The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-01

fre-room. engines and cabins, and the CEN
trail portion Of the vessel Is for the cargo
Several large hatchways allow Of the cargo
being taken in or out, and the matches are
perfectly water tight when screwed down.
The WeJm0re reached the ocean from
Lake Superior through the chain OF lakes
and the 81. Lawrence River, and, although
only built for the COaStlng trade, her first
charter took her across the Atlantic Ocean
to Liverpool, where she created quite a
sensation A remarkable feature Of the trip
Was that Sic only used l95 tons OF coal on
the voyage OF 1880 nautical miles.
LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
The passage from Liverpool 90 New York
was made i'm fifteen days on a consumption
of $50 tons of coal During this trip size
carried $50 tons of fuel ON deck, and not
pound Of freight or weight Of any kind IN
her ho.d-a test that no one would dream Of
putting any other vessel 10. During the
( voyage TO Liverpool and also from the
Delaware TO Seattle she was caught IN
several heavy gales, but came through
without damage OF any kind until she
reached tile latitude Of San Francisco,
when the TuddeT was damaged and she had
TO take tow 10 reach the sound In point
Of speed the Wetmore is considerably
ahead Of most coasters, as she can steam
fourteen knots an hour ana keep II up, and
This on coal consumption Of hall ton an
hour
a Run OF BAD LUCK,
The steamer has had run Of bad luck
since reaching this Coast, as once she ran
ashore and after getting oil and making
fresh start has now returned to Seattle leak
ing badly and viii have 10 unload ana 20
On the dry-dOck for repairs
Motive power for the steamer is furnished
by a compound engine Of $50 indicated
horsepower. and size carries a working
pressure Of 12j pounds Of steam. Size
carries a crew Of seventeen all told, and the
cost Of running when compared TO ordinary
steamers Of the same capacity Is as 500 to
1900.
SCHOONER ASHORE.
The steamer Pomona arrived from Eu-
reka yesterday and reported that when
passing CenteryIlIe the schooner Mabel
Gray was sighted ashore. The vessel was
well up on the beach and in a very bad po-
sitiOn The Mabel Gray was on her way
from San Pedro to Eureka IN ballast. she
is owned by G.. d. GRAY Of this city. She
was of 100 tons register, ll9 feet long, 81
feet beam ana feet deep, ana was COM
paTaliYely a Now vessel.
The WTrCkiUg steamer Nhtelaw, hence
for Victoria last Saturday, returned 10 port
yesterday WITH her machinery disabled.
The new steamer Homer is on the dry
dock having her pTOpeIieTs put IN, and at
tracts cons derable attention from the fact
that size is the only steamer on the coast
fitted with twin screws
SHIFTED TIE CARGO.
She schooner j. G. Wall, which arrived
from San Bias yesterday, reports that when
Of Point Reyes on Saturday last she was
caught IN a heavy northwest gale that
shifted part Of the cargo and filed the cabin
fun Of water.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS TIPSY.
Spectators at the ferry depot were treated
to disgracrful sight about 10 O'Clock yes
terday morning, when an Italian woman
with four little children, the oldest OF whom
was not over years Of age, stepped or
rather rolled from a H0Ward-Street car.
The woman was intoxicated, and TO make
matters worse the two eldest children, both
girls were in the same condition. Sergeant
! CaYanagh was called, and he at once rang
for patrol wagon; tut the woman, drunk
as she was, realized her position and begged
TO be sent TO her home at l2S Iwenty-ttth
street Tie Youngest child was not more
than months old, and thinking that per-
| hsps the children would be better off at
home the kind-hear,ed sergeant Telented
/ and sent mother and daughters home.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers
! Pomona from Eureka, Gypsy from Santa
/ Cruz, Mexico from San Diego, and Jewel
| from Caspar. The bark Columbia arrived
! lumber-aden from Port Blakeley, and the
schooner j. G. Wall came in from San
Bias with a cargo Of cedar logs for K. c.
Edridge.
The departures were the steamer Whites
boro for Little River, the bark General Fair
/ child for NanaimO, and the sch0OnerS Gar
ina for Sand Point and Lena Sweasey for
/ ChampericO
! The moves yesterday we're the Collessie
/ to the sea-wall. Ahern to Third street
! Arialla TO Oakland County of Edinburg n
| to the refinery and the Pebr Upland TO
! Mission No. ..
! to sea.
! Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was hay, with the wind northwest Is miles
! an hour. The barometer stood % "a.