The morning call., 1891-08-29
SEA AND SHORE.
The Pensacola Awaiting Her
Final Orders.
A Dangerous Cargo-River Steamers DAM
aged in Collision-The Starbuck
Ordered to This Port.

The steamer Signal took up to Alaska
yesterday surveyor, engineer. additional
miners and supplies for the Alaska Coal
Company for its mines at Kachekmak Bay,
making the third shipment OF men and sup
plies sent up by this company in the last
lew weeks. The company has chartered
the schooner Undaunted to bring down a
sample cargo from its mines in October for
distribution among the large manufacturers
and stockholders of the company for test.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamship
Starbuck has been ordered to this port for
repairs. Her place on the coast of Central
America will be taken by the new steamer
Costa Rca, now on her way out from the
East.
outside the heads yesterday the weather
was foggy, with twelve-knot breeze from
the west. The barometer stood 29.90.
RIVER STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
The steamer Herald did not look very we'll
when she arrived from Vallejo yesterday
morning The old boat ran into the steamer
Amador at South Vallejo. about II o'clock,
on Thursday night, and had her whole star
board side smashed in. All the damage
was to the light woodwork above the guard,
and the round trip was made yesterday with
Tie big hole covered up by two large tar
paulins. The Amador was severely dam
aged and had her rudder smashed.
Ihe steamer Mod0c did not reach this
city until o'clock yesterday afternoon.
ne ooat lett Sacramento on time, but when
on Parkersburg the shaft of the air-pump
Droke. Several hours were taken up repair
ing the damage, and the boat had hardly re-
sumed her trip when she struck a sand-bar,
where she stuck for nearly two hours.
The steamship Corona will receive a
thorough overhauling, and her place on the
San Diego route will be taken by the Queen.
A DANGEROUS CARGO.
The schooner James Townsend, lying
at Green-street Wharf, took on board
twenty-eight cases of dynamite at noon yes
terday. Assistant Chief Wharfinger Charles
Putnam at once ordered the vessel out into
the stream. The captain demurred as he had
lot of freight 10 take on and wanted to
land the stuff again, but he had to move
away from the wharf before doing so.
The United States steamer Pensacola now
at Mare Island, received her sailing orders
from Washington at o'clock on Thursday
morning, and is now awaiting final orders
from the Navy Department. These may
arrive at any time, and then the ship will
at once start for Honolulu without stopping
at this city.
The ship Empire has been sold to Fl. j.
Cohradt. Captain Davis and others, terms
private. Captain Davis was formerly
master Of the bark w. b. Godfrey, and will
now take charge of his new purchase.
MOVEMENTS OF SHIPPING.
The arrivals yesterday were the steam
ships Willamette Valley from Yaquina
steamer Fulwell from Ensenada, the Santa
Cruz from Lompoc, and the NOyo from
Noyo with big raft of piles. The bark
Detroit, from Seattle, brought down cargo
OF 1904 tons of coal iOr Z. Is. Cornwall, and
the sehooners Parkersburg, Garcia. c. II.
MnntaraU fa
arrived from Coast ports.
The Oriental went to Beale-street Wharf,
the bark TheObald to Oakland, City of
Florence from Port Costa to the stream,
steamer City OF Rio de JGDeiro to the dry
dock at Hunters Point, and the bark Sarah
and Emma to Port Costa to load. To-day
the Stanley will go to Long Bridge. the
Alden Besse TO Oakland, and the Eudora
and Berlin to Port Costa to load.
The steamship City of Pueola left for
Victoria and the Wellington for Nanaimo.
The ship Glenburn t0wed to sea, bound TO
Liverpool; the bark Saranac sailed for St.
NaZaire, the Vidette left for Port Madison,
and the schooners John, Fredrck, Ivy,
Eclipse and Newark for Coast ports.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the latest reported charters are the
following:
Swedish bark Gamen, OF tons, now at
San Diego, lumber from PUGET Sound to
Melbourne, Adelaide or Port Pirie, 93 IS Cd.
Bark General Fairfield, 1926 tons, Goa!
from NanaimO to this port, option of San
Pedro chartered by Johu Rosenfeld's Sons
British steamer Fulwell, 1896 tons, wheat
to Cork, United Kingdom or Continent,
e. 5s; chartered prior to arrival by William
Dresbach.
Schooner Premier, 800 tons, cannery sup
plies to Alaska; chartered by the Arctic
Packing Company.
Norwegian steamer. II. Wedel- -Jarlsberg,
1858 tons, lumber from Moudyville to Port
PIrie; private.
Bark Aureola, TS5 tons, coal from De-
parture Bay to this port; chartered by R. D.
Chandler.