The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20

ments made on Pacific street wharf for
the convenience of passengers.
The dock proper, with its teams and
freight and turmoil. has been fenced
off from roadway which will be re-
served exclusively for passengers. 1t
leads direct from the ticket offices and
steamer gangway. Not even baggage
will be allowed in this roadway. At
the end of the roadway beyond the
plan for handling baggage will be put
into effect which is claimed will do
away with the confusion which is
feature of all steamship departures.
The Pacific navigation company has
also provided something new in the
way of gangWays and those who travel
on the Yale and Harvard will have
ample room to march aboard four
abreast.
The Yale will bring large number
OF passengers from the south and has a
complement already booked for the re-
turn trip. Those of the Yale'S passen-
gers bound for Seattle will leave here
at l o'clock Wednesday on the steamer
Watson of the Alaska Pacific line with
which the Pacific navigation company
has made an arrangement for the
handling of all through business. The
Yale and Harvard viii make the run
between here and San Pedro in II
hours. The run between here and Sc
attic, via the Alaska Pacific line, oc-
cupied about So hours. AS the two
lines will make direct connections at
this port the time occupied in the voy-
age from San Pedro to Seattle will be
approximately so hours.
ChiyO Maru TO Sail Today
The Japanese liner Chiyo Maru, Cap
tain Filmer, will sail a / o'clock to-
day for the far east, crowded with. pas
SengerS and carrying a large cargo.
The Chiyo will call at Manila this trip
and has more than 5000 tons of freight
for the Philippine port. OF passengers
the Chiyo Will have 65 in the cabin. so
in the second cabin and $50 Asiatics.
The latter constitute the rear guard
of the local Chinese who are going
home to celebrate the beginning of
the Chinese new year. The Chiyo's
cargo includes 5000 tons OF cotton for
Japan.
WiIheImina to Sail Tomorrow
The Matson navigation company's
Wilhelmina, Captain Peter Johnson,
viii sail tomorrow for Honolulu with
80 cabin passengers and a fun cargo.
As the -Wilhelmina will spend Christ
mas at sea the company has made spe-
cial arrangements to insure a proper
celebration of the day. Captain John
son will make his annual appearance
in the role of Santa Claus and Port
Steward Harry is ransacking the local
markets for special dainties to be
served with Sunday nights dinner.
Notice to Mariners
Captain +. S. Moore of the steamer
Portland reports to the branch hydro
graphic office at Port Townsend as fol-
laws:
The morning the Portland stranded,
it being dark and the land ObScured by
passing snow squalls, 1 was unable to
define the position of the ship by bear
lngs, but in my Judgment from course
be about one and q quarter miles north
AZ degrees east magnetic from the
southeast end of Kiktak island. In
my estimation the rock is an extension
Of the boulders off Palm point.
would advise shipmaster to give Palm
point berth of at least one mile"
Leak Sprung in Gale
The steamer Mayfair. which arrived
Sunday night 50 hours from Willapa,
encountered a heavy gale December Is
off Yaquina heads and so labored in
the big sea that the seams opened and
the steamer began to leak at an alarm
ing rate As the storm showed no
signs of blowing itself out it was de-
cided to Tighten the ship and $4,000 feet
of lumber was thrown overheard
Two Liners Due Today
The Oceanic steamship company's
liners Sierra, from Honolulu, and Mari
poSa, from Tahiti are due today and
both will be in port early. The Sierra
is bringing large number of pasSen-
gers from the island port and a full
cargo OF island products. Most of the
Mariposa's passengers have been to the
south seas for health and recreation
Both liners have been in wireless com
munication with this city for several
days The Sierra at o'clock Sunday
night was SAT miles from port and at
the same hour the same day the Mari
posa was 415 miles away.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet
The new steamer Honolulan bound
from Baltimore for Seattle, was $40
miles south of this port at o'clock
Sunday night.
The liner Manchuria, outward bound.
arrived yesterday at Honolulu@
The British steamer Strathnairn.
which has been chartered to load on
Puget sound for Port Pirie, arrived
yesterday in ballast from Redondo.