The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Launch Goes Too Close to Quarantined
Ship and Is Taken to Angel Island

anxious 10 get ashore in q hurry TO pay
81 piece for the ride. Every passen-
ger has a big canvas bag containing
ms clothes. Some have trunks and other
baggage. and as all have too much
money coming TO them TO care about
/ carrying their own impediments, the
eNpressmen join forces with the launch
men in the battle for business.
When the Star of India, % days from
Nushagak, dropped anchor yesterday in
quarantine, the vessel was Immediately
surrounded by q swarm of gasoline
launches. There is a federal law pro-
hfbiung boats going within hailing dis
tance of vessel in quarantine, but in
the desire for business the launchmen
forgot and the mosquito fleet crashed
alongside the quarantine steamer Arg
onaut while the seekers after bust
ness filled the air with their yells.
Dr. Drew, the quarantine officer.
warned the boats away, but he might
as vel have asked the tide TO run in
the other direction DR.. Drew then de-
cided that a little example might have
more effect. SO he seized the nearest
launch. Paterson No. I, and towed it TO
the quarantine station at Angel island.
In addition TO the deckhand and en-
gineer there were on board the launch
two eXpressmen and the runner for a
Filipino lodging house. The prisoners
and launch were turned over TO DR.. w
{ Hobby, chief quarantine officer, VINO
held them for three hours and then let
them go.
The star Of India brought 81, ,0O0 cases
OF salmon Fine weather was en-
countered all the way home On board
the vessel were about 90 white men
and nearly 100 Chinese. The Chinese
were very anxious 10 know IL any of the
tongs were on the warpath in China
town From letters they had received,
some OF them said, they expected to
find considerable disturbance and were
surprised TO know that no blood had
been shed.
VIII BE Surveyed and Repaired
The steam schooner Shna Yak, Cap
tain Hutton, which lost its deckIoad
september : OF Point Arena and made
the world fear for a few hours that
there had been a serious marine dis
aster, arrived yesterday from san
bedro- The vessel will be placed on
T the drydock for survey and any neces-
sarE repairs viii be made before the
Shna Yak goes again TO sea The
oeekioad was lost when the vessel ran
ashore. The port rigging carried away
100000 feet Of the lumber that the
vessel was carrying from Everett TO
san Pedro Five members Of the crew
went overheard with the deckload, but
all were picked up. The steamer got
on without assistance and went on to
san Pedro.
hold an Investigation TO find out why
Captain Hutton selected the shoal
waters IN the vicinity OF Point Arena
when he had undisputed access 10 the
broad expanse Of the Pacific ocean.
They viii also probably want 70 know
why he made soundings with his keel
instead OF with the lead or the patent
sounding machine
barometer for Midway Island
The United States weather bureau is
sending TO Midway by the liner Mon
golia- which sails this afternoon, q
I barometer, one Of the set brought out
! The barometer win be installed at the
cable station and daily reports viii be
mashed from this mid-Pacific island TO
/ the weather bureau at this port
/ The barometer viii be in charge of
I d Morrison, superintendent Of the cable
station, who viii be a passeng ger on
the Mongolia and is returning TO Mid
way after an extended vacation. Nor
rison and the barometer Will leave the
Mongolia az Honolulu, where they will
/ take the cable companys steamer for
visited Midway and narrowly escaped
becoming permanent feature Of the
landscape Superintendent Morrison
was host TO the Mongolia's passengers
and crew during the time the liner
was ashore at Midway.
Mongolia VIII Carry Many Passengers
The Pacific Mail liner Mongolia, Cap
tain Henry Morton. viii sail today at
I O'Clock for the far east The liner
viii carry about 5000 tons of cargo. in
cluding a big shipment OF silver bull
lion. 240 cabin passengers and IFS
Asiatics- Among the passengers will
be F. J. Y. Skif OF the Field museum,
( Chicago, who is a member of the
Tokyo exposition commission. Skif
viii be accompanied by W A New
come OF the state department., who has
mission There will be eight in Skiff's
party
Launch Robbed at Antioch
s p Blumenberg Of the Star and
Crescent dredging company. Antioch,
reported TO the harbor police yester-
day the theft OF three vaporizers and
kit of tools from the launch At
lanta He values the stolen property
Of being the thief Blumenberg be-
1eves that an attempt viii be made 10
dispose Of the property here or in Oak
land
VIII Be nm Oil Carrier
The steamer Washtenaw, once IA
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Z line q Polk street. il2:e Of North Point Lo-
Edmund Maddox and wife to Harry z. Mad
dock. lot n 2 line Of Bright street, Us OF
Stanley, 20 By 100: gift
Leopold Weinstein and wife TO T. z Larsen.
lot in Ne line OF Thirty-sixth avenue South I50
NV Of street. \ . by Ne 100: SO.
George L Reynolds 10 EdiIla G. Reynolds ct
al, lot il line OF Sacramento street. I54:7 "
OF Steiner, W $40. 10, 4e:s. y 12o, and
Charles W. FAY and wife 10 Susan sandrock.
lot in line Of Seventeenth street, 152:101 E of
Shrs6er, + 26.5 BY 1I4:4 11-1G: $40.
Building Contracts
Catherine Stapleton with Martin Peterson and
J. Gi55s-TO erect q three story frame building
az the NV corner Of Franklin street and Ivy ave-
nue., \ % by W 1876: so-I03
D. " Tjet5ea with Rainey & Philiips-To
erect q two story and basement brick building in
line Of Sacramento street. 100 Z of Front, e
% by 50: T,s77.
John ". Maher with Segurson Bros.-To erect
story and basement frame building in =
line Of Twelfth street. 2I:6 NV OF Kislfng NV
% by - S7.s; So
Lewis Hicks company (sgent Alice p. SuIIivanl
with American marble and mosaic co.nusnr-
Marble and mosaic for building ar Sc corner of
Sutter street and Grant avenue, 275 by -
1916: seS5
A. S Baldwin and wife TO Masonic temple as
ISOLATION OF California, lot at NV corner OF yan
Ness arenue and Oak street. \ As, " S2:6
- " y s 12o. 1893: $40
California z. Hale 70 same. lot in NV line Of
Van Ness avenue. IS \ Of Oak street, Al by
" SO: s.
Cecilia Phelan TO same. lot in W line of van
Ness avenue. "a OF Oak street. 26 BY W
S2-9 SIG.
Elizabeth Holtum 10 Ferdinand Holtum. lot
in \ line Of Pine street 1C0.5 II of Buchanan
Z 22.I1 by 1876. and one other piece: gift
Rose A. Merriman ct al. 10 William J. Cuneo
lot in line Of Lexington street, 21O Of
Twentieth. 25 By 50: $40.
Alex Mann Jr- and wife TO Denis J. O'sbea
and wife, lot 13. block Z. Park Lane tract;
$40.