Show Steamers i Take ake Place of Salmon Sail Fleet SAN FRANCISCO Dec Ded 11 AP The The historic windjammer salmon packing flotilla which yearly early Invades in invades invades In- In vades the icy waters of Alaska Is being steered into the Sargasso Sea of ot Oblivion by the rte Giant Steam Displacement of the sailing fleet was begun by the use of two small steamers by one company this year Next spring there will be more morp of them and local marine officials doubt whether there will be a sail lIall left on the Alaska run within two or three years Departure and return of the packIng packIng parking pack pack- Ing fleet have been picturesque q e in incidents incidents incidents in- in on San Francisco's water waterfront waterfront front many years Most 1 of If the vessels go to far tal north Bristol bay and they begin to leave the middle of March sailing salling every everyday everyday everyday day or two until all are on the wa way The northward sail usually takes thirty days and often longer The The- return from Bristol bay made in September as a rule often requires no more than fifteen days Favorable Favorable Favorable Favor Favor- able winds prevail and there are currents that speed the vessels southward The crew and canners form a motley and colorful crowd N Nearly ally every nationality is represented and many a swashbuckling tale could bo be written around the voyages rJ rights Fights galore have been recorded and we weary ry skippers have thanked their stars when they sighted the Golden Goden Gate again It is a bleak hard life Ufe for the men men during the five or six months they are away but there is nothing nothing- to spend m money ney for and generally e they ret return rn with their wa wages wage es J in their pockets packets |