The morning call., 1890-07-12
SEA AND SHORE.
Sale of the Sealing Schooner
Sylvia Handy for $3.50.
Tonnage Of Vessels on the Way TO the Port.
Three New Life-saving Stations Ordered
to Be Established on the Coast.

The sealing schooner Sylvia Handy was
sold yesterday at auction in front OF the
Appraisers Building by United States Mar
shall Long, the vessel having been bid in at
the figure of $3.50 by Captain j. Fl. Bruce
of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company.
The Sylvia Handy was seized in the
Behring Sea about three years ago, and has
not been out of trouble since. She was
bonded by L. ID. Jones, Liebes, the furman,
and others for the sum of S45O0. The bonds
men became tried of their contract and de-
sired to give the vessel back to Uncle Sam,
but the Federal officials refused to take her.
She was afterward libeled by Frank john
son and others for wages, and it was to
satisfy their claim and the subsequent judg
ment that she was sold.
The weather was hay at Point Lobos
yesterday. A calm prevailed in the fore
noon and in the afternoon there was light
breeze yeering from west to northwest
The barometer read: o'clock in the morn
ing 29.g9, noon 29.9S, D o'clock III the evcIl-
ing 1886.
TONNAGE ON TIE WAY.
The total tonnage of vessels now on the
way to this port is 23G, 500. At the same
time last year IL amounted to 2JS,323 tons.
OF that now on the way 29,412 tons comes
from New York, 6243 from Philadelphia,
o7gS from Baltimore, 1888 from Antwerp,
3l57 from Caleta Buena, 1865 from Calcutta,
S526 from the Hawaiian Islands, G4S5 from
Java, 13S2S from Liverpool, 33,03S from
London, o., $40 from Newcastle IN. ,. W.,
9779 from eNcastle-on-Tyne, 4443 from
Nanaimo, GS74 from Sydney and $500 tons
from Swansea.
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer karluk has nearly completed load
ing at Mission No. l. and will probably sail
tomorrow for PetrOpa ulOfSki, Siberia The
statement published that she was going up
TO bring down the cargo that should have
been brought down by the steamer Alex
ander Ii, owing to the latter being unsea-
worthy, is totally false. The Alexander
was Overhauled before leaving this port and
is i'll frSt-claSS condition now.
Tie steamer Santa Rosa sailed yesterday
morning Tor San Diego and way ports,
carrying about 100 passengers and large
list of freight The Santa Rosa has been
laid off foI some time over at Sausalito, but
before leaving was overhauled and painted.
NEW LIFE-sAvING STATIONS.
The Treasury Department is rapidly in
creaslng the life-saving service on the
northern coast. A new station was only re-
Gently established about three miles from
Point Reyes Station, another one mile south
of Fort Point, still another ON the south side
of the entrance to the Columbia River, and
now Major Blakeney, Superintendent OF the
Life-savlng Service OF this district, has re-
CSlNGQ lDSlIuCllOuo W ColdDllSi llIISO mutt
along the nOrth-cOaSt region. One Will be
located at the mouth OF the UmpQua River,
one ON Coos Bay, and the third at the mouth
Of the COquiile River.
The ship Il. ID. Rice was spoken on July
Attn in latitude 44o north, longitude 35o west,
and the Port Crawford, also bound for this
port, on June 2Sth in latitude So So north,
longitude 10 81 west.
The British ship Drummuir from London
for this port, which put into Gravesend on
the 6th, damaged by collision, passed the
Isle Of Wight yesterday on her way TO this
port.
The steamer San Bias sailed from Aca-
pulcO for this port on Wednesday last.
NOT COMING HERE.
The British ship Benlarig has arrived at
Santa Rosalia after a passage of 127 days
from Liverpool Ii was supposed that she
was coming to this port, but from private
letter received from Captain PIage 1t Is
learned that she is goin. to Tacoma to load
wheat for Europe.
Captain Dill. who is known as the Sleep
ing partner of Captain PLACE of the Ben
larig, has been appointed master OF the ship
Falls of Clyde and is now on his way from
Liverpool to Calcutta.
The schooner Elvenia, which has been re-
pairing at Channel street for the past week,
will 60 on Norths Ways to-day to receive
a general OyeThauling.
The steamer Michigan came off the Mer-
Spear-street Wharf
The only arrivals IN port yesterday up to
dark were five steamers, all coasters.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The Andrew Welch locked at the sea-
wall Yesterday to discharge.
The bark Alexander Mcneil shifted from
Fremont TO Howard street.
The Benjamin I. Hunt hauled into the
stream from Howard street
The barkentine S. G. Wilder shifted from
the sea-wall to Mission No. l.
The fOur-masted schooner Novelty locked
at Howard No. ,.
The J. d. Spreckels went to the sugar re-
inery.
The schooners Lila and Matte came over
from Oakland yesterday and will go ON the
Merchants Dry-dock to-day to be cleaned
and painted.
The ship Emily Reed will 90 to sea to-
day.
The steamer Willamette Valley will sail
for Yaquina Bay to-day.
The bark Sonoma left Tacoma on Thurs
day for Melbourne with 5000 feet of lumber.
The Alicia has cleared for Sydney with
lumber and door stock valued at $4,000.
The Ulrica has locked at Oakland Wharf
to discharge cargo OF Australian coal. She
will load wheat.