The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
The American Ship Benjamin
F. Packard on the Dock
for Repairs.
CAPTAIN ALIENS RED RECORD.
British Sailing Vessels Are Being
Sold at Low Rates to Cash
Buyers.

she was not SO badly damaged as expected.
Her stem was stove in and where she
rested on the rocks in Mission Bay the
copper was torn away. The false keel is
warped also, and from the stem to almost
midships it will have to be replaced. The
entire hull will have to be recalked and
recoppered, and the little mistake made by
the tugboat will cost the underwriters at
least $4,000.
The Ship-owners' and Merchants Tow
boat Company will fight any claim for
indemnity. Superintendent Grey says the
channel is not correctly buoyed and that ii
was due to the inaccuracy of the Light
house Board that the Packard was run on
the rocks.
In view of the litigation that is sure to
ensue the photographic Office had its
men out yesterday and careful survey of
the channel between Mission Rock and
Long Bridge is now being made. If the
canbuoy on the rock in dispute is found to
be in a correct location the tugboat COM
pany will have to foot the bill. If, how
ever, the buoy is many yards from the
center of the rock land all the tugboat
captains say it isl, then there will be a
battle royal as TO who shall pay the $25, 900
damages.
Captain Allen of the Packard is in
trouble with his crew. The men have all
been paid an advance" and they are
seeking every opportunity to desert. The
shippers record is not a good one, and
the men do not relish trip around the
Horn with him in command. The Port
land Telegram has this to say about him:
It would be hard matter to find a deep
water seaman who has sailed on American
ships who has not either encountered or heard
OF Captain Tiger Allen. In Portland at pres
ent are at least dozen sailors who have gone
through the terrors OF voyage with Captain
Allen.
,For long time the Tiger" commanded the
ship Eric the Red. 1t is not thought the vessel
ever made voyage to Portland, but she has
many times entered San Francisco. Under
Captain Allen the name OF the ship was svnon-
ymous with discipline, for the Eric the Red
was in all respects "bloody" ship. Men have
been killed aboard OF her, Others have been
MANNED, and if the Tiger has accumulated
dollar of this worlds treasures it is q m, stery
for in different ports of the world Allen has
been made 10 pay thousands of dollars to es-
cape the prosecutions resulting from these cru
elites.
One instance in Callao where a foremost
hand had been killed with blow from mar
lin-Spike, cost Captain Allen $4,000 and then
the Peruvian authorities let him off light. Had
he been in an American or English port the
chances are he would have been hanged.
AS soon as the repairs are completed the
Packard's original cargo will be put
aboard, and Captain Allen saws he will
take it to Europe and with the crew he
signed before the United States Shipping
Commissioner.
British ship-Owners are getting tired OF
sailing vessels. They have either invested
their capital in fast ocean-gong steamers
or in "tramps'' that can rove the world
over and make a fair profit at very little
cost. Ismay. Imrie e. Co., The White
Star Line, is one of the concerns which
has got tired OF sailing ships. Not long
ago they sold the Copley (now in port) TO
a Danish firm, and they have also parted
with the Garfield and GIlcruix. The mag
nlhcent steel ship California, now living at
Howard-street wharf, is also said to be for
sale, and if the Southern Pacific would
only make a fair offer for the Belgic.
Gaelic, Coptic and Oceanic. it is under
stood that Messrs. Ismay, Imrie e. Co.
would only be too glad to sell.
The White Star line is not the only one
that is getting rid of its sailing ships, how
ever. Williamson, Miligan & Co., whose
San Francisco agents are Balfour. Guthrie
q Co., have also number of ships in the
market. Their vessels are known as the
"Waverly line" and several of them have
been sold. The Roderick Dhu,
now on her way to San Francisco, was dis
posed OF a few weeks after she sailed from
Liverpool. Cedric the Saxon, now in port,
is tor sale, and the Talisman was sold
some months ago.
AtIedSt one OF the SHIPS changing nanGS |
will come under the American flag. The |
Cairniehill, which was partly burned in |
the Erie basin, has been sold to c. R. Flint |
IL Co. for $45, 900. She will be towed to the |
Bath iron works in Maine and thoroughly |
repaired. Afterward she will be put in |
the trade between New York and San |
Francisco. The Cairnehill is a compare
fast in 1889. She is 312 feet inches long, |
Il feet inches broad and "a feet inches |
deep. She will carry over 1000 tons in !
cargo.
Two bullocks drew an enormous crowd |
to the Tiburon ferry yesterday morning. |
The pair weighed over 5000 pounds, and !
when an attempt was made to get them off |
the steamer they refused to bulge. 1t
was the attempt to get them off that drew |
the crowd, and the runners had consider
able good-natured fun at Captain Whites !
attempts to make the obstinate brutes |
move by twisting their tails. Al of sud- |
den the bullocks moved, and it did not |
take them long to dispense the crowd |
They were fattened by Mehl & Klein of |
ton in one of the butcher shops on
Christmas day. -
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer San |
Juan sailed for Central American ports on
time yesterday. She took away a very
heavy cargo, among which were several
pieces OF machinery, all of which were
piled on the forward deck Among the
passengers was Francisco de Ojeda, who
gained some notorieuy on the Bay District
Track. A couple of years ago he won the
Guatemala Derby with horse he brought
from San Francisco, and now he is after
new laurels On this occasion he has
three horses on which he will pin his faith.
Ii they do well he will get big price for
them, and then the lucky Spectator will
return to San Francisco.
Other cabin passengers on the San Juan
were DR.. c. III. Gilbert, E. c. Starkes, c. J.
Pierson and r. c. McGregor OF Stanford
I University. They are visiting Central
America on scientific expedition and ex-
oect to bring back great amount of mat
.er and exhibits that will be of value to
he university.
The Union Transportation Company's
steamer Dauntless met with a mishap yes
erday morning. The tide was running
strong and it swung the steamers stern
around so that she went head on into the
wharf A number of niles uera carr;ad