The San Francisco call., 1899-06-10
SUGAR BOATS
MAKE QUICK RUNS
TO HONOLULU
Lurline Defeats the
Wrestler.
THE SANTIAGO'S FAST TIME
BARK ST. KATHERINE BOUGHT
FOR SUGAR TRADE.
Arrival of the Mail Steamer Doric.
Small Fire on the Transport
Sheridan-Water Front
Notes.

The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Companys steamer Doric arrived from
Hongkong via Yokohama and Honolulu
yesterday. The run from the latter port
was made in the good time of days 8
hours 40 minutes, while the whole run oc-
cupied 29 days u hours and 40 minutes.
The Deric brought up n cabin and 20 sec
ond cabin passengers, besides 44S Chinese,
Koreans and 43 Japanese.
The Doric was detained several hours in
the stream transferring her Asiatic
passengers to the quarantine station Con-
sequently II was late in the afternoon be-
fore she reached her berth at the Mail
dock
The Doric brought the news that the
race between the barkentine Wrestler and
brig Lurline to Kahului had been won by
the latter by two days. There is only
wharf accommodation at Kahului for four
or fve ships, and in consequence the first
vessel there gets the vacant berth In
consequence, when the Lurline and Wrest-
Ter were both scheduled TO sail on May II
there was a great deal of interest at
tached to the run to the islands. The
captain of the barkentine was not taking
any chances, however, so he hurried mat
ters up, got his crew on board and sailed
early or May 16 He did not reach Ka-
hului until May 30
When Captain Mcleod of the Lurline
heard that his rival had secured day s
start Of him he vowed that he would beat
him down If he had to carry away can
vas in doing So The Lurline left here on
May II and reached Kahului on May 20,
thus making the run in twelve days, while
the Wrestler took fourteen days. The
bark Santiago, however, gave them both
cards and spades and then beat them into
port. She made the run from here to Hilo
in the record time for the season OF nine
days
Captain II. A Friis of the bark Martha
Davis is making his last voyage in that
vessel. w elch IL Co. have purchased the
almost new bark St. katherine in the
from Honolulu he will go East and bring
the St. Katherine out here. All the cap
tains in Welch & Co.'S employ We're striv-
ing for the new boat, but the plum fell to
Captain Friis. He is one Of the most pop
ular masters in the sugar trade and was
raised in the business. He was for years
in the Spreckels employ. He began be-
fore the mast on the barkentine w. II.
Dimond and worked his way up to first
mate of that vessel Then he was made
captain of the brig Consuelo and later was
appointed to the bark Martha Davis. Cap
tain Albert McAllman, now chief officer
of the snip Fort George, will succeed Cap
tain F'riis on the Martha Davis.
The ST. katherine is now on her way
from HilO for New York. She Is 1913 tons
net burden. 202 feet s inches long. 80 feet
inches broad and l9 feet l inch deep She
was built in 1889 and was the last scaling
vessel that came from the stocks of Flint
& Chapman, New York. The St. Kath-
eTlQe Will DrlNS Il general cargo from New
York here and will then go into the sugar
trade.
There was a small fire on the transport
Sheridan yesterday, which luckily was put
out without any damage. Some oakum in
the forehOld caught fire by some means
or other and created a dense smoke. An
alarm was turned in from East and Fol-
som streets. and the tugbCat Governor
Markham and the chemical engine from
Mission and New Montgomery streets
were soon on the scene. 1t took the chem
ical engine only a few minutes to subdue
the flames and the danger was over.
Captain G. +. Olsen went out as master
OF the schooner Mary Dodge on her Voy-
age TO Kahului. Captain Hansen who
formerly commanded the Mary Dodge. is
to have a larger vessel in the same en-
ploy.
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer Bertha sailed for Alaskan ports
yesterday afternoon. She carried over a
hundred gold hunters for the Yukon and
Cape Nome. and Folsom street wharf was
crowded with their friends and relatives
prior to the sailing of the steamer. Pro-
fessOr S. Setchell and a party from the
University Of California Will go as far as
Unalaska on the steamer and from there
will branch out on an exploring expedi-
tion. The majority of the other passen-
gers are bound for Golovin Bay and Cape
Nome. only q few going to try their luck
at the Klondike
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
China sailed for the Orient yesterday with
every ounce of cargo she could carry and
large number of cabin passengers. She
also took away $50 Chinese in the steer
age.