The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-07
WATERFRONT NEWS.
The Stockton Yacht Hayseed Her
Way to Cocos Island.

The Stockton Yacht Hayseed on Her
Way to Cocos Island.
1t will be recollected that in April last a
little open boat, sloop rugged, of about or
10 tons, came down from Stockton and at
tracted considerable notice, from the fact
that her captain and owner, August GisSler.
had announced that he was going on an
expedi tiOn in search of buried treasure at
Cocos Island. This island Is we'll down
toward the equator, lying about GOO miles
west of Cape Corrientes, off the Costa
Rcan coast. People who looked at the
frail little craft with its crew Of four men
predicted that 1t would not get far outside
the heads without: being swamped.
The craft left here registered as the Costa
Rcan slOop Ada, and flying the flag of
Costa Rica. Next she was seen in company
with n we'll known smuggling craft of
Santa Catalina Island, southwest of Santa
Barbara, and then again she was heard of
at San Bias. Still no one believed the bold
adventures would 90 through with the job.
Ii looks like II, however. The latest ac-
counts show that the Hayseed, or Ada,
touched at Punta Arenas, Costa Rics, ON
August %, and after rehtting and taking in
stores sailed for The island on September g.
Captain McNevin, the well-known nauti-
cal instructor. is having constructed a
cruising schooner fitted with one of the lately
patented auxiliary rudders, already de-
scribed in The CALL The dimensions of
the vessel are: Length 10 feet over all.
breadth % feet. depth 8 feet. tonnage 200
gross. She will be ready for sea in ninety
days aud will cost $4,000.
The Occidental and Oriental steamer Bel
gic, which left yesterday for the Orient.
took 440 Chinese, the largest number in a
long term of years.
The schooner Unga arrived from Sand
Point, Alaska, yesterday, with ID tons OF
Goldfish for Lynde & HOugh.
The British cruiser MelDomeDe has ar
rived at Victoria from BeriDg Sea.
The keen competition on the Stockton
steamer lines gives rise 10 an amusing scene
between the hours of 3 and P. NJ daily.
The would-be patrons OF the rival lines run
backward and forward between the Clay
and Washington street wharves to see il
they can beat down tho deck passage below
% cents and the cabin passage below so
cents. This is a condition which neither
company seems DESTROYS of perpetuating.
The City of Sydney OF the Pacific Mail
line arrived from Panama via San Diego
last night.
number of police officials were out on
the bay yesterday afternoon testing the
merits of various tugs which have been
recommended for the new waterfront
patro-boat The trouble seems to be that
the police want boat with speed of four
teen knots. which few OF the small tugs can
accomplish. The Skip and the Tia Juana
were the most favored craft on the police
record when the trials closed yesterday.
In the course of an interview with a
prominent citizen familiar with the harbors
of Southern California, the latter said:
There is some funny business about the
change In the orders by which the white
squadron was ordered to rendezvous at San
Diego before starting on the trip around
the Horn.
'.Just think Of 1t. Ii the cruisers Charles
ton and Baltimore had remained at San
Diego, 10 be joined by the Boston, the San
Francisco and The Yorktown, there would
have been gain to San Diego bigger than
the Cabrillo celebration itself. Five war;
ships anchored in a safe harbor like San
Diego means a steady income to the town
while they stay. Now | see the Charleston
aud Baltimore have been ordered I'D to Re-
dondo, a mere open roadstead with no facil-
tiles except such as are afforded through
Los Angeles by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road.
You will see the point. RedOndo Is to
be worked against San Diego because the
Atchison road completes at the latter point
All the recent Expenditures at Redondo
harbor, IL it can be called harbor, favor
this idea. Ii one Of the cruisers should be
lost On this proposition, as might easily
happen for fogs are frequent both at San
Pedro and Redondo). on whom would the
blame rest?"