The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-01
THE BARK SEA KING She Appeared While Being lowed In by the Tug Sea
King The Bonita S Sailing

lumb Der to do work along the ferry had
been opened and that ithad he lowest bid,
agreeing 10 furnish lumber at the rate OF
50 40 a thousand; that an agent of S. q.
=Slade &. Co. had thereuPon risen and
INFORMED the board that he would be wills
ZIG to supply II with lumber for a year at
the lowest market price that the Job
had been rushed through accordingly, and
THE latter company given: the contract.
After reciting these facts the Pacific Pine
Lumber Company statedthat il had lately
:heard.the board intended to audit bills for
lumber in favor of S. f. Slade 81 Co. for
SO so a thousand To this 1t made siren
uous=objection. 4: - Il. +: Il
The matter was actively discussed, but
Commissioner Uolnon finally Quoted mat
tiers by stating that the transaction would
be referred 10 the boards attorney for his
sideration. ..." r. j. = 80.
The=second element OF discomfort was
kindly furnished by g. Irving. II was
in regard TO the subject of piling. Irving
represented the Paraffin Paint Company.
I His com plaintwas that while be had for
I merlv# m anaged TO secure q good deal OF
] work from the board in the form of con-
! tracts Tor furnishing niling, of late he had
4 not been notified and given a chance to
! bid tall. 1t was disbelief that all con-
/ tracts had beenrrshed through in favor
| of he San Francisco Tim Der Preserving
/ Company, p: +. D@ndon president, and he
didn't hesitate to say so. = -
A wordy war then ensued in which
Irving had to stand both the Com ion
ers and the agent of another company off,
/ but before long it WAS seen that he was
! fully equalto the task. He claimed that
i the kind of piles that have been put in by
i the Southern Pacific Com pany are faiF-
ure and that Dundorl's are no better. =: +:
/ Colnon said the company did not think
So for. they are gong 10 put IN .creosote
piling at Long wharf. Irving said inITe-
i ply that such may be the case, but he fact
remains that the company has lately had
to take up piles that have only: been in
! four years, while his own are guaranteed
| for FIVE and iii some cases for:ten years:
Irving's method, it seems, is 10 incose the
| piles in small! strips, or laths, coated with
paraffin. He believed that creosoting
| piles NAV be all right, butt is not done
| here as it should be, because the work is
| undertaken too chea ply. H.. T. r.
Colnon: thoughtit strange, IN view OF
the claim made by Irving. that 1saacs and
Curtis. -of.the Southern Pacific Company,
thought Dundon's work good. Irving,
with knowing smile, thought it not SO
strange, after all. 9. ...-:>
II understand he replied, "that those
! gentlemen have patent used by Mr.. Dun
/
may helpto explain matters - =:
After some more wranging the Com
missioners said that the matter would be
more fully discussed at the meeting to be
| held 10 A. NJ. to-day.
\ The next trouble 10 settle WINS dis
agreement between Duffy, the pIumbe r,
| and Cronan, the galvanIzer, both OF whom
! have contracts. on the new ferry building.
| The board seems to think that Duffy is
/ trying TO shirk his work and has his eye
on large bill for extras. The trouble lay
/ over the placing in of certain pipes, each
! OF the contractors claiming that the work
fell to the lot of the other. Architect
| Swain agrees with the board. Cronan,
! however, has asked for a hearing in the
matter, and it will also come before the
board atthis mornings session. !.
: The Pacific Pine Lum Der Companv's bid
/ for piles was accep pied, the prices being
| cents footfor 12-inch piles, 81 cents fol
] l3-inch piles and 81 cents Tor 14-inoh
/ ri es. -
Detective Ellis and Officer Shaw GOV.
cred themselves with glory and then
| clothing with dust and CRIME yesterday in
| the capture of Jour "sure-thing" men,
| they o. the nimble foot and still nimbler
| finger. Now those four morally crooked
| gentlemen sit fl gloomy cells at the BAR
Dor police station and reflect in sorrow on
the adage that the path of the wicked is
thorny. L MS parllc uiar pathway mao
two good-slzed powders in it in human
shape, al-o.
The men names are Bert Starr, Charles
! Woods, Thomas Ashton and Frank VIII
| liams They are believed to be fasteners,
| though an examination their effects
shows that they have operated pretty
| largely N this State. They were all cap
tured al the Oregon dock, from which the
steamer Colum bia was about to sail.
Woods had $137 in his pockets. Just
$3.50 of this sum is supposed to have com e
out of the pocket OF sailor named Fred