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July, 1919 steamers and motor freighters to pass from New Orleans by inland waterways to the Sabine river, Texas, and thence, by the' completion~ of -the Point~sabel channel, to Brownsville, on the Rio rrande river. '? kok oe The United Fruit-Co. has purchased - the land and will erect in February, 1920, a 10-story: office ,building, at the corner of St. 'Charles and Union streets, New Orleans. The-erection of the new building ifivolves' the destruction of the old, Louisiana Lottery building, last relic .of, the, days.of the lottery in the United States. | ee * Rk ~Batoh Rouge,' La. 80 miles up the Mississippi river from New Orleans, is to be made the heme port of a fleet of four vessels. operated in the interests 'of Rouge-the ore will 'be transshipped to THE MARINE REVIEW of the Aluminum Ore Co., East St. Louis, Ill, and the Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, The line will bring aluminum" ores fromthe com- panies' mines in Colombia and Central . America, and will carry return cargoes general merchandise. ° At Baton barges and towed to the "factories at East St. Louis. Seagoing steamers can- not proceed' up the river to' St. Louis, but there is deep water as far~-as Baton Rouge. ' " * Ee % Beginning in November, 1919, Japan- ese steamers will run direct between Kobe and New Orleans, according . to announcement by A. S. Sasabe, repre- sentative of the steam navigation de- partment of Mitsui & Co. Mr. Sasabe i TE QUT iiiiTTTT iii TnT: | 359 was in New Orleans late in May, in- vestigating harbor facilities and terminal machinery and the obtaining of wharf facilities for this line of steamers, whose principal cargo will be steel from the United States and Japanese goods this way. The company owns 80 large steamers, several of which are engaged in the rice trade with Cuba and Spain, 100,000 tons.'of Japanese. rice being shipped by this firm to Cuba every year. ea és 3 Sees eae * Ce uy oo ia er 'The Johnson 'Iron 'Works launched' the. Doconta, first of six 100-ton steel. steam tugs being built by the company, . the smaller canals connecting New Or. April 29, into Bayou St. John, one of leans city with Lake Pontchartrain. Work on the Docotta was started in October, 1918, ; ) Y SSS ISS SES D ec Coast | --S CT & own the Pacil --H/IUH./Z.zD.IF.ETT iio AKAN : N an effort to build up trade be- board _ vessels. This cargo is being. = to try this expedient in an effort to. , tween. north Pacific ports and shipped. under government direction and. get better returns for théir labor and z the Orient, the United States is*intended to relieve the food situa- investment. It -is intended to use / shipping board has promised suffi- tion!in-Europe. The demand in Europe Seattle's cold storage facilities to keep cient vessels to maintain a 28-day has, evershadowed the call for vessels fish when the market is too low tise service from Puget sound and a _ in.other trades so that new tonnage is at a profit. Po sailing every six weeks from Port- being used to carry the immense quan- ee oe land, Oreg. . This. is particularly tities of flour recently purchased by the es gratifying news. for the Columbia government. A cargo of railroad cars and other river port as Portland has "had no ; ; x o* ok equipment was-recently landed at Se- regular. service' to,..the' Orient. tor: a GO. Clmistows ' acsietint ocnert ward, Alaska, by the steamship Anyox several years. Puget sound has a half dozen direct, regular: lines, -but manager of the Pacific Steamship Co., in connection with and barge Baropa, of the James Grif- fiths & Sons' fleet. The Anyox and oe is in Washington : Decoy me oe dee oe aS ue matters affecting the future of the mer- ee Rr A a ea Goa of lumber | ale " "St eng e which Chant marine. As one of the largest oe " rn * te tO. A Wesk cee ee ee ee operators in Pacific waters, the Pacific: ©0@St Port ,andy came back with a-re- has) actively, See ee Steamship Co. is vitally interested in 'U' cargo.of railroad material from Hade 6a the disposition of the new government the canal »zone. , The! equipment is to. vessels will be allocated:to this 'ori- ental service, four. to ply from Puget - seuud and three, from the Columbia river. The WeEstERN KNIGHT, WEST Tstera and West Hematire-have already been assigned to the Puget sound route and the West Cretina and West Mun-: These are new. steel steamers, of 8800 deadweight tons' each.. 'In addition, .the» Pacific Steain- - has a number. of. chartered. China' HAM from Portland. 'ship. Co. steamships operating 'to Japan, and the: Philippines. : q Be ak :In the near future, ~a' great /rate.: battle is to be waged before the «in-~ with | terstate commerce commission, Puget Sound and Portland, Oreg., as the:..conténding forces. Portland has demanded a preferential rate on all commodities. -into' that, city and out. At 'the' present' time, And' for several yéars past, these competing terminals have 'been on a rate parity and both hdve. prospered. Portland now asks a . differential .in . rates basing. the. claim on..the- assertion that its water level haul from the. interior entitles it to lower freights. Astoria, Oreg., Port- land's 'Columbia river rival, is prepared to -join' forces with Puget sound © 1 combatting: -Portland's claims. and. .this will probably prove to be one of the greatest rate battles in recent years. : oe . Thousands of tons of flour are mov-. ing from Puget sound and_ Portlana, Oreg., to Europe in new steel shipping 4 ins. fleet. a se "In an effort to eliminate the fish brbker, the owners of 75 independent fishing vessels, with Seattle as the - "" €aseo Goes North "NCE more the little schooner va Casco, in. which Robert Louis Stevenson -cruised through the south Seas; isto seek. the- paths, of ad- venture. .-She recently; left -San : Francisco, bound on a mysterious voyage to -the. Far North carrying 30 . adventurous individuals . who have . formed the Northern Mining & Trading «Co. with -the intention of operating a: placer mine "some- where' beyond the Arctic circle. The Casco's first stopping point 1s. Dutch harbor where she will lay up -until: the ice pack. permits her to proceed. : : home port, have organized a marketing 'corporation through which it is hoped to dispose of their catches. Low prices paid for: fish, entirely 'out of 'line - with the high prices prevailing: at- the. re-- tail markets, have induced the operators be used /by,..the : government Alaska railroad. i: the 3. , ; : HAM Monk Saati 8 The sailing schooner Gunn, built at the Cholberg yards, Victoria, B. C,, was recently launched, this being the first of three. vessels building at this plant for Capt. H. C. Hansen, Pors- grund Norway. The second schooner, the Wasuincron, will take the water in June. The Gunn has been chartered -- to load lumber for the United Kingdom' ge te ; As rapidly as possible, wooden hulls as they are launched at Pacific north- west yards, are being towed to Lake Union, Seattle, where they are being moored in a fresh water basin, await- ing orders. There are now more than 20 hulls in this mooring and the picture -is reminiscent ofthe "bridge of ships" calculated 'to defeat the Germans. Le ee Ee ae uot aay To: organize the foreign trade bureau of the United States. shipping board, a department just 'created, Harry Y.. Saint, for two years secretary: of the foreign trade bureau of > the~ Seattle chamber of commerce, 'has-been called" to - Washington. Mr. Saint. has made a deep study of the' possibilities . of . foreign trade and his appointment is ~ taken to presage a wide afid: energetic' campaign to foster business for the: new American merchant marine.-. - .