The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02

The Federal quarantine officials
made record work of inspecting the
liner Ventura, which arrived late yes
terday afternoon from the Antipodes.
The Ventura carries the Australian
British mails and to make trans-At-
lantic connections it was necessary that
the letter bags be landed in time TO
be transferred to the overland train.
Stormy weather delayed the liner and
instead of getting into port early in
the day, as she usually does, it was 3
o'clock when the weather bureau fur
nished the information that she was
passing the Farallones. Dr. Cum
mings, surgeon in charge of the quar-
antine station, was aware of the COM
mercial Importance of the early land
ing of the Nentura's S mails. He knew
the steamer was coming and realized
that detention in quarantine might
mean several days delay in the deliv-
cry of the mail or involve the expense
and inconvenience of charterlng
special train. DR.. Cummings regime
at Angel Island has been distinguished
for the gracious consideration with
which the stern requirements of the
quarantine laws have been admins
tered and yesterday at some inconven-
fence to the surgeon and his assistants
the element of delay in the Nentura's
case was eliminated.
AS soon as the liner was within
sight of Point Lobos the quarantine
steamer General Sternberg was head
ed for the Golden Gate and a mile be-
yOnd Fort Point DIR. Cummings and
his assistants boarded the Ventura. The
inspection occupied just half an hour,
Purser z. II. Bucknam having every
thing ready for the doctors, and the
yellow flag was hauled down before
house officials boarded the liner on
the fly and within a few minutes the
Ventura was moOred at the end Of
Broadway wharf discharging the Brit
ish mails into waiting trucks.
The liner later was warped across
TO her berth at Pacific-street wharf,
where the passengers went ashore.
Captain Hayward reports having
encountered dirty weather between
Sydney and Honolulu and during
three days of the run from Honolulu
the Ventura fought her way through
a rough sea stirred up by northeast
and easterly gales.
The Ventura brought 175 passen-
gers and 926 tons of cargo. She was
twenty days twenty-three hous from
Sydney and five days twenty hours
hfty-eight minutes from Honolulu.
Ensign c. c. Bloch of the navy was
a passenger on the liner from Pago
Pago. where he has been acting col
lector Of the port. Warrant Machin-
ist Frederick Ruth, who has been
chief engineer of the gunboat Wheel
ing, also came from the Samoan port.
Captain Z. S. H Baldrey of the Brit
ish army was passenger from Auck-
land. Another Samoan passenger was
Baron Seldenack, a globe-trotting
German.
The Ventura's passengers included
the following:
From sydney-C.. de Bels Bromide. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Holmes. Miss A G. Murphy Nr
and Mrs. A. Baird Miss r. Holmes Miss A
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. s Clernentson Mr. and
Mrs. John Mclean. Captain and Mrs. E. V E
Aucklsnd-Dr. and Mrs. G. E Arnold. Mr..
Levin, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Watt H D. Bed
ford. George Krumsieg. c. A A. Rand Can
tain +. 5. H. Baldrey. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Levin
Pago Pago-Ensign c. c. Bloch U. S. N:
Mrs c Van NageIl, Frederick Ruth. Baron
Honolulu-Mrs W c. Bush. Miss Pfouten-
hauer. J. II. Nelson. W. NJ Langton, Miss
Roma Paxton. Frederick Shoup, w p Lyon
T. F. Sewan. Mr.. and Mrs. W. p Zwilling s
Heapy, S. Peiser, Mr.. Uimura Miss j n
Chapman, NJ Sandona p High Mr. Ha-
ysshi. J. c. Coppage, A. W. Fisher, z. Cay
pless.