The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
CHINESE COME
BY THE HUNDRED
The Gaelic Brings Three
Hundred CeIestials and
a Big Cargo.
Copper River Will Be Explored
by Still Another Late
Expedition.
Material for the Alaska Comm erci al
Company's New Yukon Steamer
Starts Northward.

The Occidental and Oriental steamer
Gaelic arrived in this port at A. NJ.
yesterday after an uneventtul trip of %
days and hours f: ON Hongkong, II days
and hours from Yokohama and s days
and 10 hours from Honolulu. She brought
full cargo and 43 CABIN passengers. the
list of whom is as follows:
From Yokohama-Martin Burch ard, Dr.. an d
Mr.. S d. Brooks, Lieutenant! o. H. Bonham
Carter, R. N; John Farrell; Lieutenants
Edouard de Grofe and H. Won Bonsdorff, I'M
perial Russian Navy: Dr and Mrs. J. B. Hart
we'll. Colonel and Mrs. Karnieff, Miss Lamme
ters, A. W. Markley Mrs. NeviIIS, Admiral c..
L. Oxley, r. N: Miss Pierce, Gilbert Reid
Rev. j. Rossi, William Roth, Judge c. H.
Saunders, A A. Thomas, DR.. K. Vogel, H.
From Honolulu = The Misses Hartwen
Charles Hartwell, C. Mott Smith Miss Mott
Smith. 7. S. McCandless, 6. R. bennett, G.
Waterhouse. Mrs. b. Dillingham;. Captain C.
S Cotton, T. S. N; l. ". Hough A. F. Judi
Jr., H. F. Allen, w. T. Morse, Mrs. Camp BE- IL,
Mrs. Farber.
In Gaelic's steerage came 323 Chinese
and 80 Japanese. The cargo included 1S42
bales OF raw silk, 6S13 pounds of rice and
1000 pounds of sugar. The steamer re-
turned by way of Honolulu on account of
the Rio Janelro Icing forced to aband on
her schedule trip from Hongkon She
was in the drydock at that port receiving
a new rudder post, made necessary by an
accident in her outward trip. The Gaelic
brought 300 Japanese coolies from Yoko-
hama to Honolulu, and they We're landed
without trouble.
Another prospecting expedition to the
Copper River, on the coast of Alaska, is
being made ready. The schooner W. 5.
Phelps is being htted out for the trip a
Mission wharf and IS expected to leave
about he Is inst. Each passenger will
pay 5000 for passage and years provi-
sions, and the schooner will land the
party on the river with boats and a steam
launch, 10 help explore the vaguely
famous Copper River country, which may
have gold in it for all nybody knows.
The steamer Lamke got away for st.
Michael yesterday, taking as her main
cargo the machinery and other materials
for the Alaska Commercial Com pany's
fine new river boat Leah, which is to be
ready for the Yukon trade in the spring.
Material for three new barges also went
along. The only passengers carried were
the mechanics who will put the boats to-
eether on ST. Michael Island during the
winter.
After repeated surveys it has been de-
cided that the British shin Toxteth,
which ran ashore twice in Pareta bay,
near Panama, will have 20 go on the dry
dock again for extensive repairs. 1t has
been found that the ship was more badly
strained than had been supposed
The securing OF temporary injunction
restraining the Harbor Commissioners
from paving the July and August bills of
the S. E. Slade Lumber Company will
keep the merry war over the lucrative
lumb Der and other harbor contracts going
for some time. The writ of prohibition
granted by the Superior Court day before
yesterday Is returnable on the 18th inst,
and the proceeding shows that the Pacific
Pine Lum Der Com pany which has filed the
suit, is out Tor blood in its war VITA its COM
petitors. The board is about TO bu Id
new wharf at Green street, and the con-
tracts for lum Der. piles, ETC., which will
be fat ones, partly the cause OF the
action. The Pacific Pine Lumber Com
pany ayers in its complaint that the Har-
DOR Comm issioners are bout 10 construct
the wharf at an expense OF many thou
sand do lars without advertising for con-
tracts, and the temporary writ is also di-
rected against this. In fact the board
has advertised for proposals Tor fur
nishing the lumber and material for
this wharf to be opened next Tuesday. AS
the piles will cost in the neig hborhood OF
$5000 there is much rivalry for the busi-
ness The board has not indicated what
il proposes to DO about getting the piles,
which must be OF unusual length and be
creosoted.
The bark Levi G.. Burgess, which is car
rying coal from Tacoma to this port, is
lying off Meiggs wharf trying 10 get
crew together with the aid of the Ship
owners Association, and two or three
coasting schooners are in the same fix.
Seamen are scarce and the war with the
Coast Seamen's Union over the S. cut in
wages made bv he Ship-owners' Associa-
tion is still on. Hence non-0nIon crews
are sought and the water front is beirg
scra ped for men who can be pressed into
service.
The schooner Prosper arrived yesterday
morning with 1900 barrels of salmon for
the Alaska Packers Associa ton.
The Pacific Mail steamer Azlec sailed
yesterday for Yokohama and Hongkong
with cargo valued at $500 600, including
81, 900 barrels of flour.