Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-13
A WINTER OUTING.
HOW TO AVOID SOME OF our
MISTS AND MISERIES.

HOW TO AVOID SOME OF OUR
MISTS AND MISERIES.
A Rough Trip on the PuebIa-A Genial Com
panion Aboard Leads to Association with
Choice Spirits Ashore-Capt Hatch and His
Steamers-Proceeds to San Diego Sound
and California Climates in Contrast-Passes
Over Into Mexico" Reuben, the Guild" -
Saw the Shirley Company - iomeward
| Bound.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 2, 1901.
ED. STANDARD:
A trip way down here, 1,4OO miles
from Olympia, the "City OF RAIN"
would be incomplete without short
description OF my travels to the "Old
Reliable" SO l herewith jot down a
few of the principal events.
Nothing of special interest happened
until after the Puebla had left Vic
toria. l left Olympia on the morning
of the 10Th of November, and Victoria
on the evening of the Goth. During
that period, covering the 2lst and 22d
we were tossed about, like chip in
the whirlpool rapids of the Niagara
river, by a storm of unusual severity.
The dining salon was flooded, many of
the staterOoms were filled with the
spray of Old Ocean, including No. AZ,
the one occupied, and the water, at
times, was kissing and churning along
the promenade deck to depth Of
over Is inches. The speed of the ship
had to be reduced to degree just suf.
ficient to keep her head towards the
direction of the wind, which was from
the southwest. The big, light green,
foaming waves would repeatedly break
over the bow of tho boat. and COM
pletely cover it to depth of about 4
or feet. When it is understood that
the Puebla has a freeboard of between
10 and 20 feet, some faint idea of the
height OF the waves can be imagined.
We lost 15-foot section of our guard
sail on the left side of the bow, a giant
sea sweeping it away clear from the
deck. The officers all declared it was
the worst storm Of the season, and
happened to be there. 1 enjoyed it,
but seven.eighths of the other FOG pas.
scngers, between their walls and gasps,
said, in substance, "Tell the captain
to stop the ship, I want to get off and
walk" butas this was very announcement
for the captain to do, they had to" take
their medicine like little men,"
Owing to an agreeable chance my
roommate was q man ! had never met,
but who / intimately knew, without
ever having met him before. He was
H. L. Mumford, . relative OF Heber
Mumford, of our city. We felt like
old acquaintsnces in five minutes,
after explanations had been made.
He stood the trip fairly we'll. went
down to eat breakfast the first morn
ing out, and sized up the crowd as be.
tween Is and Is. including the officers.
During the whole voyage missed two
meals, not because of sickness, but be-
cause ate more than I should tho
previous ones, and did not feel the
need Of more food 90 soon. l could
write page after page descriptive Of
this ocean voyage, which to me is the
most enjoyable part Of the 2,800. mile
trip am now taking, but imagine
it is q dry subject to almost every one
else, so will not devote any more space
to it.
The laws covering the arrival OF
vessels in San Francisco provide that
none shall dock after 8 P.M N. We ar
rived at about 8 o'clock in the evening,
and thus had to anchor for the night
in the harbor, 81 hours from Victoria,
and did not get ashore till the morn
ing of the oath.
devoted three days to Sightseeing,
etc. in Frisco, gath. 25th and 26th.
My first call was on Capt. z. J. Hatch,
formerly we'll known in Olympia. He
now resides with his family in Oak
land. Some six months ago Mr..
Hatch had new steamer built at
Whatcom, WASH, after plans of his
own designing, and this new steamer
is now on the Vallejo run, taking the
place Of the Monticello, which is used
Is reserve. The Gen. Frisbie is the
name Of this boat. It 10 built very
similar to the Flyer, being but FIVE
feet shorter, viz, ITO feet, and has
speed of between 16 and l8 miles per
hour.
Originally our stateroom contained
three occupants = Mumford, myself
and another. As there were other un-
occupied staterooms, Mr.. Mumford sc.
cured one, thus leaving two in ours.
The other passenger. my roommate
alter Mr.. Mumford left. was voted by
all the passengers as the jolliest and
liveliest individual on board. He
stood the trip better than did, and
was without doubt one of the most &C.
commodating gentlemen, socially and
otherwise, it has ever been my good
fortune to meet. He Was q CONNER
cial traveller for the largest Wholesale
liquor house in the State, his name
being Chas. H. Vescelius. Afterwards
called on him at the Office of the
San Franciseo house, situated on
Brannan st., near Eighth. and was
shown through the entire building, an
immense 4-story structure, being the
place where Mr.. Spreckels, the now
multi.millionaire, fret started in his
career in the sugar trade. Accepting
sparingly Of the kind invitation Of Mr..
vescelius to help myself to everything
in sight. l wish to here testify to the
excellence and pureness of eli of the
products of this house.
was able to gather the following
data concerning their business, which
may prove interesting: The firm
name is the California Wine &
Brandy Co.," successors to the "St.
George Vineyard" Maltermoro, Cal.
II was started in the year 1879, when
the first 160 acres of vines were plant.
ed. It has steadily increased in i'm
portance since then, being now the
leading concern of THE character in
California, comprising six vineyards,
aggregating over 1000 acres of choice
imDortod varieties IF vino hpsudv cd