The San Francisco call., 1908-03-14
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Liner MancI1uria Ends Thirteenth
Voyage on Friday, the Thirteenth

The Pacific Mail i.ner Msnchuria.
Captain Saunders. whica arrived yes
terday from the orient. is hoodoo
proof and a ieNiath2n monument TO
the folly Of at least one su elstition-
The Manchuris yesterday OF only
ended its thirteenth VoNsse but
reached port on Friday the thirteenth.
Fine weather favored the liner all the
wsv across the Pacific. OF freight and
passengers there were enough 10 in
sure for Hartman the $1,000 day
that he charges the Pacific Nail COM
-psnv for the use Of the steamer. the
liner was given quick dispatch
through quarantine and in spite Of =.
strong ebb tioe could not have made
a better docking with Tie aid Of wheels
and q railroad track. CAPTAIN Saun-
aers is going TO have tic symbol 'l5
engraved on the big gold ring that
one or the numerous oriental potentates
that he has carried across the Pacific
once gave him.
The Manchuria brought Il6 cabin
passengers, "a in the steeraSe and ~
Asiatics- OF cargo there was S-lsl
tons II included is.254 rolls of mat
ting and 1886 bales OF raw silk. The
silk is valued At s7o3.eoo.
The passengers included;
HONOLULU 2. BUrdeki,4. Nrs- J. r Bowler
Mrs. NJ Berger. H. S BoIcrln. Ms. H. $. Bol-
cum. Master Boicum, c. r BARLEY Mrs g T.
Cutter Mrs. NJ Cunningham. Miss NJ E. Cox,
Mrs. J. Cummings. Miss n. Cartet. Miss u
Carter. c. II. Dahien. Mrs. Dshienl. Mrs w r.
Drennen. Mrs. A. +. Emmons. Mrs r. W km-
mons J. H Edwards Mrs. Edwards A Frear,
". J. Ford. Mrs. Ford +. r. GFsf. Mrs Gran'
I. NJ. Gallant. T. 4. Cowran. Ms Sowran: w
n Hoops. Mrs. r. Jocelrn. Mrs. C. ". X hins
!. II. Lambert. C. d. Locber. Miss e Lee. r.
K. Metbven. D. f. Myers. Mrs Myers. NJ A.
Moore. Mrs Moore. Misses Moore Mrs l. g
Maitland. Major E. Morris, j. p Morton, MISS
n. Nackav. c. A. Oso. z. R. Pratt Miss y J.
Pierce. NJ T. Prosser. Miss G. G. Robinson. T.
B. TrUubull, Rev. L. Taube. W. Il. 1ol. J. Il.
Wilcox. J. Winter. z. 4. Woods
From the orient-P. Agusdo. r. c. Allen,
stun Miss 4. n. Boydstnn. kev. c. R. Callen-
der. Mrs. Csllende-. {. Caliender. p Calender,
Miss y. Callender. sne Nu. J.. J. Crotty. NJ
Gsntz. Mrs. A r. COZ. Miss n Con, J. h
Croft. ". p. Grove. Miss A. Hsrtwell. J. b.
Eartwe.i. {. ". Hodsson. e. J.. Hoover. Mrs.
Boorer. Miss L. HOsFeV. g. Hoover c W
L. 81. Peterson. Y. H. Petrc Mrs &. ". Pruitt-
a. Pruits. y. McC PrGitt. F. p. SALISBURY. G
Eouzs. = Tahcmurs. Rev. 9. reasdslo Mrs
Jeasdale /. J.. TessdEle. !. Ross Thompson
Mrs. Thompsoh. Lieutenant :. : Io.stof- Mrs
TolstO6 Lieutenant H. C. Jpham. L. B. Wal
Captain =. +. 1arovenko. Dr. Chin Tao C6en,
Isai Shh Chen.
New steamer Has Trial Trip
The steamer Lurline, built at New
port News for the Matson navigation
company. was given its trial trip
March j. and made an average speed
Of 14.S knots. The Lurline viii be the
only steamer of its kind on the Pa
cihc. In addition to having accommo-
dations for SO cabin and loo steerage
passengers, the Lurline is eqnipped to
carry both bulk oil and general mer
chandise by way Of cargo. The
steamer viii bring TO this coast 5000
tons of ceal for the navy. The Lur-
lines cargo capacity is about $500
tons. The steamer VIII run, in con-
nection with the, Hilohian between
here and Honolulu.
Preparing for Alaska Trade
Much OF the trade with Alaska viii
be handled this year direct from this
port instead Of through Seattle. rs here
tofore. and prepar tions are already un-
der way for the opening Of the season.
The Alaska steamship company. re-
gently organized by the Guggenheirns
will operate a line OF steamers from
here through BarnesOn & Hibberd.
and the Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany viii maintain q direct service
throughout the season. The first
steamer of the Alaska steamship COM
panys line viii be the Yucatan, which
viii sail from here June ! for Nome
and ST. Michael. The Yucatan. which
Is sister ship of the Pacific Mail
liner Newport. dame out TO this coast
last year from the east
Concrete Pier SUCCESS
The pier that was sunk at Lombard
street wharf by the harbor commits
Eioners 10 test the value of the use of
concrete in wharf construction. and
which was pulled up on Thursday. was
opened yesterday morning and con-
WINGED the harbOr commissioners that
such piers are failures only when the
specifications are rot honestly followed
When the wooden cylinder was stripped
or the test pier it revealed a pillar
Of solid concrete that only dynamite
could disintegrate. Engineer Barker
Will make report on the result of the
test at the next meeting Of the board.
Shenandoah ON the Drydock
". A. Boole q Son viii place the
big ship Shenandoah on the Hunters
point drydock today to be stripped.
calked and recoppered- The Shenan-
ooah is one of the largest wooden YES
sels IN the world, and the job will
keep large army Of men busy for
some days.
Launches Two New Boats
Two gasoline launches. built for the
Crowley launch company were slid into
the water yesterday from rwiggs boat
yard and viii be in commission in A
few days as Crowley s and =
Wafer Front Notes
The tugs Hercules and Goliath. which
were built in Camden y. J., for the
Merchants and Shipowners towboat
company. arrived March 3 at Punta
Arenas. and are TO resume their voy-
age today.
The Pacific Mail liner san Juan left
Nazatlan March y for this port.
The ship Atlas cleared yesterday for
New York via Kahului
The liner Nippon Maru, from the
orient, arrived yesterday at Honolulu.
The Korea, outward bound, arrived
yesterday at Yokohama
The bark st. Katherine arrived yes
terdsy. p DAYS from Hilo, with sO.I36
bags OF sugar.
The schooner John D. Spreckels sailed
yesterday for Kodiak on a trading
cruise for the Alaska Commercial COM
pany.
= The schooner Stanley sailed yester-
day on codnsEing cruise