The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-17

& that ever weathered
an ocean voyage and
the first one this sea-
- SIS son. Once upon time
this method of trans
! y SSSS& porting lumber was
matter of great IN
rs certainty, but the saw
ing in freight and
handling was such that if every third
raft reached its destination safely
there was a good profit in the enter
prise. This was all right for the
owner of the raft, but the indiscrimi-
nate strewing of the ocean with logs
added grave peril to coastwise naviga-
ton The protests of ship owners. who
/ felt that the derelict logs imperiled
their vessels and who missed the
freight money that would have been
/ theirs had the logs been transported in
the ordinary way, were without avail
as far as stopping the practice was
concerned. The protests did avail some
thing, however. improvements were
made in the construction of the RATS
and nowadays the percentage of
wrecks of RATS is probably lower than
that of ships.
The raft that arrived here yesterday
was $50 feet long and so feet wide and
contained 5000 900 feet of lumber.
Every log lay as snug in the cradle a
when the raft left Mukilteo, where it
was built 10 days ago. The voyage
down the coast was without mishap
and after turning the raft over to two
red stack tugs off MeiGgs wharf the
Fenwick went to sea again, bound for
san Pedro. The raft now lies off
Butchertown, where the Hammond lum-
/ Der company will draw on ii as the
! logs are needed.
Captain ConbOy a Grandfather
Captain Michael Joseph Conboy has
had thrust upon him a new title of
which he is prouder than of the one
conferred by the United States inspect
or LII,
/ has been Captain" Conboy since the
I day he ceased being Lieutenant" Con-
i boy He became skipper" Conboy
shortly before the police launch Patrol
went into commission. He is now
Grandpa" Conboy. He was so elated
! yesterday morning when he arrived at
/ the harbor station after a visit to his
80 hour old granddaughter that when
! Policeman Henneberry entered his of
! fee on a business errand the captain
looked up with smile and said:
/ What is II, dearie?"
The young lady responsible for the
captains citation is Josephine Kath-
crime McheVitt. Her mother was Miss
I Conboy. who became the wife about
year ago. of Detective Edward McKev-
/ lit of the Chinatown squad. The baby
/ arrived early Tuesday morning and is
TO be named after Mrs. McKevitt's sis
ter Josephine. who died some months
/ ago, and her mother.
UmatiIIa Was in the Ice
Although the steamer Umatilla.
which left here June 1<arrived at Nome
/ in good time and in first class condi-
ton, the voyage was not without some
/ excitement for the passengers. Accord
ing TO a wireless received yesterday
/ the steamer spent part of June stuck
IN the ice off Cape Romanon. Captain
Thomas lFoghorn) Reilly. who is in
command of the Umatlla, is an expert
enced ice fighter and on this account is
/ always selected to lead the way to
Nome on the first trip of the season.
( n
The Oceanic steamship company's
/ liner. MaripOsa. Captain Hayward, is
expected TO arrive from Tahiti early
tomorrow morning A wireless mes
sage received from the liner yesterday
contained the information that at
O'Clock a. m. the Mariposa was 700
/ miles away, all well. in fine weather
and coming right along. The Mari
posa will have a longer stay in port
+ this time than usual. and will sail
! July with a full complement of pas
/ sengers.
Manchuria VIII Be Crowded
In spite of the rules and regulations
/ with which r. p. SchWerin has tried
! TO discourage travel by the Pacific Mail
! line the Manchuria, which will sail
June "a for the orient, viii have all it's
| taken. The ship already is booked to
! Its full capacity, with d waiting list
! Of those for whom at this time there
are no berths available.
The Pacific Mail companys inter
mediate liner China. Captain Daniel
! Friele, will sail today at / o'clock for
! the orient with full cargo and 50
cabin passengers. Among the passen-
/ gers are about so booked through to
Manila. OF these half a dozen are in
sular employees returning TO their posts
after a vacation at home.
Brings Oil from Wrecked Barge
The steamer Asuncion, which ar
rived yesterday from Astoria brought
$4,000 barrels Of oil saved from barge
May Is.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
again the same day for Guayma 1s.''e1
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to $3.50 900 feet
The liner Siberia from this port ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu.
The harbor commissioners will hold
their regular weekly meeting this
morning.
The harbor police were asked yes
! terday to aid in the recovery of SO
! piles. said to have been stolen during
the night from Darby Laydons boom
I The Kosmos liner Salatis left SaIina
Cruz yesterday for this port. At Sa-
lima Cruz the Salatis loaded freight
shipped from Europe long after the
Salatis left and sent across the isthmus
Of Tehuantepec.
New Bay Steamer Planned
VALLEJO. June 16.-The Monticello
steamship company is to soon let CON
tract according TO rumors in circu-
iation, for the construction of a $500, 600
steel steamer to ply between Vallejo
and San Francisco and to connect with
the Napa valley electric road running
up the valley to St. Helena. The boat
viii be 22S feet long and her contract
will call for a speed of 20 knots an
hour.
Brings $2.s5o.OO0 in Gold
SEATTLE. June 16.-The steamer
Jefferson sailed from Juneau. Alaska,
for Seattle yesterday with $3.50, 600
in gold, the largest amount that ever
came out of the north on a single
steamer.
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
PORTLAND. June I6-The YellouSfone is Of