The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-07
TO RUN TN THE
COAST TRADE
Another Four asted Bark
entine Built in Oregon
Added to the List.
First Visit to San Francisco
of the New Crack Vessel
Addenda.
Story About the Emigrants on the
Glade Said to Be Due to a
Misrepresentation,

The four-masted barkentine Addenda
arrived from the north yesterday. She
m ade the run from the Colum bia River in
the fast time of days II hours, and her
captain asserts that she can do even bet
ter than that. The Addenda is one of the
few barkentines on the coast, and has
never been in the bay of San Francisco be-
fore. She is handsome craft. and was
built at North Bend. Or, in 1896. Her
first trip was to South American ports,
and from there she went to Shanghai.
Her dimensions are 176 feet inches long,
80 feet inches wide and IA feet deep. AS
she entered the bay yesterday, with all
her flags flying, she presented very
pretty sight, and crowds watched her IS
came to anchor off Meiggs wharf.
The American ship Saint Frances also
arrived yesterday. She has a cargo of
coal on board and made quick trip o! 1874
days from Baltimore. Otto Mars, one of
the sailors, died at sea from natural
causes" and another was so sick when the
anchor was dropped that DR.. Rosenau was
com PEELED to have him put aboard the
quarantine launch in sling and at once
took him to the arine Hospital Dyson
terry was the cause of death in one case
and of illness in the other
For the first time in many long day q
four masted British ship has been placed
on the Merchants drydock. The Thistle
has just finished discharging, and prior to
loading for Europe her owners thought it
better to have her bottom cleaned ana
painted. 1t was found possible to use the
floating drydock, so she has been put on
it. After an overhauling the Thistle will
be put on the berth for Liverpool
Il don't believe one word of that story
about the way in which emigrants on the
h. F. Glade were fed" said c. Cattermole,
the well-known grocer, yesterday. II do
not doubt for an instant the yeracity of
the gentlemen on the Australia who
brought up the news. but they mistook a
game for real earnest. The Glade made
the iun from Bremen to Honolulu in 1l3
days. There were $50 emigrants aboard
and during the trip Two babies died and
there were two births. Not soul wss
sick when the ship dropped anchor, and l
think that is remarkable showing.
From letters | received from Hawaii by
the Australia l knew that the emigrants
were supplied with canned vegetables
three times week, and at every meal the
soup, mush. meat. bread, vegetables ana
the captain as 'taster,' and then if it was
all right the second mate served it out,
and not the cook.
1.-The story from Honolulu says that
bread and meat was thrown to the emf
grants, from one of the Lighthouses.
Now, can understand how that mistake
was made. There were many children
am ong the families on board and all and
sundry had to be amused. On every Ger
man ship the main source of fun is
scramble. The boys and girls are sum-
moned and in every instance they are
Joined by their elders. Then the mate
gets on the deckhouse and throws prunes
or some other dried fruit among the
crowd and the scramble is on, A Ger
man EN- grant ship must be thoroughly
outfitled. and it cost many thousand dol
lars TO get the Glade i'll order before the
Government would pass her. Every
ounce of food that went into her lockers
and pantry had 10 pass the Government
supervision, and you may be sure that
those emigrants lived we'll The whole
matter was due TO misapprehension."
Captain Doran, late of the Pacific Steam
ship Company Pomona, who was retired
for cause, has been appointed master of
the Alice Blanchard, vice Captain Hug hes
resigned.
The battle-ship Oregon is still lying off
the Union Iron Works ready to proceed
to sea at a moments notice. She is un-
der waiting orders, but is thought that
when the next China steamer which con-
meets at Honolulu arrives at Puget Sound
definite instructions will be received from
Admiral Beardslee. The admiral will
send his report to Washington and it will
not be long after It's arrival before the
captain of the battIe-ship knows his des-
tination. AT the present time the Oregon
is short of seamen, ordinary seamen and
first and second class mechanics Every
effort Is being made to fill the vacancies
and should it be necessary men will he
transferred from the other warships on the
coast.
The steamer Humboldt, on the berth
for St. Michaels, will pro baby get away
next Monday afternoon. Some of
provisions and freight may not, however.
arrive on time, and some of the passen-
gers who have booked from Los Angeles.