The San Francisco call., 1896-04-12

in THE CALL) will be completed and ready
for service and then the Government will
have launch for sale. The little cutter,
that has lived through seven administra-
tions and carried the officers of as many
different Collectors of the Port, is now to
be placed in rotten row. She will be the
first revenue cutter on the Pacific Coast to
be placed on the retired list, and as such
she Will go down in history.
The John F. Hartley was built in San
Francisco over twenty-five years ago and
has been in continuous service ever since.
During her life she has been almost re-
built half a dozen times and this is the
last stile. Had the drawing for the cylin-
der heads not been burned up she might
have struggled along for few motnhs,
but now her time has come, and if she is
seen on the bay again it will not be under
the revenue flag.
The race between two crews of the South
End Rowing Club, stated to be postponed
in yesterdays issue owing to the illness of
mem Der of the .Blsters crew, will take
place at II o'clock to-day, weather per-
mitting, off the South Ends boathouse,
Ed Scully having consented to row in the
place of Harry Smith. The crews are as
follows: Barge South End-Henry Bode,
bow; Robert Macarthur, forward waist and
captain; Gus Carson, after-waist; Frank
Duplissea, stroke; George McGrill, cox
swain. Barge The Blister-T. F. Barry,
bow; Ed Scully, forward waist; Dave
mpbell, after-waist; George Bates,
stroke; Tommy Gilfeather, coxswain.
Ell Campo will be the principal attrac-
ton to-day. 1t is the opening Of this fav-
orite picnic resort and the attendance is
sure 10 be large, as the accommodations
1920 A. NJ. and 1910, 2 and 4 P. NJ. The
Sportsmen's Protective Association will
also have an excursion to Schuetzen Park.
Boats for that point will leave at $50 and
IL A. NJ. and l: 80 and $3.50 P. NJ.
The ferry steamer Oakland broke down
on her $3.50 A NJ. trip Yesterday. One of
the shafts broke. but the vessel managed
to reach her destination with only one
raddle-wheel. One trip from Oakland
was missed and the Piedmont brought
over double list of passengers on the 9:45
A. NJ. trip. Later the Newark took the
place of the Oakland and will continue run
ming until repairs have been made. The
supposition is that pile got into the
VIII eelsand caused the breakdown
The Pacific Mali Company's steamer
Acapulco arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday with full cargo and quite
mum ber of passengers. There was rush
to land the cargo, and in the hurry the
men who had charge Of the donkey engine
forgot to screw it down 10 the wharf. The
COlnpdD SleNeuOTe uad gwen Official IN
structions to see that this work was at
tended to, and because of the failure to do
so there was almost disaster. When the
pull came on the sling the donkey-engine
gave, and when the tide swung the steam
er's stern out over went the engine, and
took Engineer Gus Franks and Longshore.
man John Yietheer with it. The latter
was descending the gangplank when the
smokestack of the donkey struck him and
cut lis ScaIp in thraa ulacpe EraulyS
went to the bottom of the bay with the
engine, but on reaching the surface caught
hold of a rope and reached the deck. He
never said word TO any one, but at once
went TO Mission-street wharf TO secure
another engine. In consequence the
rumor was prevalent for half an hour that
he was buried nnder the engine.
Among the passengers on the Acapulco
was A. f. Nye, late purser of the Mail
steamers have been short of coffee as
called for by the manifest of late, and the
pursers and freight clerks are being called
upon to explain. There was a shortage
on the City of Sydney, and both the purser
and freight clerk were suspended. Both
have been exonerated. The Aztec was six
sacks short on her last trip. and now Mr.
Nye has to explain.
Piper, Alden, Goodall & Co.'s feet of
schooners have more to do than they can
accomp plish in a fortnight. At the present
time they are carrying coal TO Stockton
for the Corral Hollow Valley road, and to-
m orrow they will BEGIN Transporting 500
OOO sleepers for tie San Joaquin Valley
road. At the same time they are CARRYING
rails to Alviso for the Santa Clara Valley
Railway, so that outsiders nave TO scour
th water front for bay and river schoon-
ers.