The morning call., 1892-03-11
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The City Of Picking TO Make a
Speed Trip To. Day.
New Kasts Set Up On the OIissa-A Heavy
Importation Of Tin Plate-Captain
Eemey Honored.

Lugee brothers. divers. are at Work on
section s Of the seawall getting rocks ont of
the way previous to the sinking of caisson
for the sub-ferry bulkhead.
Captain Remey of the Charleston was pre-
sented by the crew yesterday with marine
glass valued at SI25. He will be relieved by
Captain Pickman and will go East
The Ell Campo season will open on April 3.
Seaman }. T. Riley of the American ship
Is. f. Packard, discharging at Harrison
street Wharf, went on shore yesterday with
$40. of which $40 was slowed away In the
new shoes he sported for the trip. He saw
the sights and was relieved of the whole
outfit.
Tie British ship West Lothian came
down from Port Costa yesterday, and will
sail ton orrow She will be the second tow
OF the new Spreckels tug Fearless.
The British ship Cr0martysh ire is dis
charging 300 tons OF tinplate at section
OF the seawall.
Tie ship Alexander McMulen, which is
now dlscharglng a cargo Of railroad iron at
Unlon-street Wharf. is to be c0nve rted into
lumter ship. her rating having been
reduced.
ARRIVALS.
Among the arrivals yesterday were: Tie
bark Paul Eisenburg TO the California
Sugar refinery. the bark Bonanza to the
same, the steamship Australia from the le-
hnery TO Folsom street; the steamer Michi-
gan from the Union Iron Works to Mission
Pier 1. the bark Mic Thayer from Oakland
TO Little Main, the barkentine John Smith
from the stream to the California Sugar
Refinery. the bark Ceyl0n from Mission to
sea, the ship BOwd0n from Long Bridge to
stream. the ship Fort George from Union
street Wharf to Long Bridge and tie ship
Achilles from stream to sea.
The whaling steamer Narwhal Will go into
The stream fran the oil works IN
She is the last but one of the whaling fleet
in port.
The British ship Gowanburn, which sus-
talned some damage in a bay squat in COLI
sion with the Orissa, is IN the stream wheat
laden. The OriSSa has hid her bulwarks
repaired and her masts put in.
Among the arrivals yesterday were the
following; Steamer Columbia. from Port
land; steamer Point Arena, MendociaO
Lumbe Company; steamer Humboldt,
Eureka.
Among the departures were: The steamer
Oregon for Astoria the ship Mark for La
Paz, the bark Ceylon for Honolulu, the
schooner Salvador for Seattle aud the whal-
ing steamer karluk for the Arctic
The ship OtterspooI. eghty-five DAYS
from Liverpool for this port, has tele-
graphed tina; in latitude - deg. south and
Longitude % deg. west her boatswain was
killed by accident.
SPEED TRIP.
The City of Picking will start to-day for
q speed trip to the Santa Barbara Channel
with heightened smokestack and forced
dranght to ascertain if she complies with
the new mail contract provisions. She will
return on Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing.
The United States steamer Mcdowell
picked up the dec0mpOSed body of a Chi
nese of Angel Island Yesterday morning
The body was turned over to the Coroner at
Sausalito.
The steamer Santa Rosa sailed for south
ern ports yesterday morning with 137 pas
sengers. Among them was Miss Carrie
Jenkins, who is going on vacation 10 Santa
Barbara.
Two women, who state that they are col
lecting money for the Widows ana Orphans
Home at Stockton, beat their way down
from Vallejo on the steamship Sunol yes
terday morning. They are said to have de-
signs on the paid-off employees at Mare
Island.
Thomas Greene, the contractor of section
Is ot the seawall, sprained his ankle ON
"Wednesday evening while experimenting
the laying of some rock.
considerable fog prevailed along the
bay yesterday morning as the result of a
shaIp fall If the thermometer. The weather
at Point Reyes WAS c.oudy, with south
wind ranging from eight to twelve miles an
hour
THE BIG RIVER.
The schooner Big River, owned by A.
Anderson OF this city, in command of Cap
tain Nssen and chartered by the North
western Lum Der Company. is uudou bteGly
the vessel announced as wrecked on Peter
sons Point few days ago. The schooner
was 152 tons register. with lumber-carry-
ing capacity Of 100000 feet. There is no
doubt that the captain and crew Of FIVE men
have persisted. The vessel left here on
January in ballast bound for the CON-
pany's KnapptOn mill on the Columbia
River to take cargo Of lumber.
The British bark Morecambe Bay, which
sailed from Callao, Peru, in October for
Portland, Oregon, and has not since been
reported. Is reinsured here for IS per cent
premium. She is a bark of Ills tons regis
ter and was built by Russell IL Co. in Port
Glasgow in 1854. Her owners are Hatfield.
Cameron Il Co. Of Glasgow and her master
is Captain johnson.
The Corwin has left for Boring Sea.
David Kerr, machlnist employed at the
Union Iron Works. fell from the dock at
noon yesterday aud was drowned. Kerr
was 81 wears old and native of Scotland
| The body has been recovered.
The schooner Jane GRAY will start for the
north on whaling cru Sc tomorrow.
The British ship Combermere, 1850 tons,
with wheat 10 Cork. Havre or Antwerp, to be
loaded By Balfour, Guthrie & Co., has been
| chartered.