The Portland daily press., 1900-02-27
HARD And FAST.
Californian is Still on
the Rocks.
Attempt Will fe Made TO Take Out
Her Cargo.
She is Resting Easily in
Upright Position.
Her Passengers We're Taken OFT
Yesterday Morning.

The steamship Californian has not
changed her position since Sunday and
is still hard anu fast on the Ram island
leige. Yesterday her passengers were TAX
en- of In the Forest Queen and are now
at the Falmouth and Congress Square
hotsls, where they will be cared for st
the Allan lines expense until they can
be forwarded to Liverpool.
Nothing was done yesterday TOW 'rdS
removing the ships cargo, but operations
will begin this morning. Last night
three tow boats with the necessary barges,
pumrs and wrecking gear left Boston
and they will be here this N orning In
time to 90 to work sometime during the
forenoon. Until the operations are oom-
menced 1t will be Impossible for any
man to car whether the ship can be
pulled { n the rocks or not. She Is said
to be full of water and IL is believed that
she has several holes In her bottom as
otherwise her compartments would not
be foil She has been resting easily on
her rocky bed, but of course there has
been more or less chatting and wear
Whether the removing of the cargo will
tend to tighten the ship so that she will
be more affected by the ground swell re-
m aims to be seen.
The Allan lire people are or course
hopeful that they may be able to get the
ship off the rocks, but until some work
has been done It lie Of course impossible
to tell whether this can be done. The
cargo, which is In bulk, can be easily re-
moved by the big pumps of the Boston
T3wboet Company, who hes the oon-
tract for doing this work 1t Is not be-
l,eved that great deal of the cargo Will
be saved as n greater part OF 1T has bsen
ruined or badly damaged by the water.
The value OF this cargo has been over
estimated heretofore. 1t Is really valued
at about S27s. eco and not $780, as has
before bsen eSa.od.
In the morning the Allan line people
chartered the steamer Forest Queen of the
Casco Bay Steamboat company, and
aboard Of this went Capt. Barclay, the
Fort captain Of the line, and Capt. Bur-
CESS Of the Boston Towboat company who
had been sent for by the officials of the
line. They proceeded at once to the
Californian and as soon as they had ar
ri ed told all Of the passengers that they
would be allowed the chance to come
ashore and to take their baggage along
with them. All Of the passengers avaiied
themselves of this opportunity. Then the
Forest Queen drew up near the steamer
AMI the passengers went aboard of the
island boat. The Forest Queen returned
har and IA
Barclay t I'D the passengers the manage
msnt OF the line had made ARRANGEMENTS
to accommodate them In the city until
the next stsemeS should go to Liverpool
TO which port the Californian was bound.
The next steamer which goes TO Liver
POOL from this port IL the Dominion OF
the Dominion line which will arrive in
Portland probably today or tomorrow
and which Is expected to sail on Satur-
day. 1he Parlsian Of the Allan line will
probably arrive by the latter part of the
week or 10 the early part of next week.
The ioials of the Allan line said yesteJ-
day that they Intended TO confer with the
Cfficial of tie Dominion line to see what
plans could bs arranged SO that the
paaengeTs of the Californian could be
taken out on that steamer when she
ssils. The Partisan Is scheduled to sail
from this port OH Thursday. March sth,
and II the desired arrangements cannot
10 made VITA the Dominion line, the pas
seugers will be obliged to remain In this
city until that steamer sails. The ex-
pt nss Of providing accommodations for
the pas ssngers during their stay ashore
10 borne by the Allan line and on this