The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-06
CORPORATION
FERRY BOATS
IN HARD LUCK
T hree of Them Now
Being Repaired.
A SERIES OF BREAKDO'VNS
TWO FAST OCEAN VOYAGES OUT
OF THIS PORT.
A SERIES OF BREAKDO'VNS
The Illawara Went in As Days to
Sydney and the Cyrus Wake
field in 100 Days to
New York.

The Southern Pacific ferry boats are
playing in hard luck. Over on the Oakland
side of the bay they are fixing up the
seawall, and Wednesday one of the big
stones got too much impetus and rolled
into the ferry slip. In consequence there
was not enough water for the Berkeley,
so she had to land her passengers at the
seaWau and lay up for a few trips until
the stone was removed.
In the meantime the steamer Ell Capt.
tan was put on in the Berkeley's place,
and for a few trips she succeeded in en-
tering and leaving the slip all right. In
an unlucky moment however, her paddle
wheel came in contact with the rock ana
as a result her shaft broke and she had
to be retired. Half an hour later the
rock was removed and the Berkeley re-
sumed her trips.
During the southeaster of last Sunday
the Oakland broke her rudder so that the
Southern Pacific now has undergoing re-
pairs the Bay City, Ell Captain ana OAK
land. Should another one OF the meet
break down there will be shortness CT
boats, and the commuters will have a
lively time getting to and from Oakland
Unlicensed masters and mates of United
States vessels of 700 tons and over Will
have to do some studying, between now
and July. On December q last an act
was approved which makes license
COMPULSORY ana Yesterday bT a[9lei rex
ceiVed word from Washington which says
the law goes into effect on July l. 1t VIII
affect over ESQ masters and mates on this
coast alone as all of them Will nave TO
pass an examination in navigation before
they can go out as master or mate OF
700-ton vessel again.
here and Sydney, n. S. w, by sailing
vessel is the forty-eight day run of the
British ship Illawara. She left here on
November Il last with a general cargo
and 94S2 centals of barley valued at SIS
900 and Is $50 barrels of flour valued at
So, 200. She arrived in Port Jackson on
New Years eve. The record between
here and Sydney is held by the American
ship Snow and Burgess, which made the
run in forty-four days number OF years
ago.
American ship Cyrus Wakefield. She sail
ed from here on September q and arrived
at New York yesterday. While making
port she struck on a rock. but hoated off
Without injury at high tide. When last
here the Wakefield was purchased by
John Rosenfeld's Sons and she now flies
the house flag of that well-known tirm.
Captain Z. L. Murphy died at Portland
yesterday. He was master of the Ameri-
can ship George Stetson, but was daily
expected in San Francisco to take COM
mand of the big four-masted Shenandoah.
He was not so well known here as his
brother, the former master of the Shenan-
doah. but nevertheless he leaves most
of friends VINO will mourn his sudden
taking off.
AS the steamer Acapulco was being
towed to her slip at the Pacific Mail dock
last night she ran afoul of the steamer
China and did considerable damage. The
rear lifeboat on the China was torn from
its davits and smashed between the
two vessels. Considerable paint was
scratched from the sides of both vessels,
and at first it was thought that some of
the China's plates had been damaged, but
an examination failed to reveal any in
jury. The Acapulco had been at the dry
dock and was being towed in by Captain
Driscoll on the Millen Griffith. The ac-
cident was due to the strong ebb tide
flowing at the time