The San Francisco call., 1896-06-12
Will Be Launched in Her Native
Element Tomorrow at
TiburOn.
SHE WILL HAVE FLEET WINGS
The Steamer Coos Bay Has Been
Withdrawn From the Mexican
Trade.

The schooner Elvinia, which left here
on the 9th inst. for Eureka, returned to
port yesterday. She was caught in the
same gale as the Australia and Santiago,
and suffered severely. She lost her fore
sail and fying-iib, and other minor dam
age was done. When her centerboard
snapped off the captain determined to put
about and run for this port.
The Acapulco. which was due yesterday
from Panama and way ports, did not put
in an appearance. She probably was
caught in the same gale, and has been de-
tanned by the heavy head seas and strong
winds.
One of the prettiest yachts that has been
built here i'll years is now almost completed
at Tiburon and will be launched tomorrow.
Her owner is confident that she will beat
any vessel of her size in the bay.
! The new flyer is 50 feet over all and 36
! feet inches on the water-line. Her beam
! is IA feet and Ler depth feet, while her
mast from deck to truck is 49 feet. The
main boom will be 40 feet, the gaff "a feet
and the bowsprit feet long, and she will
have an overhang forward OF feet and aft
8 feet There Will be ~ tons of lead on
the keel and the centerboard will be L
feet with drop of feet. The new craft,
which has not been named, is owned by g..
Billings, who will have quite gathering
at Tiburon tomorrow to see her dip into
the bay.
A steam launch for Captain G. A. Nc
! Neill is also being completed at Tiburon.
She will be called the Tia Juana and has
been built out of a large whaleboat. She
is % feet long, 6 feet 6 inches beam, and
her gas engines are five horsepower. She
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The Pacific Coast Steamship Company 5
Coos Bay, due here tomorrow from Mexi-
can ports, will not run any more on tnat
route for the present. The trade from
| Arizona via Guaymas has fallen oil, and
in future the steamer OriZaba will be able
to handle it. The Coos Bay will probably
be placed in the coast trade.
The same companys Bonita will sail
this afternoon for Port Harford Lompoc,
Hueneme, San Pedro and Newport, carry
ing com bustibles and freight only.
The schooner r. w. Bartlett has made
a very smart run of forty eight days from
here to Siberia. On April 10 last she
sailed for the Amoor River with a num-
Der of iron barges aboard for the Russian
Transportation Company. The barges
were built by the Union Iron Works, aud
are to be used on the upper reaches of the
river Captain Olsen telegraphs that he
arrived near his destination on May %
but as the ice was breaking up very slow
ly in the Amoor it would PROBABLY be t {
18th inst. before he could begin dis
charging.
The British ship Lyndhurst, now lying
at Sausalito, is to be sold at public auc
ton. She belongs to the Lyndhurst Ship
ping Company, anc as the stockholders
have not paid their assessments, the YES
sci is to be sold to the highest bidder un
der an order of British court in chancery
Nearly all the stockholders are poor peo
pie, and they will be heavy losers, as
ships are drug on the market all the
world over at present.
The schooner Vine will leave to-day fol
Central America, and from there will e
on trading cruise to the southern seas
Captain Luttrell goes out in command
and as he knows the islands well the voy
age is sure to be a successful one.