The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-10
MORE OPPOSITION.
Ford Will Cut Rates to
MendOCino.
NEW PILOT CHART NEEDED.
Three Thousand Men Will Be Az
fected by the Recent Reduction
in Sailors Wages.
NEW PILOT CHART NEEDED.

Announcement was made last week that
the Pacihc Coast Steamship Company had
determined to put on service to the
Mendocino Coast in oppos tion to the Kim
ball line. This was to punish Kimball for
invading the southern field aud particu-
larry for spassiug on the wharf property
at Monterey.
a CALL reporter learned yesterday, on
reliable authority, that the Point Arena.
owned by Charles Ford, will change ner
hour OF departure. so as 20 leave stimuli
taneousiy with the Daisy Kimball, and her
nrst sailing under the new schedule will
De at P. n. Wednesday next. She will
cut passenger and freight rates.
MT. Ford's theory is that he would
rather have two lines to Mendocino than
three, and if he begins the warfare against
hlmba il will be better than if the Pacific
coast Company entered the field and
fought them both.
1t Is not believed that the Pacific Coast
company is behind Ford IN the new oppo-
new opposition started by Ford il will
likely reconsider its determination TO
compete for MeDdocino trade.
The barkentlne TTopc Bird, Captain
burns, which arrived yesterday from Ia
hlti, made the passage in the remarkably
quick time OF thirty days. She brought
nine passengers, including Mrs. August
Sehmltt wife of the principal owner of
Inc vessel. who returns after four months
absence. Mrs. Schmtt's visit was the
summers social event at the City Of Pa
peete, and she was the recipient of much
attention from the American and European
residents of the city as well as from the
ofncers OF the three French men-of-war
stationed there. She was quite as popular
there as at home.
The Troplc Bird brought an overfull
cargo OF cotton, cobra, pearl shell, vanilla
beans and coc0anuts.
The reduction in wages of sailors a.
agreed TO Friday night by the Coast Sea-
mems Union will affect fully 5000 men of
the sea, who ship from this port. About
one-halt OF the members are employed on
sailing craft and the other half on steam
ship and steam schooners. Reduction in
the rate of overtime from 30 to 20 cents an
houF Will tend 10 equaliZe things between
the men on freight and passenger steamers
and those on steam schoOners.
The steamer Farallon did not 90 arther
north than Unalaska after her return trip
from Port Townsend, hence did not speak
any of the whaling fleet
The American ship NJ. 2. Grace for New
York and the British ship Anaurus for
Queenstown went to see yesterday.
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yesterday morning across the bay east
ward and nOrthward, but this way 1t was
light. An excursion of 1900 went to FL
Campo, and the Foresters to the number
of 600iwent to Petaluma. Every outward
bound train carried big loads, many city
people taking advantage of the double
holiday TO spend it in the country. Regu-
lar travel by the Oakland ferries was
light, while the Rosaiie ana the AlYra
carried Sunday crowds
Charles Hodges. bOatman at Vallejo
street. picked up boat yesterday morn
jug drifting outside OF North Head. II is
Fl fatbott0m. square-stern boat. painted
A q, with caDvas-cOvPred deck. and prob
" ? belongs to Sausalito or Tiburon. 1t
contained a sail, pair of souls and fish,
ing gear. There was nothing on which to
determine whether the boat had drifted
out or whether the occupants fell over bOard
outside the heads.
Deep water arrivals yesterday were:
British ship ROutenburn, 100 DAYS from
Newcastle, England, with friedrich and
cement; American ship Lew q. Burgess,
% days from Karluk. with $1,000 cases of
salmon; North American Commercial Com
pany's steamer Farallon, days from
Unalaska; barkentine Jane a. Falkin-
burg, from BeriDg Sea. with $4,000 cod
fish, direct to California City; schooner
Edward 4. Webster, from Copper Island,
and the TrOpic Bird, 80 days from Tahiti
The Port Townsend Chamber of Com
merce has addressed to the photographic
Office at Washington. D. c., lhe1 following
letter prepared by Judge James o. Swan,
the well-known scientist, relative to the
necessity for pilot chart for the North
Pacific Ocean similar to the one which has
been for some years issued for the North
Atlantic. The needs of such an aid TO
commerce are uged in the following
words:
WeinYte your particular attention to the fact
that while Daydson's Coast Pilot accurately
describes and defines the well-knOwn "Dayld-
sons inshore eddy current" which sets north
along the coasts Of California, Oregon, Wash
ingGon, British Columbia and Southwestern
Alaska as constant current, varying in inten-
sity at different seasons of the year, yet this
current IS not we'll defined on any OF oGr charts.
The KuTo ShlwO, or japanese stream, which
sets southwark along the coast from the att-
tude OF Queen Charlottes Islands to
Southern California Is well defined, but
DaYidson's inshore current is not. Ship
masters navigate their vessels by the aid
of their charts more than by the Coast Pilot,
and the many wrecks which have occurred on
the southwest coast of Vancouver Island dur
ing the past ten years have been caused by this
northeTy current, which in thick weather Is
sure 10 throw vessels on the lee shore. particu-
larry vessels for Puget Sound coming from for
elgn ports for the first time.
I'VE believe these currents should be well
defined on all our charts as clearly as they are
defined in tue Coast Pilot"