The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-12
ALONG The WATER FRONT,
The Vallejo Steamer Monticello
Meets With an Ac.
cident.
ROBERTs0Ns LOADING RECORD.
Trial Trip of the Corona-King George
OF Tanning Island to Re.
turn Home.

The Southern Pacific Company's steamer
Herald had it all her own way yesterday.
There was no opposition on the Vallejo
route, and people were wondering what
was the matter. Later it transpired that
the opposition boat had broken down when
on her usual morning run from here to
Vallejo. The passengers who had return
tickets by the Monticello. were given
tickets for the railroad by the agents of
the boat, and some of those who had not
took passage on the Herald. Quite num-
Der, however, who missed the train re-
manned in town over night sooner than
travel on the Herald.
When on the run up the bay the Monti-
| cello's piston rod cracked. The engineer
stopped the steamer and reported to
Captain Randall. An examination showed
that with great care Vallejo might be
reached. Sail was set and under easy
steam the trip was accomplished. AS soon
as the news reached San Francisco the tug
Alice was sent up to bring the disabled
steamer to San Francisco. It may take
several days to repair the damage, but if it
does the steamer Sunol will be put on in
her place, so that in any event there will
| be an opposition steamer to Vallejo to-
night.
The British ship Clan Robertson, now
unloading and loading at Howard wharf 8,
has had the quickest dispatch ever given a
| ship in this port. She arrived here on
| October 90, and now, while there is still 300
| tons Of coke of her inward cargo still to
! come out, nearly all her outward cargo has
! been put aboard. By Friday she will be
ready for sea, and in less than thirteen
working days she has been discharged and
loaded. Captain McNear has never mott
| fed her charterers that he was ready for
cargo, but as fast as he got out his San
| Francisco goods, merchandise for Europe
was put in its place. Had the charterers
| so desired they could have held the ship
| for thirty days before putting an ounce OF
cargo in her, but the salmon and other
goods were ready for delivery and to save
! two landings they rushed them aboard
| the Clan Robertson. Yesterday Captain
! McNear had to cry halt" as the coke was
| not out and there was no more room.
George Fritch, the coal merchant, has
| bought the French schooner Leon from A.
| Kennedy, the owner. The Leon Is now
being recoppered on the Merchants dry
dock and will probably be put in the Cen
| trail American trade.
| The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
| steamer Corona had trial trip around the
pay yesterday. She has been laid up for
| three months and during that time was
| fitted with new boilers and a system of
| forced draft which was put in
proved a success. The Corona showed
| an increase of fifteen revolutions a minute
during her trial. She will probably take
| the place of the Mexico on the southern
| route.
| The schooner Viking is loading for Fan
| ming Island, Samoa. Gilbert group and the
Carolines at Mission street wharf. Cap
tain Luttrell will go out in command
and among his passengers will be King
George of Tanning Island and Mrs.
Broeckie, wife of the agent OF the German
| syndicate on the Carolines. Young Prince
George Grieve is to remain in San Fran
| cisco to be educated, and next year his
| father promises to pay him visit.
The whaling bark Gayhead got in from
| the Arctic with a catch OF 5000 pounds of
bone, $40 barrels of whale oil and 1856 bar
rels of sperm oil. Captain Shorey has a
most jubilant lot of men that has come
into port for a long time. A long burgee
| flew from the bark's foremost and the rig
! ging was gayly decorated. The Cape Horn
| Pigeon is the only one that has done as
we'll as the Gayhead.
The City of Panama sailed for Panama
and Central American ports yesterday
Among the passengers were Charles and
! Frank Hilmer of MADEIRA, who are going
to Champerico to enter the cattle bust
ness, and L. H. Griffiths, who mas a rail
way scheme on hand in San Jose de Qua
! temala.
A telegram from London published Sun
day morning says that the owners of the
| Lord Spencer are now satisfied that the
vessel run down by the Prince Oscar was
their craft. The rescued men from the
Prince Oscar reported that they were in
collision with a four-masted bark, whereas
! the Lord Spencer is three-masted ship.
There is evidently a mistake somewhere.
The photographic Office has published
the following notice to mariners:
Notice is hereby given that the Cape Flattery.
! fog signal will blow at regular intervals from
| he iDs