The morning call., 1894-02-28
THE VANCE IS HOME AGAIN.
Completing Her Round Passage
in Thirty-Two Days.
THE SAN JOsE's BIG CARGO.
Lumber for Central America-De-
parture of the Oceanic-A Chi
nese Washer Suppressed.

The schooner Lizzie Vance is now able
to boast OF a record. The Vance has wiz
tualIy Travelled upon the wings OF the
wind" between San Francisco and Hawaii.
On the 25th of last January the yes sci
sailed from this port in command of Cap
tain Hardwick,. and according to her log
she must have walked the waters like
thing of life"
1t took just pine and one-balf days for
her to reach Kahului on her outbound
trip, a fact which excited considerable
comment in maritime circles at Hawaii.
Cargo was discharged in three and one
half days. and a short while later the
schooner was ready 10 return TO this city.
Losing no time, Captain Hardwick
spread sail. His craft picked up white
''bone" from the froth of the South seas
and carried 1t all the way to San Fran
cisco. She made the return trip in seven
teen days.
To those not acquainted with the ways
of the winds that blow South-seaward it
may be news that vessel generally re-
quires great deal more time TO come up
from the islands than it does TO sail down
there.
The Vance made the round trip in thir-
ty-two days.
Judging from the appearance of the
deckload of the steamer San Jose that sails
to-day for Panama and way ports, Central
Americans are using great deal of Cali
fOrnia, Oregon and Washington mber.
The demand for California redwood in
our sister republics has gradually been on
the increase for several years past.
Through the efforts of the North Amer
lean Navigation Company 1t was made
possible for lumber TO be shipped to Cen
trail America from this port at a reasonable
charge for freight. Since the North Amer
lean steamers lnaugurated the carrying of
large consiguments of lumber to the south
the Pacific Mail Company has also fallen
into line
The San Jose will carry one of the larg-
est cargoes that have been transported by a
Panama steamer Of the Mail line for many
days.
Pretty girls were the rule rather than
the exception on board the steamer
Oceanic when she sailed yesterday alter
noon for Hong-Kong and Yokohama vi
Honolulu. 1t SO happened that the
Oceanic carried larger number of pas
sengers than usual for the islands, and
presumably no small part of the Hawaiian
-Four Hundred" were returning home
after visit to the MidwinIer Fair
These same fair damsels OF whom we
speak were somewhat wrathy at the Pact
ic Mail Company. Numerous uncompli-
mentary remarks were passed upon the
management of that corporation for per-
hitting their dock TO become so clOgged
with discharged freight as to render II
almost impossible for dalntier feet to find
a passageway by which TO reach the de-
parting steamer.
Our wharf is filed with merchandise"
explained an official. because we were
not bic to get it out of the way before the
Rio de Janeiro arrived with fresh consign-
mentS from the Orient
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and passengers can pass 10 the lower end
of the dock without Inconvenience"
1t was currently reported in harbor po-
lice circles yesterday that when the luna
tic Fred Fair made a break for liberty
while being brought off the ferry-boat
Tiburon, on Monday, an attempt was
made by comrades of the maniac to rescue
him, or rather TO Illustrate the attempts of
the officers TO capture him when he broke
away.
Fair struggled desperately when caught,
and it is alleged that two men tried to
compel his captors To release him. Re-
sponsible parties say that they think there
is no truth in this version of Fairs story.
The Inspector of Lighthouses has said
let there be Ugh; on Goat Island. and
Captain Davis OF the lighthouse tender
Madrone is certainly doing his duty in
promptly obeying commands.
Yesterday morning the Madrono took on
tower, and will unload the vessels cargo
at the island to-day.
Three little maids from a Chinese mis-
sion school came down to the Pacific Mail
dock at noontime to see cousin" who
had just arrived from Hong-Kong.
A Chinese of romantic turn of mind
tried to make love at long range to The
yellow-faced followers of Confucius and
got into trouble with the staid-looking pro-
tecior of the trio of girls. The masher
was ordered off the dock by a dele
CATION of merchants" who thought they
recognized in the love-smitten Celestial a
local highlander leader.
President Bassett OF the State Board OF
Har6or Commissioners has gone to Sacra-
mento. Mr.. Bassett is visiting the capital
possibly for the purpose OF securing pro-
lection for the harbor bonds, which are
said to have been technically tempered
with, perhaps for political, purposes and
probably to find out who is to be the new
member of the Harbor Board.
The bark r. E. Wood goes from Harri-
son street to sea to-day. the shin Ivanhoe
leaves Port Costa for Main street and the
British ship Pythomene from Beale street
d. 20 lon