The morning call., 1892-06-03
ALONG SEA AND SHORE.
3he Oceanic Sails for the Orient-TI
San Juan Delayed.

3he Oceanic Sails for the orient-The
San Juan Delayed.
The Occidental and Oriental Company's
steamer Oceanic sailed for Japan and Gil "a
yesterday with % cabin and 132 Chinese
passengers. OF the latter IL had been re-
fused a landing. The Oceanic took on
about $500, GOO in treasure, chiefly consigned
from Chinese here to their people in the
home country.
The steamer San Juan Of the Pacific Mail
Company's line, which was booked 10 sail
on Saturday. will not leave till Monday
The Saturday date was fixed in conformity
with a regular rule of the company that
when the sailing day falls on a Sunday the
vessel shall leave on the previous Saturday.
Hereafter the steamer on such occasions
will be dispatched on the following Mon-
day. The San Juan will call at MaZatau.
Acapulco. Champprie0, San Jose de Guate-
| mala and La Libertad.
The unsightly ard dangerous approach
to the Pacific Mail dock has at last been
taken in hand by Superintendent GiIleFau.
The broken timbers aud the big holes have
been fenced in; quantity OF basalt blocks
have been dumped, and the signs are that an
eyesore and nuisance Of many years stand
ing will be speedily removed
The blasting at Telegraph Hill goes
eheerily on, but the local residents are get
ting to be of the opinion that patience has
ceased to be virtue. Yesterday the house
915 Battery street was nearly wrecked by a
mass Of rock falling on the roof, crushing
the sKylight and two doors. On Monday
fragment of rock was hurled fully 20 yards.
smashing the connecting rod of the engine
used to hoist the stone into the wagons.
w. ID. Paddock, formerly OF the steame!
Point Arena has been appointed purser I'll
the steamer Hattie Gage on the Eel River
route.
The removals yesterday included the
Chieftain from stream to sea, the 5. G.
ship Jabez Howes from Fort Point IL
stream. To-day the schooner Tampa and
the bark Palmyra Will tow TO sea.
The Japanese on the barkentine S. G.
Wilder were landed by tug Reliance yeSter-
day.
1t is expected that the police will take
some action to-day with q view to abating
the nuisance caused by gang Of hoodlumS
who have suddenly invaded the ferry front
in the guise of newsboys Most of these
fellows are OF the toughest class, and from
Is to % years Of age. Their rutfianly man
ner terrfes and annoys passengers, aud the
poor little newsboys are being robbed Of
nickels which support nobody. and from ar
pearances are mostly spent IN hO0dlum
orgies and steam beer.
The steamer Yaquina went on the Mer-
chants drydock yesterday.
noticed Captain William Randall to COM
mand the steamer Amaie; Captain YaTHe-
berg to the IIastie Gage; Captain Fosen To
steamer Newsboy; Captain Friederichs t.
the Pike County; John c. JochinS to the
Alameda and c. +. Seeman to the Energetic.
The last three vessels are bay Seho0ners.
Ex-senator j. G. Fair is driving row of
plies along the entire extent Of his water
front property. between Lewis and Baker,
Lombard and Webster street. The included
space will be filled with bTushwood by
which 43 blocks will be reclaimed within
two or three years. This will enable the
seawall to be ultimately extended to the
Preside.
The barkentns Quickstep went out yes
terday with non-unlOn crew. During the
previous night she was boarded at Green
street wharf by a number of men, some OF
whom held and gagged the aged watchman
while the others threw the clothes OF the
non-unon men overheard.
A sturgeon 10 feet long and weighing 700
pounds was among the trophies at Fisher
mems wharf early yesterday morning.
The Chinese cook of the bark Sycamore
took suicidal leap into the bay yesterday.
but was rescued with no worse damage than
a thorough duckiDg.