The San Francisco call., 1906-11-16

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senting the Draying Association,
claimed that there was no need of
wider street If the lumber men were
restrained from storing their cargoes
in the thoroughfare. Both parties were
agreed that a four foot sidewalk should
be added, even If 1t was done at the
expense of the storage room in the
shed.
1t was finally decided that the en-
gineer should revise his plans and in
clude, If possible, a twenty-foot addf-
tion to the wharf on the seaward side.
The excitement came when McNab
denounced the commission for waiting
six months to take any steps to re-
build the seawall sheds. He was ably
seconded by the merchants present,
among whom were the heads of the
following firms: Gallagher & Co, H.
Dutard & Co, S. H. Haslett and
Bernard & Co. The grain men pro-
tested that they had no available
wharfage. and the bean commission
men claimed that they were COM
docks. where they were exposed to
damage from the rain.
Il offered to rebuild that shed myself
and have it completed by the 1st of
October You refused my offer and
now six months have passed and you
have done nothing said McNab.
That was the straw that fractured
Crocker's temper and he retorted with
heat:
THAT was bluff: mere bluff, I
say"
TT was not a bluff" answered Nc
Nab. "and 1 can produce the man who
was ready to finance it," Then the
commission heard from each of the
merchants in succession what the re-
putation of the harbor commission was
on change. The members were told
that they had consistently and invari-
ably hindered the commerce of the
port by delaying the building of ade-
quate wharves when they had the
reconstruction, In answer. Spear went
through the history of the building of
the docks and explained that the
scarcity of material and the troubles
with labor had hindered them from eff
fecting the miracles of speed which
McNab claimed for himself.
The outcome was pacific and 1t was
agreed that Engineer Norton should
revise his plans and make the seawall
sheds so and perhaps 96 feet in width.
Sierra Delayed by Mails
At o'clock the Oceanic steamer
Sierra was ready to sail. The pas
sengers were on the deck The last
fearful farewell had been accom-
plished The cargo was in the hold,
the matches battened down and the
cargo booms swung in Then came a
wait. The malls from New York and
Europe for Australia failed to appear.
Telephone inquiry with the postoffice
officials brought the information that
they were unable to locate the malls,
and the passengers accommodated
themselves by waving their farewells
while the steamer was still lashed to
the dock.
On her arrival in Syduey the Sierra
will go out of commission for four
weeks, omitting one voyage, while her
boiler tubes are renewed and other
repairs are made. Each of the steam
ers of the line will follow the Sierra
in laying off for one voyage in Sydney
for repairs, which are ordinarily made
here. but which the present conditions
make advisable to have done in
Sydney
1t was late in the evening when
te Sierra finally pulled out into the
stream and headed for the sea.
The following is the passenger list:
For Honolulu-E. A. Berndt Mrs
NJ. z. Burnette, Charles E. Chase, Miss
G. NJ Cooke. Mrs. w. d. Craig, J. L
Hemphill. Mrs. j. Irvine, j. Lishman
Mrs. M Meek, z. K Meyers, w. H. Rob
inson, C. Shad, Mrs. C. L. Smith, T. L
Smith, Alex Young.
For Auckland-R Erskine, Miss D
Erskine, j. Holmes, Mrs. Holmes, Miss
E. Killeen, Miss M. ]. Killeen, Mrs Nc
Kinney. J. D; Miller. Mrs. Miller. H:
Richmond. Miss M. Strange. P. F. VIII
T. w. Butcher. Mrs. Butcher, ". Clau-
sen. Mrs. Clausen and two children, C
Dick, James Forrest, ]. ]. Godfrey, Pc
ter Hansen. Mrs. Hansen. E: Hansen
F. D. Jones, Henry Jordan, T. o. Lab
run, J. M. Lee. Robert Scott, Mr.. Shell
ton, George Strachan, r. G. Williams
S. L. Wright.
H. F. Cookingham, A. E. Caro-, G. NJ
Coloocoresses. Very Rev. Father P
Coughlan, Frank Davies, Mrs. Davies
G; wentworth Dixie, 4. Dixson. Mrs
Seymour Eaton, J. Farrell, o. Aistrup
B. H Bowen, Mrs. Branche, Frank
Branche. Mrs. Evans. ]. Hanford. Mrs
nd l4ggram 9gra cb,1arsa sanzow Knones Mrs Janz9T
Mason, f. G. Nye, Mr.. O'Leary. Mastei
O'Leary. Miss NJ. c. Rich. Mrs. L. Rowe
H. Schmidt, J. Slater. Mrs. Slater ant
child, Miss J. P. Stocker. Oscar Vogt
T. E. Ward Mrs. Ward and two cnil-
dren, @. Thorne George. r. B. Grinnell
H. T. Hanson. Mrs. Hanson. w. L. Hall
J. G. Hardy. S. II: Hardy, Rev. F: Her
Ierndn. j.. Is. Fill, MIS-. Hill, InOmas
Hodnett, ]. H. lies. Mrs. Martin Jones
Elmore Lowell. Mrs. J. F: Mcintosh
Mrs. George Mair and child. Mrs. A
Mitchell. Miss K. Mitchell. Miss F. p
Morrison, Dr. NJ. A. Moses. Thomas Moo
nan, Sir Wilfred Peek, Bart; H c.
Plambeck. Mrs. M. P1ambeck, Miss M
Pryor, l. Rose, Max Rown. Thomas Saw
age, H. H Swift Jr., S. Tamaki, A. K
Virgil, Mrs Virgil. L. Walker, A. g.
Wilson. Mrs. Wilson, L. A. Zeus, Mrs
Zeus.
Join at Honolulu for Sydney-w. c.
Donaldson, Mrs. Donaldson Miss Ada
Henry Miss r. McClay. Mrs. A. L.
Pierce. E. v. Reynolds. Miss Reynolds
Miss A. Adcock, Mrs. H. c. Anderson
Mrs: H. H. Brodie and two children G.
H. Brodt, G. H. Evans. Mrs. T. E. Har-
vey and child P. NJ Lucas, Mrs. J. E.
Morgan and two children. Mrs Olsen
Mrs. s. Pecarich and three children.
Encounter High Seas
Vessels arriving yesterday reported
rough weather The Spokane was a
day late and Captain Cousins said
that he had been on the bridge day
and night since leaving Victoria run
ming through succession Of gales