The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16


declared was not worth tilling is now
yielding rich harvest Where the
Pacific Mail company was qualifying
for insolvency.. according to schwerin,
three big concerns including the Pa
cific Mail are now operating on a large
! and paying scale and the California
shipper, formerly through the Pacific
Mail monopoly or blockade, at the
mercy of the overland railroads, is de-
riving much benefit from the new
state of affairs.
Yesterdays sailings for the isthmus
are interesting as showing the extent
business has grown. Schwerin has
declared more than once that the bust
ness on this route would not warrant a
terday dispatched the liners Acapulco
and City of Para, the latter for Pan
anna direct. The California Atlantic
steamship company. the Bates & Cheese
brough line, dispatched the Olson &,
Mahony and the American Hawaiian
line dispatched the freighter Nebras-
shipped via the isthmus of Tehaunte-
pee. All four vessels carried full car
goes, and if there had been another
steamer the freight that the three com
panies had to refuse would have filled
that cargo.
The CalIfornia-Atlantic stea mship
company's George w. Fenwick is due
this morning with about 5000 tons of
New York freight and the little old
Panama railroad is doing more bust
ness than the Pacific Mail company and
its friends ever intended that it should
HarbOr Commission Meets
The state board of harbor commits
sioners held their regular meeting
yesterday morning in the ferry depot
BY way Of Preparing PACIFIC street
cation company, which will operate
the steamers Harvard and Yale the
board awarded TO Reign & Jameson
OF frv ~ : s.l.s
shed. The work will cost S4OO.
The Western Pacific was given per-
mission to construct two tracks on
seaWall lots 20, p and % and to con
meet same with the belt railroad. The
secretary of the board was also di-
rected to collect from the Gould line
bill of S30S.41, the cost of alterations
where the western Pacifc's general
baggage room is located,
Chief Wharfinger Hender filed with
the board a reply to the comp plaint
lodged against him at the last meet
ing by G. w. McNear. McNear accused
the chief wharfnger of discourtesy and
OF discriminating against the French
line of steamers for which McNear is
agent Hender, by way of reply, ac-
cuses McNear of unfairness and of ig-
norance of the rules and regulations
of the port. study of which he COM
mends to the steamshipman The let
ter was ordered filed and the secretary
directed TO furnish McNear with
Next Thursday the board will hold
conference with c. Stowell Smith
assistant district forester, for the pur-
pose of arranging a series of expert
mentS in pile protection
New Pilot Boat Takes short Cruise
The new power pilot boat California
built for service on the bar, was given
a spin around the bay vesterdav and
pectations that had been INDUCED by
the pilots responsible for it's building
After showing itself along the water
1 front for an hour or so the California
was taken TO what will he its per-
manent home berth at Harbor View
where il will be scrubbed scraped
class shape for the official trial trip
which VIII be held in about a week.
Brings Shipment of Christmas Trees
The Alaska Pacific steamship com
pany's Admiral Sampson, Captain Ed
ward Bartlett, arrived yesterday from
Seattle with los passengers and a large
cargo. The freight includes 80 bundles
of Christmas trees.
Water Front Notes
Captain John Wallace has been ap-
pointed port captain of the state pilots
in place of Captain Barber, who recent
ly resigned from the service.
Captain |. n, Hibberd, marine super
intendent of the Pacific Coast steam
ship company, returned yesterday after
an absence of several weeks in the east
Receipts of lumber Yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet
The Matson navigation company's
Enterprise left Hilo Wednesday for
this port.
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's Curacao left Mazatlan December
IA. homeward bound from Guaymas
The City of Panama homeward
bound, sailed yesterday from Acapulco
The freighter Mexican cleared yes
terday for Honolulu via Seattle and
Tacoma.
The Kosmos liner Setos arrived yes
terjay from the sound to finish loading
for Hamburg
Change of Masters
Steamer Westerner--Late master. A.
Anderson; present master. 3. Kelly.
NEWS OF THE OCEAN