The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Liner Manchuria Is Held Outside the Harbor in
Fog Bank, Until Too Late to Pass Quarantine

The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria.
Captain Saunders. arrived off the port
early yesterday afternoon. but owing
to dense wall of fog which obscured
the entrance TO the harbor she came to
anchor off the nine fathom buoy. or
about three miles outside the heads.
and was still there at shutdown, when
the quarantine officials boarded their
tug and went home to Angel island
The sun viii rise about $50 o'clock this
morning and If by that time the Man
churia is in the harbor the liner will
be boarded by the quarantine officials
and in due course, if there is no SICK
ness on board, will be granted pratique
and allowed to proceed to the Pacific
Mail wharf.
The delay so close to port is partic-
ularly exasperating to the steamship
officials. as the liner left Hongkong
three DAYS ahead of time in order that
its cargo might be landed here before
the new freight regulations imposed by
the interstate commerce commission go
into effect. There is still a margin,
but it is narrower and, as special ar
rangements were made TO rush the
freight, the delay even of a day is more
or less expensive on board the liner
is about 10000 tons of freight, and 1t is
nearly all for New York and most of it
was shipped on the Manchuria as it is
the last ship on which the lower rates
prevail.
The Pacific Mail people expected the
ship in port early this morning and
every preparation was made to receive
the big cargo. During the forenoon
the weather outside was fairly clear.
Then came the fog and shortly after ,
o'clock the lookout on Point Lobos
heard the hoarse blast of whistle
which he recognized as the voice of the
Manchuria. Slowly the sound came
nearer. Then it stopped and the look
out knew that the big liner had an
chored. In staying outside Captain
Saunders was obeying company orders
and saving his ship, perhaps, from the
fate of the Rio de Janeiro.
Direct service to Australia
The first steamer Oh the Oceanic
steamship company's recently arranged
route TO New Zealand viii be the liner
Mariposa, leaving here December %.
The Mariposa will reach Papeete
January 8, and passengers for the an
tipOdes viii leave there three days
later on one of the Union steamship
company's liners, arriving at yelling
ton January p and at Sydney January
20. just 20 days from the time of ieav
ing San Francisco.
The New Zealand port at which the
Australian liners used to call was
Auckland. Under the new arrange
ment the port of call viii be yelling
ton, the capital of New Zealand, and
situated almost at the geographical
center Of the British colony. This new
arrangement viii be more convenient
for tourists as from Wellington both
the northern and southern OF the two
big Islands that make up New Zealand
are more accessible than from Auck-
land, which is located at the northern
end of the northern island.
new railroad has been built from
Wellington to the hot lakes OF northern
New Zealand, natural wonders in
New Zealand Yellowstone, where the
season lasts all the year round, in
stead of for few months.
VIII Leave Port Same Day
The Matson navigation company's
barOs Annie Johnson and Andrew
WEIGH are both loading at Howard
street wharf for the Hawaiian islands
and viii both sail November s. The
has cargo for Hilo. The Andrew
WEIGH, Captain +. ". Kelly. IS going TO
Honolulu, and each skipper is satisfied
that his ship will reach its destination
first. So firmly convinced is each cap
tain that the other ship has no chance
that neither captain will bet on the re-
suit on the sportSmanlike ground that
a certainty is not a subject for gam
bling.
UmatiIIa Here From North
Steamship Umatilla, Captain Hall.
which arrived yesterday from Puget
sound, brought 33S passengers and
sacks Of flour, $500 cases of condensed
milk Of which 1,500 cases are for the
Atlantic fleet at Manila; 400 bars of
bullion. 1000 sacks of grain and 900
cases of salmon. Among the passen-
gers was the Vancouver university
Rugby football team. The steerage
passengers included a large number of
Chinese cannery hands from Alaska
Siberia VIII sail Today
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia. Cap
tain Andrew Dixon, will sail at /
O'Clock today for the orient with a
large number OF passengers and a full
cargo. Among the passengers will be
Z. y Cheshire, a state department Of
nclal, who IS going to the orient on an
inspection tour of the American en-
bassies and consulates.
Wireless on Steamer
The United wireless telegraph com
pany mas completed the installation of
two kilowatt set of wireless an
paratus on the Associated oil company's
steamship Rosecrans.
Water Front Notes
The steamer NJ T. Plant. which was
damaged Friday while crossing the
Coos bay bar is being lowed to this
port by the tug Columbia.
British ship Gulf Stream, bound from
Antwerp for Oregon, has put into Stan
ley, +. l.. damaged
- The liner Mongolia left Hongkong
saturday Tor this port. On board the
mongolia are the Chinese envoys who
are coming to America to thank Uncle
indemnity.
The Pacific Mail liner San Juan left
Mazatlan october "a for this port
Aeceipts of lumber yesterday bv sea
amounted to 100000 feet.