The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-11

the steamer was peculiarly conditioned for
so long and roundabout voyage. She
was really under the Grace Brothers
charter who for some reason let that
fact remain in the background, and she
went to Portland with 600 tons of petro-
leum ia two of her tanks. This was por-
ton of her original cargo taken aboard at
Payta, Peru, and will be discharged at
Portland. She only had in her bunkers
$50 tons of coal, which will last her to
Nanaimo, when she will fill up for her
southern trips consumption. Her oil
burning apparatus had been taken out and
she will fire with coal in the future.
Captain Metcalfe of 1888 Union street,
Alameda, emphatically denies the rumor
of overloading. He said last night that
the Bawnmore left port full ship and
fully insured. He continued:
Her hull has been insured at Llovds for
the past eighteen months, and her entire
cargo has been written at safe margin by
responsible companies at ordinary rates.
Her cargo is q miscellaneous one, and COM
prises all sorts and forms of general mer-
chandise. The only deck cargo she carries
are twelve bobtail cars that weigh about
twelve tons and measure twenty-one.
These are securely lashed and fastened,
and as the ship is perfectly staunch and
has II feet of freeboard the absurdity of
the stories is patent. There is not the
widest chance of combustion from petTo-
leum gas"
The Bawnmore is a stanch vessel, but
her progress and return will be noted with
considerable interest in marine circles.
Among the owners of wooden coasting
vessels the advent of the big foreign freight
steamers is a subject of much concern.
The Bawnmore, Peter Jebsen and Pro-
gressist will carry over 1000 tons of coal
apiece, and can make two and three trips a
month between this port and the northern
mines.
The sailing barks and ships with only
half that tonnage, making one trip a
month, will soon find their occupation
gone With the summer lumber freight
and the winter coal cargoes piling into the
steamers there is no other place for the
wooden hull except in the boneyard, where
they will all fetch up sooner or later.
The whaleback steamer was lifted on to
the Hunters Point drydock yesterday for
the purpose of having her leaking plate re-
paired. Much difficulty was experienced
in fitting her peculiar box-shaped pody to
the blocks of the dock, but it was finally
accomplished, and it is safe to say no such
a marine form was ever seen out OF the
water.
The schooner Monterey, which is in the
habit of smashing into wharves, yesterday
plunged into Beale-street dock, carrying
away the planking and damaging herself
around the bow. She was fitted with q
gasoline engine and the crew, who are
proficient with sheets and halliards, find
themselves at sea with an engine, and the
machinery often runs things to suit itself.
A large headlight will be placed on the
end of Fishermen's wharf for the use OF
the nightly navigator.
Morgan O'Brien, the well-known water
front expressman, has an ancient horse
that is 100 old to be coltish. However, he
forgot his age yesterday, and rushed down
on the dock at a scorching pace, and
caused the arrest of his owner by special
officer for fast driving on the wharf.
OBrien's abuse of his fiery, untamed steed
at the Harbor police station was horrible
to hear.
Among the ships bound for San Fran
cisco are several that will be newcomers to
this coast. The Dirigo, the first steel ship
built in this country, is now on her second
trip to sea. The Italian steel ship Cara
bona, which left Glasgow a short time ago
bound to this port, is making her maiden
voyage. The French bark General Millinet
and the British barks Glenfinart and
Monkburn are three more new ships that
will arrive in few weeks.
The steamer China, which sails for the
Orient next Tuesday, will take out party
of Presbyterian missionaries, now in this
City, having arrived from st. Louis yester
day morning.
The party is composed of the following
named persona: Rev Lacy L. Little OF
Little Mills. N. c.; Rev. w. Mes. Bu-
chanan of Richmond, Va; DR.. and Mrs.
George G. Worth Of Wilmington, N. c.;
Miss Annie Dowd of Aberdeen, Miss;
Miss Mary B. Torrance of Charlotte, n. c.;
Miss Pauline Du Bose of 500 Chow, China;
Miss Florence Patton of Mexico, Mo-;
Miss Elizabeth Talbot of Versailles, KY,
and Miss Josie Woods of Using Kuing Pu,
China. They are enthusiastic In their
work, and state that they will 60 to their
future dangerous field of labor even though
they go to their death. The stories OF the