The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
Damage to the Owners, Outside
of the Insurance, Will
Be $4,000.
ENGLISH UNDERWRITERS LOSE.
Startling Condition of the Southern
Pacflc'S So.Called Aids to
Navigation.

ashore off Point Pinos (via Monterrey,
Aug. 1.-THE st. Paul men have worked
Ike beavers all day and tonight, the
Paciflc Coast Steamship Company has
practically given up the ship. Anchors,
chains, winches and all manner OF gear
have been hoisted out by the donkey
engine that remains above the water and
away to the Santa Cruz, which sailed this
evening for San Francisco.
Yesterday morning Marine Adjuster
Hooper arrived and Immediately boarded
the st. Paul. He remained in consulta-
tlon for half an hour, looked down on the
water-logged cargo and went ashore.
When seen by The CALL correspondent
before he left the vessel he answered all
queries with brevity that was almost a
witticism. 81 came down here to do some
adjusting. but 1 see nothing to adjust
The sea has made my labor exceedingly
light and l may as well leave
The loss to the company, outside OF the
insurance, will be between $50, 600 and $4O,-
600. The insurance placed with English
companies, on the vessel, is $4,000. The
local insurers are Cutie d Frank and Mann
e. Wilson of San Francisco. The loss in
cargo is much greater than at first be-
ieved, for only eighty out OF the hundred
livestock were saved, and but 400 out Of
the 5000 sacks of grain will be worth re-
moving from the flooded hulk. The hun
dred sacks of wool which were supposed
to be impervious to the action of water are
a total loss.
The st. Paul still lies tightly embedded
ba he li,t1o tiotf Dorf
indicating that the ledge she is leaning
against is pressing in her plates.
When she gets few degrees further
over the sweils will get at her woodwor3-
and then the beach will get the splinters.
Seen from the stranded ship ali roads ap-
pear to lead to the bit of shore ahead of
her, and those highways bring each their
string of visitors to the beach. The ST..
Paul plays to full house. The Southern
Pacific Railroad possesses all of the land
IN this vicinity, and that company only
tolerates the public on its right of eminent
domain. Mounted employees of that great
corporation furiously gallop here and
there with eep-off-the-grass" menace
in their rushes. One of these fierce vi
dettes yesterday plunged down toward
the beach as though he would drive the
trespassing breakers into the sea.
The Southern Pacific Company is ap-
parently paramount here. from the crest
of the coast range out TO marine league
signals of Point Pinos, it's efficient So
called help to navigation merit some pub
lie notice.
Monterey is the third harbor in impor-
tance on the California shore line. The
southern entrance to the harbor is t1anked
by long dangerous reefs jutting far out
into the ocean. Vessels coming in from
the south must hug closely the promon-
tory, and when white blanket of fog
hides all bearings navigation here is ex-
tremely dangerous. The st. Paul, on her
rock, is fatal evidence of this fact.
Pigeon Point is an isolated spot, twenty
or thirty miles away from harbor. No
vessel has any business within five miles
of its rocks. yet it has a splendi id light, it's
great flame revolving from lofty tower,
is visible far at sea. A keeper and i've as
sistants stand watch there from dusk to
dawn. Its fog whistle is sounded by a
powerful engine and second stands
ready to keep up the music in case of ac-
cident to the first. The loud below of the
horn can be heard out in the fog-thickened
air.
Point Pinos has a small tnird-order
light, with one keeper and an assistant
The lamp siis in sqIatty tower, far in
land, its comparatively feeble lamp less
than hundred feet above the blliows that
always beat savagely on that beach. The
Jog signal is an insi ni6cant affair, utter
ing its low, owl-like hoot when the coast
is covered with bank of whiteness al
most impenetrable to the seagull. When
the wind that blows the fog aways kicks
up a sea that sets it believing loud the
signal is not needed. When the whistle
sounds strongly through the fogless night
the light is not needed. A phonic and
visual condition truly.
The steamship agents OF this port say
that often vessels are delayed for hours In
the fog off the point try ing to feel their
way in. Such thing at the entrance OF
harbor whose gateway istwenty- hve miles
wide from headland to headland is DIM
cult of comprehension.
The following is list of freight on board
the steamer st. Paul:
From Newport-124 sacks peanuts, IL sacks
walnuts, "a boxes lemons, 6 boxes oranges,
keg wine, l lot household goods
San Pedro--4 boxes seed, 10 boxes lemons.
East San Pedro-5 cs canned fish.
Los Angeles via East San Pedro-1 lot house
hold goods, organ.
Ventura-1 box sauce, 20 packages merchan
disc, case honey, cs canned goods, barrels
rolled wheat, Isl boxes lemons.
santa Barbara-28 packages merchandise, AZ
DoAes lemons, 10 SACKS crawnSh.
Gayiota-1 box butter, case eggs, 81 sack
wool, bundles pelts, AZ sacks crawhsh, !
boxes fish. bundles dried fish.
Cayueos-1 tub boxes butter, 6 cases eggs
case dry goods, 1 package merchandise. 3Ol
SACKS barley, dressed calves.
San Slmeon-1S packages merchandise, 12H
boxes 2 tubs butter, 5 cases eggs, 100 calves
| sack beans, sacks potatoes, box fruit.
Port Harford-6 cases honey, 1S boxes
keg butter, 80 packages merchandise, IL case
eggs, % boxes fish.
Miles-937 sacks beams
San Luis 0bispo-16O5 sacks barley.
Steeles-29l sacks barley
Nipomo-2253 sacks barley, 246 sacks oats
Santa Maria-372 sacks wheat.
The consignees are: w. C. Price & Co.; Eve
leth d Nash; j. Ivancovich & Co.; J. NJ. Spot
ford; southern California Fruit Company; c
A. Martins; Dairymens Union; E. J. Bowen &
Co.; Wadhams Ken Bros; Ross, Higgins
Co. x. 5. Owen; Dairymen's Union; Kohler 4
Frohllng; Enterprise Brewery: Kowalsky
Co.; Deming, Palmer & Co.. Lievre, Fricke
Co.; San Francisco News Company; Imme
d Co.; J: p. Thomas; Allen g. Lewis; l.
Scatena d Co.. Gordon & Co.; Redfng
ton d. Co.; Main & Winchester; Dunham,
Carrigan Co.; American Union Fish Co.; A
Paladini; Milani & Co.; G. Camilioni; Wet
more Bros; Wheaton, Breon & Co.; Christy 4
Wise; Thomas Dennigan, Son & Co.; Hill.
BROS. ID. de Bernardo & Co.; Getz Bros. & Co.