The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
VIII Be Towed Up and
Down the Coast
by Tugs.
~HE barks Carondelet. Palmyra

@ HE barkS Carondelet, Palmyra
and Fresno, ancient and honor
able windjammers cf many years
service, are to be trimmed OF
their top hamper and converted
into unbeautiful but useful barges for
use IN the coast lumber trade. On Pu-
get Sound the barge Chinook is on the
dry-dock being strengthened and put
into condition for sea service in the
same trade. 4 number of other sail
ing vessels are said 10 be marked for
q similar fate. all 10 the end that the
expense Of transporting lumber from
the northern forest to New San Fran
cisco may be reduced to a minimum.
This does not Of necessity mean that
lumber is going TO cost the user any
less.
The Carondelet, Palmyra and Fresno
are being converted by Pope & Talbot.
When they are ready The three barges
viii be kept in constant service be-
tween here and Puget Sound. Each
barge viii carry about 100000 feet Of
lumber The hatches are TO be wild
ened and the barges equipped with
modern winches and gear for the rapid
l..,l..-.ns "a Ile cargo.
These barges viii be towed up and
down the coast by powerful tugs. At
Ter the new plan is under way one
IcwbOar viii do all the work While
one barge is being discharged here the
tug will be towing an empty one TO the
s. und. where the third barge is loading.
BY the time the tug returns with the
loaded barge, the one left here will
have been discharged, and when that
one reaches the Sound there will be
loaded barge awaiting the tug. 1t viii
be the nearest thing TO perpetual mo-
portatiOn. and the expense. compared
with the cost Of operating sailing yes
scls or steam schOOners. viii be almost
nominal
Under their own sail these to-be-con-
--erted barks could nOt make more than
one round trip in five or six weeks.
They would require large crews and
would incur towage expenses at each
end o. the trip. Under the new ar
rangement two very much smaller
crews viii be able TO handle the three
barges and the round trip viii be
matter OF days instead Of weeks. A
steam schooner makes about three trips
q month and an ocean going tug like
the Dauntless could tow = loaded barge
as fast as any steam schooner is able
20 travel
IN view of the increased demand for
ocean towing. il is said that the Mer-
chants and Shipowners' Company has
ordered another towboat larger than
The Sea Rover, now its flagship
Coptic TO Be Reserve Ship.
In speaking yesterday OF the recent
purchase by the Pacific Mail Company
of the liners Doric and Coptic, General
Manager r. P. Schwerin said that the
Doric would be kept on the trans-Pa-
ciic run ia connection with the Pacihc
Msil-Toyo Kisen kaisha schedule. The
Coptic. he said would be held as re-
serve ship, ready TO take the place OF
any other liner that might be tempo
rarily disabled or for use in any direc-
ton that paying business offered.
The White Star Line was asked by
ca blegram yesterday TO allow the pres
ent officers Of the Doric TO take the
liner for one more round trip without
prejudice 10 their standing in the Brit
Ssh companvs service. After that the
Pacific Mail Company viii make its
own arrangements. AS the two liners
are under the British flag, the Doric
viii have TO be manned in accordance
with the regulations OF the British
Board Of Trade and all the officers will
require British licenses.
Argonaut's Pilot Resigns.
George Enos. pilot of the United
States quarantine steamer Argonaut
has resigned from the Government ser
pointed his successor Milestone is ia
miliar with the work that viii be re-
ouired of him, as he was master of the
steamer Governor Perkins during the
time that vessel was in the service of
the State quarantine.
Pilot Enos has been in the Govern
ment employ at this port for the last
ten years. serving most Of the time on
the General Sternberg, recently re-
nv - No n1pdfPn
wearing Uncle Sans uniform was more
jealous Of the dignity OF the Marine
Hospital Service than Pilot Enos. He
obeyed orders TO the letter and made
some bitter enemies by so doing. He
was always ready for duty and kept
his vessel looking like a yacht and a
credit to the service in which he was
proud to hold billet.
Homeward Bound Is Due Soon.
The ship Homeward Bound Captain
Chadwick Thompson. left San Jose de
Guatemala in company with the Pacific
Mail liner City of sydney on July 3.
Captain Thompson expected TO make
the run TO this port in twenty FIVE days.
and il il can be done he is the sailor
man that can make the Homeward
Bound DO it. The Homeward Bound
left here for Puget Sound, where she
loaded lumber for Melbourne. From
Melbourne she went to Newcastle, Aus
tralia, where she loaded coal for San
Jose. She made sensational run
across the Pacific, leaving, as usual a
trail Of canvas rags in her wake and
was in the Guatemalan port long be-
fore the consignees there realized she
had started from Australia. She is
coming here for orders.
Returns for Surgical Aid.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
panys Corona, which sailed yesterday
for Eureka, put back from sea to land
a member of the crew, one of whose
fingers was severely crushed in the
machinery.
ARMY TRANSPORT SAILS