The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-27
SEA AND SHORE.
The Guaranteed Islanders Will
BE Released To. Day.
Fears for the Overdue sirius-At the Union
Iron Works-A Big Ship Coming.
Movements and Charters.

Yesterday was a busy one at the quaran-
tine station on Angel Island. To-day at
noon the quarantine will be raised and the
whites aud Japanese on the island will be
at liberty to 90 where they please. The
800 ODD Chinese for Honolulu will have to
be cared for by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company until they can be sent back to
Honolulu. 1t is expected that the company
will make arrangements with Dr. Mcintosh
whereby the Chinese can be detained on the
island until they can be sent on board the
steamer that will take them away
The tramp steamer Sirius is now 4 week
overdue from Central American ports, and
her cons guees are becoming very uneasy
over her n0n-apDearance She is not a fast
vessel at any time, and before she left San
Francisco the engineer reported tie boiler
tubes in a bad condition, but her owner
lMeeks) thought otherwise. and she left
without making any repairs and may now
be coming along very slowly 10 save her
boilers or may be broken down altogether
Her cargo consists of 5000 sacks new coffee
and is rather valuable
AT THE UNION IRON WORKS.
Fully 1900 men are now employed at the
Union Iron Works. The steamer kewee-
nav il in the dry-dock and the stern-pOst
was put IN yesterday, after having been
welded. The Mail steamer City OF Rio de
JauerO has a large force at work on her,
and she has received new engines, new
floors and reverse bars, besides increased
passenger accommodations. She will also
be furnished with an electrical light plant
reaching every part Of the vessel, She is
booked to leave for Hong Kong IN April 3.
No news Of the British ship MinnyhiYe
has yet been received, and the general
opinion among shipping men Is that she has
gone 20 the bottom. She may yet surprise
every one by sailing into port all safe and
sound, in spite OF the fact that she is out
2l3 days.
ANOTHER BIG ONE COMING.
Another big ship has been booked at
sydney for this port. She is the British
ship Liverpool. the third largest sailing yes
sci 8tiOat This monster is 333:2 feet long,
A. . feet beam and % 3 fee. deep, and regis
tiers 800 tons. She was built al Port Ola s.
gov IN 1880, and is owned by Il. w. Ley
land 4 Co, of Liverpool. The largest
sailing ship ail0at Is La France, a French
vessel that recently carried a cargo Of 5000
tons Of coal from Swansea to Rio de JaneirO.
The second largest vessel IS the Maria
Rckmers. recently launched. and a full
description of which was published in THE
CALL at the time. Next to these comes the
Liverpool.
At the present time no less than twenty
one deep water vessels are due at this port,
without counting the Knight Commander,
now out 375 days.
PRESENTED WITH A BADGE.
The fleet commanders of the COrinthian
Yacht CLUB presented Commodore Johnson
with a handsome badge on the occasion
Of his retirement from command The
badge is composed Of wheel encrcled by
the flags Of the commodore and the club, a
large diamond forming the hub, while on
one side is an emerald and on the other
ruby, representing the port and starbOard
lights The wheel is suspended by a sailors
knot TO bar on which is engraved 1891"
Across the face of the wheel in enamel is
the inscription Commodore {. II. Johnson,
C,G. c." and OF the reverse, Presented by
his navy"
The weather yesterday was fogRy, with a
southwest wind miles an hour. The
barometer stood 1918
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Movements made Yesterday were the Pro-
fessor Koch and Firth Of Cromarty from
Port Costa to the stream, Columbia TO
Beale-street, County Of Edjnburgh to LOm-
bard, CeylOn to Mission No. l, Emanuel
ACcame TO the Sea-wal, General Gordon 70
the stream and the Achilles TO Port Costa to
load. To-day the Narcssus viii 60 to Oak
land anG the bark Richard III tow to sea.
Departures were the steamers UmatlIla
for Victoria, National City dor Eureka and
the Thistle for Petrop8ulovski. The Brit
iSh ship Stockbrldge sailed for Hull, the
NaChusett for NaAaimO, McNeaT for Ia
coma and the barkentiue Monitor for Eu-
reka.
Arrivals were the steamers Emily and
Del Norte from Coos Bay and Scotia from
CosmopOliS. The sChOOneTs Gardiner City
and COn1anZa came in from up the coast.
CHAPTERS REPORTED.
Latest reported charters are the follow
ing:
British ship Aristomene. 1850 tons, now
at Victoria, wheat from Tacoma to Cork,
Hayre, L. X. or Antwerp.
Bark Nicholas Thayer, 5G5 tons, caunery
supplies 10 Alaska; chartered by the Alaska
Packing Company
Bark w. w. Case, $50 tons, cannery sup
plies 10 Alaska; chartered by the Alaska
Packing Company
Ship Merom. 1853 tons, cannery supplies
to Alaska chartered by the Alaska Packing
Company.
Bark Aureola, 7S5 tons, coal from Depart
ure Bay to this port; chartered by X. d..
Chandler.
Bark Harvester, ZIG tons, merchandise
to Hilo; chartered by J. d. SpreckeIs u
Bros
Ship Tacoma, 1872 tons, merchandise to
New York in the Dispatch line.
Naval Orders.