The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

will manage to get in through the outside
protection and eat the heart out of the
pile. Paraffine paint, creosOte and copper
sheathlng have all been tried, and while
they have been measurably successful
still they all left something to be desired.
When 1t was decided to rebuild Pacific
street wharf Chief Engineer Holmes was
called upon by the Commissioners for
S something in the shape of piling that
would stand the wear and tear of time
and also the attack of the teredo. as a
result OF his study the present harf is
now in existence. First of all cluster of
three selected piles were driven at regular
/ intervals. Around these was. driven q
large iron cylinder plentifully covered
with paraffine paint. When this was down
! to base the water in the cylinder was
pumped out and then the space inside un-
occupied by the cluster OF piles was filled
in by cement. When this was pressed
down to hardpan and the cylinder filed
up the pile was CONF mpleted. Therefore, in
order to reach the tim bers which form
the basis of the pile, the tireIess teredo
will have to eat his way through half an
inch of iron and a foot of concrete.
The new wharf will have all the modern
appliances and will be one of the best
equipped in the world. Commissioners
Colnon, Cole and Chadb bourne are so well
that they have decided to revolutionlze
matters on the water front and make all
the plllng on the same plan as wharves
have to be rebuilt. AS the work of extend
ing the seawall south to Folsom street is
likely to be begun at any time the chances
are that the Oceanic Steamship Company s
steamers will be compelled to dock at
Pacific street until the work is completed.
1t would only be temporary move, how
ever, as the Commissioners are opposed to
giving up such an i'm portant and necessary
dock to any one company.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company s
steamer Santa Rosa got in from southern
ports yesterday. Among the passengers
was Gilbert S. Mems, postmaster of
Seattle, who has been on visit to Los
Angeles for his health. General Mems
came originally from the Shenandoah
Valley, and his family and the Wise fam
lily. knew each other we'll before .he war.
When Postmaster Mems ard Collector
Wise met there was long interchange of
oid-tlme "reminiscences, and the two old
cronies only parted to meet again. To-
morrow party of friends will take Cen
eral Mems out on the bay and show him
some OF the beauties of San Francisco 8
harbor. He is reiudiced in favor of Puget
Sound. however, and says that we have
nothing here that can equal the beauties
OF the Sound. The general is man about
y
and would easily pass for 60. He is stay
ing at the Occidental
The following notices to mariners have
been issued to mariners by the United
States Lighthouse Board:
CALIFORNIA Wilmington and San Pedro
Harbors.-lmportant Changes.-A new edi ton
OF the chart shows San Pedro harbor and
entrance corrected from SURVEYS by the United
States engineers in 1894. The entrance jetties
nave peen extended seaward about one-tenth
OF mile, ana deeper water at the entrance
Gated.
San Francisco Bay.-New Buoy.-An II. s.
nun buoy, called Packard Rock Buoy, has been
placed to mark the southern part of the Mis-
sion Bay Rock, which has fifteen feet of water
over IL. The buoy is shown on the charts on
the bearings: Oakland Harbor Lignt NE ii i-I6
NJ distant l-20 miles. Potrero Point (outer
end of wharf S-SE u +. Point Ayisadero
touter end of WHARF Sc % S.
Packard rock is the one on which the
ship Benjamin F. Packard was run a
month ago by the tugs Sea Queen and
Hercules, and over which libel suit is now
pending in the United States District Court
The Pacific Mail Companys steamer
City of Peking, contrary to expectation,
will not dock at Hunters Point for a gen
eral overhauling. 1t appears that the
charges here are far in excess of what the
WORK can be done for in Hongkong, and,
in consequence, the Mail Company will
send the vessel out light in order 10 save
money. All Coils 7. Huntington's mill
lions have been made in California, but
sooner tnan spend few extra dollars here
to get the repairs made he is going to send
the steamer to Hongkong and put the
money into British Golfers.