Show it will bo be recalled that the press ot of san francisco was roused to hot hoi wrath not vory very long ovo ago by the removal of professor Da dairson idson from lilg its position at the head of oc tho the coit coast and geodetic geonet to bull survey T the he public partook ot of that tha t U anith rath f or 11 r odessor davidson had become to be considered elio most le learned arned scientific man of 0 the coast it if I 1 re rc member bright the faculties ot of beverly arid and stanford either imposing Impo alne bodies protested against the removal the au authorities I 1 nt at washington not only turned a deaf lan car to all appeals for alsor davidsons reinstatement but haughtily refused to give any reason reabon tor for lo its act other than to hint that ill taft gnor lad had grown a little too old for or active service in tho the atter after klov ot of all tho th indignation it 1 Is inter eating to read that a survey of 0 the ba bay y of 0 san francisco and tin its approaches la 19 being made by the coast coas t and geodetic survey the need tor for this new survey professor sor dav davidsons dabols extending through forty years Is shown by the discovery of 0 a pinnacle rock in the lh middle ot of point lobos lobo channel a ro rocla c k that rises to fourteen I 1 feet ot of the surface cut face at low tide and Is 19 sure to wreck any vessel that may innocently try to still sail over its point A more inore dangerous obstruction st the examiner bays it would b bf difficult to imagine tn two 0 other oilier dangerous rocks have been found by tile the new men who are in charge of the coast and geodetic survey journalists and local scientists may continue to think that professor davidsons removal was an outrage but mar iners will hardly petition tile the government to give the old gentleman his place back |