The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
Had to Anchor in San Pablo
Bay in Order to Stow
Provisions.
It Will Be Tuesday Next Be-
fore the Cruiser Leaves
for Honolulu,
Encouraging News From the Gold
Hunters Who Left Here on the
National City.

dav. She came to an anchor in San Pablo
Bay last Wednesday afternoon, and the
news was given out that gasket had been
Blown out OF one OF the manho.es and that
the cruiser had TO tie up until steam could
be got on the second boiler. The members
)of the crew who came ashore yesterday
( .elI different ory, however. According
10 them Commandant Kirkland was most
anxious 20 get tie cruiser away from the
maynard on Wednesday mornings tide
ana issued his orders accordingly. When
sailing time came around the Baltimore's :
deck was all Uttered with stores The mems
quarters were not ready and the vessel
Was anything but shipshHpe.
Seeing that 1t was impossible to get
away on that tide Captain Dyer told the
sailors TO 60 aht al with their work This
got to The ears OF the commandant, and
lie at once Issued peTemptOry orders for
the Baltimore TO leave for San Francisco
at once. The cruiser started, but shortly
afterward the gasket blew ou. and the an
Chor was dropped. The men worked
nearly all night in getting things into
something Ike shape, but even yesterday
morning the cruiser was not presentable
and visitors were not allowed. Even the
bum boat men and the laundry runners
were not allowed aboard. She is 10 take
to receive Il before Saturday, and the Of
ncers do not expect to get away FOR Hon
oIulu before Tuesday next.
The passengers " ho left here on the Ma
tional City for the y uEon have, according
10 g letter received by Walter S. Scammell
yesterday, got further on their way to
Dawson than any OF the other expedi-
tIons. The little steamer Hettie b, with
the barge in tow, was at Anv.k at the lime
OF writing, and the party expects to reach
Minook about the 1st inst. The party VIII
make its winter quarters there and Will
push on for Dawson in the spring.
a letter received by Donald Ross of
Ross & Hewlett from Stanley Fav a,es
that therr will be starvation in Dawson
this winter. There are 1900 there -
says he, and hundreds more are arriving z
over the trail and by water. Every CON-
ceivable claim has been taken up, go the
outlook is not bright. There are only
four EIore river boats TO come up and as
they can only take $50 tons OF provisions
each there Will not be much TO go
around" Mr.. Fav took letter of intro
duCtlon from Mr.. Ross to an old-timer on
tne Yukon and Il has put MIN on Easy
street He has staked out his claim,
tOGnG his winter quarteIs and viii be in
good health TO start hard work IN the
spiing.
The Oceanic Steamship Companx's
Alameda arrived on mail time as usual
yesterday. She brought up 81, $50, 000 in
treasure, q quantity of tin hides copra
sugar and rice. The passage was plea
SAINT one, except during the run from
sydney to Auckland, when 3 very heavy
gale was encountered and the vessel was
hove TO for ten hours. Al $3.50 A. NJ. III e
steamer was alongside the wharf and the
CABIN passengers landed. 1t was noon
however, before the immigration Com
missioner put In an appearance and con-
oil
had TO be detained awaiting his pleasure.
There Was a great deal of grum bling in
consequence, as several OF the passengers
wanted TO transact some business here and
get away On the evening train for New
York.
The steamer China sailed for the Orient
esterday. she took away a number OF
cabin passengers and nearly 400 Chinese
and japanese in the steerage. J. ".
Ragsdale, the new United States Consul
TO Tientsln, and Professor w. w. Camp
DELL of the Lick Observatory were passen-
g,rs.
The State H ar Dor Commission and the
Pacinc I'm provemept Company, repre-
sented by J. 4. Foulds Yesterday. as FORE
told by The CALL. attempted amicably to
settle The claims OF eacn TO wha fage priv
lIeges on the open waterway known as
Channel street.
1t was finally decided that each would
seDd.one OF its engineers, probably to- N or
row, to the property IN dispute 10 deter
mine fair value Tor the improvements
made there by The company. That value
will probably be allowed The company by
the Harbor Com missIoners, who Will then
take possession OF the property for the
State. The present value Is somew here in
the neig ghborhood of $4,000, though that
part of the wharves originally cost be-
tween Sl20 600 and SO, coo.
aost Inn, Co. L
used It's wharves there for over twenty
years, and 1t has denied the right of the
state 10 collect wharfage from them. 1t
Is now perfectly willing to let the State
have for fair value that part OF the
wharves on the thirty-foot strip.
Thereafter 1t Will expect the State to
keep the channel properly dredged, while
il Will pay TO the Stale the regular wharf
age charges, which, it is thought, will be
less than l. cost of dredging
The settlement of this case will prac-
ucally establish precedent for all the
other property along the channel above
Filth street. And 1t Will mean that the
STATE VIII have to deepen and maintain
the waterway TO its upper end at Seventh
street.
The Harbor Com lssioners held short
session and awarded the contracts
Tor the repairing and wide ming of
Green-sIreet wharf and the repairing of
DtOduNdy NuafI. hOdlV, IlDDlttS ~ Co,
secured the first job for $17, $50. while
Darby Laydon d Co. secured the other at
S3O12 the question of piles came UP, and
Mr.. Heaiy remarked that in some cases
the price of piles had advanced 100 per
cent during the last few days The com.
mission has a contract for the supply of
plies, and President ColnoE remarked
that had 1t not been for the Injunction
sued out bv the Pacific Pine Lumber Com
pany the State could have saved $1,000 on
tha two JOBS.
The Southern Pacific DIRE the attention
OF the board 10 the tact that J. L. Wet
more had slipped and fallen near one of
the ferry exits and sprained his ankle on
the 2Oih inst. Captain Turner returned
The thanks of the naval battalion for the
use OF the States tug in taking the Ca
maDche's launch 10 the navy-yard Both
, com nlunicaIiops were placed on fle
The barkentine Irmgard got in yester-
day from Honolulu afte- a smart run of
fourteen days. Pilot Freeman brought
her in, and as the bar was verv rough he
used oil on the troubled waters and
brought the vessel in without shipping a
sea.
At sunset last evening there were one
shin, three barks and two square-riggers
making port. but the chances were against
there getting in.