The San Francisco call., 1897-02-09
TO CARRY COD IN
LIEU Of WHALES
The Old Herriman Changed
From a Bark Into a
Barkentine.
Another Whaler Has Been
Turned Into an Otter Hunt
ing Schooner.
Many People on the Front Yesterday
MiStook the Olive bank for
the SwanhlIda.

| The British ship Olivebank, in which
| Butler, the man accused of numbering Lee
| Weller and Arthur Preston, served as an
a. 3. under the name of Robert Ashe,
made the prettiest picture in the bay yes
terday. While battling with adverse
winds outside Captain Petrie had no op-
portunity to dry any of his sails, so yes
terday when the barometer was steadily
rising and all the indications were for fine
weather the canvas was spread to the
northerly breeze, and before nightfall
nearly all the sails were dried. Many
people watched the vessel from Clay
street wharf and not few took her to be
the Swanhilda, and some went so far as to
point out the particular mast 10 which
Butler was assigned when the call tor ''All
hands" came on a stormy night
The Olivebank has a cargo of coal con-
signed to Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and
after dlscharging will probably tie up in
| Richardson's Bay to await better times in
! the wheat trade.
The old whaling bark Emma F. Herri-
man will never go to the Arctic in chase
of the leviathan OF the deep again. She
had an eventful career, and made money
! for owners both in New Bedford and
San Francisco. a year or so ago ]. a
Z Md-tc, lHS AdldEluG ONUeI, RlLlQreW
her from the business and few months
ago sold her to the North American Trad
ing Company. Now the old timer is being
cut down and transformed into barken-
tine for the cod-carrying trade. Formerly
she was a two-decker, but all the upper
works are being removed, and when the
ola whalers who made their home in her
year after year see her again they will not
know the new Emma F. HERMAN. She
Will lie low in the water, and altogether
Will present as trim an appearance as any
barkentine in port.
The same company has also purchased
the whaling schooner Jane Gray and will
send her TO Alaska on an otter hunting
expedition. Captain n. Hodgson will take
her to either Sand Point or Sitka and there
ship an InGian crew, after which a cruise
as lar north as Copper Island will be in
order.
The sealing schooner Rather is not
meeting with very good luck. Since she
LETT here, several weeks ago, there have
only been two days on which there was an
opportunity TO lower the boats and ONLY
thirty-eight skins have been taken, al
though thousands OF the seals were seen
daily. Last week one of the boat-steerers
was taken sick and the vessel had to put
in to Monterey Bay. As he was unable
TO proceed, the captain had to land him
and ship another man. No time was lost,
herd up the coast.
The mem bers of the Committee on Com
merce and Navigation were the guests of
the Harbor Commissioners Yesterday.
They went for a ride around the bay on
the State tug Governor Markham, and in
spected the water front and the work in
progress on the ferry building. After as
certaining the needs OF the seaport the
steamer was headed for San Quentin, and
tue rest OF the day was spent in enioying o
the hospitality of Warden Hale. Presi-
dent Colnon OF the Harbor Commission
did not go any further than Lombard
street wharf with the party.
The bark Andrew Welch, that sailed
yesterday for Honolulu, took away an
unusually heavy cargo. Captain Drew is
| general favorite, So no one was sur
prised when his list showed that there
were twelve passengers aboard. There
was big deckload OF horses, mules and
hogs; so there will not be much room in
which to move around should the weather
prove rough.
The ship ElwelI drifted down on the
cable last Saturday during the south
easter. When the wind changed yester-
day the captain raised his anchor ana
the tide carried him back to almost his
old anchorage. That is one instance
where wind and weather saved expenses.
The ship Oriental, that made the re-
markab!e run of four davs and eight hours
from here to Departure Bay, is now on her
way back to San Francisco. She was de-
layed at the mines nine days and her
chances of breaking the record for a
round trip are therefore gone.
The revenue cutter Hartley, while
bound from Hunters Point to the barge
office yesterday afternoon, broke her shaft
when about off Howard-street wharf. She
was picked up by the United States steam
er George Sternberg and towed to her
wharf.