The San Francisco call., 1896-11-19

on the car without waiting for it to stop.
waved his hand goodby to his friends and
that was the last time they saw him alive.
Yesterday morning at o'clock he died
from hemorrhage of the lungs.
About $50 A. NJ. Captain Hawley began
to complain of tight feeling in the chest,
but did not pay much attention to 1t. At
6:l5 A. NJ. some ship captain rang him up
in regard to the docking of ship. Mrs.
Hawley answered the telephone and the
captain told her to say that he would at
tend to the matter when he got downtown.
Three.quarters of an hour later fit of
coughing seized him and that was the be-
ginning of the end. At 8 A. NJ. he WAS
dead
There was no better known or better
liked man in San Francisco than Captain
William N. Hawley. He was splendid
business man and favorite with all with
whom he came in contact. He was q
the lads who sell papers around the fer
ries will miss the whole-souled skipper.
He came here from New York in the early
SOS and went into partnership with Ed
ward Dillon, the chronome eter- ma ker,
under the firm name of Dillon & Co. His
knowledge of maritime matters and &C
quantance with masters of ships helped
ciel success.
Hawley remained with Dillon q num-
Der OF years and then cast in his lot with
the old Griffith Tugboat Company. He
was for long time "Griff's" most trusted
employe and was given the settlement of
all contracts and general supervision of
all the business done by the concern
When the Ship-owners' and Merchants
Towboat Company absorbed the old line
Captain Hawley was retained on the pay
roll, and while he had nothing TO do Cap
tain Griffith assured him that his pay
should 20 on until he secured another
position. This shows how the services of
the man had been appreciated.
When John ID. Spreckels became inter-
ested in towboats Captain Haw.ey was
one of the first to be offered a position.
he finally became superintendent of the
BLACK Stacks" as they have come TO be
known, and the keen interest he has al
ways shown in the lines business has in q
great measure helped to place the con-
Germ in its present enviable position, that of
one OF the hDeSt equipped tow boat COM
panies in America. He was beloved by
every man in the service, as he took per-
sonal interest in the advancement of each
employe. He was kind-hearted to a
fault, and the personification of patience
and perseverance. He seldem or ever lost
his temper, and when he did no one was
more ready than he to make amends. -
Captain Hawley seemed to have a pre-
monjtion that his end was near. He was
u mem ber Of the National Guard of New
York, and also served during the war.
Being a member of George II. Thorn as
post, he was entitled TO the privilege of
burial in the Grand Army plat at the Pre-
sidio. Last Sunday he went out there
and selected his lot, and on Monday he
showed several of his friends the receipt
for the money paid for it. At the time
he had u slight cold, and when i'll the
office of the John d. Spreckels Company
remarked, II cot this cold through wear
ing rubber overcoat and there il Is. I'll
never wear it again." The cold wore away
during the day, and in the evening Cap
tain Hawley was as well ss ever.
Captain Hawley was a member of the
United Order of Workmen, the knights
of Honor of East Oakland, besides being q
Grand Army man.