The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-13
HAS BEEN MANY
TIMES IN PERIL
The Glenesslin, Now in
Port, Was Scuttled in
New York.
Her Cargo of Coal Oil on Fire,
So Desperate Remedy
Was Necessary.
Another Battle.Ship Will Start on
a Long Cruiss-The Oregon
Has Her Orders.

| charter has had a hard time of it during
the past twelve months. She has been in
| several hurricanes and was on fire and
scuttled in New York harbor. After being
raised and repaired she took cargo of
kerosene to Hongkong and from that
point went to England, where she was
loaded for San Francisco.
After we discharged at New York,
said Captain Pritchard yesterday, 1--WE
were chartered to load paraffine oil for
| China. Unfortunately for all concerned,
three days before we were to sail the ship
/ took fire in the after end underneath the
cabin, and iii order to save the vessel the
| fire brigade sank her. My wife and had
been away 10 Philadelphia to bid our
| friends good-by, and when we returned TO
| the GlenesSlin she was eight feet under
water. / and my wife and child saved
nothing in the world but what was on our
! backs, so you can imagine our feelings.
| They move quickly In New York, how
ever, and in five days my ship was raised
and pumped out and the work of repairing
her beg an. 1t cost $4,000 to put her in
| order again, and then we took on board
| fresh cargo of oil and made start for
| Rongkong."
A cut of the raising of the Glenesslin
was made from photograph taken by
! OdpAd1L 1IiACudIQ dl lnS llIlS uO
/ Gienessin is not chartered, and the
chances are that she will remain there for
several months 10 come.
The American ship e. B. Sutton ar
rived from New York yesterday after an
uneventful passage OF 155 days. She
brings an unusually heavy general cargo
and will be locked at once and probably
begin discharging this afternoon. On
| Thanksgiving day, in latitude rs south.
| longitude S6 west, Alfred Locke, second
officer, died OF consumption and was
buried at sea. He was general favorite
on the Sutton and his death cast gloom
over the entire crew, so Thanh sgiving
was not time for rejoicing on board the
e. B. Sutton.
The Merchants Exchange received the
following kilograms yesterday from Lon
don:
| The British steamer Glenesk, previously re-
| ported, has No. ballast tank full of water.
and not as before reported.
| The British steamer Queen Olga. previously
reported having put into Nagasaki, has gone
1 into dock. 1t is believed thai the cargo is I'M
| injured. Repairs viii probably be completed
| in twenty days. Cost is estimated at f2500.
| The Alaska Packers Association held
| its annual meeting yesterday and re-
elected the present managers and board
of directors. The report OF the years
| work showed fair surplus and the stock
| holders were satisfied with the business
| done. The association will send out
| large salmon feet next spring, and in
creased profits are expected.
| T. w. Leydecker, the well-known saloon
man and pigeon-fancier and who for
| TWENTY-FIVE years has been in business on
| the water front, retired into private life
| Yesterday. he sold out his establishment
| for cash, and will in future devote his
time and energies to the business OF rails
! ing carrier-pigeons and making his hight
for the position OF postmaster OF Alameda.
| Mr.. Leydecker is at present one OF the
| Town Trustees, but he seeks the higher
! Office, and, as both the Congressman and
Senator from the district are Tor him. the
chances are all in his favor.
The tug Columbia arrived from Coos
Bay yesterday in order to undergo an
overhauling. She is sister vessel to the
| Hunter, now in port, and both OF them
| belong to the A. NJ. Simpson Lumbe
Company. The Hunter has been over
hauled and is now in hrst-class order. She
| will leave at once for Coos Bay and re-
sumo the towing OF lumber vessels 10 sea,
while the Columbia is liable to remain
here for some months and handle the
! vessels at this end.
The battle-ship Oregon has been or
dered to Acapulco and all is bustle and
| hurry on board. The boys in blue are
more than pleased with the IDEA of a
change as they are tired of lyiug off the
W
| Yesterday the warship had all her coal
and water aboard and by noon to-day she
will be fully provisioned. Then the lads
will be given an opportunity to say fare
| well to their sweethearts and wives
| and tomorrow the Oregon will an
Choir in Richardson's Bay. Friday morn.
ing on the first tide she will sail for Gen.
trail America and the battle-ship Will be
| off on her first long cruise. No great
speed can be expected from her as her
bottom is foul, but nevertheless wherever
she goes the credit of California will be
upheld.
The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
| Companys Coptic will take away full
cargo of cotton and -four for Japan and
China next Saturday. Yesterday a river
| steamers load of flour and five carloads of
cotton were being rushed aboard simulta-
neously.
The American ship Samaria, which ar
rived from Departure Bay last night, re-
ports the sealing schooner Allie l. Aiger
clean. She was spoken sixty miles west
of Point Arena, and the captain said he
had then five boats out, but that since
| leaving San Francisco it was the first occa-
! sion on which he had been able TO hunt.
None of the sealers that left last month
have so far paid expenses.
/ The American ship Kennebec that came
| in yesterday in tow of the wrecker White
law. brought in the largest load OF lumb Der
| that has ever come from Puget Sound in
one vessel. In the hold and on the deck
| there is 1600,0 900 feet of rough lumber, and
the captain thinks he might have brought
a few thousand feet more had the weather
been fayorable AS she passed up the bay
| the Kennebec had heavy list to star
| board, but this was due to the fact that
portion OF the deck load had shifted.
The Harbor Commissioners have ac-
copied Chief Engineer Holmes plans for
the flagstaff on tue ferry-depot tower. 1t
will be of steel hydraulic pipe and on the
Top will be gold-plated ball, eighteen
! inches in diameter. The halyards will be
/ of manila and copper When completed
the distance from the street to the top OF
| the pole will be 276 feet. On the tower
will also be placed the red, green and
white lights of a ship in order 10 guide
| the ferry boats IN making a landing.
Lin Hop, Respondent Chinese. Jumped
| overheard from Clay-street wharf yester-
day. He was rescued by Sergeant Ma
honey and sent 70 the Receiving Hospital.
! He said he had no money and no friends
and wanted to die.
The sealing schooner Tulsa d is minus
| one of her hunters. An incoming coaster
! reports that Captain Thompson said that
| one of his men had lost his life while out
| hunting.
The old bark Richard III has been pur-
chased by parties in Victoria, B. G., and
| will be cut down and turned into a barge.
| At one time she was one OF the fastest and
best vessels of her class on the coast. Now