The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-08
SEA AND SHORE.
The Cruiser San Francisco to Sail
at Noon To-Day.
How Uncle Sans Sailors Obtain Potatoes
Lights to Be Changed = The New Pilot
Bill-A Ships Long Passage.

The crew Of the San Francisco was hard
at work all day yesterday getting the neces-
sary stores on board for the trip down to
Chile. The stores intended for the cruiser
Baltimore were taken on board at Marc Isl
and and are sufficient to last that vessel six
months. The stores consist OF beef, pork,
rice, beans, flour, tobacco, coffee, bread,
canned goods, shoes and clothing. besides
supplies Tor the engineers and surgeons de-
partments.
Washington-stree float was crowded all
day yesterday with curious ldlers, and soon
after noon the services of policeman were
needed in order to keep the crowd back
and permit the men engaged in loading the
stores into the boats to continue their labors.
About O'Clock the Paymaster of the vessel
| drove down in Quincy and several sacks
of coin were placed in the whale-boat and
| taken off to the ship.
CAREFUL OF THE COIN.
Uncle Sam is very careful in his method
| of transporting sums Of money, and this in
| stance was no exception to the rule. Before
being placed in the boat each sack of coin
was inclosed in a larger sack, and to this
| the end of line. 60 or 20 feet long, was
fastened; the other end of the line was Sc
| CuECu lO Il lll6-UGll HIS - uIh d4 D uCuO III
| taking money off to a man. of-war, so that in
| case the boat should capsize and the cash go
| to the bottom it can easily be recovered by
| means of the life-belt and line.
Many remarks were made about Uncle
| Sans apparent lberality to his sailors re-
gardng potatoes, Of which several hundred
sacks were sent on board the cruiser. The
contrary is the case. The potatoes sent to
| the cruiser Yesterday were not furnished by
| the Government, but were purchased by the
| men themselves.
BUY THEIR OWN POTATOES.
The money for this purpose comes wholly
| from the men, and is obtained in the follow
ing manner Each man is allowed rations
to the amount of SO per month, and in a
mess of twenty men, for instance, they only
draw ratons for sixteen Every month the
mess draw the other four ratlonS IN cash.
OF the $50 thus obtained 80 goes to the cook
| of the mess, and the remainder TO purchase
potatoes and onions to take to sea. Some
times when the men in the mess have money
they contribute from 80 cents to 81 each
when the ship Is going on long trip, and
thus get larger supply. Many OF the men
complain bitterly of this, claiming that the
Government should furnish them the much
needed vegetables, and not compel the men
to pay for them themselves.
There is no difference between the officers
and the men in regard to the ratIOns allowed
only the officers draw no provisions at all
on board the ship, but are allowed the money
and thus buy their own stores and seldom
go to the Paymaster for supplies. Of course
each officer contributes largely each mouth
in order to keep up his mess.
The San Francisco will sail at noon to-day
for Chile by way OF Panama and Gallo
THE FERRY TICKET-oFFICEs.
The frame is up for small building just
outside and to the front of the new ferry
buildings, and inquiry led to the discovery
that il is intended to be used as ticket
Office Superintendent Fillmore stated that
the new office is intended 10 be used in case
OF rush, and by that means part OF the
pressure will be taken OFF the inside office.
| It was also learned that there Will not be
| separate offices for the broad and narrow
gauge boots, but tickets for each road will
| be sold in both offices. 1t is expected that
some confusion will result from the change
until the public get the run of things.
CHANGE OF LIGHTS.
On and after April 18th the white globes
on the electric lights at Section \ of the
sea-Wall and on L0nbard-Street Pier VIII be
| changed for red OneS. This is to be done at
| the request of the local pilots, who complain
Of the large number of white lights along
the front.
The big fve-masted schooner Governor
Ames created a ripple Of excitement along
the front yesterday afternoon by hosting
her sails and sailing out from Fremont
street Wharf. She did not go far, however,
but came to an anchor as soon as she got
clear out into the stream. She goes to sea
| to-day.
LOTS OF KICKING.
The new Pilot Bill has become a law aud
| in consequence many ship-OwnerS are very
| sore at what they regard as an additional
| burden on the oyertaXed commerce of the
| port. a delegation WAS sent to Sacramento
| after the bill was passed aud they asked the
| Governor not to sign it, claiming that it put
a burden on shipping that would be sorely
felt.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro brought
| the largest quantity OF silk on her last
voyage that ever came to San Francisco at
| one time. Size had over 1000 bales of raw
| silk in transit to New Jersey. 1t will be
used in the factories there.
had TO TAKE THEM
The bark Germania sailed yesterday for
| Seattle with union crew on board. The
| vessel lay out in the stream fourteen days,
and during that time the captain tried hard
| to get crew of non-union men, but at last
| had to give it up, as he could not obtain
| single seaman. 1t was rumored that he
| shipped two men, but when they went on
| board the mate soon found they We're very
green, and they were soon taken ashore
again, and then the captOn gave up the
| fight.
The storm yesterday made the bay very
rough, and the bar was breaking BADLY. In
consequence, Sef6idl Nt5SclS ppSIpOUbu
their date of sailing Amongst them was
the British ship Falls Of Alton. The Alton
is bound to Havre with q cargo of wheat,
valued at S100,5Sl.
ARRIVED SAFE.
Considerable relief is being felt by those
interested in the ship Cloncaird, which has
just arrived at London after a passage of
16j days. She carried a cargo valued at
S1S4 900.
Sergeant Helms is now doing day duty at
the HarbOr Police Station in place of
Captain Andrew Dunleayy, who is suffering
from severe cold aud was forced to 60 on
the sick list.
The Japs brought over on the last China
steamer were landed yesterday after a
rigid examination. Their passports W ere
taken by the Customs authorities in order
to prevent them being sent back 10 Japan
and used second time.
Dispatches from London state that the
ship Amnesty grounded while entering
Grimsby harbor, but was aiterward got off
and locked.
The British ship Mount Carmel arrived
at Bristol with her cargo damaged in heavy
gale.
The British ship Kate F. Troop from
Oregon for Dunkirk has arrived there with
1000 sacks Of wheat damaged.
THE ARRIVALS.
The following vessels came in Yesterday:
The steamer Pomona from San Diego with
90 passengers. the Umatilla from Victoria
with 131 passengers, the British bark Koor-
inga from Newcastle. N. S. W., with cargo
OF 1765 tons of coal, the bark Estella from
Gnayaquil with general cargo, and the
ship st. Francis from New York also with
general cargo on board.
The mail steamer Zealandia sailed for
Honolulu yesterday with light passenger
list, the Los Angeles for Eureka, and the
ship Ivanhoe also went TO sea.
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with
the wind west and northwest from twenty
to twenty-four miles an hour. The barGm-
eter took rise of fifteen points, going to
1910.
HARBOR COMMISSIONERS.
Award of the Contract for Building the
Belt Railroad.
At the meeting of the Board of Harbor