The San Francisco call., 1908-04-21
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Supervisors Want HarbOr Commissioners to
Build Road From Pacific Mail WharyeS

At special meeting or the n2rDor
commissioners held yesterday after
noon q request was received from the
board Of supervisors asking the early
construction of a roadway from the
new Pacific Mail wharves across the
new made land which is now either
dust heap or a swamp, according to the
weather. To reach these new wharves
now involves tramp of several blocks
across the rough and ready trails worn
in the odds and ends of old San Fran
cisco dumped there to I'LL in the space
between wharves and mainland.
The United Railroads was asked to
run a car line TO the new wharves, but
owing to the fact that the state owned
the land from Japan and Townsend
streets to the Mail docks, and that
no road had been built across the state
property. could do nothing TO help the
situation.
The harbor commissioners engineer
has been asked to prepare specifca-
tions for the construction Of a road
way across this waste and the COM
mittee Of the supervisors having this
matter in hand was invited to attend
Thursdays meeting Of the harbor
board.
Wireless telephone stations are to be
installed at the ferry depot during the
stay here Of the Atlantic fleet. The
ships are all equipped with this ap
Qsrstus and from the ferry stations
NJ viii be possible TO communicate with
man of war row by telephone. The
harbor commissioners granted the
necessary permission yesterday.
James Keane applied to the board for
a float for his power launch Admiral
Evans and five other launches in course
of construction. His application was
referred TO the chief wharfinger and a
float viii be assigned to him probably
after the departure of the big feet.
The present accommodations for
launches will be barely sufficient for
the navy and the firms now engaged
IN the boating business.
The commissioners ordered the pay
ment Of bills amounting to S32.325.
Has Wide Steaming Radius
The Matson navigation, company's
new steamer Lurline, which is due
here from the east about the middle
Of May. is the only vessel of it's
kind afioat The Lurline is equipped
70 carry both ordinary freight and
crude oil in bulk. and in addition has
accommodations for a large number
Of passengers, cabin and steerage. The
Lurline's cargo capacity is about 5000
tons. In addition to this the steamer
will carry 10000 barrels of oil This
oil does not include the oil carried
for fuel The Lurline is an oil burner
and has a wide steaming radius. With
one supply OF fuel the Lurline could
carry 5000 tons of freight to the
orient, discharge IT, load a cargo of
similar size. return to this port and
have enough fuel left for another
month at sea
Captains Gig Is Stolen
Captain Charles H. Lum of the bark
entine s. n Castle asked the harbor
ro1fpa r-aSferdox- n nd he
boat that he left April 1s tied up to
the Risdon iron works wharf When
ready TO return to his ship the boat
had been stolen. The missing craft is
14 feet long. is painted white and has
the name S. n. Castle engraved on
the stern.
Falls Into Liners Hold
Salvador Rochas. a member OF the
crew Of the Kosmos liner Abessinia
fell into one Of that vessels holds yes
teraay morning and sustained serious
injnries. At the harbor hospital it
was found that in addition to numer-
Gus bruises he had suffered a COM
pound fracture Of the left leg and
simple fracture of the left arm. He
was removed later to the marine hos
pitaL
Water Front Notes
The ship William P Frye sailed Sun
Gay from New York for this port.
The Pacific Mail liner San Juan sailed
Saturday from Acapulco for Ancon.
The liner Mongolia. Captain Morton,
arrived yesterday at Honolulu from
this port.
Captain Taylor. who took command
OF the ship Kenilworth at Rio de ia
neiro and brought the vessel to this
port, left last night for his home in
the east.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,25O,0o0 feet
The bark Isaac Reed cleared yester-
day for Nashagak.