The San Francisco call., 1897-05-19
DOCK Inc Of THE
Bic SHIP OIR|GO
Almost Given Up She Came
in Looking Like a
Yacht.
The Galilee, From Tahiti, Was
Decking at the Same Time
at the Same Wharf.
Arrival of Prescott Sawyer's Long
Overdue Yacht Josephine
From Seattle.

ship afoat and that of the brig Galiee at
Howard street wharves yesterday was one
| of the prettiest pieces of tugboating ever
seen on the bay. The Spreckels tug Vigi-
| liant, Captain John Silovich, had to re-
move the schooner Queen before either
vessel could make her berth. She was
| just outside her landing when the Dirlgo
and Galilee hove in sight. The big ship
was in tow of the Active and the Red
mond had charge of the Galllee. For a
| few minutes all six vessels were punched,
and then the Galilee began to forge
| ahead. The captain of the Redmond soon
ran his tow alongside schooner that was
| lying at the head OF Howard No. 2, and
| therefore made it more difficult to dock
| the Dirigo. Captain Joe Irewln was equal
| to the occasion, however, and one or the
prettiest Jobs ever done on the water front
was the result The big 2S00-ton ship was
| handled like yacht and placed alongside
the wharf ten minutes later than the
| Galilee.
In talking about the trip Captain Good.
win said: why on earth did you people
put Us down as overdue? We are few
| days over an average passage, but any,
| body who knows the Horn would never
have placed the Dirigo among the overdue
| fleet. After the Howth spoke US We en-
| countered a gale that lasted four days
| All our canvas was blown away and for
| thirty hours the ship was under bare
| poles.
1.-The run from New York to the Cape
| was made in fifty-Seven days and at that
| time | would have wagered all the money
[ have in the world that would have
| made the run to San Francisco in 130
days. The storm blew me back and then
l had to zigzag my way back to my origi
nal position. From 90 south our general
run was sixty miles a day. Off Masa
! Fuera Island we lay becalmed for week
and from that on we had nothing but
| light winds and calms. Just to show how
everything was against US | have made
the run from so south to the equator in II
days hours in the ship Sterling, whereas
it took me fifty Gays to cover the same
distance this trip"
To look at the Dirigo no ono would ever
think she had been battered and beaten
around the Horn. She looks as trim allow
| and aloft as a yacht and her sides show
| no signs of heavy weather Waves broke
over her continuously, but not a bolt
| started and the vessel IS now, after her
| severe test classed as one of the finest
steel vessels afoat. She may not be tlier
| but as a sample of American workman
ship there is nothing afoat superior to the
Dirigo.
The brig Galilee. which arrived from
! Tahiti, brought very little news. The war
was over and the natives who escaped the
| French forces were returning to their vii
| lagos. The gunboats that took the Queen
and high chief to New Caledonia and the
| minor chiefs and principal re bells TO an
island of the Marquesas group, had not
| returned and in consequence Papeete was
| desolate. According to the officers of the
Galilee the trouble is now over forever
and the natural productiveness of the is
| lands is so great that In a few months no
one will ever know that there had been a
war. The Galilee left IN port the schooner
Norma, which was to sail for San Fran
| cisco April IA last.
The schooner yacht Josephine arrived
| from Tacoma yesterday after fair pas
sage of fourteen days. Prescott Sawyer,
son OF the late Circuit Judge Sawyer, was
in command of her, and at one time she
was given up for lost. However, a gale
chored in safe shelter. When the gale
subsided the Josephine made a fresh start
| The party is on pleasure bent.
| The ship Elwell arrived from Nanaimo
yesterday, having ID ade the round trip in
| twenty ight days. AS Captain Ryder has
| again broken the thirty-day record Mr..
| Mighles will again have to pay for $50
| suit for him.
The sloop-of-war Alert came down from
Mare Island yesterday after a thorough
| ov%rhauling. She will go to Alaska and
at Sitka will take the Pinta in tow. The
latter "warship" has been condemned
and will come to Mare Island to discharge
her crew. Then the old-time relic will go
| on the retired list.
Captain "Pete" OFT, the most popular
pilot in California. has been very sick
| man for the last two weeks. Yesterday
J he was able to be around again for few
| hours, and the greeting he received did
| him more good than all the medicine he
| had taken.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Aus
traIia sailed for Honolulu yesterday after
noon with the following cabin passengers:
Miss Mary Allen, A. B. Bauman, Miss s. Bay
| lor, w. r. Boote. Mrs. w. R. Boote, Miss Boote,
Miss C. Bowditch, Miss G. R. Brockie, Mrs. NJ.
f. Campbell. John Caffrey, Mrs. Bruce Cart
| wright, Miss Cartwright, Bruce Cartwright Jr.,
| Mrs Emma Shaw Colcleugh. Miss G. NJ Cooke,
! R. A. Cooke, Lieutenant K. E. CrontZ, Alfred
| Dunn, Mrs. A. B. Dunn, Miss f. GIunert, Mrs.
J. A Hassinger. Mrs. w. f. Howell, Mrs. S. B.
Kinner S. Lesser, Charles P. Mason, N. En-
| met May, S. j. Mcdonald, A. Michalitschke,
Miss A. Miehalits chke, Miss EmI'y B iss Mon
Patterson, r. P. Rithet, Archibald Sinclair,
| Miss Mott Smith. C. w. Taintor, c. G. Taylor
aud wife, Isaac Upham, Isaac Upham Jr, Mrs.
Annie Waller and five children.
| Nearly all of them had friends down to
| see them off, and all had bouquets to pre-
|
pulled out. In consequence the side oil
| the Australia next the wharf looked N ore
| like a bower, albeit there was many a
| handkerchief in sight.
| The following masters of sailing vessels
! have passed examinations in McNevin
Bros navigation school, and have re-
ceived United States certificates from the
| United States inspectors of bulls and boil
ers to act on steam vessels in the follow
ing capacity:
A. Johnson, formerly master of the three
masted schooner Beulah, master and pilot in
| any ocean.
| j. w. Brooks, mate OF any steamer or vessel
under 1000 tons.
James Davis. mate of any steamer or vessel
under 1900 tons.
| W. G. K-ebs, mate OF any ocean steamer
| under 1000 tons.
| Charles Volker. mate in any ocean.
Thomas Henry Nolan made his escape
| from Rocklin, Placer County, q few days
| ago and was locked up in the Harbor
| police station. This Is the third time the
| 9-year-old has attempted TO circumnavi-
gate the globe, and on each occasion he
has met his Nemesis in San Francisco
Captain Dunleavy easily recognized the
little fellow yesterday and at once tee-
graphed to his father, who is well-known
miner in Placer County. The requisite
funds were telegra phed and "Tom'' is
probably now safe at home in Rocklin.