The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-15
SEA AND SHORE.
Three Thousand People Visited
the Man.of-W War Warspite.
Accident to the New Steamer Sunol-Whaling
Captains Report at Last-Captain
Cclcord Calls at Pitcairn.

II. B. NJ. S. Warspite was thrown open to
inspection yesterday, and a large number OF
people awaited themselves of the oppor-
tunity of visiting the largest vessel that has
ever entered the port. 1t is estimated that
during the day over 5000 passed up the gang
plank. The visitors were received by the
officers, and guides were detailed to show
them around the ship.
: At 10 o'clock in the morning General
John Gibbon and staff visited the vessel and
were received with the customary salutes.
Among the other visitors during the morn
ing were the British Consul Dennis Dono-
hoe, Belgian Consul w. b. Chapman, the
officers of the c. p. Patterson aud Harbor
Commissioners English. Alexander and
Brown. Admiral Hotham received those
mentioned and then went ashore to visit the
Union Iron Works.
In the afternoon the tugs Sea King, Mou-
arch and Ethel and Marion under the aus
pices of the British Benevolent Society
made frequent trips to the man-of-war and
were filled with passengers on every trip
The tug Relief, Captain Haskell, also ran
and did Gland office" business. The War
pite will be open to inspection again to-day
aud in addition to the boats already men,
toned Car tains Engel and Kendall will have
the Ida w and the Robarts running and
there will be room for all who desire to see
her.
CALLED AT PITCAIRN.
From a report received by the CONNER
cial News from Captain CUlcord of the ship
A. j. Fuller, which sailed hence on July 4th
and arrived at Liverpool on October 18th
after smart passage of 113 days, it is
learned that on August "a the vessel hove
to off Pitcairn Island. The natives were
found all well and happy only one death
had occurred in four years and that was
from accident. The total population of the
island was 124.
The whaling bark Reindeer, Captain
Baker, arrived yesterday, - days from the
Fox Islands, bringing $50 barrels OF oil and
5000 pounds of bone to j. Swift. On Novem-
Der 18th she spoke the whaling bark Wan
derer in latitude 80 40 north, longitude 12i0
west.
The weather was hazv at Point Lobos yes
terday and the wind all day from the north
east, blowing at o'clock in the afternoon
twenty miles an hour. The barometer read:
S o'clock in the morning 30.03; noon, 3J0o;
o'clock in the evening, 29.99.
REPORTED AT LAST.
Captain McGreggor of the steam whaler
Norwha reported to the Inspector OF HnllS
and Boilers yesterday the disaster that be-
fell him up north, when four of his men
were drowned, as mentioned in this column
few days ago. Captain Garvin OF the
steamer Orca also reported TO the inspector
having run down boat OFT the oregon Dock
on Sunday last. Captain Laytes of the e. w.
Morgan, who lost six men up north, has as
yet made no report to the Collector OF the
Port, as the law directs.
Piper, Alden IL Co.'S new steamer Sunol is
laid up at VallejO-street Wharf for repairs.
On Thursday evening, while coming down
from Vallejo. she broke her shaft. 1t Will
probably be two weeks before she is able to
take her place in the line again and in the
meantime another steamer will be chart
cred 10 take her place.
The quarantine launch has been almost
rebuilt from the deck up, and, her repairs
being completed will go into commission
again tomorrow.
The Evesham Abbey arrived last evening
from Hiogo, Japan, after a smart passage
Of twenty-nlne days.
VESSELS FOR THE PACIFIC NAIL.
An Eastern paper says that the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company Is building two
new vessels of 1000 tons each out of the
earnings of the company. The company
has S66l, 600 cash in bank, has paid 100000
on account of these two vessels and has
about S350,000 in bank more than is neces-
sary to complete payment on them. The
vessels are being built to accommodate the
trade along the north coasts OF Central
America and South America, connecting
three times month at Aspinwall with the
companys steamers from New York. This
business has heretofore been done entirely
by foreign vessels.
The dredging at the north end for the
new section OF the Sea-wall is now COM
pleted. Rock from Telegraph Hill for fill
ing in is being taken out very slowly and
unless the contractors hurry up they will
not have the section completed within the
contract time.
George Ross, the shipwright, is doing gen.
eral repairs and calking the deck OF the
Hospodar, which made the phenomenal
passage from London.
The bark Harry Morse arrived last even
ing with cargo of salmon from Alaska.
The bark Hope is tile only salmon-laden
vessel now out.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The II. c. Wright locked at Hathaway's
Wharf.
The Volunteer shifted from the sea-wall
to Howard No. 2.
The Dumbarton Rock will go ND to Port
Costa to-day.
The steamer China sailed from Hong
Kong on the 18th inst.
The Colima saied from Acapulco for
Panama on the 18th inst.
The ship Wachusett locked at the Mail
dock yesterday.
The whaling bark Tamalaue went over to
Oakland Greek to lay up.
The FaS adale came down from Port Costa
and anchored in the stream.
The ship Two Brothers has locked at
Beale street and the Rufus L. Wood at
Howard No. 2.
The Chinsura will haul into the stream to-
day, and the ships Tacoma and Eleanor and
MargH viii come down from Port Costa.
The tug Wizard, Captain Glenn Randall,
which tOwed the barge Ludlow hence up to
Port Ludlow, returned Yesterday Outside