The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Shipping News and Gossip
Of the Water Front
City of Para, Leaving Isthmus Two
DaysLate, Arrives Ahead of Time

The Pacific Mail liner City of Para.
Captain A. w. Nelson. which a few
voyages ago was in the tortoise class
for speed, arrived here yesterday from
the isthmus in record time The Para
left Ancon two days late and passed
In through the Golden gate a day
ahead of time-this In spite Of a gale
encountered a few days ago. which
held the liner back to the extent OF
almost a days run.
The City of Para left the isthmus
with the largest cargo the liner ever
took away from .Ancon. Much of this
freight was put off at the different
Central American ports of call. and the
liner arrived here with only 1.162 tons.
This included 500 tons of structural
steel to be used in this city. This
shipment of steel is part of a 5000 ton
consignment on its way from New York
TO San Francisco.
The City of Para brought 33 pas
sengers and treasure valued at $90.920.
Passengers on the liner report every
| thing quiet along the coast The new
coffee crop is going to be big. and
even in Guatemala, in spite of Cabrera,
the people are preparing for a spell of
prosperity. The day the Para left La
Union it was reported that trouble was
imminent between Salvador and Hon
duras, but not much moro so than usual.
Passengers from Salvador say that
David Blum. of the Occidental bank in
Salvador and Jacob Stahl a banker in
Guatemala, have the peace of Central
America in their personal control
These two gentlemen of finance. say the
people in Central America, arrange and
settle Central Americas revolutions at
their own sweet will. the stopping and
starting of civil wars being an i'm
portant adjunct to their business
While the liner was at San Jose de
Guatemala Chief Steward Judge put
over the side a cunn1ngly built and
temptingly baited fish trap, and his
colorado madura fairly shone as he told
the passengers of the wonderful mess
of red snappers he would catch. AS the
trap was being hauled in two great
man eating sharks grabbed it, and un-
der the strain of their weight the line
broke the trap, snappers and sharks
disappeared Judge sat up until mid
night rifle in hand. Just before eight
bells were struck a shot was heard and
a few minutes later Judge went to his
room after explaining to the officer on
watch: AZ done shoot Mr.. Shark bus
his haid wide open. He eat my snap
pers and steal my trap. but he CANT put
no hoodoo on me now
The Para's passengers included: Mrs
A. P. Hendrickson; Antonio Hazan, wife
and child; Mrs. NJ. E. James, r. v R. r.
Stout, c. C. Smith. Miss NJ. l.. Earring
| ton, ] w, Hum, r. Z. Perkins and
Walter .Mbhns.
Seattle steamer in Trouble
| The steamer Northland of Seattle,
while on its way from Alaska to Sc
attic struck the rocks Yesterday OF
/ Enterprise reef on the west side OF
| Vancouver island. The little steamer
was pulled off and started in tow Tor
Seattle The damage to the yesseIs
4 ar4nre rQ
! posed. and when it was found that the
/ pumps could not control the inrush OF
water the Northland was beached at
Village cove.
Big storm at CaIIao
According to dispatch received from
Lima, Peru, Callao bay was visited yes
i terday by a storm of phenomenal vio-
| lence that temporarily put the port OF
! Callao out of business and leIt the
people in panic. Seas rose IN the
/ harbor to a great height and swept
the wharves. doing much damage to
property.
Stripped of Sails in Gale
The British bark Zinita. bound from
! Newcastle. Eng. for Puget sound, has
/ but back to Deal in damaged cOndi-
tion. The vessel ran into heavy wealth
/ er in the channel. and in addition 10
i having her decks swept, lost large
/ number of sails.
To Have wireless Apparatus
The Standard oil company. through
| ]. C. Rohlfs, manager of the marine
department, San Francisco, has ar
ranged to equip its Pacific coast
| steamersHAtlas, Asuncion and Nave
rick also barge 91-with wireless
| teIegraphy The United wireless tele-
graph company's system will be used.
Notice to Mariners
| San Francisco. Cal, Nov. 81, 1908.
/ Trinidad Head. Cal (list Of lights
and fog signals, Pacific coast. 1908,
page 26, No. 10. and list of lights,
buoys and daymarks, Pacific coast.
1908. page 40)-NOtice is hereby given
that beginning about December 20.
1908, the 1000 pound fog bell at this
station will be discontinued for about
two months while necessary repairs
are being made Due notice of the re-
establishment OF this signal will be
Fort Ross coxe. Cal qist. q. Of lights.
1905, page 35)-Notiee is also given
| that Fort Ross whistling buoy. Fro.
was reported adrift November 25. II
will be replaced as soon as praS-
By order of the lighthouse board.
r. f. LOPEZ. Commander, u. s n.
Inspector, Twelfth Lighthouse District.
water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet;
French bark Jean cleared yesterday for
Ipswich.
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's Curacao left Ensenada at 10
o'clock a. m. Thursday for this port.
The Pacific Mail liner Peru left Aca-
pulco at noon Thursday for this port
via Mazatlan.
The liner City of Sydney cleared yes
terday and will sail today for Panama
and way ports.
The Kosmos liner Ammon cleared
yesterday for Hamburg.
The bark Andrew Welch. which left
here November s, arrived yesterday at
HoSIoIu!u.
This steamer BESSIE Dollar arrived
Yesterday at Sydney and Esiled again
for Port Pirie and Adelaide
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST