The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
Shipping News and Gossip
Of the Water Front
Two British Tramps Bring II, ,666 Tons
of Coal From Australia

Two big British tramps laden with
coal arrived yesterday from Newcastle,
Australia The Como, Captain Felkins,
brought 1866 tons. and the Aymeric.
Captain Thotton. $500 tons. Both were
thirty-three days on the way and both
docked yesterday and VIII begin dis
charging this morniNy
Both vessels encountered heavy
weather ana each suffered some dam
age, the Como being the less fortunate.
For twenty days the Como was buffeted
py southeasterly gales, and from Janu-
ary p to January 25 she was the play
thlhg or a hurricane. The seas filled
her decks 70 the rail and inflicted con-
siderable damage to the steamer, which
was hove TO for three days.
The Aymeric encountered southeast
erly gales for the first seven days of
her voyage and suffered extensive dam
age from the seas which swept her
decks
Harriman's New TugbOat
The steel tug which the Southern
Pacific is having built by Moran & Co.
at Seattle is to be called the Ajax, and
VIII be delivered 10 the company on
contract time. The tug is a fire boat,
and viii be one of the best equipped on
the coast. 1t is 10 feet long. % feet
beam, and draws thirteen feet of water.
It has 500 horsepower engines.
The Southern Pacific is building at it's
West Oakland shipyards a new ferry
boat which is to be used solely by
teams. This is TO be a side wheeler.
and viii be 272 feet in length. ~ feet
beam. and win draw nineteen feet of
water.
There is also to be built at the West
Oakland shipyards a new river steamer
which is TO be fashioned after the
apache This vessel is to be larger
than the craft now running on the
river, and viii be 22O feet long, with
wood hull
Plans are being prepared for a new
passenger vessel, which is to be like
the Berkeley. and Will be a double
end screw ferryboat The length of its
deck is TO be PSI feet; beam, "a feet,
and the depth midships 211z feet. She
VIII be faster than the Berkeley, and
viii have steel hull.
VIII Take Many Passengers
The tide Of travel to the Orient has
resumed its antefire volume and the
Pacific Mail liner Siberia, Captain
Feeder which viii sail at l o'clock
this afternoon, Will carry more than
$50 cabin passengers. Among them
Will be tourists. business men and
Government officials. The Siberia also
viii take about 100 Chinese and so
Japaneser in the Asiatic steerage. She
win carry a large cargo.
Runs short of Liquid Fuel
The steamer Enterprise, Captain
YOunggren. which left Hilo February
p for this port, arrived at Honolulu
yesterday short of fuel. The local un-
derwriters are puzzled TO know why
Captain Xoun ggren left Hilo with an
insufficient supply of oil and why, IF
he could not get oil there, he did not
go to Honolulu in the first place in
Of ,fr-,r
toward this port. as it is presumed he
did, and then discovering the insult
hciency of his fuel supply, steaming
back to Honolulu, wasting a weeks
time and taking unnecessary chances
Of finding himself in an awkward pre-
dicament-
Chinese Merchant stoned
On John, a Chinese. merchant in
business at S23 Webster street, was
attacked by hoodlums yesterday at
Steuart and Harrison streets. A stone,
one Of many thrown at him, struck
On John in the left eye, inaicting
serious injury which was given tenn
pOrary treatment at the Harbor Hos
pitaL Batting Chinese has been quite
2 popular sport along the water front
OF late. Only a few days ago a Chi
nese was made the target for brick
bats. junk and jeers all the way along
East street, from Folsom to the ferry.
The police are trying 10 find the youths
who attacked On John.
Water Front Notes
The japanese liner America Maru
sailed yesterday from Honolulu for
Yokohama.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,526.O00 feet.
The Pacific Mail liner City Of Pan
ANA is due today from the isthmus.
BY losing a couple of life RATS while
crossing the bar when she left here
the Panama furnished a sensation
which was dissipated only by the news
Of her safe arrival at Mazatlan.
Charles Putnam, superintendent of
State tugs and dredgers, who was
taken TO the hospital a few days ago
suffering from pneumonia, is reported
70 be very low. Little hope is enter