The morning call., 1890-09-29
SEA AND SHORE.
Tonnage of Vessels Now on the
Way to This Port.
Arrival of the L1rge Ship Eleanor Margaret
Curious Fish Caught by Captain Drew.
Steam Life-Roat.

The total tonnage of vessels now on the
way to this port is 293, go. AT the same time
last year it amounted to 232,9S1 tons Oh
that now on the way, 80, SIT tons comes from
New York, 6540 from Philadelphia, 1888
from Baltimore, 1879 from Antwerp, 5S21
from Cardiff, 2072 from Calcutta, 1895 from
Departure Bay, 1857 from Hamburg, 1851
from Hull 1880 from Java, 1895 from
Liverpool. 37,413 from London. 4S,079 from
Newcastle. n. S. W.. 16,S67 from Newcastle
on-Tyne, 6620 from Nanamo, 1899 from Rio
de Janeiro. 66S5 from Sydney and 1899 from
Swansea.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yes
terday and the wind light in the morning
veering from southeast to south. The ba-
rometer read at o'clock in the morning
299s, noon 29.99. 5 o'clock in the evening
1901.
Captain E. p Drew OF the w. II. Dimond
from Honolulu on the passage caught dol
phin. On killing aud opening the fish there
was found inside seven small, peculiar fish,
all alive. The like of them the captain had
never seen before. They look something
like small frogs with horns. Captain Drew
has them preserved in alcohol and will pre-
sent them to the Academy of Sciences.
THE ELEANOR MARGARET
The German ship Eleanor Margaret ar
rived yesterday from Yokohama after a
passage of fifty days with cargo Of
general merchandise to the master,
Captain Fischer This is the fifth voy-
age of the Eleanor Margaret to this port
She arrived here last on April %, 1889, from
Sydney. Australia, with cargo of 1880 tons
of coal Until quite recently she was the
largest sailing ship afloat, her dimensions
being: Length, 34S.S; beam, 391; depth,
2S3 feet. She was formerly steamer be-
longing to the Peninsula and Oriental Steam
ship Company. The ship Lansing. formerly
the steamer Pereire. is probably now the
largest sailing vessel afoat. Her length is
800 feet; beam, 42.S; depth. 27.3 feet.
Captain Gregory of the steamer Truckee,
which arrived Yesterday from Tillamook
via Port Oxford, reported that he lett Ill port
at the latter place the United States steamer
Macarthur
ARRIVALS OF COAL.
The ship Ericsson, Captain Reed. arrived
yesterday, eight days from Departure Bay,
with POO tons of coal for John RuSenfeld 5
| Sons, c. r. Allen, the agent for the coal,
will now he able TO supply John Stumpf
with the big load he won at the rattle
couple of weeks ago. The ship locked at
| Howard street on arrival and will commence
| discharging to-day.
The Mylomene arrived Yesterday from
| Newcastle y. ). W., with 1881 tons of coal.
1t was learned from tow-boat captains
who were outside yesterday that there was
| heavy swell on, and that it was breaking
! heavily on the Potato Patch in the morning.
SUGAR FROM HONOLULU.
| The German bark Adonis arrived from
| Honolulu yesterday afternoon after long
| 90 a. a, Of or
! consigned to Williams, Dimond " Co. Inc
schooner Anna arrived, "a days from kilo,
| with 36l5 bags of sugar for j. d. Spreckels
& Bros.
The steamer Farallon, Captain Boinfeld,
sailed for Kilo, Hawaiian Islands. via San
| Diego, yesterday, in Livingston, Clarke Il
| Co.'S line.
1t was learned yesterday that the donkey
| engine driver on the British ship Boutwell,,
which arrived couple of days ago. is sub
! ject to fits, and on the passage out, about
| i've weeks ago, while in a fit he stabbed one
of the crew. Yesterday while in tit he
| fell off bench and sustained severe wounds
on his scalp. BE will be brought ashore to-
! day for treatment.
The steamer Corona. Captain Hannah,
| which was due yesterday from Humboldt,
| had not put in an appearance up to dark.
| She is no doubt bar bound at Eureka.
Captain j. Warren Holmes, who is vel
| known here, as in fact he is in every port oil
| the world. has rounded Cape Horn sixty
times. 1t is believed no man in the world
has doubled Cape Horn often as he has
and he is rugged and vigorous yet.
A STEAM LIFE-BoAT.
A new steam life-boat, built of steel and
with fourteen water-tght compartment Is,
has made her trial trip in England. This
boat is described by the London exchanges
| as follows: The boiler and engine rooms
are brought up about three feet above the
main deck, and are closed by iron covers to
the man-holes, air being supplied by forced
| draught. The passengers space Is abaft the
engines, seated all round, and will hold
| about thirty persons. The mode of propul-
sion adopted is turbine, taking IN water
| through the bottom of the boat at its apex,
| and diScharging the water when 1t has at
| tanned its maximum velocity through tubu
| lar orifices on each side. About one ton Of
water per second is discharged. The speed
| at which the vessel ran on her trial trip was
| over eight knots. Prom full speed aheaC
! the vessel can be stopped in thirty-two sec
onds, and way can be got on her again IL
| four seconds. She carries mast with some
| sail power forward, the mast being lowered
when needful.
DELAYED FOR REPAIRS.
| The ship City of Philadelphia left New
| York 1876 days ago for Portland, Oregon. She
| put into Rio de Janeir0 and was delayed
there twenty-five days repairing rudder
leaving there June nth. Since then she ha:
not been spoken.
TIE bark Embleton left Androssan for Ia
coma $50 days ago. She first put into Por
Stanley. then into Montevideo. Where she
is now no one on shore knows.
The Lonsdale from Queenstown 242 days
unlOaded her English cargo at Ionala ant
left that port August 9th for Portland, IL
ballast. She has not got there yet.
The new missionary schooner Pitcairn
came over from Oakland yesterday ant
locked a. Mission street. She will sail in
few days aud will he commanded by Cap
tain Joseph NJ. Marsh. The following
named will go as passengers: Rev. Mr.
Gates, Mrs. Gates, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Tay
II. o. Reed aud Mrs Reed. The Pitcairn
was built by contributions from the Seventh
| day Adventist Sabbath schools Throughout
the country. and will be used to propagate
the peculiar tenetS of this sect in the S0utl
Seas. Some So, 600 was raised for the pur
| pose of which $4,000 was expended il
building the Pitcairn, which is vessel o
lis tons. She will be gone for two years.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Charles E. Moody went from
Oakland to Port Costa yesterday.
The schooner Redfeld went TO sea.
The Ericsson locked at Howard-street.
The Yorktown will dock to-day at Union
street and the Fascordale at the upper ga
| works.
The ship Guardian will go to sea to-day
and the w. LII. Dimond will go to the re
1 fnery.
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