The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
FREIGHT RUSH
TO AUSTRALIA
The Alameda Will Take
Away Over Two Thou
sand Tons.
A Long Voyage Being Made
by the Ship The Hahne-
mann From England.
J. S. Kimball & Go. Building 1900
Ton Steamer for the Central
American Trade.

The British ship The Hahnemann is
making an unusually long voyage from
Newcastle England, to San Francisco, and
insurance men are beginning TO get lit
tie anxious. She is now out 176 days, but
on June % spoken in latitude 80 south,
longitude 78 west According TO that she
must be making very slow time and she
could not have been placed on the dry
dock The Hahnemann is a smart ship,
even under unfavorable circumstances,
but nevertheless 1t is likely to be some
time before she is heard from again.
Captain Bindon is well known in this
port, and his friends say that he can
be depended upon to bring his vessel into
port.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Ala
media will have over 1000 tons of freight
aboard when she leaves for Australia to-
morrow. In spite of the fact that not an
ounce OF cargo could be handled until the
Australia got away the pig steamer is now
almost loaded to her limit. CAPTAIN How
ard, the superintendent OF the dock, has
seen to it that the stevedores wasted no
time and in consequence the work of
loading the vessel has been done we'll and
expeditiousiy. The deck load will con-
sist of over 400 tons OF apples and onions,
while the rem mainder is made up OF ma
chinery, leather, canned goods, dried
fruits, bales of overalls Ga large shipment),
doors, sugar pine lum ber, paper, coffee,
barley and hundred and one other arti-
ces, not forgetting bicycles. which are
sold cheaper in Sydney and Melbourne
than they are IN California.
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the Risdon Iron Works, now enjoys the
honor of being the cleverest fisherman
among marine engineers, even if he did
spoil new suit of clothes and have TO
pay for French dinner as the result of
his endeavors. Satul day last A. D. Little,
chief engineer Of the steamer Alameda;
H. c. 1abrett, D. D. Wass, the we'll
of the Pacific Tool and Supply Com pany,
started for a couple Of days fishing. The
proposition was that whoever came home
with the fewest fish should pay for the
dinner as soon as San Francisco was
reached. Tabrett was the best fisherman
of the quartet and was feeling correspond
ingly happy. Suddenly he got bite that
made him think he had a 10-pounder on
the nook. In his excitement be called
upon Stallman for assistance, but the wv o
of them could not land the fish. During
the exciting struggle the two men tum-
bled into the creek and Tabrett's string of
fish went with them. The latter foated
away out of sight but the rod and line
were recovered, and then, and not till
then, was it discovered that the genial
superintendent 10-pounder was jagged
piece of quartz. which had no gold in it.
Tabrett paid his bet last night, but vows
to get even with Little and the rest of the
bows when the Alameda returns to port.
The work OF rebuilding Folsom street
wharf is to begin at once. Yesterday the
Harbor Commissioners let the contrac to
the Thompeon Bridge Comnany for $780,
The highest bidder was w. n Fletcher,
1892, while the second lowest bidder was
the San Francisco Bridge Company, $s4S8.
The cave-in on Broadway wharf Chief
Wharfinger Root said, was due to overload
ing, caused by the rush to Alaska over
the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's
lines. This Goodall, Perkins & Co. deny
and assert that the wharf was structurally
weak.
At the last meeting of the comm ission
the California Paving Company was
granted the privilege OF berth at which
they could d. cS a scow to receive street
sweepings. the privilege was granted on
the assertion of Joseph Scheerer that Dr.
Lovelace had entered into n contract with
him on behalf of the Health Department.
Yesterday DR.. Lovelace wrote that neither
Scheerer nor the California Paving Com
pany had received permit or entered
into a contract with the Board of Health
to collect street sNeepings. In the cir
cum tances the board rescinded the order
granting berth to the paving company's
barge.
]. S. Kimball & Co. are building 1900.
ton steamer for the Central American
trade. She will be 1856 feet long, IS feet
broad, IA feet deep and will have guar
anteed speed of twelve knots. She will be
lighted throughout by electricity, will |
have splendid appliances for receiving and |
discharging cargo, and will carry comfort !
ably about 200 first and second class pas |
sengers.
The schooner Beulah from Albion for |