The morning call., 1893-08-23
A LANDING=PLACE.
The Davie Ferry Before
the Commissioners.
They Are Unable to Agree on a
Place Which Is Satisfactory to
the Opposition.

Representatives of the Davie Ferry and
Transportation Company met the State
HarbOr Commissioners at the regular
meeting Yesterday with a presentation of
their demand for a slip which shall ac-
commodate the immense travel by their
line. After full discussion of the matter
on both sides the question of suitable
landing-pace was referred to Chief En-
gineer Holmes, with instructions TO report
at the meeting next Tuesday.
The conference was not satisfactory to
either side. Vice-Presdent Pomeroy, Gen
eral Manager Ebert and Secretary Bas-
sett were present for the Davie Company,
while the Harbor Commission was repre-
sented Dy its members, its chief engineer
and its attorney. Briefly stated the appli-
cation of the ferry people is for a berth at
the inner end of Mission Pier l, instead OF
the outer end. They desired a short slip,
N-shaped, into which TO run the bow of
their boats and discharge their passengers
over an apron at the bow. Furthermore,
they desired the board to construct a wait
ing-roOm inside of the wharf line. For
these improvements they expressed will
lingness to pay such sum as rental as the
board deemed equitable.
10 these requests the board answered
that Ii would not he possible To give them
an inside berth for the reason that it was
already allotted TO the steamer Point
Arena, ana permission must be asked from
her owner to make the change. If the
board attem Dted to move the steamer, her
owner would no doubt follow the example
OF the Union Transportation Company.
which enjOined the board from just such
an act, the Injunction being sustained by
Judge Wallace. 1t is now on appeal be-
fore the Supreme Court.
with regard to slim the r1
stated it was not justified in expending so
much money and that q slip would inter
fere with the free ingress and egress of
the tlreboats mOored there. 1t called
further attention to the fact that the open
ing between the north side Of Mission pier
l and the south side of Larue's wharf was
only $50 feet. With ship lying at the
eastern berth at Mission and the ModOc CT
Apache at Larue's there would hardly be
sixty feet OF passage way for the Davie
boats, and there was danger of her bumi =
ing against vessels AZ one side or the other
Relative to a waitiug-room inside of the
inner wharf line, the board stated that
the policy was TO keep this space free, TO
which the Davie people replied that the
Southern Pacifc's ferry house at the north
came plumb UP 10 East street and the new
Wellington coal office at the south was no
farther back. Ii wating-room were
built for the opposition ferry il would
still leave free half the space between the
wharf line and the curb of East street.
The board, however, expressed willing
ness, so far as it was concerned, to give
the Davie Company the inner berth
and to construct waiting-room inside of
Mission pier. with an entrance from the
street. so that passengers will avoid freight
teams passing through the central gate
Perhaps Chief Engineer Holmes and the
Davle people can agree on n plan before
next Tuesday, but if they do it Will be in
the nature of compromise.