The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24
Speedy Trip of the
Schooner Tampa.
NO TRACE OF THE WILLIAM D
GRAPHING IRONS FAIL TO Lo-
CATE THE WRECK.
The Mail Steamers Mariposa and
Nippon Maru Both Sail for
Honolulu To-Morrow
Afternoon.

One Of the best round trips of the year
has Just been completed by the schooner
Tampa Captain Peterson. She left here
on August last and proceeded TO Grays
Harbor, where she took aboard 502, 1893 feet
OF lumber On September 8 she sailed for
Suva. Fiji and arrived there on October
II. is took considerable time to get rid
Of the lumber and take on return cargo,
but on Christmas day the Tampa was
; back in Grays Harbor. Another load of
lumber was taken aboard and on January
S start was made for San Francisco.
The storms of the last few weeks delayed
the schooner, but yesterday there was not
enough wind to bring her in over the bar.
Toward sundown a little wind sprang up
and Captain Peterson finally worked her
into port
- The steam collier Czarina arrived at
Seattle Yesterday after smart passage
:,of 81 hours. Since Captain Collins has
been in command the big steamer has
@played in hard luck. During her last run
up the coast she had to fight norther
q. the whole way, and on the return trip 1t
;waS blowing a southeaster continually
ON both occasions she made unusually
;Eong trips, but now Captain Collins has re-
: deemed himself and his vessel by making
"a particularly good run, under only fairly
:.taVorable circumstances. When the
i. .Zarlna goes out on her next trip captain
Seaman will be In command. His sus-
pension for two months by the Inspectors
of Hulls and Boilers for not blowing the
% danger signal when the j. d. Peters
":Czarina collision occurred has expired,
+ and he therefore resumes command OF MS
vessel.
Two very long passages came to an end
.last Sunday. The schooner G. 1. Hill was
~ days going from Redond9 70 Crays lyyi5
D.; Harbor and the British bark Merloneth
:: was the same length of time gong from
here to Portland. Both vessels were In
p ballast. and the chances are that they
.1n ~ .Frr rim
gales. The Merioneth viii load wheat at
Portland for England.
=. The whaling steamer Fearless was sofa
by the United States Marshal yesterday
for $500. Captain Jensen was the pur-
chaser. and the chances are that ne VIII
: 6t her out for another cruise in the
There were no new developments in
. ,he Oakland-William d collision yeSter-
.. DAY. An investigation will be held be
fore the United States Inspector OF Hulls
.:apd Boilers, and If any new facts are IN
existence they Will come out then. Inc
loss of the launch bade fair to cripple
: Henry Peterson, but his friends rallied TO
his assistance and another boat has Deen
placed at his disposal until the William
ID is raised and repaired or other ar
engagements can be made. During the day
IL was impossible TO grapple for the
sunken boat, as the tide ran like mill
race; but at slack water several attempts
were made to locate her, but they failed.
NO trace of the remains of J. Otis Wat
Fles was found, and the chances are that
eche body was taken out to sea with the
y. In regard to the sad collision of Sun
*day the blame for the disaster would
Seem TO rest with an exact Interpretation
"Qf the rules of the road According TO
rIhis standard, the Oakland was clearly
Sin the wrong, the rules in point reading
thus:
-: Article XVI. II two ships under steam are
Crossing, 50 as to involve risk OF collision, the
.sjde shall keep out of the way of the other.
= Article Xxx. Notwithstanding anything con-
stained In any preceding article, every snip
whether a sailing ship or steam ship, over
taking any other shall keep out OF the way OF
:. Article XXIv. Nothing in these rules shall
(. ;eXOuerate any ship or the owner, or master,
. @r Grew thereof, from the consequences oi any
'yirglect to carry lights signals, or OF any
""Ttglect to keep a proper lookout, or OF the
'Aeglect of any precaution which may be re
= cl4ired by the ordinary practice OF seaiheh' OF
:IJs. the special circumstances OF the case
! :. The United States training ship Adams
'Hi'ent to Mare Island yesterday. she Will
: <'flave TO be oVerhauIed, as the drlllng OF
: the boys has caused her decks 10 open up
. and they VIII have to be repaired. There
stTe 200 of the apprentices, and When they
= were marking time" their gentle foot
steps caused the cid sloop-of-war to trem-
Dle from truck to keelson. with her decks
in this condition IL would be dangerous to
go on a practice cruise, so the Adams
= was ordered back to the navy yard.
j.: Two mail steamers Will sail for Hon
.,olulu tomorrow, and there is consider
liable speculation along the front on the
.<@utCCme of the run. One is the new
d. steamer Nippon Maru, built in England
Tor q japanese company and now in the
= Oriental trade, and the other is the reli-
able old Mariposa. Chief Engineer
Haynes says the Mariposa's engines are
:better now than when she was a year
old, and that he will back her against
anything of her size on the Pacic. The
Nippon Maru is heralded as a 17-knot
ship, but she did not come up to expec-
fauons on her last trip. Perhaps she will
90 better on this occasion. Both vessels
were to have sailed at l p. m, but, owing
10 the nOn-arrival Of the English mail, IL
VIII be 10 p. IN. before the Mariposa will
get away Still it will surprise many of
her admirers if she does not overcome the
Nippon Maru's lead and beat her into
. Honolulu.