The San Francisco call., 1908-05-18
Shipping News and Gossip
Of the Water Front
| Large Number of Vessels Pass
Through the Golden Gate

The Golden gate was the scene of
GREAT activity yesterday. and from early
morning until late in the day craft Of
every description passed out and en-
tered.
The sailines we're unusually large
Tor besides the nine war vessels Of
Uncle SANS feet that sailed for south
ern ports there were p Of the mer-
chant marine that put 10 sea. The ma
ioritv OF these were bound 10 coast
ports while two started for Honoiuiu
and one for GuayUas.
In the big fleet that sailed were the
following steamship santa Rosa. Cap
tain Alexander. for san DIEGO; steamer
Homer. Captain Doris. for Portland
steamship Neradan. Captain Greene for
Seattle: steamship Yeddo. Captain Nc
Gill. for Portland. barkentine Irmgard'
CAPTAIN Christensen. for Honolulu; bark
Amy Turner Captain Warland, for
Honolulu; barkentine Wrestler. Cap
tain Bjornstrom. for Guaymas; schooner
n X Hall. Captain Bennecke, for Port
land. schooner Olsen and Mahoney'
Captain Payne. for Columbia river
steamer Saginaw Captain Streamer. FOR
san Pedro: steamer Yellowstone. Cap
tain Rowik, for Astoria steamer
Yosemite. Captain Jahnsen. fer Astoria
steamer Daisy Freeman. Captain john
son. for san Pedro; United States steam
ship Bear Captain Berthof. for Puget
sound: steamer Roanoke. Captain Dun
ham for Astoria via Eureka; steamer
Coronado. Captain Stangeland. for
Grays Harbor; steamer Roy Somers
Captain Sosland. for Grays Harbor;
steamer ". :. Porter, Captain Mac
donald. for Monterey; steamship
Lansing. Captain Dickson. for Port
san Luis: tug Hercules for Albion; tug
Nantucket. Captain Jones for Eureka.
Race to Honolulu
The race between the barkentine Irmgard.
Captain Christensen. and the bark Amy Turner.
Captain Walland. IS attracting much interest
morning for Honolulu Tic lrmgard passed
cut through the Golden gate ~ II q m and
thc Turner at 1920.
Disabled at Sea
The steamship National City Captain Hig-
gins. put into port yesterday with IFS machinery
disabled. The vessel was on the way from
Fort Bragg. bound 10 southern ports when a
portion of ifs machinery went ont II commits
sion, 50 Captain Higgins put IN for repairs.
The vessel was IS hours making the run down
the coast
Hackman Fails in Fit
James Mclean. a hackman. who lives at 1924
oak street was taken with an epileptic n
and Broadway. lie was carried 10 the harpoT
emergency hospital where IL required the ef-
forts ri Dr. TlIman aBd the entire hospital
staff to get the sufferer under control. Later
in the afternoon he was removed 10 the central
emergency hospital
New Steamer Arrives
The new steamer Daisy. which built in
the Coquiile river was towed TO this port
vessels were 81 hours in making the run. The
Daisy's engines and boilers viii be installed
berc and the vessel viii tben 90 into the coast
lumber trade 1t belongs to the Daisy steam
ship company.
TuscarOra Arrives
The British steamship Tuscarors Captain
HOllinshead, arrived in port late Saturday
night from Singapore, being 29ia days making
the rub up from that port aud Il days from
Mororan. IT brings 6.s25 tons Of uaphtha t
the Standard oil company
Wrestler TOwed by Hercules
The barkentine Wrestler Captain Bjenstrem
tug Hercules At that port the vessel vii
take on & toad OF lumber and then. under it'
Own sails, viii proceed 10 Guaymas.
Sails for Portland
The British steamship Yeddo. Captain McGin
al that port
Lumber Arrivals
Lumber arrivals BY sea from the north eoas
yesterday amounted to .033. .O00 feet.
VIII sail Wednesday
Mariposs viii sail for Tahiti Wednesday a
II 4. m
Alameda Due Tomorrow
The Oceanic steamship company's steame
Alameda is due from Honolulu tomorrow.