The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

point Ihe company has paid a fancy
price for its knowledge and inciden-
tally and a it's own expense has dem
onstrated the wisdom of the all con
crete construction advocated by the
present board of harbor commission
The new army wharves are to rest
on concrete piers and the plans call for
the construction sof a concrete break
water TO provide shelter for the troop
snips that may be tied IN at the
WnarNes- In the construction of this
breakwater great wooden caissons were
eullt and sunk, TO be pumped out later
and hlled with concrete.
A temporary wharf was built of
green piles. and on this were erected the
concrete. mixing machinery and other
gear essential TO carrying on the work
rev weeks ago. this wharf tumbled
down, and an investigation showed
tnat the teredoes had eaten the green
piles as easily as if they had been
young onions. The wharf is now be-
ing rebuilt with creosoted piles.
Ia anticipation of the early restora-
uon of the temporary pier an eXami-
nation was made yesterday of the
wooden calSS0nS, and to the contfac-
tors grief il was discovered that thew
had been practically consumed by the
terecOes- The cheWed up caisSonS will
have to be replaced. and then it viii be
a race between the concrete mixers and
The teredoeS, with the betting on the
worms. II in the meantime they should
eat through the creosoted piles that
support temporary wharf and cause
another delay in filling the molds with
concrete.
Nippon Maru on Drydock
The Japanese liner Nippon Maru
came of Hunters point drydock yes
terday and was berthed at pier A.
where IL viii load for the orient The
nippon sails Tuesday. and among the
passengers win be a large number of
goNernment employees for the Philip
pines The Nippon does not cali at
Manila, and these insular passengers
viii have TO take another steamer from
HongkOng
san Jose VIII sail Today
The Pacific Mail liner San lose. Cap
tam thompson viii sail at noon today
Tor Panama and way ports. The San
Jose VIII carry a full cargo but few
passengers. Fifteen only have been
booked for the cabin. and of the % in
the steerage 0 are Asiatics.
COrwin Reaches Nome
The little steamer Corwin arrived
yesterday at Nome and for the third
season IS the first vessel from the
outside 10 reach the northern port
The fact that the Corwin arrived does
not necessarily mean that the fleet now
an easy time. After the Corwin ar
rived last year a change in weather
brought back the ice and Nome was a
closed port again for several weeks.
The Corwin reached Nome last year
June B.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1850 900 feet.
The steamer Melville Dollar. Captain
Fosen. arrived yesterday in ballast
from Mazatlan.
The Pacihc Coast steamship com
panys Governor arrived yesterday from
San Diego.
The French bark Belen arrived yes
terday 202 days from Glasgow by way
Of Hobart. The run from Hobart oc
cupied 80 days.
The navy transport Buffalo with Of
6cers and men for the Asiatic station
will sail at II o'clock this morning for
Manila The Buhalo's passengers in
clude SO officers.
The Curacao and the Mexican arr
due today from the lower coast, and
tomorrow the Siberia is due from the
far east
Princess Alice Again Goes Aground
NEW YORK. May 2S.-The steamer
Princess Alice. outward bound for
Plymouth, again went aground while
passing through Ambrose channel off
Sandy Hook today, but was hoated soon
after.
Empress of China's Rich Cargo
VICTORIA. b. c., May 2S.-The
Royal Mail steamship Empress of
China, inbound from Hongkong and
the far east with 125 saloon passen-
gers including Sir Harry Rawson, re-
firing governor Of New South Wales,
and SO Chinese steerage passengers
and rich cargo. including silk valued
AT nearly S1000,000, was reported by
wireless telegraph this morning at
O'Clock. when she was 800 miles al
sea on the way TO Victoria, where
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