The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-10
QUICK TRIP.
The Warship Nipsic as a
Recruiting Vessel.
Complaints of Onerous Pilotage
Charges at the Mouth of the
Columbia River.

The barkentine AarRo. Captain Perry,
docked yesterday at Howard street. She
made the passage in the remarkable time
of twenty-seven days. Captain Perry
Gays his crew was the best he ever had.
Many men along the water front en-
joyed laugh yesterday over the news
that Captain Lawrence Of the British ship
Falls of Garry was fined So 80 and costs
for smoking aboard his own vessel while
she was in the dock, contrary to the rules.
Captain Lawrence is the man who uttered
jeremaides when he was In port here, be-
cause he was charged one days dockaEe
by the HaIbor Commission when he lay
only part of day at Howard street.
The Davie Ferry Company expect to
have the Alvira running one week from
next Sunday.
The bark Margaret for Alaska with
cannery supplies. applied Yesterday for
crew Of ten. to the Ship owner RS Assacia-
ton and there was a rush to secure places
before the mast, not less than seventy sea-
men applying. She will get away to-
morrow.
The case of Second Officer Packer of the
British ship Dechmont. who was dtsrated
on the voyage from SWANSEA by Captain
Sautar. came up before British Vice-Con-
sui Moore yeste rday He filled the Office
of arbitrator. Packer was paid off and the
trouble settled.
Senator w. C. Squire of Washington is
trying to secure an order from the Navy
Department making the United States
warship Nipsic now at Port Orchard.
Puget Sound, recei wing ship for tho pur-
pose Of recruiting seamen for naval yes
sells. Other Senators agree with Senator
Squire on the necessity for a receiving
ship in the northern harbor Of the Pacific
Coast. The Nipsic 10 being used. and will
be employed for some tima at the dry
dock under construction at Port Orchard,
and could be utilized as traning-shlp to
COED advantage.
Every two years the Legislature Of
Oregon thinkers with the plotage laws
which govern the Columbia River, usually
doing something which adds a burden to
shipping. At the last session the pilots
lobbIed dill through which was de-
nounced by all the shipping interests. 1t
Is now bearing frui:.
The Liverpool Ship-owners' Association
have recently called the attention Of other
ship-owners to the new rates of towage
charged by the Union Pacific (Which con-
trolls the tugbOats at the mouth OF the
Coumbia) and the tonnage fees now en-
forced by the Columbia River pilots.
which clearly coDtroverts the claim here
tOlOE0 tUdu0 ttldG tHo CHaikeS WOulu NV III
crease the cost of shipping gcing from
that port. The circular says "the result
of these charges is to impose on ships q
tax two or three times as great as for
merly," and cites the case OF the British
ship Crofton Hall. 2018 tons. which left
Portland on July 2. and paid S17O0 In
place of 5000. which was the maximum
for vessels between 1900 and 2100 tons
burden. Ship-owners are warned accord
ingly not to overlook the increased ex-
pense when negotiating charters from
Portland. The increased nilotage and
t0wage charges take about 1 "a cents from
every bushel of wheat which goes out.
The new steam schooner Marv G was
measured yesterday by Official Measurer
Chauncey M. st. John. Her dimensions
are, length 50 feet. beam IA feet, depth Az
feet. She Is fitted with four bladeu
brass propeller. has two masts and can
steam niue knots an hour Her owner is
James H. Campbell and she will run be-
tween this port. Bodega and Fort Ross,
carving dairv produce.