The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10


poured from the general manage
liner shipping clerk who was check
ing in freight as If he belonged there.
This freight must be taken away
immediately. Every pound OF it. in
sisted the agitsted Schwerin. You
are trespassers. This is Pacific Nail
property and the Pacific Mail needs
this space
The clerk referred schwerin TO the
Harbor Commissioners. Climbing into
his yellow Winton, Schwerin disap-
peared in cloud Of dust from which
he emerged a little later with President
Spear OF the Harbor Commission. He
had double-looped the water front in
record time, he had found the head Of
the commission and the matter would
5e settled there and then. And it
was. Schwerin lost, and yesterday
the Kosmos liner Denderah, with more
than 1000 tons of the cargo the Pacific
Nail Company might have carried il
the Kosmos line had not invaded its
monopoly, docked az pier -.
Kosmos-line competition has been a
sore point with Schwerin and he is
playing host TO his competitor with q
had grace. He learned on Monday that
his bolts OF wrath are lost on clerks
not IN his employ and that, though
he may borrow battIeships from Uncle
grass" signs on State property that he
is not using.
The Denderah, from Hamburg by
way OF South and Central American
ports. brought 1893 tons Of cargo and
fourteen passengers Among the lat
ter were;
Mrs. L Hay. F Mink and wife. ].
Meiners. A StiI1er, r. H Clay, J. H
Reed. Miss z. Donnel
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Mariposa, Captain Lawless, ar
rived yesterday morning from Tahiti.
She brought ten passengers and a
cargo OF tropical products. R T. Sim
ons, British Consul at Papeete, was
a passenger on the liner. He took the
trip for his health and will return
with the Mariposa- During his stay
on the mainland he viii be the guest
of Captain Lawless at his home in
Alameda. Mr.. Simons has been at Pa
peete for twelve years and stands high
in the regard Of the natives and the
French authorities. Before going 70
Tahiti he was stationed at Suakin in
the Soudan and for his services there
was decorated by the British Govern
ment
The other passengers on the Mari
posa included: J. II Marshall and wife
OF Los Angeles, ". Cronan, P. Picart
and o. salmon.
Goes 10 GoatEoaIcoS.
Captain Albert Baron has been ap-
pointed superintendent Of the Tehuan-
tepec National Railway Company at
Coatzacoalcos. the guIf terminal Of the
new road. in connection with which
the American Hawaiian company will
run two lines Of steamers Captain
Weede1 VIII be superintendent at Sa-
lima Cruz, the terminal on the Pa
cihc. Captain Baron was formerly
master Of the big freighter Californian.
re left the service OF the American
Hawaiian line 10 enter the Pacific Mail
service. His present appointment
line.
Now Calling at Panama.
The steamers Of the Kosmos line
are now making Panama a port Of call.
The Ramses left the isthnus on Sun
aay with 1900 tons Of coast. cargo and
In about two weeks the Nicaria will
call there and load $500 tons Of similar
freight
Water Front Notes.
The Oceanic Steamship company's
liner Sierra has arrived at sydney from
this port
The steamer Marshheld. which ar
EEQTO.
brought q large amount Of wreckage
recovered from the stranded steamer
Shasta, which win prove total loss.
The bark Tidette. from Fort Bragg
for this port, was reported yesterday
anchored Of Point Pedro.
The barkentine Northwest in tow
of the tug Samson and the ship Two
Brothers in tow OF the Sea Rover ar
rived yesterday with cargoes of Ium-
Der from Astoria
More than 5000, ,ooe feet Of lumber
reached this port yesterday by sea.
The steamer Melville Dollar arrived
october Z at Taku from Mukilteo.
Robert Burns. a teamster. fell from
q horse yesterday morning at the Pa
eihc Mail wharf. Burns who was in
toxlcated, was tardy about getting I'D.
The horse trod on HIS face, and at the
Harbor Hospital. where Burns had to
be tied down before the surgeons could
examine his injuries, it was found that
ne had sustained a broken nose. frac-
tured Jaw, cracked palate and had
suffered the loss Of most Of his front
teeth
debris barge ia tow Of the tug
Sea Witch collided with the end of
Howard-street wharf No. ! YESTERDAY
and damaged the structure TO the ex
tent OF about $500.