The San Francisco call., 1896-07-20
PIONEER OF THE
PACIFIC LINE,
Sutton & Beebe'S Successors
Evidently Mean Bus
mess.
ONE VESSEL rs LOADING
She Is the William II. Macy
and Will Bring General
Merchandise.
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.
The Steamer China Beats Her Own
Time From Honolulu by Over
Two Hours.
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.

The fine American clipper ship William
H. Macy is now loading at New York for
San Francisco and will be the first of a
new line that will carry general merchan-
disc from the Atlantic to the Pacific. She
will be followed by the A. ]. Fuller from
Philadelphia, and thereafter vessels will
be put on the berth as often as the traffic
will justify.
The new venture is fathered by Flint &
Co. of New York and J. f. Chapman g.
Co. of this City will be the local agents.
Charles f. Flint is one of the most enter
prising men in the shipping business in
the United States. He has succeeded in
building up an enormous trade with South
America, and now he has entered,into the
contest for the Pacific Coast business.
Captain J. F. Chapman is one of the best
selections the New York concern could
have made in the matter of local agents.
He is a splendid business man and stands
ace high with every merchant in the
City.
The William H. Macy was built at
Camden, Me-, in 1883 and is 2092 tons net
burden. She is 254 feet 9 inches long, 43
feet inches broad and % feet 3 inches
deep. She may be expected here as the
pioneer in the Pacific clipper line about
next November.
Another ocean record has been broken,
and the Pacific Mail Company's China has
again demonstrated her speed. Several
months ago she made the run from Homo
lulu to San Francisco in days Ii hours
and 10 minutes, thus establishing a new
record. Yesterday morning she completed
the same journey in days IL hours and IL
minutes, thus beating her own record by 2
hours and minutes. The steamers per-
formance was a splendid one, as she aver
aged 10 knots an hour between Yokohama
and Honolulu and 16 knots an hour be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco.
The China left Honolulu on the 18th
inst. at 6:22 P NJ During the succeeding
eighteen hours she covered 2S8 knots. The
next day she made 376 knots, the next 36S,
the next $40. the next $40, and at S:04 A. M.
yesterday she finished her course of 2094
nautical miles. The steamers time from
Yokohama was 15 days 15 hours and 90
minutes, which establishes another record
from that port, and from Hongkong "a
days z hours and 6 minutes.
On the 18th inst. the China passed a
steamer about 6 P. NJ. She was so far
away, however, that there were no means
OF making her out. The general opinion
is that the steamer was the Peklng. The
Peking left here on the 11th inst. and she
was spoken in latitude % Is and longitude
146 %, or 1882 miles from San Francisco
and 76O miles from Honolulu. If it was
the Peking, therefore, she must have
averaged over Ii knots from the time she
left San Francisco. She will have to do
better than that, however, to beat the
Australia.
The cabin passengers OF the China were:
DR.. W. T. Arnold, Lieutenant A. Boutakoff,
=. II. Bramwel, J. b. Castle, A. Collins, Cheong
Shu Cheong, w. D. Van Eek, Miss II. E. Fraser
and maid, DR.. s. G. Hill. Captain NJ. V. Ian
aQC n1f L
S. Mass, It. D. Mckay, w. Z. Matteson, M
and Mrs. A. ]. Mundy, Mr.. Sho Nemoto, T.
Kusakado H, ogivie, Eugene Prass, A. NJ.
Sharp, Alexander Sharp, Mrs. H. Stone, Mrs
Thornton, Miss Thornton, Lieutenant S.
TelAeff.
Among the steerage passengers were
two hunters, named Birch and Roach,
from the sealing schooner Jane Gray.
They got lost In the fog, but succeeded in
making land. The schooner had only
done fairly well when they left her.
new steam launch for the San Fran
cisco laundry was christened at Beedle's
Doatyard yesterday and in few days she
will be plying among the shipping. The
old boat used to break down once a week
on an average, and then Henry Petersen
would have to send the Amy out to search
for her. The new boat, however, will be
able to hold her own with anything in th.
bay.
Returning from the launch "Charley''
Hansen and Jim" Hartman began iok-
ing Henry Petersen about being out of
condition and saying he would stand no
chance in race with Hanlan. Henry inn
mediately asked Are you fellows in good
condlIion?" and they answered Eyes"
They were then mile from the depot and
Peterson offered to give them $50 yards
start and run them to the train. For the
first half mile it was close race, but after
that Petersen had it all his own way. He
finished almost as fresh as at the start
while Hanson had to be carried into the
car and given restoratives before he was
able to walk around. Henry says he can
can get into condition inside of six weeks
10 row the race of his life.
There was considerable movement in
shipping yesterday. The tramp steamer
Linlithgow went to Port Costa to load
wheat. and two British ships were towed
to McNear's by the Spreckels tugs. Sew
eral vessels were moved by Shipowners'
and Merchants Towboat Company, and
TWO vessels, wheat laden, came down from
South Vallejo and Port Costa.
The Blairmore was the great center of
attraction on the bay yesterday. Thousands
of people visited her. and half the sail and
rowboats on the bay were alongside.
Relic hunters were SO numerous that Cap
tain Burns had to place watchmen on
the decks in order to put stop to the pill
fering. The work of cleaning up the YES
sci will begin to-day.