The morning call., 1890-08-10
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
The Langdale Met With Heavy
Gales Off Cape Horn.
Tonnage on the Way to the Ptrt-shipping
Notes-Another ship-yard on
Alameda Creek.

The British ship Langdale, Captain Nc
Allister, arrived yesterday, 134 days from
Cardiff. with 1850 tons coke, $50 tons scrap
iron, 60 tons ferromanganese, $50 tons pig
iron and 294 tons brick. The captain re-
ports Sailed on March 10Th, and crossed
the equator on April Goth. From latitude
$50 south to Staten Island succession Of
heavy southwest gales with high seas was
experienced, and after passing st. Johns
Point on May 30th succession of very
heavy westerly gales with bad weather and
high seas. The Langdale was twenty-three
days from 500 south in the Atlantic to 800
south in the Pacific.
The weather was thick and foggy at Point
Lobos yesterday, and the wind veering from
south to southwest, blowing twenty miles
an hour. The barometer read: o'clock
in the morning, 1892; noon. 1880; o'clock
in the evening. 1881
The British bark Allonby, Captain Roth
cry, which left here On March oath for
Queenstown for orders, was, on arrival, or
dered to Dunkirk, and arrived at the latter
port on Thursday.
ANOTHER SHIP YARD.
A third ship-yard will soon be estab-
lisned on the banks of the estuary, at
their extensive yards at Tiburon. will move
to their newly selected site as soon as the
present ships building by them are launched.
They will locate in the vicinity of Whites
ship-yard, near which Alexander Hay has
recently begun operations at his new ship
yards on the estuary. Mr.. Hay has begun
on his first contract, consisting of large
sailing vessel. and Mr.. White has several
ships on the stocks, having already launched
two this season.
The ship Valley Forge, which arrived on
Friday from Departure Bay with 1000 tons
of coal from the new Wellington mines,
consigned to John Rosenfeid & Sons. COM
meneed discharging yesterday. AT an early
hour yesterday morning coal-teams began
to assemble at HOwaTd-street Wharf l, and
soon the wharf was blocked and string of
vehicles extended from Howard street
along East to Mission.
The first of the three new steamers for
the Canadian Pacific will be launched in
England on the Both, and will sail for the
Pacific about the 1st of November. She
will be named Empress of India. The
others will follow at intervals of two
months. The cost of the three steamers
will exceed S3,000,000.
TONNAGE ON THE WAY.
The total tonnage of vessels now on the
way to this port is 266,599 At the same
time last year it amounted to 236,549 tons.
OF that now on the way 30,S14 tons come
from New. York, 1882 from Baltimore,
1850 from Antwerp, 1926 from Cardiff,
6696 from Glasgow, 1891 from Hamburg,
67O6 from the Hawaiian Islands. 1879 from
Java, 1888 from Liverpool, 34,Sg7 from
London, 1871 from Manila, 11,204 from Sgd
ney, ASSOC from Newcastle, n. s. W., and
11,204 tons from Sydney.
The steamer West Coast left yesterday
afternoon for Fort Bragg. While taking in
freight at Mission No. great difficulty was
experienced in shipping three bulls that are
intended to haul logs to the mill at Fort
Bragg. Finally ropes were tied round their
horns and they were hauled on board by
the ionkey-engiDe.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of SYDNEY
has locked at Harrison street to undergo a
thorough overhauling. Tomorrow large
force of men will be set to work on her.
The Risdon Iron Works will attend to the
machinery and George Ross to the ship
carpenter work required.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The steamer Australia went up to the
sugar refinery yesterday.
the bark Valley Forge locked at Howard
No. l.
The Andrew Welch hauled into the stream
from Howard street.
The steamer Haytian Republic went on
the Merchants Dry-dock to be cleaned and
painted.
The bark Ceylon will dock at the sea-waIl
to-day, and the ship Hatfield will 90 up to
Port Costa.
The Occidental and Oriental Company's
steamer Oceanic sailed from Yokohama Tor
this port yesterday.
The ship Amazon for this port was spoken
on June 18th in latitude % north, longitude
1So west.
The ship America has gone to the Union
Iron Works TO obtain needed repairs.
Captain j. Murphy will take command of
the new ship Shenandoah, and CAPTAIN
Dickinson will succeed him in the COM
mand of the w. T. Babcock.
The commercial line of steamers running
between here and Grays Harbor will sail
hence every Saturday instead Of every ten
days as formerly