The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Salmon Ships Will Bring Money and
Work for Idlers Along City Front

The water front is waiting expect
antly for the ships Of the salmon feet
10 put in an appearance. shipping has
been quiet for some months and work
along shore scarce When the salmon
ships get in however the period of
financial stringency viii be over for
hundreds Of those whose money comes
rs the price of hard physical labor
The vanguard Of the feet is in, but
the rush has not yet started. In a few
DAYS the salmon carriers viii begin
10 show up in twos and threes, and
within a few weeks there Will be
salmon ship discharging cargo at nearly
every wharf along the city front
The fishermen viii be back. a great
army of free and easy spenders. each
with a few hundred dollars to get rid
OF before another job receives con-
sideratiOn. AS the fishermen and can
merry hands insist upon getting ashore
just as quickly as possible after the
anchor is down. the launch owners
along the front reap 4 substantial
harvest in ferry fares. The longshore-
men viii find all the work they can
get away with in unloading the ships
and reloading the salmon into the
steamers, sailing vessels and cars used
fn distributing the seasons catch TO the
markets Of the world.
The fees for bringing the ships into
port will rladden the hearts of the
ers are radiant with the kind OF smile
with which they welcomed the feet.
The salmon catch this year viii prob
ably be larger than that of last year
by only about $4,000 cases. The catch
north Of Wrangell narrows, where il
was poor last year, promises to be very
good this year, but south OF the mar
rows. where a big harvest was gath
cred last year. the catch has been dis
appointing Not until November viii
all the returns be in.
Asia VIII sail Today for Orient
The Occidental and Oriental steam
ship companys liner Asia. Captain
Harry GaukrOgeT. viii sail at 1 o'clock
this afternoon for the orient. The Asia
VIII carry full cargo and about 30
cabin passengers, as well as large
number OF Chinese This will be
the Asia's last voyage under the q. and
o flag, under which 1T has sailed since
IL nrst came TO this coast as the Doric
under charter from the White Star line.
The Hartman interests acquired the
Doric and the Coptic, now the Persia
but the vessels have been managed by
the Occidental and Oriental steamship
company Next voyage the Asia viii
be placed under the Pacific Mail flag.
The Asias flags were half masted
yesterday as a token of respect to the
memory OF the late d. d. Stubbs. who
was vice president OF the company and
the personal friend OF nearly every
man in the employ
lily OF cN0neN Makes NEOOd Run
The Pacific Mail liner City OF sydney.
Captain Mclean. which arrived yester-
day from Panama and way ports. made
q quick run from Mazatlan. coming
from the Mexican port in five days Is
hours. The City of Sydney brought 80
passengers. S54 tons Of cargo and
treasure valued al SI5. 000 Among the
passengers We're two young Guatemal-
ans. who have come here 10 so to
school. Arturo Siguere Jr is the son
OF Guatemala city merchant and the
father Of Jose A. Aguilar is one OF Ca
bTera's generals.
The Sydney's passengers included:
Mrs Manuella Stokes Arturo Siguere Jr.
DeGardo de Ia Flor Arturo Perno
Wilson. r. Kroner Jose A. Aguilar
Gordon c. Phar0 Edgar c. McMicken
PAirs. Gordon c. Pharo Ms. Emilia Billings
Arturo Siguere
Memphis Arrives From Hamburg
The Kosmos liner Memphis. Captain
Lilienthsl. l01 DAYS from Hamburg, ar
rived yesterday by way Of South and
Central American ports. The Memphis
DrougnL l.5Z5 tons OF cargo. which IN
cluded a big shipment OF cement, and
four passengers. The passengers were-
Lise Parkhurst Fe1ise Moreno C. L
Sargeant and Thomas Nearv Moreno
who is a Chilean. was refused landing,
as ne is thought TO be suffering from
trachOma.
Water Front Notes
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted TO 100000 feet.
The Pacific Coast steamship cOmpa-
uys liner Curacao. Captain Paulsen.
sailed yesterday for Guaymas and way
ports The Curacao carried about 20
passengers.
The French steamer Ouessant from
Marseiiles. has arrived at Saigon with
2 damaged propeller. The vessel viii
be dTyGocked for survey and repairs.
The British bark Howard D. Troop,
bound from Tacoma for the United
Kingdom and quoted for reinsurance at
s per cent. was spoken June in So
south - west.
The steamer Centralia. Captain Erick-
son, arrived late last night, 50 hours
from san Pedro.