The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
Pacific Mail Company's Expen-
sive Manner of Docking
the China.
VAGARIEs OF A REVENUE BOAT
Healy, Tibbitts & Co. Secured tie
Contract for the New Pacific.
Street Shed.

Inc steamer OuIIa ROC III lTOIli IIOiiS
kong via Yokohama and Honolulu yester-
day day ahead OF time. She was up to
her dock before noon, but as the Doric and
Colon occupied one side of the wharf and
the Belgic and sailing ship the other,
Captain Seabury had to stand on and off
until things were made ready for him. The
Doric was to sail for the Orient at 3 P. NJ,
and instead of letting the China come to
an anchor and await her departure Agent
Center determined to work out scheme
of his own. He called in the aid of the
tugs Fearless and Active, and, after con-
siderable delay, moved the Belgic out into
the stream and anchored her. Then he
moved the Doric from the east to the west
side of the wharf and then the wharf was
clear for the China.
By this time it was after P. NJ, how
ever, and by the time the China was Sc
curely in her berth the Doric was getting
ready to sail. There was not thirty min
utes of time saved and Uncle Coils is out
$500 for the hire of the tugs. From fi1an
cial standpoint the scheme was success
for the tugs.
The China brought thirty-three cabin
and four European and thirty-elght Chi
nese steerage passengers. OF the Chinese
only eleven are for San Francisco, the
others being in transit for Havana. The
cabin passengers were: DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Dunno, Rev. and Mrs. c. G. Gard
ner and child, Mrs. M. Ginsburg, Mr.. ard
Mrs. Otto Heydenfeldt, M. R. Jofferds, A.
| Johnson, DR.. II. Kanner, Vicomte de
Labry, Rev. G.. A. Lofrey Miss F. McCar-
thy, A. A. Lopez Navarro, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Pierce ana maid, Miss Pierce. W. NJ.
Redwood 6. Reiffinger, Ed Ringe w. F..
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Miss B. Tisdale, S. Taylor, G. HI. Tilden,
| G. r. Walter.
During the run from Honolulu First As
sistant Engineer H. II. Cooper went sud-
denly out of his mind, and had to be con-
fined in a straitjacket. He was appar-
emily rational when the vessel docked, but
the chances are that 1t will be some time
before he fully recovers.
The captain of the revenue cutter Rush
had great picnic docking his vessel yes
terday. From the time he arrived Off
Main-street wharf it just took him three
hours to get the cutter alongside. Whlle
he was maneuvering the British ship
Monkbarns was moved from Beaie street
and placed in the Merchants dryIock.
The vessel was shored up and the dock
pumped dry before the first line was
thrown from the Rush. In order to give
| the revenue boat plenty of room the steam
schooner Westport moved out, and after
the trouble was all over docked again iii
ten minutes. Uncle Sans revenue marine
| may be good sailors, but they don't know
much about docking ship.
Captain Dettmars made very smart
run from Cleone in the steam schooner
Alcazar this last trip. His vessel looked
more like raft than any thing else as she
came up the bay. There was on board
5000 railroad ties and 28O piles measuring
from so to rs feet for the Valley road.
Haatv TihhittS ~ Co rpcoi we'd the cOal-
tract for the erection of the new shed over
PacIfc-street wharf yesterday from the
| Harbor Commissioners. There was a diff
ference of almost $4,000 between the highest
and lowest bidders. The bids were as fol-
lows: Anderson & Gregg. $l2, 1872; Camp
bell g. PETERS, $9999; Soule Bros, $40 $50;
Alex Campbell, $SS49; San Francisco
$9675; Galloway, Finley & Co.. $S457: w.
Lindon, 1886; F. H. Day & Son, $9O99;
William Knowles, $40, ,S06; I. A. Williams.
$1O,99l: C. l.. Crissman, S9997 f. R. Bas-
sett & Bro, $40, 745; Bateman Bros, $8484;
Darby Leydon & Co., $99O4: Healy, lib
bits & Co., $7S93; J; A. Smiley, $1O.99O
| The steamer Willamette Valley, which
broke her crank pin and had TO put into
Ensenada in distress, arrived in tow of the
Bonita yesterday. She went direct to the
| Union Iron Works, where she Will be re-
paired and sail again in about week.
The coast defense steamer Monterey ar
| rived from Santa Barbara yesterday. A
few hours out from San Diego she was
caught in a southeaster and lost some of
her boats. She will repair damages here
and will then proceed to Puget Sound.
The Occidental and Oriental Company's
steamer Doric sailed for the ORIENT yester-
day with twenty cabin and eigDty Chinese
steerage passengers. DR.. Chapman, late OF
the Belgic, went out as SURGEON of the ship.