The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-18

1 o clock.
The Mariposa, from Tahiti. was first
heard from by wireless when $500
miles away THIS long distance mes
Alameda. 1000 miles from here on its
way 10 Honolulu. The last message
lett the Mariposa at 10 o'clock Wednes-
day night and reported the liner $50
The Chiyo Maru has been more spar
ing OF its aerograms, but more definite
y. It's promises. In a message sent to
me Togo Kisen Kaisha bv Captain
Greene on board the Chiyo at o'clock
WEDNESDAY night the vessels position
was given at ATS miles from mort II
was raining. the wind was light and
the sea smooth and, concluded Cap
/ saln Greene, we will arrive with the
The Chiyo is bringing I5s cabin mas
sengers from the orient and a valuable
cargo, which includes a big shipment
OF raw silk Owing to the crowded
Shiyo viii dock at pier ~. and there
! the passengers will be landed prob
ably about o'clock a. m
Preparing GjOa for Last Voyage
Nhen the Norwegian sloop Gjoa left
Christiania ready TO tackle the Job of
/ threading its way through the North
west passage the vessel was loaded 10
us IulI capacity with supplies for the
/ ih ao,.ls IN few days the Gjoa will
ieaVe Howard street wharf on its last
/ voyage, the cruise that will have its
ending on a grass plat in Golden Care
parh. PARK, captain Klitgard is making the
Nessei ready for this trip and the
! HJoa's experience at Christiania is heins
eAactiy reversed Instead of loading
the little ship for its periIous yoyare
I,dpLaln hlltgard is taking out every
/ tnlhg tnat can be moved without weak
enlng the stout hull. Several tons Of
oouIders from the magnetic north pole
were holsted from the Gjoa's hold yes
! tteI9sy ana dumped on the wharf as
patast would be IN undesirable burden
! IN Ihat shoot through the surf Not
oniy is the ballast being removed, but
1 al sorts OF odds and ends in the way
+ OF oil tanks, bulkheads. pumns friils
and gingerbread work. 1t will be
Some sen days yet before the Gjoa is ready
/ Tor its last voyage.
China Sails for the Far East
The Pacific Mail liner China. CAPTAIN
Daniel Friele, sailed at ! O'Clock yes
1 leIday Tor the far east with about so
Sdoih passengers and large cargo. In
honor OF the anniversary of Bunker hill
me emma was gayly dressed in bunt-
! ing, and made pretty picture as il
! steamed down the bay
Inc China left the wharf at l O'clock
put waited IN the stream for a belatec
passenger who was taken out on the
tug Arabs.
New Secretary for Harbor 10
Captain Matthew c. johnson has been
! appointed secretary of harbor 10 of the
american Association of Masters Mates
and Pilots. Captain johnson has been
on this coast for u years and is re-
garded as man of sterling integrity
BEFORE accepting the secretaryship he
was master Of the steamer Daisy Mitch
ell Prior TO that he commanded the
iaqua, and before taking the Iaqua was
/ IN the service of the Pacific Coast
steamship company, where he was mas
/ ter for varying periods of the steamers
Corona, Coos Bay, Spokane and Bonita
santa Rosa Sails for south
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's Santa Rosa sailed yesterday for
/ southern California with a large num-
! Der of passengers, many of them from
! Seattle and other northern points. The
| aska-Pacific steamship company's
port. reported itself by wireless off
Arago at 11:40 p. m. "Wednesday
Among the Santa Rosa's passengers
Mrs. winsheI and Mrs C. W. Dearborn
daughter and daughters
4 /. ]. Cornelius Mrs. George Baker
W. B. Stewart Miss Monroe Warren
g L Stanley and wifeIC. Chrisman and wife
NJ. olmstead ID. II. Halnn
Mrs. Il. B. Reynolds y. D. Eads and wife
VIII Run on Puget Sound
The steamer City of Long Beach.
I Captain Krog, put in here YESTERDAY
steamer. double decked affair similar
! 70 those running between here and VAL
lejo. is on its way from San Pedro to
/ Seattle, where il will be used in the
excursion business during the Alaska
Yukon exposition.
Ashore in Fraser River
The British ship Puritan went ashore
Z yesterday while being toWed from the
/ Fraser river. The cargo may have TO
be discharged before the vessel can be
ioated.
Wafer Front Notes
The freighter TaIlac of the Pacific
Coast steamship company's fleet cleared
yesterday for St Michael
The American Hawaiian companys
steamer Nirginian sailed Wednesday
from Hilo for Salina Cruz.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
The steamer Lurline. bound for Homo
! lulu. was $40 miles from this port at
midnight Wednesday. The Lurline met
the Chiyo Maru at o'clock yesterday
morning.
The torpedo boat destroyer Truxtun
came down frefl- Mare island yesterday
and returned in the afternoon. The
run was made for the purpose of test
ing recent repairs.
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