The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-17
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Hongkong Maru Brings From Orient
Raw Silk Worth More Than S500,000

The japanese liner Hongkong Maru,
Captain Ernest Bent, arrived yesterday
morning about o'clock from the
orient and was alongside the Pacific
Mail wharf by o'clock The Hong
kong brought a large number Of pas
sengers, including the members of the
Pollard opera company. who played
for five weeks in Honolulu after a
tour Of the far east.
The Hongkong brought 2,SS3 tons Of
cargo. which included 720 bales Of
raw silk, 2O5 cases Of sake and 7,444
rolls Of mating. The raw silk
brought by the Hongkong is valued
at more than s5O0,00
This viii be the Hongkong Maru's
last visit to this port for some time.
Upon the return Of the liner to Japan
Il viii be laid up for an extensive
overhaHling and its place on the trans
Pacific run taken by the Tenyo Maru,
the new oil burning, triple screw tur-
bine liner specially built for this serv-
ice. The Tenyo Maru viii leave Hong
kong for this port June 2.
The Hongkong's passengers included:
From Observation-Disclosures II. Cheney, Miss
Kate Dawson, Robert Fairnie. Thomas D. Healy.
Albert A Hooper, Mrs. Leong Ng Shee, Master
Leong FOng Fat, Mrs. Lee Moy. Miss Tillie L.
McKeeTer Miss Mary NJ. McKeeyer William D.
McCullough Bishop William F. oldham: Lieu
tenant Harlan p Perrin, L. S. N; Louis E.
Pope, Bishop John Z. Robinson, Thomas San
eers, Mrs. Sanders, DR.. Herbert C. Wilson. Mrs.
Wilson.
Shanghai-Captain Henry c. Brown
Nagasan-Aiss Marion c. Doughty, Herbert
Aokohana-Ars. William b avery, Miss Eliz-
abeth r. Campbell and maid. Miss Alice E..
Gardner, d.. GresOr Gurgenianz. Ernest s.
Hail. Philip Harvey, Herman Henneberger, Mrs.
Henneberger. Horace 7. Herrick, Jill Hitotsu-
ysnagi Kiuhei Kobsyashi, Alexander ]. Mel
drum. Francis K Mclean, J. Tsuhoi Ninomiya.
I'll T.
ID. Page, James A. Prowse, Rupert Remfry, No
tojiro ShirRishi. YOshizo Shima, william A Ten
nant. Mrs. Tenant, Tamisuki Yokokaws.
HOnOlulu-Louis Brownlow, George Brownley.
Miss Lily Bull, Miss Dottie Brown, Miss Alice
Connely, Mrs Nellie Chester. Ernest f. Chester.
Frank Cherry, John 81. Dowsett, Mrs Dowsett.
Leslie Donsgbey. Charles Donsghey. Tony Forde,
Miss Vera Forde. Miss Irene Finlay, Miss Mas
SIC Fi1lay, Alfred Gouldng, Miss Ada Hind.
Miss Glsddis Hind. Frederick Heintz John
Heintz, William Howard, Miss Violet Jones.
Miss Mildred MeGorlieh. Miss Rose MeGorlich.
Olive Moore. Teddy Mcnamara, Miss Ethel Naylor.
A. H Pollard. Miss Merle Pollard, Miss Ivy Pol
Hiss Grace Perkins. Miss Dora Stewart. Miss
Emma Thorn, Miss Josie Walsh. Miss Daisy VIII
Harbor Commission Meets
The harbor commissioners held their
regular weekly meeting yesterday
morning and by noon had disposed OF
an accumulation Of business which
under the old rule Of afternoon ses-
sions would have kept them busy until
o'clock. The Acme lumber company
IN a communication expressed it's in
.tention Of retaining about seven acres
Of land In the vicinity of ISlais creek
and appealed TO the board for infor-
nation as to what help. If any, the
state would give in the work and what
Jurisdiction the state would exercise
when the work was completed On
the reclaimed land the company pur-
poses operating a lumber yard and it's
plan calls for the construction of a
seswsu and a wharf and extensive
dredging. The request will receive
consideration later. At the request of
Deputy Collector Of the Port w. B.
Hamilton the shoeblack stand which
now hides the branch OF the custom
house recently opened in the ferry
depot viii be moved.
Engineer Ralph Barker reported that
the new locomotive purchased for the
belt railroad had been tested by SUI
perintendent Burnham and found salts
factory. He recommended that It be
paid for. The locomotive will cost
sl5,S7S. less $4,000 allowed for the old
engine.
Hannah bath concern was de-
MED the privilege of placing an adver-
Using sign on Crowley's boathouse.
II. s. Scott applied for q berth south
the fleet for the excursion steamer H.
J. COrcOran. The lease was signed Civ
ing the Loop lumber company the use
OF the two wharves built in central
basin at a cost of $4,000, put up by
that concern. At the end of Is years
these Wharves will revert to the state.
Steamer MarfpOsa FIOated
The Oceanic steamship Mariposa.
which stuck fast on the ways of the
United Engineering works in the Oak
land harbOr Saturday, was easily doated
at high tide late last night The
steamer viii be ballasted and lowed to
this city this morning
Posted as Missing
The British ship Castle Rock. which
was never heard of after leaving Syd-
ney for Puget sound and which was
on the overdue list for some weeks.
was posted yesterday at Lloyd's as
missing. This means that all hone
has been abandoned and is the official
announcement OF the Castle Rocks
passing.
Pomona Breaking Up
The sea is gradually taking awav
what is left of the wreck of the
steamer Pomona, which went ashore at
Fort Ross recently. Word was re-
ceived yesterday that the upper works
OF the vessel had been washed AWAY.
The first good storm will leave moth
ing Of the wreck but the rock rinned
hull, which will probably hang on the
rocks until IL falls away in the form
OF rust