The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-11

Varney W. Gaskill, the subject of the
present sketch, who is now Deputy Sur
veyor of this port, is native Son of the
Golden West, having been born at Forbes
town, Butte County, on January IL. 1857.
His father, r. c. Gaskill, was engaged in
mining, was prominent st0rf-keeper there
and also served two terms as State Senator
during Governor Stanford's administration.
He died on November 3, 1889, and is buried
at Oakland, where he had been for twenty
years agent for Wells, Fargo & Co.
Young Gaskll attended the district school
at Forbestown until years old, and then
moved with his family to this city, where he
was student in the Washington Grammar
School. When his people moved across the
bay he attended the Oakland Grammar and
High School and then went TO the State Uni
verSity. He did not graduate from there,
but left in the middle OF his senior year, his
father having met with reverses in business.
On leaving the university in December,
1877, lie entered the employ OF Wells, Fargo
81 Co., and remained with them until 1880,
when he was appointed Chief Deputy in the
County Clerks Office of Alameda County.
He stayed there for three years, and then
went into the insurance and railroad agency
business. as agent for the Rock Island road
After two years experience at the insur-
ance aud railroad business, Mr. Gaskin
was appointed Chief Deputy by Sheriff Hale
of Alameda County, and during that time,
although so young, filed the position of
Shftil hesi VI tAO 4NNPuoAASbh NOuhtJ SO.l-
mittee.
He remained one year in the Sheriff 5
Office and then accepted the position of
Auditor and PaymaSter to the South Pa
cifc Coast Railroad Company, which he
kept for two years, until the road was sold
in 1889. Then he was appointed Secretary
of the State Board of Railroad Commission
ers, which place he held until March 10,
| 1885, when he was appointed Deputy Sur
veyQr II this port by Paris Kilburn, Sur
of Nr GnSl-iH i q hup
| dict, having been married to Miss Aunie +.
| Porter of Oakland on February 10, 1880.
| Their issue-a bright boy, years old died
| last year.
Since his access to his present Office the
| Deputy Surveyor has made many friends
| among the merchants of this city by his
| amiability and strict attention to duty, while
| the 100 men, wegherS, gaugers, inspectors,
laborers, etc, who are under him, have no
thing but words of praise for him. He
boards all incoming steamers from the
Orient and personally attends to the de-
barkation of all Chinese and has the bust
ness so systematiZed that there is no fric-
ton. His zeal in his business was recorded
III The CALL yesterday in the account of
the successful raid made with his deputies
for uEstamped opium in Chinatown.
THE HAYTIAN REPUBLIC.
The steamer Haytian Republic, Commo-
dore Brown. arrived yesterday evening Sc
hours from Seattle, bringing "A cabin and
80 steerage passengers. Among her cargo
was 1850 tons of coal. PurSer G. 4. OCon-
nor makes out the neateSt manifest and
passenger list Of any purseF trading to this
port
The schooner Wing and Wing arrived yes
day from Fort Bragg and went up river
direct.
The British ship Pentheslea for this port
was spoken on November Sth in latitude 50
north, longitude 2+' west
The German bark j. ID. Bischoff has on
board 2000 bales of jute for the State Prison
at San Quentin.
THE TROUBLE SETTLED.
1t was learned yesterday that the trouble
between the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company and the firemen on the steamer
Los Angeles had been settled. The vessel,
it is understood, will sail on her regular
trip to Eureka on "Wednesday next but will
carry no coal-passers as the men wanted.
Captain Monroe has been appointed to
the command of the ship Alexander Mcneil,
vice Captain Sanders.
The Pacific Mail Com any's steamer
China hence arrived at Yokohama on
Thursday.
The slip W. Ii. Mocy arrived at Queens
town on Friday and sailed on the same day
for Hayre.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The steamer Strathclyde came off the
Merchants Dry-dock yesterday and an
chored in the stream.
The tug Sea, Queen went on the Mer-
chants Dry-dock.
The schooner w. L. Beebee moved from
Howard street to Mission No. 2.
The bark Harvester locked at Mission
Rock.
The new schooner Spokane will go to sea
to-day.
No further news was received Yesterday
of the steamer Maggie Ross which was re-
ported under tow to Port Oxford by the
steamer Emily.