The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Sixteen Horse Team Drags Dynamo
for Japan to Liner Siberia's Side

The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, Cap
tain Adrian Feeder, viii sail today at
o'clock for Honolulu and the far east
crowded with passengers and carrying
q large cargo. The freight includes
some arms and shipment Of fuse for
Japan. For Japan also the liner is car
rying a considerable amount of ma
chinery. including one dynamo which
.~e.Ehs el tons This Il ton package
was taken to the Pacific Mail wharf
Yesterday on a heavy truck dragged by
Ie horses. Special gear was rugged 10
lift the dynamo on board and the oper-
alton was performed successfully and
in remarkably short time under the
personal supervision of the head steve
core, Captain T. d. Z. Wilson.
The Siberia is taking a large ship
ment of silver bullion. OF cabin pas
sengers altogether the liner Will carry
$50, many Of them around the world
tourists Among the globe circlers VIII
be James Dickie, formerly OF the Union
iron works.
wireless for BOathOuse
The Crowley launch company is in
stallinE wireless apparatus at It's
Howard street boathouse TO maintain
communication with warships in the
harbor and vicinity. Although the COM
ing Of the big feet is the immediate
inspiration for the installation, Thomas
Crowley expects TO find the aerial talk
ing machine of permanent value in his
business. as he does much work for the
warships and daily receives over the
telephone from Yerba Buena messages
sent by wireless from warships that
want lighters and other things. Ten
years ago the Crowley feet consisted
of 2 whitehall boat, OF which Tommy
was the owner, crew. engine and agent
The fleet now is made up OF power
boats OF all sorts and sizes and Crow
lev doesn't have TO pull oars any more,
which he regrets only because his ap-
petite has lost its former edge he
pulls strings now, and the harhor COM
missioners say he is wonder, and
President STAFFORD says that he viii
watch the Crowley invasion OF the air
with interest
The harbor commissioners are receiV-
ing applications for boat landing space
from owners Of launches all over the
state. In anticipation OF the harvest
IA he resped when the big fleet comes
launches are on the way here from Eu-
reka and Santa Barbara, from other
coast points, from up the rivers and
from all around the bay The space
available is already crowded by those
regularly in the business and the out
side spectators are going to have
trouble IN establishing shore connec-
tions.
Navy Reports Merchantmen
A wireless message received at Yerbs
Ruena yesterday from Rear Admiral
Swinburne reports the arrival at Mag
daIena bay and departure for this port
of the steamer Mann Smith. The Mann
smith is e new steamer built on the
Atlantic for the lumber trade on this
coast and left Baltimore for San Fran
cisco so days ago. According TO Ar
roirsl Swinburne's wireless. the Mann
smith has lost one blade of its propel-
lor. but made no repairs at Magdalena
bay.
Injured BOatmsn Dies
George Baker, an emploYe OF the
crowley launch company, who was in
iured q week ago by a case Of cham
payne that fell on him from the rail-
of the cruiser South Dakota. died yes
terday in St Msrys hospital. Baker
suffered q fracture of the base of the
skull and from -he first little hope. was
entertained Of his recovery.
Mariposa sails for Tahiti
Crowded with passengers the Oceanic
steamship companys liner Mariposa.
Captain Hayward, sailed yesterday for
Tahiti Among the passengers were
many tourists, some invalids and about
2 score of travellers bound for Aus
tralia. The latter will change steam
ers at Papeete. Charles Narcade, gov
ernor Of the Paumotu group, was a
passenger on the liner.
Weather by Wireless
= The army transport Thomas reported
weather at noon yesterday 700 miles
out on the Pacific. The wireless was
received at the weather bureau early
in the afternoon. The sunshine that
san Francisco was enjoying did not
reach 700 miles to seaward, for the
Thomas reported the sky cloudy.
VIII Be Here on saturday
The Pacific Nail liner Acapulco sailed
Sunday from Mazatlan and should be
here on Saturday. The Acapulco's car
go of LOO tons includes $500 bags OF
coffee.
Water Front Notes
The steamer Curacao sailed Saturday
from Mazatlan for this port.
The San Juan. homeward bound, left
Acapulco on Sunday.
The America Maru arrived yesterday
al Honolulu from this port.
The whaling steamer Narwhsl
cleared yesterday for a cruise to the
Arctic.
The Alaska commercial company'r
schooner Lizzie Prien, which is goins
on g fur trading cruise, cleared yes
terday for Unalaska.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
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