The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

meeting Yesterday morning discovered
another excuse for their failure 70
store the seswan wharves ana eralh el
sbe6s that were destroyed by nre last
Aprii Had this property belonged 70
a private corporation the res1ol M A1iol.
would have been completed In az mos
two months after the FIRE. il is one
~ +be most valuable sections OF the
water front. and used 10 be the busiest
II lies TODAY practically as the hre
left II. Such restoration as mas oeeh
accomplished is the work OF prlNaee
concerns. who needed the wnart space
in their business.
sion was about the only organization
that was ia POSITION inmediauely 70
beefn rebuilding It's money was not
locked up in the city banks, the sup
NV of labor was plentiful the neces-
sar-v material was available for the or
derine and the amount or damage 70
be repaired was comparatively snshI
When the bean men, the grain men aho s
the lumber men. weary Of waiting ior
some sign OF life in the Harbor Com
mission. filed vigorous protests Win
the board. President Spear told the
r,rorestaurs that as the result OF the
demand on the sawmills for lumber
~ regular cuts il was Impossible TOT
+be board to get the special sizes neces-
sarv 10 reconstruct sections A. D. J.
. an6 g of the seawall. CHIEF Engineer
Norton spoiled that excuse by inform
ing the board that special sizes coulo
10 obtained If they were ordered, ana
that flling the order would Involve
delay OF only a few days
Rv the next time the shipping men
,~otested President Spear had oiscov-
cred that the demand for creosoted piles
had exhausted the supply Thls was
= good excuse then, but II would not
have been a few months before, Tor
some time after the FIRE the western
Pacifc had bought on the open mar
lzet several times the number OF piles
needed 10 90 the neglected Work on
sl,e sea wall and at a lower figure than
the Harbor Commission had paid before
the FIRE Commissioner Crocker COM
forted the shipping men on the oeea-
sion OF their second protest by telhns
them. we discuss this matter at nearly
every meeting.
efneer Norton reported that Gray Bros.
who on January 10 were awarded the
contract to supply the crushed rock
necessary 10 straighten UP the seaWall,
had failed to make delivery, and that
this was delaying the contractor VINO
IS TO rebuild the wharves and shecs'
The engineer was instructed 10 notify
the contractor To IlONtIA " ANAA ---- "N- -
and that the board would impose
penalty Of $50 a day for every day the
work was unfinished beyond the time
snecifed in the contract. II is up 10
The contractor now to make Cray Bros
get busy.
A communication was received from
r. NJ HOtaling indOrsing the applca-
tion of one George Sames for the posi-
tion Of superintendent OF tugs and
~ DprEfngPT is
now acting superintendent and-will
probably be retained. He has had long
experience both in dredging and IN
lighting fire, and politics hitherto has
cut little figure in this department
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
many made application for more wharf
space and asked permission 70 explain
70 the board system OF truck con-
vcyors which Il proposes installing to
facilitate the handling Of freight
The Southern Pacific submitted an
offer TO Join the board in dredging the
channel between Third and Sixth
streets. to a depth - twenty feet. The
chief engineer was instructed TO make
an estimate Of the cost.
Fire on the san Gabriel
AS the result OF lighted lamp be-
ing knocked down in the messroom
the steamer San Gabriel, lying at the
United Engineering Works wharf, mar
rowly escaped destruction yesterday
morning by fire. Prompt measures tc
extinguish the blaze met with success
after a siarp fight. The damage was
confined TO the upper works and viii
cost about S25O0 to repair The repairs
sl take about two weeks.
william p. Frye spoken
The overdue ship william p. Frye
which is out 164 days from Honolulu
for Delaware Breakwater, and was
quoted for reinsurance at 10 per cent
has been spoken. all well. off Cape
Horn.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner San Jose, Cap
tain Thompson, sailed yesterday after
noon for Panama and way ports. She
carried . full cargo and about twenty
cabin passengers.
The whaler Belvedere, Captain Cot
tie. cleared yesterday for whaling
cruise.
The bark Chinook. with $4,000 fee
of lumber, arrived yesterday from Ban
don in tow Of the tug Wizard.
The japanese liner Nippon Maru il
due tomorrow from the Orient.
The steamer Enterprise. from Hilo
which put into Honolulu short OF fuel
larrived yesterday and docked at Fol
lsom-street wharf.
The Oceanic Steamship Company
liner Mariposa, Captain Lawless. vii
probably arrive today from Tahiti. TIL,
Curacao is also due today from Mexico
At yesterdays meeting Of the Har
lbor Commissioners the Key Route peo
pie filed a protest against the use b.
teams OF their passenger exit at tn,
ferry depot.
J. Nelson. donkeyman on the brigan,
tine Lurline, was severely scalded OF
the face and hands yesterday by escap
ing steam. His burns were dressed a.
the Harbor Hospital.
COAST SHIpDING NEWS