The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

on the steamer Columbia and hardly a
dozen people were down to see them oil.
Ii the ''ghost walks they may return to
San Francisco, if not they will remain IN
Oregon and exc out an existence on
Sholto's remittances.
Deputy County Clerks E. P. Peterson
and A. Houston, James A. DAILY, who ran
for Supervisor OF the Seventh Ward. and
Otto Hines have chartered the yacht
Nellie and yesterday started for the Corde-
liza Slough on q duck-hunting expedition.
The Nellie is a roomy boat and should
provide the party with ample accommo-
dation during the week spent on the
marshes.
The new Humboldt came down in tow
OF the Ship-owners' and Merchants Tow
boat Company's Rescue yesterday. The
run from bar to bar was made In 70 hours
80 minutes, which is remarkably quick
lime. After unloading at The loot OF Third
street the new boat will go to the Fulton
Iron Works to have her boilers put IN.
The new boat has already been described
III The CALL and cut of her published,
SO the readers of this paper Will easily
recognize her when she goes out on her
trial trip the end of the month. The
Rescue did rot waste any time here but al
once coaled up and during the afternoon
started Tor Eureka with the barkentine G.
G. Funk In tow The latter will load red
wood lumber for Sydney.
Among the arrivals yesterday afternoon
was the British ship Bacchus i'll tow OF the
tug Active, and the Rathdown in tow of
the Vtgilant.
The scow schooner Erie met with a
peculiar accident at Port Costa yesterday.
She was on her way to the mills with
load of grain and had northwest wind
and ebb tile to help her along. While she
was still two miles away the British bark
Inverooe was towed out into the stream
by the tug Vigilant and there dropped,
While the tug got out her hawser to tow
the vessel to San francisco. The scow
came sailing along and got dangerously
near the stationary ship. "Luff! luff!'
yelled the captain of the Iuvercoe, put the
men on the scow attempted to put about
and before the schooner ga hered way she
was under the bark's quarter. A few
minutes later it was discovered that the
sccw was leaking badly, so Captain Slio-
vich was told to haul in his hawser and go
to her assistance. The Invercoe came to
an anchor and the Erie was run on the
Benicia mud fats. The schooner is not
badly damaged but the wheat cargo WALL
proba bly, be total loss.
A peculiar state Of affairs exists between
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. and Captain Hicks
of the British ship Manchester. The yes
sci is chartered 10 load wheat at the fine
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begging at 1Ss 9d) and Balfour, Guthrie
& Co. are loading her. The Stockton
steamers have put IN several loads and
Captain Hicks has all along been grumb-
ling at the sacks in which the wheat is
sent down. He says they are no good and
Yesterday refused to receive another con-
Segment because of the state they were
in. He further notified Balfour, Guthrie
& CO, that if the sacks of wheat now in
the hold were not repaired he would have
all the wheat put on-the wharf at owners
expense tomorrow. The grain firm
laugh at his threats ard want Hicks to go
ahead as that would mean the abandon
nent of the charter and the saving at
least OF IS a ton for them.
A barge loaded with brick went adrift
from Fort Point yesterday afternoon wit b
three mel on board. The men were
taken ashore by the life-saving crew, and
the barge taken in tow by the tug Reli-
ance and towed back to port.
On board the British ship Rathdown,
December l, All Sing, steward, died of
consum ption and was buried at Sc.