The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
A MIzzEN FROG
THAT MYST|F|ED
But the Freak on the
Iroquois Is Now Ex-
plained.
It Was a Pet Brought Aboard
at New York by Ole
of the Crew.
A Row at the Ferries Over an Over.
coat Caused the Arrest of
Two Young Men.

The American ship Iroquois had hard
time OF it on her trip from New York TO
San Francisco. On several occasions she
was in danger and twice the sails were
split and several of them carried away.
While lying beca med two swordfsh were
caught and the crew cut off their heads
and mounted them. When 1900 miles off
the coast of Chile frog was discovered in
the main rigging and speculation was rife
as to how it got there The running-gear
had been newly tarred and Mr.. Frog got
entangled in the sticky mass and could
not get away. There was considers BILE
discussion among the officers as to how
the batrachian got there, but no solution
could be reached. The matter was solved
yesterday, however. when one OF the crew
explained at the Vallejo-.treet steps that
it was pet frog and had lived in one OF
the hunks from the time the vessel left
New York. It's owner was playing with it
when the call came for all hands to
shorten sail The sailor put the frog in
his pocket and went aloft. When he re-
turned TO the forecastle the frog was gone
and was not discovered again until found
in the rigging.
The lroquois is very handsome vessel,
in fact one OF the handsomest American
vessels that comes to this port. She is as
clean as a new pin and to look at no one
would ever think she had been through
any heavy weather during the voyage.
The Southern Pacific has called in all
the tickets heretofore issued to stevedores.
The agents of the company assert that the
privilege has been abused and that in
future only about two firms will be given
tickets. The stevedores have great deal
of work to do at Long wharf, Oakland, and
at the Alameda Mole unloading vessels.
and the railroad company has been in the
habit of issuing them sixty tickets, good
for one trip each, for So. These the boss
stevedore issued to the longshoremen who
were sent over 10 work on the vessels and
the company honored them. Now the as
sertlon is made by the corporation that
the tickets have been given to all and
sundry and that hundreds OF people have
| travelled on q scent ticket who should
have paid 10 cents. A stevedore who has
1orty men at work almost constantly has
! had his tickets called in, and as he has at
| least another months work ahead of him
it means an extra expense of at least $50
to him alone. The fiat has gone out, how
ever, and like the laws OF the Medes and
| Persians it is unalterable.
| D. Cameron, chief engineer of the stea m
whaler Thrasner, is wanted by the police.
| He owes w. p. Herman, the boarding.
master, for board and lodging and money
| loaned but he never offered to pay cent
even though he did get good advance.
AS the Thrasher was about to sail Her
man swore out a warrant for his arrest
on charge of defrauding an innkeeper.
Officer Courneen of the harbor police was
sent out to bring the man in, but the crew
would not allow him into the engine
room. To-day Captain Dunleavy will
have all the sailors arrested on a charge
OF obstrucling an offic in the discharge
of his duty.
The steamship Alameda, which was to
have sailed for Australia via Honolulu to-
morrow at p NJ, will not get away before
Friday, March s. at p NJ, ON account Of
delay of the Australian mails.
The Columb bla is 10 return to Coos Bay
in few days after having received a
thorough overhauling. The old captain
and chief engineer arrived last Monday
and will take her up. The Hunter and
Columbia will now be good for another
years service in northern waters.
S. w. Emmon wrote asking the board
to grant him the privilege of using the
State wharf at the north approach 10 the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany's wharf. The state OF Spear street
was such, he added, that it was unsafe and
i'm passable. This request was referred to
the chief engineer.
Edward r. Swain rendered his report
concerning the progress of the work on
the union depot and ferry-house. "The
! work OF erection" he wrote, mas been
carried on continuously during the mon tn.
| the Risdon Iron Works have nearly COM
| pleted section 2 of the building, only
small portion of the steel work remaining
to be put in place, and they promise it
shall b. finished in about one week." The
contractors for the stone and masonry
work. the report stated, had made good
commencement, all the granite being set
for section /, and some OF the sandstone
| piers up and ready for the arch stone
Attorney Ford notified the board by
letter that in the matter of dockage
claimed as due from Captain Bingham,
the iatter's attorney. Hon. L. G. Coogan,
had informed him that he did not consider
the claim lawful and therefore declined TO
pay. The letter was filed.
| The following bids on lumber were re-
ceived: E. K. Wood Lumber Company,