The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20
THIS is NOT A
SIXTEEN TO ONE.
Three Vessels to Be
Equipped Out of the
Eastern Oregon.
TWO OF THEM STEAMERS
The Hull Will Be Turned Into
a Schooner and Will Garry
Lumber.
FRUIT CARRIERS aUARRELING
Owners of Vessels That Dock at
Jackson. Street Wharf Refuse
to Move.


nowadays is the steamer Eastern Oregon.
She is tied up at section OF the seawall,
and men are busily engaged IN taking out
the engines and boilers. When this work
is accom- plished the vessel will be stripped
and moved to the dry-dock, where she will
be thoroughly overhauled and turned into
a four-masted schooner.
Captain Charles Nelson, who purchased
the steamer, intends extending his con-
nections. The Eastern Oregon was twin
screw steamer, and with the machinery he
intends fitting out two steam schooners.
These will be put in the coasting trade,
and the Eastern Oregon will carry lumber
from Puget Sound ports to Australia.
The steamer was sold for 5000, but the
expense of dismantling and rebuilding
wall cost considerable money. Neverthe-
less when Captain Nelson has his three
vessels in running order he will be away
ahead on the deal.
The Harbor Commissioners and the
fruit men have not settled their diff
eulties. At the meeting of the board last
Tuesday it was decided to give the steam
ers OF the California Transportation Com
pany the exclusive use of Jackson-street
wharf. The chief wharhnger was given
power to act, and accordingly notified the
steamer Caroline, the Napa boats Zinfan-
del and Napa City and the Sacramento
Transportation Com pany that they would
have to move TO Pacifc-street wharf. One
and ali refused TO maze the change, and
affairs on Jackson-street wharf are I'M
changed.
II have been docking the Caroline at
Jackson-street wharf for nearly genera
ton" said Captain LesIe yesterday. my
boat has run regularly between San Quen-
tin and Baden and San Francisco, and
whenever requested | have always given
wav TO the river steamers For ten years
my patrons have found me at the Jackson
street buIkhead and l am not going to
make change.
1.-THE Napa City and Zinfandel will not
move" said Agent Wolf. "Our vessels
have been docking at Jackson-street wharf
for twenty-five years and we don't propose
moving to Pacific street just to please the
Sacramento River men. Let the Harbor
Com missioners provide accommodation
for the California Transportation Company
somewhere else; we don't propose. moving.
Our claim Is paramount, as we have been
in possession for years.
'sOf course the opposition wants wharf
to itself" said Major P. J. Harvey, agent
for the Sacramento Transportation Com
pany. at is Just twenty-six years ago
TO-DAY since we started running steamers
1
the HaTbor Commissioners think We are
going to give up the docks we have been
using all those years they are very much
mistaken. We intend remaining where
we are, and nothing but q mandate from
the Supreme Court will cause Us to move.
Let the other people move If they want to.
Why, inside of q month they won't be run
ming more than boat day on the Sac
ramento.'
Instead of the matter being amicably set
tied as was thought the Harbor Commits.
sioners have the difficulty still on their
hands and the fight viii be renewed
again to-day. One thing is certain. &C.
co-ding TO the fruit men, and that is that
there is no room on Jackson-street wharf
and that better facilities must be provided
at once. 1t was thought that by sending
the Napa and other steamers TO Pacific
street the difficulty could be overcome.
The owners of the vessels now refuse to
move and the fruit muddle on Jackson
street wharf IS just as near solution as it
was ten days ago.
/ The American ship Santa Clara is to
/ load wheat for Sydney. n. S. ". Captain
I Anderson has assumed command OF her
and is confident that he will make a rec
/ ord breaking run.
/ The old Sharpshooter has reached Aus
! trsIia after smart passage, for this time
t of the year, of fifty-nine days. After being
dlsmantled in the Gulf OF California she
was sold in San Francisco and re-rigged as a
barkentine. On leaving port her decks
began to leak, and Captain KusteI had to
put back to port. Following the sugges-
ton OF A. ?. Lorentzon, the vessels decks
were cemented by relative of his, but the
new departure proved failure, and some
Of the Sharpshooter's new fittings were
ruined.
After getting away the second time the
barkentine's i'll luck deserted her and she
made smart run to Sydney. The Ha-
waiian Isles, which left five days before
her. has not yet been reported, so the spell
of bad luck which followed the vessel may
now be said to be broken.