The San Francisco call., 1899-11-23
NJ ade Fastest Round
Trip on Record.
MEXICAN ORANGE MAGGOT
INFECTED FRUIT CAME UP ON
THE COLON.
Fears for the Safety Of the Bark Co.
lusa - Harbor Commissioners
Meet-Seven Carloads of
Kansas Poultry.

The transport George W Elder returned
to port yesterday. completing the round
trip 10 Manila in siXty-one days. the fast
est on record. She sailed for San Fran
cisco q few hours ahead of the Belgian
King. and that vessel will probably reach
port tonight or tomorrow morning. The
Elder comes into port a credit 10 Cap
tain Parsons and crew. She Is scrupu-
lously clean in every department and no
ocean liner could be in better order max
ing port.
The detachment of the Twenty
Infantry that went 10 the Philippines are
Of the opinion that there is not a better
troopship afoat than the George W. Ell
der. They presented the captain with a
handsome inkstand OF solid silver and II
purse OF $50 in gold before leaving the
ship. The inkstand bore the following
inscription: Presented 10 Captain +. d.
Parsons by the officers OF the detachment
OF the Twenty-seventh Infantry. L. ;. V.
ls99" The presentation was made by the
colonel, and Captain Parsons was so
taken by surprise that he could only
stammer his thanks.
The George ". Elder was taken out by
Pilot Newt Jordan on September % a,
noon and he boarded her again yesterday
at exactly the same hour. There were
only a half dozen passengers on the
transport. all OF whom are clerks coming
home for . vacation. DR.. Williamson. the
veterinary surgeon who went down on the
ship Tacoma. also came back. He says
the Tacoma was in the same typhoon as
the Siam, but she escaped with the loss
Of her sails. The Siam. however, lost all
her cargo OF mules. while the Tacoma
only lost seven during the entire voyage.
This fact is due 10 the better accommo-
dation provided on the Tacoma. accord
ing 10 Or. Williamson. He says the
horses on the sailing vessel. suffered very
little and while over d hundred of them
were sick leaving San Francisco they
were all in good health when landed in
the Philippines.
owing TO the vigilance OF Alex Craw,
quarantine officer OF the State Board OF
Horticulture a disgusting and dangerous
pest has been kept out OF California The
Mexican orange maegot has lonG been
bugbear TO the orange growers or Cali
fornia. II is unknown In the United
States. but is now known 10 be very prev
alent across the border in Mexico The
first time II has ever reached here, now
ever. was in shipment OF oranges that
came here on the steamer Colon from
Acapulco q few days ago. Upon exam
ining the fruit Mr. Craw found he mag
Gots CTrypeta Ludens) in great numbers.
They make their home in the pulp and
are exactly the color Of the fruit.
The pest was first discovered IN More
los 100 miles south OF the city OF Mex
leo. and IL has spread within the last
pulco The shipment on the Colon was
burned up and Mr. Craw has notified all
from Mexico be landed IN California any
more. This notice has been sent 10 the
freight agents OF all railroads in Mexico
and IN this way IL IS hoped 10 keep the
The bar was breaking heavily yesterday.
and TWO attempts made by the pilot boat
steamers Cleveland. Arcata and Empire
got in and all report very heavy weather
outside.
that the vessel seen bottom up of Flat
terry is the bark Colusa- She left Kahului
80 days ago for Departure Bay and has
not been heard from since. The passage
is not an unusually long one, but then the
Colusa had been ashore among the islands
and had lost her forefoot and was other
wise damaged. No repairs were made TO
her but she was sent 10 the Sound In bal
last and on her arrival was TO have been
overhau.ed.
There is also some uneasiness over the
British bark Nanaimo, now out lcb days
from Chemainus. b. c.. for Nagasaki. She
must have met with some heavy weather,
and may have lost some Of her spars.
Food Inspector L. w. Hollingsworth
condemned sixty boxes Of tomatoes on
Jackson-street wharf. The fruit was un-
nj for food and was dumped overheard.
The Harbor Commissioners met yester-
day and ordered 100 piles each Of H r.
Rood & Co, Paraffine Paint Company and
San Francisco Timber Preserving Com
pany. The piles were 10 be used In the
construction OF Ferry slip No. Z. Chief
Wharfinger Henderson had referred TO
him the request OF Rear Admiral Kempff
for a berth for the Unadilla at Clay-street
wharf The North Central Improvement
Club wrote the board Offering Its assist
ance 10 improve the boards property near
section l Of the seawall. The club will be
asked 10 send committee TO confer with
Seven carloads Of chickens. ducks. tur-
keys and pigeons from Kansas were land
ed on Lombard street wharf yesterday.
The coast and geodetic survey steamer
Pathfinder put TO sea yesterday. She is TO
make soundings for the bed OF the pro-
posed cable between here and Honolulu.