The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-31
A HARVEST FOR CANADIAN LINE

A HARVEST FOR CANADIAN LINE
we'll known local steamship man, who re-
turned the other day from Seattle, declared that
although Seattle would undoubtedly reap much
benefit from the Alaska Yukon exposition, the
real rich and immediate harvest being
reaped by the Canadian Pacific railroad com
pany, with their Two fast steamers, the Princess
Charlotte and Princess Victoria.
These vessels are beautifully equipped and
driven by turbine engines speed which aver
ages more than 20 knots hour. They make
daily round of the sound ealing at Seattle.
Vancouver and Victoria and the schedule Is ar
ranged for the convenience OF the Seattle Wis
ttors.
They charge 81 for this round trip said the
steamship man. land get all the passengers
they can carry. During the month of June they
averaged 3,72I passengers daily. This means
that in June visitors TO the Seattle fair con-
tributed $4,000 day or more than $3.50, 600
during the month to the Canadian company.
was there in July and an official told mc that
the travel for July was much heavier than IL
had been in June, but thar they expected the
heaviest travel in August aud September
The majority of the passengers are Americans
who would prefer to take their excursions under
The American nag but no Puget sound, Nor at
any other American port this coast for that
matter, there Is nothing OF American register
HOLDS RECORD TO SEATTLE
The Pacific Coast steamship company has is
sued challenge to all competitors, with the
record time between here and Seattle by sea as
the bone of contention 1t is not a formal chal-
lenge, but sort of symbolic dare similar TO
the act of hosting a broom to the masthead.
When the liner President sails TODAY for seattle
the smokestack VIII be decorated with large
Maltese cross in red 10 mark the steamer says
General Passenger Agent {. d. Dunann. as the
and Seattle. The Governor will be similarly
decorated ON both smokestacks next time il
quite so good as that of the President, but is
near enough. says Dunann, TO entitle the big
steamer 10 a decoration.
REPORTS BY WIRELESS
The steamer Asuncion at sea reported passing
at O'Clock yesterday morning the tug Hercules,
bound from this port TO Port Townsend with
the ship Henry Failing in tow. The Asuncon
met the Hercules and its tow OFF Haceta heads.
The weather fine and clear, the wind north
west and the sea rolling, with slight westerly
swell
The steamer G. W Fenwick, with log raft
in tow - miles south of Point Arena at
$50 yesterday morning.
The steamer w $. Porter. which left here
July 2S for Honolulu, was go miles from this
port at midnight July %.
MANY COASTERS COME TO PORT
Up to . o'clock yesterday afternoon % coast
the Golden gate. OF this fleet 10 steamers ar
rived before noon, and the Merchants exchange
crew at Meiggs wharf spent the morning fran
tically rowing their ancient whitehall boat from
steamer to steamer they passed in process
sion from sea TO the upper bay. Among the ar
rivals were the Buchanan. from Seattle; the
President, from San Pedro; the City Of Puebla,
from Victoria and the Nevadan from Puget
sound
MARIPosA WILL BE HERE THIS MORNING
The Oceanic steamship company's liner Mari
posa Captain Hayward. is expected to arrive
early this morning from Tahiti. wireless
from the liner dated at p. m. Thursday gave
her position then 80 miles away and steam
ing through a smooth sea, famed by light
breeze. The Mariposa is bringing large num-
Der OF passengers including two score OF Maors
on their way from Australia TO New York.
NEWPORT CARRIES MANY PASSENGERS
TIE Pacific Mail liner Newport, Captain Saun-
ders, which sailed yesterday for Panama and
way ports carried about % cabin passengers
and large number in the steerage. Many OF
the cabin passengers are bound for New York,
via the isthmus. Among these were: Colonel
W F. Durham. T. :. A. and family, and Cap
tain d. f. Craig, u. $. A., aud wife.
BIG SHIPMENT OF PoNGEEs
The Pacific Mail liner Korea which arrived
last Tuesday brought the largest single ship
came from Shanghai and consigned to u
local firm. There we're Al cases in the ship
ment, and the duty thereon. which was paid
yesterday amounted 10 $l1, 500.
NEW RULES FOR INSPECTION
The department Of commerce and labor al
Washington, d. C., informed the office OF the
surveyor of the port here yesterday that all yes
sells in this port measuring over II tons, be the
fraction ever so small, must in the future be
inspected and come under the inspection rules
of the steamboat inspector service.
Heretofore boats at this port were not con
sdered in this class il they did not reach IL
tons.
All fractions over IL tons were dropped and
for many years the owners and builders of boats
have been taking advantage of this fact.
WATER FRONT NOTES
Receipts of lumber yesterday by amounted
TO / 105, 900 feet.
The steamer Watson, crowded with passengers
and carrying full cargo, sailed yesterday aft
ernOon for Seattle
for sydney with cargo of general merchan-
The freghter virginian cleared yesterday for
Honolulu via Seattle.