The San Francisco call., 1908-08-27
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Navy Expert Goes North to Install
Wireless Station at Valdez

Equipment for government wireless
station at Valdez, Alaska, is being
taken to Seattle on the steamship Cow
ernor, which sailed yesterday. George
Z. Hanscom. a wireless expert from the
Mare island navy yard, who was
passenger on the Governor will have
charge of the installation Hanscom,
who is accompanied by his wife is TAX
ing II assistants with him. Hanscom
says that the Valdez station will be the
most complete and powerful on the
coast.
The Governor carried $50 passengers,
among whom We're some we'll known
people. One Of the passengers was
Captain Perkins, Z. S n, retired, who
now makes his home in Berkeley. A.
Barnes of Honolulu was another.
The passenger who attracted most
attention on the wharf was Martin J.
Sheridan of New York, who announced
himself as the winner of the high jump,
pole vault and a few other events at
the Olympian games. To an admiring
throng he told how the New York po-
lice department, of which he is a MEM
Der, had given him two years vacation
in which to train for the big contest
and had given him two months more
before he returned to his beat He
characterized the treatment given the
Americans by the game officials as rot
ten" and expressed the opinion that
the Britishers We're poor losers.
Vanguard of the salmon Fleet
Captain Ross of the Standard oil
company's steamer Dakotah, which ar
ballast, reports having sighted three
ships and a bark heading for this port
He did not make out their names, but
1t is almost certain that the four wind
TANNERS constitute the vanguard of the
homeward bound salmon fieet
The arrival of the salmon fleet means
plenty of work along the water front,
where the paymaster's task has been
light for some time The Dakotah
sighted a bark and a ship August %
in $3.50 north, 1924 west. and two
ships on August 23 in 44.4O north,
1918 west.
VIII Await German Surveyor
The damaged Kosmos liner Anubis
was tOwed back to Union street wharf
yesterday and viii remain there until
the arrival Of Captain Carlson q rep
resentative of the German underwriters
Until he arrives nothing will be done
toward repairing the Anubis. The sur
Vey made on the dEydock reveals con-
siderable damage sustained while the
ship lay on the rocks at San Miguel
island. The damage is greatest be-
meath the engines. About 100 plates
are aHected and II is estimated that 1t
viii cost $4,000 to put the liner in
good condition.
Hnonian Sails for Honolulu
The Matson navigation company's
steamer Hilonian, Captain Peter John
son, sailed yesterday for Honolulu with
about 1000 tons of general cargo and
45 passengers Among the passengers
We're:
Q; AtTater Brother William
Miss ]. h. Grieve Brother James
4. A. Richmond L. Magoon
6. Bush Mrs J.. C. Ables and son
5 Bush Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney
{. Dyer Mr.. and Mrs. Sutton
J. + Higgins Kenneth Ables
4 harkS Miss Sutton
MIS- Marks and two Kenneth Brown
children Miss Whitman and child
Miss Josephine DeyO f. Goodwin
e. Mclaughlin iN = Yalent
Miss +. Lawrence w T. Johnson
Miss 5. K. Smith
Charmer's Skipper Released
Word was received from the United
states district attorney at Juneau
Alaska, by United States Attorney Dew
lin yesterday to the effect that the case
against Captain II. G. Killman of the
bark Charmer had been dropped. Cap
tain Kiilman was arrested Tuesday on
two year old warrant which was
sworn to by the collector of the port
at Juneau, charging Killman with hay-
defraud the government out OF the tax
on 10000 barrels of salmon in 1905.
Inspectors Begin Inquiry
An investigation of the grounding of
the steamer Lansing, just outside the
Golden gate July. 10, was held yester-
and boilers. Captain +. E. Ferris,
Chief Engineer James CASTOR and
Third officer 2. c. Wedvig were ques-
toned by Inspectors Bulger and Bolles
he was unable to locate the lightship,
owing TO the dense fog.
Fireman Sues for $4,000
Alleging that his mustache was
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