The San Francisco call., 1910-01-05

! 80 15&Ea ~ Paclnc ferry depol
! ! ~ TO be constructed al
I AI the foot of Mission
~ street. The new
building, which will
/ be of a permanent
! nature, will be SO
designed that it can
be enlarged as the
company's business
--------------- grows without dis
turbing the artistic
harmony. Of its appearance.
II Is likely that a home will be found
( ~ a the new building for the ferry post
once Ihls VIII be done at the request
OF the business community in the
vicinity of the water front, to which
TINS branch is great convenience.
ALInough the board has practically
decided that the Western Pacific depot
VIII be building apart from the main
LeIiy mouse the two structures will be
connected by covered roadway for
me COW enlence or the travelling public
The work of constructing the foun-
Qation Tor the new building is proceed
ing rapidly and when the plans have
DSeh prepared there viii be little delay
IN beginning building operations Until
the new depot is ready the Western
Pacific viii be given temporary ae-
commodauonS in the ferry depot
Great Liner Due Here soon
Inc $4,000 ton liner Cleveland of the
hamburg American line will sail to-
day from Kobe for this port via Yoko-
mama and Honolulu and is due here
January 81 on board the Cleveland
are more than 700 passengers who made
the trip on the liner from New York by
way OF Europe and the far east The
steamer called at Madeira, Gibraltar
naples, Port Said Suez, Bombay, Co
lombo, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore
Java, Borneo, Manila, HOngkong and
Nagasakt and is now at Kobe
The Cleveland will leave here Feb
ruary ., viii call at most of the ports
visited on the outward voyage and
VIII land its passengers al Southamp
ton, where they viii take passage for
New York on some other ship of the
same line. For the return trip 762
passengers have been booked.
The Cleveland will be the largest and
most pretentious liner that ever visited
this port. The vessel is commanded
by Captain Dempwolff and differs in
personnel from the liners to which San
francisco Is accustomed in carrying
Two second officers, two surgeons, three
chief stewards and three assistant chief
stewards.
Among the passengers nearly every
state in the union is represented. The
majority of the passengers are persons
OF wealth, and the local hotels expect
% do humming business during the
1SIeNelands stay IN port as the major
lty Of the 700 now on the ship will
leave the Cleveland here and most of
those booked for the return voyage
will arrive here a few days before the
ship sails.
Explorers Captain Returns
Captain Dibrell, who has been away
on leave Of absence, has resumed com
mand OF the coast survey steamer EX-
plorer The Explorer left yesterday
for Point Montara to continue the sur
Vey of Colorado reef. Upon the COM
pletion OF the work on Colorado reef
the Explorer viii go TO Point Sur to
take sOundings on a shoaI that has
been reported there.
Transporf Service Changes
A T. Simmie has been transferred
from the army transport Buford to be
chief oflcer of the Sherman and has
been succeeded as mate Of the Buford
by. P Murphy, who was second officer
OF the Crook Fourth officer Russell
has been transferred from the Buford
TO the Crook.
Twenty-One in New Class
The evening class in navigation oper-
ated by the public school department in
connection with the Humboldt evening
high school at Eighteenth and Dolores
streets met and organized for the
spring term Monday night There were
p applicants for membership in the
new class, which is TO be started at
once.
Manga Reva Makes Quick Run
The American ship Manga ReVa, Cap
tain II. c. Townsend, which arrived
yesterday from Philadelphia. made the
passage in 120 days which is one of
the best in many months. December 81
the Manga ReVa sighted a ship which
Captain Townsend believes was the
William p Frye, bound from New York
for this port. The Frye left New York
136 days ago.
Takes on All California Cargo
The steamer J. l. Luckenbach. which
sailed yesterday for New York, -ied
of California products. The cargo in
cluded 1900 cases of canned goods.
y 1000 sacks of beans. 1900 barrels OF
salmon, 6 900 barrels of wine and ship
nf q nd
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner China left
Yokohama yesterday for this port.
The KOsmos liner Serak, which was
due last night from Hamburg via
South and Central American ports, has
only one passenger, a small boy from
Chile. The Serak called at San Pedro.
a wireless message was received
yesterday from the liner Nippon Maru
to the effect that the japanese steamer
would arrive here tomorrow.
The Oceanic steamship company's S
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, was
$50 miles away at p. m. January 8
here Saturday for Honolulu.
The Pacific Mail liner Asia. Captain
Harry Gaukroger, arrived yesterday at
Hongkong from this port
The liner Acapulco left Maza tlan
January for this port.
The army transport Thomas will sail
at noon today for Manila with the
Sixth United States infantry.
Big Liner Loses Rudder
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Oficials of the
North German Lloyd line today received
a wireless telegram from the captain
of the company's steamship Princess
Irene. which sailed from New York De-
cember 80 for Bremen, stating the
liner had lost its rudder and was con-
tinuing the voyage TO Bremen, steering
with propellers.
Ry United NireIesa