The San Francisco call., 1897-01-12
The Yosemite Arrives With
the First Roslyn
Coal.
Successful Trial of the Pacific
Coast Steamship
Queen.
Another Wheat Tramp in Trouble.
New Way Of L Yfng Up Schoon-
ers for Winter.

For weeks and weeks the wind has
blown steadily from the southeast, and IN
consequences ali the sehooasrs and lumber
vessels from the north are away behind
time. sunday last the wind Teered around
to the northwest and last night one of the
biggest fleets On record got in Among the
arrivals vas the ship Yosemits, with
cargo Of coal from the RosIyn mine for r
D. Chandler. The captain reports that
during the entire trip II was nothing but
d succession Of caIus, contrary winds and
dense fog. When within an easy days
sail Of San Francisco the vessel was lying
ike q log on the ocean without breath
OF wind, the only molten coming from the
long green rollers as they passed under
her keel or broke against the side
The Yosemite brings one Of the first car
goes Of RosiYn coal that has come to San
Francisco. The mine Is to the east Of the
Cascate Mountains, and while open ed up
years ago was not developed until lately
Is Is now IL such q condition that on an
emeF Feacy 6e00 tons day can be put 0ur-
The Northern Pacific Railway thinks SO
much of the outlook that It has expended
SIl0. 600 II erecting bUuksrs and shipping
IacilItIes At Tacoma for tae handling Of
the fueL- It Is asserted BY coal men that
the EosIyn article is as good as Yelling
ton aud can be sold 25 per cent cheaper
A great thing III its favor Is the fact that
RoslVn coal comes from American soil
and Wellington coal from British soil.
The Pacific Coast Steamship CompanY's
Queen Is now indeed the queen OF the
coast, for no more splendid craft goes IN
and out OF the Golden Gate Upward OF
SIS, Geo has been expended on her until
shs Is, excepting the hull, q new steamer.
Engines and boilers and ali her furniture
are lust from the shops. and all JhesskIH
Of the workmen OF the Union Iron Works
has been expended II her reitungS.
Yesterday the Queen was sent away on
her trial trip around the FaralIones. She
carried Captain Charles GoodaII, with
Messrs- Forsyth and D+ezle OF the Union
Irons " Works TO watch the machinery, and
with Captain Bennett and Harry Goodau
on the bridge 4 uumber Of inV1ted guests
were the occupants Of the beaudtuI
saloons. The steamer ran smoothly, her
great engines working ike the machinery
o. : watch From exact measurement 1t
was found that she Viii make sew nteea
knots st al times and under all conditions.
The next coast steamer to ley up for re-
pairs IS the Pomona which vii be SUP
pied with q new furnace The Corona
will take cn the Eureka run and the
Diego. Captain Doran of the Pomona
VIII take the Corona and Captain Jspsen
Ias Mexico
AnoIher wheat steamer has been heard
from which ike the LfnIIthgow, IL N
trouble She Il the Gienesk, bound from
this port TO St. Vincent. She went
azround entering the harbor OF Las
PaImaz last Sunday. anu when towed of
WIS found 70 he badly damaged Five
ballast tanks were filed with water and
the hull plates n some PAGES colsI6sra-
bly, strained There was also hole IN her
bottom Fortunately, only a little Of the
cargo was injured
About Two weeks ago the gasoline
schooner Bessie < went ashore at the
mouth Of the Coq1iile River. As she was
high and dry ana n 10 danger L s. KIM
ball concluded be would let her remain IN
that position for the present Yesterday
he received the UnweIeome news that one
OF MS other gasoline schooners. the Nero,
had also gone ashore a5 that place, aud
was lying alongside Of the Bessie &. Mr.
kiubGu when asked about the coiuci-
de1ee OF both vessels being there,
answered that he had only laid the
schooaers up for the winter.
Yesterday an Italian fisherman in haul
ing up his boat anchor secured q prize IN
the ape OF q ships bell and about 125
fathoms Of six-IHch Manila hawser at
t4c1ed 70 Is. lhe IND proved TO belong
TO the british ship Lansing and
was lost from that vessel several months
ago. 1t was probably thrown overheard
BY some person having spite against the
skipper.
The British ships Pass OF hiIIiecrankie
and Drum blair from South America were
picked up outside OF the heads by the tug
VigIIaHt and given orders to proceed to
Puget Sound
A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange
yesterday states that the British steamer
Weaniagtoa Hall, from San Francisco to
St. Vincent. picked up the British steamer
LAngtsn Grange January I of Cape Horn
and toweG her into MouIevideo. Tue lat
ter vesseI was disabled and leakIng badly.
Commodore G.. G. Bruce had a merry
party out IN the yacht Rover last Sunday
sonsistIng Of Captain Drydzn and family
and c. c. Pratt and friends.
Captain John Carlson has been trans
ferred from the command OF the steam er
Glen wood 60 the AIeatraz.
The ste4uar CIeone, which arrived
from Coos Bay yesterday morning, brought
down cargo Of lumber which is destined
for Scotland It i redwood slabs SIX
inches Ehick, thirty inches wide and about
ten feet long. Tnera Is not q knot or
5leuish in q single piece, as they will be
used IN the manufacture OF furniture and
other large articles requiring q high
polish