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September, 1920 the same month in 1919, but the ell nearly $4,000,000 below those 1919. for exports f of May, x The strike of the 7000 metal trades workers, which tied up shipbuilding in June and July, was ended by compromise near the end of the latter month, the men returning to work at 90 cents an hour for mechanics and 60 cents for helpers. The strikers, when they walked out, demanded $1 an hour for journey- men and 75 cents an hour for helpers. x. xk * Reports to New Orleans shipping agencies indicate that the strike of long- shoremen at San Juan, Porto Rico, which was called April 26, has been ended by the men returning to work at the oid wages and under the old conditions. . ks & Capt. James B. Smith, who had run on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers for approximately 50 years, died in a hospital in Paducah, Ky., July 12. 1 ok Martin & Gardner, New York, naval architects and appraisers, who have taken Activities HE divorcing of the Seattle and Portland, Oreg., shipping board offices from the jurisdiction of San Francisco, with the new head. quarters in Seattle, is eminently satis- factory to shipping interests in Oregor and Washington. This change has long been desired. Heretofore, all shipping board matters were referred to Washington through the San Fran- cisco headquarters resulting in delay and inconvenience. : * * * The visit to Alaska in July of Sec- tetary of the Navy Daniels and Secre- tary of the Interior Payne is expected to be of benefit to the entire western country. The secretaries were deeply impressed with what they saw. They went over the coal fields of the interior and announced that these mines will be developed. It is planned to establish 4 coaling station along the Aleutian stoup which will be of great benefit to vessels in the transpacific trade. The evelopment of water power interested €cretary Payne and the establishment of new industries in the north is ex- bected to be facilitated. * * * In filing a brief asking permission to false rates from interior northwest points destined for California destinations, the acific Steamship Co. shows that it is outing $8.54 a ton to handle this busi- while the revenue _is only $6 per an The company claims that these the ee lower than similar rates on fal tlantic, _The company cites the Y mecreasing cost of operation as © Principal reason for the need of Steater revenue. + * gots best record for a sailing ship es a San Francisco and Sydney, Aus- » In the past nine years was made THE MARINE REVIEW charge of all surveys of vessels operated out of gulf ports, for the United States shipping board, and the American marine insurance companies, have opened offices in New Orleans. They will make four surveys of each vessel each year. Wil- liam B. Ferguson, Philadelphia, brother of Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., has charge of the New Orleans office, which is at 1015 Carondelet street. ke L. J. Folse, president and general man- ager of the Marine Forwarding & Ship- ping Co., New Orleans, is on an ex- tended business trip to New Yorks, Cin- cinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis. Oke Ninety-six vessels in the port of New Orleans, loading and unloading on June 30, set a record for the largest number of boats so engaged in the history of the port. ie he The Lloyd Royal Belge Steamship Co. has established passenger service between New Orleans and Antwerp, by Along the Pacific Coast by the barkentine ANNE Comyn, which negotiated the long route in 52 days. The fact that. the ANNE ComyYN is a shipping board hull, converted into a barkentine, is cited as a splendid adver- tisement for wooden hulls built under shipping board plans. i For the first time in more than two years, no delay is now being experi- enced in the transmission of messages to and from the Orient. This condition has given general relief to commercial inter- ests at Seattle as for months the ca- bles were so congested as to be of little use. Kk *« * Grays Harbor, Wash., is celebrating the coming of a large steel shipping board steamer, the West Nivarta, which recently arrived from the Orient. The 8800-ton carrier crossed in and out over the bar without difficulty. She loaded a part cargo of lumber for the Orient. * eo * Three vessels of the ae built by re nadian government for service De- . Vancoueen B..C., and Australia, are already in commission. These car- riers are taking lumber and other Canadian products returning with gen eral cargo from Australia, New Zealan and Suva. Six others are approaching completion at British Columbia yards. '* ck Ss export business of - Portland, ae sine' 34 per cent during ie first. six months of 1920 as pres with 1919. Exports during the - rs half of the present year amounted to $30,700,000. . . . . : nd eather conditions in Norton sound, jn ate Nome, Alaska, 1s situated, 519 the steamer Otympter, 8400 tons, which has arrived in. New Orleans on her maiden voyage from Glasgow. She cleared on her first passenger-carfrying voyage from New Orleans on Aug. 10. F. C. Gylsen, New Orleans, is manager for the Lloyd Royal Belge. k 2k * The Mississippi Shipping Co., which operates the Delta line of steamers to South American ports, added the Lor- RAINE Cross, 7825 deadweight tons, re- cently built at Hog Island, to its fleet at New Orleans in July. She. started her maiden voyage early in August to Brazilian ports with general cargo. * * * The small steamer Aterrt, operating between New Orleans and ports on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, was burned to the water's edge in the New Basin canal late in July. She carried 15 automobiles, all of which were damaged by the fire, some of them being total losses, and considerable livestock, which escaped by swimming ashore in the canal. Loss was about $30,000. have been unusually severe this sum- mer. During June, the ice remained close to the shore compelling steamers to remain far out at sea. Recently heavy storms have delayed all steam- ers making Norton sound and Kotze- bue sound ports. * oe * Fish pirates are reported to be ac- tive, raiding the traps in southeastern Alaska. Government patrol vessels are in northern waters but the thieves have been unusually bold this season, and have made some valuable hauls. 'oo ew The Seattle-built wooden schooner Branca recently arrived at Port Natal, Africa, . 175 days out from Vic: toria, B. C. This is an unusually long passage and considerable anxiety was felt for the vessel's safety, * * * The port of Seattle is prepared to handle 1,900,000 cases of canned salmon, valued at $20,000,000 this season. The first of the pack has arrived and every steamer for the next five months will bring consignments of this freight. * * * A heavy movement of railroad ties to England is under way, two large -steamers having been dispatched with over 5,000,000 feet each. The tie or- der is for 38,000,000 feet from both Puget sound and the Columbia river. 4s Another famous Bath-built clipper, the Cuartes E. Moopy, has made her last voyage. The Moopy was burned to the water's edge at Bristol bay recently. She was owned by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., Seattle, and for a num- ber of years had been used in the can- nery trade out of that port.