noon on Tuesday
Early on Monday morning the crew and a large force of stevedores commenced to discharge the vessel . Two winches were kept busy , the first mate being in charge of the work up forward and Matt superintending that aft . The shingles were loaded in huge rope cargo nets , snatched out of the ship and swung overside onto flat cars , which were shunted off into the drying yard as soon as loaded . The captain returned at noon on Tuesday , and at two o'clock the last bundle of shingles was out of the Quickstep , for the mate had worked overtime Monday night in order that they might finish discharging early enough on Tuesday afternoon to drop down to Oleum and take on fuel oil for the next voyage . This schedule would bring them to the dock at San Francisco about six o'clock , where they would take on stores and passengers and sail at seven for Eureka , on Humboldt Bay , where they would arrive Wednesday night . On Thursday they would commence taking on cargo , but since they had to take shingles from several mills round the bay , they were bound to be delayed waiting for tides to get in and out , and in all probability they would not be loaded and at sea until Saturday night , which would give them Sunday at sea -- and in the lumber trade on the Pacific Coast the only profitable way to spend Sunday is to spend it at sea . To spend it in port is a day lost , with the crew loafing and drawing full pay for it .