The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
NEWS OF THE
WATER 'FRONT.'.
The Boilers of the New
York to Be Used on
an Oil Scow.
HAVE BEEN PATCHED UP
Will Convey the Liquid From
Southern Ports to Passing
Steamers.
DEPARTURE OF THE MoNoWAI.
Lick Astronomers Leave on the Belgic
to Observe the Eclipse of
the Sun.
HAVE BEEN PATCHED UP
DEPARTURE OF THE MoNoWAI.

Some remains of the wrecked steamer
City of New York are at last to be put
to use. When the vessel went on the
rocks at Point Bonita years ago no one
ever thought she would be total wreck.
AS it was she broke in twain and was
given over to the .wreckers. In the at
tempt to save the machinery Whitelaw
lost the Samson and later On the wreck
ing steamer Whitelaw went ashore and
became total loss. Since then he has
built another wrecker and another wreck
ing steamer. Both these are now in use
raising the Blairmore.
Before the old Whitelaw was lost she
bad recovered from the rocks off Point
Bonita the machinery and boilers of the
New York. These were brought ashore
and lay for months on section of the.
seawall. Latterly the boilers found a
purchaser, and now they are to be used as
oil ltanKs to carry crude petroleum between
Baia and Alta California.
The longest tank is forty-two feet long
and nine feet in diameter. 1t holds $500
gallons of oil. The smaller tank holds
about 1900 gallons, ano is forty feet long
and seven feet in diameter. They are now
living on Howard-street wharf, and to-
morrow they will be placed on the lighter
and taken to Lower California.
Besides the tanks there will be two long
square boilers that were purchased at the
last Mare Island sale. These will hold
400 gallons, and are made out of old
plates that were bought from Uncle Sam.
Half dozen boilers supplied the plates,
as some OF the tanks purchased were use
60 MI and 1aff
were used and the worn out ones discarded
The steamer Monowai sailed for Austria
liam ports last night. The cabin passen-
gers were:
For Honolulu-W. o. Aiken and wife, B. R.
Banning, Thomas ]. Birch, &. H. Collier, r.
Master Kerr, F. V. Klaeden, DR.. h Meister, R.
G. Moore, DR.. Robert Pschorr, Miss E. NJ.
Richardson, Mrs. Tones, E. c. Waterhouse,
For Auckiand-H. D. Bell, Hon. George
Hutchinson.
For Sydney-George A. Beane and wife, Miss
Nellie Butler, A. Canney, Miss V. Carey, F. C.
Chandler, S. G. Chapman, John Chynoweth,
Edward Clayton and wife, Harry Conor, Mrs.
H. J. English, F. NJ. Husk, w. E. Jacobs, I. II.
Libbey and wife, Miss Sadie Mcdonald, Miss
Geraldine McCann, J. B. McLaurin, Julian
Mitchell and wife, c. c. Murray, Arthur Pacie
and wife, Miss Patrice, A. Spencer and wife, S.
A. Steane, Miss Amelia Stone, Mrs. Ellen
Street, Paul Sylow, r. w. Travers, L. NJ. Isitt.
Joins at Honolulu for Sydney-W. S. Goodlet.
Among the above were R. Cowes the
well-known and popular chief steward of
the Mariposa. He has been here on a
vacation, and may reioin his ship at Homo
lulu. He is a general favorite with the
travelling public and is an old by in
the Spreckels line. H. D. Bell and George
Hutch inson are members of the New Zea-
land Legislature, who have been looking
into the way business is done in the United
Tod frrv, hat
the Mariposa yesterday, the New Zealand
Government will not go in for free trade
next year if they have any say in the
matter.
The "Trip to Chinatown" Company
filled the whole ship. Harry Conor and
Julian Mitchell and his wife and all the
other mem bers of the company were there,
and hundreds of people were down to see
them off. The vessel wss late in getting
away, so that some of the actors engaged
at the local theaters were late in reaching
their respective engagements.
Frank Burton, the man who is beating
his way around the world in wagon, sue
ceeded in getting a passage. Captain
Carey at first refused to have any thing to
do with him, but when the circumstances
were explained to him he put Frank TO
work in the stewards department, but the
chances are that he will not have much to
do during the trip.
Iue OCCiueOJdl ana oriental SteamS1lp
Company's Belgic sailed for Hongkong via
Yokohama yesterday. Among the cabin
passengers were Professor Schaeberle of
the Lick Observatory, Charles Burckhalter
OF the Chabot Observatory, Louis G.. Mar
tin of San Francisco and DR.. A. G. Shuey
of Oakland. They are en- route for Japan,
where it is hoped mum Der of photograph
OF the forthcoming solar eclipse will be
taken. The necessary money to defray
the expenses has been furnished by Charles
+. Crocker, and with the experience gained
by past efforts it is expected that this VEN
ture will return excellent results.
Lom bard-street wharf attracted an enor-
nous crowd yesterday. About 300 men
we're landed from the cruiser Philadelphia.
and for over an hour were put through
general "shore" exercises. The men will
take place in the Memorial day exercises
tomorrow, and Admiral Beardslee wants
to have them perfect on that occasion. The
cruisers band was present at the evolu-
tons, and the men, one and all, acted like
veterans.
The Alaska Commercial Associations
Bertha arrived here from Kadiak and
Cooks Inlet yesterday. She had an un-
eventful voyage and brought no later
news than Captain Hayes telegraphed
from Port Townsend last week
The work of raising the Blairmore is
slowly progressing. Nearly all the pre-
llmlnary arrangements for the first at
tempt have been made, but some of the
top-hamper is still in the way, and it NAV
be several days before the actual work of
raising the vessel will begin. If success
fui at the hrst venture Captain Whitelaw