The San Francisco call., 1906-10-05

ing the Commissioners stated that the
suitable lumber. and gave this as the
reason for the delay. The FIVE petition
ing firms agreed 10 furnish all the ma
terials necessary TO rebuild the wharf at
regular jobhing rates and 10 give the
HarbOr Commissions orders preference
over all others. Ii IS unlikely that this
Oner viii be accepted. as the Simpson
Lumber Company a few weeks after
the FIRE offered TO rebuild the wharf
and 10 take the cost out in tolls. The
offer was declined.
At a previous meeting the Commis-
sioners gave as the reason for delay
Ehe- inpossibility Of getting the proper
S tzes Of lumber. At yesterdays meet
Eng il was announced that the real
reason was the inability TO get a suf-
ficient number of crosscut piles. The
chief engineer has arranged to buy a
few from the Southern Pacific, but
private contracting firms got into ac-
tion so much sooner than did the Har-
bor Commissioners that they viii con-
troll the output for some time to come.
The Commissioners dfd, however, in
struct Chief Engineer Norton TO pre-
pare plans and specifications for re-
building $500 feet Of the burned wharf.
The pay Of the captains on the State
tugs was increased to $50 a month.
The pay Of PAYERS was raised from
So 70 $3.50 and patchers from 1925 TO
$3.50. The latter wanted more, but
President Spear said that inasmuch as
they were but second class carpenters
he thought S3.50 sufficient. The wages
also were ordered raised Of the State
carpenters, inspectors. timers, timers
helpers, plumbers, plumbers helpers,
plasterers, machinists and one stenog-
rapher.
To increase the revenues in proper
tion 10 the increase of wages, Commis-
siOner Henry J. Crocker viii arrange
q new schedule Of switching charges
on the belt railroad and Commissioner
Mackenzie was appointed a committee
OF one 10 raise the rents Of the States
tenants along the water front.
r. d. Hume & Co. put in a claim for
$4,000, the value Of the salmon lost by
the collapse of Lombard-street wharf
\ Chief Wharfnger Welch was given
permission 10 dock steamers of the
kOsmOs line at one of the new
wharves built for the Pacific Mail
Company.
The Pacific Construction Company
has taken advantage Of its contract
for repairing the ferry house tower TO
advertise It's business in letters Of
enormous size on the size Of the tower
racing Market street and on the side
facing the bay. 1t is the most con-
spicuous ad. in the city and al yes
reIdays meeting applications for
similar adv ertising space We're re-
ceiVed from a whisky firm and from
tle manufacture OF patent disin-
t1clanc- The applicants were Informed
that Il was customary 10 allow the
contractor doing repa ir. work 10 make
sucl use Of the StaJe property, but
tlat space could not be let 10 anybody
else
captain T. T. Thayer in a communi-
cation directed the Commissioners at
tenuon 10 the ragged condition Of the
flag on the ferry flagstaff The su-
perintendent Of the building was or
dered TO haul il down and buy a new
one.
W. S. Leake offered TO pay $500 a
month rent for seawall lot No. I. This
lot is at present occupied as a lumber
yard by Olson & Mahoney and as re-
suit Of Leake's- offer Olson & Ma
honey We're notified that in thirty days
their rent would be increased from
$3.50 month TO $500, the amount of
Leake's offer.
SOnOma Sails for Australia.
y The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Sonoma, Captain Trask, sailed
late last night for Honolulu and the
Antipodes. In spite OF the fact that
she arrived onlF last Monday evening.
she carried a large cargo. Her pas
sengers included the following:
Honolulr-C. A Bruins, Miss Cole,
Miss n II. Copper, J. NJ Dowsett. G.
r Drew, H F. Farnham, Mrs. Farm
ham, Miss Guild, c. c. Won Hamm Mrs
Won hamm, Bruce Hartman, c. Hede-
mann, J. +. Higgins, Mrs. Higgins, c.
J. Hutchins. / d. Mclean, Mrs. Nc
Thomas Prime. 3. Roberts. Mrs. Rob
erts, r. y. Smith, H P. Steinmetz, W
s. Vance, James Warrington, Mrs. c.
l. Wight, Miss VIII, Miss H. K VIII
der, Miss Young and maid. c. A. Brown,
n. Bird, Il c. Ellis. Charles Marks, ].
". Steiner, 9. A. Wright
Auckland. A. Brown. L. F. Cock
roft irving G. Cockroft. Right Hon.
Sir John Gorst, Miss Gorst, Robert
Huntington, D. Lawler, c. J. Parker
Charles Rhodes, Mrs. Rhodes, Miss
Rhodes, Miss y. z. Thomson, W Bing-
Harper, c. II. Jones, W. Johnson, v
Malek, J. r. Owen, c. " Schulz. l. f.
Steele.
sydney-AIiss N. H Adams. H. r
Cassel, ]. A. Collins, Hugh craig, W.
Desne. W. cuthbertson, Mrs Cuthbert-
Frankel, 7. J. Hyde, W Z. Kerr, Mrs
Kerr, A J. Mason, Mrs Mason, Miss
Marjorie Mason, r r. Pratt c A Rand.
Mrs. J. G. silver, Mrs. n. L. Stimson, J.
W Swift, G. E Thomas, A Weber, J.
G. Wood. Mrs. Wood. S A. Breinsky
Mrs Breinsky. Miss G. Breinsky, Miss
n Breinsky. Master r. Breinsky, Mrs.
p. Cooper. c. r. Chapman. J. V. Irving
Mrs Irving. r. Lister, J. W. Mcguire.
Mrs Mcguire and child, c. Nelson, Rev.
~ Orthner, R. Price. J. P. Snow
=. H Wade. +. @. Wigmore, Mrs Wig
more. Master Wigmore-
Thomas Not Badly Damaged.
according to a telegram received
Yesterday from Washington the fire on
the army transport Thomas, at Ma
Mia, is under control and the vessel
is not seriously damaged. The Sheri-
dan. now on the beach near Pearl Har
Dor. is 10 be listed over, chained to a
barge and towed into Honolulu.
Founders in TyphOOn.
A cabIegram received yesterday from
Hongkong reports that the British
steamer Charterhouse, from Haihow
for Hongkong, foundered September 80
on Hainam. The captain and sixty
passengers were drowned. The Ger
man steamer Kohsichang picked up a
raft on which were the chief engineer.
twenty-three Of the crew Of the Char
terhouse and two women They had
been on the raft for forty three hours.
Tccherus OF Cane Horn