The San Francisco call., 1909-11-16


- sistant Chief En-
gineer II. d. Con-
- aiek We're present at Yesterdays trial
and expressed themselves as more than
satlshed with the showing made by
The tug The David Scannell. twin
SISTER TO the sullivan. is also nearly
ready for trial and when the two
tugs are in commission san Francisco
VIII have a fire fighting auxiliary said
q" be equal ia efficiency within the
area IL win cover TO the high pressure
system recently installed in New York
city
Marine underwriters were specially
interested in yesterdays trial and went
away satisfied that in future the danger
ol extensive loss TO shipping by fire in
san Francisco viii be a negligible
quantity.
The sullivan can throw 2S streams
~-iiiu ltaneously, with pressure at the
lozzle OF SO pounds To Jpe square inch
ne average nre engine throws about
ee-tots ot water minute. The
HulhNan IN the same space of time
throws 10000 gallons. The SuIliran
can M the air for 500 feet in every
ueIectlon win an almost solid shower
'L water and at the same time Supplv
- lines OF hose SO powerful are
tle suiliNans pumps that they viii
-piee wafer from the bay. through said
20 lines OF hose. as far inland as Mont
somerN street. which. as Michael case,
salQ yesterday, would have been worth
Sllllons 10 the city i'm April. 1906.
Rising IRON SORT of military mast
on shaft that can be elevated to a
leight OF s. feet above the tugs
DECK, as a giant that throws stream
mat looks as If il could tear down
Goat island IN about five minutes
similar battery Is installed on the
SuperStructure amidships with another
one forward and third one aft These
L0ur monitors can be operated fn any
direction. For the lines Of hose there
IS 10 pipe battery on either side of
tne rug The Scanneii. which viii be
-e@ol ll a rev days, can do everything
Tho sullivan does.
The FIRE tugs cost sl35. 900 each. They
are equipped with twin screws and two
pumps. The main engines are of $50
horsepower. The engines that operate
me pumps are OF $50 horsepower each
All the monitors and the hose bat-
tery were tried yesterday. They were
put ia action separately and all TO-
Eether. and when the chorus was on the
air for 500 feet was filled with spray
and rainboWs.
Even a mighty IRE. such as the one
~ 1906, would sicken, pale and die be-
lore the mighty deluge such as the
Dennis Sullivan yesterday turned loose
Tor the edihcation Of the board of pub,
lac works and the glory Of the Risdon
iron works
hOH%hhs Liner auHr5ntlue
Because the Ramses. which arrived
yesterday from hamburg by way of
south and Central American ports
might have on board rats from the
Fouth American coast, and as South
american rats are all omen to q Slfs-
pielon Of being plague infected. the
NNosmos liner was ordered into duaran-
tine 10 be fumi gated. When the sui
phur tunes have killed all the rats the
stea mer VIII be released and VIII dock
at Union street wharf
The kamses brought 500 tons Of car
go. treasure valued at $4,000 and two
passengers, Mrs. c. de Avila and daugh-
ter. Early yesterday morning, while the
steamer was At sea, Hans GromnstZer
fireman, was crushed by fall
ing SkNlfRlt and SO seriously injured
that small hope is entertained for his
recovery II is believed that the man
has sustained fracture Of the spinal
column. on account Of his serious con-
diuon Chief Quarantine Officer Trotter
had the man removed TO the United
States marine hospital
Carries Large Number of Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship com
panF's President, which sailed yester-
day for san Pedro. carried $50 pas
sengers-- Among them We're.
w Dunn and wife T. Leroy
81 Cannon aud wife o. Jennings
Miss ID. J. Wilson Mrs. {. Briggs
Ms Morris and child Mrs. A =. Boy
j.. ". Wheeler =. G.. Cox
Mrs ". y. Hunter J. Rocks
Mrs. H. \ Deering and r. Oldfeld
daughter ]. STANLEY
Mrs 4. r. Weaver l.. 4. Keller
Miss J. Lacey AIRS c. A. O'Hara
7. q. Sherry and wife Miss A. Howsfh
This stamp Was Licked
George ". Stamp, a detective en-
pi0Ned by the Hotel Albany, interfered
yesterday at Mission and Spear streets.
when a stranger picked up a valise
THAT Stamp knew belonged to some
body else The stranger abandoned
tl-e vslise, but before taking his depart
-ure devoted a few minutes to lick
lng stamp, who arrived at the harbor
hospital "A little later with his face
badly battered and cut.
Ashore in Japanese Waters
The Norwegian steam SeIja. bound
FOR oregon via Yokohama. is reported
ashore in the kurishima straits. The 4
engine room is full Of water 4 ma
rine surveyor has been sent TO the
scene OF the wreck. Tie Selja is op-
Grating between the Columbia river
and the far east under charter 10 the 4
Portland and Asiatic line, a Hartman
In Trouble at SaIina Cruz
At Salina Cruz is solid granite /
breakwater that is the pride Of west 4
ern Mexico. The British steamer /
Georgia, from Victoria, ran into il 4
yesterday and suffered serious damage. /
The breakWater was uninJured The
cargo Of the Victoria is said TO be un- 4
harmed
Marie HackfeId Wrecked
The crew Of the German shin Marie
Hackfeld, which was bound from Ham 4
burg for Honolulu, Landed yesterday I
at CuXhaven and reported their vessel 4
total loss at Toriescher Sand few
miles north Of Cuxbayen. The Marie i
Hackfeld was wei known at this port /
Damaged by Fire and Water
The British steamer Teucer from Ia /
coma. which arrived NoEap,ber I ar
Liverpool reported having had a fire
in No. hold. The cargo was con-
siderabiy dana ged by water but the 1
extent Of the fire damage is not yet 4
known.
Water Front Notes