The San Francisco call., 1896-07-01
PASSAGES
NOW IN VOGUE,
Many Vessels of the Over
due Fleet Are Com
ing In.
ALDEN BESSE THE LAST.
It Took Her Thirty-Five Days
to Make the Run From
Honolulu.
ALL DELAYED BY HEAD WINDS.
Narrow Escape of Captain Johnson of
the Steam Schooner
Sc tia.
ALL DELAYED BY HEAD WINDS.

Long passages are not uncommon, but
the South Sea Island feet has broken the
record. Barks, barkentnes, brigs and
schooners that have made the run in from
eleven to fourteen days have on this oc-
casion been out all the way from three
weeks to a month and half. AL! tell the
same tale, Light winds and calm" and in
many cases tle vessels ran out OF provi-
sions and others more fully supplied had to
help them out.
Of the overdue feet the Andrew Welch
made the best run. She came here from
Hawaii in twenty-three days. The Mo-
hican was twenty-eight, the clipper
schooner Mural twenty-six, the Lurline
thirty, the Archer twenty-eight, Annie
johnson thirty-seven, Aloha thirty-four,
Jennie Wand thirty-one and the Alden
Besse thirty-f days.
Apart from these it took the Tropic Bird
forty-four days to get here from Tahiti,
while the average passage is less than 8
month.
The vessels due from Australia, from
the Orient and from Europe are all max
ing long passages, and, like the sugar
fleet, are probably delayed outside. The
City of Philadelphia, now out 150 days
from New York, is posted as missing and
go per cent reinsurance is paid on her.
The Undaunted Is $50 days out from Balti-
more, Ederbank 164 days from Antwerp,
f. S. Ciampa 132 from Cardiff Cambus-
kenneth l5S from Hamburg, Blackbraes
16l from Liverpool, Ravenscourt 1873 from
London, and Latham 140 from Swansea.
Many of these vessels have been in
more or less trouble so the long voyages
cannot be wholly attributed TO adverse
VII de or irla no annn hA hro
compelled to return on account of the
weather; then she was in collision, and
finally last May she put into MonteVideo
leaking and with her rudder damaged,
while the Wederland had to put into Port
Stanley with ner cargo shifted. She also
lost many of her sails, the rigging was
damaged, and in order to save the ship
considerable of the cargo had TO be
jettisoned.
OF ali the vessels that have made long
runs that of the Alden Besse has been The
most exasperating. When Captain Potter
was making his adieus to Captain Wiz
liams of the w. G. Irwin, be said: 'Good-
by, old man; I'll be on the wharf to MEET
you in San Francisco" The Irwin has
been in port six days and has not only
discharged but is now loading for Homo
lulu. Captain Potter had more than his
share of head winds, however, so it is no
fault of the vessel that she did not make
better time.
| On the Goth inst. the monotony OF daily
life on the bark was broken. The British
| ship Clackmannanshire hove in sight, and
the signal ''short of provisions was
hoisted. The Britisher was bound for AS
toria and was clean out of fresh-canned
meats. The vessel had called in at
| Pitcairn Island and there had obtained
supply OF vegetables, but these did not
last long, and when the Alden Besse hove
In sight the crew was on 'short allow
ance." Captain Potter was well provi-
stoned, and he willingly gave the Britisher
all the supplies be required.
! Anent the loss of the bark John Bailey
the Bulletin has this TO say:
Ships, like cats often have nine lives The
bark John Bailey, that year ago lay
at section OF the seawal of this City, is a
vessel that has been abandoned more than
once, but when she went ashore at Macao,
south of Hongkong, some weeks ago, it was
thought in nautical circles that she was
wrecked for ali time. But the Bailey does not
die so easily. On the afternoon of May % she
came into Hongkong harbor, towed by mite
! OF a tug, looking as II she had interfered with
the progress OF a typhoon. She was minus
copper sheathing, sails and running gear, for
| the pirates of Macao had sacked her like
Cuban town, leaving nothing but her hull and
cargo. The latter'being hardwoods from India,
was too heavy and awkward TO carry. The
galley stove, however, was neither too hot nor
] too hefty to discourage the robbers, and that
/ too went with the rest of the booty secured by
the maraudeTs.
The Harbor Commissioners let the re-
pairing of dredger No. to John Twiggs g.
Son yesterday. The meeting of the board
was short, as Commissioner Chadbourne
mad an engagement to meet S. S. Green
Jr.. Chief Engineer of the Department of
Docks of New York. When the FL Capt.
tan got in from the excursion around the
bay with the civil engineers Mr.. Green
was taken in charge by Colonel Chad
bourne and escorted to the State tug
Governor Markham. The latter was deco
rated from stem to stern with the United
States and State colors and presented a
very pretty appearance Pacific-street
wharf was inspected, and Mr.. Green at
once acknowledged that it was the equal
of any pier in the United States. The
foundation of the new ferry depot was ex-
amined. and from there the party made a
general tour of the water front.
The party that went out on the Ell Capt.
tan made long tour of the bay.
Captain Johnston of the steamer Scotia
was badly injured yesterday. a sling full
of ties fell against him and Knocked him
down. He was badly injured and had to
be taken to st. Mary's Hospital. He will
recover.
The report from the Japan sealing feet
is as follows:
The Katherine 119 skins. the Josephine 60,
the Sadie Turpel $50, the Triumph 461, the
Allen AIger 602, the st. Lawrence 300, the
I,ouiaa ID 5Q1 the Aurora 327. the Fortuna