The San Francisco call., 1909-03-03
When MaripOsa Sails for Tahiti Liner
Will Be Fitted With Wireless
Steamer Brings From South Seas Tropical
Cargo and 38 Passengers
steamship company's S.
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liner Mariposa, Captain Hayward, ar
rived yesterday from Tahiti after a
passage home through perfect weather.
The liner brought 38 passengers and a
cargo of tropical products, which in
cluded 16,491 sacks of copra, 2,S75 sacks
of .cocoanuts, 371 packages of vanilla
and small shipment of dessfcated
cocoanut
The bark Louisiana, which put into
Papeete some months ago in distress
and was repaired at the south seaport,
sailed February 10 for Mollendo. Mrs.
Peterson, wife of the Louisiana's mas
ter, and her daughter were passengers
on the Mariposa.
Among the second cabin passengers
on the Mariposa was w. H. Huff, a
silent man who is said to have in
vented an airship that will fly Huff
refused to talk about anything, but his
fellow passengers say that his inven-
tion attracted the attention of the gov
ernor of Tahiti, who turned over to
Huff the island OF Maputa, where he
could carry on his experiments undis-
turbed. He has come here, 1t is said,
for construction material.
While in port this time the Mariposa
will be equipped with United wireless
apparatus and when the liner leaves
again for the south seas 1t viii be able
TO report its own progress for at least
1900 miles of the outward passage, and
on the return voyage will be able to
announce its own approach.
The passengers on the Mariposa in
cluded:
Dr. G. E. Post Miss F. Collins
Thomas White NJ. de Noirmont
G. R. Colby J. A. Brailsford
Mrs A. Peterson Lee Seymour
Mrs. Thomas White John Ferguson
Mrs Mrs. T. D. Templin IL. w. Rabjohn
Harbor Commission Meeting
The Union iron works notified the
harbor commissioners yesterday of
their intention to remove the Sixteenth
street dry docks to another location
and Engneg BafkSg was rs olreE5ed oecne the 5
space now taken up by the floating
docks
The rent to be paid by the Merchants
and Ship Owners towboat company for
the use by IL tugs of the north side
of Green street wharf was fixed at
$3.50 a month, with the understanding
that in case of fire along the water
called upon by the state to fight fire
under the commissions orders and
without extra compensation.
Due Here Next Monday
The japanese liner Nippon Maru,
Captain Stevens, sailed yesterday from
Honolulu, and is due here next Monday
with a large number of passengers
from the far east. The Nippon Maru
the only one lett on Tie III VI eiAC
three Jananese liners that inaugurated
the Toyo Kisen Kaisha's service be-
tween the orient and this port. The
Nippon will continue on the run until
the third big turbine liner, sister to
the Tenyo Maru and Chiyo Maru, has
been completed. The Nippon will then
join the Hongkong Maru and America
Maru in the South American trade.
Captain Anderson Laid to Rest
Many friends and former associates
attended the funeral yesterday of the
died February 26 in a Los Angeles
hospital. He was buried at Holy Cross
cemetery. Captain Anderson held re-
spof1sible position in the PACING Mail
service for many years, and in his uIe-
time enjoyed a wide acquaintance. he
was an Elk and lodge No. 3 of that or
der attended the funeral In body
Told by Wireless
The Matson navigation companys
steamers Lurline and Hilonian are both
homeward bound from the Hawaiian
islands The Hilonian, which will be
here today, was 516 miles away at 8
o'clock Monday evening. At the same
hour on the same date the Lurline was
500 miles from Honolulu, headed this
way.
Water Front Notes
The army freight transport Dix ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu from Seat
tie.
The freighter Mexican arrived yes
terday at Salina Cruz from Hilo.
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany's Queen sailed yesterday for San
There were few arrivals yesterday
and the days receipts of lumber by
sea amounted to only $4,000 feet.