The San Francisco call., 1896-10-12
SAUSAL|TO IS
D|SCONSOLATE
The Fleet Of Ships That
Were Tied Up There
Are Gone.
Only the Steamer Oregon and
the Yachts Lurline and
Rover Are Left.
ALL THE VESSELS CHARTERED.
Return of the Coast Whalers-The
Venture Was a Failure and
Trouble Is Brewing.
ALL THE VESSELS CHARTERED.

OF all the feet of deep-water ships that
crowded Richardson's Bay few weeks
ago, the only one left is the steamer Ore
gon. Even the yachts have gone, and
were 1t not for the fact that the Lurline
was towed in blythe State tug Markham
and the Rover remained at anchor because
the drawbridge at Tiburon was not opened
in order to allow the yachts to go into win
ter quarters, the bay would have prac-
ticaily been deserted. AS it is, the Ore
gon looms up in solitary grandeur, and
those who travel on the ferry boats look in
vain for the feet of sailing ships that
added to the picturesqueness OF the scene,
and put dollars in the pockets of the Sau-
salito tradesmen.
Whaling on the coast has received set
back. 1t was thought that one OF the
mammals broughtin and placed on exhibi-
tion would pay a handsome dividend.
The steamer Queen went out with an ex-
cursion party and whaling crew, but
failed to catch whale. The venture was
a failure, and there is now considerable
liquidation over the bills contracted by
Manager Wills.
A few weeks ago Wills got up second
expe dition and interested /. P. II. White
law, Captain Savin, f. Christensen, W.
Ford and w. Brindelson in the scheme.
They secured boats and all the necessary
paraphernalia and went to Halfmoon Bay.
For three weeks they camped on the
beach, and day and night men were kept
on the outlook. Ali they sighted were
"fin- back and two "hum backs" The
former was no good. and the latter were
only seen at sundown. Provisions began
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| ing back to San Francisco. They had a
/! terrible time getting here. At times the
/ wind would take command, and then
| again they would be in a dead calm and
would have to labor at the oars. When
| they arrived here last Friday night every
| boiy was tired and half-starved. Thsy
were around town yesterday looking Woe
begone. The men don't know where
70 apply for their pay and they cannot
| find Wills.
In the meantime Whitelaw & Co. want
| to know where they are going to "get OH. =
The chances are that the whole matter
will be ventilated in the courts. In TACT
one suit based on the first excursion has
been decided in favor of Goodall, Perkins
& Co., the owners of the Queen.
The ears of Captain Rae of the British
tramp steamer City of Dublin should be
tingling. He was called hard names on
change yesterday in English, German,
French, Swedish, Danish and almost
every known tongue. Every owner OF a
coaster that happened to be downtown
! Joined in the chorus, and had the skipper
! happened along about that time he would
| have enjoyed bad quarter of an hour.
The City of Dublin is from Yokohama.
| and at 6 A. M. on the 10th inst. she passed
derelict vessel in latitude 38 deg. min.
north, longitude 127 deg. 80 min. west.
| The hull was about 125 feet long and was
| partly capsized. There was no sign OF
| life aboard.
Now what vessel was it? For the last
| few days the sea outside has been like a
mill pond. Captain Rae passed within
| hall q mile of the wreck and it would not
| have taken him half an hour to have
steamed arounu it and found out the name
| and made sure there was no one aboard.
Even the thought of salvage never entered
his head so be steamed along and few
hours later entered port and made his re-
| port. Now every shipowner and shipping
man in port is wondering what vessel the
derelict is.
The Spreckels tug Vigilant broke her
cylinder head last Saturday afternoon.
This was unfortunate as she was to have
gone out on a fishing excursion to the
Farallones. Superintendent Hawley, how
ever, managed TO spare the Fearless so
Captain Glenn Randall went out on her
and took all the passengers the law all
lowed. 1t was a little rough outside and
some of the excursionists were seasick, but
nevertheless many a good string of rock
cod was brought in. The Ida and Nettie
Low also went out but owing to getting LOO
far north they had to put into Bolinas.