The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-01

| flowers will bloom and thus serve as an
emblem of the land OF sunshine, fruit and
flowers. Off the nave to the right and
left will be the offices required by the
Harbor Commissioners.
[ The old stern wheel steamer Frank
Silva is in trouble again. Some months
ago she was fitted with gasoline engines,
but the innovation was never success.
On one OCCASION there was small explo-
sion, but no one was hurt and very little
damage was done. Latterly she was run
on the mud in Oakland Creek and broke
down. Yesterday a gang of machinlsts
went over 10 repair damages and in a. lew
days the old steamer will be running
again.
The American ship Shenandoah came
down from Port Costa yesterday and In
an hour had full crew aboard. Captain
Murphy is O favorite with his men and
had no difficulty in securing a: BIS. AS
published in The CALL month ago he
will again take out six apprentices as the
last time he took boys from San francisco
they proved to be success: =.
The water front has lost one of its old
standbys.' Nels Nelson, for years ship
ping agent for James McKenna, has for
saken the whaling business and is now
manager of the Chicago Hotel. Nelson
was connected with the water. front for
nearly thirty years and says he will still
make daily trip along East street to see
his old friends. -.
Two of the Oldest. and most respected
captains on the water front died recently
and, strange to. say, both died com para
lively poor men. Mrs. Captain William
M. Hawley was left with very little and a
subscription headed by John D.~Spreckels
with. $500 is being Quietly circulated. Cap
tain Thomas w. Hutchinson also left very
little, and his two buggies, his bay: horse,
two sets OF harness and all the other ap.
purtenances are to be sold in front. of the
Merchants Exchange next Thursday a,
1:3Q P. M.
The Pacific Mail Company's City o.
Sydney will not carry passengers on this
trip. She sails this, afternoon and will
only take freight to La Libertad and will
then come back to San Francisco for hel
regular run. The Costa RIGA, that went
out three days ago, took all the Sydney s
passengers and will make the. regular
round trip to Panama ana way ports.
The Sausalito and San Rafael have
changed places. In future. the Sausalitc
will run one trip day on the regular run
to Sausalito and will then carry. the freight
at night. All the other regular trips. dur-
ing the day will be made by the San Ra-:
fael.'
The following notices to mariners have
been issued by. the Branch photographic
Office:
Coos Bar. Oregon. page SO. North Spit Jetty
Buoy. A black first class can buoy No. was
established November'20. 1896 in % feet OF
water and marks the outer submerged end OF
the North Spit Jetty. Cape. Arago Lighthouse
SW. "a s., Coos Head (north tangent) ESE
Tunnel Point SSE. 4 E. -
Coos Bay, Oregon, page &c.. Port side 'ot
channel buoy No. 3. On November 20, 1896
the number of this buoy. q black. frst-class
spar, was changed from to 3.
Yaquina Bar, Oregon, page 3s. Channel
rock buoy No. o. On November "a 1896, this
buoy was changed from a frst-class spar tois
Yaquina Bay, Oregon, page SO. On starboard
side OF channel, opposite Newport red
third-class nun buoy, No 81, was re-estab
lished November "a, 1896, in IL feet of water
McLeans Point Beacon Light ENE. "a E.
Government Wharf Beacon Light S. by w
NV. ..
Notice is hereby given that, for the pur
pose OF making necessary repairs to the ap
paratus, the fog-signal at Robinson Point
State of Washington, will not be sounded from
November 80 to December 8, 1896, both date
inclusive.
This notice affects the List of Lights and Fog
Signals, Pacific Coast, 1896, No. lila. page IS
also the List of Beacons apd Buoys, Pacifi,
Coast, 1885, page 81.