The morning call., 1895-01-28
TANNED THE WHARYES
Vessels Chafed Against the
| SeaWal.
| HOW IT BLEW ON THE FRONT.
Several Sailing Records Broken on
| Round Trips.
NEW CLOTHES FOR THREE CAPTAINS.
The Cudgel Is Taken Up for Charles
Mayo for the Position Of Pilot
Commissioner.
HOW IT BLEW ON THE FRONT.
NEW CLOTHES FOR THREE CAPTAINS.

The bay presented fine view of white
caps all day yesterday, and as a conse-
quence small craft did not venture far from
shore. Even the stanehest yachts showed
no disposition to tempt the wind and bill
lows. The blow was from the northeast
on the inside of the heads, or what is or
dinarily known as .snorther," and it was
coming at the rate of forty miles an hour,
doing considerable damage to shipping
along the seawall. Outside the heads the
breeze ranged from twelve to twenty miles
an hour, and was from the northwest.
This had the effect of bringing in coasting
craft that were not looked for during the
next three or four days. There were thirty
arrivals during the day, which was rather
remarkable.
1t was so rough along the seawall that
the revenue steamer Hartley could not lay
at the barge office landing, and had to re-
move to wharf near the Mail docks.
The schooners Mary and Ida and Annie
Gee, lying at section B of the seawall, had to
be towed into the stream after being badly
chafed. The schooner Annie Stella was
considerably damaged in the same way,
but finally got out line to windward that
held her off. The steamer South Coast
had her guard damaged and was badly
chafed.
Some sailing records were broken in con-
sequence of the prevailing fair winds. The
usual time for making round trip from
this port to Nanaimo is about thirty-fiye
days. The bark Sea King, Captain Pierce,
the unprecedented time of twenty-five
days The ship Cyrus Wakefield made the
| trip in twenty-six days. The bark Wilma
from Seattle made the round trip in twenty
| four days. and the bark Germania did the
same in nineteen days.
The Sea King, Wakefield and Wilma
bring coal for John Rosenfeld's Sons, and
there is a standing offer of a suit of clothes
! to any captain who makes the trip inside
of thirty -fiye days. Hence the firm is out
| three suits of clothes.
| Other fast round trips were made by the
barkentine J. NJ. Griffith to Port Hadlock,
| thirty-one days, and the schooner Lily
quist, Grays Harbor, sixteen days.
The sharp, cutting wind did not inter
| fere with or diminish ferry travel, nor did
| it deter the usual Sunday promenaders
| wharves. Many handsomely dressed ladies
| were to be seen with muffiers and seal
skins Drawing rude Boreas as though it
were pleasure.
The most noticeable thing among ship
owners and seafaring men who drop into
the Merchants Exchange often on stormy
| DAYS was the talk concerning the appoint
ment of the next Board of Pilot Commits
sioners. Only one member seems to have
been centered upon as yet and his friends
arc urging him forward with petition,
though it is not definitely known that he
will accept if appointed. The name is that
| of Captain Charles Mayo of 2407 Octavia
street, this city. He is one of the best
| known pilots here and has been engaged
in the work of pilot for the past thirty
four years. and now his friends think that
it is time he rested on his laurels. Mayo
was largely instrumental in perfecting the
present organization of pilots on this coast.
Three appointments are expected to be
made in March.
Some amateur boatracing was antici-
pated during the day, but when whitecaps
were seen all races and bets were declared
off