The morning call., 1892-02-13
SEA AND SHORE.
Work on The Wreck of the Steam
Collier San Pedro.
Arrival Of the Waterlogged john Mccullough.
Earned Another Ponus-Sealers Fitting
0ut-Trial Trip of the Fearless

Captain Bryant has returned from Y lie
torla, where he had been experimenting the
work of raising the wrecked steamer San
Pedro lie told a CALL reporter that he Is
sanguiDe that the steamer will be raised in
about two weeks more. Fifteen of the large
pontoons to be used in floating her are in
the water and have been tested, while the
other nine are ready to launch. The heavy
swell has greatly retarded the work. as the
men have had to stop for days at time on
this account Beyond the hole in her bot
tom that caused her to sink, the steamers
hull is not damaged in the least BY work
ing at low water over 1000 tons of the coal
with which the vessel is loaded has been
taken out Of her, but even this has been
slow work, owing to the fact that all the
low tides recently have been in the night
time. Captain Whitelaw has crew there.
and his wrecking steamer Whitelaw is also
at work on the wreck The company en-
plOyed all OF the wrecking appliances in
Victoria, but found them Of little use IN the
work, so Captain Bryant applied to the
Collector at Victoria for permission to use
the Whitelaw. That gentleman gave the
required permission, so there is no truth in
the story that he had refused to allow the
Whltelaw 10 work in British waters AS
soon as the steamer is raised she will be
beached for temporary repairs on sandy
beach near the scene of the wreck. after
which she will be taken to Esquimalt and
placed on the Gry-dock.
IN TOW OF THE VIGILANT
The tug Vigilant arrived yesterday morn
ing with the schooner John Mccullough 10
tow. This Is the vessel that went ashore ut
Fish Rock few days ago. but was hauled
off waterlOgged Owing to her condition
she took half the Pacific Ocean TO steer IN,
thus making hard work for the tug, as she
had to go very slow all the trip. When OF
Point Reyes the heavy swell broke clear
over the schooner, and the crew took refuge
on board the tug. The Mccullough tied up
at Spear-street Wharf, and will be placed on
the Merchants Dry-dOek for repairs as soon
as the Emily comes off.
Captain Lewis of the bark Carrolt0n is
| happy. He came in from Nanaimo yester-
! day after a round trip of twentyeight days,
| thus earning his second bonus Of $50 offered
| by his owners. Captain Lewis won his first
! bonus when he made the trip in twenty-toUr
days
According to a cablegram from London on
| Thursday the natives OF Terra del Fuego
| are plundering the British ship Crown Of
| Italy, previously reported wrecked.
FITTING OUT FOR CRUISES.
The sealing schoOners BOwhead, Active
! and Matte S. Dyer are at Mission No.
| fitting out for cruise. The Bowhead eX-
| poets to leave on Monday, and the others
| Will follow soon after. The Active is the
smallest sealer fitting out at this port,
| being only fourteen tons register; yet Cap
! tain George Ball, her owner, expects 10
| reach Japan and have as many seals as any
| body and he has not had his life insured
| either.
The new tug Fearless will make her trial
! trip to-day. After turn about the bay she
| will make a run up to Mare Island and
| then cross the bar and make her obeisance
TO old ocean. John ID. Spreckels & Brothers
| have issued large number Of invitations,
| and a most enjoyable time may be expected.
| The tug will leave FosOm-street Wharf
! promptly at II o'clock A NJ
! The weather outside the heads yesterday
was haZy, with northeast wind II miles an
| hour The barometer dropped from 5000
to 29.78
DOWN FROM YAQUINA BAY.
The steamer Maggie Ross arrived yes
| lerday from Yaquina Bay, to which place
she was towed by the Willamette Valley
| after having been abandoned at sea by her
| crew some time ago when several men lost
| their lives. The Ross has been fixed up
| again and brought down a load of lumber,
Captain Marshal, her former commander.
| VIII again take charge OF her.
Bids for the work Of repairing the ship
| OrisSa, which was damaged in collision
with the Gowanburn IN Mission BAY on the
18th inst, will be opened to-day The cost
| OF repairing will amount 10 over $4,000.
| lJeSlQ eS LnIS the OWutIS Will udNc u LdN
| for the damage to the Gowanburn, which
Will amount to at least 5000 more.
A dispatch under date of London on
| Thursday conveys the intelligence that the
| British bark Lanarkshlrs from Tacoma ar
| rived at Queenstown aud reported having
been thrown on her beam ends in severe
gale and jettisoned cargo TO the extent Of
| about fifty tons.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrivals were the steamers NewsbOy from
| Navarro, Greenwood from San Pedro, Ore
gon from Portland. Santa Cruz from Port
Hartford, the British sealing steamer This
tie from Victoria and the bark Carrolton
! from NanaimO with 1925 tons Of coal for
John RoseDfeid's Sons
Departures were the steamers Mexico for
| San Diego, Umatilla Tor Victoria San Be-
| nito for Tacoma. Greenwood for San Pedro.
ship Star Of Austria for Port Townsend,
bark Palmyra for Puget Sound. Maude for
| Seattle and the sugar brig John ID. Spreck-
| els for kahului.
Movements were the Spartan to Port
| Costa, Cape York, MontgOmeryshire, Ke-
weenaw and Colorado to the stream. Siren
| and VanduTa TO Oakland and the Emanuel
ACcame 10 the seawal
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Latest reported charters are the following !:
Ship j. q. Brown, 1873 tons. now at San
| Pedro, coal from Nanaimo TO this port,
| option of San Pedro, chartered by John
Ship Wachusett. 1919 tons, coal from Ma
naimo TO this port, option of San Pedro,
| chartered by John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Schooner Queen, 264 tons, merchandise to
| VIadivoStock, chartered by Roth, Blum
81 Co.
Warning Tug Captains.
The comDlaint LODGED nv Cantain SiIOvich