The San Francisco call., 1907-01-03

a Pacific has been increased by two
ie~ge vessels which arrived yesterday
a-om the Atlantic. One Of the vessels
-s the steamer Maverick, which towed
te other, which bears the name Barge
gl" an the way from New York. The
maverick was in ballast but the barge
carried 1000 tons Of general merchan-
disc. Both vessels viii be used in carry
fos standard oil from this coast TO
wherever there is a market.
The long tow was accomplished in
DAYS, but the Maverick and her
-aree were favored with fine weather
except Tor a westerly gale encountered
december ,. in which the Maverick
suffered some damage. The storm was
.''countered in longitude AZ south.
rrtude IS o3 west and was accOmpa-
y. ed hy nigh, confused sea A heavy
sea shipped forward carried away the
GgIg on the port side, and the Nav
.-.cks foremast, bereft Of its support.
went over the side. Captain Fenlom
es this was the only untoward Incl
5nr OF tire trip.
Delayed by Heavy weather
The Oceanic Steamship Companv's
ter Alameda has reputation for reg
ularity p" hich is one Of the traditions
90 Honol alu and is accepted here much
80 the same way as is the daily appear
aEre of dawn on schedule time. When
t.e Alameda is a few hours late, which
view OF her reputation is OF neces-
ry seldom, il creates more comment
.au would days Of tardiness in the
ease OF any other vessel. except. per-
eDs. her twin sister. the Mariposa. She
did not arrive from Honolulu on Tues
Gsy until too late TO pass quarantine.
and when she reached the wharf yes
rerday morning everybody wanted to
know what had detained her.
The passengers declare that hurri-
canes typhOons, billiards., tidal waves
and earthquakes vented their united
wrath on the trim liner. One wave
would shoot her UP to the top OF a
rater mountain, they said, and as she
perched there another wave in the Pa
6c would take a slap at her When
SHE slid into the green valley the Pa
Ci1c ocean would fall on her. Eating,
for those whose stomachs maintained
rhe astronomical center of gravity.
f-as an acrobatic feat fraught with
perl 20 wearing apparel and table
-nen- -Ic Unseasoned stomachs even
rle future tense of the verb Ito eat
was as a hideous nightmare
Captain Dowdell, his officers and
members NJ the crew tell the story in
Two words: Head winds" Pressed
fof details they will admit that il did
f0w pretty hard for three days after
leaving Honolulu and that the wind
after that did not help the liners home
ward progress. In addition to this the
liner was lighter than usual and Of
fered good target to the opposition
of the elements. The passengers, how
ever insist that they came through
hurricanes typhoons, billiards and
iidal waves
The Alameda's passengers included
Mrs r. II. Anderson and two chill
oren, Mrs. W p. Boyd and boy. J. W.
Cathcart, Mrs. Cathcart, B. W. Ford, II.
Haneberg, T. 9. Lewton. r de LObeL
A- B- Long, Mrs. Long. Misses Maclzins
rosh ltwo), j. T. Nichols, Mrs. o. S.
Robertson, NJ Robinson, Miss c. L.
Strang Captain W. TuIlet, Mrs. A \.
Walton and two children, Tom Way,
I'd Wheece. Mrs. Wheece and son, Miss
H K. Wilder. B. NJ. woodruff c. Ha-
gOns, d. Wilmington, J. S. Pridham, J.
T.. Bell. H. T. Barclay.
Lumber From British Columbia
The first big shipment Of lumber in
many days from British Columbia ar
rved here yesterday on the British
steamer Duneric, which brought 1900,
600 feet of the products Of the forests
In King Edwards colony. This is the
first OF a series OF large shipments TO
come here and the opening Of a trade
made possible by the high prices for
freight and lumber now prevailing IN
domestic territory. The total receipts
Of lumber yesterday by sea amounted
10 3,O35,O0O feet.
Water Front Notes
The steamer Helen p. Drew, which
left here January for Point Arena, re-
turned to port yesterday on account OF
her boilers leaking.
The japanese liner America Maru ar
rived January ] at Hongkong.
The Oceanic Steamship Company s
ner Ventura arrived yesterday al
Honolulu from sydney.
The liner China, from this port, ar
rived New Years day at Yokohama.
Captain ". Tullet, head OF the Homo
lulu HarbOy Of the Masters and Pilots
association. arrived here on the Ala
media and is on his way TO Washington
70 represent his harbor at the national