The San Francisco call., 1909-01-05
Thomas Is but Slightly Damaged and
Will Sail Today for Manila
Horses for Cavalry on Transport Shipped
to Honolulu on Virginian

10 HONOLULU
The army transport Thomas, Captain
Lyman was not seriously damaged on
sunday bT the steamer Brunswick
and VIII sail al noon today for Homo
luIu and Manila In the collision with
the Brunswick The Thomas escaped IN
5ury 70 her propeIlers and although
TIE dent IN the stern started a num-
ber Of rivezs The dana e vas far above
rhe water line. 4 steel brace was
riFeted across The loOsened plates yes
terdsv and The damaged part covered
with Z ponIrice Of cement which VIII
serve as vel as new plate until the
troopship returns from the Philippines
The Thomas VIII carry the largest
number Of officers carried on trans
port since rhe Spznish-Amsrican war.
Quarters on board have been assigned
70 one colonel Two Lieutenant col0nelss
rHo rz5brs 6freeu captains. Ihirry-6Ve
Ieuteusnts and one CHAPLAIN Tie ship
VIII leave here crowded but there VIII
be plenty Of roou fore and aft after
Leaving Honolulu Tor which port more
than halt rhe passengers are destined
The Thomas ) taking 10 Honolulu
The headquarters hand and 561 enlisted
men % Ire El1th cavalry. which VIII
be stationed Al TIE new army post
Schuyler commanding the Fifth cav
airy. vii be The ranking officer on
board
In addition % the czvzlrymea the
Thomas IS taxing 70 Manila 90 blue
jackets and $50 recruits
The horses for rhe use OF the Fifth
a. Honolulu have been placed on board
-he frsiEhter Tfrglnisn. which VIII sail
TO-DAY for Honolulu
Every body in inform Now
A few weeks ago, during 4 TiSic o
me transport wharf OF a general stsE
oDcs-. there WelEec into Ils superl1-
rel1e1-s or1cs CusrrsFE1s 1ssIsrs clerk
ing Tan shoes Reaching InIo closet
Ee deposited lis hat ano coat and took
- eEclalge z Uniform cap and blue
blouse which he CDlls1 before gong
out on tne dock 70 check freight When
the s-a1 of1cer went out OF the wharf
r1e mixture Il uniform and civilian
clothes hurI his military feelings ana
WEsl ~ returned 10 Washington NJ
described tle 5arring sight 10 quarter
master General Aleshire.
General Alesnlre wrote 20 Lieutenant
crloEsl BellElger. local superintendent
q rre transport service. ard Bel-l1ger
Issued az order directing al employees
on ILe transport wharf 70 provide
themselves Win ful uniforms and lo
wez- thsm when on DUTY on pain OF
dismissal The order went into eject
yesterday and c6e glitter Of gold
anchors and bullion trimmings on the
Transport wharf served as su1su-
-1-e Tor sunshine
on rhs snrps civilian employees filing
clerical positions ETFar gold crossed
wharf everybody wears an anchor. and
Dock Superintendent Dunn and super
intending Engineer DonDelly have gold
en borders ro me ~tSors o. Lhetr caps
Beginning Wi-n LEz Vs- OF ILs year
the employees on the VznsporK dock
were places under civil sry5ce-
Trial for New Freight Ferry
The new Southern Pacific ferry
steamer Aelrose- built by the railroad
company -or service on t1e creek route,
was given q trial trip on the bay yes
re-dzE n command OF Csptsia J Cur
leE and behaved itself 20 The sa-lsfac-
riCn - the company officials The Mel
rose vas tuilr a. rEe railroad snip yard
iu Oakland creek The engines and
boilers H-sre constructed al the CON-
rsDE shops n Sac-arrsnIo, 50 tnsE the
Nelrrss IN all respects Southern
Pacific prodEcL TIE MelroSs X side
wheel steamer sbout TIE same SIZE as
the Newark but OF altogether different
culs-rucricn- The Melrose Is 90 feet
long. - feet II beam and is feet
deep The steamer Viii nave four
boilers and VII Dc propelled bT tan
( dem compound engines % ls8ae horse
power
The Nel-ose was constructed pr
msrIIy as z freight boat but VIII have
seating accCmmodsron for about 400
passengers Except for Ehs smokestsck
rte main deck VIII b entirely clear
and wA AFFORD space fer large mum
+ her q vehicles TEe new steamer Viii
Be Popular with automobile owners zS
chsre VII Be room for many cars
L. = :. Cheyenne Goes 10 sea
The United states monitor Cheyenne.
Captain KNAPP went 70 sea yesterday.
and nan Uf war row * again without
e tenant The Cheyenne vii spend
rEe next feW months along The south
en- coast making tests of the value OF
~ He --z~
Of the larger vessels of the navy 20
he fitted with OH burning furnaces and
upon the results Of the Cheyenne's eK-
perlu1e1ts VII depend the more eNteu-
siTe use IN the navy OF oil IS fuel IN
rEe merchant -Izr11e. OF r1s Pacific Al
any rate. The superiority OF oil over
coal vas demonstrated long ago until
now almost the only coal burners are
steamers owned bE corporations o. IN
either below the market rate or from
sources IN which the company or Us
officials are financially interested.
4 swift stern Wheeler
I Tie Southern Pacific railroad con-
psuy Is building a. its Oakland ship
-srd rhs steamer Navajo. which viii
he The swiftesE stern wheeler ever
launched on rhe Pacific coast The new
vessel VIII BE- 2zg feet long and - feet
Il beam and VIII be OF light draft TIE
tween here and Sacramento.
GOtama'a Captain Returns
Captain GruEEel. master or the
wrecked schooner Go-aula- and his wife
arrived here yesterday from GrsvS
Hsrbo- On the steamer Santa Monica
{ Tie GcrsEua gor into trouble while on
lis way 70 this port from Tiilamook
and vas abandoned December - OF
E NiIlsps- Captain GruEzsi his wife
and all hands ou board were taken or
rEs der5lict BY the steamer Santa
N0nics. The Gotamz drifted ashore
seven miles south of Grsys Harbor and
les there z total loss The cargo was
sold for s121. but 10 o1er vas made
-cr tLE schooner
China Due Next Saturday
The Pacific Mall liner China. Captain
Daniel Friele- from the orient. left
Honolulu Al o'clock Saturday and is
Due here early Saturday morning The
CANA IS bringing 81 cabin passengers
g Aslatics and 400 tons of cargo.
+ The cargo includes 80 tons o1 silk
santa Barbara Buoy TO Be Replaced
The United States lighthouse inspect
or issued notice yesterday 10 the
effect thzt the Santa Barbara rxhfstlinz
buoy. reported not sounding December
80. VIII Be replaced as soon as prsc-
{ ttcaole By z perfect buoy
Water Front Notes
Receipts OF lumber Yesterday by sea