The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Transport Logan Goes Into Commission
and Will Sail on Saturday
Liner Governor, Which Has Been Laid Up All
Winter, Sails for the Sound

The army transport Logan is Off
cially in commission again and spent
the greater part Of yesterday steam
ing about the bay adjusting compasses.
Bright sunshine made this a compare
lively simple operation; and by ?
o'clock the errors had all been duly
noted and as far as its navigating in
struments were concerned the Logan
was ready for sea- In addition to ad-
Justing compasses the Logan was given
speed and other tests for the purpose
of demonstrating the quality of the eX-
tensiNe repairs which nave been made
on the troopship since ITS last, voyage
across the Pacific.
At slack water the Logan was placed
on Hunters Point drydock to be scraped
and painted and otherwise made ready
for service. The Logan will leave
here for Manila March 8, and in addi-
ton TO the usual number of troops
and cabin passengers will carry a
large cargo of government stores.
The repairs to the Logan cost about
$200,0 600. and the transport is. now in as
good condition as money viii make an
old ship. Captain Stinson will go out
on the Logan as master and Captain
Thomas c. Hanson OF the Nineteenth
infantry has been appointed to act as
Quartermaster captain, which is the
army transport name for purser or
81 pei 30 only Iue Jof' requires less
experience than is demanded of a pur-
ser in the merchant service.
Governor Sails for the Sound
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's liner Governor, Captain Jepsen,
which has been laid UP off Goat island
all winter, sailed yesterday for Puget
sound with 295 passengers and large
cargo The President. sister ship 10
the governor, is still laid up, but Will
go into commission Withine a few
weeks q
ernor included Captain c. +. Austin,
master OF the Hill liner Minnesota, and
5. II. Stevens, "a Nome newspap erman.
After returning 10 this. port the Gov
ernor viii run south as far as San Pc
dro and while in commission will run
between the southern port and Puget
sound, calling here going and coming.
The steamer Queen arrived yester-
Gay from the sound and cleared again
for the south.
Earn Bonus by speedy Work
The Moore & Scott iron works earned
bonus Of $50 by completing the re-
pairs TO the Associated oil compaily's
tanker Roderick Dhu one day sooner
than the contract called for. The
tanker sailed for Monterey in tow of
the tug Defiance.
Peru sails for Lower Coast
The Pacific Mail liner Peru, Captain
George Mackinnon. sailed yesterday
Tor Panama and way ports with 25
cabin passengers and 20 in the steer
age. Part of the cargo of $500 tons
was, for coast ports, but in the Peru's
wool for New York.
Notice TO Mariners
Captain Bienbenberg of the German
steamer Aermonthis reports to the
branch hydrographic Office that at
ll:25 p. m of February 4 he passed
Corinto lighthouse and saw nothing of
the light. The pilot informed him that
repairs were being made to the light
and that II was not known when ii
would again be in operation.
Fear for Schooner Bee
TACOMA, Wash, March Some
alarm Is felt for the safety of the
steam schooner Bee, which IS several
days overdue from San Francisco.
the coast. A part of the Bees cargo
was 200 tons Of powder.t
Water Front Notes
japanese liner Chiyo Maru. which
left here January 80. arrived at Hong
Kong saturday day ahead OF sched-
Steamer Hilonian, on its way here
from Honolulu, was 7T2 miles away at
3 O'Clock Sunday night, according to a
wireless message received yesterday
schooner, James H Bruce arrived
yesterday at Honolulu and reported
having been blown away from MANU-
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1884 coo feet.
The harbor commissioners viii hold
a speclal meeting this morning to pass
the monthly payroll and dispatch such
business as has accumulated since
Kegmos liner serak cleared yesterday
for Hamburg.
British steamer suruga is at Manila
with 10 feet of water in the fore hold.
The damage, which is thought to be
serious, was sustained by running into
the breal1water yesterday morning
during thick fog.