The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

the week coaster could be seen at anchor
between Mission Rock and Channel street
discharging her cargo at saving OF from
SIS to $50 day.
Lately the deep-water ships have got
"onto the snap" and they have also been
saving dock dues. A few days ago the
America got in from Nanaimo with load
of coal. The steam whaler Orca is ready
to sail for the Arctic, and all that she was
waiting for was her coal. The bark George
Skolfeld was also ready to sail for Alaska,
but she also vas waiting for coal for the
canneries. AS the America had coal to
disburse and the others were in urgent
need of it, all three vessels moved into
Mission Bay, and thus saved wharfage.
The America came to an anchor and the
Orca and Skofield moved alongside of
her, and after the transfer had been made
the ship, bark and steom whaler were
moved back to their original berths. The
saving in time and money must have
meant at least $1,000 to the various owners,
but the State authorities are out and in
jured.
Some time ago Chief Wharfnger Root
was instructed to look into the matter of
vessels discharging their cargoes in Mis-
sion Bay without paying tolls, but he has
not as yet made his report. He finds that
at least third of the lumber brought into
San Francisco is discharged into lighters,
and that no wharfage is collected. The
Harbor Commissioners will probably take
some action in the matter in the near fu-
ture.
Captain William Diedrich, or "Father
Bill, as he is known from one end of the
front to the other. celebrated his seventy
fifth birthday yesterday. He is still hale
and hearty, and spent the best part of the
day i'll breaking up smokestack which
had outlived its usefulness. One of the
first tugboats ever run on the bay was
commanded by Captain Bill, and when
Captain Hawley of the Spreckels line and
CAPTAIN Grey of the Shipowners' and
Merchants line were taking their first les
sons the old man was an expert at the
business. Captain Diedrich still considers
himself in the prime of life, and anybody
who saw him yesterday cutting rivets out
of the old smokestack would think so also.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Ala
media arrived from Sydney. N. S. W., via
Auckland, New Zealand; Apia, Samoa.
and Honolulu, H. L., yesterday. She was
little behind time on account of the
weather. but there were no accidents. The
cabin passengers were as follows:
sydney-Colonel and Mrs. Kilgour, Mrs. H
White, Commander r. Yonge, R. N, Miss Nc
MILAN, A. Anderson and wife, ]. B. Olcott, DR..
E. E. Sniels. E. Mills, John Husten, W. H.
skillman, w. Terry, A. F. Case, N. i'm Thurn,
J. W. i'm Thurn, Mr.. and Mrs. MILAN and two
Auekland-Rev. Pastor Birch, w. Mem ena-
men, H. A. Martin, Hon. w. Mccullough,
n. / H., E. ". Page, Nine. Edward Moore, R.
X. Burgess, G. L. Ross A. Well and wife.
Apia-August Frings.
Honolulu-A. s. Orr, J. Fusier T. o. John
ston and wife, H. G. Allen, G. G. Goodall and
TAVlOr
Mrs. Mason and son. DR.. G. E. Mum and wife,
Miss A. Widemann, Mrs. A. Hur, Captain G. c.
Broome and valet, Lieutenant o. NJ. Lissack
J. 1. McLea, Lieutenant w. p. Newcombe and
wife, Lieutenant c. Treat and wife, C. Reu and
wife, E. H. Shirk and wife, DR.. G. Frederi, Mrs.
sc: Rounds, G. I. Mclean, wife and child, G.
meluth, B. X. Denbragh.
The Alameda brings the news that the
sealing schooner Matte I. Dyer went
ashore on French Frigate shoal," near
Honolulu, and became total loss. She
was on her way to the Japan Sea, and Cap
tain c. Mockler ("Long Charlie'') must
have been driven out of his course by the
heavy weather. The entire crew of twenty
three men was saved, and are now on their
way to San Francisco on the United States
steamer Bennington. The men lost every
thing, but thought themselves lucky to
escape with their lives. The Dyer was
owned in San Francisco, and was one of
the most successful of the fleet for several
seasons past.
The gold fever is even worse on Puget
Sound than it is in San Francisco. Purser
Cam pbell SAYS that new steamship lines
have been organized, and men are leaving
Seattle and Tacoma by the hundreds. The
Yukon Transportation Company has
chartered the steamer Utopia, and another
concern has the steam schooner Lakme.
Both these vessels will carry the miners to