The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20


rain kicked up a strenuous sea yester-
Gay outside the heads where the winds
was blowing a living gale all day. 1
Heavy squalls swept the harbor at fre-
Quent intervals, but there was no COM /
motion inside TO prepare outward 4
ihounoers Tor the reception awaiting 1
them outside the heads There the
waves ran as high. il seemed, as the
hills behind the heads and into this /
troubled smother three stout steamers 4
showed their noses In their endeavor 1
20 reach the ocean beyond. The bap- /,
tism was too strenuous, however. and I
each IN turn came about and steamed /
full speed back TO the shelter OF the I
harbor. The vessels that turned back
were the steamers Santa Ana. bound 1
for Portland; the steamer Alcazar. 4
bound for San Pedro, and the steamer 4
j. 8 Higgins bound for Fort Bragg.
The whalers Bowhead and Thrasber, /
which started for sea some days ago,
are still anchored of the Presidio.
awaiting smoother weather. Whaiers
usually do not mind storms, but they
hesitate about taclzling q gale where
the searoom is 50 limited as il is be-
tween the heads AS the storm signals
were hauled down yesterday afternoon
hope is entertained that the south
easter has about blown Itself out
An Aid 10 Saving Life
frank n. Rogers. a young engineer
from Seattle. is in this City with a life
saving device, the necessity OF which
was suggested by the awful loss OF life
ion the steamship Valencia He calls il
a self-enchoring pro5ectile. 1t is oper
ated IN the same way as the Lyle gun,
but requires no cooperation from the
shore end. Rogers device consists Of
q pair OF graphing hooks. which, fired
from a foUr-inch smoothbore gun on
the deck Of a stranded ship. viii an
lchor themselves securely wherever
they alight. Attached TO the proJectile
lis a two-and-a-half-inch line. which is
icarried ashore and firmly secured there
when the graphing hooks take hold
Through q block attached to the pro-
jectile is also attached a tripping line,
by means OF which, when the heavier
line has been hauled taut, those on
board the ship can haul ashore a
breeches buoy or bosun's chair. The
whole outft weighs los pounds and is
OF simple construction. While in the
city Rogers will make his head
quarters at the Marine Engineers As
sOciation. IS Steuart street. he eX-
hibited his device in Washington, where
II met with the approval OF the super
vising inspectors of steam vessels and
OF the live-saving service.
Making Long Passages
In spite OF the prevalence of south
erly winds, a number Of wind tanners
bound north are making very long pas
saEes Ten days is considered a fair
passage between here and the sound
for sailing vessels under moderately
favorable conditions. Some Of this
tardy fleet have been out q month The
schooner Alien A left San Pedro thirty
one days ago for Grays HarbOr and is
still 10 be heard from. The barkentine
Amaranth left San Pedro twenty-seven
days ago for Puget Sound; the ship
Henry Willard. from San Pedro for the
sound, is out twenty-seven days; the
schooner Winslow, from this port for
the sound. is out twenty-three days,
and the schooner William Renton,
which left here for the sound twenty
Two days ago, is sciu somewhere on
the way.
Captain seaIby Wei known Here
Captain Sealby, master OF the strand
ed White Star liner Suevic, is well
known in this port, out Of which he
sailed for q number OF years as mate
and master Of the liner Coptic. Sealby
is very fond Of San Francisco end has
maintained many Of the friendships
that he enjoyed while serving on the
Pacific. lie keeps IN contant touch
with local affairs, and ever since he
left here has boosted san Francisco all
over the world as the only place to
enjoy life. AS q navigator Sealby
stands high IN his profession, and much
sympathy is expressed in the local
shipping world at the i'll fate that has
crossed a career hitherto unmarked by
accident.
Brings Big Cargo of Cement
The French bark Rene, Captain
Rioual, arrived yesterday from London
with a large cargo Of cement. She was
$50 days on the way. Her cargo in
cludes COS tons Of cement and 14,2Oe
barrels OF the same material The
Rene was chartered prior TO her ar
rival and will take from here a cargo
Of barley for the United Kingdom
Assessment Is Levied
At a meeting Of the directors OF the
oceanic steamship Company, held yes
terday. il was decided to levy an
assessment Of SO q share.
water Front NOtee
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Ventura sailed yesterday from
sydney for this port
The liner Doric, Captain Gaukroger,
was moved yesterday from pier "A to
the old Pacific Mail wharf
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 20 1.470,O0o feet
Captain Nopander Of the steamer
IJmacfIla, which arrived yesterday from
Seattle, reports speaking the nghtship
of Afendocino. He was notified by the
master OF the Iightship that the Dux-
bury reef buoy was sounding very
lightly.
Michael Lydon, a hod carrier, was
caught under an elevator yesterday at
Sutter and Kearny streets and seri-
ously injured. At the Harbor Hospital
Il was found that his spinal column
had been dislocated.