The San Francisco call., 1909-03-04
HydrO9raphic Office Extends Service
for Benefit Of NavigatOrs
Navy to Keep Tabs on Depth at Entrance te
All Pacific Coast Bar Harbors

The photographic Office of the navy
is an institution that has rendered in
valuable aid to navigators of every ma
tionality for many years. It's reports
have always been extensive and accu-
rate Like other departments of the
navy, however, the officers in charge
are not satisfied with maintaining the
bureaus past reputation, and the hydro
graphic Office has lately shown evidence
Of new life in its management by i'm
portant and voluntary extensions of its
service The latest addition to the
service rendered by the branch hydro
graphic Office TO the local shipping
world will be monthly report of the
depths at mean low water at the en-
frances TO all Pacific coast bar har-
bors This will be invaluable to the
coasting trade. The first report will be
published today at the Merchants ex-
change. Corrections will be made as
necessary and new complete report
will be published every month.
AS the depths vary from month to
month the charts can not be depended
upon. particularly on the bars where
the water is shallow at the best Of
times, and it is to supply this very
necessary information that the hydro
graphic Office has arranged the new
service. Arrangements have been made
at each port with pilots and towboat-
men TO report at once to the hydro
graphic office any change in the con-
ditions at the entrance of every port.
The harbors upon which reports will
be made are: Grays harbor Willapa
bay, Columbia river. Nehalem river. TIL
lamook bay, Yaquina bay. Siuslaw and
Umpqua rivers. Coos bay. Coquille river,
Rogue river, klamath river, Humboldt
bay, San Pedro bay and San Diego har-
Dor.
Brings Big Cargo From japan
The steamer Hazel Dollar Captain
Ridley, which arrived yesterday from
the orient, brought large cargo, most
Of which is for this port Part of the
freight is for Portland and Victoria.
The Hazel Dollar called at San Pedro
and left there about 1000 tons of rio
iron. The steamer has 500 tons of
pig iron for this port and some for
includes 5000 sacks of bran, 1000
sacks of peanuts and 900 tons of sui
phur. On board there are 100000 feet
of oak logs for Portland and 500 tons
Of sulphur for Victoria.
After leaving japan the Hazel Dol
lar encountered a week of very cold
weather and rails and sides were
thickly covered with ice.
HiIonian Here From Honolulu
The Matson navigation company's
steamer Hilonian, Captain Peter John
son, arrived yesterday afternoon, eight
days and two hours from Honolulu.
The Hilonian brought 19 passengers
and a large cargo The wireless oper-
ator on the Hilonian established COM
munication with San Francisco Satur-
day evening and until Monday was in
communication with both this port and
Honolulu. He exchanged his last mes
sage with Honolulu late Sunday night.
For six days Of the passage the liner
encountered strong head winds.
HIl0nl2n'S
cases of fresh pineapples, 992 bags of
coffee $50 bags of rice, s,1S9 punches
pineappIes and 1896 bags of refined
sugar. The liner brought 26 bags of
mail
The. passengers included: Mrs.
Bowman, Z. T. Heath, George w
Robertson, ]. +. c. Hagens, Miss Kea-
lotia Kekele. Stu Ishihara, E. Walden,
VIII Carry Three Generals
The army transport Logan is back
at Folsom street wharf and will sail
Saturday for Manila with a large num-
Der of military passengers. Among the
passengers viii be three brigadier gen
erals, one of whom. General Edward
Davis, is on the retired list. The other
generals are William II. Parker and
Daniel H. Brush, who are going out to
the Philippines to serve under Major
General Duval, the new commander in
chief, who is on his way to Manila
from New York on the transport Kill
patrick.
salmon Fleet Is Getting Ready
The stir and hustle incident to get
ting the salmon fleet ready for the
new seasons work will soon be in evi-
dence all along the water front. The
of winter quarters yesterday and spent
the day alon gside the Mission coal
bunkers taking part cargo of fuel for
use at the canneries The Star of
France will be docked today at Steuart
wharf and made ready for sea. A big
feet will be sent north this year, and
the other ships will be put into COM
mission as fast as berths can be Sc
cured for them on this side of the bay.
Is Due Lnte Monday
The japanese liner Nippon Maru,
which sailed FEBRUARY 2 from Honolu-
Ia. will be here next Monday afternoon
The liner has on board nine cabin pas
sengers. 16 Asiatics. and the cargo of
2.5Ss tons includes 50 tons aso Of raw SILK.
and general merchandise.
Repairs to Newport
The Pacific Mail steamship Newport.
lying at Spear street wharf, is having
some new shell plates put in on her
aged by the steamer Charles Nelson
when in collision last week. The
Moore & Scott iron works are doing
the work.
Notice to Mariners
Captain Neuman of the German
steamer Arabia reports TO the branch
photographic Office at Portland, Ore,
that Februay 22 In latitude north AZ
degrees minutes, longitude west 1913
degrees So minutes, he sighted a
broken yard. with sail attached.
Water Front Notes
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, sailed
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning from
Honolulu for this port. AS the Ala
media is now equipped with wireless,
the liner will begin announcing its
own approach in few days
The harbor commissioners will hold
their regular weekly meeting this
morning in the ferry building.
Receipts OF lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 714,000 feet.
The British ship Bardowie, which ar
rived yesterday at Falmouth from Sc
attic. reported having lost a number
of sails during heavy weather.
The British steamer Suruga, which
collided with the breakwater at Ma
Mia, has been f1oated. The pumps are
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