The San Francisco call., 1898-10-06
LUMBER RATS,
 SALVAGE SUITS
 AND WRECKERS Trouble Brewing Over the DereliCts. AFTER THE LOG PILE WHITELAW WILL ATTEMPT TO BRING TT TO PORT. Captain Frank Morley, Who Was !, Nearly Killed on the Navarro
 Fifteen Months Ago, Is
 About Again.
AFTER THE LOG PILE
WHITELAW WILL ATTEMPT TO
 BRING TT TO PORT.

fion. for over week. The portion of one of them that went ashore at santa Cruz has been claimed by the Bibb Lum- Der Company, and should the half which anchored itself five miles off Pigeon Point be brought into port it also will be claimed by the owners. Its arrival would not be hailed with delight by them, however, as the rafts were only insured against total loss" and the salVing Of 8 portion would relieve the underwriters of any liability It looks as though there were salvage and insurance claims ga- lore in prospect.
 Captain Bridget of the steamer George Ioomis was close to the raft last Tues day, and took an excellent photograph of It. He says it Is securely anchored off Pigeon Point, and shows no sign or breaking up. It is over 250 feet long, and there must be at least 120 tons Of chain attached to it. The chain Is worth about 215 cents a pound. That one item figures I'D $66OO The piles are worth at least $5 each and their value will probably to- tai up S25, 900, so there is a small fortune at anchor awaiting some one
 T. P. H. Whitelaw, the wrecker, is go- ing to try to secure the derelict. It did not take him long to get his wrecking schooner Catalina in working order, ana yesterday morning he chartered the Red- stack tug Monarch and made a start The Catalina has supply of dynamite aboard, and when the derelct Is reached 1t is the intention to send a diver down and place a charge of the explosive un- der the chain that is anchoring 1t. The chain will be blown away from the hold ing ground and then hauled aboard the Catalina. The Monarch WI then axe iSe both raft and schooner in tow ana make another attempt at bringing them into San Francisco.
 The fishermen are not at all displeased with the state of affairs. The menace to navigation" does not bother them so long as they can pick up good pile,
 En m they go outside. At least one-ha!t ot the outside fishing fleet has gone into the business, and almost every hour In the day, when the tide suits, .the boats can be seen coming in with pile in tow. As soon as the prize is made fast at Fish ermans wharf the boat IS headed out to sea again in search of more piles-not fish The gasoline fishing boats are reap ing the best harvest, as they can bring in two or three of the piles each trip Y
 Captain Howard and Major Long, U. S. A paid visit to the transport Sen ator yesterday. They looked her over from stem to stern and noted a hulLper of alterations that will have to be made before the steamer goes to sea agaln; The soldiers quarters VII! be improved by the removal of q number or perlhS, and a place for the men 10 move aroTto 4hd in during the day will be provided. The Senator will go on the dry-dock today and will probably come OH asalh to-IhoI- row It will take about ten days to get her ready to start again for Manila, So that 1t will probably be AlohdaS W35 We9h aet an order to move. The next mail fo Manila leaves by the Gaelic on the 11th inst, but it will pr0ba3ly onty 9usI get there in time to tell the boys the Sen
 Captain Frank Morley was on the water front again yesterday for the nrst tune in over a year. He met with terrible accident at Usal in June. 1887, and he mas been in a hospital ever since Al the uhle Morley was mate of the steamer Navarro. and was experimenting the unloading or the vessel. NNnile a sling full or mer- chandise was being hoisted the cargo fall parted and the whole apparatus about four tons weight In ail-fell on Morley All his front teeth were knocked out and his scalp was nearly torn off five ribs and both arms were broken, his spine was injured and his right ankle was crushed. For fifteen months the tough old salt has been having a battle royal with death but he finally won out, ana yes terday was able to hobble around to see a few of his old friends and tell them that although badly battered he was still
 It was Captain Frank Morley who swan ashore through the surf in Yaquina Bay with a life hne from the steamer Yaquina City and thus saved the lives of the passengers. It was he also who stayed by the south Coast when she was vas in danger of going to pieces at Fort Bragg and all the crew deserted her; Captain Morley got lines out and saved the vessel. He is an old Atlantic naVlga- tor, and knows that coast of America al- most as well he does the Pacific.
 The schooner ", r; Jewett, Captain  run of twelve days from St. Michael to Grays Harbor.
 The following letter is self-explanatory; UNITED STATES NAVAL RENDEZVOUS, 10 California street, SAN FRANCISCO Oct B. 189S.-To the Editor of The Call; In a press 1fsnatch from Oakland dated the lst inst I notice that Judge ogden had released two lads Robert Ashe and Henry Simon-convicted of larceny. on condition that they would enlist in Apprentices are being enlisted at this rendez- veus but no boy convicted of crime or of known had fact has been concealed the boy will be dis charged from the service. Very respectfully
 Lieutenant U. S N, Commanding.
 The mail steamer Alameda will take away an unusually valuable cargo and a very heavy list of passengers to Australia to-day Among those who have booked for New Zealand is Mayor Nelson George: He is one of the best known owners and breeders of horses in the colonies. His horse Nelson swept the board of all the rich prizes during one season over there and was then retired to the stud. Mayor George is returning home after a visit to England A. Astley, manager of the will also return on the Alameda. He has been to British Columbia on business connected with his company William Woodwork and C. Crehore,. scientists sent out by Harvard University, will be passengers to Apia, and Mrs. J. A. Chin cry of Sydney, who has been on visit 10 her friend Mrs. C. H. Graham, will return by the steamer. w. E. Pickells, F. R. G. s. Eng, Is booked through to Melbourne.
 The following changes of masters have been made: Captain c. J. Bruguiere, late first mate of the steamer City of Picking, will go out as master of the steamer Star buck Captain A. ". Svenson has been appointed master of the new steamer Nazama Captain Adolph Hansen has succeeded Captain Smith as master of the schooner La Gironde, and Captain Ryan succeeds Captain Duncan on the ship Florence. Captain Mutch, late mate of the bark Invercauld, has gone to Port land to take command of the British bark Lord Kinnaird.
 The Harbor Commissioners yesterday reappointed F. c. Ryan a collector and John L. Dickinson a wharfnger on the front. The Board of Trade asked for an elevator in the new building but the ap- plication was refused because of the ex- pense. The same board and the Mining Bureau are squabbling over the space zach Is to have in the new depot, so Chief Engineer Holmes is to make a survey and give each concern the room it is en- titled to.
 The captain of the Harland objects to unloading his cargo at Green-street wharf because he think the structure unsafe. Chief Engineer Holmes was instructed to sxamine the wharf and report.