The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25

away on time. Captain Boni6eli of the
Hum boidt waited on Captain Doran, how
ever, ana it was getting we'll along toward
3 P NJ before either vessel got away.
Il was 30 P. when the Hum DO d.
passed Meisgs wharf an The Pomnn fnl
lowed her four minG es later. A 1902 P. NJ.
the Humboldt, passed Point Lobus and
had not gained seoont on her iivH!. The
last seen of tue racers WAS off p ,lnttk yes.
The Hum bodt passed that point a 4 :56
P. NJ. and the Pomona at SOP P. NJ. 1t " ill
thus be seen hat the Hum bo!dt has
gained two minutes in about thirty miles.
The result OF the contest will be known to-
day.
Agent Kalish denies emphatically that
the Hum ooldt is for sale He says she
was built by. the people of Hum oldt
for the Eureka trade and that she will
remain in it unless somebody wants TO pay
fancy price for her.
The seain schooner Bowhead has
come out of retirement, and after thor
ough oveihauliag will start on q trading
cruise under the flag OF the North Amer
lean Commercial Company. She will re-
place the General ST lin, which was lost
with all hands While on her way 20 the
company's trading stations. The career
of the Bowhead has been q varied one.
She was built to the order OF A. M. Simp-
| a redwood deck. II was an experiment
and the result has been more than salts
factory, but the expense-well, that is
another story. The Bowhead was built
for tugboat and as such served for sew
| eraI years on Coos Bay. One day her
boiler burst and the vessel was almost
wrecked. After living at anchor for years
she was sold TO W. Bendt and others and
turned into a sealing schooner. For two
| seasons she did not pay exnenses, and for
two years was laid up in Oakland Creek.
Now she has been brought out of retire.
ment and will 60 into active service in the
Arctic.
The schooner Eivenia Is to go into COM
mission again despite all stories to the
contrary. While lumber laden she went
ashore from her moorings and did consid-
cradle damage to her bottom. She was
towed here in a water-logged condition,
and after the deckload was discharged off
Meiggs wharf, was towed to Oakland
Creek and run high and dry on the sand.
The lumb Der was taken out and w. Camp
bell and others bought the hull for a song.
1t was towed over yesterday and will go
on the drydock to-day, and the new own
ers say that the Elvenia will be in the
lumber trade again before the month is
ont.
The schooners Norma and Galillee are
both discharging cocoanuts and the
wharf rats and youngsters who frequent
the font are having good time. No
stray nut escapes them, and their depre-
dations have become so numerous that
Luke G. Sresovich, the owner, has had to
put a special policeman on guard to
watch the piles of cocoanuts. About the
only lively scenes on the water front
these days is the boy fleeing up the wharf
with cocoanut under his arm and cor.
pulcnt policem an chasing him.
o. ,cofp hctA -.
session yesterday. The free market was
discussed and the members OF the board
decided to settle tine matter next Thurs
day. j. Alfred Kingdom. Jones appeared
on behalf OF Branch 167 of the National
Labor Exchange and asked that space be
Sc. aside in the new market for fifty -four
branches OF the organization which he
represents. The members of the ex-
change do not believe in money as a legal
tender, but each man is paid 'in ex-
change" according to the work he does
The object OF the space IS to get rid OF the
surplus products of the Labor Exchange.
A. Rowley of the State Board OF Trade
also wanted 10 know something about the
free market According to him the plan
is not feasible, bat still he wanted to meet
the farmers and see what was 10 be DONE
Com missioner Colnon said nothing could
be done until the farmers were heard
from and that would not be before Thurs
day afternoon.
The schooner Nettie Sund borg, which
went ashore at Hardy Creek several weeks
ago, has been launched and is now as good
as ever. She will come down with her
load.
The sailors on the Monadnock saw a
grewsome sight yesterday. The partly de.
com posed body of man went floating
past on the ebb tide. A boat was sent