San Francisco Call, Volume 83, Number 126, 5 April 1898 — GOVERNOR AMES AND THE INCA [ARTICLE]

GOVERNOR AMES AND THE INCA

The Only Five-Masted Topsail Schooners in the World. After a Run to Australasia the Inea, Like the Ames, Pays This Port a Visit

The only five-masted topsail schooner that has visited San Francisco since the days of the Governor Ames reached port Sunday last. She is the Inca, built by W. G. Hall at Port Blakeley in 1596, and is now on her maiden voyage. She is 901.88 tons net. 215 feet 6 Inches long, 41 feet 3 inches broad and 16 feet 5 inches deep. She started from Port Blakeley for Australia with a load of lumber. From Newcastle, N. S. W.. she took coal to Honolulu, and from the islands she brought sugar to this port. To-day she goes to the new refinery at Port Costa to discharge. The Inca Is a very handsome vessel and is not only a good carrier, but is very fast.

The schooner Thomas S. Negnis, which arrived here some weeks ago with a party of gold hunters from New Haven, Conn., had to return to port last Sunday. A start was made for Copper River, but when be sot outside Captain Erratt found that thirty-two tons of ballast and the outfit for the minors was too much for the schooner. The Negus was brought through the Straits of Magellan with sixtern tons of lead molded to her hull and sixteen tons of pig iron on top of that The pig Iron will be removed and then the schooner will go to sea again. Lieutenant A. F. Fechteler of the Monterey has temporarily taken charge of the United States naval rendezvous on California street, vice Lieutenant George M Stoney, who was ordered to report at the Brooklyn navy yard for active service Lieutenant William Braunersreuther now at the Mare Island navy yard, will eventually succeed Lieutenant Fechteler Richard Barry, employed in Schindler's wagon shop, nearly lost an eye yesterday He was raising a vehicle on which he was working, but falling to put the handle of the jack down far enough. It flew up, striking him over the eye and knocking Mm senseless. He was carried to the Harbor Receiving Hospital, where he was operated upon by Drs. 1)111 and Zabala. Great care was taken In fixing up the

wounded optic, and the doctors are of the opinion that with care Barry will save his eyesight. The British ship Red Rock has at last reached port. She left here September 13 last, and arrived at Cork on the Ist lnst. Vessels that left here weeks after the Red Rock have reached their destinations, discharged their cargoes and are on their way back to San Francisco again. The coast survey steamer Patterson is foing inU> retirement in Oakland Creek, he was to have gone on the dry dock for an overhauling, but since her officers and men are wanted by Uncle Sam in the East the vessel will have to go out of commission. "Captain" Al White, known to every 6ailor in the white squadron, has shaken the dust of the water front from his feet, and has gone to Copper River. Many of Al's old patrons are up In that country, so when the Valencia lands him at Copper City he will go to work building a large hostelry in which there will be room for all comers. Captain McCoy, superintendent of the Spreckels towboats, received word from the tug Fearless with the ship Sintram in tow yesterday. The big tug and her tow were spoken by the ship Mistley Hall, and was then about twenty-five miles from Dutch Harbor, her destination. The Sintram has aboard four stern wheel steamers and four lighters for the Yukon trade, which are to be put together at Dutch Harbor.