The San Francisco call., 1897-01-30
THE SMARTEST
VESSEL AFLOAT
The John D. Spreckels
Makes a Quick Run
From Hawaii.
Has Never Made a Poor Pas
sage and Holds a Fine
Record
Thursday Nights Storm D.d Little
Damago, but Caused Consider
able Anxiety.

The brig John D. Spreckels made the
quickest run of the season so far from
! Hawaii to San Francisco. She brought
cargo of sugar for the refinery, and as the
wind was fair Captain Christensen took no
chances but sailed in through the Golden
Gate ana took his vessel up the bay
''under a wrap but nevertheless at a
speed that was fast enough to distance the
| Custom-house and quarantine boats and
also the tugboats. Off the Oregon dock
Captain Christensen took in sail and the
| tug Alert caught the brig and towed her to
| the refinery.
While the J. D. Spreckeis was sailing up
the bay the Piper, Alden, GoodaiI COM
pany's stern-whe steamer Hope was
drifting toward Angel Island, while the
tug Mile was full speed in pursuit of her.
The Hope stopped to pick up whitehall
boat that was adrift, and while waiting
for the crew to get the craft aboard log
| drifted in between the rudder and the
paddle wheel " hen the signal to go
ahead was given the paddle wheel OF
| course forced the log against the rudder
and then there was trouble. The rudder
was damaged to such an extent that the
| captain lost all control of the vessel. He
| let D6T swing uIlLIL out was nCdu OA dllu
then he kept her going at half speed until
| the tug came along and towed her IN.
| The Spreckels making twelve knots an
! hour up the bay and the steamer doing
| her best to stem the tide until assistance
came made the only interesting scene
Witnessed on the bay yesterday.
The following notices to mariners have
been issued by the branch photographic
Office:
Washington; Columbia River, Martin Island
Additional light: A fixed white lantern
| light known as Martin Island lower post light,
| has been established to mark the turn in the
ship channel a the foot OF Martin Island, CO.
| lumb River. The light is suspended from an
arm on single black pile in four feet OF
water and is twenty-eight feet above low water
mark.
British Columbia; Vancouver Island, South
! coast-Foul ground inside Sea bird Islet: The
hghtkeeper st Carmanah reports Ihat mere -. Is
no safe passage between Seabird Islet and the
| ea stern shore of Pachena Bay, about fifteen
miles westward of Carmanah, there being sew
| eral uncharted rocks in the interval
vessel wishing to nter Pachena Bay
| should, therefore, pass westward OF the outer
reef and Seabird Islet. There are twelve tath-
| oms of water 200 yards outside the rocks OF the
! outer reef off Seabird Islet.
| British Columbia, Vancouver Island, reef
| off Bonilla Point, amended position OF Car
mansh lighthouse. T. WaIDran. master OF
! sounded the reef off Bonilla Point, south
coast of Vancouver Island. He found sixteen
| feet OF water nearly half q mile from SnOF6
| about one mile east from the point, with four
| fathoms at an equal distance from shore oppo-
| site the point Outside this reef the water
deepens rapidly.
| Vessels should give BOnilla Point oerth OF
one mile.
Carmanah lighthouse stands on the most
| southerly projection of he point, about q
| quarter OF q mile south, 6S degrees west true
| (southwest mag.) from the Indian village, In
| approximately latitude 48 degrees Sc
minutes 80 seconds north. longitude 124
| degrees 46 minutes 10 seconds west.
Vessels now in port and ships to arrive
will not await Septem Der wheat and the
poss1ble chance of a 30.shilling rate to
! Europe. The Damantha will come out of
Oakland Creek to-day and from here will
20 to Honolulu IN ballast to load sugar for
New York. The Babcock, which got IN
last Thursday, will begin discharging her
cargo at Howard-street wharf to-day and
| will then take in ballast for run to Homo
lulu, where she also will load sugar for
New York This makes at least half a
dozen vessels that have gone from this
port TO load sugar at dawail for the
| American metropolis.
The steam-schooner Whites boro reports
the sealing schooner J. Eppinger with 221
skins. The two vessels met off Point San
| Pedro and the captain of the sealer asked
to be reported as ''all WELL
There were several narrow escapes DUR
ing Thursday nights storm. The Eva
went adriit, and her anchors only held
when she was in striking distance of the
| FIntshire. The Anglesey also dragged,
but her captain put out an extra anchor
and she weathered the gale without any
more trouble. At Folsom-stree wharf
the tide took command and the wind
helped matters out. The float broke adrift
and smashed couple of piles, while the
tugs Fearless and Reliance were making