The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03
TWIN SHIPS THAT
!: ARE UNLUCKY
:: =:
Qtterburn and Miltonburn
:: !: IS. Have Met Many
. : Misfortunes.
One of Them Has Been Almost
: Around the Word in Search
=. -. Of a Charter.
=
Many. ehanges:in. the Topography of
!. :: the Coast Noted by tie Hydro.
graphic Office.

!: :. Twin ships are visiting the bay, but
>. strange to.say both are in bad luck The
Golden Gate. has not brought a happy
: New~Y ear to either of them, and in conse-
qGence the goose did not hang high on
Christmas day. on either ship.
The Otterburn made the run here from
: Cape Town in 81 days and the Miltonburn
.. took day longer to make the same dis
'tance. The latter ship has had far sail
ing, but the Otterburn has been in hot
water ever since she left England. At
Cape Town. the crew left in body and Cap
tain Hunter, to save trouble, paid the men
: off at the Consulate. a new crew was
shipped and the vessel came 10 San Fran
ciscos Again ths men raised q disturb
ance,. and one of them asserts that be-
cause be did not keep q lookout that
suited the mate lime was put in his ewes
by order OF the captain. Every one on
- board has tale of cruelty to tell, and the
OtterDurn'will not get away until bonds
are put up as the matter is now in the
hands Of the United States District Attor-
ney.
There are no tales of cruelty from the
Milton burn, but the vessel is also in IL
luck. AT Cape Town the crew deserted
q and anew lot OF men. had to be secured.
. Etom that port she came here in ballast.
.
j.: :frg in sight here the owners ordered the
: vessel. direct 10 Newcastle. New South
Wales, to load coal for san Francisco. She
viii be. followed by the Otterburn and
both vessels will thus have almost made
the circuit of the world in search of a
paying charter
Tbs Million burn does not seem to be any
a:greater favorite with the sailors than the
OtteTpdrn, as the entire crew deserted as
soon as the anchor was dropped. a new
crew: was. put aboard yesterday and the
batting Is as to now many of them will
come back on the ship.
The. following notices to mariners have
been issued by the Branch photographic
-Qliee:.
-; Mexico, West Coast, Salina Cruz, light ex-
h4biled+With reference 10 Notice to Mariners
No. 8 I156) OF 1896, and previous notice. in
.IoFma ION has been r-ceived from the United
States Charge, dsAfaires in Mexico that the
Mexican G9Yernment has given notice that
Sdlina Cruz light was exhibited December 5,
1896. The iignt is flashing white OF the third
order, showing three flashes in quick sue
cession every len. seconds. 1t is 272 feet above
the seis and visible twenty-fOur miles in clear
weather:
THE. lighthouse, fifty feet high, is tower of
MASONRY, white, with q rectangular dwelling
at its bdse, and is situated on the hill of the
Xigia, west Of the port.
:Nete.-The geographical position given will
rot plot ON the charts. The mill of The Vigia
west of the port, is presumably the one
named. on the charts "Morro de Salinas" and
marked "Obs. Spor on II. 0. chart 876, in lati-
tude l6 deg 8 min. ana 40 sec. N. longitude
50 deg. II min. and 81 sec. ". (N. NJ. So,
1866
- California, San Diego entrance; changes in
photography and topography-The ietfy on
Zuhinga shoaI has been extended about SS3
feet, and SPUR has been built al right angles
to il on the channel side, near the outer end,
300 feet long. The spur slopes down from
height OF five feet at the jetty to two feet be-
low low water 1.-The outer end.
. The shoal is constantly changing and the
sbare spots are now TO the westward of the
.Jetty. The shore line has built out slightly
toward the jetty and small local changes have
: taken place on the beach OF the spit and on
the peninsula atNorth Coronado Beach island.
The channel is unstable. In view OF the
recommendation of the United States engineer
in charge of the improvements, the charts Will
not be corrected un til new survey shall have
been made.
California. San Francisco Bay, new sur
YeyS-Recent surveys OF san Francisco Bay by
the United States Coast and Geodetlc survey
steamers Gedney and Macarthur, from Hunters
Point to Red Rock, including Golden Gate en-
trance, show but few changes from the charts
oas published al present.
Tne following Changes were noted, however,
and will be shown on the next editions of the
Coast Survey charts:
A'rock with fifteen feet over it at mean low
water TO the southwark and eastward OF Potrero
Point on the bearings:
Yerba Buena Island lighthouse n. 16 deg. E.
true (north, westerly magnetlc).
Outer end"Alameda railroad dock n. 73 deg.
E. true (NE. by Z. magnetic).
Tangent Hunters Point drydock s.. 81 deg. E.
true (SE. q Z. magnetic).
A rock with fourteen feet OF water over it at
mean low water, mmediately TO the north
ward of Mission Rock, where chart 55S1 shows
three and half fathoms, on the bearings:
Yerba Buena Island lighthouse n % deg E.
true (N. by E. magnetic).
Outer end Alameda railroad dock S. 81 deg.
80 min. E. true (E. NE. 81 E. magnetic).
A rock with four and a half fathoms over it
al mean low water, TO the southwark and east
ward of Rincon Point, on the bearings:
Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse N. % deg. E.
true (N. by E. magnetic).
Outer end Alameda railroad dock 5. 70 deg.
30 min. E. true (E. u n. magnetic).
A 512-fathOm sounding, near Inc - 12-fatho ON
sounding on chart 5581, to the nortnwRrd of
Rincon Point, on the bearings:
Yerba Buena Island lighthouse N. SO deg. E.
true one. = n. mag.).
Outer END Alameda railroad dock S. 73 deg
80 min. E. true (east mag.)
The depths along the wharves at San Fran
cisco are constantly changing, owing TO dredg-
ing operations. The depths over Southamp-
ton snoal have materially increased.
CaIltornia-San Pedro narpor.-Changes in