The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Five Ships Laden With Sugar
Reach Port From Hawaii

. Enough sugar arrived yesterday from
the Hawaiian islands TO make heroic
candy models of all 'le of Admiral
Evans battleships. Five sugar packets
reached this port and, while none OF
them broke any record, all maoe Lail
passages of about equal length. Inc
first arrival was the bark Mohican, ="
DAYS from Mahukona, with 2l.Slo bags
Of sugar. The other four arrived In
: bunch shortly after noon, and IL
looked like old times in the quarantine
anchorage as the windjammers dropped
sheir mudhooks one after the other ana
furled canvas while waiting Tor the
federal doctors The FIVE ships brought
altogether l2O,7ss bags Of the island
product
. The vessels that arrived in the after
noon were: Barkentine Puako. Is days
from Kaanapaii, with $4,000 oags'
schooner Muriel, q days from Honoipu,
with 1874 bags: schooner Helene, Il
days from Honolulu, with z5,ezV pass'
and the bark Annie johnson, ~ Gays
from Hilo, with 1850 bags. the annie
johnson also brought los bags OF
coffee
Sails With Supplies for Fleet
The naxgfsnpply ship Glacier. Captain
Hogg. salled yesterday with fresh meat
and provisisfs for the battle feet the
ships of tre feet are said TO be short
OF The suplies the Glacier is taking and
the arrival OF the supply ship Will be
welcomed by officers and men, After
delivering the supplies TO the ships the
Glacier will return to this port to be
drvdocked. After being scraped and
painted the supply ship will go to Marc
island to make some necessary repairs
The other auxiliary ships VIII JOIN the
Glacier at the navy yard They all
need some minor overhauling and II is
intended TO get them finished and out
Of the way before their majesties. the
battleships. are ready for the naval
manicu-es to prepare them for the re-
naming long leg Of their round the
world cruise.
MarfpoSa Sails for Tahiti
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner MaripOsa, Captain Hayward, saileo
at II o'clock yesterday morning for
Tahiti The Mariposa should have
sailed Monday, but was detained as the
result of the breakdown of the marine
ways at the United engineering WORKS
on which the liner had been placed tc
have a new blade fitted TO its propeller
The Mariposa carried a large number
of passengers, many OF them going
through to New Zealand. Among the
passengers were several parties OF
tourists. Governor Julien, who rep
resents the French government at Pa
peete, was also a passenger.
... Comes Down FrOm Mare Island
The army transport Sheridan. which
has been az Mare island for severa
months undergoing repairs Of the dam
age sustained while hanging on tn
Hawaiian coral reef. came down tn
: river yesterday and locked at the arm
transport wharf The Sheridan. nov
90 in command OF Captain Stinson, wit
Frank Johnstone as his chief executive
= has been put into thorough sea goini
condition ane VIII sail for the Philip
pines with troops and military store
on May ..
=. Water Front Notes
:. THE schooner Dora Bluhm sale
yesterday on a codishing cruise, an
tie schooner Repeat cleared for Ungs
grona which port the Repeat Will brin
2. y cargo o6 Goldfish
Receipts oS lumber yesterday by Sc
amounted 60 S.7I5,O0O feet
When the lumber barge Rufus
Wood arrives from San Pedro in toy
Of the steamer Francis H. Leggett
will be taken TO Bodies shipyard 70
repairs The Wood bumped the ba
at Eureka and arrived here leaking
Temporary repairs were made and tn
barge taken 20 San Pedro to discharg
its cargo Of lumber.
The ships Bohemia and Star Of 1tal
and the steamer Kadiak sailed yester
day for Bristol bay