The San Francisco call., 1897-04-13
Third Officer Watt Sue
ceeds First Officer
Prebble.
The Second o ficer Still Retains
His Old Position on the
Steamer.
A. E. Pryor Got a Scare From tie
Music.Bex That Went Down
With the Sunol.

There have been a number OF changes
on the Oregon Navigation and Improve
ment Company,s Column bia. Chief Officer
Prebbie has retired and Third Officer Watt
has been appointed to his place. r. Sakey
has taken Watts place, and the second
officer will remain in his present position.
The reason for Watts jump is the fact that
he holds masters certificate, while the
second mate does not. Captain Prebble
will take command of one of the boats
leaving for Alaska and will be gone several
months.
The following cannery boats are all fit
ting out: The ship Sterling. Willie r.
Hume, Eclipse and Merom. All of them
are bound for Nuchigak and among them
will take away about 1000 Chinese and go
sailors and fishermen. The Sterling is the
flagship of the Alaska Packers Associa-
tion and captain Davis, her com mander.
is one Of the best-llked men in the service.
Captain ]. 2. Youngren of the ship
! Levi G. Burgess reports to the Hydro
graphic Office that, April 8, when in lati-
tude SO deg. SO min. north, longitude 12l
deg. So min. west, he passed a large spar
standing about ten feet out of water. 1t
looked like schooner's mast.
People on Change yesterday were won-
dering if it might not be some wreckage
from the long overdue Samaria. Captain
McRae was accom- MED on the trip from
Nanaimo, B. c., by his wife and two chill
dren.
George Birdsell, the popular assistant
of Teddy" Osborne in the Ferry Cafe,
is a proud and happy man. He has
been benedict for little over a year,
and ON Sunday morning his wife pre-
sented him with son and heir. George
nna nf tho the
water front, and his arm ached long be-
fore the day was over, owing 10 the num-
ber OF congratulations he received.
A. e. Pryor, general manager of Piper
en-Goooall Company, the diver and
the men who were working on the wreck
of the Sunol last Saturday night got a
scare that sent them ashore in hurry.
When the steamer was cut down the
music-box was playing ''The Wearing
of the Green" in honor of st. Patrick s
day. 1t was a beautiful night and Pryor
was sitting on the rail waiting for the
diver to come up, when he was astounded
to hear under the schooner's quarter the
strains of Home, Sweet Home" The
sound came IL arer and nearer. and soon
the diver appeared, carrying the music
tox under his arm. a sudden jar had set
the musical instrument going, out 1T only
played few minutes and then collapsed
Pryor took the hint, however. and calling
MP the tug took ali the wreckers, divers
and deckhands ashore and sent them to
the Tivoli. As superin tendent OF the
newly discovered silver mine at the bot
tow OF the bay Pryor is great success, and
he says that if the bullion taken out every
day was only his own he would retire
from business inside of month.
The Oceanic Stea ms ship Com pany's Mon
oval went TO Mission Rock yesterday to
discharge her cargo of sugar. There are
so many vessels waiting an opportunity to
discharge at the refinery that room could
not be made for the steamer, so her cargo
was put out on the rock.
The Alaska Steamship Company, with
headquarters at Puget Sound, cannot flnd
boat to take the place of the Willapa,
which went ashore and became a total loss
some weeks ago. For over week they
have been trying TO purchase the new
steamer Humboldt, which is now running
on the Eureka route, but have signally
failed. Max Kalish. agent for the Hum
boldt Steamship Com panv, says the vessel
will remain on the route as long as there
is anything for her 10 do. 1t is no wonder
the Alaska people wanted to secure the
II um boldt, as she is one of the hand
soonest, best appointed and smartest boats
that m axes San Francisco her home port.
That unfortunate British tramp Amara-
poora Is in trouble again. When the cap
tain left here be failed to settle with his
butcher, the boatman, baker, ship
chandler, groceryman and others. They
have since been making vain attempt to
collect the money from the agent, but
more drastic measures have now been
taken. As soon as the steamer reaches
Seattle from Portland she will be liable
for about $500 and some settlement will
have to be maue before the steamer viii
be able to leave American waters.
1he pilot boat Lady Mine reports the
whistling buoy as out of order and the
Madrona will go out o-day to put it again
in thorough repair.
The Norwegian tramp steamer Florid q
came into port yesterday with $500 tons oi
coal in her hold. She brought it down al
the very low rate OF 81 10 ton, being able
to do this because OF the very large cargo