The morning call., 1892-08-11
NOTES FROM SEA And SHORE.
The Charleston Will Leave for
Santa Cruz To. Morrow.
The Boston to Accompany Her-About the
Shipping Of the Ceylon's Non-union Crew
To-Day-Water Front Items.

row morning at o'clock with three COM
panies Of the Naval Reserve for Santa Cruz
Admiral John irwin Of the Mare Island
Navy-yard will transfer his flag TO the
Charleston this morning. The Boston Is
expected from Mare Island this morning,
and will also proceed to Santa Cruz.
Yesterday morning Captain Calhoun OF
the bark CeylOn, which is laden and reauy
| to sail for Honolulu. applied for police pro-
! faction. Officers Aiken and McGrAth were
accordingly detailed to board the VesseI,
which is lying at Mission No. i. The bark
will sail about o'clock to-day, and non
union crew will be put upon her out in the
stream.
Traffic on the Fourth street bridge, which
crosses Channel Creek, WAS entirely sus-
pended for upward of an hour yesterday
afternoon when the four-masted schooner
Ada was being pulled through the draw
over the mud. The creek is at present so
choked up with mud that 1t is practically
unnavlga bic for large seh0oners.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry i. Scott, A. Cheese
brough and II. III. Pease Jr. were enter
tanned at dinner aboard the cruiser Charles
ton on Tuesday evening By Lieutenant
Commander Wells l.. Field and Chief
Engineer Wilson. They were afterward
interested witnesses OF the torpedo drill
and sham attack made on the cruiser by
portion of the Naval Reserve.
The Offices of Chief Wharfnger BOobar
are being thoroughly renovated, and the
change is greatly appreciated by the chief
aud his colleagues.
THE PowELL-sTREET PIER.
Chief Engineer MsTsden Manson was
seen yesterday about the reports In circula-
tion concerning the faulty construction of
the Powel-street pier. He states that the
work is being satisfactorily done, and says
that tina piers which drifted away were
TENDERS" and not Standard" excepting
three and these were not properly fastened.
He stated that the difficulties of construct
ing the POwel-street pier are not any
greater than those which aere surmounted
ia building the Spear street and Folsom No.
2 whaTvrs. The contractors, Messrs. Mac
MahOn Il Sons, had received notice weeks
ago that they were not to proceed further
with the work until they could put in the
braclng piles The work Is now stopped
until the "bracers" can be obtained. The
tide is too strong for any further work TO be
done without tue standard piles being
braced. Mr.. Manson further says that in
no place is the water 90 feet deep, but only
about 40 al the very end OF the pier.
ApropOs of the subject of the Powell
street pier, the captains Of number of
steam schooner. have signed aud are sign
INK petition which viii be forwarded to
Washington. asking that the Government
take some action to eurtail the proposed
length of the pier. Ii is 10 be $50 feet long,
but the captains say that 500 feet is long
enough, as II 1t projects further out it will
obstruct the way OF inward bound trading
vessels. They say that in foggy weather
masters who are not aware of the where
abouts of the new pier will steer right into
the end of ii.
From 20 to 90 society ladies, dressed in
holiday gaTb and many of them without
escorts, assembled al the Folsom-street pier
about II o'clock yesterday morning. The
CharlestOn's launch took out party of
officers and their friends first, and il was
expected il would return to take the other
ladies aboard. For upward Of two hours
the fair ones impatiently waited, when the
majority went home in disgust. Those who
waited longer, however, were finally re-
waEded, and were taken aboard the cruiser.
FROM CHINA AND JAPAN.
The steamer Rio de Janeiro is expected
TO arrive from China and Japan this morn
lEg. Immediately upon her arrival Cap
tain j. NJ Caverly will resume his duties as
port captain ana CAPTAIN j. I5emaine Smith
will assume command. He has been in the
Mail Company's service for over 10 years,
and has recently received his promotion
from tie position OF chief officer OF the
| China. lie is very popular with all hands
and he is looked upon as one of the most
| expert navgators on the coast
! Ine arrivals yesterday were the steamer
! Rival. 80 hours from Hueneme with prod
uce; the steamer NewSbOy Is hours from
Iona, 6S hours from CosmopOlis; the
schooner Nellie Sundberg, 31z days from
Seaview Landing, with wood and bark, and
the brig Wellington, 81 days from De-
parture Bay, with 1850 tons OF coal.
The barkentlne Uncle John and schooner
OceaDa Vance will tow to Oakland Creek
to-day TO lies up. The British ship Toxteth
goes to Selby's to loRd grain. the bark
Ophir goes 10 Mission pier 2 10 load for
Central American ports, the British ship
Mayhill lows 10 sea.
The sailing time OF the steamer Humboldt
has been changed from Saturday to Sun
day, August II. at o'clock.
There were no less than 1868, 600 feet of
lumber aboard the ship Alex McCallum,
which cleared for London yesterday morn
ing.
A gang Of workmen were repairing and
strengthening section Of the seawall, be-
tween LON bard and Union streets, yester-
day. The changes Will DO greatly appreci-
ated as the section has not been In condi-
tion for some time.