The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-30
WHALES At PLAY
NEAR ALCATRAz,
Kept the Steamer Tiburon
Company for Over a
Mile.
THREE OF THEM CAME IN
One Sprang Clear of the Water
and Its Descent Shook
the Tiburon.
FooTPADs ON THE CITY FRONT
One of Them Caught in the Act OF
Going Through a Mans
Pockets.

Three whales made their way in
through the Golden Gate yesterday and
had a great time of it for two or three
hours with the Sausalito and Tiburon fer
ry-boats as they came and went on their
hourly trips. Two of the mammals were
gray backs and one, Captain White of the
Tiburon is confident, was sperm. 1t was
of enormous proportions and three times
the size of either of the other leviathans.
The graybacks spouted about the steamer
for over a mile of her course. One
of them jumped almost clear of the water
and then sounded. The last seen of him
was his tail which waved for an instant in
the air and then vanished. The sperm
whale remained by the Tiburon for time
and then it also sank out of sight.
On the return trip they again put in an
appearance, and Captain White came to
the conclusion that they were feeding on
the small fish with which the bay abounds
al this time of the year. They did not
seem to be bit afraid of the steamer, and
evidently took her and the noise she was
making for one of their own kind at
play. 1t would probably fare badly with
any of the bay craft that should happen to
night. The last seen of the trio they were
working their way slowly back to the
Heads.
Work on the new branch postoffice to
be established at the foot of Market street
is to begin at once. The old building has
been torn down, and the hackmen and ex-
press drivers have been moved from their
stand in order to make room for the work
men. AS soon as the new office is built
= De- ~ Al
inaugurate his new cable-car system of
mail delivery.
The Sausali.o boats have been moved
into the Tiburon slip and the latter boats
now occupy one nearer Market street.
The fender piles in the old 5ausalito slip
were so eaten away by the teredo that it
is wonder they stood as long as
they did. Yesterday, when some of the
fastenings were removed, over 100 feet of
them fell with crash. The whole slip
was locked with them and they had to be
removed before the piIe-driver could be
got in.
The mooring place of the Comanche
was moved close in shore yesterday. She
is now close to Folsom street wharf and
will be very handy for the Naval Reserve
boys when they want to go out to her.
The tug Governor Markham brought the
monitor into Howard and then moved
the mooring, after which the Comanche
was taken out to her new quarters.
Samuel Chase and Oliver Mellon, two
young lads, had q narrow escape from
their lives yesterday. They hired a sail
boat at Tiburon for fishing trip. They
knew very little about handling the sails,
and in consequence they were twice nearly
capsized. A heavy squall struck the boat
| and it half filed with water. Luckily the
peak halyards gave way and the sail came
down or both would have been drowned.
They were drifting down on Goat Island,
when one of the boys took off his shirt and
managed to signal the tug Governor
Irwin. She picked them up and towed
the boat to San Francisco. 1t viii be
many moons before Samuel and Oliver
| go fishing again.
Thomas Donneily was caught in the act
of robbing ]. J. NJ. Evans on Drumm street
last night by officer Hennebery, and was
promptly arrested. He had Evans up
against brick wall and was going through
! his pockets when caught. When ordered
to hold up his hands Evans took them out
of his pockets, and also took all his money
($3) with them. Dounelly was charged
with attempting to commit grand larceny
/ The schooner Aloha arrived from Homo
lulu yesterday after a long passage o.
thirty-four days. Light winds and Gains
| caused the DELAY.