The San Francisco call., 1896-07-21
Change in the Agent and Off
GERS of the Whaleback
City of Everett.
CAPTAIN BUCKNAM RETIREs
He Will Return to the Great Lakes
and Take Command Of Vessel
There.

The first smart voyage of the season was
completed yesterday. The British ship
Star of France made the run from London
to San Francis isco IN 113 days, thus keeping
up her record, which is remarkably good
one.
In 1888 the Star of France made the trip
in ITO days, in 1895 in ia days and yester-
day she completed her third voyage to
this port in 113 days. In 1883 Captain
Ulyatt was here in the Star of France as
second officer.
Vessels that are now long way behind
the Star of France are the City of Phila-
delphia and Santa Clara from New York.
They are out 170 and 157 days respec lively,
and heavy reinsurance has been paid on
them. The general impression is that the
vessels collided off the Horn and went
down with all hands. News from the
British ship st. Enoch to the Merchants
Exchange is to the effect that she was in
company with the American ship Santa
Clara and that on April % she passed th e
Gowanbank ashore near Port Stanley with
every appearance of having been in COLI
sion. If all three vessels came together
off the Horn then two of them have gone
down.
OlncI ONtIQue Vessels on WHICH relQSur-
ance have been paid are the Undaunted,
now out 1St days from Philadelphia; Ce-
darbank, 1876 days from Antwerp; KillmaI-
lie, 152 days from Antwerp; f. s. Ciampa,
154 days from Cardiff, and Cambusken-
meth, $50 days from Hamburg.
Ali these vessels have made unusually
long passages, but then the weather has
been against them from the start and it
would not be at all sur prising to find that
many OF the captains have got tired of
doubling the Horn and have made the
longer run to Frisco via the Cape of Good
Hope.
OF other overdue vessels the Blackbraes
is now out 1S2 days from Liverpool. She
was in collision in the English Channel
and had TO put back. Later she caught
tlre and nad to put into MontevIdeo. The
Jorcanhill, also from Liverpool, is now out
179 days, but no anxiety is felt about her
In connection with the Star of Frances
run from London, the Ravenscourt is now
out 160 days, the Brenda 15S days and the
SoAoto 115 days. All three vessels have
been spoken on several occasions, so it is
simply question of light winds and
calms that Is keeping them back.
Captain Ulyatt OF The Star of France re-
ports that from June IA to 80 he was in
company with the American ship A. G.
Ropes, now out lis days from New York.
Captain Rivers paid Captain Ulyatt visit
In midocean and they had ''good time"
When they finally parted com pany the
American ship had the wind, and signaled
the Star of France, "PIease report me in
San Francisco as all WELL" Captain Ul-
yatt has made his report, but Captain
Rivers never expected that the matter
would end that way. Probably the Ropes
has been caught in one of the prevailing
calms, and is now within hundred miles
of San Francisco.
Three weeks ago we were within 700
miles of San Francisco said Captain
Ulyatt yesterday. I'VE had no favorable
wind, however, and there we had to lie.
II We had a fair wind we could have
made the trip in ninety-nine days. but
the tates were against US. We crossed the
equator eighty-four days out and
thought we were going to break the
record, but then | have no kick coming
considering the mum Der of vessels that are
behind me-"
Captain Ulyatt is one of the youngest
masters in port and be has lot of Young
officers with him. The first officer is
Charles Camaron and the second officer
Charles CLAYTON. They are all Belfast
boys and have been brought up in the
''Star" line.
J. S. Kimball, owner of many steam
schooners and lumber vessels, returned
from Skaggs Springs yesterday. He has
been very sick man, but has so far re-
covered as to be able to return to business.
George Fogel, the well-known water
front clothier, has returned from three
weeks visit to Harbin Sprinks. He
has become a convert to the 'bike"
craze and the day before leaving for home
covered 6fty-hve miles over a mountain
Gus road. he won new suit on the
effort and wore ii yesterday on the front
There is change on the City of Everett,
not only IN the agents but in the officers.
J. Jerome, manager OF the Saginaw Steel
Steamship Company, will in future con-
troll the movements of the whaleback
and Captain La Verge Will relieve Captain
Bucknam, while Chief Engineer Samson
will take the place of Chief Engineer
Smith. All the other officers will rem ain
and the City of Everett will continue to
carry coal from Nanaimo, B. c., for John
Rosenfeld's Sons. Captain Bucknam has
been on the whaleback ever since she was
launched and has made an enviable record,
During his command there has never been
an accident and the vessel mas always
made time. He will go East to assume
command of steamer on the lakes
Captain La Verge was formerly master
OF the whaleback Joseph l.. Colby, which
ran on the lakes for while; was then
transferred to the Atlantic, and then back
10 the lakes again. He is an old and ex-
perienced master. The City of Everett is
owned by the American Steel Barge Com
pany OF New York.
Jim" Goodchild, chief steward of the
Pacific Mail Company's steamer China, is
going to quit steamboating. He is one of
the most popular men in his line. and in
consequence has received many fiattering
offers. On his last trip he was rendered
the management of the Hongkong Hotel.
and at once accepted it. He will go out
on the next trip Of the steamer as a pas
senger, and will take up his new duties on
the arrival OF the China at Hongkong.
has not yet been filled.
The steam schooner Alice Blanchard
brought down 800 sheep from Portland
yesterday. From stem to stern nothing
could be seen but wool, and the passen-
gers were com Delled to walk on an impro-
vised platform in order to move around.
The. sheep will be turned into mutton
forthwith