The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-01
THE GASOLINE
LAUNCH ON TOP
Peterson's New Boat De-
Veloped Great Speed
on Her Trial.
A Number of Others Are Now
Being Completed for
Wealthy Owners.
One of the Walla Walla's Male Pas
sengers Caught Masquerading
as a Woman,

There are more fast gasoline launches
on the bay of San Francisco than
in any other port in the world. The fleet
is being steadily added to, and the latest
additions are the very best OF their class.
Henry Peterson's William D had her trial
trip yesterday and proved 10 be not only
fast but a splendid sea boat. On the run
from Folsom street wharf to the Heads
| she developed speed OF fully eleven knots
and made almost the same record against
the tide. A large parry was out on the
trip and all EXPRESSED themselves as
highly pleased with the new boat. The
William D was built by J. G. Beetle OF
Oakland and the engines are from the
! shops OF ;he Union Gas Engine Company.
The launch is Al ieet long, ID feet broad
and feet deep.
Another launch 80 feet long, with a fifty
horse power Union gas engine is to be
launched from the yards of the San Fran
cisco Launch Company to-day. She is
| being built for James kltterman ana viii
be luxuriously fitted out For the time
being she will be the fastest thing afioat of
her s, re on the bay, but she Will soon have
rival. George Kneas is building a IS
foot boat for George ". McNear which
will be a hier. She also is 10 be fitted
with a Union gas engine, and, like Mr.
kitterman's launch, is to be USED solely
as pleasure boat.
Frank Moffatt is not going 10 be left
out in the cold. For some time he has
been wanting TO put more powerful en-
gines in the Augusta, but was persuaded
not TO, b2cause in orde TO d % so all the fam
cy woodwork would have to be torn down.
A few days ago an accident settled the
difficulty. A scow- schooner ran into the
Augusta and demolished her deck house
and ruined the fancy work. Mr.. Moffa tt is
now going to have a 30-horsepo wer en-
CINE put in her, and says he will give
Messrs. Meme and Kitterman q brush
as soon as the alterations 10 his boat are
compile ted.
Quong Lung, passenger from Stockton
on the river stea mer 7. e. Walker, nearly
lost his life yesterday morning. When
The steamer locked he went ashore, but
instead of making for the gate he wake d
the other way, and walked overheard His
parcels, with all his money in them, Wen
out with the tide, and he held on to pile
until Captain Flanders Of the steamer
Mile went TO his rescue.
Captain Wallace OF the steamer Walln
Wslla had a peculiar experience on his
last trip north. One of the cabin passen-
gers was a Mrs. Hudson. She boarded
the vessel here and attracted some atten-
ton by her fashionable wardrobe. She
was heavily veied and at once went 10
ACA oldhClOOAus " lcu hllt steamer was
passing through the Golden Gate Mrs.
Hudson went to the chief steward and,
speaking through a handkerchief which
she held over her mouth, said she wanted
to have her meals sent to her room, If
possible. The stewardess took Mrs. Hud-
son her supper and on returning to the
bin remarked, ~ don't believe that's q
woman at al" The matter was re ported
TO CAPTAIN Wallace the next morning and
when he went 10 look into the matter he
found Mrs. Hudson dressed up as a man.
He said his name was O'Neil and that the
wbo.e matter was joke. Tie captain
was angry, but could do nothing, and
when the Walla Walla reached Vi.toria,
b. O., the man disappeared. Captain
Wallace said yesterday that his passenger
was an elderly man with thin clean
shaven face and piercing black eyes.
The smuggler that is said TO have Wis
tied Monterey is pronounced by sea.ers to
be the schooner Kate and Anna, now on
an otter-hunting cruise. Captain Lutgen
carried smokeless powder and the carcass
the men were at work at was an otter, the
skin of which is worth good round sum.
The schooner is on her way here and Cap
tain Lutgen will have a hearty laugh over
the excitement he caused at Monterey.
George l.. Allen was appointed wharf
niger by the Harbor Commissioners yes
terday. He will fill the vacancy a. sections
3 and of the seawalI caused by the death
of w. T. Sullivan. Mr.. Allen i a bright
and intelligent man and will be a welcome
addition to the efficient force of wharf
myers on the water front.
The British ship Florence Stella. from
Hastings Mill for FreemaniIe, West Aus
tralia, has put into Melbourne with her
rudder damaged.
The Mail pany's steamer San Bias
arrived from Panama ami way ports yes
terday morning. The passengers report
that the coffee crop in Salvador is one
third larger han it has ever been before.
John Liner an oiIer on the steamer. died
during the trip. He cut his head and did
not properly care for the wound so ery-
sipelas set in, and in spite OF everything
that could be done for him he died His
mother was down 10 meet the steamer.
and when she heard of her sons death
she was heartbroken.
The DC 'anic Steamship Company's
Australia sailed for Honolulu Yesterday
with the following cabin passengers:
A. F. Along, Mrs. W. A. Akers 6 It Aleran
der, DR.. L F. Alvarez anu wife, Mrs. j. r
Anterior. Miss K. Athe-ton, Mrs c. Bennert
Henry Bleke and wife, G. s. Burdic and wife
Mrs. g. l. Carter, two children and maid, Miss
G. J. Carter, Mrs. II. A. P. Carter Miss Pauline
Collins, c. +. Eekert. John S. Ellis and wife
MISS FIsxman, Dr. NJ. E Grossman, R n. Ha,
stead, E. Hartman, J. p Hawkes. Miss Hem
bricks, J. A Hopper and wife, Miss Hopper,
". L. Howard, }. II. Irwin, {. S Joslyn. III T.
Kerr, S. r. KItchel and wife, Mrs. Lanz. Mrs
William Lowrey, Miss Mcdonald Max nellie
!. B. Newton and vile, H. S. Rand wife and
son, Mrs. Arabeila Randall, Miss Elizabet IN
Randall, Mrs. S. b. Rose, Mrs. Saunders, Miss
Saunders. NJ. NJ. Saunders, Arthur F. scherer,
Ramsay G.. Scott, Miss Annette Stanley DR.
S. Tracy. George w. Tull and vie, George W.
Weeks, Mrs. l. Z whittier, Alexander Young
Tallev Road NJ