The San Francisco call., 1910-10-03

company have switched the schedule to
accommodate The Chinese imperial
party. anG The 5iner vii Clear for the
orient Thursday afternoon at oclock-
Whlle the ChiyO Maru IS awaiting
the liner is busily engaged in making
the steamer spick and span. Under
the personal supervision OF Port Stew
ard James Glidden the big ship is
being cleaned and polished from keel
10 the topmOst deck. Life buoys, life
poats and capstans have all been
treated to new coat Of paint, while
me decks, housings and inside wood
work have been cleaned and polished
10 the hishest degree. following the
general fumigation given the liner
saturday. When the ChiyO Maru with
The prince aboard puts to sea Thursday
the liner viii carry with ii the dis
tlncton Of being the cleanest and
trimmest ship that ever cleared from
this port
The Chiyo 0Iaru viii carry one of
the largest passenger lists that the
liner has ever taken out of this port.
as wei as full cargo of general
merchandise. Included in the 200 pas
sengers are 30 missionaries. bound for
duty In Chinese and Japanese terri
WhaIer Gayhead Arrives
8 be whaling bark Gayhead. Captain
- -. made port late last night after
quarantine officers had left for the
day Missing the quarantine officers
compelled the Gayhead TO remain in
quarantine until this morning The
Whaler Is back from six months
cruise IN japanese Siberian and Alas
kan waters in pursuit Of sperm whale.
The cruise was successful. s the bark
had l@oe barrels Of the valuable sperm
oil in the hold when anchor was
cropped of Meiggs wharf The Cay
head is 32 DAYS from Kodiak Alaska
ma ing had an UneTentfGl trip. Cap
tain Wing reports that he spoke the
Whaler John and Winthrop June 80
IN northern waters with 400 barrels of
oi aboard On June q. while aged
~ hanct5ng dead whale with tackle
attached TO the mainmast the weight
of the leviathan caused the mast to
spring. necessitaUing considerable re-
pairs.
Captains SON Injured
The British ship Alice Leigh. Cap
tain Dawson, 70 DAYS from Newcastle
arrived in port yesterday with a cargo
- $3.50 tons Of coal for J. & A. Brown.
gulcer was battling against a storm
~ nlIoocean. sammy Dawson. the 8
year old son Of the captain. caught his
-eLl hanQ IN the cabin door and lost
Two OF his fingers The boy. who is
the pride Of the big ship. was given
the best emergency treatment those on
BOARD could furnish. Outside of sew
efa- squalls such as are always en-
coIntered in trip Of long dura ton
tne Alice Leigh had an uneventful
voyage.
shrimp Fishers Catch shark
The Chinese shrimp fishers in the
vicinity Of McNear's point are encoun-
terinE troubles other than those
brought upon them by the nsh COM
nlsloners- Yesterday morning big
ground shark becan tangled in the
shrimp nets and before the u foot fish
collo ne lauled IN and killed il sue
ceeded in destroying beyond repair two
OF the nshermens nets. The shark,
however, was not a lone offender. A
hungry sea lion also invaded the
oIner net belonging TO the Chinese.
Between the hsh commissioners. the
shark and the sea lion the shrimp fish
ers are facing hard game when it
comes 10 computing profits for the last
weeks work OF a two ton shrimp
catch hauled in yesterday the Chinese
claim that but 10 pounds Of small ish
Were Il ken in the nets
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's steamer Governor Captain Jep-
sen. arrived from Seattle and Puget
sound ports yesterday afternoon with
2z3 first and 80 second class passen-
gers IN addition 70 fun cargo of gen
eral merchandise
The schooner AIpena. Captain Neil
son, SO days from Newcastle, Austria
lia- came into port yesterday with 14OO
tons OF coal for Hind. Rolph & Co.
The British steamer Meneric from
Plsagua arrived of the heads yester-
day morning. John Hyslop, the veteran
lookout at Point LObos for the Mer-
chants exchange, at the request of
M2ternOuSe 4 Co. TO whom the steam
er is under charter, signaled the Me-
neric TO proceed to Comox After
flashing the signal thank YOU" the
steamer proceeded on its way north
The schooner Honoipu, Captain Ian
feldt, 29 days from Hama. came into
port yesterday with cargo Of 15.287
bags OF sugar consigned TO Williams
Dimond & Co.
The Matson steamer Hilonian, Cap
tain Frederickson, seven days from
HilO, arrived in port yesterday with
$4,000 bags Of sugar and a small ship
ment Of bananas. The passenger list
totaled four
The British steamer Spithead, Cap
tain Tuckweu. left port yesterday
with a general cargo of lumber, mer-
chandise and mail for Australia and
New Zealand ports.
The total lumber receipts yesterday
by sea reached 1850 feet
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