The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-06

mails, much less warsmen. The Iowa will
leave for Port Orchard tomorrow
! The revenue cutter McCulloch came
down from Mare Island last Sunday. 1t
! is thought she will leave for the north
! to- morrow.
! change received yesterday a slip from the
payroll of the Northern Steamship Com
! pany on which was the name of M. I;
! Patterson, the first officer of the wrecked
Pelican. A comparison of the signature
on the payroll and that on the bottle
letter sent here by the captain of the
on the shores of Portage Bay, telling of
the loss of the Pelican, shows that they
are one and the same.
The schooner Helen n. Kimball ar
rived yesterday from kahului The Kim
ball took twenty-five days in making the
trip.
George Ross has built for C. D, Lane
a stout and speedy steamer. which VIII
be employed in carrying the mail be-
tween Cape st. Michael and Golovin Bay
1t IS named the "Gosling. She has only
a draught of fourteen inches, and is said
TO have a speed of fourteen knots. The
Costing is extremely stoutly built and
will be able to carry an enormous cargo,
but she is not intended for that, but sim
ply for speed. She is fifty feet long and
thirteen feet beam, and cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000
The schooner Lily L, which, left for
Bristol Bay Saturday, sprang leak yes,
terday when outside the heads and had
to put back Captain Hansen is the COM
The British ship London Hill arrived
to-day from Antwerp in the long pas
! sage of 80 days. The London Hill met
with series of disasters. She was fully
month in getting out of the British
channel, having met a succession OF gales,
which carried away her sails. In latitude
3l.3 she encountered another series OF
heavy gales. when she was on her beam
ends her cargo shifted and the seas were
so rough that they swept her decks
carrying every movable thing overheard.
Oil had to be thrown on the waters to
calm the turbulence of the waves.
The II. J. Corcoran. running to Stock
ton. and the ferry boat Sausalito had an
! The Sausalito left her slip at a. m. and
the Corcoran under the command of Cap
! tain II. Potvln pulled out at the same
time captain Potvin leisurely straight
ened out his vessel, intending to give the
Sausalito brush to Alcatraz:. Just when
! the stern-wheeler had got we'll under way
/ Harry Marshall backed out from Pacific
street wharf. Captain Potvin gave the
! inside course: Captain Marshall replied
with two blasts and then another, which
made Potvin swear. as he then had to &c
around the stern of the Fearless. When
/ he was again Strengthened out the Saus-
alto was six lengths ahead. Then Cap
/ tain Potvin jingled his bell and the en-
| gines set full speed ahead. The Corcorar
crawled up inch by inch, and when AL
| catraz was reached the Corcoran was
| half a length ahead AS the Corcorar
turned from her course and went up river
! she commenced footing her whistles and
/ kept it up till the Sausalito was out OF
| sight.
The officers of the H. J. Corcoran arc a
very able and courteous set of gentlemen
and are very proud of their boat. They
are: Captain A. Potvin. Pilot n S. Mar
| tin. Chief officer II. Rave, Purser 7. Nc
Mann and Chief Steward A w. Dennison
| The British ship Hyderabad is now oui
102 days from Newcastle, Australia, and
per cent reinsurance is being paid on her
| She is a slow vessel and as her bottom is
very foul that probably accounts for tht
| long voyage.
The Pilot Commissioners appointed Cap
tain NJ. Tyson pilot yesterday to I'LL the
Dan Haskell There were quite hpn1
Der of applicants for the position and as
| Captain Tyson is quite a young man the
! older masters think they have been slight
! ed. Captain Tyson has been all his life a
sea. however, and has had considerable
| experience in both steam and sail, so he
should make an able pilot.
Captain Tyson started in life as a CLERK
with Pope & Talbot. but was taken very
sick and for months his life was despairet
of. When he was able to be about agar
| he was sent to sea for a pleasure trip. bu
took such a liking to the life that h,
| adopted it as his profession. At differen
! times he has been master of nearly al
Captain Charles Nelson's vessels, and dur
ing the last year or so has been port cap
tain of his fleet. His last command wa!
the bark Haydn Brown and before that III
| was master on the steamer Charles Mel
son, now on her way home from Manila.