The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-16
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Barkentine TrOpic Bird Ar.
riVes From Tahiti.
q Busy Day Of Departures and Arrivals-The
City of New York Sails for Panama
Wheat Shipments.

Tropic Bird was 81 days in making port
She left Tahiti on May IA, had calm for
two DAYS, then took light easterly breeze,
crossed the line nine days out in 147 deg.
nest longitude, had heavy rains and Gains
for three days, took the northeast trades in
deg. 90 min. north, moderate TO 80 deg.
north, then had breezes from southeast to
southwest up to 81 deg. 10 min, north.
The French Pacific squadron. consisting
of the flagship Dubourdieu, the corvettes
Duchaffant and Champlain and the trans
ports Durance and PourvOyeurs, were at
Papeete, and will soon visit this port.
Among the 16 passer gers on the Tropic
Bird were Lieutenant de Troberyille, on
leave of absence, and Oscar Cohen of the
Oceanic Franchise, published in Papeete.
The Tropic Bird locked at Mission No. l.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of New
York, Captain +. II. Johnston, sailed for
Panama and principal way ports at noon
Yesterday, with Y cabin, is steerage and
Chinese passengers. In the steerage were
seven bluejacketS returning TO New \ ork.
Among the cabin passengers were I. ID.
O'Sultivan, the WellknOwn BARITONE singer,
who is going East to cultivate his voice, and
who received 4 great sendOff from his friends
inEthe Bohemian Club. He displayed the
flag OF the club as the vessel sailed and sang
the Bohemian air in robin Hood" j. Nj.
Roma of Guatemala and Is. Agullar and
Emelio Belismelis of San Salvador were also
among the cabin passengers
A BUSY TIME.
Not for many weeks has there been such
a busy time at the WhaTyes and toWbOat
offices as yesterday. Among the arrivals
were the steamer San Bias, which came in
from Panama at midnight ana d0cked IN the
morning: the barkS Forest Queen and
SonOma, from Honolulu; the ship Spartan.
from Seattle; the bark Rufus +. Wood, from
NanamO: the Colorado, from Departure
Bay; the barkantine Retriever and the ship
Mercury, from Port Hadlock and Port
Blakeey. Among the departures was the
schooner Gardner City, for Central
America This was the craft on which an
attempt was made by two mon, probably
the Berkeley train-robbers, TO obtain pas
sage, as exclusively stated in yesterdays
CALL.
The California Navigation Company.
which runs the regular line OF Stockton
steamers, has met the new company's cut
rate of 81 ton for all classes OF goods, ana
has further cut the rate on onions from
cents to cents sack. The war has now
begun in earnest so far as freight is con-
cerned.
The freight war on the Hawaiian route
has been settled by the adoption OF
uniform charge of 81 90 a ton. The lowest
rate prevailing during the war was 90 cents
a ton. The firms interested IN the compro-
mise are WEIGH & Co., Williams, Dmond
& CO., and j. d. Spreckels Il Bros Co.
The bottom seems to have dropped out OF
the British Columbia Opium-smuggllng
business and the steamers now dock at
Broadway wharf without suspicion. A
customs official said 70 a reporter yesterday
that the popular notion that Opium-smug-
Cling is the safest and easiest thing In the
world is quite mistake. The hYe-tael
boxes cannot be packed into sacks or bags
Ii. TX I'D han, 1fr.fr
wharf, for the angles OF the boxes are sure
to be felt or to show through the sides OF
the bags Also the necessity Of trusting
number Of persons adds to the risk OF dis
eOvery, for the persons so trusted are sure
to make eXOrbtant demands or TO squeaL
On a well-cOndueted and successful Job the
profit is about cent per cent; but II often
happens that heavy consignment is sold
for next to nothing after landing from the
difficulty Of getting rid of il in the regular
way of business. Mrs. Maria RemDacher,
the stewardess Of the City of Puebla, was
held in $500 bail yesterday to await the
action Of the United States Grand Jury for
smuggling five tins of opium.
VESSELS CLEARED.
Excluding regular steamers and sailing
packets there were 266 vessels cleared in
the grain and -four trade from this port
during the eleven months ended June l.
1892 The total amount of wheat carried
ing an aggregate Of 436, 81 tons and aVerag-
ing 1912 tons each. The largest carrier was
the Shenandoah Of 1913 tons, and the small
est the Santa Maria Of 90 tons. The out
look for the ensuing eleven months is for a
similar amount Of wheat 10 be transported
and about the same number OF vessels will
be required. At present there are ~ YES
sells in port Of 100, 123 tons, of which 5l,293
tons are engaged Charter prices are not
expected TO exceed - shillings.
The barkentine Chehals took up the old
Preside and Bakers Beach lifebOats to
the sound Yesterday. Their places will be
taken by the new boats launched about a
month ago.
The three largest four-masted sailing
ships in the world are the Palgrave, the
Liverpool now in pOrU and the Puritan.
The Pagrave measures 1851 tons and the
Liverpool 1880 tons.
The cruiser Charleston has left Portland
and gone north.
Among the removes yesterday were the
ship COnqueror, from stream 10 sea: the
bark Francis Fisher from stream TO sea; the
schooner Gardiner City from stream TO sea /;
the ship Bay of Naples from Port Costa to
stream; the barkentine TrOpic Bird; the
bark L. L. Woods from stream to gas
works; the bark Forest Queen from sea to
stream; the barge Seattle Folsom to Beale
street; the schooner American Girl from
Oakland Greek TO stream; the ship Spartan
from Maine street to sea; the bark r. E.
Wood from sea to stream; the bark Mount
Washington from stream TO Oakland; the
bark Corona from stream to Broadway;
the ship Two Brothers from sea to stream :;
to-day the bark Germauia will tow from
Main to sea; the baTkentine Cleaner from
Oakland to Howard No. p the ship Eulo-
menefrom stream to Folsom.
VESSELS ENTERED OUT.
The Adelaide has been entered out at
Liverpool. the Pegasus at London, the
JessOmene at Antwerp and the Schille at
Swansea, all for this port.
The work of raising the steamer San
Pedro in the haTbor Of Victoria, b. c., will
be resumed this week.
The y Yorktown, Albatross and Bear have
gone to West Boring Sea.
The Hecla has been engaged to load coal
at Baltimore for this port, and the ships
IroquOis and ST. Nicholas have been char
tered TO load at New York for this port by
Williams, DimOnd q Co.
The ship Ben Nevis has made the run
from Glasgow TO Vancouver in 100 days,
one of the best passages on record
The two largest American sailing ships
afioat are the Shenandoah and the SusQue-
hanna. The RRppahanuock, which was in
tile same rank, was lost In November of last
year.
new scow-sch oOner to be eaptained by
| Chris Hansen, was launched at Hayes yard
| Oakland, yesterday, anu was towed over by
the tug Mile.
The schooner ]. G. Wall started her deck
forward While on the passage TO Eureka last
| week.
Committees have been appOnted in Ia
coma to secure one of the Pacific Coast
steamships 10 meet the steamer Phra Nang
| from Japan, due to-day. and to escort her to
| Tacoma, where there will be celebration.
The Irmgard, which arrived from Hawaii
| yesterday, had st0waway aboard.
There were IA departures and 80 arrivals
yesterday, the best showing for many
| months.
The Norwegian ship Cashmere, formerly a
British bark, arrived from Newcastle, N
s. W.. 60 days out, last evening with 1870
tons Of coal.
THE STOCK MARKET.