The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-22
TROUBLE OVER
LOADING THE
CITY OF YORK
Captains Quarrel Over
Precedence.
"A NEW SCHOONER RECORD
THREE TUGS TO BE LAUNCHED
: H.. NEXT SATURDAY.
j., Schooner Lyman D. Foster Estab-
+: fishes q New Record-Grand
-: Fl. Duchess Olga Nearly
Lost q Charter.
A NEW SCHOONER RECORD
THREE TUGS TO BE LAUNCHED
= ::'.. NEXT SATURDAY.

=: The' largest merchant steamer a1oat is
T. oEFled IN England, and the largest sail
'frg vessel IN Germany. The Oceanic re-
cAnrly launched in Belfast leads all IN
,oer. Class and the Potosi launched from
J.. GERMAN shipyards in 1895 takes the pride
*of, place among wind-jammers. The
: ! Tatce, built in France; the May Flint
= and: Roanoke. built in the United States,
; .EEd the Somau, built in England, run
: her close. The May Flint. Roanoke and
Fo[1ah have all visited this port, and the
trance and POtOsi may be seen here dur
-sQg.the year.
..:Tha Potosi is q steel fve-masted bark
:56f -4027 tons gross and 1854 tons net bur
:. den: She Is $50 feet inches long, +9 feet
!: & inches broad and Is feet 5 inches deep.
-: Size IS owned by Z. Laeisz Of Hamburg,
. and is az the present time on her way
from Hamburg for IquiqUe. She is one
<Cfs the fastest II not the fastest sailing
vessel afoat, and on several occasions has
Beaten steamer time between Chile and
Germany. She is q very handsome vessel.
IS VIII be seen from the accompanying
s:c.tit; and spreads an enormous quantity
90 OF canvas
-: There were lively times around the
British. ship City Of York yesterday. She
Is at section 2 OF the seawall, and steam
Schooners are loading her with lumber for
E:jeeuantIe, Australia. Monday night the
Crescent City, Captain Stockheth, arrived
IKE VI
City Of York and anchored near the sea-
Gau. Early yesterday morning captain
.~Stockfeth prepared 70 get his vessel
8, alongside the snip and begin pIscnarg-
F.. irg. While the vessel was moving along
s.iTGer . slow bell the SequOia, Captain
~I.E..ng came in from Fort Bragg The
=Sa,7ilOis also had 2 load OF lumber for the
. CRY or; York and Captain ThwinS lost
ITO time IN getting alongside He noSed
Crescent City out OF the way. ana be-
sore C7a0taiu Stockfeth could protest the
S4Guoia was made fast Then the war OF
words began, and both shippers were soon
..capJain Stockfleth was not to be beaten,
- l5xever and while telling captain
7Tlls.{uE what he thought about him he
:: ne ship and two OF his men clanoered
aboard on a given signal the men from
,~faa Crescent City cut the Sequola 5 lines
. and Captain Srockteth, getting MS yes
salts nose between the Sequola and the
City OF York pushed the former into the
stream and made fast he then warned
:"C'.Dtair Thwing that If he tnterfered with
him. again he would run the Sequola
down and sink her The warning was
heeded and the SequOia locked al the sea
: CAPTAIN Thwing was anxious 70 get rid
OF his load so he went 20 Captain Jones
n The CIV Of York and asked him to
. breast his ship out so that ne c3A5d gel
the SeQuOia between her ana TIE So
while the Crescent City discharged over
the other. Captain Jones refused 50 CAp-
tain. Thwing VIII have 10 wait until me
. Crescent City IS discharged
TIA zThoo1er LYMAN D. Foster has es-
tablshed new record between emma
: and the coast. She made the run from
Shanghai 10 Port Townsend II twenty
four days. 3 splendid performance. Inc
Foster IS one OF the smartesr schooners
- owned on the coast and mas made UNIFORM
good voyages since she was launched
Three tugs viii be launched from me
I,uien Iron WORKS neZL Satlro43y- ! ae
Fearless for the !. D. Spreckels IoWpoaC
Company. and the Wallula, for the ore
.gOr Railway and Navigation company,
= are sister vessels, and the Union, Tor the
'sI.uf6n Iron Works, is about the same size
as the R0ckaway. All three tugs VIII pc
.fsi17rFred between Il a. n. and noon and
will be christeued by children OF the
veOrkmen employed in the iron VOTES
=, Thu JapaneSe cruiser ChlIOSe VIII De
-.+f1-E2d- over 70 the representative OF the
s5eSzeI has been tested in every possible
. way and has proved satisfactory IN every
4i69s- French bark Grand Duchess Olga
saved. her charter by ABOUT nan an houI
She is q brand new vessel and when she
Sailed from NOunea, the capital or the
E-rarCh UenaI settlement IN New Gale
~ 'Edrfa~ she was expected TO make z faSt
run TO Portland, but failed TO do 50 and
5|Itv showed uD IN the Columbia RIVER q
few hours before her charter expired The
rr1e Emma Hazard had hold OF her, but
vas not making much progress, so the
Harvest Queen was sent out and me Two
got her in Just IN time The loss OF the
Charter would have meant e loss OF $o0e0
TO the Grand Duchess Olga:
The bsrrIeShfD Iowa Will be open 10 the
. public this afternoon, but no very great
, rush Of. visitors is expected Henry Pc
:. william D from the Folsom street float
. as usual but IL is doubtful II any other
3. tugs VIII run, as all OF them lost money
last Sunday.