The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-28
A YANKEE JOB OF TOWING. |
BRoUGHT A BROKEN M cRED sTEi1-
SNIP HERE FROM QUEBEC

! Looked as IT She wouid Never Get Here.
| Tho naturnliZed American steamship South
Portland. which. rs the Caroline Miller. dlstin-
Guished herself by breaking tho blockade at
Hayti during ono OF the revolutions there and
supplying the revolutlonists with arms. has
won moro glory. This time 1t is the glory o! a
peaceful commercial undertaking. With the
assistance OF the Canadian tug Lake. the South
Portland brought into this port yesterday tho
disabled Hamburg American steamship Wan
drahm. 200 tons. which was partly wrecked
In May on Ample Island. near Quebec. Tho
Wandrahm's back was broken. or. as the nau-
teal sharps put 1t, she was "hogGcd"
She had been towed into Davles's dock at
Point Lewis. opposite Quebec The owners OF
the dock said that 1t would take about year
to make the vessel ready for sea again. and
that 1t would cost nearly as much as the orig
inal price OF tho ship Tho Hamburg-Amer-
lean line decidedthat they could do better by
employing Yankees. The Canadian ship
builder did not like this. His 800 or moro em-
ployees had hoped to have work on the ship
for at Toast yenr. They were more than dis
appointed when they learned that the Mccall
din Brothers OF this city had contracted to tow
the disabled steamer to New York. n distance
o. 1000 miles, and repnir her in ninety days
for 800. or about half the Canada price,
were james McCaldin and Pilot John O'Brien.
appeared at Quebec, the men employed ut
Daves's dock declared that the Yankees
would not be permitted to take the Wandrahm
from her berth. They said that they did not
believe in encouraging Yankee pauper labor
in Canada. Tho only Yankee workmen that
Mr.. McCaldin had brought with him wcre
six mechanics and four helpers. All his
other laborers were Canadians. to whom
he paid $4,000 before no left Quebec.
lie also chartered the Canadian tug
Lake, paying tho owners $500. The
newspapers OF Quebec and Mr.. Davies. pro.
prietor Of the shipyard were bitterly opposed
t. the removal of the steamship. 1t is said
that they inclted tho laborors even to take
In no other way. When the South Portland
mado fast to tho Wandrahm the lntorcrs
would not permit the Yankee to lob them Of
Mr.. MeCullin gave ur for a time the idea of
him aud his men. The German Consul was
and tho police, Of Quebec were on nand to pro
tect Mr., Met nllin and his mon when on July
do ths Msn1rsnm w ns t9Tca rSm Rh Na
Roach'S Cove. where temporary repairs were
effected. Angle iron was bolted nidships on
together. she was ready for son on July
IL. Mr. Mcynldn. remembering tho treat
menT OF inc canadians, VINO nilu even re-
ont the vessel. compelling him to import
his own pumps Mt duty OF Twenty-Five per
cent. on II valuation much above the real one
scream MS he passed Davies's dock on his way
from the main ma I and trimmed lis ship nib with
bunting. The employees ut navies's dock
gathered on the shoreennd hooted as the Sopth,
Portland. towing the Wanarahm and preceded
Capt Torsti OF the Wnn,lfah! and bis off;
them were reluctant voyngcrs. lhey did not
believe it possible TINT they could be towed
thousand mites of open ocean without mis-
har. But the Mandrahm IS or was originally.
u s'anch new steel ship Of nearly 1000 tons.
genius. Never has there been more success
M M towing Ioh over SO many miles OF ocean.
Is only one-Quarter of the size Of the Wan
drahm. but she was fitted for towing in
such way that the lest OCEAN tugs
.ws Isl Se3' beams q let in lspsth seepssi
were shored UP by scantling set at nm angle Of
A. degrees below deck and n S; fastS ten to
herself her SELF woud have given way before hose
temporary bits. could have broken. From
these bits. running aft. were fifteen fath"ms
iathoms Of stout steel hawscr. Between tho
chain and steel hawser The object of having
the Canadian tug ACCOMPANY the South Port
land was TO lessen the probability of !osin.
the valuable tow.
There were no accidents. but the tow, had n
passed out Of tho st. Lawrence into the open.
a gale howled out Of the southwest on Sunday
LAKE Car ei Lesehenn and thu German master ma
OF the Wandrahm. Capt. Porath. feared that
they would never reach port; Capt. P9rath
fax SV as he ' was sure that the Wandrnhm could
not stand the racking OF tho seas. Capt.
pilot John O'Rriep. In both cases the Ameri-
cans laughed at TIE fears Of the foreign skip
was then already astcrn: that was impossible.
But Cant: I,orah didn't know it. as Mr.. Me- |
Caldin Intentionally gave him the impression
that, they had not reached the latitude OF
Halifax.
Ms MSG%Gn a1Gn ah he "t G%ss
rahm to weather, the gale, and Pilot O'Brien
snys that he would have felt much more com
forty miles southwest of Halifax Tor the Iirst !
II was coated at The FAKE tast o
Side II tie south Portland. As the two vessels G
coal were transferred from the steamship to |
the tug, The coal of the tug gave, ont again
was gone through. with the same |
success. This time fifteen tons OF coal were
The tow came down tho Sound on wednes-
day and dropped anchor Off City Island at |
o'clock yesterday morning Although, Pilot
he did not dare to bring his precious tow
through in the darkness. so he waited until
early yesterday morning and came up. an
viii betnkcn to the foot Of 7 wenty- sixth street.
south brooklyn. to the yards of the Morse
Iron Works. where she will be repaired
md fitted out. probably before the !
md Of October Her two, boilers, weighing
tyr tr t"hs enG aha ns eo
hirty-six tons. will be hoistcd from the hod
md taken t. the machine shops for repairs.
Mr.. McCaldin says that thore was no crane in
quebec powerful enough to perform this
work
After It was all over yestesday afternoon Mr.
NeCaldn sat down In Broad street CATS with
Ms friends and celebrated the achievement
With magnum