The morning call., 1892-06-28
Plan OF Powell-street wharf.

Plan OF POwell-street wharf.
a CALL reporter. BY the aid Of a plan he
showed that the wharf. even when COM
peted, will be 30 feet within the S0O-feet
line. denoted by dotted liae in the cut,
forming the area within which vessels in
motion are forbidden to pass. OF course an
exec ption is made in the case of a vessel
which has slowed down to tie up to her
wharf. But when sailing vessel or
steamer or tug passes within $40 feet of the
foot If Powell street. near which the new
wharf is, that vessel is violating a State
law. The sections regulating the matter
distinctly prescribe 500 feetaS the minimum
distance from any part Of the seawal! in the
case II vessels in motion and 1900 feet for
vessels at anchor. The Chief Wharinger
continued that. while willing to admit that
small ccasting craft and tugs had made
practice OF running close in al this pant of the
seawal they did so at their own risk from
a legal point Of view. and the new wharf
will not be an obstruction 70 navigation il
the laws are cOmpl ed with.
Captain August Glssier, of the yacht
Hayseed, hailiBg from Stockton, has caused
the customary entry Of clearance 10 be
made, aud on the departuTe-boOk OF the
Merchants Exchange there yesterday ap-
peared the announcement that the Costa
Rica yacht Ada, formerly the Hayseed of
Stockton, Is tons. August GisSler captain,
cleared for San Bias. Tho distance TO the
latter port is about 1900 miles, but the yacht
will probably make 1000 miles before reach
ing il. There is still lively discussion on
the city front about the possibilities OF the
little craft making the long journey 70 the
lonely island 400 miles from the Costa Rica
coast Under favorable conditions an open
boat might make the trip. for coast nayi-
gators have time and again sailed down 10
Panama over a sea as calm as a lake. On
the other hand the fate OF the Mail steamer
Granada off Point Iejupan four years ago
Is not TO be lost sight Of, and many OF the
Pacific Mail captains could tell tales of
the disastrous rolling they have exp eTienced
all the way from Mazatlan to COrinto.
There is at all times a long, dangerous
swell along The shores Of Guatemala and
Salvador, and an offiBg Of two miles is not
considered any too much for vessel that
has the resource of steam. In any case The
VOYAGE Of the six adventurous men Will be
followed with the keenest interest from the
hour OF their departure, and even the par
tal success Of their treasure seeking enter
prise would furnish a romance that pub
fishers would bid thousands Of dollars for
The owners Of the scow schooner Harry,
which sank the naphtha launch on Sunday,
have prudently resolved to deny the use Of
their scOws to Sunday pleasure parties, ex-
cept under the conditions OF charter and
ment. The launch has not yet been raised.
A scrap between two seamen opposite
Mission No. / yesterday morning drew
large crowd. but the combatants got away
before the police appeared. The affair grew
out of personal squabble.
The Engineers Union nut a competent
crew on board the Hattie I. Gage yesterday
morning.
Harry, the youthful son of Captain r. J.
II. Alden of Piper, Alden q Co., nearly lost
his ey esight by the premature explosion OF
a fireeraeker at Vallejo on Saturday. and
had to he brought TO this city for treatment.
Captain Alden, who has been very sick for
the past fortnight, is reported to be con-
valescent.
Captain Malsou OF the scow schooner
Harry was relieved Of a watch ard chain
valued at S125 by two waterfront pick
peck cts on Sunday evening.
James Brennan, one of the active par
Elephants in the cnicken-fght on the Caro-
line eight days ago, was arrested by Officer
McGreevy yesterday morning.
The British ship Thlrlmere arrived from
Hakodate, japan, yesterday morning, A
days out She brought cargo Of sulphur
consigned TO D. w. Grace 81 Co. On the
way out from London she colIided with the
steamer TOkai and stove Ia her bow She
was repaired Mt Yokohama.
The brig Alexander, which was wrecked
on the island Of ST.. Paul, as already re-
u
boat. which had been left there by another
whaler. While beating around the island
the Alexander was caught in the ice and
struck reef. The vessel was sold as she
lies for $500.
1t has been learned that the schooner
Mary II. Thomas, reported as lost while
making a trip between Nladivostock and
Nagasaki, in leaky condition has reached
the latter port and is being repaired
The report OF two pistol shots in rapid
succession at the corner of Clay and Drumm
streets caused great excitement yesterday
morning 1t was found that a horse had
fallen, badly lracturing its legs, and Ser
geant Langford put the animal out of its
misery with his pistol.
Abraham FaiTchlld. a State carpenter,
while moving heavy rail at the Oregon
dock yesterday, slipped and allowed the
rail to fall or his foot. Two of his toes
were so badly crushed that he had to be re-
moved to his home and the toes amputated.
The new boiler for the tug Ngilant has
been sent by the RsdOn Iron Works to Fol-
som-street dock.
Among the removes yesterday were the
schooner Anna from the refinery to Folsom,
the baTkentiDe lrmgard from the stream 10
the refinery, the steamer City of Sydney
from the Mail dock to Hunters Point dry
dock. the bark Aureola from sea to stream,
the ship Oriental from stream to Alameda
the ship Corona from the seawall to Broad
way, INC sup NuILOn from haTtlueL 10 Dali
four's.
The tug Governor SLOVENIAN burst
fustble plug on the trip across about 4 80
o'clock yesterday morning, when off Goat
Island. The engineer narrowly escaped
being scalded to death.
The schooner Henry Dennis, Captain
Minor, stated to be lost on June 9, has been
reported safe TO her owner III Seattle.
The story OF the wreckng of the schooner
Maud NJ. is denied by Ross & Hewlett. the
agents of the scaling schOoners In this port.
Ten sealing schoOners started around the
Horn last year and some have not arrived
at Victoria. 1t is ccnjectured thai the Maud
M. may be one of these, but she is not owned
here.
The sloop yacht Tdler. lately owned by
Commodore Witham of Wright, Bovine d
Co. has been purchased by j. L. Wilson of
Wilson IL Co., coal-deaers.
The largest ship afloat under any flag is
the Maria Rickmers. tiye-maSted auxiliary
steamer recently launched at Port Glasgow,
Scotland, for the German trade. France has
the largest and America the sNiitest sailing
vessel afloat.
The Cyrus Wakefield has been lowed
from the dilapidated wharf at Fremont
street to the seawall.
The bark Forest Queen is loading freight