The morning call., 1891-06-26
SEA AND SHORE.
Wreck of the Ship New York on
Staten Island.
A River Steamer Deserted By Her Hands
Risks of Underwriters-New Timetable
for Northern Steamers.

The deck-handS OF the river steamer City
Of Stockton marched ashore in body yes
terdaY morning and the captain had hard
Job to fill their place.
''Those boats are floating warehouses;"
said one of the men to CALL reporter,
"they don't carry half men enough to han
die the freight, and we have to work twenty
two hours out of every twenty-fOur. The
freight is rushed aboard at way landings
and the men have to work hard to get it
Strengthened out before we get to the next
landing. AS soon as we reach San Fran
cisco, and instead of being allowed a rest.
the freight is going out Of the boat before
the lines are made fast"
A visit was paid to the Office of the COM
pany on Clay-street Wharf and the re-
porter was told that the men paid off were
only three in number, instead of fifteen.
They are a slow set and are green at the
business" said the agent. ''0f course the
work is hard, but we only work half of the
crew at a time and if the rest don't go to
sleep it amt our fault. Just as soon as most
of them earn enough money to go on time
they quit, and we pay them of at once
and put other men IN their places.
Only part of the crew had been secured up
to O'Clock, but the captain said he would
LITIGATION OVER THE PREMIER.
There is likely to be a lawsuit over the
sale OF the schooner Premier, wrecked some
time ago a. Pirate Cove, Alaska, and sold
for $500 by the captain to man named
Sch0tt, manager Of the cannery at Bristol
Bay. Now her former owners are kicking,
and say they Will sue to recover the vessel
or her value. A peculiar feature Of the
risks taken by underwriters having the te-
fD : l.
Illustrated in the case of the schooner Pre-
mier, which arrived in port all right after
having been wrecked and sold for the
benefit Of all concerned" If report is true
she brought back the cargo that was Orlgi-
nally insured here, and which has been paid
for as total loss, while the schooner her
self would have been paid for also had not
underwriters on the hull wisely held back
to make sure that she was really lost
Alaska business is becoming more nndeSlr-
able every year.
The schooner John Mccullough will sail
to-day for Point Barrow and ST. Lawrence
Islands. She is laden with building mate
rial 10 be used in the new missionary sta
ton to be established there.
WRECK OF THE NEW YORK.
The British ship New York, bound from
Swansea to San Francisco, is reported to-
tai wreck. Dispatches received IN this city
yesterday state that she went ashore on
on April Goth and became a total loss the
members of the crew barely escaping with
their lives. The New York was an iron YES
sci built in 1853 at GreenOck on the Clyde
aud originally a steamer but 10 1880 she was
transformed into a sailing vessel. She Is
we'll known here, having made several voy-
ages TO this port, and was IN command OF
Captain Z. NJ. Thomas. The ship was
owned by E. Bates IL Co. of Liverpa oil. Her
tonnage was 279i tons; length, 32S feet;
beam, 40 feet inches, with depth OF 80
feet 3 inches. She sailed from Swansea with
q cargo OF coal and coke consigned to Meyer,
Wilson u Co. OF DO Battery street. The
ship and cargo were fully insured.
The schooner San Buenaventura ran into
the LOmbard-street Wharf Oh Wednesday
light while trying to beat out of the harbor.
Besides carrying away all her headgoar she
tore hole in the end of the shed.
The steamer Santa Cruz left yesterday for
Alaska with full cargo OF blasting powder
for use in the mines.
A NEW TIMETABLE.
The Pacific aSt Steamship Company's
steamers will have a new timetable on July
1st for the south coast trade. After that
date those running 10 San Diego will call at
Newport and RedondO in addition to the
regular ports OF call. Instead OF making all
four days trips there will be one four days
and one five days trlp in oder to give the
steamers a chance to blow down and clear
their boilers instead of being compelled to
lay ~ as heretofore.
The Master Mariners have decided to have
race Tor Sch0oners on the Fourth OF July
and have received several entries. The
course VIII be from Washington Wharf
to Hunters Point to Oakland Bar, to Fort
Point aud back to the starting point.
The ship Robert l.. Belknap started from
Port Costa late on Wednesday night in tow
of the tug Relief, but stuck in the mud on
the way down and did not reach her anchor
age until daylight yesterday morning
The steamer Santa Monica has been
Hbeled by nine sailors for SSl3 "a claimed
IS wages.
BACK AT HIS POST.
Captain J. NJ. Cavalry has returned after
a visit to his old home in New England.
The genial captain Is one of the oldest COM
msnders IN the employ of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. having been in its
service nearly thirty years. He is the only
post captain in San Francisco and was
formerly in command of the COlima. He
will take the Acapulco out on her next trip.
Purser I. Smith Of the MarposA will take
a vacation, and his place wilt be filled by II.
l.. Foss. Bets have been made along the
front over the change, three to one being
offered that the new purseT will be seasick
before the MaripOsa reaches Fort Point.
The steamer Columbia will leave for Port
land in place OF the George W. Elder, which
will lay mp for repairs Like the Oregon
the Columbia has had a thorough overhaul
ing and now looks like new ship
The weather yesterday was hazy with
northwest wind, blowing twenty miles an
hour. The barometer stood 2SS5.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
The following-named vessels arrived
yesterday: Steamers Point Arena from
Mendocino, Humboldt from Eureka, Gypsy
from Santa Cruz, and the schooners New
ark, Mary Gilbert, Volunteer and Golden
Gate from coast ports with cargoes Of lum-
Der. The bark Gatherer from Tacoma
brought down 1850 tons of coal for the
South Prairie Coal Company
The following went 10 sea- City of Rio
de JaneirO for Yokohama and HOng-KOng,
Eureka for Wilmington aud Santa Cruz for
Astoria, bark Mount Washington for Port
Blakeley and the schoOners Orion for Jaluit
and the Ralf j. Long and COquille for the
Coquille River.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the charters reported yesterday
were the following
Chilean bark Tulsa Marts, 857 tons, nm-
Der from New Westminster to Sydney. GO
lbs 6d-chartered by BIlfOur, Guthrie &
Co.
Bark Oregon, 1864 tons. coal from Nanai-
mo to this port, option Of San Pedro-char-
tered by John Rosenfeld's Sons.
British shin Duke of Argyle, 900 tons,
wheat from Tacoma to Cork, U. K, Havre
or Antwerp.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The following movements were made
Yesterday. ships Benica and Glenorchv to
Oak and, Kenebec to Folsom street, G A.
Briggs to sugar refinery, and the batken-
tine Discovery to the refinery The steamer
Zelandia moved from the refinery to Fol
som street.
THE OLDEST FISHERMAN.
The funeral of BenedettO Razz ito took
place yesterday afternoon from the rooms
OF the SOcieta Italiana Mutua Benefcenza
and was largely attended. The deceased
was the Oldest fisherman in San Francisco,
having engaged in the business here ever
since 1S47. lie was born In Genoa, Italy, So
years ago. Every fishing smack in the har-