The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12
ALONG THE WATER FRONT,
The Captain of the Homer
Suspended for Colliding
With the Arago.
A Telegram From the Steamer
MarIposa Ends the Honolulu
Cholera Scare.

The Board of Local Inspectors of HILLS
has rendered it's decision in the case of the
Arago and Homer collision that occurred
the Sd of last month in the Puget Sound,
which resulted in damage to the latter
vessel of 1915. Captain J. F. Drisko of the
Homer was adjudged responsible for the
accident and suspended for thirty days.
Instead of passing to starboard he kept
on, in disregard of Rule / of the regula-
tons governing the handling of vessels,
and then gave the wrong signal when Cap
tain Reed of the steamer Arago whistled,
which was in violation of Rule Ill. The
captain of the Arago was exonerated.
At Al Whites place was exhibited yes
terday the engrossed testimonial of the
survivors OF the lost sealing schooner G. q,
White to DR.. G.. F. Dickinson, who at
tended the shipwrecked men at Wood
Island, Alaska.
When the unfortunate men returned to
this port several weeks ago AL White
started subscription, and by MS efforts
money was raised among shipping men
for the benefit of the MANNED crew. The
testimonial written by Joseph Jordan, a
newspaper man, was beautifully engraved.
with picture of the Inflated schooner, and
handsomely framed. 1t recited the faith
full services of DIR. Dickinson, who worked
nnaided and alone with six patients, am
putating their frozen limbs and saving
their lives. The paper was signed by
Frank A. Sweeney, Francis III. Murray,
Edward J. Veisinet Jr., Gustaf Wicks-
strom, Matthias Mathiesen. Emil W. Bail
and F. f, Rogers.
The prizes won at the late interclub
yacht race were distributed to the success
full vessels yesterday. The schooner-yacht
Jessie received handsome piece of silver
plate appropriately engraved, the Idler a
set of signals, the Ell Sueno barometer
and the Ella pair of marine glasses. The
Harpoon received set of port lights, the
Truant barometer, the Slefpner pair of
cabin blankets and the Flash and Major
each pair of marine glasses.
A telegram has been received by ]. d.
Spreckels 81 Brothers from the Mariposa,
now at Auckland, announcing that the
cholera scare at Honolulu had subsidized,
and that the physicians there believed that
the eight reported cases were not cholera.
The Chinese who landed from the Belgio
became i'll from other causes after coming
to the islands, principally from eating fish
in celebrating their arrival. The medical
experts decided that the deaths among
the immigrants were caused by the poison
Gus food.
To-day at the meeting of the Harbor
Commission there will be several inter-
esting questions discussed. The first will
be the appointment of an assistant chief
wharfinger, and Commissioner Cole is pre-
pared to oppose the selection of Edward
Short, the Mission-street wharfinger, who
is slated for the place. Mr.. Cole wanted
James Boobar, the outgoing chief, reap
pointed, but was ontVoted. He will insist
upon the appointment of his man-prob-
ably Boobar-for assistant, and intends to
be heard from if Short is pushed forward.
Another question is the proposed ferry
footbridge, which was to be built at the
north corner of Market and East streest.
The Frank brothers, who own that corner,
are holding its value up to figures about
equal to the cost of the ferry building it
self, and the owners of the corner south of
Market street, believing that the bridge
will benefit their property, are making an
effort to have it placed there.
AT the special meeting of t he board yes
terday Percy & Hamilton, the consulting
architects, presented report suggesting
improvements on the Page Brown plans.
This, they commended, will bring saving
to the State of over $1,000. They also COM
mended the scheme of marble veneering
proposed by Architect Pelton, if the work
be performed faithfully with skill and care.
The steamer Monticello yesterday morn
ing brought down $50 girls of st. Vincent's
School at Vallejo in charge of Father
Jones of the Catholic parish and four
sisters of the school.
The pupils visited Golden Gate Park and
the Cliff House and returned home on the
evening trip. To-day if the weather per-
mits,th boys of the school will visit the
city on the Monticello.
The first serew-steamer for the Sacra-
mento River will be built by the Fulton
Iron Works of this City. She will be II
feet inches long, II feet inches beam,
and will draw only feet 6 inches of water,
and be driven by twin screws turned by
two sets of triple-expansion engines, and
make speed of Is knots an hour. She
will be launched in about three weeks,
and is destined to run between Sacramento
and Rio Vista.
No news has come from the missing ship
Star of Austria, and her rate of insurance
at Lloyd's has reached SIS guineas.
An attempt was made yesterday to pay
off and settle with the crew of the sealer
Winchester, which returned several weeks
ago from the Berlng Sea with 142 skins,
and was seized by the customs officials.
The sums due the men run from 81 to So
for the nine months work, and as they
were charged interest upon the $15 advance
paid them when they shipped, they refused
to receive the depleted sums of 81. So and
81 which remained. They threatened to
bring libel suit against the vessel, which,
as she is already libeled by the Treasury
Department, is an untenable undertaking.