The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-27
The Arrival of the Steamship
Alameda From Sydney
and Honolulu.
FIREMAN LOST OVERHEARD
Navigation Laws VIolated-Notice to
MarinerS-A Water-ToWer
Test.

lulu. The vessel was boarded by the
Quarantine Officer, who found her with a
clean bill of health and permitted her to
dock.
When the Alameda arrived off Homo
lulu harbor she was spoken by Agent Gift
ford of the company, who came out near
the vessel in pilot-boat. He reported to
Captain Morse that there had been in all
eighty-six cases of cholera, mostly con-
fined to the quarantine station, and there
had been no sickness in the business por-
tons of the city. There had been forty
deaths, including three Europeans. Mr..
Clifford stated that the disease was under
the. control of the quarantine officers, the
deaths being only one per day. AS 1t
would require about five hours to fumi-
gate the mails. and desiring to take not
the slightest chance of infection, Captain
Morse decided TO take nothing from the
shore, neither passengers, mails nor
freight. The Australian mails and four
teen boxes of lines we're sent ashore and
the steamer proceeded on her way.
Outside Of the reef were several steam
ers, one of which was the Coptic, bound
for China.
The following Australian cabin passen-
gers came up on the Alameda: Sir Audley
COOIe, MEMBER Ol lIe COiOuId1 ASSiSido NACf
and Lady Coote; W. Il. Marks, DR.. J. w.
Hesler and wife, Austin Meyers, Mrs. W.
a. Nevilles, G. NJ. Laurence, ]. B. Nc
Laurin, A. L. Nathan, Harry Monkhouse
and wife, H. Rouse and wife, Mrs. NJ. M.
Cole, Miss NJ. G. Cole, H. s. de B. Lopez,
Ira Brown, S. E. Lsidlay, Miss Austin Gin
bert, Mr.. Mack and wife, J. Walsh and ..
Kerose.
Sir Audley Coote is on his way to Eng
lapG ~, b,1cirlecS connected with the So
ciete Franchise de Telegraphie Of London,
Paris and Calais, of which he is an official.
He is at present engaged in laying cable
between Queensland and New Caledonia.
Ira Brown is the agent of Chicago
yeast mandatory, and has been organic
ing branch factory in Australia.
Harry Monkhouse is the manager OF the
Gaiety troupe and is on his way home to
London.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack are residents of this
City and have been making tour OF the
colonies, China and Japan. There were
forty-six passengers in the steerage.
The Pacific Mail steamship San Bias
arrived yesterday from Panama with the
following passengers in the cabin: Howell
NJ. Kennedy, Julio F. de Diego, Miss Ana
L. Gramm, Mrs Y. D. Maben, ]. Graft
Kennedy, y. C. Bonney, Thomas Mid
daugh, Mr.. and Mrs. Cuthbert, f. H.
Coyne, Mrs. Elena Z. de Ross, Miss f.
Adams, c. L. Vasanoyich. There were
thirty steerage passengers.
1t is believed along the water front
that the steam whaler Jennie, which took
up a supply of provisions for the Pacific
SleamW haling Company vessels, is frozen
up at Copper River. She has not been re-
ported since she LETT this port, and 1t is
thought that she has been nipped in the
ice and will remain in her winter quarters
till next spring.
st. Paul, fell overheard from the vessels
deck about o'clock yesterday morning.
Nobody can give any details of the acct
dent except that the crew aboard the tug
Sea Witch heard a cry near the steamer.
They searched the place in a boat, but
found nothing. The body has not been
recovered. Burke is reported to be
sober, industrious man, and leaves
brother and sister living in this City.
At meeting of the Harbor Commission
yesterday President Colnon called atten-
ton to the unconstitutionality of the
amendment OF the public buildings law
which calls for the letting out the new
ferry work in seven separate contracts.
Mr.. Colnon believes that as nothing about
the Harbor Commission is inserted In the
title of the act its clause relating to that
body is void. Section "A of article " of
the State constitution reads as follows:
Every act should embrace one subject, which
subject shall be expressed in its title. But if
any subject shall be embraced in an act which
shall not be expressed in its title, such act shall
be void only 10 so much thereof as shall not
be expressed in its title.
Should it be found that the law govern
ing the letting out of the separate con-
tracts is unconstitutional then the
board will have to proceed under the act
requiring it to let out contracts for
"wharves, buildings and other improve
ments" to the lowest bidder. Should the
law be void the object of the various trades
unions in getting the bill amended will be
defeated. The matter has been referred to
the attorney OF the board.
The revenue officers have received orders
to rigidly enforce the navigation laws in
regard to carrying lights on board vessels.
They are required TO board and inspect all
craft and to report to the Collector of Gus
toms anv offenses against the laws. The
most common violations have been as fol-
lows: Not showing masthead lights
through more than distance of five miles
and more than twenty degrees of the COM
pass; sdelights not burning properly;
showing no lights in tow; absence of lights
in rowboats; having no siding lights in or
near a fairway; not having life-preservers
distributed about the vessel; not having
lifeboats easy of access. Another rule
often violated require that every craft.
even a canoe or rowboat, coming from a
foreign port must report at a United States
Customs-house under penalty OF seizure
to secure the payment of $1,000 fine.
Yesterday water-tower test took place
at section of the seawall before Fire Chief
Sullivan and a number of foreign insur-
ance men. The State tug Governor Mark
ham pumped four streams and fire en-
CINE two streams through the tower fore
ing the huge com bined Jet $50 feet above
the top of the structure, or $50 feet from
the pavement. Presently the full force of
the tug was turned on, and the water
tower was fairly lifted from the ground. 1t
plunged around and was about to fall,
when Superintendent Haste turned off the
water. The efficiency of the tug wasipretty
well demonstrated.
The British ship Kincora arrived yester-
day, eighty-one days from Newcastle, n
S. w. She had pleasant and favorable
weather until she neared this port when
she encountered contrary winds. For one
full week she cruised off the entrance of
the harbor, awaiting n chance to run in
Finally she spoke tug and was enabled TO
drop anchor in the harbor.
The ship Helenslea has cleared for Lon
don with a cargo of canned fruit, salmon,
barley, cascara bark and beeswax valued
at 1856 3S7.