The morning call., 1894-09-14
BACK FROM DUTY.
Arrival of the u. S. s.
Adams.
THE COST OF THE PATROL.
She Will Not Go on the Dock for
Several Weeks.
THE COST OF THE PATROL.
NEW STEAMER FOR THE ISLANDS
The Eyas Sailed Down From Port
Blakeley-British Consul Donohoe
on Trade-Marine Notes.


The unexpected has happened 10 the
United States steamship Adams. She has
outclassed herself by making a 793-mile
run in e!ghty-one hours after everybody
predicted that it would take her ten days
to make the trip from New Whatcom to
San Francisco.
The Adams arrived Wednesday night al
10 80 O'Clock and anchored off Washington
street wharf. She is the first OF the patrol
fleet from Bering Sea that can boast OF
having made record. There is still hope
for the Tbetis, Marion and Hartford, now
that the speed of the ancient craft of the
navy has been demonstrated by the
Adams.
Lieutenant commanding C. F. Morton
did not have any new details to relate re-
garcng the stranding of the Adams on St
Paul Island on August last. He simply
repeated the story t1legra phed from Port
Townsend, and added tnat very little dam
age was done to the vessel.
The balance OF the patrol fleet may be
expected in soon, according to tne lieu.
tenant. The Yorktown left Sitka on
August 81 for Ounalaska. She will be
here in about two weeks. Then will come
the Eanger, which may be expected in
harbor in month or more.
The last of the fleet will be the Mobl
can.
Taking into consideration the outlay by
the Government for the maintenance OF
the patrol. the ships did not aceompi b
much
The Concord. to be sure. Overhauled the
sealer Wanderer, but the British authori.
ties released The vessel at Victoria. An.
other capture was made and these twC
prizes were the only ones the souadI On
had to show for seasons active service
The expense of the patrol will foot ur
between S35l.000 and 100000. The "plufi
at the sealers." as the sealers call It. is ex.
| pensive
The Adams cannot go on the drydocs
right away. 1t may be month before
she can do SO. The extent of the damage
to her keel timbers through their contact
with the rocks will no. be known very
soon. The Bennington has the right oil
| the dock ahead OF her. Yesterday after
up t. Mare Island.
| AHO IAuSB is DacH
| from the north. She came In froG AstOris
in the forenoon and will remain in the
stream off Clay street for orders.
The Rush cannot help out, but tn,
Adams can spare good many men tina
are needed for crews for the vessels tina
are short of seamen at the island.
An authority on naval matters says tha
one reason that the Government does no
do something with the new cruiser
! Olympia is because men are so scarce tina
she would not be able to secure crew
This statement is doubted by many.
The following is the Adams list of off
GERS: Lieutenant; commanding, c. F. Nor
| ton; lieutenants. w. F. Elliott. F. s
Carter, w. G. Hannum; ensigns. II. j
Ziege nmeier, G. r. Marvell, C. T. VogeL
gesang, chief engineer, E. A. Magee: nav
master, Il. Mcdonald; surgeon, F. j. B
| Bordiero; lieutenant of marines. II. p
Kane; payclerk, w. c. Waldman.
The new steamer Eyas, built at Halps
Port Biakely shipyards for the Interisl
and Steam Navigation Company of Hs.
wall, sailed into port yesterday, her ma
chinery not having yet been placed in her
| The Eyas will be fitted out at this city
| with boilers. She was constructed t.
take the place of the steamer T. B. Bishop
that was wrecked last spring.
Captain Hatch of the schooner T,pis
that arrived here in the morning. met witt
a severe accident on tie trip from the Co
| lumbia river. His lef foot was caueht ir
a cham of the spanker sheet and badly
sprained. The accident did not preven
the skipper from navigating lis vessel 81
that she made smart trip of four days,
run worthy of special notice.
Captain Kerr of the British ship Glen
ard was assaulted yesterday by two dis
charged seamen from his vessel and Quit,
severely beaten. Warrants have beer
sworn out for the arrest Of the offenders
| The steering gear of the river steamer
T. c. Walker broke down when the vesse
was near Wakefield, on the San Joaquin
River, yesterday morning early. 1t re-
quired couple of hours to repair the
damage, delaying 200 passengers bound
from Stockton to San Francisco.
British Consul Donohoe has sent t
| England his report on the trade of Sar
! Francisco for the past twelve months. Mr.
Donohoe says in brief that The United
States has passed through a fnancia
| cataciysm, and that California has come
out as we'll as any of the States. Home
production has diminished, and import,
have fallen off. Failures have been numer
Gus, and these threw thousands of meI
out of employment. Banks refused tt
lend money to orchardists. and this was
blow TO the fruit trade. Imports to Sar
| Francisco were the smallest for threc
years. Freight rates have been reduced
| all around, aud by the continuation of the
! North American Navigation Company
| thousands of dollars has been saved the
merchan IS. Frsights around the Horn
| have been small on imports. Overland