The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
Thirty-twO Vessels Pass In and Out
Through the Golden Gate
Fishermen Along the Water Front Make Big
Catches of Runaway Railroad Ties

The Golden gate yesterday was tn,
scene OF unusual life and action. From
early morn until sundown vessels. bounC
in and out kept the entrance to tn,
hsrbor in a state OF commotion.
Wsth the exception OF the steamship
Lurline. bound to Honolulu. all the yes
seIs were coasters. All told. there were
Is departures and l6 arrivals. Following
is a list Of the arrivals:
Steamer Olympic IS hours from san Pedro Il
Steamer Sea Foam. IS hours from Mendocino
With 2l6.00o feet OF lumber.
steamer Srea. 81 hours from Grays Harbor
witn 6so 600 feet OF lumber
S.esmer Francis II. Leggett 81 hours from San
Pedro iu ballast.
steamer Brunswick. Is hours from Fort Bragg
with 50 Goo feet oc lumber.
Steamer Santa Monica. 63 hours from Grsys
Harb0r. with 550O 600 feet Of lumber.
Steamer Bowdoin, 80 hours from San Pedro
in ballast
steamer T. s. Loop. 50 hours from oOlumbis
with $50 600 feet Of lumber
Steamer Majestic, 80 hours from San Pedro IN
ballast
steamer James s. Higgins. 40 hours from San
Power schooner Newark. 20 hours from Bixby
landing, with cargo Of lime
Steamer GascO. - hours from San Pedro iu
ballast
Steamer Vanguard. 60 hours from San Pedro
with 80 tons OF barley and l60 tons asphaltum
schooner Alert. dsys from Bellingham bay.
with 100000 feet of lumber.
Steamer Rose City, 4s hours from Portland,
Ore with passengers and merchandise.
steamer Auuelis- - hours from Eureka with
80. 600 feet OF lumber
The departures We're:
Steamer Lurline for Honolulu.
Steamer City of Puebla for Victoria.
Steamer Titania for Iadysmith
Steamer Temple +. Dorr for Eureka.
d Iun rrta for Er-f and
Schooner Willie r. Hume for Grays Harbor.
Steamer BedOndO for Coos bay.
Steamer + A. kiburn for Eureka.
u. s. supply steamer Buffalo for Magdalena
bay.
Steamer J. s. Higgins for Fort Bragg.
Steamer fulton for Meudocino-
Steamer J. IL Leggett for Eureka
Steamer Lansing FOR Port San Luis.
steamer Majestic for Astoria.
Steamer Helen T.. Drew for Greenwood
Siberia Due Today
The Pacific Nail steamship Siberia is
due TO arrive early this morning from
The orient Ii has on board 145 passen-
gers, 100 being from Honolulu and -
from the far east. It also has 1000
tons or cargo consisting OF raw SILK,
mating, rice and curlos-
The siberia left Honolulu at 10 a. m
last Tuesday. which should bring il into
port al very early hour this morning.
Fall Breaks Leg
r Sillman, a sailor on the steamer
Mestlno, fell down III East street yes
terday. afternoon with such force that
lie fractured his right ankle. He lay
on the sidewalk for some time before
he was picked up. He had been imbib-
ing a lor OF water front whisky, and il
was difficult for the passersby to ind
our what really was the matter with
him.
the sidewalk. lac was carried 10 the har-
Dor emergency hospital where DR..
beasley set the broken member. and
later the injured man was taken to the
central emergency hospital
Takes Launch TO Honolulu
The steamship Lurline. which sailed
Tor Honolulu yesterday, had on its deck
the launch Louise. The launch is to be
used al Pearl harbOr by the san Fran
cisco bridge company. which is doing
work 1or the United States government
at that point.
sails for san Diego
The Pacific coast steamer Governor
sslled yesterday morning for San Diego
with large number Of passengers.
Steamship GeddO Arrives
The steamship Geddo arrived in late
Saturday night. SO hours from Astoria
with cargo Of lumber. II viii finish
loading here, and is listed to sail today
Tor The antipodes.
Fishermen Gather Ties
For the last few days the Italian
fishermen have been busiiy engaged in
picking up railroad ties that have been
noating out past Meiggs wharf. So far
they have secured about 1,00o which
they are using for fuel
The ties were on barge a Mission
rock, and in the storm last week the
barge sprang leak and the ties went
All along the front, from the Mail
dock TO Meiggs wharf. the boatmen
have been hauling them up TO the
docks.
Sails for Mngdalena Bay
The United states supply vessel Buff
falo sailed fer Magdalena bay yester-
day with 50 tons of stores and a big
quantity Of mail for the Pacific feet
which IS at target practice at that
point
sailor sIasbed by Cook
Kari Westland. sailor. and Thomas S.
Ela8es, COOK, on the steamer Magma
Reva, engaged in 2 fight on the water
'front.' yesterday afternoon, and as a re-
suit Nestland was taken to the harbor
emergency hospital suffering from nu-
lnerous cuts about the head and face
Ills injuries looked serious for q while
and Detectives Conlon and Mackey were
detailed 10 hBd Hayes. They found him
sfter a lhorough search Of the water
lfonL ano placed nlm in the city prison
pending the outcome Of Westland's in
gIrles- The latter is badly sIashed
but VIII recover.
japanese Squadron on Way TO Honolulu
YOKOHAMA, March 15.-The Jana
nese naval training squadron consist
ing or rne armored cruiser Aso and The
protected cruiser Soya. sailed today for
Honolulu under command OF Cantafn
lseJL The ships carry lS0 cadets OF the
japanese navy.
The squadron IS due to arrive At
Honolulu about April ]. and will
proceed TO san Francisco later, cruis-
lng north along the Pacific coast to
The Aso and Soya. as the Bavan and
Aariag, respectively. wefe formerly
Russian cruisers. They were sunk Nv
the japanese during the recent war and
later refloated and added TO the jap
anese navy.
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