The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26

] The Fearless viii
look more ike
Central American
battleship than
peaceful towboat
when the Union iron works has COM
pleted the work OF conversion. A big
whale gun is being installed in the bow
and the tug Is being equipped with
Winches ana other gear for the hand
ling OF the leViathan game after the
sun has reduced it TO lnanimate Done
anO blubDeT.
Whaling. as followed by the Tyee
company, is entirely different from the
whaling of old. The whale Is not
chased in small boats and killed with
harpoons thrown by hand or from port
able guns. The big gun IN the bow
of the whsler does the killing, and
when the whale is dead the steamer
takes the body in tow and lands II
alongside the shore station.
only the WiggIe of the whales tail
is wasted at one Of these stations, and
amy old kind of whale is welcome. The
bone is saved. also the whalebOne, the
blubber is converted into oil, and what
can not be used for any other purpose
Us made into fertilizer.
The Crowley Launch Wins
A towing contest held yesterday in
the Vallejo street slip resulted IN
decisive victory for Crowley launch
No Il of which Willy Figari is cap
tain, crew and chief engineer. The
other launch in the competition was
the North American dredging com
pany's Wink, which is equipped with
150 horsepower gasoline engine No
I4s engine is reckOned at only 10
horsepower The launches were lashed
together. stern to stern. They both
started their engines together and
slowly but surely the Wink dragged
The struggling IA out TO the plerhead
liue
Figari then discovered that No. IA
had a few notches left. He threw on
lhe fun power and a minute later No.
"A was dragging the Wink back to the
Tom Crowley bought Figari a new
oil can as mark OF his appreciation
of No. l4's victory
Cascade VIII sail Today
The steamer Cascade, recently bought
by the Interisland steamship company,
viii sail this afternoon for Honolulu.
The Cascade is in command of Cap
tain James Ridden, who recently re-
signed chief officers job in the Pa
ci6C Mail service. Ridden was with
the Pacific Mail company for more
than Is years and was chief officer of
the Korea shortly before he resigned.
The Cascade is being loaded at pier S8
by the Matson navigation company.
Carries Many Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
panYs liner Governor sailed for Seattle
them We're
alrs. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. C. Mcciin-
". " {. ifg lewis Dr. .Osa and Mrs. Rosseau
". J. Lyle Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
". b. Bruce Esston
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Mr.. and Mrs. n. 4. Fer
Mr. and Mrs C. H. ButtIAlf. and Mrs. W. A. Glib
Irs. Captain Mccabe Mr.. and Mrs. n. King
Mr. and Mrs George Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Val
Miller liant
Miss Shipley Fred Chestnut
Mrs. T. 4. Thomas Frank Chestnut
Mrs Allen IT, E. Houston
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew E. A. Marshall and fam
Bruce Iy
Miss Hazel Foster J. /. Gray
Miss Maude Foster W. Yates
Miss Eva Shepard W. ". Bush
Mr. and Mrs. T. CARLY &c. r. Fletcher
Nr. and Mrs. E Stewart
Loses Spar in SquaII
The British bark Lord Templetown.
Captain Dawson, arrived yesterday
from Sydney with 2,909 tons of coke.
The Lord TempletoWn encountered
terrific nOrthWeSterly Squan January
IS which carried away the foretop gal
liant yard. The bark was within 1.20O
miles of this port for the last 10 days
Of the voyage.
POIaris in Heavy Weather
The schooner Polaris, which arrived
February % at Port Pirie from Puget
sound. encountered heavy weather dur
ing the voyage and suffered some dam
age. Part of the deckload was lost
was washed overheard and drowned
Find Opium on Mongolia
Inspectors Benninger and Enlow un-
covered ten tins of contraband smok-
ing opium yesterday on board the
liner Mongolia, concealed in the fan
tail This is the first seizure made on
the Mongolia since its arrival here
from the orient Thursday
The heavy confiScations made last
month have been a warning to the
smuggling ring, according to Deputy
surveyor Blinn, so that the quantities
brought IN are small and more skill
fully concealed than before.
Water Front Nodes
Captain Doris has been sent to San
Pedro 10 take command of the steamer
Homer in place of Captain Pierce A
George W. Elder in San Pedro harbor
is said TO be responsible for the change
of masters
The schooner e B. Jackson arrived
February % at Antofagasta, So days
from Grays Harbor, where the schooner
VIII return after discharging its cargo
Of lumber.
The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru,
homeward bound from the orient, ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu.
The kosmos liner Hermonthis, Cap
from Nanaimo to finish loading for
Hamburg.
Receipts Of lumber yestefday by sea
amounted TO 1000, 600 feet.
il viii take two weeks to repair the
blue funnel liner Cyclops, which was
recently 1Oated at Jiddah after being
ashore for two weeks.
John Moriarity. engineer of the
Fourth street bridge, is recovering
from an injury 10 his foot, caused By
the falling thereon of heavy timber.
The sperm whaler Gayhead is at
Harrison street bulkhead being out
fitted for its summer cruise.
The liner Siberia arrived yesterday
at HonRkong, and the Manchuria out
ward bound, arrived at Yokohama
The San Jose left Mazatlan Febru-
Bry - for this port.
The German steamer Cleveland
which left here February 5 for a round
the world cruise with 700 tourists ar
rived yesterday at Yokohama.
Plan TO Raise Treasure Ship
seattle, Feb. 25.-An expedition
has been organized by an expert diver
to raise the steamer Islander, sunk 10
years ago in 320 fathoms of water
near Juneau, Alaska, while bound for
Seattle with S2.0o0,00O of Klondike gold
in her strongbox. The situation of the
steamer is known, but the depth of
water has forbidden attempts to sal
wage. The plan proposed is to lift the
vessel with huge metal seine. The
vessel could be picked up by the seine