The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07

ioIlS OF cargo. he inner Ndo htld9 ch
st Honolulu for day. owing 10 tho
discovery among the steerage passen-
gers OF G case of vsrioloid- As the
liners surgeon had isolated the patient
and taken all other necessary precau-
tions 70 prevent the spreading of the
disease the quarantine authorities at
the island port released the steamer
after fumigating the quarters where
The patient had been isolated. The pa
tient was taken ashore.
Representatives Of eastern railroad
and steamship companies VINO went TO
the Pacific Mail wharf yesterday 10
meet the china's passengers and ar
range for their transportation over
land and across the Atlantic know now
how il feels to be a Chinese coole or
an alien afflicted with trachoma. AT
the wharf they found r. 2. Schwerin
new exclusion law IN fun working or
Ger. Only representa- tiVes OF the
Southern Pacific were allowed inside
the fence wheTaS the passengers waited
for their baggage 10 be- examined by
the customs officers. The other rail
rOadmen were allowed 10 watch the
proceedings through the rails Of u
foot fence. placed beyond even hailing
distance Of where the passengers
waited.
Among those present on the outside
were representatives of the New York
Central. Pennsylvania lines Santa Fe,
Bamburg-America line, Thomas Cook
e. Sons and the North German Lloyd
steamship company Friends Of the
passengers were also excluded at the
request, say the Pacific Mail officials,
OF the customs authorities. The reason
given for the exclusion OF the public
from any part Of the wharf until after
the arriving liner has been made fast,
and for the closing Of the gates or
sailing day as soon as the sangplank
has been hauled ashore, IS that the
Hartman ships when united are apt TO
get skittfsh and romp away with sec
lion OF the wharf. The killing or
manning of spectators might involve
the company in lawsuits. and as the
Hartman legal forces have their time
fully occupied in the work OF govern
Ing the state the exclusion law was
put into effect
Among the passengers on the China
were Captain and Mrs. \ Pratt. Cap
tain Pratt. who halls from Boston and
Is a veteran OF the civil war was
wrecked 40 years ago on the Chinese
coast. He swan right into a good job
snd has been plotting steamers il
oriental waters ever since. He has re-
tired from the sea now and expects TO
spend his remaining years Che is nearly
f0l in southern California
Miss J. Dow, a doctor and mission
sry from North China, was another
passenger. Miss Dow saw some siren
uous times during the boxer outbreak.
but her life in the orient has been
peaceful ever since. II. Bernhard of
the coast and geodetic survey was a
passenger from Manila He has been
attached 10 the steamer Pathfinder.
which is gagged in surveying Philip
pine wafer He says that complete
charts have been made Of all the i'm
portsnt harbors and their approaches.
but that il viii take 10 years to COM
plete the survey of the islands
The China's passengers included:
Shee c. Fl. West
sbsnehsi--Miss Dr. J. Dow, Captain n. Pratt.
Mrs. Pratt. Mrs W J. Scott.
kobe-Rs ymond PollGk.
fokohams-J. Fernandez. X. Iidzuka. A. Irz-
ouierdo.
Brooks. Mrs Brooks Miss Elsa Buchhotz r. A.
Buchanan, Mrs. Buchanan and infant. Alex
81 Gutrioee. Mrs Gutridge. $ Golinsky, Mrs.
Solinsky. DR.. Walter Hoffman. !. u. Mendenhall
Mrs Threfsh, G. II. Umbsen, C. G. White, Mrs
To Make Test Next Week
The harbor commissioners expect
next week TO be able TO ascertain alb
solutely the value OF the concrete
cylinder that has been used so ex-
tensively in the construction of state
Wharves. Some months ago a test
cylinder was driven around some piles
at Lombard street wharf Howard C
Holmes, former engineer OF the board
and the inventor of the cylinder was
present when the test pier was driven.
and his directions as 10 details were
carefully followed by Engineer Ralph
Barker. This cylinder will be pulled up
next week and upbn the res ult of the
examination viii depend the future use
Of this form Of pier
Three cylinders supporting the end
OF Filbert street wharf recently toppled
over. The commissioners learned yes
terdey that during the construction of
this wharf q number Of piles around
which cylinders had not yet been
placed were broken and knocked down
during a norther, and it is believed
that instead OF redriving these piles
the men engaged in the work merely
Strengthened them up and then drove
the cylinders. In course Of time the
cylinders settled. worked clear Of the
beams they were intended to support.
which topDled over. The commission
ers viii accept this explanation unless
the test pier 70 be pulled up next week
tells another story.
Overdue ship Arrives
The British ship Leyland Bros.
which was placed on the overdue list
early this week, arrived yesterday at
Astoria from Valparaiso. The voyage
occupied 81 days and the ship was
quoted for reinsurance at Is per cent
Removes Wire From Propeller
Diver Roach went to Oakland YES
terdsy to remove q wire rope that had
fouled and put out OF commission the
propeller of the steam schooner Tahoe
Water Front Notes
The steamer Curacao sailed March
from Guaymas for this port.
The liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell
arrived yesterday at Honolulu.
The tankers Atlas and Lansing from
Port San Luis arrived yesterday and
went up river direct TO discharge their
cargoes OF oil.
The steamer Umatilla, with freight
and passengers, sailed yesterday for
Puget sound.
The power schooner Charles Hansen
sailed yesterday with a cargo-of food
supplies for Fort Bragg. The lavinr
up Of the steam schooners practically
shut of Fort Braggs communication
with the outside world and 10 avert
n famine the Union lumber company
loaded tie Hansen with provisions and
viii keep the schooner on the run he
tween here and Fort Bragg until the
atea m <clQOnerS are in service o1os,,