The morning call., 1891-12-06
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
An Anchor of the Ship Eureka
Very Much F0uled.
Ship scuttled at Hiogo-To See the Boat-Race.
Landing Cars at the New Slip
Changes Of Masters.

About the worst case of foul anchor seen
in this port for a long time presented itself
to the crew of the ship Eureka when it
lifted the mud-hook TO dock the ship at
Beale-street Wharf yesterday. Nearly fif-
teen fathoms of chain was coiledS around
the stock and fiukes of the anchor. ana the
service of the tug Rescue had to be engaged
before it could be cleared.
Dispatches from London state that the
British bark Assyria, which was loading a
general cargo at Hlogo. Japan. for New
York, took fire on Thursday and had to be
scuttled. The cargo was valued at e., 000
TO SEE THE BoAT-RACE.
Steamboat men along the front are on the
lookout for a chance to make few dollars.
and many of the boats will carry passengers
across to Alameda to see the boat-race.
The Mare Island will leave Washington
street Wharf at o'clock. and the steamer
Skip with sloop in tow will leave about
the same time. Several tugs have also been
engaged to carry passengers.
Captain William j. Bryant has gone north
to superintend the work Of raising the
wrecked steamer San Pedro.
The steamer Newport went on the Mer-
chants Dry-dock yesterday to clean and
paint.
THE NEW FERRY-sLIP.
Hereafter the narrow-gauge freight-cars
will be landed at the new ferry-sip at the
foot Of Lombard street. The freight
steamer GarGen CITY has been altered to fit
the new slip and the steamer Ukiah has
been laid off until her boilers are repaired.
Captain Salmon has been relieved of COM
mand of the steamer Wellington and Cap
tain Locke, formerly chief officer Of the
steamer West Indian, has been appointed
to take charge of the ship.
The weather OutsiQe the Hnans VpStprtay
was hazy, with northwest wind twelve
| miles an hour. The barometer stood .35.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were: The steam
| er Crescent City to the mud flats at Hunters
Point; the Robert Duncan down from Port
| Commonwealth and Viscount to the sea-
wall; the w. }. Irwin locked at Folsom
| street; the Josephine to the Union Iron
| Works; Snow and Burgess to the hay
| wharf; Eureka to Beale; Hunter to Main
| Schiller TO Green; the c. B. Kenney to Oak
land Creek; Sirius to Hunters Point Dry
| dock, and the Genalvon dropped into the
stream. To-day the Manydown will dock
| at Fremont street, the Portland Lloyds at
Lombard and the Levi Burgess at Beale
street.
IN FROM SEA-
Arrivals were the steamers Alcatraz
from Greenwood, Navarro from Navarro
and the Willamette Valley from Yaquina
Bay, the ship America, coal laden, from
Departure Bay, consigned to the Oregon
| Improvement Company; the bark Cowlitz
and the barkentine Katie Flickinger and
| Mary Winkelman, from sound ports wi til
| lumber
RECORD OF DEPARTURES.
Departures were the steamers San Mateo
| for Comox, Humboldt for Eureka, Point
| Arena for Mendocino and Grandholm fol
Vancouver. The ship j. w. Prize sailed
| for Havre, the Louise for Hull and the
| bark Annie johnson for Queenstown, al
| grain laden.
| CHARTERS REPORTED.
| Among the latest reported charters are
| the following:
| Wheat charters, United Kingdom, Havre,
| Antwerp or Dunkirk. Italian iron ship
| Francesca Ciampa. 1899 tons, 27s Cd. and
British iron ship Chinsura, 1866 tons, 27s 3D.
| British bark Aboukir Bay, iii tons,
| now on the Columbia, wheat thence TO Cork,
| United Kingdom. Havre or Antwerp
| chartered by Portland Flour mills.
| Barkentine Marion, 3iS tons, lumber and