The San Francisco call., 1908-03-20
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Coffee Ships Chartered by the Pacific
Mail Company Idle at Panama

The Pacific Mail liner San juan. Cap
tain A. W. Nelson. whlch arrived
wednesday evening from Panama and
way ports. docl1ed early yesterday
morning q: Lombard street wharf The
sar 5=an brought SO tons % cargo. 27
passengers ard treasure valued at
fT9.E5L
The coffee crop on the Central Amer
scsG coast Is = comparative failure this
year, and according 10 the officers OF
ths San JGsa there is nothing TO do
so- the steamers Farley and Macl1i-
nav. vttcr were chartered by the Pa
cific Mail company for the 1--WE months
az the coffee trade. II was generally
known by those in touch with the sit
uRsfoa that this years coffee crop
would be small and the tonnage re
served Tor this trade was cut down
b. tho kosmos line, the Pacific Siail
co>a2zny's chief competitor. r. p.
ScaNeriu, however. chartered two e,l-
ira ships. These ships made just one
zip each and are now lying idle ar
Panama. The coffee season is prac-
tically over and the expense of char
tering and operating these steamers
will be a heavy loss.
The coffee crop this year viii not
reach, it IS said, 600. 900 bags. The
-
Usually about 255000 bags is the
amount shipped through this port
This season II viii not reach $4,000
bags.
kmong the passengers on the San
gu6n was Captain Otto \. Jansen o.
the barlzentine Amaranth, which he
left AZ Antofogasta. He came home
On account OF i'll health
The San Juan's passengers included:
c. Deene. r ". Hyde, }. q. Richie,
IL NJ Sterns, J. A. Clay, Emily Cam
eron, d. c. Rice, NJ E. Sullivan, Max
Magnus. z. MagnUs, A. g. Hunter. o. A.
IansSen. Carl Jensen, Anna lessen. T.
g. York, NJ Larsen. E. Larsen. G.
kbadie. s. A. Upton. : Z. Brewer, *.
h kennedy and +. l. Hammond.
No Hope for Pomona
". Fl. Allison. marine superintendent
Of the Pacific Coast steamship com
pany, and Captains A Z. PillsbEry and
John Metcalf. representing the under
morning on the tag Relief from the
scene Of the wreck Of the steamer Po-
mona. They brought back six pack
sges of Wells Fargo express matter
and left at the wreck diver. who viii
try 10 recover the mali and the pas
sengers baggage. No hope IS enter
tanned o. saving the Pomona. Some
the weather continues ine the wreck
viii be stripped Of much movable gear.
Tenyo Maru 10 sail june
II was announced yesterday that the
triple screw turbine liner Tenyo Maru
would leave Hongkong for this port
june ?. taking the place on the regu-
iar schedule OF the Hongkong Aaru-
The Tenyo MaTu IS an oil burner and
VIII be the first turbine steamer on the
frans-P Pacific run and the first ever in
this port
May Be From RossmOnd
4 telegram from Victoria reports the
finding by the beach patrol al car
Fnanah OF q life buoy marked ~Rosman
EaD Francisco" The life buoy. with
some N'reclzsge. was picked up near
the Darling river. No vessel of that
name is registered al this port. but the
bGoy may have come from the schoon-
Rosamono. which left Grays Har-
her February for Callao.
Fall Into Steamers Hold
e Pstania and NJ Terrace. members
o: the crew, fell into the hold OF the
freighter Arizonan yesterday al pier
. and sustained numerous painful but
rou serious bruises. Their injuries
were treated at the harbor hospital by
Surgeon Hill.
Water Front Notes
Tho Oceanic steamship company $
liner Alameda. Captain Dowdell. will
sail tomorrow fof Honolulu
The barkentane Fremont cleared yes
terday for codhsning cruise.
The Pacific Mali liner san Jose will
sail TO-DAY Tor Panama and way ports
The Japanese liner Nippon Maru
Captain ". ". Greene is due this