The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1896, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1896. 23 HE prettiest lighthouse in Cali- fornia is the one on the southern end of Mare Island. Nature has done her best in the way of beau- | tiful surroundings, and the build- | ings put up by the engineers are harmoni- | ous in outline. The two women who bave been the keepers of 1t have so improved | the work of the builders that the place Jooks like the suburban home ot some prosperous business man. The exact loca- tion of the lighthouse is at the meeting of | the waters of San Pablo Bay, Carquinez | Btraits and Napa Creek. The lighthouse is | on a hillside that faces the south, getting all the sunshine possible and being well sheltered from wind and fog. There was an urgent demand for a lighthouse on the southern portion of V. = ARE REfS for a lighthouse. Flowers bloom on all sides and vines climb over the roofs of the different buildings. Oak trees, beneath which there is a soft growth of velvety grass, cover the hills in the vicinity and form a background for the pure white buildings, bringing them out in strong and pleasing contrast. Everything about the place is as orderly as possible and most suggestive of comfort and rest. 5 The interior of the keeper's residence is all that taste and refinement can make it. A dainty parlor filled with all sorws of pretty bric-a-brac occupies a_corner of the house where the sun pours in and fills it with a gentle warmth. The decorations are bright and pleasing and numerous victures adorn the walls. The light tower is built into the resi- dence and really forms a part of it. A stairway leads up from the lower hall to the second floor, where there are a number of cozy sleeping-rooms. The tower is MISS McDOUGAL AND ONE OF THE t i ] {’ GUARDIANS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. Mare Island as far back as 1855, but the| Government did not put one there until 1874. Previous to that time tne fleet of ships and river stea the best way they 1, and from all counts the navigators did remarkably well without it, as there have been very | few accidents in the vicinity. | When the light w put up it was at | 1 Department,and chosen | be seen by all craft going up or the Sacramento or San Joaquin ers had to get along down rivers, and also by vessels entering or leav- ing the navy-yard. To reach the Mare Island Lighthouse it House and Weight-Derrick for Fog-Bell Machine. [From a sketeh.) is necessary to first go to the navy-yard and from there travel over the hills” along the shore for a distance of two and a half | miles. It isa pretty road that leads up through the shipyards, past the big foun- dries and along under the trees to the offi- cers’ houses. A little further and the | hospital is passed, and the road goes out | into the open country. Up hili and dowu, past the powder magazine and then-a steep climb almost to the highest point on the island. Down the bhill on the other | France. side and a sharp turn brings the light- house into view. Atafirst glance mobody would take 1t | entered on this floor and another stairway leads to the lamp-room above, where ail xtra material is kept and the cleaning and trimming done. The lantern is di- rectly above this room and is reached by a spiral stairway. The Mare Island light is of the fourth order. Thelenses are of the usual pattern nd were de by Sautter & Co. of Paris, They ate evidently very much older than toe tower in whicn they are placed, but unfortunately there is no date on them mor any record to show where they were used before. Portions of the internal mechanism have been changed, evidently to adapt the lamp to burn min- eral instead of lard oil, which was once 1n general use. The lamp used is of the Heines pattern and will develop fifty-eight- candle power,” which is increased by the lenses to 598. The light is over seventy- five f-et above high tide and cen be seen twenty-five miles. It does not cover the whole horizon, but a portion is “cut out” by means of refracting glasses that turn the rays of light toward the sea instead of allowing them to be wasted against the hill- side behind the tower. Frogs are not frequent in the vicinity of Mare Island, but provision bas to be made for them when they do come. The fogbell machine is located about thirty feet below the lighthouse and on a wharf built for the purpose. The machine is a new one of the latest pattern, and is operated by a 500-pound weight that is suspended from arope that passes over a drum on which it can be wound. As the bell is near the water the welght would not have room to drop so as to run the machine for any length of time, and to obviate thisa der- rick is constructed outside the house over which the rope passes. The hell has a soft and pleasing tone, but cannot - be heard y iar. It was made in Philadelphia in , but there is no record to show where it was used before being placed in its pres- ent position. Mare Island Lighthouse has never had a man for a keeper. When the light was first built it was in charge of Mrs. Watson, widow of Commandant Watson. She held the position for eight years, and on her retirement it was put in charge of Mrs. McDougal, widow of the late, Captain Mc- Dougal, who still holds it. She has seen fourteen vears in the service and thor- oughly likes e work. Mrs.McDougal is given no assistant by the department, but does all the work herself. She always lights the lamp at sundown and changes it at midnight. The lamp really requires no attention, but it is nec- MARE ISLAND [Sketched f omn LIGHTHOUSE. the wharf.] essary for her to stay awake and be on the lookout for fogs. But they seldom come up during the summer, and during the winter are of short duration. To start the fogbell is really the only unpleasant part of .the work, as it is necessary to go out- side, and in the darkness pass down the wet and slippery stairs to the wharf. To start the bell it is only necessary to touch asmall lever and it will keep tolling for three hours without being wound up. In addition to her duties as lightkeeper, Mrs. McDougal has done all her own house- work and raised a family of four dau%:xters. The one objection to Mare Island Light- house as a place of residence is a serious one. For some mysterions reason the crevices between the rocks along the shore are fiiled with rattlesnakes, and constant care must be exercised to avoid treading on them. During the last fifteen years over sixty have been killed, many of them being over four feet in length.” Nobody about the lighthouse has ever been bitten by one of them, possibly for the reason that they are so careful mot to disturb them, TWO RACING _ BUILDERS, Fléet-Footed J. W. Lucas Beats Charles Dunlop Around a Block. A Fast Greyhound Who Was Pacing Dunlop Fl:w the Track to Chase a Cat. Yesterday the great footrace between J. W. Lucas and Charles Dunlop, the two fleet travelers of the Builders’ Exchange, came off, with the former athlete the win- ner. The contest was for $50 a side and the Exchange medal, and the course was around the block bounded by Tenth and Eleventh avenues and Californiaand Lake streets. Lucas is a lightweight runner, tipping the scale in his racing harness at 23 pounds, while Dunlop carries about 100 pounds less avoirdupoi The distance around the course was 5’ ards, and Dun- lop had agreed to cover this twice while Lucas went around once. The locality was chosen by Referee J. A. Wilson because there were no buildings on the block, and consequently the racers would be in full view of the spectators all the time. This would prevent stealing across lots, as it was confidently expected that one, if not both, of the contestants would try to do. Forthree weeks the flyers have been practicing with John ‘Adams, Walter Lucas, Harry Williamson and A. J. Dono- van all (200 pounders) as pace-makers. Dunlop, however, sneaked in a greyhound with which he practiced in the absence of Lucas and his friends. It was reportedA that the fat man was being paced by a steam pavement roller, but the story was was not verified. : At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the Exchange took a holiday, and all went to the race. The two men were already there, having been on the ground since 8 o’clock. They wereso anxious to get away that their trainers could haraly hold them back. Only by herding them in a barb- wire lot adjoining the course could they be controlled. : At 11:20 o’clock, the gang having arrived, the signal to ‘‘go”” was given by Referee Wilson slapping a piece of rustic board down on the sidewalk. It was the hare and tortoise race over again. Charley Dunlop_ darted away with the speed of light, bis greyhound pacemaker, thinking it was all a joke, biting playfully at his flying heels.” Lucas pulled out in good style, beating the ground so heavily. with his feet that the artificial-stone pavement upon which he ran was cracked every jamp. ] By the time Dunlop was at the finish of his first lap he was pretty well blown and was down to a walk, with the greyhound across the street chasing a cat that had ventured out to see the fun. Lucas was also down to a slow pace, and the rest of the race was a walk for both men. Before Dunlop could make his second round his 253-pound opponent had, like the tortoise, walked in and won the money and medal. The loser and his friends were satisfied, but say that the wide cracks- in the pave- ment, made by Lucas’ ‘“little footsteps, soft and gentle,”” bothered Dunlop in_his second turn around the course. The friends of Mr. Lucas ssy that Adams, their champion’s pace-maker, put up a job with the greyhound to get Dunlop in first, and that the scheme only failed because the dog lett the course to interview the cat. 'Ebe great interest taken in this speed contest has encouraged the sporting mem- bers of the Builders’” Exchange to get up a fat-man’s race in the near future. - - Victor Hugo’s Daughter. Most people have forgotten that Victor Hugo had an insane daughter, who is still living in a lunatic asylum near Paris. . A day or two ago a family gathering was held to appoint a guardian in place of M. Auguste Vacquerie, who held the office till death. The trust now fails upon Victor Hugo's next surviving bosom friend, M. Paul Meurice, to be succeeded in case of another vacancy by the poet’s grandson, Georges Hugo. The story of Adele Hugo is sad and romantic. She eloped with an English officer to India, and was there married without the French legal formali- ties. 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