The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
Fast Time Made by the
China Between Japan
and Hawaii.
Arrival Of the Ship S. P. Hitch
cock on Which Reinsurance
Was Paid.
Clash Between the Harbor Commits
siOners and Fishermen to Be
Aired IN Court.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany's steamer China arrived in port
yesterday, Unexpectedly, at an early
hour. She was four days ahead of
time. and Chief Engineer Ferguson
says he has beaten all previous records
between Yokohama and Honolulu by
twenty-five hours and fOrty-five min
utes. Her time from Hongkong was
26 days Is hours IA minutes, from Yoko-
hama IA days L hours Is minutes, and
from Honolulu to San Francisco 5 days
z hours Al minutes, beating her own
record from that point to San Francisco
by one hour. During the entire trip
the China avera aged 410$4 knots per day,
or a little over seventeen knots per
hour. On the 11th inst. she made her
best run of 427 knots in twenty-four
hours. The first four days out from
Yokohama very heavy weather was
run into, but in spite of this fact, the
vessels speed was never less than 400
knots per day. Lieutenant Schwerin,
general manager of the Mail Company,
was a passenger by the steamer, and
the chief engineer decided to show him
just how good a vessel she was. Be
tween Yokohama and Honolulu, buck
ing into a heavy sea and a head wind,
she averaged 1885 knots an hour, which
is a performance that has never been
equaled on this coast.
The cabin passengers of the China
were: NJ. Bagallay, Mrs. w. A. Behr-
ems, Miss NJ. Chambarean, S. H. Ches-
ter, Henry Cloete, c. NJ c.; Miss NJ
CIuness, Robert Demuth, Mrs. E. ].
Dorm, w. B. Dunning, L. S. N; Mrs
H. W. EllicOtt, DR.. and Mrs. FAIRIES
and three children, R. S. Freeman, A.
z. McGlew, c. NJ. Grunwaldt, T. Hal
stead, Miss Halstead, Mrs. w. c.
HateIy Miss NJ. Hately, Mr.. and Mrs.
/. D. Hilles and child, Rev. and Mrs.
McIlwaine and three children, W. 3.
Jones, Captain and Mrs. Lindquist,
Louis Lengin, H. c. Lucas, c. Mackin-
tosh, O. Mordhurst and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. +. Osborn, ]. NJ. Powell, Mr..
and Mrs. /. G. Putnam and maid,
Charles w. Richards. Mrs. J. H. Ran
some, Miss S. T. Richardson, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. 2. SchWerin, child and maid,
z. Shea, J. W. SilverstOn, J. E. Smith,
J. Z. Thomson, ]. A. Thomson, J. S.
Tough, Mrs. J. H. Thorndyke, A
Waite. Mr. and Mrs r. NJ Willis. J. s.
Wright, Miss Young, r. r. Banning,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Holmes, A. w. Hoyt,
Mrs. A. S. Parke, w. G. Parkes, DR.. H.
c. Whiting. G. G.. Peters.
The much-looked-for American ship
S. p. Hitchcock arrived in port from
New York last night. She was 162
her safety that Is per cent reinsurance
was paid on her: The Henry B. Hyde.
which left New York twenty-five days
after the Hitchcock, was reported on
the 21st by the steamer Australia
356 miles off shore, and may be eX-
pected in about Christmas morning.
The ship Spartan, from Clallam Bay,
made a very quick run from Flattery
to Point Reyes. There the wind died
out, and it looked as if the captain and
crew would have to spend their Christ
mas at sea. Luckily a tugbOat hove in
sight and the captain willingly en-
gagged her services and was tOwed into
port. The crew of the China, like the
crew of the Spartan, did not expect to
spend Christmas ashore, but in their
case the general manager was on
board the ship and made extra time in
order to land him in San Francisco in
time to buy his Christmas presents.
The fishermen and the HarbOr Com
Enissioners are to have tilt in court.
A law of this State says that the Com
Inissioners shall provide a place on the
water front for the exclusive use of the
fishermen and that the latter shall
transact all their business at that
point. Yesterday morning Assistant
Chief Wharfnger Scott and Sergeant
Hayes of the State police found Antoine
Bacigalupi selling fish from Fremont
street wharf. His boat was tied up to
the wharf and he was doing a rushing
business when Sergeant Hayes acting
under instructions from the assistant
chief Wharfinger ordered him to stop
and take his boat and fish to Fisher
mems wharf. Bacigalupi moved away,
but half an hour later two officers of
the State saw him busily at work again
behind a lumber pile. He refused to
move away, so Sergeant Hayes placed
him under arrest. This enraged the
fishermen, and they have combined to
fight the case when it comes up in
court. They assert that the fisherman
was not breaking any law, as he was
simply dispOsing of his fish as he had a
right to do. The Harbor Commission
ers contend, however, that he can only
dispose Of his fish at the place set
apart for fishermen, and to do so at
any other place is a misdemeanor.
Captain Feeder, chief officer of the
steamer China, will go out as master
on the next trip Of the steamer Aztec,
while Captain Caternich of the Aztec
porarily in command of the Acapulco,
Captain Brugiere, who has been tenn
porarIly in command of the Acapulco
will go out as chief officer Of that YES
sci.
The schooner Una arrived from Pan
anna yesterday morning. She left here
last April and for once had an un-
eventful trip. The last time she went
south there were some Irregularities in
the ships papers, and Captain Haw-
kins was nearly landed in jail at Pan
anna. On this occasion everything went
in apple-pie order and the schooner en-
tered and cleared at all the Central
American ports without trouble. The
Una left Panama on October 81, and
had it not been for slant of wind that
came up last Wednesday Captain
Hawkins says he might not have got
in before New Years day.
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