The San Francisco call., 1910-07-14

! fort as has been provided for them on
the Waitemata. Each stall is equipped
with an electric light and an electric
] fan. The light is TO enable those mule
teers who visit the stall after dark to
avoid the heels of such mules as re-
sent the intrusion. The fans are for
/ use in the hot weather through which
the Waitemata must pass before it
! reaches the mules destination.
The mules are for use on the sugar
plantations controlled by the Colonial
sugar company. They have been care
/ fully selected and each mule has been
subjected to the Maline test for CLAN
ders for the purpose of making sure
that no mule suffering from that dis
/ ease is among the Mathematics pas
Four hundred tons of the best Cali
fornia hay will be taken along for the
1 sustenance of the mules.
In addition to the mules the Waite
mata will carry $500, 600 feet of lumber
for New Zealand and Australia.
Pennsylvania Makes Quick Run
Nearly two days ahead of schedule
/ time the Pacific Mail company's liner
! Pennsylvania. Captain c. J. Holland,
arrived yesterday from Panama and
way ports. The liner brought 80 pas
valued at S27.6OO. Among the passen-
/ gers was Wilson j. Gardner. chief en-
/ gineer Of the Pacific Mail steamer Bar
/ racouta which is laid up at Panama.
Mrs. George +. Moreno. wife of the
Pacific Mail agent at Acapulco, was also
I a passenger. Mrs. Moreno was accom-
panied by her three children and will
! be Joined later by her husband, who
had TO wait at the Mexican port until
f his relief arrived.
Mrs. Moreno was in the theater at
Acapulco some months ago when it
took fire and burned to the ground
Many lives were lost. The Morenos
had a narrow escape and Mrs. Moreno
/ said yesterday that the horror of the
! agedy was still with her
cIuded CIfoyd q GaTeI paWTSePgePs IN
Wilson ]. Gardner, A. T. Barrett and
wife, Thomas Moon, Mrs. George F.
Moreno and three children, Miss Adri-
| anne Barber, Miss Laura Torreblanco
Thomas II. Phillips and wife Laurence
/ Burton and wife, Mrs. James G.. Daley
Mrs. A A. Colquhoun and John P.
/ Cohan.
VIII Run Erna and Ella in the Fall
Captain Frederick Jebsen, formerly
! of Jebsen & Ostrander, the Seattle firm
that operated the German steamers
Ella and Erna between Puget sound
and Central America for some months,
/ still believes that he can break into
/ the lower coast trade. according to
dispatch received yesterday from
The Jebsen & ostrander venture was
not success. The steamers were in
a run down condition and the lines
already in the trade placed obstacles
IN the way of the newcomer that the
unfe3Imiliarity of its officials with the
]
I to overcome and make money
Captain Jebsen still controls the Ella
ana ana Erna and will leave shortly for
! Hamburg to arrange for the new serv-
ice. He said yesterday in Seattle:
My principals in Hamburg have re-
/ fused five year charter covering the
/ steamships Ella and Erna. now laid up
/ at Bremerton. The Canadian Mexican
! line wanted TO take the ships for that
/ time, but Captain NJ. Jebsen, the owner,
/ refused, and the vessels will undoubt-
ediy be engaged in running between
4 this coast and Central America by next
fall Bids have already been received
for converting the steamships into oil
burners and effecting other repairs.
Thomas Goes to Oakland Shipyard
The army transport Thomas. the
contract to repair which was given to
the Moore & Scott iron works, was
/ toWed over to that companys shipyard
! yesterday afternoon and for the next
few months the trooper Will be swarm
ing with engineers. boiler makers, car
! penters and men of half a dozen other
/ trades engaged in transforming the
troopship into as close semblance to
than 100000 will make possible The
1 Thomas is the largest ship that Moore
/ & Scott have handled at their Oakland
shipyard and before taking the vessel
there a considerable amount of dredg-
| ing was necessary. The Thomas is to
/ be given a thorough overha uling.
Schooner Rapidly Breaking Up
The steamer Umatilla passed Point
/ ReyeS ABOUT D CLOCK tuesday after
noon and by wireless Captain Reilly
/ reported that only one mast of the
| wrecked schooner Annie z. Smale was
standing and that the whole wreck was
| awash and rapidly going to pieces. The
! loss of the schooner fell heavily upon
| Captain Anderson, the master. His
| share in the vessel represented the
| savings of years and was uninsured
| Captain and Mrs. Anderson made their
/ home on the schooner and all their
| family treasures and personal effects
We hof nlrn
off and foated away Monday Captain
Anderson feels his loss all the more
for the reason that he could have saved
many of their personal belongings, he
says, if the life saving crew had given
him more effective assistance.
Tonnage of Steamer Rygja
T. c. Eagar, admeasurer of vessels in
the customs service, found yesterday
that the net tonnage of the Norwegian
steamer Rygja should be, under the
laws of the United States, 3,62429 tons
instead of 2,491.55, as stated in its reg
ister.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1.7S5, 900 feet
The harbor commissioners will hold
their regular weekly meeting this
morning In the ferry depot.
The liner Sierra, which left here Sat
away, in fine weather with all on board
we'll at o'clock Tuesday night.
The British steamer Knight of st.
George, which is TO be sold here, ar
J rived Yesterday from Acapulco.
Wireless system for English ships
sons bill making compulsory the equip
ment of all passenger vessels with
wireless system passed the first read
ing in the house of commons today.