The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
Shipping News and Gossip, lip,
of the Water Front
Hunters Point Drydock Made
Larger to Fit Big Arizonan

When a Grydock is too small to re-
eeive a steamboat the difficulty can be
adjusted sometimes, when the lack of
space is not too great. by removing the
Nessels rudder before docking. This
Is often done. When the difference be-
tween length Of basin and length of
snip Is too great the dock must be made
larger. This has been done for the first
time al Hunters point dry dock for the
accommodation of the American-Ha-
Waiian steamship companys big
freighter Arizonan.
The big basin at Hunters point has
been mOnopolized for months by the
liner Manchuria, on which is being done
the greatest job OF repair work ever
undertaken in the United States. Ne
cessity arose for docking the Arizonan.
The freighter could not wait until the
work on the Manchuria was finished
and was too long for the smaller basin.
Docking was necessary, so excavators
are now at work making the little dock
big enough TO fit the Arizonan. The
work is almost completed and this
week the extended basin will be ready
for service
Is Making Good Headway
The steamer Northland. which ar
rived yesterday, spoke the tug Daunt-
less, with a big log raft in tow, at II
clock p. m, June 20. 226 miles north
or this port. The Dauntless, bound
from the Columbia river. for San Diego.
was moving the great mass Of Graded
piles at the rate of three knots an
hour. The tug left the Columbia river
with the raft at p. m, June 16. The
raft, composed entirely of piles, is 720
feet long, 90 feet in beam and draws
p feet Of water It contains 1000, 600
feet of lumber, board measurement.
Is Appointed superintendent
The Pacific Coast steamship company
has issued the following circular
Captain J. II. Rinder is appointed
superintendent of this company. with
headquarters at San Francisco. He will
have fall charge of the operating de-
partment including operation Of docks
and wharves, reporting direct to the
manager"
Captain Rinder is one OF the best
known masters on the Pacific For
many years he commanded the liner
Ccptic. and was selected by r. P
Schwerin to bring from the east and
command the big liner Mongolia. He
resigned from the Pacific Mail service
TO accept command OF the Great North
ern steamship companys Minnesota.
which command he laid down a few
months ago to assume the larger re-
sponsibilities Of his new position.
At the Harbor Hospital
Andrew Stephenson Of "a Lundy
lane. plumber in the employ of the
Pacific Mail company. fell into the
hold OF the steamer San Juan yester-
day and suffered a compound frac-
ture OF the nose His skull also may
be fractured He was taken to the
harbor hospital
A S. Williamson, a sailor on the
steamer Arizonan. suffered the loss Of
TWO fingers yesterday when his hand
became entangled with the mechanism
OF one Of the freighter's winches The
torn digfts were trimmed and dressed
al the harbor hospital.
r. P. Price a mining man from
Dawson. arrived yesterday from Sc
sttle with broken leg. He was taken
to the hsrbOr hospital, where he ex-
planned that he had been drinking and
had no idea how be came by the frac-
ture. Price. who had s4.5I2.S5 in his
possession, was tenderly cared for by
Surgeon GOodale, who later sent his
patient in private ambulance TO the
St Francis hospital
Under the Maltese Cross
The freighters Meteor, Tampico and
Eureka of the Globe navigation com
panys feet have been purchased by
the Pacific Coast steamship company.
and after July / will be operated under
tue tlt64ttNt cI0SSs WHICH Il AllH Olhllu-
gushing mark on the purchasing COM
pany's house flag The Meteor and
Eureka have been under charter to
the Pacific Coast company for some
time.
sails for Honolulu
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, sailed
yesterday for Honolulu with about so
cabin passengers and d fun cargo.
water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner Korea left
Honolulu at p. M. on Friday and is
due here early Thursday morning.
The Standard Oil steamer Seminole,
Captain White, arrived yesterday in
ballast from Mororsn-
The power schooner Washcalore,
which left here June "A for Siuslaw.
returned TO port yesterday on account
OF disabled machinery.
The schooner W. II. DimOnd sailed
yesterday on q codfshing cruise.
The tanker Roderick Dhu. with Il, 1000
barrels of oil, arrived yesterday from
Monterey in tow Of the Spreckels tug
Relief.