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Events of Interest to Those E Constructing and Outfittin *TER oNE of the most adventurous 3 A trips in the history-ol west coast trading, according to estimates Tot seafaring men, the little auxiliary schooner IskUM has reached Anadyr, Siberia. 'The boat was sent out from Seattle by the Siberian Commercial Co, as a trading ship under com- mand of Capt. C. I. Olsen. A trading permit has been obtained from the Siberian government and the little yessel now is on her way for Kolyma bay, on the north coast of Siberia, where the bulk of her trading wili be done. The present schedule calls for the Iskum reaching Nome, Alaska, about Nov. 1 with a cargo of furs, obtained in barter with the Siberian natives, the value of which "is estimated at about $250,000. ek A rtw of 125 days from Puget sound to Durban, South Africa, has been scored by the barkentine Aticra Havt- sE, a converted shipping board wooden boat of the so-called Ferris - type. The success of this vessel 1s expected to lead to conversion of a number of the unfinished wood steamer hulls built on the Facific coast into sailers, * * * ADDITIONAL SHIP repair facilities were ~ made available to shippiug at Philadel- phia recently when the Wilmington Steamboat Co., also. known as the Wil- son line, which operates a line of pas- senger steamers between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del., offered to permit the use' of its marine railway at the latter city for any vessels needing hauling out for repairs. The marine railway, will accommodate vessels of hot more than 1000 tons or 200 feet long, INAUGURATING THE MOVEMENT of much of Washington's apple crop fer eastern markets by water from Seattle to the fast coast, the Ioliand-American line loaded 59,000 boxes of Yakima apples n the steamer Esmpyx. This ship aa s 2 With the KinpexpyK have 2000 tons of Cooled space - for Cargo, et re Itatta-America, through _ its Sic. agents, McDonnell & Trunda, ; eg New York, announces that the U €en appointed general agent for mited States and Canada of the handling -- perishable TRANSOCEANA, owned by the 1A; Ow Societa Italiana di Navigazione. The Saw GENNARO, SAN Grorcio, and the San GIovANNI, of this same company, which are now being refitted, will shortly re- enter the passenger service between American and _ Italian ports. ee THE 3-MASTED sailing -- schooner NorTHERN CHIEF recently arrived at Seattle from Vavau, South Seas, mak- ing the voyage in 50 days. She is the smallest British overseas ship that ever arrived at that port, having a capacity of 363 net tons. The captain reported that the influenza epidemic had nearly wiped out the population of the South Sea islands. ¥ ok oe SEATTLE HAS made much progress 'in five months toward establishing an in- tercoastal trade service via the Panama canal. In that time it has increased the number of such steamship lines from none to three; has 14 steel carriers, aggregating 280,200 tons, in operation; and plans to add 16 more vessels in the near future. The Isthmian Steam- ship C@® intends to add 18 carriers to its present fleet of seven for this trade route and will use Seattle as the terminal. ~~ + * & PLANS HAVE BEEN perfected by Sup- ple & Martin, Portland, Oreg., for converting a half finished wooden hull, belonging to the shipping board, into a coal barge for use in the harbor. eo oe Tur HLARRIMAN OPERATING Corp. of the United American lines, is to place the American-Hawaiian fleet of 26 steel steamships in operation between New York and Seattle via ports on both coasts. The new steamship service will give Seattle a total of 58 steamships in the intercoastal~ service via the Panama canal, the other vessels being 25 of the Isthmian Steamship lines, New York, four of the North Atlantic & Western Steamship Co., Boston, and three of the Atlantic Gulf Pacific Co., Baltimore. None of these services existed six months ago. ks A. reversAL of the old order of rail- road predominance over ships is taking place through the medium of the Panama canal. Tonnage through the canal is increasing so rapidly that a re- 'cent official report to the interstate com- 618 g of Progress ngaged in Operating, g Yards and Ships merce commission predicts the railroads LG ee a of business un- of meeting the oieoeeel 'Geas odie approval of combination a vee oe distances east and west of a ee ie oe e€ Missis- Sipp1 and Missouri rivers was expressed in the report which favored joint through class and commodity rates, * & 5 THE STEAMER CALEDONIER of the Royal Belge line recently anchored in New York harbor as her condenser tube suc- tion line was plugged. The vessel was loaded for sea. A lighter of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., was sent out with. a diver and the | line cleared, permitting the vessel to leave port promptly. xk ek oy INCREASED FREIGHT movement between Seattle and Australia and New Zealand has led to the assignment of a new steel steamship as an extra ship on this new run. The vessel is the West Comarco and with the West MAHWAH, | West Hoxrprooxe, and Las Ve«as, will be handled by the General Steamship Corp., San Francisco. + oe DirECT FREIGHT steamer service be- tween Portland, Oreg., and Seward, Alaska, is being considered by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co: One plan is to inaugurate a circular route running from San Francisco to Portland, Seward and the Orient and returning to San Francisco. The proposal results partially from a recent petition for more direct mail service to Alaska. . ie ok WHEN THE Pacific Steamship Co.'s steamship ApMirAL Watson recently arrived in Seattle she brought two carloads of whale oil and half a car- load of whale hide from Cook Inlet, Alaska, where "Beluga Joe" McGill, who startled the whaling world two years ago by beginning whaling opera- tions on land, is having a good sea- con. McGill traps the whales with a net which is pulled up when the tide goes ont, leaving the whales stranded. * * * Tur Paciric Union is the name of a firm recently organized at Portland, Oreg., for 'conducting a general im- port and export business. E. V. Van- chon has been appointed general man- ager.