The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-11-05

i f1E An
navy tug Iroquois and has two smoke
stacks. Her bow is elevated more than
the usual height Of tugs. she was
I built especially for towing in the At
IantIc and was to have been named the
Gypsum King. She was bought by the
etvvrument at the outbreak of the
Sta nish war. renamed the Slocum and
, ives finally sent around TO San Fran
3 cisco.
, The SIocum left san Francisco at
noon. October %.
IL is likely that the three vessels
VIII start for San Francisco about
Thursday OF Friday The towing ca
hes are already here. having been
sent from the Coast on the Sherman. n.
/ The Sheridan viii be dead weight. as
I her engines and boilers are out of COM
mission.
/ MANCHCRIA AND MONGOLIA.
{ Nothing definite has been decided yet
. III regard tc repairing the liners Mon-
golia and Manchuria. The cruiser
South Dakota will be placed on Hunt
ers Point drydock in a few days and
tiiC VI the III Id must - d l
until the warship comes off the big
basin, The Mongolia is still alongside
the Pacific Mail wharf awaiting word
from London as to whether the under
writer's will allow her to make a few
voyages with only temporary repairs.
The Mongolia escaped internal dam
age and could be patched up to the
satisfaction OF underwriters and Gov
IN,
short time. She would be perfectly
seaworthy and could make several voy-
ages between here and the Orient while
permanent repairs were being made on
the Manchuria. This would relieve the
Pacific Mail Company is concerned, and
it is thought likely that the underwrit-
ers will sanction the plan
If permanent repairs for the Mon
golia are insisted upon it will be two
months before the necessary materia.
can be got here from the East.-Call.
CALIFORNIAN THIRD ATTEMPT.
Late yesterday afternoon the ar
mored cruiser California returned from
a run outside the Heads, where a third
attempt was made to make twenty-five
hlOiS OF DelitF Oh d lOuT IiOuIS SiiuuIN
ance and speed trial run. The Califor-
MIA left an anchorage off the Union
Iron Works late in the forenoon and
ran to a point some distance off the
FaralIOnes. With weather and sea ia
vorable, the California started on a
course calculated to prove agreeable, !
and had proceeded under full speed for
an hour and a half, when the heating
of the iOuTn9lS the PnOina '
caused the trial to be brought to an ;
end.
The California is TO go outside the !
Heads again next Tuesday for another !
attempt at speed, under the direction !
of the naval board appointed to con- /
duct her trial. All the trouble thus far !
with the California has been with her !,
port engines. and, according to Union |!
Iron Works officials. these defects will |
be remedied before she again goes to !,
sea.-Chronicle, October 81.
THE GALILEE AT SAN DIEGO. |
SAN DIEGO, October 20.-The brig !,
Galilee arrived today, having COM |
pleted her second voyage in making i
the magnetic survey of the Pacific !
ocean. The report of the scientists |
aboard will be made to the Carnegie |
Institute.
Captain ]. c. Hayes. commander of .
the vessel, has not been able to hear /
from his wife. VINO was in San Fran |
cisco at the time of the disaster, While !
he was at sea
The brig passed through a typhoon |
on the coast of Japan and suffered |
some damage, which. however, was re-
paired.
FINCH TO HAVE THE GOTHIC. |
Captain William Finch. lately in !
command of the liner Coptic and now |
at Liverpool. is said to be slated for !
command of the big steamer Gothic of .
the White Star line, and plying be- !