The San Francisco call., 1910-02-02

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1 ~ 4 icept from exposed
AZ 10 sheltered berths
- s.s1# Several coasters
! that started for sea
put back after tast-
! M &M ing the quality of
as the gale it ripped
N I down the north
channel II was
31azss1k2z-@S------- steady wind and the
only trouble IL gave the ferry boats
WAS the shower OF spray tnat poured
over the weather rails
The combination Of wind and hood
tide made il exceedingly dlfhcult Tor
vessels 10 leave and enter their berths.
During the worst OF the blow there
We're nO small vessels on the bay, the
storm having driven them all 10 shel-
ter. No serious damage was done.
The steamer General Frlshle left
Wasuin CrOn street on its regular AFTER
noon "trip TO Vallejo The moment the
steamer got Beyond the shelter OF
Washington street wharf, wind and
tide TOOK charge OF fl and the General
f'risbie driffed beyond Folsom street
before it could turn its nose in the
direction Of Alcatraz-
Tie sea became so rough in the VI
CinitN Of Mei2gs wharf that the quar-
autiue steamer Argonaut had 10 move
TO q more sheltered berth. IL was
from section T. Of the Seawall, where
the windjammer was Chafing its star
board side into slivers. The steamers
Rainier and Lucy Nef also had TO
move from the seawail
The steamer Fulton sailed for Men
docinO. but had 10 come back on ac-
count Of the gale.
Preparing for Sea Again.
80 time is being lost in getting the
German liner Cleveland ready FOR its
return around-the-wOrl trip TO New
York. As soon IS the pasSeng gers were
clear of the ship MONDAY. coal barges
N er' brought 40 the off-shOre side and
me work II hlling Inc big ships bunk
tr~ began
The coaing was finished by yester-
aar afternoon and when the last bucket
oi black dla monus had ratified down the
'if.te ail hands were turned TO the
task of cleaning ship. This viii be
tpIlow-ed ny new coat OF paint from
smoke stacks ia water line. and whiie
rae painting is going on loneshoremen
VIII be- busy putting stores on board.
TIE Cleveland VIII be thrown open
i"r public Inspection tomorrow and
The docking of the Cleveland at
nion street wharf demonstrated the
necessity for change in the arrange
sheds especially wheTe the shed is
huiit as close 10 the edge of the wharf
As j. Is al Union street.
me cleveland has an immense free
board and at high tide overhead load
lnE or diScha-Eing would be impossible
As Shlps or the CleVeland's size are
thEAl 10 ft frequent visitors. the n2T-
hor commission viii i'm ali future Dlans
ior wharf sheds provide side openings
extending 20 or 80 feet into thN roof
his VIII enable a i}igh-sided shin like
me tleyel@ nd 20 work as freely as il
al an open wharf and at the same time
aHorG shelter Tor the cargo
II Viii not be necessary u make any
'lanse in the now reinforced concrete
sHedS on the new piers ~ the south
eud. as the wharf extends more than
20 feet beyond the sheds The shed
on pier - for which Ihe contract was
vide fqr these roof openings
VIII Equip Fleet With Wireless
Charles r. Mccormick & Cos new
steamer klamath was equipped with
wireless and SO convenient has il
70 he slmi larly equipped right away
and the other vessels OF the compan, :
fleet ln the near future.
The United wireless company, which
equipped the Klamath and viii mt out
the others, is also building a wireless
station at St Helens on the Columbia
river, where the Mccormick mills are
situated, and another at Florence Ore
Tor the Carey lumber cOmpanS rne
nIted c0mpany's new station on the
trocker tract will. he finished this
week
Ii viii take the place Of the station
on Russian hill and Will he more pow
'rrul. lne new station is located on a
5000 foot elevation and is equipped with
Two ~ tDol lnaStS placed aBH lee
apart The capacity Of the new station.
n"tu Tor sending and receiving. win be
greater than that Of any station on this
coast
IT viii be away from interference by
the amateur.
rne new station viii be eouipped
with TWO complete sets Of 7Is kiiowats
each. which may be used singly or both
sets in multiple according to the dis
lance the message has to go.
II is believed that the tabIishue ent
-,
The practical value of wireless. W.T.,
which about so vessels in the coast
wise trade are now equipped.
HiIOnian in Heavy weather
The Matson navigation company s
l1ilonlan which Is due today from
Honolulu. was 265 miles away at S
O'Clock p. M. Monday At the time the
wireless message giving the ships posi-
VIII heavy northwest gale and
plunging through a rough sea. The
steamer shoHld be in port this morning
China sails for the Far East
The Pacific Mail company's interme-
date liner China, Captain Daniel
Friele. sailed yesterday for the far east
Vis Honolulu The China carried a
large cargo and 2 fuu complement OF
passengers Among the steerage pas
sengers We're % Chinese and eight
Hindus who are being sent back 10
the orient under orders of deportation.
Returns to Repair Machinery
Tho steamer NJ L. Plant. which
sailed January 30 for Coos Bay. re-
turned 10 port at midnight Monday or
account Of 4 breakdown in the engine
room.
Water Front Notes
The Oceanic steamship company
liner MaTiposa. Captain Hayward, Will
sail ~ II o'clock today from Filberi
street wharf for Tahiti with large
number OF passengers.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 26S. zoo feet.
The Kosm0s liner Assuan, from this
port. arrived January % at Hamburg
The steamer Riverside sailed Mon
dav from Salina Cruz for this port anC
yesterday the Nebraskan, which left
here January -, arrived at the MeXi-
can port
The bark Hesper. on Puget sound
has been purchased by Captain w. J
Mcdonnell and Robert A. Cunningham
Terms private
Searching for the Missing FRrallen
SEATTLE. Feb. 1.-THE steamer Dora
left Seward. Alaska, today in search ol
the Alaska steamship companys steam.
ship FarallOn. which left Port Graham
for Kodiak island January and has
not been heard from since.
4 steamer from Alaska reports that
the W-ea ther in the Kodiak region has
been the stormiest in 40 years.
The Farsllon may have been COM
PEELED 70 tic up for shelter. or may
t,ras, hlou-n far