The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
SHIPPING STARCH
TO AUSTRALIA
A Trial Consignment to Go
on the Steamship
Zaalandia.
The American Bark Empire Is
Now Unloading Coal at
Sausalito.
Pilot Jordan, Who Has Been Con.
frmed Smoker, Doing Penance
for Voting tor Bryan.

The American bark Empire doclzed al
the North Pacific Coast Company's wharf
at Sausalito yesterday. After dischargipe
| her cargo of coal the vessel will be tied uI
| in Richardson's Bay to await better times.
| Lying alongside the wharf, with the crew
at work un bending The sails, the Empire
presented very pretty appearance. Dur
] ing storm which was run into the bark
! lost her foretop- gallant mast and that
damage will have to be repaired before
she can again go to sea.
The Harbor Commissioners have put a
| watch on the ferry tower. Two fat firemen
on the river steamers have made wager
in regard to the time which they will take
TO climb the ferry tower and return to
Mother Earth. The man who makes the
best time gets S. and his opponent is out
and injured. The contestants are men,
bers of the Hit and Miss Athletic Club,
but, nevertheless President Colnon is not
taking any chances on a probable acci-
dent.
Alec Stewart, the champion of the ferry
steamer Bay City, weighs 319 pounds, and
Frank Sullivan. the champion OF the
Modoc, weighs 308 pounds. In spite OF their
weight each man Is unusually active, and
quite number OF bets have been made
that the men will climb the tower and get
! back to the foundation again in less than
| fifteen minutes. If the men make the
climb they will have to do It on the sly, as
! from this on watchman will keep watch
and ward over the tower in order TO pre-
| vent the contest.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's Zea-
landia will not get away on time. The
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| until late on Friday night, so the chances
are that it will be early Saturday morning
instead of Thursday afternoon before the
| good ship gets away on her run to Aus
tralasia. In the meantime the cargo has
| been pouring into her until now she is
! loaded down with machinery, canned fruit
| canned salmon, broomcorn, doors, whisky,
| and, strange to say, starch. Inc latter Is
a trial shipment, and Is consigned to Sgd
ney, N S. w. Should it prove successful
another industry will have been started in
/ California.
| Since the Zealandia has been put in
! commission the heads of the various de-
partments have been hard at work getting
| her shipsbape. Chief Officer Rennie has
seen to it that the vessel has been put in
! first-ciass order. Chief Engineer Keller
| has looked over and put in thorough order
| the engines and boilers, and Chief Stew
| ard Hapnlgan has made the dining-r room,
| social hall and staterooms look as well as
those on the Australia, and that is saying
good deal. The Zealandia will take out
a full passenger list. and all who go on
| her may be sure of pleasant voyage and
! the best of treatment.
The Pacific Mail Company's Peru leaves
| for Honolulu on Thursday, and the Zea-
! landia will not get away until late Friday
night or early Saturday morning. In
spite of the handicap the boys on the
Zealandia are willing to give odds that
the Peru will not beat their vessel twelve
hours into Honolulu.
Charley Peterson, the well-known boat
man and brother of Henry Peterson, the
oarsman, is about to become q benedict.
! In d week or so he IS to be married to Miss
| Louisa Johnson and everybody along the
water front is now congratulating the
| happy man. When the wedding takes
| place the Amy and Athlete will be in gala
attire ana the guests of the bride and
| groom will be taken on a moonlight ex-
cursjon around the bay.
II the men in the confidence of Cover
| nor Budd know anything the next Harbor
| Commissioner will be Mark TarpeY. He
! will succeed Commissioner Cole and will
! thus fill the chair of as faithful a servant
as the State has ever had. Just whether
| Mr.. Tarpey will take the position or not
remains to be seen. His mines in Mexico
claim great deal of his time and he may
refuse the appointment on that account.
| Still the knowing ones say that next
! March the Harbor Commissioners will be
Colnon, Chadbourne and Tarpey.
The Miltonburn is the pioneer OF a fleet
that will leave here during this month for
Australia. There is no chance for char
ter party from here before next July, and
| in consequence about fifteen vessels will
go to Newcastle n. S. W., and load coal
for this port at II shIilings ton. When
the grain season opens again they will
have fair chance to get fair rates between
here and Europe.
There are two Jordans on the list of
pilots and one is called big" Jordan,
and the other Little Jordan. "Big"
Jordan at the present time is the most
m isera bic man on earth. He is an luvet-
crate smoker, and rot one of his acquaint-
ances can ever remem ber seeing him with :
out a cigar in his mouth. When Bryan
lost the election Jordan had to quit smok-
ing with the new year and abstain for six
months. Now every body that meets him
on Change has package of chewing gum
on hand in order to console the unfortun-
ate pilot. Never in all his life has Jordan
had so many free cigars offered him, but
still he has the satisfaction of knowing
that should he last out the six months,
Dillon will give him the best chronome-
ter in his shop. Virtue always has its
OWN T6WdFus
The erstwhile whaling schooner La
Ninfa got back to port last night after a
heavy experience on the cod-tish1ng
banks. The captains report is as foiiows
Sailed from San Francisco November IL
bound to Bering Sea on cod-fsning cruise
Had fair weather to December q, when, in
latitude 48 deg. 81 min. north, longitude 156
deg. 3. min. west had heavy hurricane from
northeast to northwest, lasting forty-eight
| hours; barometer 1925 Tnen had success
sion Of gales to December H. in latitude 81
deg. 46 min north, when we had hurricane
from east to northwest, lasting twenty-four
hours: Arrived off Unmak Island on Deeem-
Der IL, when we experienced strong north
erly gale, and as it was impossible 10 make
any headway with gales of head winds and
Gains, put back to San Francisco
December 10, III latitude so deg. % min.
north, longitude l60 deg. west, saw the TOP
mast or Jlbooom OF a schooner with rigging
attached
Off the Farallones the La Ninfa spoke
the sealing schooner Eppinger with forty
four skins.
Two Gold Mining Companies.