The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Pilot Schooner Pathfinder Pokes Hole in
Smokestack Of Quarantine Tug Argonaut

The pilot schooner Pathfinder made
a bad start yesterday from its anchor
age off Meiggs wharf and fouled the
United States quarantine steamer Argo-
naut, which was lying alongside the
wharf. The schooner's bowsprit raked
the steamer, just missed the pilot
house, poked q deep dent in the smoke
stack and converted the piperail into
twisted junk. The Pathfinder escaped
with a few scratches. and little later
sailed out to its station on the bar.
The Pathfinder was anchored closer
than usual 60 the wharf. The schooner
was going to sea in command of Boat
Keeper Urban. The foresail and an
chor were hoisted at the same time.
As the anchor cleared the bottom an
unexpected gust of wind filled the fore
sail; and before anything could be done
to avoid trouble the schooner was do
ing its best TO wreck the Argonaut
The Argonaut in the role of a victim
Of violence is something new and in
dicative of the complete reformation Of
the quarantine steamer. There was a
time when the Argonaut used to run
into everything within range. Even
the harmless ferry boats were not i'm
mune. Things got to such a pass that
bay steamers sounded the danger sig
nal whenever the Argonaut hove in
sight Since Captain Schultz was ap-
pointed master of the Argonaut the
quarantine steamer has behaved like a
perfectly tame tug, and this mixup with
the Pathfinder, in which the sailing
vessel was the aggressor, is the hrst
trouble that has come to the Arsonaut
for nearly year
Korea VIII BE Crowded
Captain sandberg yesterday resumed IIll
command of the Pacific Mail liner
Korea, relieving Captain Andrew
Dixon, who has been master of the
Korea for two voyages and who Is
now on waiting orders. The Korea
viii sail for the orient next Tuesday
with a large cargo and more than zoo
cabin passengers Among the latter
will be several parties OF tourists ana
a large number of missionaries. cap
tain Frank T. Fletcher of the United
States navy, who is on his way to Ma
Mia, will be a passenger on the liner.
Brings Many Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's liner President, Captain Cousins,
which arrived yesterday from Seattle,
brought $40 passengers from Puget
sound ports. Among the, passengers
was Captain Howell, representing the
Seattle commercial club, and here IN
connection with the Alaska-Yukon ex-
position, TO be held there next summer.
Another passenger was Captain Baird.
marine superintendent at Seattle of the
Andrew Weir steamship company.
The navy supply steamer Arethusa
sailed yesterday for - gdalena bay
with supplies for the ships of the Pa
cific fleet The big armored cruisers
in command of Rear Admirals Swim
burne and Sebree viii go to Magdalena
bay with the torpedo flotilla after nm
ishing their cruise in the south seas.
The fleet viii have its regular record
target practice and will be back here
before Christmas.
Brings Cargo of Niter
The Kosmos liner Serapis which ar
rived Yesterday from Hamburg by way
OF South and Central American ports,
came up from Mazatlan in days 91R
the Mexican port made-by any Kosmos
liner. The Scraps brought no passen-
gers and a small cargo, which included
]. zoo tons of inter and a few hundred
tons of general freight. AS all the
berths at the Kosmos wharf were oc-
cupied, and as there was nothing in
the cargo that coal dust would hurt,
the steamer dOeked at the Folsom
street bunkers yesterday and coaled
for the return voyage
ScaIded by Steam
A steam pipe burst in the engine
room on the steam schooner Pasadena
early yesterday morning. while the yes
sci was lying at Howard street wharf
and Ecward Ryan. an engineer, was
scalded on the left forearm by the es-
Gaping Vapor. His injury, which was
treated at the harbOr hospital, was
painful, but neither extensive nor
serious.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted TO 1887 000 feet
The Japanese liner America Maru.
from the orient, arrived yesterday at
Honolulu. The Tenyo Maru from here
also arrived at the island port. The
America Will sail today for this port.
The steamer Humboldt, which went
ashore in northern waters, has been
fioated and Will be towed to Esquimalt
for repairs.
The Spreckels tug Relief sailed last
light for Ross landing to assist at the
second attempt to raise the hull of the
steamer Pomona and to tow the dere-
lfct to this port If the attempt succeeds.
The new tanker Soyo Maru Of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha arrived yesterday
at Port Arthur, Tex, from Yokohama.