The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-11
r|LHR's troubles.
q 1rsnsxD TO HAVE sUG0LED
- THE TRUTH II COCRT.
nrussiSsns Of Past Experience -
rovfenass Set Dogne Out ~
3 g. 1eesrds-PreDeseA 20 OAer
- Cssy Of Columbia for ss1e.

- nflrcr, who before he took COM
49, q the unsucky steamer City OF Co
S~xs. uss inspecsos az outgoing vessels
- ieraj paper, L. IN Al kinds Of trouble.
~ - aeuxIrssay before the circuit court
- u1n6tnla I. IL alleged that he tuggied
- ~ truth concerning his record rs .
sssse.fnr. Tfss following II trom the Ha-
sS.6s1 ntAr OF December u.
q -. vsre received ly the Australia
.sS1s1sy from James A. Dumors, super
1S9 hDpscscr general Ia the steamboat
- Gesirses sens 20 him regarding the
Sse16j1sc service OF Capt. Assn1r. and the
Sssrgta feeftEosF concerning u
SS5rcs Htror. Ia the CciegrDye libel.
- 8 the circuit court. stated that he
- lrsf Ecsased az a captain a. Norfolk,
IN a U7T and that he commanded the
9er Commerce. running from Bsisi-
- % Ch4ieztCr, during that year, and
= for time the same year he CON-
n1ed the NeEbsyns. runnsng cut Of Bal
- In iaA2<3-S he commanded the Hat
-. tn Calvert and the sarazsxsa, aii
n. from Baltimore to Charleston
- Il aaia he commanded the Fred
- fer eighteen months.
DeSvisang Inspector General Dument
7>eHeyring 10 my letter 70 you OF the
- ~. have now 10 inform you thar the
1Sfe4p ~ the steamers Calvert. SaFagossa
r. yYed Avon, during the year indicated
y nenorsndum Furnished ~ yoa. were.
u3cgv at Baltimore, dated the II. inst.
Ssroc9tssiy: X. T. Foley, f. r. Warren.
n. and James G-ohexan.
qhe steamer Esxbeyue In 1877 was
rnnaane from San Francisco, Cal The
$50 Hstteras was owned at New York
rim tAs same year. but cannot fnd
- IL was in commission
hwardtng the steamer City Of Columbia.
~ 6ear Of the same date contained sew
~ ntsrssttng items. Manager Jacobson.
= left Tor Seattle December n. proposed
r(cfe leaving Honolulu. 10 the lawyers In
- ease thAt the Columbia should be Of
md for sale as soon a. possible Al an
rne Dflce 20 be fxed by the court The
Inoe price, Mr.. jacobson believed, shosed
= 0Aee& That much would pay OF the
80 and aiI the debts Incurred In the Ha~
Sslsen islands. In order ~ get these debts
~ company Is willing that she be sold as
asn ~ poasib.s. He believed II she were
- sobd here. but were property adver-
~ oFsst deal more. The Kiondfke trade
- hRpsng up the demand for vessels Of
q kla4e. and particularly os vessels Of her
osdts number OF the officers and crew
e n City Of Columbia left for Seattle on
~ W4rytmoo. Among them are Chief
enr1posS r. 4. Turner and wife First
ome4 Charles Arey. the second and third
sGg1ltns engineers. the stewardsss and
- Il ~ uuarterma sters.
slns they left written statement was
n9ned M every one OF the late officers
- ~ Which contains the following.
NJ tsEtherrnore state, that with a ca
reth masier In charge OF the vessel proper
hltN and few minor repairs. we are
pwfbaH willing 10 proceed to the Pacific
49,
a srtra months wages was recently
ese4fd The crew % the Columbia by spe-
- "A ~. u
- among the sailurmen who shipped on
! fssnrvey OF the vessel was made on the
131FaoaE OF December - hut the findings
~ not been determined when the last
30 Steamer left. In the first survey The
I'D afirmeti the judgment OF Capt. NIL
u shst the ship ss a Constructive total
~ dating from the lilo examination.
T. ~ City Of Columbia row lies In the
~ she Is making an inch and q half
ot9uf. This leak ~ In or About the pro-
- shaft sleeve and can be stopped only
n oeck.
4Aeseworthy section OF the fadinss ~
= Qrveyors IL the expression OF the
~ psy before she commencsd this voy-
49, Ulu the star. The yesses had been
Nspste1a ut Seattle before her departure
- fvernment authorities and by the
s 4 ga, and had been given = rating
ssts ! somewhat hotherome sifua-
u . ths insurance people. OF what the
sNDA nay have hsen before hsa took COM
nen6 M her Capt. Minor could not have
~ ~ personal knowledge tn he made
- npect!on at Htlo. He WAS given his
9amenicn as master iers than twenty
~ hours before stenming for Hiio ard
UlqdoN. being called from HIS place ~
9e0a 81 the hne steamer Arsxona. When
81 Miner took charge the Columbia
- q course about ready for sea-
80n{ffe Cart Asiurr afaf@J fNas he
~ - ARIZONA because he could not have
n kmoGfaan crow