The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10
OUT OF
The SEA OF TER
a Successful Shot Means
a Quarter of a Thou
sand.
Two Men Secured Four Skins
off Yaquina Bay in Six
Weeks.
Several Schooners Will Start Out
Mkt Saturday TO Hunt the
Seas OF the Coast.

least $1,000 the hunters must be classed as
among "those favored by the gods" The
hunters were among the two most sue
cessful men during the cruise OF the seal
ing schooner Herman, and on their return
pooled their issues. They had enough
money to purchase whaleboat and mt
her out. From here they went TO Yaquina
Bay and there hired third man to row
the boat. One day Jacobs would steer
and Neidever would do the cunning, and
the next day it would be vice versa. Lat
terlv it has been .un usually rough on the
coast and the waves have run mountains
high. Nevertheless the men have gone
out day after day and on nearly every oc-
casion the sea otter was shot when the
boat was in the trough OF the sea and the
mammal on the crest of the wave. The
above picture is drawn from sketch sent
to John Oppenheim, the well-known
clothier, and is marked "a $3.50 shot,"
Jacobs and Neidever are now eff Va
quina Bay and they intend staying in that
vicinity for another two months. Should
they 40 as well in that time as they have
during the past six weeks there will be no
necessity for them making a trip to Boring
Sea next season. Many a schooner has
an otter, but here two men go out IN an
open boat and secure four of the valuable
furs in less than six weeks and think
nothing of the feat.
The schooner Eppinger went out
couple of days ago and incoming coasters
report her with fifty seal and ''ail the
boats out" In consequence the Kate and
Anna and the Louisa Dare are being pat
in commission in hurry and both YES
sells will sail next Saturday for a cruise in
chase of seal.
The news from London is not encour-
aging, however, as according 10 private
cable received yesterday skins are selling
at 10 per cent less than last year. The
supply is not large, but then money is
tighU and the demand is not great. Still
the sealers have confidence that McKin-
leys administration will improve matters
and that next year will see a big advance
in prices and a general improve ment in
business
The new steamer Humboldt was taken
from Third and Berry streets to the Full
ton Iron Works yesterday. Her new en-
gines and boilers will be put in as speedily
as possible and in the meantime Ben
dixen is here and will at once begin work
on the deckhouses and internal fittings of
the vessel. Max Kalish, the popular
agent OF the Hum boldt, says the steamer
will be ready for her trial trip early in
January.
Meat Inspector Jordan seized whole
carcass on the steamer Tiburon yesterday.
The stuff was shipped from san Rafael by
a prominent butcher to Tong Sing, 20
Washington alley. The smell from it was
so great that the crew of the ferry boat
had to put it on the after part OF the YES
sci in order to save the passengers from
inhaIing the door. There were 705 pounds
of the stuff and had it not been Tor the
vigilance of jordan the chances are that
some of the meat would now be grazing
the counters OF some of the cheap down
town restaurants.
Captain Hansen will go out in com.
mand of the North Fork tomorrow. For
some weeks he has been com PEELED to re-
main ashore in order to LOOK after his sick
wife. the good lady is now on the road
to recovery, so the skipper will again re-
sumo his regular run up the coast.
The CZarina is now ready for sea. The
vessel that is TO carry house coal from the
Beaver Hill mines will probably have her
trial trip tomorrow. In the morning she
will go into Mission Bay, and her COM
passes will be adjusted. In the afternoon
she will go over the measured mile and
will have a cruise around the bay. John
D. Spreckels and party of friends will be
aboard. and the expectations are that the
collier wilt beat her own record. she has
been fitted with one of the new patent
corrugated wheels from which so much is
expected.
The steamer Wellington took dozen
mules up to the Wellington colliery yes
terday. at Nanaimo the animals give out
very quickly and the Messrs. Dunsmulr
have a standing order for twelve OF the
animals to be delivered every six months.
There was considerable trouble getting
them aboard the steamer yesterday and
couple of the longshoreme n will not forget
the experience in a hurry. One got
rather severe kick and the other had
mouthiGl taken out of the slack of his
pants. The animals were not putin boxes,
but were turned loose in the hold of the
ship and there they will have to shift for
themselves until the ship reaches British
Cclum bia.
Captain BacKus left last night to bring
the bark Colusa from Puget Sound to San
Fran cisco. She was to load coal for John
Resembles sons, but as the vessel was
leaking Captain Kalb refused to take thu
risk OF bringing her to this port with
load of coal. Captain Backus was at work
transforming the Eastern Oregon from
a steamer into four-masted harkentine,
but be at once quit the job and started
last night for Port Townsend. On his ar
rival he will assume command of the
San Francisco. The Co.usa took cargo
of sugar from Hawaii to the sound.
The Canadian Pacific Steamship Com
pany is to have an addition TO its Aus
tralian feet. The business has grown
during the past year and the company has
chartered the Aorangi from the New Yea
land Steamship Company. She is a
splendid vessel of over 1000 tons burden,
and is fitted with all the modern i'm prove
ments. The captain of the Miowera will
leave Vancouver in few days for Liver
pool TO take command of the Aorangi.
He will leave for Sydney as soon as all
the preliminaries are arranged and from
there will sail on schedule time for the
sound. The increase in the company's
business has necessitated the addition of
an extra vessel.
The Dutch ship Nederland sailed yes
to-day with a remarkable record. She
Law in port forty days and not a man de-
serted. The crew evidently had a good
time, for as the boat got under way they
manned the yards and gave three cheers
for California. The Consul went out as
far as the whistling buoy on the ship and
came back in the tug.
The following notice has been issued to
mariners by the branch photographic
office:
California-San Francisco Bay-Mare Island
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