The San Francisco call., 1910-08-26

illuminated on the night of September
1, the date of the German saengerfest.
This request was granted, and as by
that time the extra lamps Will all be
in place the saeRgerfeSt illumination
VIII be unusually elaborate.
At the request of James Rolph Jr.
the board also gave the Admission day
festival committee permission to place
a banner advertising the show on one
of the dolphins in front of the ferry
depot. On another dolphin will be a
similar banner advertising the state
fair at sacramento. In granting these
advertising permits the. board broke
one of its own rules and made II plain
to all concerned that the permission
precedent
In a long and rather involved letter
6. L. Blair, agent for the San Francisco
and Portland steamship company tried
to show the board why the state should
bear the expense of cutting two extra
slips in pier 40 The board had pre-
viously declined to bear this expense
and yesterday directed the secretary to
inform Blair that the commission saw
no reason for changing its attitude.
The Spring Valley water company
filed with the board a statement of the
so called fire hydrants on the water
front A few weeks ago the Spring
Valley company asked the board to pay
$3.50 a month for each of these hy-
water company suggested. merely to
protect state property aaginst fire. The
board took the stand that the hydrant s
had been placed there for the con-
venience Of the water company and
would be of no value in fighting fire.
The Spring Valleys statement confirms
this supposition. Of 233 hydrants along
the water front all but 21 are used to
deliver water to customers of the
water company The q surplus hy-
drants will be capped or removed.
A proposal to retain special counsel
to prosecute the action against Gray
Brothers crushed rock company for
failure of contract was referred to the
boards attorney.
Steamer Roanoke CrippIed at Portland
The steamer Roanoke ran aground
yesterday on the Columbia river when
on the way from Portland for San
Francisco. The steamer was floated,
but with dana ged rudder to repair
which II was necessary to return to
Portland The North Pacific steamship
company, which operates the Roanoke,
has had more than one company's share
Clara developed leak off Humboldt
and hlled with water. The water
logged derelict was towed to this port
and repairs have just been completed
A few days ago the steamer +. A. Kill
burn of the same line took fire at Oak
land long wharf and was Quilted by the
flames.
Bark Edward May to Lose Wings
The Edward May, one of the old land
marks in Oakland creek, was recently
moved down to-the Moore & Scott iron
works to be converted into coal
barge for the Pacific Coast coal
company. The Edward May, owned
until recently by Alexander & Bald
win, was for many years a profitable
ship, but with the advent of steam the
old wooden vessel was laid up. After
the purchase by the Pacific Coast coal
company bids were asked TO change the
vessel to barge and the contract was
awarded to the Moore 6, Scott iron
works for $1,000. The bids from other
firms Were: Dalarup company. $3,475;
Union iron works, s2,506: United en-
gineering works, $4,000; Risdon iron
works, $2,407.s
Many Sail on santa Rosa