The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
Francis II. Leggett
Brings Big Tow
to Port.
Structure Contains
100000 Feet
of Lumber.

rived Yesterday from the Columbia
River with an immense log raft in tow.
The raft contains about 100000 feet
OF lumber and is made up entirely Of
piles. II is one of the largest ever
towed down the coast, but the voyage
was made in six days and without mis-
hap. Chained into a cigar-shaped
cradle the logs make a raft 735 feet
long. hfty-fve feet in beam and twenty
two feet deep.
Log rafting down the coast is
practice looked upon with grave dis
favor by owners OF floating property
and by navigators. When log raft
goes adrift and breaks up. as the last
one did. il means menaces to naviga-
tion scattered along the ocean highway
from Cape Flattery to Cape San Lucas.
Efforts have been made TO secure Con-
gressional interference, but so far in
vain.
In spite OF objections to log-rafting.
however. the safe arrival of the raft
that reached here yesterday was
matter Of considerable Importance.
Building operations In many parts of
the city have been standing still owing
TO the inability Of the contractors to
get the piling necessary for foundation
work For the same reason consider
able new and repair work along the
water front has not been done. In
the big raft are piles Of all sorts and
sizes and the work Of breaking ii up
in Mission Bay and distributing the
big sticks viii be begun without de-
lay.
After anchoring the raft in Mission
Bay the Francis H. Leggett, herself
loaded with lumber and shingles for
San Pedro, sailed for the southern port.
Sails for Santa Barbara.
The cruiser Milwaukee in charge of
.rN1ne.fr1 Egnree "a with the
navy trial-board on board, sailed yes
terday for the Santa Barbara Channel
There she viii be given her builders
trial. She is TO make twenty-five knots,
and if she does il and is satisfactory
in other respects il will not be long
before the new commerce destroyer is
in active service.
DOric DisappOints Watchers.
The Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Company's liner Doric, Captain
Harry Smith. should have been in port
al noon yesterday. but when the sun
went down last night the Doric was
nowhere in sight. The weather was
clear as far out as the lightship. Be
F, yond that was bank Of fog and it was
thought that somewhere in that opaque
mist the liner was waiting for
q glimpse of something familiar as a
guide for her navigators. All day long
the steamship people and the friends
OF the liners thirty passengers. kept
the Merchants Exchange telephone
busy At Point Lobos John Hyslop,
the marine observer who so seldom
makes z mistake, kept his eyes glued
on the horizon until about o'clock,
when he reported: 1t has shut in
thick. Nothing doing"
Pipe Thieves Caught.
Richard Fitzgerald and R. Phelan
were arrested yesterday as they
tramped along East street bearing on
their shoulders an immense pipe, stolen,
as was learned later, from a foundry
al 217 Main street. The pipe was one
Of the Vitals of the steamer Norwood,
which returned from sea the other day
for repairs. Had it not been recovered
that vessels delay in port would have
been considerably protracted.
Only the Cargo suffers.
Fire broke out yesterday on the ship
Tillie Starbuck at Honolulu, but was
eXtinguished before the vessel had suf-
fered any injury from the flames. Some
of her cargo was damaged by water.
The Starbuck was loading sugar for
Delaware Breakwater.
Water Front Notes.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Sonoma, Captain Trask, arrived
The bark Agate, which sailed Sunday
for Coos Bay, returned yesterday for
more ballast.
The army transport Sherman will
sail at noon tomorrow for Manila
The army transport Logan is due
Saturday from Manila.
The liner China left Honolulu Sun
day for Yokohama.
Notice TO Mariners.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CAL.
Notice is hereby given that Port Hartford
Wasting Buoy No established July IA,
1906 IL - feet OF water. on tie proiongat ton
OF the line OF the breakwster and distant about
600 feet from the southeast side OF the rock Ell
the outer end OF the breakwater at Port Hartford,
San Luis Obispo Bay, Cal.
Bearings-Avila Rock, NE. = y; San Luis
ObispO Lighthouse, WNW. s W. westerly; Fish
erman's Rock. right edge, NV. 4 y. By order
OF the Lighthouse Board
H T. MAYO. Commander. L. S, y.
Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District.
Movement of Steamers.
10 ARRIVE.