The San Francisco call., 1910-07-23

ship to its destination. The John Ena
was loaded with sugar, and the fast
time made by the ship will greatly
enhance its value by getting it on the
market at least month sooner than 1t
would have been if the Ena had made
an ordinary passage.
The John Ena has made many good
passages since it left the stocks on the
Clyde in 1892. The ship originally was
under the Hawaiian flag, but received
American register at the time the is
lands were annexed. A. P. LorentZen
of this city is the managing owner.
Coptain Lorenz was well known here.
he made his home on board the ship
and his wife was with him when he
died.
VIII Break Up City of Peking
The old Pacific Mail liner City of
Peking has again changed hands, and
this time 1t looks as II the venerable
hull is at last to be broken up and sold
for junk. The latest purchasers are
Bates & Chesebrough whose intention
1t is TO convert their bargain into scrap
iron and ship 1t around to New York.
They estimate that they will get about
1900 tons of scrap out of the ship.
The Peking was kept in commission
until the government inspectors re-
fused to issue another license unless
1t was decided that the age of the
ship did not justify this expenditure,
snd an less 1s than year, year ago R. F:
dealer for $4,000. The buyer sold his
bargain the next day for $4,000 to the
Rogers wrecking company. When they
made ready to break the vessel UP it
was found that the hull, although SO
years old, was in remarkably fine
state of preservation. There was some
weakness under the boilers. but. except
for this, experts who surveyed the ship
say, the hull is better and stronger
than that of many of the ships built
within the last few years.
So good was the hull that Rogers
abandoned his intention of breaking 1t
up in the hope that he could sell 1t for
a barge. Then came Bates & Chese-
bro1gh. who Yesterday paid Rogers
tion to convert it into scrap iron, and
unless a new buyer shows UP within a
few days the work of demolition will
ship that was once queen of the Pa
cific, and which did duty during the
Spanish war is; as an army tra;nspoEt, trans
First California to Manila.
Sierra Has Many Passengers
The Pacific Mail liner Sierra, Captain
Houdlette, which will be here Tuesday
from Honolulu, has on board 165 pas
sengers and a large cargo. The Sierra
and Wilhelmina left Honolulu together
and at s o'clock Thursday night the
Sierra was $50 miles from Honolulu
and the Wilhelmina 40 miles astern.
Among the passengers on the Sierra
are 10 members of the Hawaiian ma
tional guard rife team, who are going
east to participate in the national In
terservice shoot, Among the national
guardsmen are Major Riley and Cap
tain Shorts, both crack shots. James
McCandless, better known as Sunny
Jim," who spends most of his time trav
cling between here and Honolulu, is a
and w. NJ. Giffard are also passengers.
Washington Is on Its Way
The United States cruiser Washing
ton, bound for this port, passed out at
Tatoosh Yesterday morning and win be
ton has ON board members of the
newly organized Washington state
naval militia, who are coming down to
the coast defense steamer cheyenne,
which has been assigned to them as
training ship. The Cheyenne came
down from Mare island yesterday and
Washington and South Dakota both
missed record target prastice last
spring and in few days will proceed
together to Monterey bay to turn their
guns loose on the targets about 20
miles seaward.
Tenyo Maru Is on the Way
The japanese liner Tenyo Maru, Cap
tain Bent, sailed June 81 from Yoko-
hama for this port. The liner has on
includes 1000 tons for Honolulu. The
Tenyo should have left Yokohama July
20, but was held back day to give the
delayed Mongolia, which left Yoko-
hama on the Tenyo's sailing date, a
chance to get out of the way.
Water Front Notes
The schooner Henry X. Hall, Captain
Bennecke, which arrived Thursday
night los days from Newcastle, Aus
tralia, brought 1851 tons Of coal con-
signed to Hind, Rolph & Co.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
The Pacific Mail liner Pennsylvania,
Captain C, ]. Holland, will sail at noon
today for Panama and way ports with
freight and passengers for the lower
coast and New York.
The freighter Nebraskan will sail to-
day for Salina Cruz.
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's President arrived yesterday
from San Diego and San Pedro with a
large number of passengers.