The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-11
She Will Run Between
Here and the Beaver
Hill Mines.
The Newly Fitted Out Vesse. Is
One of the Best of Her
Class.
Arrival of the Steamer China and
Departure of the Doric AMI
Alameda.


trial trip this afternoon. Since her arrival
here from Pensacola she mas been thor
oughly overhauled, and IS now as good as
new. She was purchased by John ID.
Spreckels for the Beaver Hill coal trade,
but on her way here the boilers gave out,
and a tug had to be sent to San Diego to
bring the steamer here. On her arrival
she was docked at Folsom-street wharf
and has Seen there ever since. When it
came to question of replacing the boilers
II. C. Tabrett, marine superintendent of
the Risdon Iron Works, found that the
engines were out of place and that every
thing required a thorough overhauling.
This Mr.. Spreckels at once ordered, and
the CZarina, as a result, is the most per-
fectly equipped vessel of her class on the
Pacific Coast. She will start on her maiden
trip TO the coal mines tomorrow, and Cap
tain Drisko asserts that he is going to
make a record.
John Jurss of COS Davis street will pay
any one $50 who will tell him the name of
the miscreant who manned his dog. The
animal was born twenty-five years ago on
the same day as his favorite son, and the
old man takes a great deal of pride in him.
Nearly all his trade is with men employed
on the water front, and latterly he has in
CURED the enmity of several of them.
Last Monday the dog was missing, and
when next Jurss saw him again one OF the
eyes had been gouged out. The old man
was furious and had all the Harbor police
on the case. No trace of the man who
manned the dog could be found, but now
that a reward of $50 is offered Jurss is
confident that some one will "let the cat
out OF the bag"
The contemplated race between the Oc-
cidental and Oriental Steamship Com
pany's Doric and the Oceanic Steamship
Company's Alameda is off. The Doric
left on time, but owing to English mails
being late it was midnight before the Ala
media got away. The former thus had
twelve hours start, but nevertheless Chief
Engineer Little of the Alameda is conf
dent that his vessel will not be far behind
at the finish. Among the passengers were
the Rev. Fathers McQuade and O'Shea,
The former has been assigned to duty IN
Wellington, New ZsaIand, and the latter
to pastoral Ill New South Wales.
Onions were at discount on Clay-street
wharf yesterday. No one wanted them
and the owners would not own them.
The Salvation Army's commissariat &C.
cepted two sacks of the consignment, but
said potatoes were more in demand than
onions. As no one seemed to want The
space on The hart, the Chief Wharhnger
ordered them dun ped into the bay. This
was done at 3 P. NJ, and when the Stockton
steamers left two hours later their paddles
were churning onions at every revolution.
The Harbor Com issioners held short
session yesterday and awarded the con-
tract for the repairing of Broadway wharf
to James Mcmahon. All the plies will be
Creosoted, and thus five years Will be
added to their life. President Colnon
asserts that if in the first instance creo-
soted piles had been used in the constrac-
tion OF the seawall there would have
been enough money saved 10 complete all
the work now on hand. The creosoting
works at North Beach has done such good
work that now the Southern Pac nc is
ordering piles from it. All the work for
the Harbor Com mission is done there, but
IN the near future the State will build its
own works and do its own creosoting.
bob" Spear, the boatman, had a mar
row escape yesterday. While throwing
off the lines of the launch Athlete he over
balanced himself and fell into the bay.
He struck his head against sunken pile
and would have drowned had not J. Keat-
ing, chief officer of the Amy, jumped in
alter him and held him up until assistance
came. Spear was carried into Peterson S
boathouse, and half an hour later was
rowing party OF sailors out to the Mo-
nadnock.
The American ship Francis is receiving
remarkably quick dispatch. She was a
long time getting here IRON the East. AS
she had lot of merchandise aboard for
Moore, Hunt d Co. the managers of
that concern were more than anx-
ious to see her come in, as they were get
ting short OF stock. Consequently the
vessel was docKed in very quick time at
Steuart street, and the dIscnarging of the
cargo has been rushed.
The steamer China of the Pacific Mail
Companys line broke another record dur
ing the run from China to San Francisco.
From Yokohama 10 Honolulu only took
up 8 days hours and 55 minutes, or two
hours better than the best on record. The
cabin passengers were:
J. ". Adams, Miss Britton, Henry
Blum, Lieutenant r. A. Brown. U S. A.,
and Mrs. Brown, Rev. and Mrs. w. w.
Curtis, four children and servant. Mr..
and Mrs. @. w. Cotton, three childr n
and s,rvant, James Dempster, w. II.
Decker. J. Eugene Ernst. Rev. d. l.. Gift
ford, Mss NJ. A. Holbrook, ND; Mr.. o.
Hansen and two CHI idren, Mrs. J. H. Hor-
ton, Lieutenant A. Hoffman, l. g. N, S.
Ishidi, J. Ka bori, H. A. Little, Rev. S. A.
Moffatt, Mrs. w. G. Peam, daughter and
maid, Miss Stark, H. Shugio, w. J.
Schroth, Captain Won Sutdni;z, l. G. N,
Miss M. J. Shea, john Whitehead, S.
Tasuba, her Majesty Liiuokalani, Mrs.
Nahoololu, Joseph Heeluske, Captain
Metcalf Miss Metcalf, Alex Young, Miss
B. Young, Godfrey Brown, g. B. Greg.
G. B. Greig is from Tanning Island and
is here TO look after an old suit that was