The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-03

when the tug Vigilant cast her off. The
wind was from the northeast, and there
fore favorable for ships going to sea. Off
Alcatraz Captain Murphy ordered the
staysails set and off Fort Point the top
sails were run up. Passing Point Bonita
almost all the sails were in place, and as
soon as the tug cast her adrift the Shenan-
doah was speeding on her way to Eng
land.
The Cambusdoon was towed out by the
Monarch and the Blairgowrie by the
Alert. All three vessels are bound for
Europe, and considerable interest is taken
in the outcome of the race. Captain
Murphy is confident that his ship will
make the run in 100 days or less, and if
she does the Britishers will not he in it.
The ting Reliance took out the Cyrus
Wakefield, bound for New York, and the
W. G. Irwin for Hawaii. In spite of her
double burden she raced the Monarch
from OF AlcatraZ to the bar and beat her
easily. Captain Brockaw of the Reliance
says the result is due to the new CORFU
gated wheel, which was put in place few
weeks ago.
All the vessels that went to sea were
fully loaded and their cargoes alone are
valued at 100000. The Shenandoah
took general merchandise and wheat and
her consignments amount to over $3.50, 900.
The Norwegian tramp steamer Herman
! Wedel Jarlsberg was in greater trouble
than the first cables told of. She was re-
ported as having put into Yokohama with
her shaft disabled, but later advices re-
ceived by the Merchants Exchange YES
terday state that the Jarlsberg came near
| sharing the fate of the Linlithgow In any
| event she was almost in the same predica-
ment as the Ro de Janeiro when she ran
short OF coal. She ran into heavy gale.
and some sails that were set to steady the
steamer were blown away and two boats
were washed out of the 6avits. Coal ran
short and the gaffs and booms and twenty
tons of wheat were burnt up in order to
get the vessel into Yokohama. It will be
several weeks before the Jarlsberg is ready
| for sea again, and in the mean time her
destination may be changed. The JarIs.
berg was bound for Calcutta.
The ferry steamer Enclnal was put on
the narrow-gauge route again yesterday.
| The work of overhauling and putting her
in good shape for the winter has been
rushed, as the travelling public was
grumbling over the accommodations af-
! forded by the 81 Captain. The latter boat
was too small for the business, but to
please the people the Encinal has been
put back on the run a week or ten DAYS
before she was ready. Now everybody is
growing because the paint and yarnish is
not perfectly dry.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's
Walla Walla got in about noon Yesterday.
about twenty-four hours behind time.
Captain Wallace reports unusually heavy
weather between Cape Flattery and the
Golden Gate. and owing to the heavy head
winds the vessel was hove-to several
times.
Captain Thorn pson of the s. c. Allen is
to take command of the R. P. Rithet. The
former is now in Honolulu harbor loading
| for San Francisco and the Rithet is on her
way from Newcastle, Australia, to Homo
! lulu with load of coal. The mate of the
Allen will bring the vessel to this port.
Vallejo took as great an interest in the
Fitzsim contest as San
Francisco. Yesterday a band of enthu-
siastic sports came down on the Sunol
and some of them went home sadder but
wiser men: A big contingent came from
the Navy Yard and every one OF them was
an enthusiastic Sharkey man. Henry
Stahl, who with James Coakley owns and
publishes the Vallejo Morning News, also
came down. He proposed attending the
Tight in order that the people of Vallejo
and Mare Island might get the contest
round by round, as soon as the readers oil
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