The morning call., 1894-06-26
DIE SHIPS IN THE STREAM.
No Cargo Vessels Are Discharging.
Agitating for New Rev
. enue Boat.

- There is regular epidemic OF overdue
:sblpS of late. The British ship Laomene
3. IS now on the list, being 143 days out to-
. day from Calcutta. Fifty per cent rein
*.sursnce was paid On her yesterday by
marine insurance men.
:: ;Fhe Laomene has a general cargo on
hoard valued at about $43, 600. She should
,@have arrived over a mouth ago. The ves-
:sel is an iron ship of 1899 tons gross. She
=. was built in 1880 by w. II. Porter & Son,
Liverpool. Her length is 263 feet. beam SO
feet inch, depth of hold "A feet inch.
- Fremont streets contrac job wharf has
:: again been smashed in by load OF shingles
=. placed upon it from the schooner Silver
Spray.
This is the third time in as many years
:: that the dock has been demonstrated to be
> fraud and a job of the worst kind.
- Only three years ago the contractors
turned the pier over to the State, and now
!, it IS almost useless.
In its construction the poorest class Of
material was used. The first damage that
was'doue to the structure proved that the
piling was altogether loo light. This same
defect caused the accident yesterday.
For space of 30 feet by 50 feet the
wharf has sunk into the bay. The puny
=: piles beneath the wreck were either broken
=. of like pipestems or forced into the mud.
p u6 CTOSS-Q6dIlS were oUdppeu Un StlOl
q and all underpinniDg carried away.
When the contractors drove the piles for
the pier far and canvas encaSed them In
such way that they appeared to be OF
g.. great circumference. In reality the sticks
were of the poorest quality and length.
p. 1t will require an outlay of $500 to
repair the break, and IL is doubtful
whether the HarbOr Commissioners will
:. agree upon fixing the dock up or condemn
ing it entirely. E1s5ssss
The story published In yesterdays CALL
concerning the Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Comnany's intention of giving
the Canadian Pacific a rub created bIs
sensation in steamship circles Merchants
generally seem TO be pleased that San
o" Francisco will be given an opportunity tC
80: regain its lost prestige il the Orient, and
if the Occidental and Oriental will only
g. stick to its original purpose, put more
money into the service and less into it;
stockholders pockets, our trade with Asia
will be resecured.
.. Democratic tariff-tinkers at WASHINGTON
should come to California and take lOoR
at Mission Bay, SausaitO, Oakland
Greek and Port Costa. More uncharteTeC
vessels are at anchor in the harbor low
than ever before In the memory OF the
. oldest mariner on the coast. The Custom
house authorities noted yesterday tha
; for the first time in years not a slngl'
=. cargo ship was disCharging at the city's
quays.
p. moving toward San FRANCISCO IN English
bottoms for some time, or at least until
tariff legislation is more efficient and not
so uncertain,
~. The British ship Fannie Kerr will jOir
- the unemployed to-day at Sausallto, ant
before the month is out the strange conGI
tion will exist of port minus vessels ina
are loading and discharglng any torelgI
cargoes otner than coal.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury {
s. Hamlin made an investigation OF tn
decrepid revenue boarding steamer Hart
:. ley yesterday, and now agrees with Ri
CALL that the port needs new vessel.
Every effort has been made by this pa
per to secure for the department first
class boat, and now Mr.. Hamlin will US
his best endeavors to finish the good worl
that The CALL has begun.
The bark Invernrie cOllded with tn
-. steamer City OF Puebla while the latte
was docking al the farther end OF Bealt
street wharf yesterday. No damage o
consequence was done. The lnveruTl
has a new first officer, but the sailors an
appEe tees declare that they will not re
arm in the ship unless Captain WilOx an
the second mate are discharged.
a negro giving the name of William
was arrested at o'clock yesterday mort
ing by Officer Callahan of the Mort
Harbor police for attempting to rife sal
.'s in the rear part of a Market-street stort
Williams had stolen a brace and bit oil
p. Of a wagon in front of the place, and wa
= at work at the safe when captured.
= -. ZEE Morris OF Portland. Or, fell asee
80 ZEN a. pile Of lumber on FremOnt-stre
wharf, and was robbed of So 80 in col
D.. by a couple of waterfront roughs, VIII
ripped his pockets open with knife to q
:. at the money The thieves escaped.