The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
THE FOLLOWER
OF THE PISTON
WAS CRACKED
Caused a Breakdown
on the Picking.
DELAY OF THE STEAMER
MAIL STEAMER SAN BIAS Ar
RIVES FROM PANAMA.
More News From the Menace to
Navigaticn"-one Portion in
Ca-4a
DELAY OF THE STEAMER
MAIL STEAMER SAN BIAS Ar
RIVES FROM PANAMA.
More News From the Menace to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Portion in
Santa cruz and the Other
OF Pigeon Point

The Pacific Mail Companys City of Pc
king viii not get away for the Orient be-
fore tomorrow and possibly Wednesday.
The follower of the piston is broken, and
a new one has to be made and fitted by
the Union Iron Works before the steamer
can sail She is now anchored off the
Mail dock, and nearly all the passengers
will remain by her until the repairs are
completed.
The City of Picking arrived here from
Manila on August %, and the work of
transforming her from a transport into a
passenger steamer again was at once be-
gun. She was thoroughly overhauled
from stem to stern and her machinery
was placed in first class order. The fol-
lower of the piston was found defective,
so a new one was put in. 1t worked all
right while the engines were being turned
over at the dock, and no indications of a
breakdown were noticeable when the yes
sci got under way. When the FekIng was
Strengthened out for the Golden Gate and
the engines were opened up there was a
crash and steam was in a moment shut
on. ne anchor was dropped off SauSalito
anu Wnen the extent of the damage was
d aTnttsl the vessel was towed back to an
anchorage in Mission Bay.
- was beautiful day on the front yes
teraay and thousands of people thronged
center Of attraction, and the wharyes at
the southern end of the town had crowds
on on ,,i mem al day long. Whitehalls and
salling boats crowded around the Picking
during the afternoon and occasionally a
steam launch and tug would nut In an
appearance, making the scene Somewhat
resemble the departure of tba CO ,,,a I,~ssei i
May ~ mamma i''0I
The people at Honolulu will be treated
TO great scare over the non-arrit,aI Of
the mail boat. She will be at least fonr
days late at that point. and they will have
begun to think that she had again broken
down at sea and was making port under
sail. 0-40et
The taking of mail steamers for trans-
ports has played havoc with the port
Every vessel that leaves here has eyerv
pound of freight aboard she can carry.
the wharves. The Peking has amer an eno on
nous load, and the Alameda for SYDNEY.
n. S. w, via Honolulu, Apia and Auck.
land has been compelled TO refuse more
Honolulu, but that has not helped matters
much, as there is almost enough freight
on hand TO fill another vessel
The German mail steamer Prinz Hen
men was caught in a typhoon, as were
other vessels in Asiatic waters last
month; Among her passengers was Gov
ernoT General Augustin of the Philippines
ana ms wife. During the storm Mrs. Au-
gusun was thrown out of her berth and
was seriously bruised and had her arm
Droken. II was also learned on the Gaelic
tnat the Prinz Heinrich had her ventila--
stancheons bT away ana nd number tb Of
year seem to have more disasters to their
credit than ever before.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
San Bias arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday. She left Mazatlan on
coast.
The steamer Coos Bay got in from
southern ports yesterday. Captain Hall
reports that at $3.50 a. m. he sighted the
steamer Whitesboro about two miles east
of Santa Cruz with IT'S feet of a lumber
raft IN tow. The wind was southeast. and
the beach. OLD ship captains think that