The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-24
AROUND THE WATER FRONT
Description of the Splendid
Yacht Eleanor, Now in
This HarbOr.
WATCHING THE PRoGREso.
End Of the BaWnmore Libel Case.
The Strike in Colon Grows
More Serious.


The principal attraction on the water
front yesterday was the magnificent
steam yacht Eleanor which arrived
last Monday night from Honolulu.
From her trim man-of-war look she
was taken for small cruiser, the
white steel hull and the squared yards aloft
certainly helping out the illusion. How
ever, aboardithe vessel it can be readily seen
no Government craft was ever so splen-
didly furnished. From Captain Scott's
quarters forward to the forecastle the tit
tings are princely. The deck is of the
whitest ofwhite pine, and is flush from the
stern forward to the stem. The iron sides
of the yacht rise about four feet above
the deck and are faced inboard with ma
hogany, vanished and stained deep red
and beautifully paneled. The steel deck
house contains the smoking-room, the
owners dining-room and pantry, kitchen,
laundry, captains stateroom and quarters.
The latter are large, airy and furnished
in white mahogany with polished table
and luxurious chairs. Above the house is
the promenade deck, where are situated
the captains bridge, the wheelstand, bin
nacle and chart table.
Below the spardeck is the grand saloon,>
finished in rich mahogany, splendidly
carved and fitted with all the comforts of a
home seldom seen on the sea. DivanS
and cozy chairs line the exquisite place,
making life aboard the noble craft
dream.
Forward of this on the starboard side,
are the owners private apartments, a mag
nificent suite, including study, state
rooms, bath and nursery. The sleeping
rooms are finished with porcelain PANELS,
and the walls covered with beautiful tapes
try and French plate mirrors.
I ION the port side are the guest rooms,
with all the necessary conyeniences, sepa-
rate from the other apartments. The fore
castle is a place too splendid for tn term,
and finer than foremost hand ever before
drifted into, and the bill OF fare framed and
seen in the mems dining-room is calcu-
lated to give sailor dyspepsia even to
read it.
The Eleanor was built at Bath, Me-, and
her hull alone cost $500 while almost
500 900 more was spent on her fittings.
She was named after little Eleanor Slater,
the owners daughter, and launched few
months before starting on he- cruise
around the globe last October.
Her engines are of the triple expansion
type of 1850 horsepower, and her coal
bunkers of 800 tons will drive the yacht
5000 miles at fifteen knots an hour.
She is bark-rigged and carries a total
sail area of 1925 square feet The vessel
is veritable lifeboat, having five solid
water-tight bulkheads extending from the
bottom to the upper deck. She is pro-
vided with electric incandescent lamps
throughout and powerful searchlights on
her decks.
yacht Jessie sailed over from Sausalito and
dropped anchor near the Eleanor. The
Macdonoughs were the guests of w. A.
Slater in Japan.
In few days she will go north on her
way to Puget Sound and Sitka; then back
by way of this port on her trip through
the Straits of Magellan home.
The customs officers are watching the
steamer Progreso, now at LON bard-st
wharf, closely, they having received
| notification that the vessel contained a
large amount of opium. She has been
searched high and low for several days
without any of the alleged contraband
cargo coming to light.
When the steamer Bawnmore arrived in
this port several months ago Captain
Alexander Woodside of the vessel demand
ed of Grace IL Co., her charterers damages
amounting to $3S48 so, incurred by reason
of the steamer being detained at Payta,
Peru, on her trip to this port. The case,
which has been dragging in the courts,
was yesterday brought to an end by an
order from the Bawnmore's managers in
England directing Captain Woodside to
stop the suit
A dispatch from Colon, Colombia, states
that the strike of wharf and ship laborers
and Panama Railroad switchmen continues
and that the United States Consul at that
place has asked for an American war vessel
to protect property. Ecuador is reported to
be about.to invade Colombia and the situa-
ton is becoming more serious every day.
An unusually large tonnage is now on It's
way from all parts of the world to this port.
amounting to a total of 800, 00O or IS, 900
more tons than at this time last year. In
addition there are about 25 vessels on
the way to other ports on this coast. The
tonnage listed for San Francisco is as fol-
lows:
New York 26,ss6
Philadelphia. 6,924
Boston. 1927
Antwerp. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1920
Cardiff. 1915
Dunkirk. .........,............., 4,30l
Hamburg ........................... 11,7S6
Honkkong. $500
Liverpool NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 27,74S
London