The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
VESSELS DAMAGED
IN THE STORM
One Stricken by Lightning
and Another Lost Her
DeCkload.
Officers of Gasoline Schooners
Must Now Have a
LicenSa.
Chief Whar finger Root Is Happy Ov r
the R covery of His
Bull Pup.

The owners, masters and engineers OF
gasoline schooners are in trouble. Accord
ing to a law which went into effect last
month they must all have a certificate
from the Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers
before they can take a vessel to sea or
navigate the waters of the bay. The YES
sells principally involved are the Moro,
Hettle B, Gerald c, Barba Hernster,
Bessie K, Newark, Monterey, Chetco, Jes-
sic Madison and half dozen others. All
of these vessels, according to the law
signed by President Cleveland, are COM
PEELED to carry a licensed captain and
licensed engineer, and the owners are in
quandary. The different societies of
master mariners and marine engineers
are after them and the inspectors have
given them due warming that the law
must be obeyed, and that at once As
the success of the gasoline boats has been
due entirely to the fact that they could
be run at a small expense, the chances
are that when licensed officers with large
salaries are put in them they will not pay
running expenses and will be laid up.
Chief Wharfnger Root had a pleasant
experience yesterday. A couple of weeks
ago he lost prize bulldog pup, and just
as he had gwen up all hope of ever seeing
the animal again couple OF young men
walked past the office with the dog on a
string. Root did not wait for his hat but
ran out and said, Where did you get that
pup, boysT
Found MIN" was the answer, land we
want buyer. gu can have him for $50,
mister
Bring him inside" said Root, and the
dog was soon under examination. Half a
40 n od hi han hn
chief examined his hind leg and showed
where it had been broken in two places
the men gave in and left the place. They
wanted pay at the rate of 40 cents day
for twelve days for feed, but Root showed
them the door and they went.
The Norwegian bark n ordlyset has been
chartered tor South Africa. The vessel is
now IN Oakland Creek discharging her
cargo OF coal, and in few days she will go
to Port Costa TO load wheat. Cape Colony
Is short of grain, and IN a few days other
vessels among the disengaged fleet will be
chartered to go to that end of the earth
wheat laden.
Captain Alex Bergman went out in com
mand of the ship Big Bonanza. The yes
sci goes to Tacoma to load lumber for San
Francisco. Captain Alex bought out his
brother Adolph, and the latter is now
partner in the firm of Simpson & Fisher
He is an expert sail-maker, and since he
lost his wife in Cape Town during the last
voyage of the Big Bonanza he made up
his mind to remain ashore. As his
brother was more than anxious to get to sea
again it did not take long for them to
change places.
The whaling bark Lydia went into the
stream yesterday minus fourteen OF her
crew. She came to an anchor off Howard
street, and late in the evening the men
were rounded up and taken out &c the yes
sci in whalehoats. When they sober up
to-day the Lydia will put to sea.
Monday will be gala day on the mon-
itor Camanche. Governor Bud and
joint com mittee from the House and Sem
ate will be the guests of the Naval Battal-
ion. The mem bers of the first and sec
ond divisions Will be out in force, and a
boat race between picked crews will be the
principal attraction OF the day. The
course will be from the Camanche to Mis-
sion Rock and back.
The first division will be representa- by
George Green, Frank Murphy, ]. Meyer,
p. Murry, w. Geislor, R. Schnallon, and
Jack Healey cockswain.
The second division will have in its
boat II. Schroeder, W. Oder, II. Hansen
c. Johnson, o. Undgren, a. Halliday, and
T, Rowe coxswain. Tho race is going to
be close one, but division l seems to
have the call in the betting.
All the coasters had a rough time of it
during the last few days. The schooners
Helen n. Kim ball, Mary E. Reiss and
Fannie Claudlne, from Eureka; the ship
Oriental and bark Wilma, from Departure
Bay, and barkentine Retriever, all suffered
more or less. The Oriental beat the Re-
triever into port, but the British ship
Dovenoy Castle, also from Departure
Bay, beat both of the American vessels
easily.
The schooner Mabel Gray, from San
Diego for Eureka, suffered more than any
OF the vessels. During the storm of the
18th inst, lightning struck the foremost
head and ran down the forestry, CARRYING
away the foremost about six feet from the
deck and also the mainmast about fifteen
feet from the deck
The jibboom also carried away. so the
captain at once hoisted signals of distress
and was towed into port late last night,
The schooner Corinthian lost her fore
sail and putback, and the Emma Utter
lost some of her sails and shifted her deck
load OF lum Der TO port, while the Chris
tena Stcfflns lost her entire deckload off
Fisks Mill. All in all the lumber
schooners and coasters had a hard time
of il.
The Nicaraguan brig Salvatore thst was
on her way here from Australia with a
cargo OF coal and had to put into Papeete
In distress has been condemned and or
dered sold to defray expenses.
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