The morning call., 1892-05-31
ALONG SEA AND SHORE.
How Decoration Day Was Observed on
the Water Front.

Hundreds of flags at hall-mast, a suspen-
sion of all but the most necessary work and
a general holiday appearance marked
Decoration day Enthusiastically on the water
front yesterday.
And then there were the pienics. Six of
them, brass bands and all. leaving the Mar
ket-street ferry depot between the hours of
and A. NJ, crowding the approaches to
the boats as they have seldom been crowded
before.
The Sausalito and Tiburon ferries also
came in for very large share of public
patronage and when just as the GAS A. NJ. boat
was about to leave horse, tied to q butcher
wagon, took notion to run away and dash
right into the midst of the pleasure seekers
bound for Marin COunty's green hills. 1t
was, in the language of Police Sergeant
Mahoney, who has charge OF that locality,
"a wonder nobody got hurt"
But in spite OF the immense patronage OF
all the suburban boats and trains not a
single accident was reported and as lar as
was known last night every one of the ex-
cursionists who left on the feIrybOats dur
ing the day had returned to this city sale
and sound
The Merchants Exchange was an In
hOspitabe place all day yesterday. The
painters, decorators and kalsomlners had
possession of the premises TO the exclusion
of all others, the regular spring renovation
being in progress.
The steam tug Htna left Clay-Street
wharf at o'clock yesterday morning with
} John McMullin of the San Francisco Bridge
Company and party OF invited guests Tor
a days cruise around the bay.
Thirty-One japanese were landed yester-
day by the Immigration Commissioners
from the scow Eclipse, which has the pas
sengers Of the Oceanic recently released
from quarantine on board. There are still
80 Japanese on the Eclipse awaiting eX-
animation.
The man who on Sunday evening jumped
overheard from the steamer Bay City, while
she was on her way from SausalltO to this
city was Henry Van Bargen, one OF the
former partners Of the liquor firm Of Schulz
e. Van Bargen, who while experiencing
sudden attack OF dizziness. lost his balance
and fell into the bay Van Bargen is go
years Of age, and for long time has been
occasionally subject TO such attacks, he haY-
ing some ten years ago narrow escape
from death by typhus fever, from which
illness he has never entirely recovered. lie
was removed to his residence at 22712 Hayes
street yesterday, and Sundays involuntary
bath has done him no injury.
The concrete walls and foundations for
the new artillery which shortly is to be
placed on the bluff above Fort Point are
nearly completed. There are two maya
concrete 100 feet thick and the other with
walls of half that thickness. The founda-
ton for the big harb0r defense gun is also
OF concrete.
The moves yesterday were: Bark w. G.
Irwin from stream TO sugar refinery,
steamer Resolute from the Union Iron
Works TO Steuart-StTeet Wharf, baTkentine
Chehais from stream to Howard No. g
schooner Gardner City from Howard street
TO Channel street. schooner w. +. JeWetL
from stream to Oak Greek, bark 5. G. Alien
from Mission Bay TO Mission No. l, steamer
GrandhOlm from Oakland Greek to Section
4 seawall, barkentine Uncle John from sea-
wall TO Main street, steamer R0mulus from
Mail-doCk to Howard street
Piper, Alden Il Co.'S new scOw-schOOneT
Shasta made her trial trip Sunday taking
out party Of about 100, principally en-
ployeS and friends of the firm, with their
wives and families There was plenty Of
room on the spacious deck for the entire
crowd, and TO make matters lively a band
was taken along The hour of starting
from JacksOn-street wharf WAS 1890 A. NJ,
and as a spanking niue-knOt breeze was
blowing the new sails were spread 10 the
wind. The tug Mile, which was hired to
tow the Shasta out and home in case Of the
wind failing. had Il hard job to keep up
with the schooner, which went through the
white caps off AlcatraZ at racing speed.
AS soon as the south bluff of Angel ISL
and had been rounded the wind dropped
rapidly, and when RaccoOn Straits were
reached it became necessary TO take the
tugs hawser The destination was Cali
fornia City, about mile and half beyond
FL Campo. The schooner was tied up to
the old side wheel steamer Capital, the de-
serted decks of which were soon tr0d by
score OF couples tripping the light fantastic,
while others took boats ashore and pic
nicked on the slopes Of the hills Of Marin.
Captain Dan Haskell of the tug Fearless,
who was in the party. got on board the Mil
lie and took about dozen of the schoOner's
guests to Fl Campo, where there was an
immense crowd. The Shasta left at p. NJ.
and reached this city an hour later, being
towed all the way back Messrs Piper,
Alden & Co. received the cordial congratu-
latiOns of the party on their new vessel,
which will take up its first cargo to Vallejo
today.