The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
STATE WILL SUE
THE TRADERS.
iHarbor Commissioners
Take Action Against
Insurance Company
DAMAGE TO SLIPS

The Southern Pacific boats. are max
ing record this season for smashing
ferry slips. The Harbor Commission
ers send to the company iter1ized state
ments of the damag and bills for the
cost repair. THE company objects to
the, charges levied for repair on the
ground that the, corporation pays, for
example, $500 month for the freight
slips at the foot of Second street. Re-
Gently the company proposed to the
board to- make all necessary repairs
from time to time. provided the Com
missioners would make a substantial
reduction In the rental
---Y esterday Chief Engineer Lot d.
Norton of the sHarbor Commission sub
mitted to the. board figures showing
that the Second-street slip cost origin
ally $4,000. He figures that it would
be,a fair proposition. for the company
to- stand all the expense of wear and
tear and pay $1,000 a month instead of
$500. Ane adjustment on this basis
may be reached if the company is
willing to meet the commission half
Yesterday at the meeting Of the
board Frank Gallagher. the lowest bid
der, was awarded the contract for con-
structing freight platform for the
Santa Fe Company The; price named
in the bid was $4120.
The topic OF insurance was discussed
at yesterdays session of the board.
The State wharves. docks, etc, were
insured for $550,o00 IN thirty -three
companies. !, The amount to be collected
for loss sustained in the April fire is
$75,000. OF this amount the sum of
$4,000 is apportioned by the underwrit-
ers to the Traders Insurance Company.
In~the process of adjustment the board
is having trouble with the Traders.
{ c{o ar N . Ia
yesterday advised Attorney w. II.
Davis to go, to law against the Trad
ers' If the company should persist in
the !. refusal to pay. President Spear
said the State of California could stand
the expense Of litigation to compel
delinduent corporation to abide by its
policy.
The Harbors Warehouse Company
represented that it had large ware
houses on the block bounded by Kearr
ny, Dupont, Bay, and North Point
streets. and asked for the privilege of
putting In, spur track to connect
with the Belt railroad The application
was favorabiy referred to- the chief
engineer
Lumber merchants who are constant
ly. applying for.-more space on the
wharves were told yesterday that the
board would speedily provide tempor-
ary accommodation northwest of Pow
ell street
Charles F. Curry, Secretary of State,
has asked the Harbor Commission to
return to his Office the originaf copy
of. the lease of China Basin to -the-San
Joaquin Valley Railroad. The Call In
making recent inquiry to ascertain if
Governor Gage had ever signed the
lease behalf, of the State asked per-
mission to inspect the original docu-
ment at Sacrannento, The fact was
then brong nght- TO II sht- that w. d. Eng
lish, a former Secretary OF the State
Board. of Harbor commissioners, had
sent~.to- Sacramento the original.
1t was obtained. for temporary use. but
was not returned. An order was given
yesterday for the~return-of the doeu-
ment to the Secretary. of State. The
record shows that Governor Gage did
not sign the lease, but, 1T was duly
signed by three Harbor Commissioners
and James D., Phelar,, who was Mayor
of San Francisco when the lease was
prepared. - ssae - s