The San Francisco call., 1908-04-27
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Schooner Henry K. Hall Makes Quick
Run From Australian Port

- The schooner Henry K. Hall arrived
: in port yesterday after a quick run
from Newcastle, Australia. The ves-
sci made the voyage in 50 days, beat
-ing the schooner Minnie A. Came Cap
tain Olsen. which is now out lOS days.
j. the bark Willscott, Captain Brown,
now out 81 days, and the schooner
HayTsiian Isles, Captain Mallett, now
cut % days Captain Benneche reports
the. voyage as uneventful- The vessel
= brings 1884 tons OF coal 10 Hind, Rolph
! & Co The Hall Is Z five masted schoon-
Ter and. is well known in this port
Goes TO Alameda
The. Ariel boat club is now tempo
rar5Iy CHARTERED at the Alameda boat
. club house at Alameda The former
= premises occupied by the Ariels at the
foet Of Seventeenth street have been
: dismantled by order OF the harbor COM
homeless. While they are arranging
for new quarters on this side OF the
bay their home will be on the other
side. Yesterday their outfit, consist
: ing Of 10 boats and barges, were taken
ITO: the east side by Henry Peterson on
his big launch Twilight
Find Cap in Mud
Z A sailor cap from the cruiser Boston
was found yesterday by Chinese shrimp
fishermen off Alameda mole. In the
inside of the cap was printed In ink
3 fhe name Of II. Sullivan. The cap is in
an excellent state of preservation, and
is now decorating the boathouse OF
Harry johnson at the Folsom street
-dorl1 No report was made that a
sailor by the name of Sullivan had been
drowned and it is therefore presumed
that the cap was blown overheard.
To BE Launched Saturday
= Charley Peterson's new boat will be
launched Saturday from Pete Swanson's s
boathouse at Belvedere. The new ac-
Quisition TO the fleet of smah launch
carriers is 40 feet long, IL feet beam
and ~ feet in depth. 1t is fitted with
: Standard engines and all the latest i'm
: .provements. It has a canopy top and
viii seat so people with comfort.
VIII Leave for Santa Cruz
The launch SinaIoa will leave here
!. the latter part of this week for Santa
parties to the different bay points. The
Snaloa is a speedy boat and has a rec
: ord of Is miles.
- Many Visit Cruisers
:: The United States cruiser Charleston
and the Peruvian cruiser Almirante
-l5ra1 both kept open house yesterday
and many evailed themselves of the
:. opportunity to take a run on the bay
and visit the warships.
=. Crowds Cross Bay
g! The ferries to all bay points carried
great crowds yesterday. Not only was
tine exodus from the city unusually
large. but the numbers coming to town
from the different shore points was
also far above the average. The beau
5tifui weather had a great deal to do
: with the travel.
- Take Many Passengers
The steamer James S. Higgins sailed
! yesterday for San Pedro with 25 pas
: sengers and big cargo of lumber. and
. the steamer Cascade sailed for Astoria
and Portland with so passengers.
- Para Due Today
The Pacific Mail steamship City of
p Para is scheduled to arrive today from
= Ancon and way ports.
Lumber Arrivals
- lumber arrivals by sea yesterday
from northern coast ports amounted to
1,94s'o0Q feet.
Arrives at Honolulu
The United States transport Crook
arrived at Honolulu Saturday on it's
way from Manila TO this port.