The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Not Enough Vessels
to Handle Trade.
LIGHTSHIP BACK ON THE BAR
SEVERAL CHANGES ARE MADE
AMONG HER OFFICERS.
Governors of Washington and Kansas
Visit the Iowa-Accident to the
Battleship's Launch-Water
Front Notes.

Enormous quantities of merchandise are
being shipped out of San Francisco. Every
+ransport that sails carries from one TO
three thousand tons and there are not
enough vessels TO carry all the goods OF
fering for the Orient, Hawaii and Aus
tralia. The Mariposa, which sailed lew
days ago for New Zealand and Australia,
had to refuse freight for Honolulu, as she
could not carry all the freight offered for
Samoa. New Zealand cnd New South
Wales. The steamer Australia, due Tues
day, will carry to Honolulu very big
cargo. as every inch Of space has been
engaged.
In order to help out the situation in the
Australian freight business the British
ship Ivanhoc has been put on the berth
for Sydney, \. S. W. She Will load gener-
Four vessels cleared yesterday with
very large cargOes. The George GURUS
has S102 900 worth Of machinery and gen
eral merchandise aboard for Honolulu
She was so deeply laden that two tugs
could not get her out of the mud. tOur
tugs win haul her out of her berth to-
day and she will then proceed to sea.
The Palmyra cleared for sydney, n. >.
W. with $4,000 feet of lumber and gen
eral merchandise valued at $4,000 The
TrOpiC Bird had so much freight IOr Ia
hiti that she was six days behind her con-
tract time in getting away, Whlle the
steamer Curacao took away Sbl,OUO worth
of merchandise for Mexican ports.
The Governor of Washington and the
Governor Of Kansas and their stats were
the guests Of the HarbOr Commissioners
on the tug Governor Markham yesterday.
Senator Perkins, Congressman Kahn and
Mayor Phelau were also members of the
party. All the points Of interest on the
bay were visited and then the party
boarded the battleship Iowa On their
departure salute Of seventeen guns
was fired.
The Washington boys viii be received
in the grand nave of the new ferry de-
pot on their arrival The Harbor Commis-
sioners Yesterday gaye the use OF the
building to the committee.
John HCTgeOn, second mate Of the
steamer Columbia, had Il narrow escape
from death yesterday. He made hearty
lunch off canned mackerel and shortly
afterward was taken violently sick. DR..
Morrison was sent for in a hurry and at
ter working over the SICK oihcer Tor half
an hour pronounced him out Of danger
Horgeon Will not eat canned mackerel
again in q hurry.
DR.. Percy Crandau of the battleship
Iowa has been relieved from duty and
ordered to New York, where he viii take
charge of the New York Naval Hospital.
Captain Of Marines Harmony of the Iowa
has been ordered to marine headquarters
at Washington and his place viii be taken
by Captain Lowndes of the Newark
The nghtShiD was out on the bay ad-
Justng ner compasses yesterday. To-day
she takes her station on the bar again.
Chief Engineer Lee does not go out on
her, his place being taken by Second En-
Rineer Gutierrez. First Mate Hubner also
leaves the lghtship and Second Mate
Turner takes his place There has been
some i'll feeling among the crew of the
lightship and the changes are the result
OF an investigation into complaints made
Two separate funds for the relief Of the
families Of the men wounded on the trans
port Sherman have been raised on the
transport wharf. The clerks in the quar-
termaster's department subscribed most
literally and every man in the stevedore's
department gave something Quite a large
sum was raised and viii be distributed
among the different families this week
The tugs Alert and Transit viii be en-
gagged all of to-day laying a new cable for
the Postal telegraph to replace the one
broken by the raft.
One of the Iowas launches broke down
yesterday. A manhole gasket blew out
and the women passengers got a great
scare. a signal to the Iowa brought an
other launch 10 the assistance OF the dis
abled one and she was towed back TO the
battleship. The Iowa viii be open to the
public again to-day and the launches
Sybil, Amy and William D viii run to her
from the FolsOm-street float as usual.