The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1901, Page 39

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1901. TRENCH BARK GENEVIEVE MOLINOS ARRIVES IN BALLAST FROM HAVRE Seils Half Way Round World With Only Sand in Her Hold in Order|superb Music Is to Be to Secure a Cargo of Wheat for England and Furnishes Example of| Given What Subsidy Law Has Done for Vessels Flying Tricolor of France nt and the vessel once more placed | on her course. Another gale was run into ar the Horn, but strange to say off the « of Storms the Molinos encountered tude storm the ea been MONG the vessels arriving here ¥ were the French bark Molinos and Allen of the sugar The former comes all the in ballast in order to . “rance r. Owing to the its merchant ma- vernment the ves- ricolor can come from the h to California in ballast all nationalities in the Molinos had a most Ehe left Havre for San days ago and made a splen- »r. On October 5 :dden gale came up that ck and for hours she her helm upper tops e bark paid off. blown itself out fresh sails re Genevive entful voy lower way e ha nd winds and calms. e Horn, however, all was experienced and legrees south and longi 2 heavy thunder- made the h had come. The run was a favorable one and had it not for the fog Captain Lemaitre thinks he would have made port & week ago. As & the Genevive Molinos has made a ecord run from Havre and her captain says she can do better. The Molinos is & new vessel and comes en voyage to this port. She two years ago at Nantes for net burden twenty-two feet three inches is a handsome bark of The Overdue Fleet. i over the Narcissus was in- erday by the arrival of the il The latter left Genoa er the former and both had o the equator. Captain much surprised ned that the Nar- The reinsurance er vessel has advanced to British Robert Duncan, Wei Hai Wei for anced to 60 per cent. NEWS OF THE OCEAN. ifers of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. t m. tchell is chartered i for Europe, 41s 34, prior n bark Seestern will rtiand for Europe, val. The barks will load mer- Shipment of Grain. ship Miltiades was cleared yes- b 9277 ctls vessel carries 1 Cargo for London. S ind was clesred yes- >wing cargo, i salmon, Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ay, December 21 hours from Eureka. hours from 16 hours . Dettmers 57 15 from - San , 18 bours from West- 76 hours from As- days from Hono- s, Lemaitre, 123 151 days from days from days from days from “h H Marston, Curtis, 18 days from CLEARED. Saturday, December 21. Victoria; Goodall, des, Gambell, Queenstown; G lerland, Wiebes, London; Bal- nson, Kabului Baldwin. SAILED. Saturday, December n Pedro. er, Tacoma. , Oisen, Bowens Landing. ggirs, Albion. Caison. Nelson, Coos Bay. t Arena, Hansen, Mendocino. Ewick, An . Gravs Harbor. 8, Madse Pedro. , Queenstown. Port Ludlow. Point Reyes Tacoma. and 21 Par Dec 16, lat 39 32 N, lon from Newcastle, Br ship Castle S — — THE BEST Christ- mas Gifts. FINE FUR AND SEALSKIK GARMENTS Stylish, up-to-date cut and make for the Smart Set. Best Goods and Lowest Prices. AD. KOCOUR, RCLIABLE FURRIER, ROOMS 7 TO I 121 POST STREBT, (Don't Mistake the Number), CTEN EVENINGS DURING THE HOL.DAYS. | valued at $330. | trom | 14 hours from | s from Bowers | in to land | from | the | in | Finally the | ils were car- | After | rew think the end of | up the Societie des Vorliers, France, and is | t She is 270 feet five | thirty-nine feet seven inches | the | | | | { | ;| hazy; | { | i i | ronado, HE FRENCH BARK GENEVIEVE MOLINOS MAKING PORT IN BAL- ALL THE WAY LAST. SHE CAME WHEAT FOR ENGLAND. FROM FRANCE TO LOAD Rock, from Antwerp, for San Franc Per Fr bark Genevive Molinos—De: POINT LOBO: wind calm. sty rts on Dec 17 for the last week strong no wind h blowing here, which causes inz ve:s:l DOMESTIC PORTS GRAYS HARBOR—Sailed for San_Pedro. d Dec 20—Stmr Grace San Pecro, Sailed De: ciscg, m Astori 20—Schr n, Dec Salina Cruz. Schr 21 stmr North Fork, hence Dec 2. d Dec 21—Schr Bertie Minor, , for San Fran ed L S Alsterkawy, Arrived De: quimbo. Arrived Dec 21 kohama; bark ¥ Blakeley; schr Corona, from Arrived D from Valpa POINT R dena, [ schr A F Coates, for Port Townsend. BALLARD—. ter. from San Pedro PORT LUDLOW. and 1da. for San Francisco. CRESCENT CITY- —Stmr Crescent City, for San Francis ASTORIA—Asrived Dec 21—Stmr G der, ppsed Pert L naimo. Passed outwar? Dee 21 o Tnjted 3 s ANGELE: om, stmr Alliance, MFNDOCINO—Sailed for San Francisco. EASTERN PORT. PHILADELPHIA — Cleared Dec Oregonian, for fan Francisco. FOREIGN PORTS. ACAPULCO—Sailed Dec 19— for San Francisco. ney, for Panama. HULL—Arrived Dec fror Tacoma. BEACHY HEAD—Passed Dec Dec 19—Br =hip Stmr Foreric, for Ma —stmr Ger bark Bertha, Dollar, David { a discharg- e 21—Stmr Evreka, hence Dec 2 co. 12, 1at from stee lon 130 | 19—Stmr Co- 4 Dec 20—Schr R W Bartlett, Arrived Dec 20—Schr Allen A, from Re- | dondo; sc Aweema, from San Pedro; stmr for San Fran- for .San co. W 1 Dec 18—Stmr City of rrived Dec 21—Schr A M Bax- ailed Dec 21—Schr Mary Sailed Dec 21, at 2 p m El- inward Dec 21—Stmr Anzcles, for Na- | Cor bark Ida, from , Arrived Dec 21— alifornia, from San Diego, for Safled Dec 21—Stmr Fulton, o for San . elia, 20—Stmr mr San Jose, | yd- 1 | i | | B Howth, | 20—Br ship Kynance, from Antwerp, for San Franci 0. HONGKONG ailed Dec 21—Jap stmr Hongkong Maru, for San Francisco. | SANTA ROSALIA—Arrived Dec 2—Ger bark Palias, from Hamburg. terufer, from Hamburg. tara. from Hamburg. Dec 13—Ger bark Als- Dec 15—Ger ship Os- To safl Dec 18—Ger bark Falkirk.'for Ore- gon. Dec 26—Br ship Ardnamurchan, for Ore- gen. About Jan 17—Ger ship Schiffbek, for Tacoma. OCEAN STEAMERS. AUCKLAND—Salled Dec 21—Stmr Ventura, from Sydne: . NSW, for San Francisco. HAMBURG—ATrrived Dec 21—Stmr Palatia, from New York. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Dec 21—Stmr Luca- from New York, sled Deg ew York. YOA New York. via Naples. 21—Stmrs Tauric and Umbria, —Arrived Dec 21—Stmr Aller, from NAPLES—Arrived Dec 19—Stmr Yangtse, from Seattle, via Hiogo, Antwerp. etc, for London or BONCKONG—Arrived prior to Dec 17—Stmr Victoria, from Tacoma, via Yokokama. CHERBOURG—Sailed Dec 21—Stmr St Paul, from Southampton, for New York. HAVRE- iled Dec 21—Stmr La Cham- agne, for New York. P8 YORK—Safled Dec 21—Stmr Mesaba, for London: stmr Amsterdam, for Rotterdam: stmr_FEtruria, for Livernool: for London; stmr Pretoria, Plvmezth. stmr Marquette, for Hamburg, via HALIFAX—Arrived Dec 21—Stmr Parisian, ! Tiverpool. for St Johns, N. B. O OSTON A Bl Stmr Pomeran- BOSTON —Arrived Dec 1an, from Glaszow. . Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast Times and Heights of High and Waters at Fort Point, entrance to and Geodetic Survey— Low San Steamer. | Destination. |Salls.| Pier. | _December 22. | W. Kruger.| Tillamook Bay .....| &pm|Pler 13 Sania Rosa | San Diego & Way..| 9am| Pier 11 Umatilla...| Puget Sound Ports.|1lam|Pler 8 | December 2. ] Empire.... | Coos Bay. ... 12 m|Pler 13 Bival......| Willapa Harbor ....| 5pm|Pier 2 Pomona. . . | Humboldt 1:30p|Pler & Leclnaw..| N, ¥ via Fanama:| 2pm|Pler 10 Tucapel....| Valparaiso & Way..| 3 pm|Pi : | . December 24."| “P™7er 2 | Columbia. . | Astoria & Portland ‘u am(Pler 24 | December 2. | Sants Barb | Humboldt e...[10am(Pler 2 Sureka. ... | Humbdldt . 9am|Pler 13 State Cal.. |San Diego & Way..| 9am!Pier 11 ‘ December 26, 1 frqunla, grd }{:rl\){:r 5l 13"‘“ Pler 2 Sonoma. .. .| Sydney ay s. am|Pler | Deacmber 27; ! Alliance... | Portland & Way Pts| 5pm|Pler 16 City Puebla| Puget Sound Ports.||11am|Pier 9 December 28. Corona.... | Newport & Way, 9am|Prer 11 Point Arena| Point _Arena . 2pm|Pier 2 Arcata.....| Coos Bay & Pt Orf'd|12 m|Pler 13 Despatch. . |Seattle & Fairhaven|..... |Pler 16 | San Juan.. | Paama & Way Pis. ({3 m/pMsS | Copti .| China apan. 1 pm|Pp; canta Ana. | e RSCember 35 S anta Ana. Seattle Tacoma...|10 am|Pi G. Elder... | Astoria & Portland.|[11 am Pl::?j‘ North Fork | Humboldt ...... 9am|Pler 2 December 30. | | | fourth time column gives the last tide of the | cprnrEn: | Ziven 1s | Santa Rosa.. - & Francisco Bay. Published by officlal au- thority of the Superintendent. OTE—The high and low waters occur at city 'front (Mission-street wharf) about five minutes later than at Fort Point; 1t of tide is the same at both place: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. saw a | twents b s 6 | Time| | Time| Time| ——| Ft. | Ft. |- | Ft. H W, | H W | 07|—0.7/10:10 1 00/ —1.1/11:02| 50/ 5 28 511 6 2:11) NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the carly morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time; the day, except when there are but three tides, as | sometimes occurs. The heights given are in | addition to the soundings of the United States | Coast Survey Charts, except when a minus (—) | sign precedes the helght, and then the number | subtracted from’the depth given by the | | i charts. The planc of reference is the mean of the lower low waters, Steamer Ifovements. TO ARRIVE, Steamer., From. San Pedro . .| Seattle Grays {San” Pedro n Diego Coronado. Ha Asuncion. Tacoma Hyades. | Seattle . O ¢ | Crescent ' City Eur { Humboldt City Pu {Puget Sound laqua Humboldt Pleiade Comox Alliance. Portland ‘& Coos Bay Banta Ana. Seattle & Tacoma...... Dec. Rainier Seattle & N. Whatcom. |Dec. Arcata. . Coos Bay & Pt. Orford.|Dec. Pomona. Humboldt |Dec. 24 R. Dollar.... |San Pedro *|Dec. 26 North Fork.. | Humboldt : -|Dec. 26 G. W. Elder..|Portland & Astoria....|Dec. 26 San Diego & Way Pts.|Dec. Corona. | Newport & Way Ports.|Dec. 26 Point Arena..|Point Arena . Australia. ... |Tahiti .. Amer. Maru.. China & Japan G. Dollar.... | Grays Harbor Mandaley. ... | Coquille River Despateh 'San Pedro Walla Walla. | Puget Sound Por Curacao. | Mexican Ports ........[Dec. 28 | Herodot......|Hamburg & Way Ports.Dec. 23 | San Jose Panama & Way Ports..|Dec. 29 TO SAIL. Rainier. .. Seattle & N Whatem| 5 pm|Pjer 2 FROM SEATTLE. Steemer. For. ' Salls. Dirigo. Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 22 Dolphin. Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 24 Excelslor. .. .. Cooks Inlet & Way Pts.\Dec. 25 City Seattle.. Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 20 Cottage City. ‘Skegway & Way Ports.|Dec. 3L Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U, 8. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco,” Cal., December 21, 1901. The Time Bail on ‘the tower of the Ferry building was dropped exactly at noon to<day, i. e. at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8§ 9. 1., Creenwich mean time. W. H. STANDLEY, Licutenant U, 8. Navy. in Charge. | linger); violin {"de)): orean post and Made | hem" | 2 Manger" (Havens) | a King' | solo, | Old and the New Christ WILL GELEBRATE |SPLENDID THE OUTLOOK FOR SHIPPING GHRISTMASTIDE in Churches of Oakland. Holy Day Observance to Be Marked by Elaborate Service, —_——— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1i18 Broadway, Dec. 21. The churches of Oakland will hold spe- clal services for Christmas. Following are the programmes of exercises in many of the houses of worship for to-morrow: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning musical ogramme—Organ prelude, “Andante Cantabile” (Berthold Tours); an. them, “Glory in Ixcelsis” (Schilling), choir anthem, “Sing O Heavens' (Tours), choir; re- sponses, “Hear My Prayer, O Lord'* (Schilling), quartet; organ postiude (Gotterman). Evening—Organ prelude, legro™ (Tschai- kowsky): anthem, ‘“‘Arige! Shine! For y Light Is Come” (Buck), choir; anthem, “O Little Town of Bethlehem'' (Neidlinger), choir anthem, ““There Were Sheperds’ (Buck), choir response, ‘Meek and Low’ (Baraby quartet. salo, “Glory to Heaven's Eternal King'' (Mey Heliund), Miss Ellzabeth D. Brown: *Now the Day Is Over’’ (Nevin), male quartet. composed 0 So- Cholr—Double quartet, pranos, Mrs, Arthur Bessey, Miss Cora Réagh; altos, Mis, . Migs Bertha Marvin: BT Fisher, A : John W. Metcall, organ- . director. EGATIONAL CHURCH, Morning—Organ preiude, *‘Christmas Pastor- ale” (W. T, Best); quartét, “Venl, Venl, Im- ! manuel”’ (traditional); anthem, ' *'Sing, O leavens' (Berthold Tours); soprano solo, with iolin obligato by Alexander Stewart; anthem, Humbly Adoring” (Ravina-Darling); tenor solo, el” (Gounod); organ postlude, “‘Fi- nale” (Caesar Franck). Evening praise service leero Somata No. 1" (W. ““Holy Night'’ (Barnby); anthem, ‘“When Jesus Organ_prelude, ‘“‘Al- H. Dayas): carol, Was Borp” (Frederick Stevenson); barytons solo, “*Christmas Hymn" (Adolph Adam); ‘The Word Is Flesh Become’ (Gounod); con- tralto solo, “‘The Birthday of a King" (Neld- olo, *'Le Cygne'’ (Saint-Saens): chorus, “Lift Up Your Heads” (Handel); so- prano ‘solo, “'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of ' (Handel): chorus, ‘‘Hallelujah’ (Han- Ge, march in B flat (Saloms). Sclofsts—Soprane, Mrs, Martin Schuitz; con- Mrs. Carroil-Nicholson: tenor, Theodore Zlliott; basso, Robert Lloy 1'e Lawton; organist and director, Wil B. K FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Morning—Organ prelude, “Andante Can- tabile,” IV Symphony (Widor): soprano eol “0 Sing to God' (Gounod) . “‘Bethlehem’’ (Strelezki); chorus, (Shelly); soprano solo, “‘Rejoice " Handel): barytone solo y of t.e King' (Ne'dlin- “‘Halielujah' (‘“‘Messiah,” Han- lude (Lemmens). stmas cantata: “The Coming (Dudley Buck), solo. quartet and chorus choir of fort: quartet—Mrs. chorus, { Carrie Brown Dexter, soprann: Mrs. contraltn; Dr. Dean, tenor: Clament Rowlands, bass: Mr. Manllo; Miss Mabel Hill, organist: Mr. Row! master. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. Quartet—Mrs M. Dewing, soprano: Mies Mabel contralto; W. W Davis, —tenor; Robinson, bass M. Robinson, chor : Martin L. Schultz, panist. Morning— the Glory of the Lord” (Handel); “Brthday of » King'' (Neid linger): It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’ (Svllivan). Evening—Cantata, *The Word Flesh” (Thomas G. Shepard). TENTH-AVENUE BAPTIST GHURCH. The chorus choir, O. M. Vesper, di- rector, will render Christmas music at both services. Morning — Organ voluntary. selected: hymn, ‘Joy to the World" (Handel): O Little Town of B:thle- (Bartlett); ‘“‘immanuel’” (Thayver): “In “‘The Story of the Chris Chi (Shepherd): hymn, “Hark, the Glad Sound” (Pond); “Hymn of Peace” (Coom organ postlude, selected. Evening—Organ untary, selected; hymn, ‘Hall to the Lord's Anointed” (Gall): ““Arise, Shine, Thy Lizht Is Come’” (Buck): “The Rirth of Christ” (Louls Campbell Tipton):* *“Bethlehem’ ~ (Coombs) hymn, “In a Lowly Manger’ (Doane): *Th Newborn King'’ (L. Espoir) “That Glorious ong_of Old"’ (Stearns): hymn, on High™ (Giardini AN po: tlude, “selectad solo quartet—Mrs. M. K. Henderson, Miss Ethel J. Bates, ( Katzenbach, Alfred C. Read, with full chorus; Miss Ida M. Fording, | organist: O. M. Vesner director. BROOKLYN PRESBYT CHURCH. Morning—Organ prelude: grand offertory in D (Batiste); quertet, “There Were Shepherds’ (Danks); contralto solo, “The Birthday of (Neldlinger); chorus, “‘Praise Ye the Father’ (Gounod); organ postlude, ‘‘Fanfare’ (Lemmens). Evening—Organ prelude: phony 5 (Widor); chorus, *Bethiehes quartet, *‘Sinz and Rejoice’ (Barnb: Tt Came Upon the (Strelezki): chorus, “‘The Praise” (Buck); organ postlude, '‘Moderato'® (Sflag); solo quartet, Mrs. Joseph Bardellini, Mrs. Charles L. Dingley, Alfred T. Wallace and C. Whitney Castell. Organist, Miss Anna M. Park. “*Andants sym- Nevin); soprano Midnight Clear” God of IAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning—Organ _andante (Beethoven); dox- ology; anthem, “Song of the Angels'” (Up- ham); hymn, “Joy to the World"; scripture reading; anthem, "Good Tidings” (Danks); in- ocation; hymn, ‘‘Bethlehem''; offertory solo, “The Birthday of a King"’ (W. H. Neidiinger), Miss Mauerhan; sermon, “The Meeting of the . ““The Glad Allegro Maes- Camp, Minnle Mauerhan and Anna Moir; altos—Mrs. Woodside, el Miils and Clara | Berringer; tenors—Chandler Vose and F. M. Fowler; bassos—Chester Berringer and William P, Ellis; organist, Miss Iola G. Williams. PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Ivening—‘‘Te Deum’ (Katzschmar); duet, “Emmanuel” (Coombs), Mrs. Brooks and Mr. Mould; quartet, *‘Watchman, Tell Us of the | Night'': solo, ‘“Comfort Ye My Peopie’ (from the ‘‘Messial Mr. Mould; quartet, ‘‘Let Us Go Now, Jiven on to Bethlehem” (Fleld); quartet, with soprano solo, *‘There Were Shep- herds’ '(Dudley Buck), solo by Mrs. Brooks; “Hark. What Mean Those Holy Voices” (Dud- ley Buck); quartet, with soprano and tenor solo, “'The Birthday of a King” (Neldlinger); | duef, “‘Hark, Hark, My Soul" (Dudley Buck), Mrs. Brooks and Mr. Mould, On Christmas day there will be the cel- ebration of solemn high mass at 10:30 o'clock in all of the Catholic churches of the city. At St. Francis de Sales the Rev. Thom- as McSweeney will officiate, and there will be elaborate music by augmented choir and orchestra. The Rev. Michael King, assisted by Tacher Nolan and Dr. Morrison, will cele- brate the service at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The services at St. Patrick’s Church, West Oakland, will be conducted by the Rev. J. B. McNally, pastor of the parish. The Rev. Lawrence Serda and the Rev. ! Father Praught will celebrate high mass at Sacred Heart Church, Fortieth and Grove' streets. At St. Anthony's Church, Bast Oak- land, the Rev. Wiiliam Gleeson will offi- ciate. The Rev. M. J. Whyte, pastor, will con- duct the solemn worship at 8t. Columba’s Church, Golden Gate. On Christmas day there will be services at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at § o'clock and 10:30 o’clock in the morning. 4 Christmas festival will be held Tues- day evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Church of the Advent, East Oakland. The pro- gramme is as foliows: Processional 49, O Come, All Ye Falthful” Adeste Fldelis; sentences and prayers; Nunc (Langdon) ; Dimittis, 108 creed prayers; “Beautiful Eastern Star’ '(Clifton), ~Sunday school cholr; hymn G, “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”’ (Mendelssohn); ' the season's greeting by the rector, the Rev, Willlam Car- son Shaw; “Bells Are Ringing” (Miles), the Sunday school choir; recessional 53, “Shout the Glad =~ Tidings” (Avison); Christmas day, Wednesday, December 25,1901, 10:30 a. m., full vested choir; proceselonal ' G0, ‘*Angeix From the Reaims of Glory" (Regent Square); Venite (Russell); psalms Xix:45-85; Te Deum (Stephens) in C:_Jubilate (Hopkins); Introit 49, "0 Come All Ye Faithful,' Adeste Fidelis; holy ccmmunion (Woodward's service); solo, “The New Born King’ (H. L'Estolr), Mrs. C. L. Mills; hymn 51, “'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” (Mendelssohn); serfon by the rector; solo, *“The Birthday of a King'" (Neldlinger), ‘Alfred C. Read; chorus, “Praise Ye the Fath- er” (Gounod); recessional 53, “‘Shout the Glad Tidings” (Avison). A Christmas tree and special exercises will be held by the Sunday school of the Eighth-avenue Methodist Church on Mon- day evening. The First Unitarian Church will hold a public festival to-morrow evening at 7:20 o'clock. At the Union®street Presbyterian Church there will be a Christmas social next Friday evening. violinist, Miss | Dickman, | Abraham | pranos—Nettie | | ford v Glory to God | | allon Islands. | also sec in the extenslon of what | drled fruit $190 carloads, | California 269; of ralsins’ there went from the | north 3421 carioads, and from the south 161; of — AND ALL OF ITS KINDRED INTERESTS San Francisco’s Commerce Is Beginning to Improve Under the Stimulus of Better Railway Facilities, Fine Pacific Ocean Liners and the Probable Early Construction of the Great Waterway Through Nicaragua HE fact being that the greater bulk of manufactures to be ex- ported from San Francisco by sea must for some years to come be manufactured in the East, where the centralization of population furnishes a great home market, it follows that the introduction of competition in the over- land carrying trade, following the coming of the Santa Fe Raflroad, is of the first importance to the shipping of this port. Equally true is it that ships bound in through the Golden Gate with wares de tined to be moved across the territory of the United States must be much more nu- merous when there are double the facili- ties for transportation. The Valley Rail- road, which was bulilt by Claus Spreckels and his business assoclates largely to re- lieve the local situation by lowering the rates for carriage within the boundaries of California, is now, in its use by the Santa Fe, of significance to the traffic of the entire globe. This is one of the new things that has improved the outlook for commercial San | Francisco since the period when the com- mercial men of this city were compelled to fight the overland lines for the privi- lege of using its natural advantages of position upon the Pacific. Other consid- erations join to justify the confidence with which this port views the future. Promising Outlook. The outlook is vastly better than it was ten years ago for shipping here and for all the industries that employ ships as carriers. The splendid steamers of the Oceanic Steamship Company, by the speed and certainty of their voyages, have put San Francisco upon the route officlally adopted by the British Government for the transmission of its mails between London and Australia. The near con- struction of the first Paclfic ocean cable is promised and the contracts are let for a part of the work upon that great en- terprise. Wireless teiegraphy has been adopted by the Government of the United States to connect this port and the Far- New lines of great steam- ers have been established that bring San Francisco into immeciate touch with ports that have been, in point of time and ac- cess, hitherto remote. The construction of the Nicaragua canal is well assured. This will bring the fields and orchards of California 10,000 miles nearer to Liverpool than they are now and will undoubtedly result jn establish- | ing direct lines of steamers Between San Francisco and all the leading ports Burope. A vast number of vessels will be r quired in the not distant future to move the commerce of the Pacific Ocean that | moves in and out of this port, by reason of the enlarged opportunities for Ameri- can enterprise in China, Japan, the Phil- ippires, the Far East and especially also in Russia, when the road to Vladivostok is finally opened and in operation in con- ection with trans-Pacific steamship lines using the Golden Gate at one end of their long run. The great carrving capacity of modern | steamships, while they have the tendency to keep down for the future any move- ment upon the part of the rail carriers to inflict excessive charges on merchan- dise for the long overland haul, also af- in themselves means for the vast increase of freights that must be carried economically. The student of railway policles muft s known as the ‘postage stamp rate” or uniform rate for moving freights to the Pacific Coast from all the great territory from the Atlantic Ocean to Denver, a vromise that the roads expect to win vrofits on carrying all the peculiar prod- ‘icts of all that vast region to this point for export. The business of South America and of Central American States to be car- +ind in ships will be largely increased. California Providing Freights. The home field affords hope for the ship- ving men. No one can adequately esti- mate the productivity of California of (oods rfrom the soil peculiar in varieties exclusive to California in that no other zection of the United States has been able to grow many of them, enormous in ag- gregate bulk, fleets will be ultimately needed to transport them. There are very significant statements in the last annual report of President N. P. Chipman of the California State Board of Trade, showing something concerning the output in fruits of the lands north of Tehachapi, the ter- | ritory immediately tributary to San Fran- cisco. General Chipman finds the follow- ing to be facts: Of the green deciduous fruits shipped out of the State, 8799 carloads went from Northern California and but nineteen carloads from Southern California; on the other hand, the <hipments of citrus’ fruits show that in 1900, the year to which I refer, 21818 carloads went from Southern California and %27 from North- ern California. A like disparity will be seen.to exist in favor of Northern California in the matter of dried fruit, ralsins and canned goods, as appeared in the shipments of green decld- uous iruits. This must necessarily be so be- cause of the much larger development of this branch of the fruit industry in the north than in the south. There went from the north of and from Southern canned goods from the north 4568 carloads, 492 from the south. To the shipraents from the north should be added those appearing in the tables by sea from San Francisco, amounting to 3284 carloads. The magnitude of the citrus industry in the south will be appreciated when it Is observed that it amounts to nearly as many carloads as the north sends out of green deciduous fruits, dried fruit and raisins, combined. In the matter of the shipments of green vegetables, the tables show that considerable more went from the north than from the south; that is, 2757 carloads from the north, by rail and by sea, and 2053 from the south. Of the canned vegetables reported, 307 car- loads went from the north and 4 carloads from the south. Coming to the wine and brandy industry it will be observed that of the wine 5169 car- londs went from the north and §3 carloads from the south; and of the brandy, 32 car- loads from the north and 2 carloads from the south. In addition to the foregoing should be added 2831 carloads by sea from San Francisco of wine and 32, carloads of brandy. Wines and brandies not segregated, from the north 430 carloads and from the south 11 carloads; total shipments of wine and brandy from the north £789.4 carload: from the south, 277.8; in all, 067.3 carloads. It will be seen that, except as to citrus fruits, the orchards and vineyards of California are in the north, and that nearly all the oranges and lemons are in the south. An Enormous Gain. Turning to the table of gains andlosses be- tween 1830 and 1800, it will be observed that the shipments of green deciduous fruit fell off 576 carloads in 1800. Citrus frults shawed a gain of 9462 caricads; drfed fruits showed a gain of 312 carloads; ralsins, a slight gain of three carloads; nuts fell oft eight carloads; canned fruits gained thirty-cne carloads; vege- bles gained 1736 carloads; wines and brandy, 338 carloads, showing a net galn for the yvear over 1899 of 11.315 carloads, of which nearly 9000 carloads were citrus fruits. Tooking to the table of comparative ship- ments for a serics of years since 1390, it will be noticed that there has been a steady and rapid growth of the citrus fruit industry. The shipments of green deciduous fruits have not increased as has been our hope they would, or as they ought to have increazed. The ship- iments of 1894 were nearly as great as in 1800. The result has been an increase in the dried frult product, the tables snowing a very steady growth, now amounting to over 9005 carloads, aé against 3229 carloads in 1590, ‘An_ examination shows also that the raisin industry reached its maximum in 1864, yielding 495 carloads; but one year since that time, 1898, has the output ‘been so great, and the year 1900 was 3604 carloads, about the same as in 189, It will be observed that the shipments of wine and brandy since 1891 have increased from 4765 carloads to 9067 carloads, nearly. 100 per cent. The table of clearances from San Francisco by sea of cereals shows that the shipment of flour was the greatest in 1599 during a period of fourteen years. The exports of wheat in 1900 were nearly three times as great as in 1899: of oats, very much greater than any previous vear, and a greater shij- ment of barley than any previous year. We commenced gathering statistics of the output of lumber in the State for the year 198, which showed in millions of feet 604 for that year. and for the year 1900, 630. Significant Agencies. Much more of a statistical sort, illus- trative of the possibilities of California as a freight producer, could be supplied if there were the proper space for it. The foregoing is sufficiently indicative. In- °f | a vast trade, creased population will insure many fold increase of output. What the products of the manufactories of California will be for ships to carry is a large problem. The two significant developments that are now concerning manutacturing in this State are the dis- covery of unlimited quantities of fuel oil in the Sen Joaguin Valley and at other points in the State, and the application of the water gowar of the mountain streams in the Sierras to the production of electrical energy for the turning of wheels. The estimate is carefully made that In three and one-half barrels of California crude petroleum the steam producing ca- pacity is equal to one ton of coal. Al- lowing that oil shall reach ultimately $1 per barrel, although it is now sold at one- iourth of ‘that price at the wells in Kern County, 1t will be seen by shippers that the problem of cheap fuel, which has been one of the great drawbacks to this State, has been practically abolished. With the tendency that San Francisco has latterly shown to reach for markets on her own account, and anticipating the demand that may be created, it Is not going far from soberness of calculation, when the great capacity of the freight- carrying vessels is considered together with the cheapness of their operation, to anticipate that raw materials which are now lacking In this locality may yet be laid down as cheaplv here as they are elsewhere, and, now that the fuel prob- lem is solved. that they can be made up on terms to compete with othef sections of the country and originate home freights for shlgs to carry that will be of a character that is new for this port. Mineral discoveries are in their infancy. Copper is_throughout a large part of Cal- ifornia. Dredging for gold and the im- proved processes of quartz mining insure a vast growth in the output of precious mineral. The Alaskan mineral field is in its Infancy. Turn to whatever direction one may, there {s a rosy horizon for the shipping ‘of this port. The Oriental Prospects. The Chamber of Commerce of San Fran- cisco, taking a lively interest in the ex- tension of the shipping and commercial interests of this port, commissioned Wil- liam M. Bunker, who was about to travel through Russla, to represent the Chamber of Commerce abroad and to gather all the information he could that would be of value to the commercial community of San Francisco. His report has been pub- lished in part in connection with the news- paper accounts of the doings of the cham- er. Dealing largely with Russia and China, with which countries this port will have some extracts from Com- missioner Bunker’s report will be found to be of general interest in this particular connection: ‘“‘American exports to Asia,” says Com- missioner Bunker. “grew from $27,421,803 in 1893 to $78,235,176 in 1399 Hence our consuming interest in Asiatic affairs. Eu- rope looks askance as the United States decreases the Asiatic demand 'for Euro- pean goods. The fiercest struggle is in Northern China and the Russian Asiatic region. The foreign trade of China ap- proximated $330,000,000 in 1899, an advance of $44,000,000 on the total of 1398 and double that of 189). Sixty-three per cent of the trade of China is with the British; Japan has 11 per cent, the United States 10 per cent and Russia 5 per cent. The balance is with France, Germany and other coun- tries. The United States and Germany are gaining Chinese trade at the expense of Great Britain. The latter has lost its coarse sheeting business with China through American enterprise. Great Brit- ain partly consoles itself with the thought that 61 per cent of the tonnage entering Chinese ports in 1899 flew the British flag.”” Commissioner Bunker traveled over.the Siberian-Russian line of rallway. He was satisfied that the operation for some years of a line from Irkutsk westerly had not benefited European countries outside of Russia. “It has increased the population of Sibe- ria,’” he says, “but has not, and, in my opin- ion, after a close and careful study of the entite line from Viadivostok to St. Peters- burg. will_not, give the European countries outside of Russia a much wider Siberian mar- ket. The transit of goods frcm European Russia_to Russian Oriental ports over the Trans-Siberian Railroad will cover not less than three months, while the sea trip from Odessa to Vladivostok is forty-six to forty- seven days, and the cheaper frelghtage is by the ocean route. The Russion volunteer fleet of steamers on the Odessa-Vladivcstok and Port Arthur line has been ausmented by the addition of 8000- ton vessels belonging to the Eastern Asiatic Steamship Company of Copenhagen. The rail- road will strengthen Russia in the Orient, will hasten the colonization of Siberia, will furnish the Pacific States of America with an enduring market for food. products and machinery, and will influence travel between Euroupe, China and Japan.” Commissioner’s Opinion. After quoting statistics to some extent to prove his position to be the correct one concerning the question which so largely concerns the commercial interests of San Francisco, Commissioner Bunker presents general conclusions, which are given in part as below: It is the fixed policy of the Russian Gov- ernment to develop as fast as may be possible the present and prospective territory termed Eastern Siberia. The necessity for this devel- opment is even greater than when the rallroad was planned. To colonize and civilize the vast region which has Port Arthur for its southern- most seaport, Russia s making superhuman efforts and many sacrifices. These figures tell part of the story: The total trade of Furo- pean Russia for 1599 was $635,410,000, being a decrease of $40.085,000, or 6.3 per cent, from that of 1898. The trade of Asiatic Russia came to $78.800.000, an Increase of 36,190,000 over that of 868, bringing the total decrease of the forelgn trade of the empire for 1899 down to $33,905.000. This was the first year for a considerable period to show a balance of trade agalnst Russia. Our interest is in the increase of the Russian-Asiatic trale in the face of a marked decline in the total for- cign trade of the empire. Now that the Russians have through the Chinese Fastern Railway secured the commer- clal control of Manchurla, we have to accept that Chinese province @ prime factor in the Ruerian-Asiatic trade problem. Because more temperate in climate than the region north of the Amur River, and richer In coal and iron and presumably richer In gold and severzl other natural resources, Manchu- ria_will finally prove a trade bonanza. The trade advantages are and should stay with us. Our commercial revival and future are top- fcs of talk in all the chief citfes abroad. For- eigners engaged in Oriental trade are specu- lating on our ability to take at its flood our tide of prosperity. They have seen us turn | out the record warship of the world, from ane | of the finest vards in the world: they have seen us project a second shipbuilding plant and know that we will have & drydock equal te any In the world; and, noting our advance on commercial lines, they” incline to the idea that we will meet the demand of our unprece- dented opportunitiee. Movement of Tonnage. San Francisco is now recording a great- er tonnage movement in and out of the Golden Gate in the in- terest of commerce, forelgn _and domestic, than ever before. For eleven months the movement is larger than for the entire year of 1300, notwithstanding that the strikes interfered to some ex- tent for a perfod of many weeks this year with the free development of commerce. There being still an unexpired period of the present year, complete comparison cannot well be made with exact accuracy. * other than for the year 131 as against other years. But, to {llustrate the growth of local shipping interests, the records of a few years preceding will do very well. The shipments by sea from San Fran- cisco in 1300 were $15.151.178, as_against $10,660,231 in 189 and $9,694,6%5 in 1398. The overland exports from San Francisco in the same three years give an idea of the same expansion of home resources, as is demonstrated by the following table, sup~ plied_by the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco: The combined exports, treasure and merchan- dise, exclusive of merchandise by overland railroads, during the three years were as fol- ows: VALUES. ‘ 1900. ‘ 1899. I 1898, Merchandise . $41,419,679/$38,924,008/835,852, 544 Treasure |"22/150,667|13,615,140| 14,073,070 Totals ...[§63,570,346($52,540,048($49,026,523 Increase ln[ | ) Operations of Whalers. An interesting showing concerning the operations of the Arctic whaling fleet re- porting at San Francisco for a period of twenty-seven years is also supplied by the Chamber of Commerce, the figures be- ing as follows: YEARS. 1874 1875 1578 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1584 1855 1385 1387 1388 1889 1890 1391 1392 1593 1594 1895 1396 1897 1898 1599 1950 201,987 143,328 22563 03,899 188,600 | ) Rates for Charters. The following very interesting showing is also taken from the annual report of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the highest and lowest rates paild for iron wheat ships in each month of the harvest year 1889-1900, based on the prices paid for spot ships to Cork for orders to United ingdom, Havre or Antwetp. | MONTHS. |Average Highes! |2s.a |2ad (2s a July, 1899 Jr2s|1150(1 3 August . Alxuujlunl 3 September 11732 00(l1183 Octaber 1un|1ol1nwo Novembe 11712 oo0|1 [ December 116 4/11809/1 I3 January, 1180/1176[1150 1181(2 13/1163 2107/2 13(2 00 3 :7/3 18/200 11892 13(1189 2 00|2 003 00 At the close of the year ending December 31, 1300, there were 33,900 toms of tonnage on the grain engaged list, against 27,400 tons at the close of 1889. The disengaged tonnage in port was $600 tons and 2100 tons respectively. Shipowners Concerned. The following is an extract taken from the last annual report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners: “To in- sure the permanency of our commercial prosperity the accommodations of the port must be of the best and as good as are afforded in any part of the world. Promptness and dispatch In the docking of vessels and the handling of cargoes, both inward and outward, is a matter of much concern to ship-owners and the consignees of merchandise. Delays caused by lack of port facilities are alike expen- sive to ship-owners and consignees of cargo, and now with so many competitive ports seeking trade, ome against the other, energy and progressiveness Ly harbor boards must be exercised.” Charts for the Navy. The supply of cruising charts to the navy of the United States is now made up from three sources, so reports Lieu- tenant Commander C. G. Calkins. These sources are as follows: Hydrographic Office charts, which are publications of original surveys or modified reproduc- tions of sheets printed abroad; Coast Sur- vey charts, covering the coasts and in- Jand waters of the United States. reserved by law for the organization known as the Coast and Geodetic Survey and attache i to the Treasury Department: British Ad- miralty charts, published by the Hydro- graphic Department at London. Every man-of-war s provided with a compiets set of charts of these classes for the stu- tion to which she may be assigned, and corrected files, covering all stations, are kept for reference at each Branch Hydro- graphic Office and thus made accessibis to the nautical community. Cosmopolitan California iliustrated profusely in Christmas Wasp. Types of all nationalities, Send it to foreizn friends. . —_———— Hereafter visitors at the Kansas Stata Penitentlary will be charged 19 cents each. The sum goes toward paying tha extra guard made necessary by the visit- ors. Francisco. for one-third line &¢ We * low. figures. £3.30; $4.50 at rea to e 13-inch, onable price: 12 .Special. Jor Chiistinas Suit Cases for men or women at prices never before heard of in San These goods are unusually fine and would sell more elsewhere. them at the following special prices until Christmas: We also offer a splendid ALLIGATOR BAGS at prices that seem incredibly have our " good reason, and you have only to avail yourseli of this opportun- ity to get reaily high-class bags at low Look at these prices bags, $2.50; n-inch.’:&(m: 12-inch, A full line of household goods We will be pleased tead you credit, if you wish. K. R Iy, Co. 132 Ellis $1. Above Powell 5¢ one-half We offer to own 10-inch 00: 14-inch,