The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-26

her up to run between Vallejo and San
Francisco. She is a commodious vessel
and will carry large number of passen-
gers, for which she is to compete with the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
The fine American clipper ship A. G..
Ropes, Captain Rivers, arrived Wednes-
day evening, 116 days from New York,
and is at Union-street wharf. She was
built in 1884 at Bath, Me-, and is 25S feet
long, AT feet be am and 20 feet in depth,
and is 246O.72 tons gross.
The Ropes is the prettiest deep-water
ship in port, with clean run of hull and
lofty tapering spars. Her yards are long,
even to the skysail yard. showing that she
carries an immense spread of canvas. She
has steel forem ast-a lonely "stick"
among its wooden companions. During a
trip to Liverpool the original mast was in
jured in gale and the new one of metal
put In. The painting of that British mast
to resemble the main and mizzen, its two
American cousins, is a triumph of art.
The others are built masts timbered and
held together by iron bands about six feet
apart. Three colors are used on them and
the steel one is painted in exact imitation
of the two others.
The Nautical Magazine says of the White
Star line steamer Oceanic, which has been
running for fifteen years across the Pacific
under the charter of the o. and o. Steam
ship Company, that for all that time she
has never damaged ton of coal, lost
boat or injured herself in any manner.
She is now at the yard of her builders,
Hartland & Wolf, Belfast, receiving new
boilers and general overhauling.
1t is reported that Chief Engineer E. T.
Peak of the steam whaler Jessie died
aboard of that vessel in the Arctic Deem
Der IL.
yesterday for Australia, via honolulu,
with large cargo and forty cabin pas
sengers.
The Pacific Mail steamship City of
Peking arrived yesterday morning from
the Orient. Among her cabin passengers
were Hon. A. D. Mercer, Congressman
from Minnesota, and family, who have
been travelling in China and Japan: also
Mrs. G. L. Carter from Honolulu, wife of
Attorney Carter, the sole white victim of
the revolution in the Hawaiian islands.
G. A. Spreckels was also a passenger from
Honolulu. Ho Tung, wife and cousin are
listed from Hongkong. He is rich
Chinese merchant, British subject, and
is making tour of the world.
The strike which occurred among the
grain chambers on the seawall Wednesday
ended yesterday by the men being &C
corded the ten hours daily work asked for.
with the concession that 30 cents an hour
would be the highest price paid in any
case.
A new tank steamer to carry oil between
Peruvian ports and Portland, named the
has been launched. She was
built by the Anglo-American Oil Com
pany (limited) of London and is the
largest oil steamer afoat. Her dead
weight carrying capacity to Lloyds' free
board is 5000 tons. Her length is 1856 feet,
AZ feet beam and 20 feet inches depth.
George Uhlers, president of the National
Association of Marine Engineers, arrived
yesterday from Portland on the steamer
Walla Walla. He is making the usual
of the various lodges and will
meet the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
and the Association of Masters and Pilots
in their rooms next Saturday evening.