The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
ALONG The WATER FRONT
First Sugar Cargo From Topo-
lobampo Arrives On the
Coos Bay.
H. S. Scott, a Relative of resident
Colnon, to Be Made Assistant
Chief Wharfnger.

The Coos Bay, which arrived from
Mexican ports yesterday, will not run on
that route again for some time to come.
| Trade has fallen off and Goodall, Perkins
and Co. have come to the conclusion that
| there is no necessity for two boats on the
run.
On the way up the Coos Bay stopped at
| Topolabampo and brought up $50 tons of
sugar. The Aguila Sugar Refinery is now
| in full blast, and this is the first consign-
ment it has turned out this year. The
raw sugar is of good quality and compares
| fayorably with the Hawaiian article. Cap
| tain Jansen CT the steamer reports that
there is fine harbor there, but that the
place is barren desert. Water has to be
brought from the ocean ten milesaaway.
| Strange to say within ten feet of salt water
hole can be dug and pure fresh water
bubbles up.
"Out of all the American families who
went to the much advertised Topolobampo
only three remain said Captain Jansen
yesterday. Zone is Mrs. Patrick and her
13-year- old daughter, and they only remain
because they cannot raise enough money
to come back to America. They went from
Vermont, and the husband was hard
working man. While on trip inland one
night he fell asleep in his wagon and some
of the poems cut his throat and stole the
horse and everything in the vehicle. One
of them was arrested and hanged, but that
did not help the widow. Mrs. Patrick and
her daughter are sometimes without food.
| and yet they have plenty of furniture and
things that would bring good prices in
San Francisco. Her husband was Mason,
and some OF his old comrades should do
something toward releasing her from her
penal servltude.
when the colonists first settled at
Topolobampo everything went well. A
young graduate from Vassar started the
| Topolobampo News, and it paid its way
for time. Then every body began to leave
the place, and finally the young adven-
turess was brought to sore straits. She
could not raise money on her plant, and
finally she married W. Duncan, the man
who edited her paper and set up the type.
| They are now keeping the only store in
| the vicinity, and make a good living by
selling mescal and cigarettes to the In
dams. Every body lives on beans and tor
tillas down there, and the Americans in
| the interior assured me that they had not
seen butter for ten years. While the Coos
/ Bay was loading rode ten miles inland,
! and for the entire distance l saw nothing
but rock and sand. Finally l reached a
Mexican ranch, and that was the only
place within thirty miles where fresh
water could be found.
'The sugar came down the river from
Aguila in boats, but the poems who loaded
it into the Coos Bay marched the thirty
miles to the landing in six hours. They
had meal of tortillas on starting and an
other on their arrival AS soon as the
steamer was loaded they had another corn
cake and started on the tramp or run
back. 1t is hot enough there to roast the
| chin nff q Int If did u kn
the Indians sweat The sugar industry
may revive Topolobampo, but at the
present time it is a God-forsaken country"
Billy Moe. the boatman, started for
Santa Cruz in steamlaunch, with his
whitehall in tow, a few days ago. His in
tention was TO carry passengers to and
from the Philadelphia and Monadnock,
| and also act as bum boatman. During the
night the launch ran on Pigeon Point and
the whitehall stove in. Billy is now tramp
ing it back to San Francisco.
| -Four of the Sharpshooter' crew deserted
Thursday and stole one of the vessels
boats. They filled the boat up with sand
and sank it under Seby's old smelling
works. 1t was recovered to-day, but no
sign of the men can be found.
The men from the Philadelphia had an
other drill on Lombard-street wharf yes
terday preparatory to the exhibition drill
in Golden Gate Park to-day.
The schooner Lizzie Vance will get new
masts in at Eureka, and then load lumber
for Sydney, n. S. w.
The Pacific Mail Companys Acapulco
arrived from Panama and wayports yes
terday. The storm that prevailed last
Wednesday night kept her back six hours.
The following cabin passengers came on
her:
Miss Maggie w. Kenna, Mrs. J. a. Joyce, D.
Ames, Francisco " Peralta, Benjamin Baruch,
E. Brens, Pedro Jaminaz j. A. Pacas, Maxine
Martinez and two sisters, L. Eichenberger, f.
G. Mortimer, Dr. David ID Lup oar. and brother,
lily, h. W. Deutsch and family, H. X. James,
Captain ]. NJ. Dow, Mrs. Ygnacio Aritza and
tnero, Miss Conception Esguivel, Miss Ysabel
Rodezno, A. Coronado and wife, W. c. Kaelri,
Mrs. NJ. de Feliohee and family, James Otis, E.
Tatillion and wife. w. ]. Morgan, Miss c. Hem
beran, Francisco Escolon, E. Castillo and two
brothers. Eulalia Morales, William Alici, An
tonia Bado and family, ]. D. Grippe, Mrs. ".
tiers, Miss NJ. Butler, Carlos G. Cuno, Fred
Grannis, Fred Liklns, Levnarde Mena, NJ. Ulla,
Miss E. Castellano and sister, Francisco 0lloa,
C. V. Lemus and brother, j. NJ. Samajoa, F. w.
Wittenbrock, Jose Calva, Francisco Herrera,
Mrs. H. Harrison, f. Codillac and wife.
Lum Der dealers are afraid of Cutting the
market. Although they have all COM
bined still they are afraid of some one
member breaking away and starting rate
war. AT the present time there are three
schooners in Mission Bay awaiting
chance to discharge, and there are twelve
more on tie way. In consequence the
freight rate has dropped from So so per
1000 feet to So 49, and the tendency is still
downward.
Edward Short, wharfnger at Mission
street wharf, who has been for the past SIX
months acting as assistant chief wharfn-
ger, is to return to his old post on July 1.
FL. s. Scott, relative of President Colnon
of the State Board of Harbor Commission
ers, and collector at section 2 of the sea-
wall, will probably be apo inted to the
vacant position.
NEW TO-DAY.