The morning call., 1892-01-09
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival Of a Large Fleet of
Deep Water Ships.
The Whitesboro on the Dry-Dock-A Claim
for Salvage settled-Arming the Copwin
Brandy and Honey for Germany.
Quite a large fleet Of deep-water vessels

Quite a large fleet Of deep-water vessels
arrived in port yesterday, six Of them bring
ing coal. They were the Norwegian ship
Hiawatha, from Glasgow. with a cargo Of
213S tons for J. d. Spreckels & Bros. the
German ship Roland. from Liverpool, with
1850 tons for Meyer, Wilson e. Co.; the
British ship TasCadale, from Newcastle, \.
S. W., with 1854 tons for j. d. Spreckels 81
Bros the British bark H1lus, from Swan
sea, with 24O4 tons for the Renton Coal
Company; the British bark Northern Way,
from Sharpness, with 1000 tons, to J. W.
Grace 81 Co., and the bark Gatherer, from
Tacoma, with a cargo of $3.50 tons for the
South Prairie Coal Company. The British
bark Harold, from London, has cargo OF
cement for J. d. Spreckels 81 Bros, and the
British ship Star of Germany. also from
London, brings cement for E. c. Evans.
A ToUGH-LOOKING CRAFT.
The steamer WhitesborO was placed on
the Merchants Dry-do ok yesterday after
noon, and as soon as lifted out Of the water
the extent of the damage sustained when
she went on the rocks at Little River could
be plainly seen. The entire keel is torn
away from stem to stern, the ruddeT pro-
peller, stern and rudder post carried away,
and a hole five feet square knocked in her
starbOaId side abreast the foremost. The
vessel looked as If the whole bottom had
dropped out of her. and only the lumber in
her hold hept her atOat AS one Of the car
penters remarked, "Sbe IS the toughest
looking craft that has ever been on the dry
| dock" 1t will take fully $4,000 to fix her
up again.
The owners of the steamer Maggie Ross
have settled the salvage claims held by the
Willamette Valley by paying the sum Of
$4,000. 1t is stated that the Maggie Ross
| can be repaired for about $4,000.
BRANDY AND HONEY.
The bark Oberon will take to Bremen
general cargo. consisting almost entirely OF
brandy and honey. The brandy is in fifty
two-gallon casks. and she will carry $500 Of
that size, besides quite q large number OF
smaller. The honey is in boxes, and over
| 2000 cases are already on board. This is the
first cargo of the kind ever shipped from
this port
Notice has been given that the thlrd-elass
spar buoy. painted black, on the outer edge
of Humboldt Bar, California, has been re-
placed.
The date OF departure of the mail steamer
Oceanic has been changed from the 18th to
the 10th.
AIMING THE CUTTER CORWIN.
The revenue cutter Thomas II. COrwin
viii be quite a formidable vessel when she
| is ready for sea again. She will carry
p
heavy iron standard.
A new wharf, to measure so by 60 feet,
| will be built at Goat island, and proposals
| for the job are invited by the Government
| officials /.
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was thick, with a south wind eight miles
an hour. The barometer stood 1914.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the Louis
Walsh TO Folsom No. l, Star of Russia from
Port Costa to the stream, Dunnerdale to
Pacific street. Harvester to Oakland,
Cr0mpton TO ihe rolling-mlls, Cape Ork to
the Mai Dock and Orient to Green street
To-day the Montserrat will go TO Oakland
Greek. Lucknow TO the sea-wall, Andrada
to Port Costa and the ArgOmene To sea.
Departures were the steamers Del Norte
and Arcata for Coos Bay, willamette Valley
for aquina Bay, Eureka for Wilmington.
Gypsy for Santa Cruz and Walla Walla for
| Victoria. The ship tlintshiEe sailed for
Queenstown, the WachuSett for Nanaimo
and the bark Albert for Honolulu.
Arrivals were the steamers Corona from
San Diego and the NOyO from NOyO, and
the ship Eclipse from Philadelphia with
general cargo for Sutton & Beebe.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following:
British ship Desdemona, 1890 tons, red
wood lumber to Cork, United Kingdom
rechartered by H. NJ. Newhall & Co.
German iron ship Orient. 1919 tons, wheat
to United Kingdom. Hayre or Antwerp
prior to arrival, 45S Cd