The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

| steerage. Among the cabin passengers
Is United States Senator George c. Per
| here and Papeete for the benefit of his
| health A number of Los Angeles peo-
| pie who left here on the Mariposa July
l also are on the passenger list. The
! Los Angeles party is In charge of Doc
! tor Hibberd of the southern city.
In addition to the passengers who are
! travelling for health and pleasure there
are on board a number of immi grants,
| business people and tourists from New
! zealand and Australia.
Harbor Commission Meets
The complaint of Captain Mcleod,
| master of the bark Gerard c: Tobey,
| that he had been overcharged at the
! ferry for ride in a taXicab owned by
! William Duggan was taken up yester-
| day by the harbor commissioners. Sec
retary Thorpe was directed to refer the
complaint to the TaXicab Company of
! California for an immediate explana-
ton. Commissioner Dennison said that
| if it were shown that the captain had
! been overcharged the board would in
| sist upon the excess being refunded
and that II ii were shown that the
! skipper had been deliberately held up
| DugganS taXicabS would be kept away
from the ferry depot.
Charles W. Munroe, engineer in the
revenue cutter service, asked for per-
mission to install pipe line to the
barge Office berth of the revenue cutter
Golden Gate, which has been converted
into an oil burner and which will be
1
The chief electrician reported the re-
cent scandalous behavior of the ferry
clock and suggested that it be given
thorough overhauling, which was or
dered
Dr. H. Spiro informed the board that
he had method of coating piles with
tion and asked permission to drive one
as a test at his own expense His re-
quest was referred to the engineer.
Boiler of the Phoenix Is Missing
The cause of the explosion that
wrecked the steamer Phoenix will
never be known. When the inspectors
climbed into the shattered hull after
1t had been pumped out they discovered
believed that the explosion blew the
boiler into the sea. but it is supposed
that the explosion. so shattered the
boiler connections that when the vessel
turned turtle the boiler dropped to the
bottom of the ocean. The hull of the
steamer was practically unharmed. No
position that will be made of the dere-
iict
Officials to Return on the Nippon
Vice President NJ. Okawa and Man
aging Director NJ. Shiraishi of the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha will be passengers for
leaves here Tuesday They came to this
country to sever relations with the
Southern Pacific and to form an alli-
ance with the Western Pacific. The
Toyo Kisen Kaisha and the Western
Pacific will operate in conjunction after
the first of the new year when the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Southern Pacific al
lance expires. The Nippon will carry
about IS passengers and a large cargo.
Schooner's Captain Held BIameIess
That Captain John Lappin was not
to blame for the grounding of the
schooner NJ. Turner on the shoals near
Kahului, Hawaii April I, was the de-
cision rendered yesterday by Inspect
ors of Hulls and Boilers Bolles and
Bulger
The inspectors found that the ship
was deserted by the sailors and officers
with the exception of the captain, car
penter and mate, who remained aboard
until rescued by the revenue cutter
Thetis April g. The inspectors stated
that the pilot boat which was coming
toward the vessel turned and went
back to the harbor without offering
aid even after the NJ. Turner was seen
to be signaling for assistance.
The damage to the vessel was deter
mined to be $4,000 and that to the
cargo $500.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1.130 600 feet.
The kosmosf liner Scraps, which
leaves here Tuesday for Europe, ar
rived yesterday from the north to fin-
ish loading and went direct to Port
Costa to receive a big shipment of bar
ley for the United Kingdom
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, which
is due here Sunday morning, was 1855
! lac f1-rat, f-,+ 80