Advices received here indicate that keen competition has developed over the acquisition of passenger and freight steamers owned by the Government and being operated on the Pacific Coast by managing agents, Captain Robert Dollar, veteran shipping man and head of the Dollar Steamship lines, and his son, Stanley Dollar, President of the Admiral Oriental Steamship Ca. The latter has just left here for Washington to confer with United States Shipping Board officials. He is expected to submit final revised bids for several shipping board craft. Seattle' reports are that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Rolph-Fleischhacker interests, which bought over 100 ships from the Shipping Board about a year ago, will bid against the Dollar interests. Los Angeles capitalists are also said to be interested in the disposal of the 535 ft, boats. The Dollar concern's revised bids will include, it is said, certain guarantees which were lacking in the first offer.
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