The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Liner Asia Is Bringing From Far East
Raw Silk Valued at S2,000,000

Ihe occidental and oriental steam
boat eompany's liner Asia. Captain
Harry Gaukroger, which left Honolulu
at a. m. Sunday and is due here early
next Saturday, is bringing a shipment
Of raw silk valued at $4,000, 600. This
is one of the largest shipments Of raw
silk ever brought across the Pacific by
one vessel. From here the silk will
be hurried to New York on the special
train which viii be waiting at the
Nail dock when the Asia comes in.
In addition TO the silk the Asia's
cargo OF 3,400 tons includes 20 tons
of mating and $50 tons of tea The
Asia is bringing IS cabin passengers
and IS Asiatics in the steerage.
VIII Carry Many Passengers
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria.
Captain saunders. which viii sail at
! o'clock this afternoon for the orient.
viii carry more than 200 cabin pas
sengers and an equal number of Ash
atics. OF cargo the liner will take
only about 1000 tons.
Prof. John Fryer OF the University of
California ana his wife viii be pasSen-
gers on the ManchuFia TO- Hongkong
A passenger 10 Honolulu viii be Mrs.
". J. Swinburne, wife of the COM
mander in chief of the Pacific fleet
which sailed yesterday for the island
Two Of the United States commits
siOners 10 the international exposition
10 be held in Tokyo viii also go on
the Manchuria. Commissioner Francis
7. LOomis viii be accompanied. by his
secretary, W A. Newcome. The other
commissioner is John c. O'Laughlin.
The commissioners viii be accompanied
by their wives.
Germany and France each will con-
tribute a count TO the ManchuriaS S
temporary population and each count
VIII be accompanied by his countess.
Count H Knipping viii represent Ger
many and Count de Piolene, France.
sights Empty skiff at Sea
The MatsOn navigation companys
steamer Enterprise, Captain Youngren,
arrived yesterday 10 days and Is hours
from Hilo with 13 passengers and a
cargo which included 80, s65 bags of
sugar and 500 tons Of merchandise.
Among the passengers was c. c. Ken
nedE OF the MatsOn nayiga ton COM
pany- Captain Youngren reports hav-
ing sighted on Sunday, about leo miles
on shore, q drab cOlored Skiff. The
course Of the Enterprise was changed
and the steamer passed within few
feet Of the wanderer. The boat was
empty and bore no name.
The Enterprise brought a large ship
ment Of koa wood consigned 10 local
furniture manufacturers. koa is a
very beautiful hardwood and has been
used in the islands for many years.
This is the first large shipment that
has been brought here.
BHfOrd the Next Transport
me next army transport TO leave
for the Philippines will be the Buford,
scheduled TO sail September 5. The
Buford viii carry 50 first cabin pas
sengers and 10 in the second cabin, 80
United States marines for the. Asiatic
station. 50 recruits for the Sixteenth
infantry. and II hospital apprentices
for Manila
Passes a Big Log Raft
The steamer Rainier, which arrived
yesterday from Grays harbor, passed
the steamer Yosemite on August %,
80 miles southeast Of BlaHeo, with a log
raft in tow The Yosemite is taking the
raft from the Columbia river TO San
Diego The Rainier also spoke the
Blanco with the new steam schooner
Majestic in tow, bound for this port
from South Bend
Brings Goldfish From the North
The barkentine City of Papeete ar
rived in late last night Captain
Schmaltz reports that on July 20, while
in Bering sea, he spoke the barkentine
Fremont. the schooner Stanley, the
schooner Joseph Russ and the schooner
Fanny Dutard.
Captain Matherson of the Fremont
reported to Captain SchmalIz tilat one
Of his sailors, named J. Brewer, whose
home was in San Francisco. had died
on the voyage ana that they had buried
him at sea. The Fremont LETT this
Dott -Str u
The Papeete brings 120,Oe0 goldfish
I
Loses Anchor
The German ship AIsterberg, Cap
tain SaelZeT. which arrived in pert from
Santa Rosalia late Sunday night, had
hardly dropped its anchor when Ihe
windlass suddenly gave way and anchor
and chain parted company with the
The ship began drifting and was or
the verge Of butting against Alcatraz
island when the second anchor was
dropped.
Water Front Notes
The Kosmos liner Anubis. recently
saved from the rocks of San Miguel
island. was drydocked yesterday al
Hunters point A survey Of the hull
after the water had been pumped out
of the dock revealed serious damage
involving large number Of the bottom
plates.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1926. 600 feet
The Standard oil eampany's steamer
Appalachee arrived yesterday from the
orient in ballast
The Spreckels tug Dauntless left yes
terday for the Columbia river to get
another log raft for San Diego. The
Dauntfess holds the ocean towing rec
ord OF the Pacific coast. This viii be
the third big raft 1t has towed this
Lendal NJ. Gray, manager on this
coast for the Kosmos line, returned
yesterday from a business trip to
Europe.
The British bark Heathheld. which
was quoted for reinsurance at pei
cent. has been spoken
The United wireless company has
been awarded the contract to equiv
Puget sound steamers Iroquois and
Chippewa with their apparatus.
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