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Show TO COMPETE WITH PACIFIC MAIL CO. San Francisco, Jan. 7. J. L. Luck-enbach, Luck-enbach, son of the founder of the Eastern Steamship company, which has been operating freight vessels In the Atlantic for half a century, an- j nounced today that the Luckenbueh1 Interests would take over Immediately the business of the defunct Bates and Chesebrough line and continue ; In the field as a competitor of the Pacific Mall company. February 1 Is the dale gel upon for the inauguration of the new service, serv-ice, which will be by way of thej Isthmus of Panama, and later via the : canal The Luckenbach's already ' own four freighters in Pacific waters, 'some of which were under charter by j the Bates and Cheseborough line, and ,the first ol these the steamship Plei-adec Plei-adec will leave San Francisco with B 'cargo for New York within less than a month, according to the announcement announce-ment nn |