The San Francisco call., 1897-11-03
HER CREW ALL
FROST-BITqEu
Great Suffering on the Ship
Peleus While Round
ing the Horn.
Harbor Commissioners Discuss
the Creosoting Of Piles
and Lumber.
A Lively Tilt Between Contractors
at Yesterdays Meeting of
the Board

The men OF the British ship PeIeus are OF
likely to forget their last trip around the
Horn. The good ship was driven off her
course 4 number OF times storms blew
the sails 10 ribbons and there was not a
man on board who did not suffer from
the intense cold. At no time while the
ship was battling from so TO so were there
less than three of the men in the forecas-
tie laid up from frost bites, and when a
warm latitude was reached the entire
crew had been on the sick list at one time
or another.
The Peleus left Antwerp for San Fran
cisco 139 days ago and at once ran into a
storm. 1t blew so heavily no progress
could be made, so Captain Shapland put
back. All went we'll until succession of
contrary winds were met off the river
Platte, and there the captain headed the
ship for the Straits of LIE Marie. The at
tempt was given up, and then another
succession OF gales with severe cold
weather set in. A. Bartholomew was
laid up two fingers on each hand being
FROST bitten. Ropes were frozen in the
blocks and furled sails to the yards.
From that time on snow and hail made
the lives of the men miserable.
On August u it was blowing a hurri-
cane, and the seas were running noun
tains high. The fores all was split and the
fore lower topsal carried away. The star
board fore lift also went and the yard
flew cockbill, the port yard arm up.
New sails were bent, and finally the Horn
was rounded and fair weather set in.
The second mate was the man who suf-
fered most His left hand was very badly
bitten. and he was laid up from Septem Der
10 to October 4. Many Of the men still
bear the marks of their suffering, and it
will be some time before they Ill have
fully recovered The Peleus is loaded
with general merchandise.
The British bark Lebu arrived off The
port yesterday from Honolulu, after a
passage of twenty-tour days. She was
met by tug off The Farallones and or
dered TO proceed to Fraser River, B. C.
Other arrivals yesterday were the Ger
Newcastle, n. S. W.; the Santa Clara,
fifteen ara half days from karluk, with
80, t66 cases of salmon, and a number OF
coasters.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
will dispatch powder boat for Alaska on
the 26th inst. She Will be the last boat to
leave here for Alaska with combustibles
this year. The Corona lett last Monday
to take up the usual winter runs between
sound ports and Alaska.
The Harbor Com missioners held quite
a lively session yesterday. The discussion
was started over the bids for creosoting
and burnettizing OF tim Der TO be used on
the wharves. The San Francisco Timb Der
Preserving Company bid 3S cents per foot
for the creosoting, and Healy, Tibbitts e.
Co. "a T. 10 cents. P. f. Dundon of the
tim Der. preserving company and w. II.
Healv got into a heated argument over
the matter, and both were finally called
TO order by the president of the board.
Healy got the better of the argument.
however, and carried his point.
Dundon insisted that the Healy, Tib-
bits & Co. bid was a bluff and Healy re.
torted, Our b d is there and our certified
check speaks for itself"
Healy then entered a protest against
awarding the contract for the burnettiz.
ing of the lum ber for Folsom street wharf
10 the San Francisco Timber Preserving
Company on the ground that experts
place the cost of treating 1000 feet at So.
whereas the offer before the board is SID
per 1000 feet.
Nothiny was done in the matter of Fol-
som-street wharf, and in regard to Green
street Commissioner Harvey was in favor
Of abrogating all the arrangements that
had been entered into President Colnon
said it would cost $4,000 10 repair the