The San Francisco call., 1910-05-17

as an intermediate port OF call for all
steamers
The southern territory will not be
invaded until the new steamer Beaver,
which also arrived here yesterday, is
ready for service The Beaver needs
some overhauling and is to be con-
Verted into an oil burner. While the
work is being done on the Beaver the
Rose City will also be taken off the
run and put into first class condition.
II is intended to give five day service
with the steamers Bear, Beaver and
Rose City, and il will be necessary for
all the ships TO be in good condition
in order that the schedule may be
maintained "shipshape and Bristol
fashion"
In addition to schwerin. General
Local Agent G. L. Blair made the round
trip on the Bear. In spite of the fact
that the newly installed oil burners
gave some trouble, the Bear made a
record run from Astoria to this port.
The steamer left the wharf at Astoria
at o'clock Saturday afternoon, and
the passengers walked ashore at pier
40 at O'Clock yesterday morning.
The passengers who travelled on the
Bear say that the new liner is COM
Portable and good sea boat.
Breaks Shaft and Is Towed Home
The steamer Pomo, which left here
Sunday for Point Arena and Albion
with freight and II passengers was
towed back to port yesterday by the
steamer Claremont. At 10 minutes past
II o'clock Sunday night, when about
seven miles northwest of Point Reyes,
the PomOs tail shaft snapped. The
sudden jar and subsequent racing of
the machinery caused the passengers to
believe that the vessel was in col
the officers of the ship could convince
them that, although the vessel was
disabled, there was no danger Captain
Lilleland made sail on the Pomo, but
70 o1
with the aid of wings. and when the
steamer Claremont came along an hour
or two later, he was glad to take the
Claremonts offer of a tow. The Clare
mont was bound south with a cargo
or lumber, but was coming here any
way for fuel. The amount of salvage
that viii go to the ClareAont will be
settled in the courts.
Vicksburg Sails for Lower Coast
The United States gunboat Vicks-
burg, Captain Halstead, sailed yester-
day for Central America to relieve the
cruiser Princeton.
Jeanette to Go Whaling
The news OF the Karluk's big luck
in the arctic has induced the owners
of the steam whaler Jeanette to try
their luck. The Karluk was due to go
north under any circumstances with
provisions for a number of the trading
stations The fact that the Karluk,
which has had the arctic practically
all to itself for many months, has made
big catch, is responsible for the Jean
cites going north equipped for whaI-
ing. The Jeanette was brought over
yesterday from Oakland creek and tied
up at Howard street wharf there to
outfit. The whaler will sail about MAY
25 in command of Captain c. H. Foley.
one of the most successful of the are
tic whalemen. AT least, he used to be
famous for his whaling skill. He is
better known now as the father of
Charlie Foley, tennis champion The
Jeanette's last port of call with stores
viii be Point Barrow. From there the
Whaler viii go to the westward on a
whaling cruise. Captain Foley expects
to be home by November.
Governor Sails for the south
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany's Governor, which sailed yester-
day for southern California, carried
about 300 passengers. Among them
were: