The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-05
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Transport Sheridan Will Sail Today
for Honolulu and Philippines

The United States army transport
Sheridan will sail today promptly at
noon for the Philippines, stopping at
Honolulu and Nagasaki on the way.
The sailing OF the Sheridan today will
be the first trip it has made since 1t
went on the rocks of the coast OF
Japan. Is months ago. The Sheridan
is now the queen of the transport serv-
ice, being in a better condition today
than IL has been since being first turned
over to its original owners. The re-
pair work was done entirely at Mare
island and the ship is an example of
the superior workmanship OF the gov
eminent employees.
More than ESQ passengers are booked
to sail. about 100 of which are school
teachers and their wives. A. H. Taylor,
chief of detectives of the police force
Of Honolulu, is also a passenger. Three
thousand tons OF freight and 400 boxes
of Philippine pesos constitute the
Sheridans cargo. The only soldiers it
carries are zoo recruits. Two extra
steam launches have been added to the
Sheridans list The Buford, which is
now in port, will be the next transport
to leave, June being its sailing date.
Queen Brings Many Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's steamer Queen arrived four
hours late yesterday with 900 passen-
gers from Los Angeles, who did not
see enough of the great fighting ma
chimes in the southern city.
Relief Goes to Monterey
The United States hospital ship Re-
lief and the tender Panther left late
yesterday afternoon to rejoin the fleet
at Monterey.
City of Para Sails
The Pacific Mail steamer City of
Para, Captain Urry. sailed for Ancon
and way ports yesterday afternoon
with large list Of passengers.
Quarantine ONCE to Close
The United States quarantine office
in the ferry postoffice building Will be
closed all day Wednesday in. honor of
the arrival of the feet.
Seminole Sails With OIL
The Standard; oil steamer Seminole
came down from Orient yesterday with
a large load Of case oil. She sailed
early in the evening for Shanghai
Commissioner Working Hard
W. V. Stafford. president Of the board
of harbor commissioners, said that he
was the hardest working man on the
water front yesterday. When asked
how he happened to be working so.
hard he replied:
The fleet is doing it. It's the fleet,
but I like TO be busy like this. 1 am
perfectly contented. though. and wish
that we could have a fleet like this
come here about every six months.
Golfers Anchor in Bay
The four colliers which accompanied
the Atlantic feet on It's trip. TO this
coast arrived in port yesterday morn
ing, shifted over TO the Berkeley shore
later in the afternoon and dropped their
anchors.
DauntIess Goes to Coos Bay
The Spreekels tug Dauntless sailed
yesterday morning for Coos bay, where
it will get the steamer Nan Smith to
tow to this city. The trip will take
about FIVE days.
steamer Farley Goes on Drydock
The British steamer Farley went on
the Hunters point drydock yesterday
afternoon for cleaning and painting,
after which It probably will be put on
the oriental run for the Pacific Mail
steamship company.
Falls From Palace Hotel
H Gonzales, an iron worker en-
ployed on the Palace hotel, fell from
the ground story of the basement yes
terday morning and fractured his right
wrist, which was set at the harbor
emergency hospital.
Fall Breaks His Ankle
P Howard of $40 Alabama street.
who is employed at Supervisor STAFF
ford's coal bunkers at East and How
ard streets, lost his footing at the top
Of one of the bunkers yesterday morn
ing and fell TO the ground, breaking
his ankle.
Steam Scnlds Engineer
Louis Kneiper of 1o1 Anderson ave-
nue. was burned on the face and neck
by the bursting of steam pipe on
donkey engine near the Steuart street
wharf.
Reading Glasses Missing
Charles S. Shires of Z Washington
street complained to the harbor police
yesterday afternoon that some one had
walked of with his reading glasses,
valued at $500.