The morning call., 1890-11-20
SEA AND SHORE.
A New Transportation Company
for the Sound.
Movements CT Shipping Repairs to the City
of sydney-Ths Gedney Laid Up-Charter
of the Fcmona-A Vessel Overdue.

From Tacoma information comes that
new transportation company, to be known
as the Tacoma and La Conner Transports
ton and Trg- boat Company, has been Or
gained there by such well-known men as i.
X. Hall, George ID. Homer and John ii.
Meyerick. The car ital invested is $4,000,
and the company prol oses to do general
transportation and shipping business on Pu-
get Sound. The company owns the barge
Margerie, which is now being fitted out at
Tacoma for service.
In accordance with an order from the
Harbor Commissioners an electric light is
being put up to illuminate the shed at Mis-
sion Wharf /. ! his is considered an i'm
portant help to steyedoreS and the night
watchmen.
MOVEMENTS OF SHIPPING.
Movements among the shipping on the bay
were made yesterday as follows: Schooner
IL. C. Wright, from Spear street to sea !;
schooner Novelty, from Third street to sea;
ship Tacoma and bark Richard III, from the
stream to sea; ship Eoestene, from Howard
10 Wheatport; ship T. r. Thomas, Port Costa
10 stream; schooner Annie Larsen, Oakland
Greek to Merchants Dry-doek; ship Earl
Dalhousie, sea-wall TO Fremont street, and
steamer George W. Elder, from Mission No.
2 to sea-wall to load with cement To-day
the bark William Baylies Will complete
loading at Howard No. 3 and shift to The
stream.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Companys
steamer City Of sydney has been thor
oughly overhauled and repaired at a cost of
100000. She was towed yesterday from
Harrson-street Wharf to the Mail Dock,
where the interior flush will be completed.
The United States Coast Survey steamer
GedDey, which recently returned from
cruise in tie vicinity of ShOalwater Bay,
will be laid up Tor The winter in the Oakland
Creek.
DUE FOR OVER ONE WEEK.
The steamer Stratnen, from Batavia for
this port with cargo OF sugar, has been due
for over week. Her cargo is insured for
about 100000 and the underwriters are in
hopes of hearing from her by the steamer
from Australia that is due on Saturday. 1t
is supposed that she has been wrecked or
driven far out of her way by the unusually
severe weather that has recently prevailed
all along the course from Java.
1t was stated at the Merchants Exchange
Yesterday that the Oregon Improvement
Company is now negotiating with the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company for the charter of
the latter cOmpany'S steamer Pomona. She
is plying between this port ard San Diego,
but Is wanted Tor service between here and
1aQuina Bay.
The following vessels, laden with wheat,
have received advance papers Eleanor
Margaret for Havre, with 66,932 centals,
valued at 500, l92; Macdiarmid, Queens
town, $500 ccntals, $40, 700; Tacoma, Liver
Fool, 55,959 centals, $4,000.
FOR THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
The recommendation of eOn-General
Brown, U. 5. N, that residence be erected
at Mare Island at a cost of $1,000, for the
use of the Medical Director, is being favor
ably discussed, as the Improvement is much
needed. The only naval hospital on the Pa
citic Coast is at Mare Island. and that eStab-
lishment is usually so crowded that the
Medical Director is compelled to seek Il
residence in some other building.
The steamship San Jose arrived in port
yesterday afternoon, having made the voy-
age frem Panama in nineteen days. An I'M
usually heavy cargo of general merchandise
was brought from Central and South Amer
lean and Mexican ports. In the cargo were
bar of gold bullion and thirty-two parrots.
There were forty-ive passengers in the
steerage.
The whaling steamer Jessie ii. Freeman
has arrived from Fox Island. The vessel
captured four whales, and brought to port
800 barrels of oil and 7C00 pounds of bone
for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company.