The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
SAILING OF
The ALAMEDA
FOR AUSTRALIA
Loaded With Goods for
the Southern Isles.
REGULARS OFF FOR MANILA
TRANSPORT CITY OF PUEBLA TO
SAIL SATURDAY.
Steamer Captain Weber in Commits
sion Again-Wages on Vessels
of the Sugar Fleet Cut
to $25.
REGULARS OFF FOR MANILA
TRANSPORT CITY OF PUEBLA TO
SAIL SATURDAY.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's Ala
media got away for Australia at an early
hour this morning. She was to have sail
ed at 10 p. m. yesterday, but owing TO the
non-arrival of the English mail it was
nearly daylight before she got away
About sixty cabin and thirty-ftve steerage
passengers went away with the mail
steamer. Colonel c. Compton, U. S. A,
was a passenger TO Honolulu. He is go
ing there to look after the garrisoning of
the islands
The Alameda took away a very large
cargo of merchandise. She has aboard
goods for Australia, Hawaii, New Zeal
and, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and even the
Cape of Good Hope. There are large con-
Slgnments of canned goods, hops, Dlcycles
for almost every point in the southern
seas, machinery, beer, cigarettes and to-
bacco, wine, fertilizers and almost every
conceivable kind Of merchandise.
The river steamer Captain WEBER IS
back in commission again. she broke her
shaft while on her way TO stockton ABOUT
a month ago and has been laid up Tor re
pairs ever since. She is to be ntted with
steam steering gear and other labor-SaN-
ing devices. and when completed will be
one Of the tnest steamers on the san
Joaquin River. o.,
The steam. whaler Grampus is fitting
out for a three years cruise IN the arc
tic The majority of the whaling heet
has got away, but all expect TO be pack
next November or December at the latest
The mouth OF the Mckenzie River, and
next spring a. new crew and supplies Will
The shin ]. D. Peters, fitted out for a
VOYAGE 10 the canneries at the Arctic Oh
Works was 20 have sailed yesterday, Dut
things could cot be got ready in time, so
sbe will leave TODAY There were lively
times aboard during the day, as neaTly
al the hsherTI en- were more or less under
the influence Of liquor and navigation
" J. Cronilrs claim against the Har-
b0r ConmiSSi .nerS was adjusted yeSter-
dav. Cronin and the board disagreed
over the amO&nt to be paid for work
done on the n8w ferry depot. The differ
ence amounted TO $500, and Cronln
brought sllfr Il, recover 1t. Yesterday the
Commissioners decided TO pay. the amount
and thus end she matter. ...z !
About one hundred soldiers arrived
from the East yesterday and were
n59rcbed aboard the steamer City of Pue-
bla- The remainder of the men VINO are
to go to Manila on the tranSpott VII al :
rive tomorrow and the vessel VIII get
aUav Saturday in company with the
Charles Nelson. The Zealandia IS now al
most ready and steam viii be got on
her boilers Saturday. she Will propaoIy
W Daley. freight clerk on the Oceanic
wha@Tf @ had 9t a forsst sSPefffHfea f6 9ay He
was at the head of the wharf meaSur-
ing some freight which was TO be shipped
On Or ne Alameda, when the telephone bell
rang a female. voice asked for the
clerk, and Daley was sent for IN a hurry;
gait. only to find that it was one of the
Alameda's lady passengers, who wanted
to know If the rain would delay the sail
ing of the mail steamer. A blue streaS
followed the usually good tempered
freight. clerk to the head Of the iifoa wharf
In future the rate Of wages on all yes
.seis Of the sugar feet will be $25 a
month. That is the rate paid on Welcih
e co. s vessels for months past, but VIII
Iiams. Dimond & Co.'S and the ]. D.
Spreckels & Bros. Cos captains have
been paying $50 right through the winter
months The cause for the change came
last Washington's birthday. The men on
the $50 a month vessels took a holiday. IN
SIS a month fleet had to work In conse-
Guence the bark Albert and the barken-
tines S. y. Castle and S. G; Wilder will
only pay S25 month when they ship for
this cruise,
The British ship James Kerr arrived
last Tuesday at Port Townsend from
Kobe, Japan, in the splendid time of q
days.