The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
Another Big Coal Ship From
Australia Now Long
Overdue.
LARGE REINSURANCE PAID.
aE REINSURANCE PAID.
Sailing of the Maripcsa for Australasia
/: .=':.. :: Drew a Big Crowd to the III. III.
.+... Oceanic. Dock: l.. -: =:

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s. The Oceanic Steamship Company's M ari-,
posa sailed for Sydney, Ms. w, via: Hon
olulu,= A pia and Auckland, Yesterday: She
had a very heayy cargo, among which were
400: tons OF -four, 800 tons Of wheat and 100
: tonsof: hops. The cabin Messengers were:
Fol. .HonoluluLM. s. Grin baum and wife, W.
T. :Hinchman; Mrs. Henry Holmes, Miss N:
.Maeuire;. H: III yna m: Mrs.:J=*W4 Podm ore and
two children FL Sladei Miss Slade.. -" y.
=: For Apia1J NTightm an Jr:. =: :: -
:: Fol. Auck laudzAliss: Boyd Miss: L. Boyd, y.
A.c5Wauchope and wi i: :: :
F ForSydneyz-J. S. Badger. G. C.: :Brown-Deug-:
las and w ife, T. j Davies Ge99rge
Horne David Hunter and wife, William Peter
q nd wife. IA e POSTS o. Post r. Rising, ,R:
Swineford, ,sMrs.A. H. all and two children
George EW oOdhead = .::# :.
Black G: r. Saunders: and wife, Mrs. NJ: II. $:
jackson: ~ : :: -
u: a Wanchope is a mining man from
WELLINGTON. New Zealand: He has been 10
London:in~th interest of the capitalists
and has succeeded in raising a large loan.
p AT Honolulu Mrs. Robert Louis Steven:
son and her son. Lloyd Osborne, will join.
the steamer: Mr.. Osborne will be accom-
panied by his bride, and all three viii stop
at Apia, Samoa. Mrs. Isabel Strong
will=also: be a passenger from Honolulu,
but. she wiltgo to New Zealand TO arrange
for the publication in&the colonies of the
Stevenson: Table-talk.< :..-. ) -. J l.. =. u. Z
s.. o. POST, who has been q letter.Carrier
in San francisco. for twenty years, has
been granted a long leave of absence.
Should he make :a:".t.ten-s strike! at Cool
gardie hewill rem ain at the mines, but
should things not turn out as: well as: he
expects he will return to ;California@and go
back to:deliyering mail m after. :.
he III arbOr. Com n cid q short
session, yesterday The. Western g Mon
Telegraph. Company has; been Occupying
space on Second-street W harf and :paying
no rent for IT.. On motion. of Commits
<sioner= Cole 1T was decided 10 make the
rent $40 q month. ~. - :: -.
F.: 3 J.:rW.::: H.: Campbell has been blocking
the: foot .lof Stockton street for years, pre-:
venting free. #ingress: to the water front.
/ be has a grain elevator on, the street and
t has not paid rent either to the State or
I City since: the seaWall:was built The
matter was @referredto the Chief Engin eer
| administration TO. see that; the obstruc-
tion: wa s. removed and the street opened. -:
T. Gould d Co: have. an: office in section 2
of the seawall. Iheir:rent was increased
from $ Z so to S15 "a month :; > .;>
=; -: ID: Baldwin and aide elegation. from: he
+ Islais: Greek yement*Club appeared
before the. board and. asked that a thou
sand foot w b art: be. built: =Itwase1plained
that Army street from San Brunoroad TO
kentuCky"street was now: graded and in
good order. *1f*a wharf was built, accord
T ing to: Mr.. Bald NTH en-. all the trade of
/ the. Mission and Butchertown would go
there, The: mat tier: was: referred to Chief
Engineer Holmes; and he President Col
non and Commiss sioner Cole. Will go, out
there, tomorrow to examine: .into:t he feas-
ibility of building HE wharf. :; =: " :: :; : ::
- There is s:anotherarateW war on the front.
"Sanl" p, Wells and u: IL. Lucas have been.
fortyears. two Of he b; b;st known. and M ost
:successfu ful; runners for the transfer COM
panies: on:the water front. J: Eatterly. they
went into. business: on their: own account
and started a tran sfer company for them:
selves.@ Yesterday the" State'o of California.
was op. her Way in from portland and Sam.
caught her off Fort Point: : He got his cir
I~culars aboard and when the vessel reached;
the dock be secured nearly alEthe baggage
a; few hours after the: State got in: the
F City OF Puebla from Puget Sound cam e in
| and Lucas =caugh hit her off Fort Point; II e
was. not to be outdone by: his partner, and
he also got his .cut-rate> circulars aboard
The:consequence wasthat Wells and Lucas
got.nearly all the business on both steam :
ers, and. the old-time companies at once
declared a rate war. Lively: times are: ex-
.pected and there will be lots OF fun at tn e
Oregon dock when the next steamer gets
in. II. Z: &: = +. -. !;
!. Anxietyis felt for another of the New
castle On. S.W.) coal fleet. This time tits
the Craigmore, sister ship to the unfortu-
nate BlairnIore now. at the bottom of Mis-
sion Bay. Sheisout SO days,:and 40 per
cent. reinsurance has, been paid on her
Coal men have faith that. she will turn.up,
however, as her cargo IS from the Greta
mine, and that is a coal that so far has
never caught fire. When 20 percent re-
insurance is paid, however, it shows that
the underwriters have become frightened
over the losses on the Alexandra. Brabloch
and Republic - ~: :. :. ="
The schooner Neptune, Captain Estwold,
arrived last night, eight days from Kla-
wack,. with merchandise for the North
Pacific Trading Company. consisting OF
1886 cases salmon, AT barrels salmon
bellies IA bales of hair sealskins, 80
bundles deerskins and two boxes of furs.