The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
READY To RAISE
SUNKEN sCHOONER R
Wreckers Complete Prepara-
tons for Floating the,
]. H. Lunsrnann
Tide Will Do the Lifting and
Vessel May Be Docked
in a Few Days

The last wire of the swinging cradle
in which the wrecked schooner J. H
Lunsmann will be carried into shoal
water was placed in position yesterday
and by the end of the week, If there
is no hitch. the vessel will be afoat
Captain T. P. H. Whitelaw. who has the
contract for saving the vessel. is con-
fident that he will be successful in re-
covering from Davv Jones' locker not
only the ship. but all the cargo except
such might have spilled out through
the hole cut in the hull by the steamer
Francis H. Leggett
The method used in floating the Luns-
mann will be the same as that adopted
in the case of the tug Sea Prince. The
wires attached to the wreck will be
made fast to barges. AS much air as
possible will be forced into the hull
and as the rise of the tide lifts the
wreck it will be hauled into shallow
water.
With reasonably good luck few
tides should see the hull SO near the
beach that at shoal water IT will. be
possible pos to put patch on on the the hole 10
been done IL VIII be a simple matter to
pump the water out and take the vessel
either to the drydock or to the coal
bunkers, according to its condition.
Under the contract Captain White
law is to discharge the coal at some
local bunker and place the vessel on
the drydock. His compensation Will be
20 per cent of all he saves.
Matson Liners Come and Go
The Matson liner Honolulan. Captain
Greene. arrived early yesterday from
Honolulu and at noon the Wilhelmina.
Captain Charles Peterson. sailed for the
island port. Captain Peter Johnson,
who has commanded the Wilhelmina
from the time it left the shipyard, has
lA4A hn
east in a few days to take charge Of
the Matsonia the company's new liner.
The Honolulan brought the following
passengers:
Copeland Mrs. c. Z. Copeland. Mrs. I. D. Chand-
Ter snd child C. s. Csrlstnith, Mrs. c. S. Carl
smith 90 F. Frisk. E. Giesecke, Fl. Heilman
Miss Julia Juen, +. Koehuen. Miss L. Ionsdale,
Miss F.: Mckay. Miss B. Mitchell, Miss Jean
Moses. z. F. Nichols Mrs. George 0rdway. Mrs.
Theodore n. Richards. Miss Mary T. Richards,
Herbert NJ. Richards. Rev. o. B. Smith, Miss S.
Seller. Truman Smith, A. FISHER. Miss Frances
Wade. c. E. Wells Mrs. c. f. Wells Miss E.
X. Wilcox. Mrs. f. r. Wachuta. Miss Carrigan..
The passengers who left on the Will
Mrs. S. C. Barnes Mrs J. C. Bernswanger. o.
l. Bosrdmsn, Mrs o. l. Bosrdman; D. s. Bow
4. N. Brodie, Mrs. A N. Brodie. A. [. Brown.
Mrs. A. L. Brown and child. L. X. Chase, Mrs
T. oa K GRase; s Mrs W Collins rs, two children rem
man and maid. Edwin T. Comeu Jr.. Robert y.
Conan. Miss Catherine Conan. e. de Lacey. Mrs
n. 6 Dfllingham, Mrs. Thomas Dunn. Mrs. h.
J.. Edwards; Mrs. ". Erickson, iotaut and maid; ;
.. H. Foss, Miss B. Glade, J. c. Glade. Mrs. ].
Laura c. Glover. Miss Mabel c. Glover. j. Green.
well. George Crowley, Mrs. J. Hoffman. Miss
Lorna X. Isukea. ]. Jermann. Mrs. J. Jermann,
=, G. Jermann. Mrs NJ. Jongeneel B. L. Marx
Mrs B. L. Marx, Charles C. Mckay. Miss Gene
We've Mckay T. P. Melin Mrs. T. P. Melin,
house. Miss W. H. Nash, Mrs ~ A. NichoIl and
infant. " W G. Nor, R. A. Normandin, Fl.
Pogue. q. r. RANKIN F. p Rosecrsas M rsasee Mrs. F.
r. Rosecrans. Mrs. G. Rosecrans. Mrs r. Rose
Grams, Albert Schmidt. Mrs. Albert schmidt.
Startuck. n. P. starbuck Jr.. C. f. starratt, T.
3 stuart; Alan C. Thomas. Mrs. Alan G
Watson. Mrs. William weinrich DR.. John G.
Wishard, William A. c. Zereff, Miss Anna Zieg.
Tahiti Has Big Crowd
The r. NJ. S. Tahiti, which is due to
bringing one Of the largest list OF pas
eengers ever carried by the Union COM
pany between Australia and San Fran
cisco. 1t is expected that she will
bring up number Of tourists who left
here on the Moana to witness the native
fetes at Papeete. The liner is also
carrying capacity cargo.
Captain Gibb, former commodore of
the Union Steamship company's fleet,
who recently resigned, will be pas
senger on the liner en- route to Eng
land. Captain Glib until a few weeks
ago was In command of the Niagara,
the latest addition to the company's
Advices received from Dunedin state
that the Willochra Will sail from Syd-
1ey for San Francisco September 6. ar
rlYing here October 2. She will be
strictly up to date. The third class
accommodation is on a very extensive
scale and compares favorably with the
second class on many other vessels.
She win also have a number of one
berth outside promenade deck rooms in
the first class and is fitted with an
outside palm garden
Many Join New Class
The public evening navigation school
opened for the fall term on Monday
night with a large enrolment for the
new class Those intending to take
advantage of this opportunity for IN
study of navigation should enroll at
once, is the subject is a technical one
and no time will be lost in getting
under way,
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber Yesterday by sea
amounted to 2031 900 feet
The liner Manchuria. from this port.
arrived July % at Honolulu.
The Oceanic Steamship company's
liner sierra which is due tomorrow
from Honolulu, was, SIC miles from
here at o'clock Tuesday night
The harbor commissioners will hold
their regular weekly meeting this
morning in the ferry depot.
=, The liner Korea. due Saturday from
at o'clock Tuesday night
The liner China left Hongkong Tues
day for this port
:, The Oceanic Steamship company's
lner Ventura left Sydney July 26 for
this port.
British Mails
me mails for Great Britain and Ireland will