The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1897. 5 DURING The British ship Pen picture tells the whole story. dee sketch by Captain Cormack. under full sail. The jury-ri THE STORM. A o o o e FTER THE STORM AND AFTER REPAIRS. left Cape Town for San Francisco via Newcastle, N. S. W., over a year ago and was only docked yesterday morning. Coulter’s It shows her rolling in the trough of the sea, with the masts all gone and the deck-houses almost a wreck. This is drawn from a The second picture shows her as she appeared under jury rig in Port Louis, Mauritius, and the third one shows the repaired ship ging of that dismantled ship was one of the cleverest pieces of seamanship that has been heard of on the high seas in many a long day. DISWASTED I~ | A HURRICANE The Ship Pendeen Nearly Wrecked Off Cape of Good Hope. She Finally Reached Mauritius in Fifty=Four Days Under a Novel Jury Rig. It Took Five Months to Make Re- pairs and Then She Proceeded on Her Way. h ship Pendeen, which docked Green-street wharf, has just completed one of the most remarkable voyages dur- ng this last two veurs. She started from Cape Towp for Newcastle to load coal for Francisco in the early part ot 1396 When 2800 miles off the Cape of Good Hope the good ship ran into a hurricane completely dismasted her and hér at the mercy of wind and waves for three days. 1.ad nothing to eat but hardiack, and it was only occasionally that the men could get adrink of water from the water-:ank. In talking about the matter Captain Cormack said yesterday: “Itwasone of the fiercest and most sudden blows I ever experienced. It blew the mainmast clean out of the keelson, and in its fall.it tore up the deck amidships, bent and smashed a number of stanchions and carried away part of the rail. The foremast was car- ried away two feet from the deck, follow- ing the mainmast overboard. while the mizzenmast bent over the stern, smashing in the poop, bent the beams, smashed the poop-rails and skylight, but, strange to say, never smashed the glass in the sky- light windows. KEverything was off the ship in half an hour, and for two days we lay yowerless in the trough of the sea. *‘It took us some time to get up jury masts and manufacture sails to fit them. Our jiggermast was made from planks nailed together and then lashed. We carried on it 1wo sails belonging to the ship’s boats. The mizzenmast was made in the same manner as the jigger, and the sail on it was made from the forecastle awning. The mainmast was made from one of the spare spars carried on deck, and on it we carried the main deck awning. The fore- | mast was made from tue other spare spar, and on it was set the crossjack. It was ioo large, and in order to make it fit we had to cut a considerable poriicn out of the center. Between the main and the fore we set the migzen topgailent sail, but in order to make it fita big knot had to be tied at the head of the sail. The fore- topmast staysail was set in the same man- ner. Qur yards were made from shifting boards and the rigging out of the wire hauling lines. These were fastened to sixty i{athoms of mooring chains. The latter were made fast to the stanchions. “From the time the jury masts were rigged it took us fifty-four days to get to Mauritius, The only way we could sail wes with a fair wind. When the wind was contrary we had gimply todrop all sail and drift. You can imagine what the damage was when it took five months to make repairs. KFrom the time we leit Mauritius until we got to Nawcastle, N. 8. W., and from the time we left that port until we reached San Francisco, we had nothing but fair weather.”” During the gale the cabin, forecastle and galley were gutted and one of the =hip's boats was wasined away. When the Pendeen lett Cape Town she was a painted port ship. but now she is painted a French left | During that time the crew | gray. After discharging here she will load wheat for England. The renovated steamer Oregon had her trial trip on the bsy yesterday morning and in spite of the fact that she has been laid up off Sausalito for over two years she made an excellent showing. She docked at Spear-street wharf, took on board enough cargo to ballast her and started at once for Astoria. Captain C. | Miner Goodall says there is enough wheat in sight at Astoria and Portland to keep another steamer as big as the Oregon running steadily for a montn or six weeks. | A private dispatch to the Merchants’ | Exchange sta‘es that all the crew of the | Norwegian bark Selodan, with the excep- | tion of the captain and carpenter, had ar- rived in safety at Auckland, N. Z. The captain and carpenter cied at Starbuck I:land, where the vessel was wrecked. The ian left Newcastle, N. 5. W., on July 15, 1896. Later reinsurance was paid on ber, and after eight months had elapsed |she was posted at Lloyds as missing. Then news reached New Zeaiand from | one of the small traders that a ship- | wrecked crew was on Starbuck Island. A | relief boat was sent by the New Zealand Government, but it was too late to save | the lives of the captain ana carpenter, The Harbor Commissioners had fully made up heir minds to increase the rates charged Uncle Sam for the use of scale- nouses, ground rent for the barge offices on the water front, and also the docking | rates of the revenue cutters Hartley and Golden Gate. Collector of the Port Jack- son went before the board and made an eloqueat plea on behali of the Govern- | ment. He said Uncle Sam was poor ana | couldn’t possibly afford to pay an in- | creased rate, and said that the space used by the revenue cutters was useless for any | other purpose than that to which it was { put. B iela S s povery i hatiea b bouts in a weak «pot an. Major Harney moved that the old rate of $i35 a month be con- | tinued. President Colnon agreed with the major and Collector Jackson went away pappy. The contractors are just beginning to send in their claims for extra work on the new ferry building. Contractor Cronin had {a bill in for §i and the Risdon Iron Works one for $97 This made Major Harney angry and he said he was deter- mined that he would have all the con- tractors before the board and find out just how many more bills for “‘extras”’ were to be put in. Architect Swain said that there would only be a very few more and the matier was then allowed to rest at that. Representatives from Wells, Fargo & Co. were before the board, and the sub- ject of the branch express cffice and space jor a warehouse were discussed, but no decision was arrived at. The Risdon Iron Works hascommenced work on the last section of the depot. The puiliing of the ironwork will be rushed, and when it is completed, car- penters, brickiayers, stonemasons and ironworkers will be put on from one end of the building to the other. THE CITY IS CITED. State Equalizers Give Notice That the Annual Raise in Assessments Is Intended. ’ Saturdav, September 4, between the | hours of 9:30 A. and 4:30 p. M., is the time set by the State Board of Equaliza- tion for San Francisco to siow cause why the assessed value of the property in the City should not be subjected to a horizon- tal raise. A citation to that effect was received at the office of the Board of Supervisors yes- terday, and will be transmitted to the various City officials whose duties bring them into contact with the City finances. The amount of commendation accorded ToE CaLy for its course in explaining the necessity of proper representation before the State Board makes it evident that the City’s claim for exemption {rom a raise will be backed by solid business men and shrewd officials armed- with figures that will win the day. —..———— Distinguished Visitors United States Marshal J. S. Willlams, his deputy, B. K. Brockinton, sna United States Atlorney Sinclair Taliaferro, all of Galveston, Tex., arrived here yesterday. The Marshal brought with him tio Ch'namen for deporta- ton The party wiil remain here on vacation for about & month. | Lol THE RECEIVER [S N CHARGE Massachusetts Mutual Ben- efit Life Association Collapsed. A Combination of Circum- stances the Alleged Cause, Fifteen Hundred Policy-Holders in This State Are in a Quandary Over Their Losses. The Massachusetts Mutual Benefit Life Association has collapsed and by its fail- ure over 50,000 policy-holders are in a quandary s to the result, The failure of the parent office in Bos- ton on the 17:h of the present month has led to the placing of a receiver in charge of the oflice ut that place. This compulsory act was instituted by the action of the insurance commissioner in notifying the board of directors to cease further operations in the issuing of poli- cies. On the date mentioned the follow- ing notice was served on President Rol- Ker: In accordance with the provisions of law, having become satisfied upon investigation that your corporation has refused or failed to make payment of claims luwfully due, after thirty days and upon proper demand, I hereby “notify you to suspend business until such in- debtedn ess is fully paid. Please understand that, in accordance with the provisions of the statute, while this notice is in force, no officer or agent 0! the corporation shall make, sign or issue any certificate of insurance, nor issue any notice of nor call upon the members for the payment of an assessment, and all moneys received from thisdate from any source by the corporation, iis agents or officers must be forthwith deposited in some bank or trust company to awaita final decision, as provided by law. On the same day the Attorney-General also received this information: Having, in accordance with the provisions of law,notified Massachusetis Mutual Benefit Life Association of its faliure to meet legal ciaims, and ordered the association, as the statute provides, tosuspend business, I hereby, as the jaw requires, apply to you asking that you jmmediately make application to ife supréme judicial court for an injunction against said corporation and for the appointment of a re- ceiver to close its affairs. The cause which led to the failure of the association is given by its officers as the jealousy of rival insurance companies and an uniriendly press, together with a change in the law of Massachusetts, passed in 1890, which prohibited insur- ance on the assessment principle, but permitted the natural-cause line of insur- ance to continue under State laws, As it now stands it is believed that the association is dead from this time on; there is nothing left of it of consequence due should bring in about $600,000. Of that immense sum not over 20 per cent has been paid in, and half of that has been conditioned upon the payment of the whole or of enough for the associaticn to continue business upon. Hence there is not a .shadow of possibility that the association will be able to goon. The ready cash at the disposal of the associa- tion 1s said to be not over $50,000. The New York Life Insurance Company has made the policy-holders a ‘‘special offer'’ of Its policies, which is nothing but its regular terms, and there is no doubt that it will get a poriion of the policy-holders of the association. They must, however, pass an examination before they can ba- come poiicy-holders of the New York to the policy-holders. The assessments | Life. That company takes in people up to the age of 70. So probably most who want to can get in on some terms, but they have their years against them. The San Francisco office, which was in charse of D. Gilbert Dexter and his son, has been notified of the action of the Mas- sachusetts authorities, and as a conse- quence has ceased the issuing of any more policies. In fact, Mr. Dexter, recognizing the coming catastrophe, has on his own motion issued no policies for the last two months, This he did, as he says, “to pro- tect the people of this State against loss.”” In giving his views on the fuilure of the association last night he said: Up to 1890 the laws of Massachusettsdid not allow a company operating as was the Massacnusetts Benefit, to make the accumula- tions necessary 1o carry insurance at level rates throughout life. In that year changes were made in the law which enabled the asso- ciation to issue the levei rate, stipulated pre- mium policies, which it has since sold. But many thousands of the old assessment con- tracts were left outstanding, and in spite of the urgent appeals of the management the holders of these policies—thinking that they had & good thing—refused to change to the new plans at higher cost. A mistake had been made in msking the fund, which could be used for expenses, too small under the old lices. This embarrassed the management and led them to the reinsurance ot companies going out of business, all of which insurance was probably not desirable, so that no doubt the death rate was somewhat incressed there- by, or at any rate did not fail below the normal. Meanwhile the assessment members of the association were getting older and it became necessary to make increase in the calls upon such members. The management was reiuc- tant atfirst to putin force the radical read- justment in rates which would have been wise and which was finally effected, but sub- stituted therefor gradual increases from time to time. As (0 the future we shall say that we shall be in & position to offer our policy-kolders the most {avorable terms possible for reinsurance. We feel sure that no one who understands the facts as aboveset forth will lose faith in the beneficent system of life insurance. The com- bination of circumstances in this case was most peculiar and unusual, sothat the very fact that the association withstood the as- sanlts of itsenemies as long as it did speaks was passed_pleasantly in dancing and other sports, and about 1500 were present. They Tived at the park on the early morning trains and picnicked throughout the dav. The following orders of the association gave the picnic: Pacific, Golden Gate, California, 8an Francisco and the Ladies’ Minerva Lodge. The committee of arruagements was com- posed of the following: H. M. Samish (chair- man), J. Lubele (secretary), L. C. Levy (treas- urer), B. Waccholder, B. Maou, L. Lowenstein, L. Springer, M. S. Mevyer, C. Cook, B. Fass, Georee Woods, C. Cohn. The Minerva Lodge committee was as fol- lows: Mrs. C. Cohn, Mrs. W. Barom, Mrs. Creamer, Mrs. J. Labello. ———————— Tedera! Attorney Here. United States Assistant Attorney-General G. H. Gorman of Washingion, D. 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