The San Francisco call., 1907-06-28
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Korea Brings Rich Cargo From Orient
and Reaches Port Ahead of Time


The Pacific Mail liner Korea. Cap
tain Sandberg- surprised. the. port Off
Gals yesterday by sliding in through
the Golden gate at 7so,elock in the
morning instead Of. at noon as had
been expected The liners time from
Honolulu was days Il hours. and
captain Sandberg reported the trip the
smoothest he had ever made on the Pa
cihc.
The liner came into port shining like
yacht crowded with passengers and
carrying a rich cargo OF oriental prod
ucts, including large shipments OF
opium ana raw silk. The quarantine
inspection was careful and kept the
doctors busy-until nearly 40 O'Clock. On
accoUnV OF the tide the Korea did not
dock until about / o'clock
During the homeward voyage a Chi
nese sailor teltv from one of the cargo
derricks and fractured both arms. The
passengers made up A purse for the in
Jured mans benefit and he was sent
back 10 China from Honolulu on the
liner Persia The Korea never made
better time than on this voyage and
neither the Korea nor any other liner
ever eartses a. younger chief engineer.
F. H Raffo, who was temporarily pro-
NOTED to, he chief in the absence of
Chief Rossiter. is only &c years of age
and Wiflus Britt is a giant in size COM
pared with him. In spite of youth and
lack Of inches. however, he made
good
The Korea brought more than 200
cabin passengers. The liner had
reached Honolulu with accommodations
fer only seven cabin passengers. Dur
ing the voyage a concert was given by
the passengers for the benefit Of st.
Dorothy's Rest, for which s257 was
netted.
Win Clear Bulkheads
Occupants Of booths and shacks Of
various kinds along the state property
fronting the bay will be given only
few days more in which TO remove
their fruit stands. bootblack sheds,
lighthouses and other similar quarters.
or be put out by force. The harbor
commissioners decided at their meet
ing Yesterday afternoon to proceed
with vigOr TO enforce the order made
last April. but which till now, has
been ignored by the venders and other
citizens who occupy state property.
There was some discussion as to
whether the order should be enforced
as regarding lighthouses. The owners
Of launches and other small craft
were on hand. to press their claims
They attempted TO show that they
were an integral part of the shipping
interests Of the city. A committee was
appointed to look into these claims and
report at the next regular meeting
Meantime the peremptory notices viii
be sent to all trespassers on state
land
The chamber Of commerce was rep
resented by Secretary c. W Burke,
who called the boards attention TO the
alleged iuadequacy OF the present IA
cilities for storing grain and asked
that additional sheds be provided
along the seawail. The request was
taken under advfsement.
bill for sI955.6S was ordered paid
10 the Carnegie steel company for
rails for the proposed extension Of
the belt line A bill for sl,27e for piles
was ordered paid.
salmon ships Arrive in North
Word was received yesterday of the
safe arrival at acanReryr. ports of some
of the vessels composing the salmon
feet. The Tacoma, ~Star of France
and the Star of Chile were ia port at
Nslnek on May 22st The B. p. Cheney
arrived at Naknck May IS and the
Lehua and Lucille reached Ushagak on
May 19.
EIrsl COdhsher Arrives
The schooner Rosie II arrived yester-
day from Pirate Cove with 45.eo0 cod
hsh. The Resie is the first of the cod
fishers to return This was the
schooner's first trip TO the north.
Water Front Notes
The Japanese liner Hongkong Maru
viii sail at / o'clock this afternoon
for the orient.
. The liner Sierra sailed yesterday
from Honolulu for this port.
The bark Amy Turner with 23,600
bags of sugar. arrived yesterday, p
days from Honolulu.
Receipts Of lumber. yesterday by sea
amounted to 024000 feet.
Pie steanner Santa Rosa met the tug
Dsentless with the Jog raft in tow at
7.20 O'Clock yesterday morning Il
miles southeast of Point Sur. The
Dauntless is bound for San Diego.
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