The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
ALONG THE WATER FRONT,
The City of Puebla Leaves for
Victoria With Many
Passengers.
Conference of the Harbor Commission
ers and Architects on the
New Ferry Depot.
Among the passengers who sailed on the

Among the passengers who sailed on the
City of Puebla yesterday for Victoria, B.
c., were A. E. Pryor and Harry w. Good
all Of the firm OF Piper, Alden, Goodall &
Co. 1t is rumored along the front that
they are going to Seattle to purchase one
| OF the sound steamers for use in the bay.
If she comes here the chances are that she
would be used in connection with the line
of railroad to be built from San Jose to the
waters of the bay. When spoken to about
the matter both Pryor and Goodali denied
that they were going to the sound on busi-
| ness, but said they were merely on pleas
ure bent. They will be gone about two
weeks, ana expect to enjoy themselves.
As Pryor is anything but a good sailor the
chances are that all his fun will come
when he reaches terra firma. Goodall
comes OF family of sailors, and he will
revel in "a life on the ocean wave"
There was an important conference in
the office of the Harbor COMMISSIONS RS
yesterday. Beside President Colnon and
Commissioners Cole and Chad dbourne there
were present Harold w heeler, represent
ing the a. Page Brown estate; E. r.
Swayne, the newly appointed architect,
and Walter Coffman, who appeared for E.
S. Stratton, who is sick. The discussion
was all over the detailed drawings for the
new ferry depot. SwayEe admitted that
the ones made in the office of the deceased
architect were probab bly, all right, but still
he would not take the responsibility of
constructing the depot from them. He
wanted to make his own detailed draw
ings, and then he would know where he
stood.
Wheeler, as representative of the Brown
estate, argued that the drawings ought TO
be accepted and paid for. They had been
pO0d nj do ha
supervision of Mr.. Brown, and therefore
the board was liable for the money. This
was the rock on which the Brown estate
and E. r. Swayne split, and the confer
ence was called in order to have the Com
mlssioners solve the problem.
President Colnon said that Mr.. Swayne
was the newly appointed architect but
that he would have to look for his re-
Enumeration from the Brown estate. If the
two could not reach an agreement then
working plans would have to be made by
some one. The whole matter finally re-
solved Itself into question OF dollars and
cents, and the discussion finally went over
for few days in order to allow the inter-
ested parties to arrive at an amicable set
tlement. Should Mr.. Swayne agree to
erect the building from the late Page
Browns working plans, then there will be
plain sailing; but if he does not, then new
ones will have to be made and the trustees
!
tor the work done on the plans now ready
for use.
Governor Budd made an extended tour
OF the water front yesterday. He was in
the City TO attend the meeting of the Board
OF Regents of the State University, and
selzed the opportunity to inspect the work
being done by the Harbor Commissioners.
He was driven around by Chief Wharfinger
Root, and spoke very highly of the man.
ner In which things were being conducted
lie particularly admired the new Pacific
street wharf, now in course of construction
and thought it would prove to be the
longest lived of all the piers along the
front.
Changes in the revenue feet still
go on. Captain Roath left YESTERDAY
for the north to take charge of the cutter
Corwln. On his arrival the vessel will sail
for Sitka, where she will relieve the VOL
colt, the latter going to Seattle for repairs
Captain Munger of the Corwin takes charge
of the building of the new Custom house
launch, the Golden Shore, row being con-
structed for San Francisco.
The tug Ethel and Marion will run ex-
cursions to the Italian man-of-war Cristo-
foro Colombo next Saturday and Sunday.
The California Navigation and Improve
ment Company's steamer J. d. Peters has
been laid up for a thorough overhauling.
1t Will be some time before the work is
completed and in the meantime the Mary
Garrett will run in her place.
There is trouble brewing over the cargo
OF the steamer Willamette. AS stated pre-
viously in THE CALL it was transferred
from the George W. Elder to the Columbia
and from the latter to the Willamette.
All three broke down, and it has been said
that there will be three general averages
on the consignments. Captain Cushman
laughs at the story, however, and SAYS
that there was only few cases of salmon
damaged during the various transfers.