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September, 1922 enbach line and appears to add fuel to the flames of the present intercoastal rate war. The American-Hawaiian now has 27 steamers in its intercoastal fleet, and shows a. larger tonnage available for Atlantic-Gulf-Pacific freight service than any other line. Frat 2M 2 Stark van Capt: So FF: Cottle have purchased the steamer NrKa, 3500 deadweight tons, and will continue her in the coastwise lumber trade, under the flag of the Western Steamship Co., of which Mr. Stark and Captain Cottle are the owners. The Burton-Beebe Lumber Co. has chartered the steamer Munpetta, 2955 tons, to load lumber at North Pacific ports for Atlantic coast destinations un- der private terms. <A large amount of lumber has been purchased in the Pacific Northwest by eastern capitalists, with the stipulation that it must be sent eastward in American bottoms. J. J. Moore & Co., Inc., have chartered the ship Mus- coota to handle lumber from Puget Sound ports to Sydney and Melbourne on private terms. It is understood that the Muscoora will carry coal as a return cargo. Buys German Ships The former German ship, Harvest- HUDE, has been towed from Guaymas, Mexico, to Sausalito, on San Francisco hay, by the steam schooner MUKILTEO. The ship is one of several purchased by the Robert Dollar Co., all of which have been in Mexican waters since they were interned at the beginning of the war. Opening of service between European and Pacific coast ports by the Blue Funnel line was marked by the arrival of the steamer DarpANus, under Néther- lands charter, in San Francisco late in July. The Darpanus is owned by a British company and is one of five vessels being operated in this service by the Blue Funnel line. The steamer cleared from San Francisco for ports further north to load part cargo before returning to the California port to com- plete her cargo for European ports. The Pan-American line has inaugurated a passenger and freight service between San Francisco and Eureka, via Point Arena, with the motorship Casco, char- tered for six months from Swayne & Hoyt, through C. W. Cook. The Casco replaces the gasoline schooner Mar Hy- MA, which turned turtle after filling, 14 miles off Point Reyes on May 30 but was later salvaged and towed‘ into San Francisco. The Casco is a steel vessel of 400 tons and has accommodations for 14 passengers. Capt. H. A: Hyde is port captain of the Pan-American, and Fred Barnum is the Eureka agent. The Mexican States line is preparing to extend its service out of San Fran- cisco as far south as Corinto, Nicaragua, MARINE REVIEW the present southern terminus being Salina Cruz, Mexico. In line with this plan of extension, the Mexican States line will establish passenger service between Mexican ports and the Pacific coast, its passenger service at present being con- fined to Mexican. way ports. Four ships are now in this service and two- more are to be added soon. The Transoceanic Co., agent for the Swedish line, announces that a _ limited number of passengers can be accommo- dated on vessels of this company, operat- ing between San Francisco, and Sydney, Australia. The first vessel, the steamer YNGAREN, in this service, cleared from San Francisco Aug. 12. The China Mail Steamship Co.’s steam- er Nite has been put back on the run between San Francisco and Oriental ports, clearing from San Francisco on Aug. 24.. The Nite was to have been char- tered by the California-Tahiti Steamship Co.- for a year, but the deal did not materialize, and when the steamer arrived in San Francisco some weeks ago, officials of the China Mail announced that she would be withdrawn and laid up until either sold or chartered, and a larger steamer obtained for the Oriental service. Capt. John Kinley is in command. The steamer City or Los ANGELES, clearing from San Pedro, will inaugurate the passenger and freight service of the Los Angeles Steamship Co. to Honolulu Sept. 9, according to announcement by the company. Another steamer, the -Crty or HonoLutu, will follow into the same service, clearing Sept. 23. Thereafter, the company will maintain a sailing from the southern California port every sec- ond Saturday. Report is current in San Francisco that the Pacific Steamship Co. will put the H. F. ALExANDER on the San Francisco-Honolulu run in conjunc- tion with the service of the Matson Navi- gation Co., making the run in a little more than four days. The Los Angeles Steamship Co. and the Matson Naviga- tion Co. will come into direct competition on this run when the City or Los ANn- GELES starts its service. Court Appoints Receiver Appointment of a _ receiver followed filing of bankruptcy papers against the New York-Naples Steamship Co. in fed- eral court in New York recently. Wil- liam Henkel was named receiver. The suit was brought by the Schubert & Trevor Co., Inc. a creditor with a claim of $70,000 for supplies. The -steam- ship company operates the steamer PHILA- LELPHIA which, according to the bank- ruptcy petition, is in Naples where it might be sold to satisfy liens of $45,000 if arrangements are not made for the company’s operation. Assets were placed at $155,000 and liabilities at $225,000. creases 367 More Ships Are Trading Out of Boston The port of Boston continues to suf- fer from the summer lull, but many conditions are encouraging. The fall trade bids fair to be active, despite the railroad strike’ which will tend to cut down foreign trade. Statistics show that commerce through the port of Boston increased during July and that 95 more vessels entered the port during the first seven months of this year than for the corresponding period last year. The movement of fall grain has al- ready started and as congestion in- at Montreal, Boston is ex- pected to receive more and more of this trade. Canadian freight from the west is moving more freely than freight over American lines and the natural American ports for this traf- fic are Portland, Me., and Boston. Several new services have recently been inaugurated.. The C. H. Sprague & Son Co. announces a new service with the sailing of the CHAPPAQUA from Boston to Hamburg and Bremen direct. The White Star line has re- sumed its passenger and freight serv- ice between. Boston and Naples and Genoa. Water service between Boston and Chicago has been tentatively start- ed by Sparks, Leonard & Co. The Branpon, which sailed over this route recently, made the trip in 12 days. The coast to coast service continues fairly active with regular sailings and with almost capacity cargoes., Ship- ment of coal from England has in- creased arrivals at Boston. A new service between Boston and Liverpool has been started by the Export Trans- portation Co. Other new services from Boston are the Consulich line for Naples and the Furness Withy line to Liverpool. : Contracts for Oil Hauls The Emergency Fleet corporation recently contracted with the Texas Co. for the movement of between 500,000 and 1,000,000 cases of oil to East and South African ports. This movement will be based on monthly shipments and extend over a period of a ‘year. The corporation’s service to the Afri- can ports was recently established under the managing agency of the Mallory Transport Lines, Inc. The first sailing was the steamer EASTERN GLADE, to be followed by the EASTERN Crown. Monthly sailings are to be maintained thereafter and this contract will give the Mallory lines a nucleus of cargo for each ship,;assuring shippers regular sailings of American steamers in this trade.