The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12

OF handling nearly 5,OOU,uOU case o.
salmon, most Of which comes through
this port, is an important item in San
EranciscO's regular commerce.
II has been the custom in other years
for the vessels Of the salmon feet 10 be
laid up between seasons In view OF
the great and growing demand Tor
lumber 10 be used in the work Of re-
building the city the Alaska Packers
Association VIII place many OF its ves-
sels in the coast lumber trade.
The steamers kvichall, Nushagak and
J-rimak and the schooners Prosper and
Premier viii be made ready for this
service as soon as possible and il is
likely that many Of the large sailing
vessels belonging to this corporation
and other concerns engaged in the sal
mon industry viii be added before long
70 the coast lumber fleet.
The Kvichak. Nushagak and Urimak
are used at the canneries as tenders
They are powerfully built and IN speed
and carrying capacity compare favor
ably with the stoutest steam schooners
on the coast
Marfposa sails for Tahiti.
The Oceanic Steamship Companys
liner Mariposa. Captain Lawless. sailed
at II o'clock yesterday mornig for Ia
hiti In addition TO about a score. of
passengers she carried a cargo Of gen
eral merchandise.
The Mariposa's passengers were:
A. s. Hall, A ElAins. A L Harper,
William Cronin. Miss A McNeilL Mrs.
G. Chil6s. Misses E. and S Bauzet Miss
A Galley, Miss E. Derby, Miss Mary
Scott, j. Q. Graham, Mr.. and Mrs. +. W.
Searby, L. Rochas, II. II. Handerhoof,
H. Ahlfred and three Chinese.
New Kosmos Liner Arrives.
The Kosnos liner Scraps furnished
surprise by coming through the heads
late yesterday afternoon. two days
ahead Of time She IS from Hamburg
and this is her maiden voyage. She is
so recently from the builders hands
that nobody here had her signal num-
bers and the vessels identity was not
established until the name painted on
her bow came within the range of
Merchants Exchange Observer Hys-
lop's telescope.
The Scraps is commanded by Captain
H. Rickmann, formerly master Of the
Neko She is a freighter and brought
no passengers. Her cargo Of about
25Oo tons tncluded 1900 tons of cement.
The new Scraps was built at New
castle e-on-Tyne and is vessel Of 1900
tons. She is equipped with all the
modern devices for handling cargo and
Captain Rickmann says she is a fine
sea boat She makes about twelve
knots. The Scraps was between Mol
lendo and Callao at the time Of the
Valparaiso earthquake.
What we learned at Callao about
Valparaiso" said the captain, was
something like what we learned in Lon
don about San Francisco"
saw the Last of Lost Ship.
Carl Nygren. mate Of the steamer
Jennie. which arrived Sunday from
Cooks Inlet, reports that on April 6, at
$50 p. m, the bark Nicholas Thayer
crossed the Jennies bow under small
IL
was sighted again five miles off the Seal
Rocks She was bound for Seward and
at the time a terrific gale from the
northwest was raging. On board the
Jennie 81 was concluded that the Mich
olas Thayer could not weather the gale.
The bark since has been posted at
Lloyds as missing. The Jennie at the
time was bound from Cooks Inlet for
William Sound. During that same gale
the steamer Portland was weather
bound for two days at Point Corr.
Tug Ada Warren Raised.
The rug Ada Warren, which sank q
few weeks ago in fifty feet Of water,
at the mouth Of Cache Greek, a little
above Rio Vista, has been raised and
viii be in commission again within a
few weeks T. Il. P. Whitelaw, who
raised the vessel, found the job long
one. He succeeded, after many fail
ures. last Saturday, and yesterday re-
turned TO the city with his wrecking
gear.
FIRST of the OlzhOtslx Fleet.
The fishing schooner Dora Bluhm ar
rived yesterday afternoon from the
Okaotsk Sea with $4,000 Goldfish. The
big IRE OF April IS delayed the schoon-
er's departure from here and light
winds kept her ffty-seven days on the
r way TO the fishing grounds She had
indifferent luck and made an early
start for home. She was thirty-three
days coming back. While in the
Okhotsk Sea she sighted the Tampa,
s. y. Castle, W. II. Dimond and City Of
Papeete. She spoke all but the Pa
peete and reports all well on the YES
sels spoken.
salmon vessels Arrive.
The steamer Kvichak arrived yester-
day. fourteen days from Naknek and
niae and one-half days from Karluk.
She brought 21.5S6 cases of salmon. The
schooner Prosper, twenty-four days
from Bristol Bay, brought 276S barrels
OF salmon
water Front Notes.
The japanese liner Hongkong Maru
arrived yesterday at Yokohama from
this port
The China left Honolulu yesterday
for this port and is due here on Sunday.
The Korea sailed from Honolulu on
Monday for Yokohama.
p Flynn, who lives at 1115 Twenty
third street Oakland, fell into the hold
Of the liner America Maru yesterday
at the Pacific Nail wharf and suffered
the fracture OF two ribs.
Manuel Silva, who lives at Corte Ma
dera, fell from the roof Of the three
story building at Fourth and Folsom
streets yesterday. but sustained no in
jury HIS fellow workmen did not be-
lieVe him when he said he was all right
and insisted on taking him TO the Har
Dor Hospital where the surgeon in
charge confirmed Silva's diagnosis.
The Naval Militia training steamer
Alert returned yesterday from Santa
Cruz and proceeded TO her anchorage at
SausaIsto. J. 7. Mcmillan. nautical ex-
pert attached TO the local branch Of the
Photographic Office, navigated the
Alert
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 10 3.655.o0O feet
{ COAST SHIPPING NEWS.