The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-28
SEA AND SHORE.
England VIII Build Cargo Steam
ers of the Whaleback Type.
Coooauuts From Samoa Coast-Defense Ship
Monterey-Whales Caught at the Heads.
SMALLPOX on the Island.

COrdlng to reports IN English exchanges
William DCxfOrd S5 Sons. ship builders
and engineers of London, have taken out
patents for the new style of boat in Great
Britain and abroad. Fairplay says Of the
new type OF boat:
The scantings OF The hull have been accepted
for classification by the two leading authorities,
LoydS and the Bureau \-rItaS. The adVan-
laEeS OF tie design are simplicity OF conSiruc-
ton, absolute continuity OF strength, increased
carrying capacity upon given dimensions, ana q
minimum net register tonnage on dead we ght
CAPACITY. The contemplated advantages VIII
be attained al reduced cost as compared win
the ordinary type of cargo vessel The principle
Will admit Of great economy IN lie slowing ana
trimming OF cargo, lndsmuch as the hOldS de-
voted 10 that purpose are continuous lorna
ton, running from the englne-rO0m 10 the col.
li5Ou Oulkhedd, with TWO wateT-uBht divisions
for the purpose OF additional safety and
strength.
By this design considerable amount OF
economy viii be obtained IN respect 10 the
damage which often arises from washing away
bulwaIks and oeck-btIings and strainlng the
decks, the ordinary shellpldting OF vessels being
carried right up TO Tie upper platform ihus as
nslBg with tie usual thin deck-pla'ing. The
dec. available for communication between one
end OF the vessel and The other is about eleven 10
twelve feet above the load Water-llne. The Ordl-
nary st aWeI's bow, which is so we'll adapted for
meeting the sea, IS retained In this design; in
fact 10 may be seen that the type combines all
that is useful In tie ordinary tyne OF caIEo-bOdt
with improvements adding 10 The carrying power
OF the vessel and 10 her seaW0TthiueSs as we'll
as 10 economy IN ntSt cost and 10 working eX-
peusrS.
We have no doubt that tile design will attract
considerable amount OF attention, especially as
tie American Whaleback steamer which was ID
Liverpool ShOIt time ago drew the attention OF
shlp-OwueTs 10 the important TACT that It IS
possible 10 depart very considerably from estab-
lshe0 practice IN the design OF steamers. IN
doubleday tie American whaebdck did not meet
with he approval Of English shlp-OWuers but IL
is considered by those VINO have seen The model,
4| oil El..z FFhf.H
Sons IN their design have overcome all the OBJ
iscJiOuable features Of The Americ IN vessel
The objection that most people In this country
entertain 10 The American WhaiebaCN boat, with
its spoon bow, Il the want OF means of commune
cation from end 10 euu OF the vessel. leading 10
the diminished quarters OF the crew, owing 10
the washing OF the sea over the vessel Another
objection Is the want OF feeding arrangements
for bulk CdrC0es, there being IN the whalebacKS
no raised trunks running longitudnany along
the vessel. Again, 10 the WhaebdCk vessel as
The matches form e portion OF HE shell OF the
vessel, rle delay in removing and replacing
them Is most important drawback, as they
have 10 he secured by means of screw-bOlts and
lOintlng, instead Of by The simple method Of
laying matches aud balIeniug down the tarpauIin.
TOOK a LOFTY TUMBLE.
A horse htched to one of Dunsmuir's coal
carts took a lofty tumble about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t had taken a load
Of coal to the top Of the big pile In the yard
on East street. but the rig was backed too
over the dump and landed in The yard,
twenty-five feet below, all in a heap The
horse turned two SOmersaults in the descent
and landed on his back. The employees of
the company soon had the animal on his
feet again. No serious damage resulted.
The brig Percy Edwards arrived in port
| yesterday after passage Of 63 DAYS from
Ap.a. Captain Anderson said the vessel
| had head winds all the way up, and only
laid her course for sixteen hours during the
! entire trip. Her cargo consists of $4,000 CO.
cosnuts for a. Crawford. She brought no
news.
Captain Lenders, Port Warden, met with
a serious accident by being thrown from
his buggy. which c0llded with n cOal-c3rt.
The buggy was smashed, and the captain
/ badly bruised. The accident took place at
the corner OF Jackson and Davis streets.
TRIAL or THE MONTEREY's ENGINES.
The engines of the new coast-defeuse ship
Monterey were given trial on Tuesday
night and were run for fourteen hours at
seyenty-hye revolutions per minute. They
worked as smooth as if they had been Kun
for months. A dispatch has been received
by the Union Iron Works stating that the
first shipment Of side aTmOr for the Mon
terey win DE made in a lew days. and some
Of tie barnette armor VII be on It's way TO
San Francisco a week later.
The MCCallum Fishing and Trading Com
paHy's new schooner CZariua Will sail Sat
Urday on her first regular trip 20 the COM
pauy's stations al Pirate Cove. Pdulotf.
J0husons Harb0r and Port Stanley, Alaska,
and viii carry free mail for these and adj
jdCeut points. Letters should be left at
tie Office, 203 Front street. on or before
Saturday morning
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was cloudy, with an eight-knOt breeze from
the northwest. The thermometer stood
800.
TORE OUT HER wINDLAss.
The German bark Adelaide left Lombard
street Wharf to anchor In the stream yester-
day morning. but had to return. When the
anchor was let 60 1t was found that not
enough chain had been Overhauled and the
result was that the Windiass was torn out of
the ship and she had 10 return to the dock
for repairs.
THiugs from the whaling bark Triton,
now Ut Yokohama, are that TWO DAYS after
she sailed from San Francisco, some two
mont S ago, she had the good luck 10 capture
two large sperm whales not far from
the heads. This is splendid luck as such q
thing has not been reported before for over
thirty years.
The bark Catherine Sudden sailed for
GTays HaTb0T with nOu-un0n crew Of six
The captain shipped the men for So per
month, So less than the rcgu ar wages At
Grays HarbOT the vessel VIII LOAD for South
America, and the captain Will then ship
deep-WateT crew.
NEW CASES OF SMALLPOX.
Several new cases OF smallpox have
broken out among the Chinese on Angel
Island, and il Is feared that the disease may
become epidemic. At the present time at
least five Of the Cinnamon are down with
the disease and the others are feeling very
blue IN consequence. Should they be re-
leased in time they Will be taken 10 Homo
lulu on the steamer China booked to leave
on February 17Jh.
The new four-masted schooner John D.
Tallant belonging to Wright. Bovine Il Co.,
has been towed over from Oakland Greek
and is now lying at Lombard street Wharf.
To-day she Will be taken to Mission No. !
to load miscellaneous cargo for Seattle.
On her return trip she will load lumber for
this city.
The steamer Karluck will be brought over
from Oakland Creek in a day or two and
fitted out as a frst-class blubber-hunter,
under the supervision Of james McKenua.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrivals were the steamers State of Cali
fOrDla from Portland anu Nettle Low from
Point Reyes; the snip Lew j. Burgess from
Seattle with coal for the Oregon Improve
| ment Company; the bark McNear from
Tacoma, cOa-laden and consigned 20 the
| South Prairie Coal Company; the barken-
tine ). NJ Castle from Honolulu, with sugar
for j. ID. Spreckels d Bros. the City Of
Papeete from Tahiti, with general cargo
and the British schooner Alexander, with
cedar logs for L. Z. II. Whiteaw
Departures were the steamers COsmopO-
LIS and Pomona for Eureka. Newsbpy for
Moss Landing, Eureka for Wilmington and
AcaZar for Greenwood. The ships Amer
lea aud Melrose sailed for Nanaimo, the
| Oriental for Seattle, bark Highland Light
| for Departure Bay ana the Catherine Sud
! den for Grays Harbor, and the coasters
| Gem, j. Eppinger, Jessie Miner and Charles
| Hansen went TO sea.
The Battina Accama went from Port
! Costa to the stream, City OF Benares TO
! Oakland, COlima to Mission No 1, Percy
! Edwards TO Pacific street and the Stock
| bridge TO Port Costa To-day the Ian
| castles Castle will 90 to Howard No . Star
| Of Austria to the sea-wall, Levi G. Burgess
| to Beale street, and the BenlaTig, Hutton
| Hall, King Arthur and Formosa will tow
| to sea.
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