The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-24

nothing. He will come up for examination
before Justice Michaels. at noon to-mor-
row, when his bail will be set on charge
of manslaughter.
SEEMS LIKE STUPIDITY.
Captain GoodalI's Opinion of the Cause
of the Wreck.
"If the reports wired to this city are cor
rect the wreck of the Los Angeles was
caused by the stupidity of Third Officer
Roger Ryfkogel," said Charles Goodall OF
the firm of Goodall, Perkins q Co.. In
| speaking of the disaster. 81 do not know
that these reports are correct, and l do not
condemn man without hearing. Untii
/ am fully informed of all the facts | shall
| suspend my judgment. but if the accounts
| published in the morning papers are
| authentic then there can be but little
! doubt as to where the blame lies and who
| Is at fault.
Il have received but little direct infoE-
nation from Monterey. as the purser. Mr.
| Stanley, is still at Point Sur Lighthouse,
continued Captain Goodall. He has the
| steamships manifest and the passenger
| list, neither of which we have been able to
obtain as yet. The accounts OF the miss
ing are confusing. / believe that five men
lost their lives, but it may prove that the
| loss was greater or that only four per-
ished"
The five men to whom Captain Goudall
referred as lost are S. n. Sheridan of Ven
| tura, W. Curtin, = Fitzgerald, - Sanders
| of Los Angeles and Thomas Nolan, the
| fireman.
In Captain Goodall's Office hangs chart
of the coast below Point Sur on scale of
x inches to the mile. This chart shows
seven sunken rocks at an average distance
of three-fourths of mile from the shore.
The nearest rock appears to be a little
more than mile from Point Sur. Extend
Ing northerly and southerly beyond the
dangerous rocks is line Of sea kelp. Ii
the vessel had kept outside the kelp she
would have been in no danger.
In explaining this map Captain Goodall
said: ''The Los Angeles ought to have
gone outside the line of kelp. 1t seems a
piece of stupidity to have gone SO close in
shore. but If the steamer had hugged the
shore closer even than she did there would
have been no wreck, for between the
sunken rocks and the shore is a deep chan
nell"
Captain Goodall, when questioned about
the report that the third officer had run
the Los Angeles ashore about three weeks
ago. but with no resultant damage, said
that he knew nothing of such an occur
renee. He did not credit it. as it would
have been reported to him IL true.
| Captain Whitslaw called at the Office of
Goodall. Perkins 81 Co. in the afternoon to
discuss the chances of raising the steam
ship or at least saving her cargo.
| Captain Whitelaw seems to think the
| Lns Angeles can be raised" said Captain
| Goodall, "but. of course, until it is known
| Just how she lies. this is at best guess
work. Before we discuss raising the
steamer we will have to see the manifest
10 ascertain whether it would pay to at
| tempt it. / do not know what the cargo
was, with the exception that large con-
signment of wool was taken aboard at
Gaviota. Wool is so cheap and the ware
houses are so full of the article for which
there is no market that it may not prove a
great factor in the question as to whether
we shall attempt to raise the steamer or 10
rescue the cargo.
81 should naturally expect that the re-
mainder of the cargo would largely be
made up of the usual shipments from
Southern California-grain. beans. butter,
| cheese and oranges. The butter would not
| be injured by the salt water. The other
articles would be. The wool in the cargo
was insured with the Firemen's Fund.
The insurance men may think it advisable
to attempt TO recover the WOOL. have not
talked with them yet"
| hot he al
was rebuilt in 1874, she cost the firm about
100000, was now worth about $50, 600 and
| was uninsured.
"The Los Angeles was condemned by
the Government and sold because OF her
machinery, not on account Of her hull,
which was sound" said Captain Goodall.
"She had the od-fashioned propeller, and
her machinery, when we bought her,
weighed many times what it should. The
new modern machinery which we put In
developed the same power as the old cog
wheel, at a great saving in fuel.
"It was formerly understood that the en-
CINE on vessel should work slow. The
new metnod is to use light machinery and
do quick work. The old engine made 27
revolutions, while the new one which we
substituted made $50 revolutions at one
quarter the expense"
Chief Engineer Wallace and A. w.
Lukes. the freight clerk. arrived yester-
day, but had little to relate beyond what
as-already been published. They brought
word from Monterey that three bodies
had beed recovered when they left
The steamship Coos Bay will be put on
the line to take tho place of the wrecked
Los Angeles.