The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21
ALONG THE WATER FRONT,
Chinese Arrested for Dumping
Rotten Potatoes in
the Bay.
Captain Farren of the Drumlaurig Is
the Happy Father of
Native Son.

Three Chinese were arrested by Ser
geant Hayes of the State police yesterday
and charged at the Harbor police station
With dumping rubbish in the bay. Ever
since the Commissioners have refused to
rebate the bills of the brokers the latter
have had Chinese on Jackson-street wharf
picking over the potatoes and resacking
them. The good ones were sold to ped
dlers and the bad ones were dumped over
board. Hayes saw the Chinese at work
and placed them under arrest.
Just how the matter will be settled is
hard to say, but President Colnon seems
to think that the State has not very
good case. The law says that nothing
that will 'sink ana form an obstruction to
ma yigation' shall be dumped into the bav.
Now, potato will sink, but it will also
rot and eventually form part of the slime
and mud. In the circumstances President
Colnon does not think potato is an OBJ
struction to naviga ton. The Chinese will
be tried, however, and the courts will
have to decide the question.
The construction of the new ferry depot
will come up at the usual meeting of the
Harbor Com missioners again this after
noon. An attempt is being made to get
Governor Budd and the other State Off
Gals to approve the plans and then the
work will go on at once. If this cannot be
done test case will at once be taken to
the Supreme Court. Acting ATTORNEY f.
S. Stratton is Of the opinion that the mat
ter should be settled at once, and the
surest way to his mind is to have an opin-
ion from the Supreme Court of the State.
Captain Farren of the British ship
Drumlaurig, is the proudest and happiest
man on the water front. Last Saturday
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boy, and now the parents are casting
about for name with which to christen
him. Every body calls the little chap a
Native Son of the Golden West, but his
father is loyal to his flag, and says that
while his son was born in California, he
was also born on an English ship and
therefore on British soil. The Drumlaurig
is living at Union-street wharf, but the
jovial captain says he has now got to get
out of bed more frequently to take an OBJ
Servation (waIk around with the baby1
than when he was rounding Cape Horn.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamers
City of Sydney and City of Panama left
their docks Yesterday Tor Panama. but
did not go to sea. The bar was breaking
badly, and the former went as far as Black
Point, while the latter anchored in Mis-
sion Bay. The Panama had no passen-
gers, but had two lighters in tow, which
are to be used in Central America during
the coffee season IN carrying cargoes to
and from the steamers. The SYDNEY has
forty-five cabin and forty steerage passen-
gers on board and will stop at way ports.
The Panama has great deal of New York
freight and will 60 almost direct to Pa
mama.
The rough weather and breaking bar
have kept a great number of vessels in
port. Among them are the British ships
Glenfinart, Falls of Clyde, Osborne and
Laureston. They are ali wheat laden, and
have been ready to sail since last Friday
The chances are that they will get away on
to-day's tide, as the storm seems to be dy-
ing cut.
The following notice has been issued by
the office of the Coast and GoedeIic Sur
vey:
San Francisco Bay-Redwood Creek en-
trance-Day beacon replaced: Redwood
Creek beacon, red, No. s, has been re-estab-
lished, and is shown on the charts on the
bearings: Redwood Greek beacon No. 4.
WNW., Il W.. distant 1920 mile; Marsh
Point, S. by E., "a f..