The San Francisco call., 1897-12-11
Several Vessels Attempted
to Gross Out Yesterday,
but Failed.
The City of Peking to Leave on
Her One Hundredth Consec-
utive Round Trip.
Folsom Street Wharf No. 2 Settled
Foot and Half in One Cor
ner Yesterday.

a feet of coasters is tied up in port
awaiting change in the weather and a
smooth bar. The schooner Glendale, in
tow of the tug Ida w. went outside yes
terday, but when the captain of the sail
ing vessel saw the condition of affairs he
signaled the tug to put about and bring
him to an anchorage in port. The
schooner La Gironde, the brig W. G.
Irwin and the ship Chile were also 10 have
sailed, but the orders for tug boats were
countermanded. The Irwin has a deck
load OF livestock, and her captain does not
want to take any chances of shipping a
heavy sea.
The overdue colliers Progreso and
Washtenaw reached port yesterday. The
former was lis hours making the run
from Seattle, and the Wash tenaw 1872
hours from Tacoma. Both of them got
the full force of the storm of the CoIum-
bia River. The Progreso was swept again
and again by the waves, and had tn rec of
her boats smashed into kindllng wood.
The Washtenaw also lost some of her
boats and had considerable damage done
about her decks Both vessels had TO
heave to when the storm was at its height
and for over thirty hours no headway
could be made.
The storm carried away part of the
wharf at Usal and vessels for that point
have had to put back 10 San Fran cisco
to discharge their cargo.
On the 18th inst. the Pacific Mail Com
pany's steamer City of Peking will start
on her one buEdredth consecutive round
trip to Japan and China. During all that
time she has met with only one serious
mishap and that was when her shaft
broke and she was thirteen days overd ue
here. Since her arrival the PekIng has
been overhauled and experts say that to-
day her machinery and hull are as sound
as the day the vessel left Philadelphia
From the day the City of Peking left New
York for San Francisco TO the present
her engines have made BOG. 107, ,379 revolu-
tions, her furnaces have burnt up 276, ,692
tons of coal and the vessel has travelled
!, 306, ,010 miles. Or her original crew onlv
one is left. Caesar Christian left New York
in her as Quartermaster and he he is still
with the vessel in the capacity of steer
age steward.
The commanders of the City of Peking
have been S. Griffin, H. 6. Morse Il. Tan
ner. ]. Maury. G. G. Berry, J. NJ. Caverly,
w. B. Seabury, d. E. Friele, II. Z. Dear
born, r. r. Searle, William Ward and for
the last eleven voyages Captain j. T.
Smith. The chief engineers have been
George Douglas, I. Barratt, S. w. Haux-
hurst (the present superin tendent of the
company, J. c. Fraser, Frank Cough, J..
Lynch. J. Stevenson, r. Forsyth ard for
the last seventy-nine voyages Chief En-
gineer William Mcclure has been in
charge of affairs. 1t is now in order for
the Peking to celebrate her centennial bv
making record breaking round trip.
The Harbor Com missioners will build a
new freight shed between piers and for
the use OF the river steamers. 1t will be
boon to the Sacramento and Stockton
steamers. They will also in the near
future have to rebuild Folsom wharf.
One corner of it sank foot and a half yes
terday, and the portion on which Duns-
muIr's bunkers are built is gradually set
tling. Long wharf at Oakland is also to
be re built, and the Sout hern Pacific is to
do the work with creosoted piles.
1.-The settling of Folsom-street wharf"
said President Colnon yesterday, shows
that none of the wharves south of Market
street, save. of course. Folsom l, are
stable structures. The trouble that faces
US is the teredo, and We must get some-
thing that will check IFS ravages before
We can expect permanent wharves."
The yacht Aggie will be towed over
from Sausalito by Peterson launch ANY