The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

STILL HIGH And DRY
No Effort Made to Float
the St. Paul This
Morning.
LIGHTERING OUT THE CARGO
Spring Tide on Thursday May Lift
Her-Ten Feet Deep
in Sand.
.IGHTERING OUT THE CARGO

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 1S96.-The agerfts
OF the American Steamship Line report
that no attempt was made to haul the
St. Paui off the beach at Long Branch
al nve o'clock this morning when the
tide was high. If the wind is favorable
the big tugs will get to work at the
steamer at four o'clock this afternoon.
when the tide will again be flood. and
try to move her.
AT noon the agents of the steamer said
that her position was favorable She was
resting easy and there was nothing to
be feared from the elements The work
OF transferring the ships cargo to light
ers was begun early this morning and at
noon was well under way. When the
cargo is lifted out of the st. Paul 1t will
Tighten her up considerably and the
chances of getting her off will be materi-
ally increased.
There is little prospects, however, of
moving the boat seaward until the wind
changes and blows from off shore The
tide is daily increasing and by Thursday
there will be spring tide. Should the
efforts to get the st. Paul off in the mean
time prove fruitless, it is believed she
will undoubtedly be fe@ted Thursday
The bow of the steamer this morning at
ten o'clock lay about one hundred feet
north of the point where she first struck.
while the stern has been pulled somewhat
further out from shore than the bow.
She is still embedded in the sand to q
depth of eight or ten feet.
The wind this morning was blowing
from the northwest, but before eleven
o,el9ek eS it began to haul around to the
Captain Jamison telegraphed to the main
office at noon that he expected to have
a2l the cargo out of his ship before night
fall. No effort has been made as yet to
move the gold consignment of S1,300,000
which is on board the management
precious burden of the cargo unless the
ship is in actual danger.
The men of the Chapman and the Mer-
rift Wrecking Companies were today
devoting all their attention to the stern
IN n the the most danger; The sand has been
is their object to try and keep the motive
power of the vessel clear. The ship still
lists 1,s to ,. port
about the stranded vessel Saturday and
yesterday remained at their quarters
any any immediate danger they can '-i now Be Be
summoned from the pilot house Of the
St. Paul by telephone:
G. A. Griscom, President of the Inter
national Navigation Company, and his
son, manager of the company, were at
Long Branch this morning and left for
NewzY York sens a special car. The Presi-
dent, before departing. said that he was
confident that Captain Jamison of the
ST. Paul would have an excellent de-
fence to make regarding the accident.
when the time came for him to offer his
statement officially.
At the offices of the American Line in
this city information was received that
the St. Louis had left Philadelphia at
seven O'Clock today. and would reach
her pier. at the foot of Fulton street.
at midnight. The work of loading her
will begin at once, SO that she will be
ready to sail schedule time on We'd
nesday in the place of the st. Paul.