The morning call., 1894-01-05
BADLY TANGLED.
The Oregon Pacific About
Knocked Out.
1T GIVES up IT'S WHARF.
Small Stockholders Are Making
Loud Complaints.
STEAMER BONITA DAMAGED.
Arrival In Port of a British Columbia
Sealer-A Gale Off Point
Reyes.
STEAMER BONITA DAMAGED.

II the people of YaQuina City, Or, and
vicinity wish TO come to San Francisco from
now until time indefinite they will have
to come by rail. This seems to have been
settled by the announcement made yester-
dav by the Oregon Pacific Railroad repre-
sentative to the HarbOr Commissioners
that the company could no longer pay
wharfage and office rent for its quarters at
section of the seawall. This means that
the company has gone out of business so
far as the San Francisco end of its line
is concerned.
Affairs of the corporation are becoming
more and more tangled every day and now
it is rumored that the small shareholders
in the concern are crying fraud" at The at
tempt of the Blair faction to secure S10,-
100000 plant for 5000, 600. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that $40, 600 in attach
ments are outstanding again st the steamer
Willamette Valley, 100000 in receivers
certificates will have TO be paid and other
Indebtedness to the extent Of about $4,000
assumed by the purchaser. When these
incidentals are taken into consideration
the Oregon Pacific is by 30 means choice
investment.
E. w. Hadley, receiver of the road.
has resigned a second time, and his resig-
liz WIZ hofC W NC uNOOPhVN
this time.
The corporation owes nearly all of its
employees at this end of the line money.
The crew of the Willamette Valley has
not received a cent since December l.
Agent ID. K. Vaughn has claim against
the company for $4,000. and his clerks are
behind several months salary.
Yaquina City and Southern Oregon
would be seriously crippled by a perma-
nent diScOntinuaDce Of the Oregon Pacific
Steamship line. Already trade with that
section Of the country has been greatly
impaired.
The wind commenced to blow off Point
Reyes yesterday afternoon with increasing
vigor until sixty-knot gale was recorded
coming from the northwest. Off Point
L06os thirty-slX miles were registered on
the gauge, and several coasters had to put
back TO port on account of the heavy sea
outside.
While lying at Lompoc Tuesday alter
noon The steamer Bonita was eXposed to
a gale from the southwest which kicked up
a nasty sea off shore and inside. The after
iron bits holding the wharf lines gave way.
carrying with them large section of the
rail on the port stern quarter. When the
vessel locked al Broadway 1 on Wednes-
day repairers were setto work Immediately
to ratch up the damages.
Part of the wharf at section of the
seawall has sunk about two feet at the
north end of the shed. Repairs to the dock
have been ordered by the HarDor Com
mlssiOnerS.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
has been granted permission by the Harbor
Board to place a 25-Lon scales at the en-
trance to Broadway l.
The schooner Free Trade came in In the
morning from Sluslaw River with cargo
OF lumber. On the 1St inst. the vessel
encountered a gale off Cape Blanco and
her rudder-head carried away.
South Sea island trade is not very brisk,
but the charterers of the bark Helen W
Alny aud schooner Falcon have decided
to SEND these craft out on trading ex-
petition anyway. The Almy cleared for
the Gilbert group yesterday.
To-day the ship Spartan goes TO the
Union Iron Works from Main street and
the snip John A. Briggs from the Mail
dock to Beale street. The sealer Kate and
Anna CO.. es over from Oakland Creek
to-day to fit out Tor cruise.
Local seal-hunterS were somewhat as
tonished when the British sealing
schooner Arietls came 10 port yesterday
from Victoria. The Arletis dropped in
for supplies ana will start out as soon as
possible. The captain of the vessel saws
that British blan sealers have been
warned by the Canadian customs author-
ties to keep out Of Behrug Sea until after
May l. If at that time there is no signs of
a prOlongation of the modus vivendi then
the hunters can start to work.
The United States photographic Office
at Washington has issued pilot chart of
the North Pacific Ocean. 1t Is the Inten-
ton of that office to publish monthly
supplements to the map issued for the
benefit of the maritime public of the
Pacific Coast. The Secretary of the Navy
has asked Congress for an appropriation
of $4,000 to carry on this work.