The San Francisco call., 1910-02-18


\. H. Hickman was awarded the, con-
tract TO supply 1900 split REDWOOD ltSS
TO be delivered on pier 80 at f72
cents per tie.
street wharf a derelict structure Whlch
is blocking the march of progress, was
awarded to the Associated eontraetihs
company. whose bid was $3.50
The Loop lumber company asked
permission to submit bids IN case the
board decided to follow the suggestion
made at a previous meeting TO line the
ferry slips with oak planklng.
Sea King Makes Good Passage
The old bark Sea King, which left
Tacoma September ! for Bath, Me,
reached its destination Wednesday
The Sea King is one of the old Ameri-
can clippers that are rapidly becoming
marine curiosities. The voyage from
Tacoma to Bath was made in 137 days,
which goes to show that the Sea King
is no laggard. The notice OF its ar
Merchants exchange. attracted more
attention than is usually given TO the
announcement of a new record broken
by some Atlantic greyhound
Water Front =oses
Tie Pacific Mail liner Korea sailed
February 16 from Hongkong for THIS
port.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to $4,000 feet
The steamer Greenwood returned
yesterday from Pfeiffer point with
wreckage saved from the stranded
steamer Majestic.
The navy collier Justin sailed yes
terday for San Pedro with coal for thS
1 torpedo fotilla-
The Pacific Mail liner Newport is
due today from Panama and way ports.
Hope fer Nina Abandoned
WASHINGTON. Feb. An hope
that the United States navy tug Nina.
which left Norfolk February bound
to Boston, with 32 persons aboard, is
I stil afiOat has been abandoned by the
navy department, and today the war
ships which for five days have been
searching for the Nina We're ordered TO
( discontinue their hunt.
New Trans-PaciHc Line Planned
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.-Charles S.
Won Hermott. director general of the
North German Lloyd steamship COM
panv at Bremen. Germany who is on
this coast on a tour of inspection, an
nounced today that his company proDa-
bly, would put on line OF steamships ups
from Yokohama to San francisco. our
vessels ply between Europe and emma
and Japan at present, said Won Her
mott. we are now contemplating put
ting on an extra half dozen large
steamships to handle traffic between
Yokohama and San Francisco during
the coming summer.
Survivors Taken From Wreck
QUELLON, Chile, Feb. 17.-The Chill
can tugboat Pisagua arriving here re-
6
Zenteno has rescued the SS persons who
had been left on the wreck of the Brit
ish steamer Lima in the Huambl1n
pa ge. straits of Magellan
The cruiser arrived at Huamblin
passage Tuesday morning and found
So Of the survivors stu cnnSlnB 10
the wreck. Two others had reached
Those on the wreck were taken off in
small boats. with the aid of lines at
taehed 10 the cruiser. III dae -, Two o+e% VINO
The Ministre Henteno is taxing the
survivors TO Ancud.
The Lima stranded on Pearl point in
Huamblin passage after being rendered
helpless by the storm.
sIoop Burns; Two Men Die
RRFST. France. Feb. 1.-THE sloop
Jeanne dare, containing a carload Of
petroleum. burned at its wharf today;
The captain and one sailor were burned
to death and others were burned or
otherwise injured
Libel Filed Against Steamer
Havfside. Withers & Davis, sship
chambers. filed a suit in libel IN the
United States district court yesterday
and others, owners of the vessel San
Puena Ventura, to recover 1886 owing
on bill for supplies.
Struggled Cigars Are Seized
Oscar Letjquist, a seaman on the
army tug Mcdowell. was caught re
CelKlnG un0ECl2Geu MdDt4o1 tlEd al : Il 80
The Transnort Logan yesterday by
Customs Inspector Freund- Manila to-
bacco is subject to duty unless It has a
certificate of origin. a bed quit with
silk concealed under its lining was
found by Inspector Benninger on the
liner Asia The cases were reported to
Deputy Surveyor Biinn.
Engineer Says Arrest Illegal
Ed Snyder, chief engineer on coast
steamer who was arrested on a charge
of failure 10 provide for his wife in
Port Angeles, Wash, applied yesterday
for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting
that he was illegally confined by the
chief of police and that no warrant had
been sworn to for his arrest Presid-
ing Judge Van Nostrand issued the
writ. making il returnable at 10 O'Clock
saturday morning. In the meantime
Snvder's vessel has left San Francisco
for the north without him.
Notice to Mariners
offce Of United States Lighthouse Inspector.