country. These missionaries will present the ad- vantages of routing export shipments through Seattle and over the port’s ter- minals. re eee One of the largest mergers of shipping interests ever accomplished on: the north Pacific was recently completed with the organization of the McCormick Steam- ship Co. with a capital of $500,000. Charles R. McCormick, an outstanding figure in lumber and shipping on_ that coast for years, is president. The new company includes the coasting vessels of the McCormick fleet, the west coast agency of the Munson-McCormick line and various smaller shipping interests in which Mr. McCormick is a factor. The merger will handle 64 vessels in the coast- wise lumber, freight and passenger serv- ice, 6 carriers in the intercoastal trade and 6 additional vessels recently pur- chased. oe On July 31, the harbor commission at Vancouver, B. C., will take over the administration of the grain elevator at that port, succeeding the grain commis- sion of Canada. This change will re- sult in an increase of ™% cent per bushel in handling charges. Vancouver 1s ex- pecting a. record movement of whea‘ through its terminals during the coming grain season. mG * Dredging at the en‘rance_ to the harbor of Vancouver, B. C. is now under way. The plans call for widening the channel from 820 to 1200 feet and giving a minimum depth of 35 feet. gee ier Members of the -intercoastal confer- ence, recently reorganized, have _agreed upon a general advance in rates in both directions. The new tariffs will be ef- fective Aug. 1. No attempt has been made to fix a conference rate on lum- ber. This commodity is subject to fre- quent fluctuation and consequently the rate was left “open.” For some time, lumber freights. have been weak. es eae North Pacific shipping. circles were greatly interested in the performance of the steamer Harry LucKENBACH which arrived in June from New York via ports having been steered automatically the entire distance. Elmer A. Sperry Jr., son of the inventor, has been on the coast explaining the workings of the device. * a * Kolster’s radio compasses and position finders will be installed on vessels of the Admiral-Oriental line operating to the Far East, .the first installation being made on the PresipeNntT McKINLEY. kel ae ee a After a long period of idleness, the “wooden motorship ApMmirAL Mayo, a War period product, has been purchased by R. W. Crosby, a Seattle operator; who proposes to turn the vessel into a barge. The ApmirAL Mayo’ was MARINE REVIEW owned by the Admiral line and for a time was operated to the Orient. How- ever, her earning record was not. sat- isfactory and she was placed in the boneyard months ago. ee a ; For carrying lumber to California ports, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. has purchased from the shipping board the steel steamer Lake FRANCES. Previously, this large shipper has not owned .tonnage but with the strong demand for lumber in Cali- fornia it was decided to purchase a freigh- _ter suitable for the purpose. The LaKe Frances has a capacity of 2,000,000 feet. * OK Ok _ Notwithstanding an adverse court deci- sion, residents of Everett, Wash., are plan- ning extensive port. improvement. The HE packet ComMMoporE commanded by Capt. Floyd Cook, made her initial trip during the month of June from Galveston and Hous- ton. to. Corpus Christi, Port..O’Connor, Rockport, Aransas Pass, and Port Ar- kansas. A schedule of three trips a month will be. maintained. eee ee Two steamship companies, Fowler & McVitie and Thomas Rice & Co., both of Galveston Tex., were consolidated July 1 under the firm name of Fowler & McVitie. Fowler & McVitie have been in business for many years, being agents for the Larrinaga, Castle, Nor- way-Mexico-Gulf and Swedish-Ameri- ca-Mexico lines at Galveston and Hous- ton and will under the new arrange- ment be agents for the Nervion line. oe ely Wilkens & Biehl announced June 24 that they had been named agents for the North German Lloyd line at Galveston. From 1894 to 1914 this line did a big gulf business in imports, exports and passengers. The new service will be in- stituted by the steamship WeERRA, a new passenger and cargo vessel which will sail from Bremen Sept. 14. Regular service will be maintained thereafter. ks 6 OO Oe Capt. L. A. Kaiser, of the branch naval hydrographic office located at Gal- veston, has sent ! steamship companies: Morgan line, Mexi- can Petroleum Corp., Gulf Refining Co. Snyder Banana Co., J. H. W. Steele Co., Lone Star Steamship Co., Sinclair Navi- gation Co., and the Texas Co., asking them to co-operate in” securing data dur- ing the hurricane season. Vessels of these companies ply the Caribbean sea and Gulf of Mexico and when one or more are near a disturbance, will re- port to the hydrographic office daily. By this means, the progress of the hurricane will be plotted at the hydrographic office and it is believed important hydrographic and_ meteorological information will | be obtained and the public will be advised more fully of the course of the hurri- cane. * * * engineer started ) United States The work at Four- the dredge MILLER to From the South Coast DUNCAN. letters to the following . 321 court held that the origitial plans were too indefinite and now steps are being taken to comply with the legal requirements. ko *k x Ending her proud career in a spectacular fire, the wood ship Gtory Or THE SEas, built by Donald McKay at Boston in 1869, . has passed into history. For several months, the ship lay beached in Puget sound waters: while efforts were being made to sell her as | a historical relic. These plans were not re- alized and the owners set fire to the famous . old hulk for the purpose of obtaining the metal in the hull. k kK kK * The steamer schooner Ecerta, built on the Columbia river, has been renamed . Bert E. Haney in honor of the new, member of the shipping board. teenth street in Galveston harbor widen- ing the channel to project width of 1200 feet. It is expected that more than 3,000,000 yards of material will be re-— moved from the channel and thrown upon Pelican Spit. The city of Galveston © foreseeing an easy method of building ‘ up that part of the harbor for industrial — sites had a retaining wall built and will catch the material as it is pumped in by the government dredge. By this means the city will secure its filling at a very low cost. i ee Lightning during a thunder shower the early part of June performed the unusual feat of shattering the foremasts of two . oil tankers belonging to the Peirce Navi- gation .Co. within 20 minutes of each . other. The MeExIcANo was on the Gal-. veston drydock when the lightning shat- — tered her foremast and 20 minutes later six miles away the foremast of the . PENNANT was split from top to bottom. | Both were repaired by the Galveston Dry Dock & Construction Co. pe et The Texas Transport & Terminal Co. has been appointed agent at Galveston and Houston for the Head and Lord steamship lines which operate to the Baltic via Belfast and Dublin. Prior to the war the Head line had regular sail- ings out of Galveston with cotton and cotton seed products for Baltic ports. Efforts will be made to rebuild this trade to its former flourishing condition. . x ok O* The Luckenbach line cancelled its previous announcement that the bimonthly service into Galveston would be sus- pended during June, July and August. ' Continued tonnage offerings were given as the reason for the continued service and boats were assigned as_ follows: Lena LuckenpacH July 1, Enpcar F. LucKENBACH July 19, F. J. LucKeEn- BACH Aug. 8, and Katrina LUCKENBACH Aug. 24. * ck ae Exports for the Galveston district for the month of March amounted to $27,- 327,023. Cotton amounting to 149,433 bales and valued at $19,607,492 was the chief item of which Japan took 54,349 bales valued at $8,529,375. Wheat was valued at $757,895 and flour $164,336.

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