The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-07
ND MORE WHARVES
IN CHINA BASIN

The Santa Fe road, IN pursuance of
its claim to the exclusive use of China
Basin, has refused permission to the
harbor board 10 build two wharves
at the basin, and yesterday notified the
Board Of Harbor Commissioners at its
meeting that the terms Of the lease
the Santa Fe holds from the State
gives II exclusive use IN the way Of
dockage The Harbor Commissioners
have instructed their attorney 10 in
vestigate the legality of the railroads
stand and viii personally inspect the
basin next Tuesday.
II was the intention Of the board
TO build two new wharves without
doing away with the old one, and
upon proceeding to advertise for BIDS
was notified by Captain Payson, on
behalf of the Santa Fe, that the road
would permit no changes. The mem
bers of the board said that the Santa
Fe should yield a, point in view Of
the demand for wharves TO accommo-
date shipping.
The board viii ask the Santa Fe
20 join with leading merchants of the
city in advising the Legislature to
authorize the issuance Of S25, 1000, 900 of
bonds for harbOr improvements. An
effort viii be made to obtain the con-
sent of the Federal Government to
from 24O TO GOO feet
The Commissioners awarded a con-
tract to the American Construction
Company, the lowest bidder, for the
construction of a shed on sections
and Of the seawalL The bids were
as follows:
Mercer-Fraser Company, s1s,s1O;
American Construction Company, $15,-
200: James A Mcmahon Company,
sI5,4S5; Healy Tibbitts Company,
SI7S73; W. L. Hanrahan, SIS, 400;
Frank Gallagher, $4,000; F. Miller,
S2O.594; American Pacific Company,
sIS,750.
The contract for the repair of the
ferry building was awarded to the
Pacific Construction Company, which
bid seO,6S7. The other bids were:
Clark-Henry Construction Company,
$500; Healy-Tibbitts Company,
sss9OO: Thompson Bridge Company,
sss.sOO: Cotton Bros, $3.50; Ameri-
can CONSTRUCTION Company, S63, 925;
w. r. Hanrahan, $66, 600.
Owing to the refusal of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company TO pay rental
on pier A because of its half-inished
lcondition, the board threatens to hold
hfhe contracting firm OF HealyT ibbitts
Company responsible for the delay in
laying depressed tracks on the pier.
THE contractors maintain that they
, have the 4umDeE READY anu lndl the
delay was at the request of the board
land OF the Southern Pacific, which,
they say, agreed TO do part of the
Ework. The board put the matter over
suntil the Southern Pacific could be
gheard.
President Spear filed a report show
Ang that S537, 900 had been expended
Tor lumber In repairing piers since
fApril is.
The Wells-Fargo Express Company
win pay $500 a month for the use OF
the big dolphin between ferry slips
Is and 4, provided It equips the place
land maintains the equipment
The chief engineer was requested 20
Investigate the complaint OF North
tBeach residents that dumping Of debris
rat Mason and Hyde streets threatens
kFisherman's wharf with destruction
THE chief engineer was instructed 70
bconfer with the photographic ONCE
with q view to having the time balls
REPLACED on the ferry flag pole.
< Charles Putnam was appointed su-
gperintendent OF tugs and dredgers. he
fhas performed the duties Of the posi-
E4fon during the last year.