The San Francisco call., 1896-08-14
HAL|bUT WILL
NOW Be CHEAP. !.
Two Schooners Arrived
Yesterday With Full
Cargoes.
MORE ARE ON THE WAY.
The Occidental and Orientals
Steamer Coptic Arrived
Ahead of Time.
BROUGHT THE FIRST NEW TEAS.
Beat the Canadian Pacific's Empress
of Japan by Nearly Twenty.
Four Hours.
BROUGHT THE FIRST NEW TEAS.

Halibut will be cheap to-day. Two
schooners, the first of the feet, got in
from the banks yesterday. and in conse-
quence the supply will be greater than the
demand. Fish will be drug in the mar
ket for several days to come and the poor
people will benefit in consequence.
The little schooners Freia and Norman
Sund both got in from the banks yester-
day after smart run. They are loaded
down with halibut and as the fish are
preserved in ice they will keep for eeks.
After leaving the fishing banks the
schooners had a hard time and heavy
weather of it, but nevertheless the cap
tains were determined to make time.
Double reefs were taken in the mainsails
and head sail was shortened. The little
schooners arrived in good time for to-day's
market and doubtless both will do rush
ing business. There are over dozen yes
sells in the halibut feet and all of them
are doing well.
Harbor Commissioners Colnon and Cole
will to-day visit the Mail dock and its
vicinity in order to ascertain where a new
wharf can be erected for the convenience
of the corporation. 1t was decided to
build the wharf and charge full rates, but
just where it will be put up has not been
decided upon. Vice e-Presiden Schwerin
of the corporation was present at the
meeting of the board. and asked that
special rates be made for the company he
represented, because it was a purely
American venture. President Colnon did
not agree with him and said that any and
all competing roads would receive the
same consideration. The Mail Company
will get its wharf, but no concessions in
the way of tolls will be made.
The new Japanese line wrote asking if
it could have the use of LON bard street
wharf. The secretary was instructed to
inform the manager that the wharf would
be kept open for them for reasonable
time. In answer to other questions the
Commissioners said that a double-track
line connecting with the belt railroad
would be laid and that electric lights to
load and unload at night would be put in.
The steamship company asked for space
sufficient to accom- modate fifty cars
opposite the landing but as there is no
room there belonging to the State the re-
quest could not be granted. Accommoda- a.
tion further north can be provided IL
necessary.
In answer to another question the Com
missioners said that the rental would be
$3.50 a month and the regular rates as
charged the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, the Oceanic Steamship Com PAW.
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
the Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company.
Work on the waiting-room of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Com pany's
steamers at Spear-stre wharf will begin
next week. The Commissioners ordered
the work done yesterday.
Pier IL will be rebuilt with creosoted
piles and lumber. Yesterday the Harbor
Commissioners let the contract for the lob
to P. F. Dundon of the North Beach
Creosoting Works.
The wha!eback City of Everett has been
laid up at Sausalito. There is a big sup
ply of Australian coal in the market at
present, 80 the Rosenfelds will not want
any Nanajmo coal for some weeks to
come.
The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company's Coptic got in yesterday day
ahead of time. She beat the Doric's time
by ten hours, but is nevertheless behind
the record. 1t was a race between the
Coptic and the Canadian Pacific's EN-
press of japan. Both had the first con-
signments of new teas from Annoy and
the first into New York would carry the
day. The Coptic Nins easily and her tea
will be in the metropolis twenty-four
hours ahead of that on the Empress of
Japan.
The Coptic brought the following cabin
passengers: D. G. Bruce. Lieutenant r. r
Belknap, q. s. N, Miss Bullock, Miss
Griffin, Samuel Montague. G. B. Platt, A.