The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
Shipping News and GOSSIP
of the Water Front
Curacao HobnObs With Fleet in
Mexico, but Gets No Turtles

The Pacific coast steamship COM
pany's Curacao, Captain Paulsen. ar
rived yesterday from Guaymas with
about 500 tons of cargo. largely silver
ore, and IS passengers. The Curacao
usually brings a large shipment OF
turtles from Magdalena bay, but this
trip the supply had been demolished
by the officers and men of the Atlantic
fleet. San Franciscans must forego tur-
tie soup for a spell and take comfort
from the fact that Jack enjoyed the
delicacy every day during the stay of
the feet in Magdalena bay.
The feet was in the bay when the
Curacao was there and the passengers
enjoyed an intimate view of the mag
nificent spectacle as the little white
liner remained at anchor close TO the
fleet for several hours.
The Curacao was favored with fine
weather all the way home.
Goes on the Drydock
The Peruvian cruiser Almirante
Grau was placed on the drydock yes
terday at Hunters point to be cleaned
and painted. The cruiser will also
undergo extensive repairs during its
stay in this port The Almirante Grau
has a reputation for speed, but reached
this port so armored with barnacles
and festooned with marine vegetation
that making Roadway at all was a
task of some difficulty. After leaving
the drydock and when the repairs
have been made the cruiser will be
able to skip home at a "a knot gait
and the army will have to keep
bright lookout at the Preside salut-
ing station or the Almirante Grau will
be outside the harbor before the war
department. knows it. Other vessels of
1f
Chilean navy will visit this port soon,
so the army viii have four chances to
brush up on the forms of social
etiquette as 1t is practiced among
civilized and friendly nations.
Sails Today for Tahiti
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Mariposa, Captain Hayward, will
sail at IL o'clock this morning for
Tahiti with full cargo and large
number of passengers. The Mariposa
was to have sailed last Tuesday but an
accident to the marine ways at the
United engineering works resulted in
NARROWING the liner until Thursday
evening. The Mariposa, snugly Sc
cured in the cradle. suffered no harm
as the result of the accident to the
ways and the passengers will forget
the delay as soon as the steamer
reaches the ATTITUDES where il is al
ways summer and where nothing mat
tiers. Among the passengers will be
Governor Julien, the French executive
at Papeete, and several parties of tour
lists.
Stovaways. Are Released
The four stowaways who arrived
Thursday on the Japanese liner Hong
kong Maru have been allowed to land,
rs they are ali American citizens. The
fine. of 5000 for. each stowaway, as
the coast shipping laws do not permit
u foreign vessel to carry passengers
between United States ports The
fines will probably he RENTED upon
the recommendation of the collector
of the port.
salmon Ships stlu Moving
Another section of the salmon feet
will be on the way north in a few
days. The bark Star of Chile sailed
yesterday for Bristol bay and the r.
P. Cheney, which cleared yesterday.
will sail today for Naknek. The Star
of England, Star of Italy and Bohemia
cleared yesterday for Bristol bay. The
ship Lucille, which has been on the
drydock repairing. was taken out yes
terday and locked at Howard street
wharf to load supplies for the can
neries.
Supplies for Whaling Fleet
Roth, Blum & Co. yesterday char
tered the American ship James Drum
mond to take supplies to the whaling
fleet. The Drummond will leave mere
April 25 and will sail May 20 from
Port Townsend for Port Clarence The
supplies taken by the Drummond will
include foodstuffs and coal.
Water Front Notes
The japanese liner Nippon Maru ar
rived yesterday at Yokohama from this
port.
The City of Para. homeward bound,
sailed yesterday rom Acapulco.
The Texan left Salina Cruz April Is
for this port by way Of San Diego.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1.050.000 feet.
The Kosmos liner Abessinia arrived
yesterday from Hamburg by way of
South and Central American ports with
cargo which included 5000 bags of
coffee and a large shipment of cement