The San Francisco call., 1896-04-04

then have the ti1e and daylight in his
favor and expects to make quick run
The rails and 6shplates will be stored at
Alviso, pending the decision of the rail-
roads condemnation suits now pending in
the Superior Court at San Jose.
AS soon as the Aryan is unloaded she
will pegin loading redwood lumber for
England. A big demand for this wood has
sprung up in Europe and several vessels
are either loaded or loading with it.
Experts call it California cedar, and use it
in the making of lead pencils and fine
cabinet work. The Noel Tryvan is now
loaded with over million feet of the lum-
Der, and the Falls of Halladae is on the
berth. The Aryan makes the third vessel
on the route, so that California cedar must
be in demand in Europe.
The revenue cutter Bear has been over
hauled and her machinery repaired. She
is now as good as new, but Captain Tuttle
intends giving her a trial trip to-day. 1t
is expected that she will make at least ten
knots.
The crews of the Bear, Rush and Perry
are indignant over the new rules furnished
by the Secretary of the Treasury. Hitherto
the men have been allowed to purchase
what they please for the general mess, but
now nothing but regulation rations are to
allowed. Whisky is tabooed, and wine
for the officers only allowed in limited
quantities. In consequence the larder of
the revenue cutters will be very "slim"
when they go to sea, and the men and
officers are ''kicking" in consequence.
The following has been issued by the
Lighthouse Board:
Notice is hereby given that pending repairs
to the fog-signal machinery at East Brother
Island, California, the steam whistle will not
be sounded in case of fog but bell struck by
hand at about intervals OF fifteen seconds.
The repairs to the steam whistle will be
completed about April 6, and thereafter the
whistle during thick and fOggy weather
A large number of students in naviga-
tion were graduated from the Captain Nc
Nevin Pacific Coast Navigation School at
the close of the term ending Saturday last.
The following named received masters
certificates of competency from the board
of examiners CONF posed of Captain George
Captain Nelson Provost, examiner in nav
igatioD: Charles Verrey, Peter Olsen,
John Groat, Alexander Esser.
The following received certificates as
master: John L. Wilson, l.. ]. Pouson,
Martin Flaherty. E. J. Healey, Albert
Thile, Charles Echland, B. E. Anderson,
n. Wilson, John G. Moren no, D. S. Ames,
w. J. Crangle, John de Peyster Dowd.
The following named, after examination
received licenses from the United States
Local Inspector of Hulls and Boilers, viz. !:
Captain Enoch S. Talbot. inspector of
hulls; w. A. Phillips, inspector of boilers
Thomas Wilson, Charles Monti, Thomas
Clark, Alfred Eberle, Harry Smith, Mar
selius Andersen, Harry Thompson, Ru-
dolf Schmehl, Wallace Ray Everson, J.
Speirs, E. w. LittIejohn, Albert Thomas,
Victor Roos, e. I. Marshall.
The American ship Barring Bros. was
towed to Sausalito where she will remain
tied up until chartered. There is no trade
offering between here and New York and
the wheat business is dead. Sausalito is
likely to have more vessels tied up In the
bay opposite the town this season than at
any time during its history.
When the barkentine Modoc was being
towed to sea yesterday she went foul OF
the steamer Kahului. Both vessels were
at Mission-street wharf and the Modoc
was going to sea. The latter had her
standing rigging injured considerably and
the steamer lost portion Of her rail and
bulwarkS.
o. e. Benjamin, outside agent for Will
liams, Dimond & Co., nearly lost his life
Yesterday. He was transacting some busi-
ness for the firm on Mission-street wharf
when a heavy barrel OF oil escaped from
the hands Of the stevedores and rolled up
against him. He was knocked down and
the barrel rolled over his leg, breaking it
in two places. He was removed to his
home in the ambulance.
The eleven steel barges manufactured
bv the Union Iron Works for the Russian
Government are now ready for shipment.
They will be loaded on the schooners ]. NJ.
Colman and X. w. Bartlett. and next week