The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-22
SEA AND SHORE.
Departure of the Charleston I'm.
der Sealed Orders.
A New Freight Transfer Boat for the Tiburon
Line-sailing of the China With Many
Chinese-The Olga in Distress.

The steamer Tillamook Is on the Merchants
Dry dock 10 clean, paint and put in new pro-
peller. The schooner Lizzie Prien is at the same
place 10 clean and paint. The schooner Arthur
is on NortPs Ways to clean and paint. The
steamer C!eon Will go on the dock TODAY 10
clean and paint ana the tug Robars for The
same purpose, and also 10 put in a new wheel
The schooner j. G. Wall will go on Norlh's
Ways to-day TO clean and paint. and the bark
Thomas Pope on the Merchants Dry-dock TO
clean and generally overhaul. She will leave ON
June 10th for the Arctic with supplies for lie
whaling fleet Letters for the northern whaers
can be left at Wright Bowne's, and Will be for.
warded by her.
The German bark Ventura, which left Ant
werp in November last with 100000 worth OF
beet sugar making machinery, is expected here
at any moment. 1t is intended for the Occt-
dental Sugar Company.
A Merchants Exchange dispatch says that the
bark Saranac, from New York 10 san Diego
put into Mouteyideo, on the 21:t inst, dis
masted.
A NEW TRANSFER-BOAT,
Yesterday the new transfer freight and passen.
ger boat Ukiah, built at Tiburon by tie Moth
Pac ifc and San Francisco Railroad Company for
use between This city and Tiburon, came over
ana hauled up at Maiu-street Wharf, where her
BOZ Iers and machinery will be put In and The gen.
eral Quitting done. She is built to carry Six
teen loaded cars, and can accommodate 5000
pa ssengers. She Will be ready for service in
about four months.
The following new ships are on the way or ell
tered out for San Francisco from distant ports:
ST. Mary, 1912 louS, New York; Francisco
Ciampi, 100 tons, Genoa; DUNN iesshire 1900
tons. Antwerp; DumbartOn Rock, 1900 tons
Glasgow; California. 3Oo7 tons, Liverpool.
Yesterdays Point LObUs weather report was:
SIX O'Clock IN The morning, wind west, eight miles
an hour; O'clock 10 the forenoon, west, eight
miles; II O'clock noon, northwest, IL miles; 3
O'CLOCK III lie dItelQ northwest
miles.
THE BLOW ON TUESDAY.
II blew SO han q OMIT tuesday, that the tug towing
TO sea The ship L. h. Sutton, with grain for Rio
de JanelIo, was unable to lake the vessel out
and The Sutton had TO turn back aud anchor In
the stream. Another attempt was made yester-
day morning which was successful.
Al 10 O'Clock yesterday morning the United
STATES cruiser Charleston left her mOofings al
Sausallto aud proceeded TO sea under, it Is re-
ported sealed orders. Al the Merchants Ex-
change the departure book gave her destination
as Honolulu.
The steamer China sailed from the Pacific Mall
Dock al 3:45 O'clock Yesterday afternoon. She
to tI viii her about $50 returning Chinese.
leave loi honOi ulu to-day.
RETURNED IN DISTRESS.
The little lotion steamer Olga, which left this
port on The 18Th Win supplies for the fishing
feet near Kodiak Inlet, returned yesterday leak.
lug and with the loss of her smoke ST a ck caused
by heavy weather up the coast. She came back
under san, and after iehttlng aud leparlng Will
About dozen deep sea vessels are now well
due at thlS po II and are expected daily. All the
tugs are keeping a sharp lookout outside the
feads fOf The expected arrivals, aud aie crais-
ing around day and night.
worn on the new landing slips and offices OF
the North fachc Coast kdlli Dad is proceeding
very iapiGlS al Lldy-stIeet Wharf. IL is expected
that HE slip Will be ready for use III about thirty
days.
lie bark Benjamin j. Hunt Jr. Is reported
chai tered 10 load lumber for Australia.
The snip Bohemian came to Mission street
Wharf Il ON Ga land yesterday.
THE ALMA's REPORTED SALE
Ii was reported yesterday aioug the front that
The baIk Alma, lying at Fremont street and
owned by the South Sea Island Trading Com
pany, had been sold. Her new owners and the
price al which she Changed hands have been
Kept private iUr the present.
The luchkrIth sailed the l4th from Ham
burg Tor this port meeting tour ships Oh the way
from there. Two are consigned to Meyer, Vii
son Co. and Two 10 William Wolff d Co. The
Crown OF Scotland has also been euleIed out for
this poit, Consigned 10 Meyer. Wilson & Co.
Unlled States Commissioner OF Immigration
W. ii. Thornley, has received the latest edition
OF the " List OF Merchant Vessels Of Ine United
States for 1889, and has distributed the surplus
copies among his friends
The pilIng and planking of The Red Funnel
Iug-bOat CUmpany's wharf is being overnauied
and repaired.
The ship j. B. Brown is at Fremont street
from Vallejo.