The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
China VIII Discharge at Oakland to Leave Wharf
Clear for the Liner Manchuria


orient Friday evening too late te pass
quarantine. was given pratique shortly
after : O'Clock yesterday morning and
by o'clock was discharging raw silk
and United States mail at the end Of
pier A. The China left before noon
FOR Oakland long wharf. where the
balance Of the cargo viii be discharged.
This was 2 necessity in order that the
dock might be kept clear for the Man
churia. which is Que Monday with more
than Ie.eoo tons OF freight
The China brought only four cabin
passengers from the orient and picked
Up only seven more at Honolulu The
liner brought Is second cabin passen-
gers and lSo Asiatics-
The Chinas cargo iucIuded So bales
Of raw silk. 3-Ss2 rolls of mating and
20 bales of human hair.
The human hair industry is steadily
growing. The thrifty celestial is grow
ing less reluctant TO sell his pigtail for
cash. and II the demand for hair con-
tinues q few years longer the queue
VIII be as rare IN China as the c=ino-
line in the Occident.
The China's passengers included: s
F. Burbank. J. L Holt. Captain c. w
Otwell. II. II. Pearce. Mrs Lee Shee.
r a Jordan. Father z. c. Powell, H
PlauR and O L Thielmann.
Cutter Causes Excitement
he rereuue cutter Daniel Manning caused
something 81 stir yesterday by steaning over
from Sausslito- coming 10 sn anchor OF the Pa
ci6c Mail wharf shd sending an officer on hoard
Chinese Ju1S that was lylng peacefully tieo
up 10 Main street wharf. In few minutes re-
ports of smuggling plots began 20 circulate
crowd gathered on the wharf beside the junk
and awaited il b7esthless excitement for the
revenue cutter officer 10 appear on deck. per
haps Vifb a CORY sword in one hand and ,
celestial heaN f-a the Other.
He appeared On 6etk il due course and there
wzs something ia his hand bar il was only g
had been performing The routine duty OF II
specting the vessels papers and with his foun-
tain pen had made note in bis uemorsndu1n
book that the junk Al Bing was % h.
Public school Navigation Class
Keen interest is being manifested along the
wafer front in the navigation class 10 &c eSteb-
iished in connection with the Humboldt evening
bizh school Eighteenth and Dolores streets. The
class VIII bold its first session al ?. n. No
vember >. and viii meet every eEe1ing during
the school term except Saturdays and sundays
The appointment as instructor Of J. 7 McMil-
Ian national expert of TIE branch photographic
Office. is taken as guarantee that the new
class VIII be OF practical value 70 young men
il the nautical profession Ibe instruction Wili
include very thorough course II ioSaT itnIils
aud il i thought that this fearUre viii attract
many other than sesfari1g pupils As the work
nrogresses il is probsble that the naval militia
training ship Alert viii be placed at the dis
pcsal q the Class from time 10 time 10 give
ctEe 10 practical test
Change on siberia
Captain Andrew Dixon has assumed comsmnd
q TIE Pacific Mail liner Siberia in place OF
Cspraia Zeeder. who has been granted leave OF
absence for Two trips Chief Officer E P hitt
has been detscbed Iroua the Siberia and placed
on waiting orders He has been succeeded on
the hig liner by a. a DEnaing. formerly second
Officer
Aztec 10 Go Into Commission
The pscfSe Nail f-eIchrer Aztec Is n 90 into
CONN issiou and VIII sail the Arst week IN No
veuber FOR the lower coast 10 remain there
during the coffee season No master has been
appointed 10 the Aztec yet. but Z. 5. MoloDey
has been ordered 70 the freighter IS chief officer
TIE Aztec has not been TO sea since April 80
steamer VI. f. Plant Disabled
TIE steamer NJ r Plant broke down yester-
dsT while crossing the Euuacidr river bar Oh
its way from Eureka 10 tbis port. The Plant
crossed Out IN company With the steamer hurek
and 81 last adTices was lying outside the bar
with the Eureka standing by
Schooner Towed Ashore
The schooner 4. n. Baxter. bound from Port
Gamble Tor this port. was toved ashore yesIer-
vessel TO sea The Baxter was hoated later with
the assistance Of the tug Wyadds and is re-
ported to have escaped serious damage.
Water Front Notes
The revenue cutter Hugh MeCmloch arrived
at Pugef sound yesterday from Alaska
Tbe Pacific Coast steamship company Cur
aoao sailed October p froa Mazatlan for this
The Italian cruiser Puslis. which left here
October Is arrived yesterday AZ Honolulu
British steamer WsiweFa- which left bere
September -. arrived yesterday al Sydney.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday b. ses amounted
The Pacfac Coast steamship companfs liner
{ Governor Captain Jepsen, cleared yesterday
4 and wiz sail today for Puget sound
TIE Standard oil steamer Ashtabula ssileo
. yesterday for Moii.