The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
THAT DEREL|CT
RAFT HAS BEEN
SIGHTED AGAIN
Showed No Signs Of
Breaking Up.

The tug Fearless returned to port yes
terday after a fruitless search of nearly
a week for the big log raft. The sooner
the derelct is picked up the better ship
ping men will be pleased, owing to tie
dense fog that has hung over the ocean
for a week past. it is one of the greatest
menaces to navigation ever adrift on the
Pacific.
There is now some hopes that the big
mass cf logs may be brought in. Yester-
day the bark Ferris S. Thompson arrived
from Chignik Bay, and Captain Murk re-
ports sighting the raft some miles above
Point Reyes. This was early IN the day,
and IN tke evening the Czarina was spoken
and Captain Seaman was given the exact
position of the derelict. Everybody is
now hoping that the collier has once more
got mold OF the raft and will bring it into
port.
When Captain Murk saw the raft it
was intact and the American flag was
still flying. The Thompson nearly ran it
down in the fog, and it was only clever
seamanship that aVerted a collision that
might have proved fatal to the cannery
vessel.
The raft is just about in the position
where seafaring men said it would be
rec ion until last Saturday. when The cur
rent took a northwesterly set, thus carry
ing the derelict back over its course.
Captain Marshall of the Fearless reports
a northwest current on Saturday. The
Fearless went about forty miles off shore
and cruised over 800 miles up and down
the coast at half speed. The tug was
stopped during the night and drifted with
the current. The fog was very heavy
all the time the vessel was out, and from
Saturday afternoon until Monday even
ing there was a dead calm.
The log on the bay yesterday morning
was very heavy, and all the ferry boats
were delayed in consequence. There were
some marrow escapes, but luckily no acct
dents.
Admiral and Mrs. Kautz gave recep-
tion to about twenty friends aboard the
were Lieutenant and Mrs: Muller, Lieu
tenant Sellers and the Misses McCalla,
daughters of CAPTAIN McCalla Of the
coursed sweet music throughout the after
noon. Owing to the reception no visitors
were allowed aboard the Iowa, much to
the disappointment of a crowd of people,
all of whom expected to get close look
a the battleShp.
The Harbor Commissioners let the con-
tract for building the Santa Fe ferry slip
at Main-street wharf to the City Street
Improvement 900 Company YESTERDAY. Its
We're the second lot of bids opened, the
first lot having been rejected. On that oc-
casion the lowest bid was $33 467. put in by
the Dundon Bridge and Construction Com
pany.
The auxiliary cruiser Badger returned
from Eureka yesterday with the Naval
Nlllllld 1 ne DOyS nave DttH Out d N6th,
and had splendid practice cruise. They
had to live on naval rations and do all
the work of man before the mast. Yes
terday they had some splendid target
practice off Point Reyes, and good scores
We're made. The boys disembarked last
night. well satisfied with their weeks $
training.
Pat Meegan, u coal passer on the trans
port Sheridan was nearly killed yester-
day. A lump of coal fell from the bucket
on his head and nearly cracked his skull.
A badly lacerated scalp was dressed on
the hospital ship Relief. after which Pat
was taken to the Harbor Receiving Hos
pital