The San Francisco call., 1895-12-24
Arrival Of the Oceanic Com.
pany'S Australia From
Hawaii.
CHANGE ON THE PHILADELPHIA
Big improvements Are Now Being
Made at the Arctic Oil
Works.


Australia arrived from Honolulu early
yesterday morning. 1t was fair-weather
passage all the way, and the run was
made in six days and twelve hours. There
was no sign of the Pacific Nail Steamship
Companys China when the Australia
sailed, SO the chances are that it will be
some time tonight before she gets in. The
China was scheduled to arrive last Sun
day. but head winds and heavy seas must
have DELAYED her on the run between
Yokohama and Honolulu.
The Australia brought up the following
passengers: Miss B. L. Arnold, Mrs.
Edwin Booth. Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Benja-
min, H. Benner, DR.. Brown, J. F. Cramer,
Mr.. Campbell, Theo f. Dredge, NJ. Gross
man, Miss Greenwald, Mrs. E. C. Hen
shaw. Mrs. Higgins, Ed Hopkins, G. H.
Horner, T. j. King, II. Louisson, A.
Lucas, Miss McCully, B. E. Mccullough,
W. II. Soper.
Miss B. L. Arnold is the niece of the
Port Surveyor of Honolulu. whom she has
been visiting. Mrs. Edwin Booth is the
sister of the late DR.. Brody of Honolulu
and wife of the telegraph editor of the
Daily Report. Ed Hopkins is one of the
leading sporting men of Honolulu. He is
billiard-room and is on visit to San Fran
cisco to purchase the fixtures. w. H.
Soper is the son of the commapder-in-
chief of the Hawaiian forces. He is here
to renew his studies at the Stanford Uni
Yersity.
The following notice to mariners has
been issued by the photographic board:
Notice is hereby given that on or about De-
cember 81, 1895, a fixed red lens-ian tern light
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from the north corner OF the structure recently
erected in the water OF the north point OF
Nigger Tom Island, east side OF the mouth OF
the Willamette River, at its junction with the
Columbia River.
The focal plane of the light will be about
thirty-one feet above mean (tidal high water,
or sixteen feet above average summer high
water.
The structure is one and half story frame
house, painted white with lead-colored trim
mings and red roof, supported on platform
on piles.
The approximate geographical position of
the light, as taken from chart 6l45 OF the
United States coast and geodetic survey, is:
Latitude, north 45 deg. 39 min. Sec; longi-
tude, west 122 deg. 45 min. 53 sec.
During thick or foggy weather q bell will be
struck by machinery, single blow every ten
seconds.
The Butte football team had most en-
joyable time of it on the bay yesterday.
The Olympic boys chartered Henry Peter
sons launch and took them out to the
cruiser Philadelphia. From there they
were taken for spin around the bay and
finally wound up at the Folsom-street
steps about P. NJ.
The late Nicholas Richards old boats
seem to have fallen in evil days. The Don
Carlos is to be sold IN few days at the
Merchants Exchange in order to raise
enough money to pay the crews wages.
The Don Adolfo was in the same box when
the Australia left Honolulu. Her crew
had not been paid for a long time and
Captain Larsen was compelled to put her
up at auction. Captain Nelson became
her purchaser and the sailors got their
money.
The Harbor Commissioners had another
short discussion over the ferry building
yesterday. 1t was pretty well decided to
let the contract to-day and two kinds of
stone will be designated. Contractor Nc
| Carthy will be given his choice, and the
chances are that the cheapest and most
| durable article will be selected.
! TIE Pacific Mail Company's steamer
| San Jose arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday with the first of the new
coffee crop. Everything was quiet along
| the coast, and at San Salvador the natives
| were thinking more of getting their coffee
/ in than OF focking to the standard of
| Ezeta. Nothing OF the Barclay Golden
had been heard by any of the San Jose's
crew.
The Arctic Oil Works is being consider
ably improved, and storage room for an
immense quantity of oil is being provided.
A new wharf 200 feet long is to be built,
and as this will give the works frontage
OF over 400 feet, four or five vessels will be
! able to discharge at once. An immense
| tank is to be erected, and as soon as it is
completed there will be storage room for
the oil catch of an entire season of every
vessel in the whaling feet. 1t was ru-
mored yesterday that the oil works was
| going into opposition to the Standard Oil
Company, but Captain Knowles denies
! this, and says the Improvements are neces-
STATED by the increase in the company s
! business.
There will be number of changes on
the Philadelphia the first OF the year.
Captain Randolph Dickens, late of the
Brooklyn Navy-yard, will relieve Captain
| Cochrane as fleet marine officer, and Lieu
tenant Stoney will relieve Lieutenant c. E.
Fox as flag lieutenant. Messrs. Cochrane
and Fox will both report for duty at the
New York headquarters.