The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-26
SEA AND SHORE.
4 Visit TO the DrnmrOck by a
Naval Battalion Company.
The Whalebacks New Master-Arrival Of the
City of New York-Another Caisson Sunk.
Movements of Vessels.

Company ID Of the Naval Battalion Will
assemble in uniform at the armOry on Pa
cific avenue tomorrow afternoon and
march 10 the UniOn-street wharf and board
the British ship Drumrock to receive in
structiOns in the science and mysteries of
navigating a merchant vessel. Captain
Bailey has kindly placed his fine ship ut
the disposal Of the embryo defenders OF
the nation, and the officers of the Drum
rock, who are members Of the British Naval
Reserve, which, by the way, is a very dlf-
ferent organization than the naval bat
talon, Will put Company ID through an in
structve drill. The beautiful ship will be
gay with flags and the visitors are sure TO
have a good time because Captain Bailey
and his officers are well known for their
generosity and good fellowship. Yet it
seems strange that an American naval 0r-
GaniZation should seek such instruction
from British naval reserve officers. The
drills in the British navy are vastly differ
eut from that IF the war-shps OF the
United States; but as the instruction given
| Will no doubt be limited, no great harm
will be DONE and the members of Company
ID Will not have much to unlearn.
a CHANGE OF MASTERS.
From Port Townsend comes the intelli-
gence that Captain John O'Brien has re-
|. signed his position rs master OF the steamer
Premier to take command Of the Charles w.
Wetm0re, vice Captain Hastings. The
change was made on account OF the many
mlShaus the whaebaCk has had while in
| the command Of Hastings from the time Of
/ leaving the East O'Brlen is one of the
! best known masters on the Coast He was
! for years the first officer Of the UmatiUa,
! and Tour years ago succeeded TO the COM
! mand Of the Premier. The latter vessel IS
! now at Victoria, heavily mOTtgaged, aud
/ n n n he IA az
| ii is not known what Will be done with her
The British iron ship General Gordon,
/ which arrived here on November 20 from
! Australia, expected to load wheat Tor Eu-
! rope, but has become weary waiting for a
| favorable charter Of that kind, and has ac-
! cepted an engagement TO return TO Australia
/ with lumber from Puget Sound.
The steamer Arcata came off the Mtr-
! chants DrydOck yesterday, and her place
/ was taken by the steamer NeWsboy and
! the whaling schooner La Nnfa. The
! Arcata will be taken to Oakland Greek To-
| day, where she will lay up until business is
Better
IN FROM PANAMA.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of New
! York arrived from Panama yesterday. She
| made the trip up in Is days, touching at six
! ports. She brought 10 cabin and 10 steer
! age passenger, including one Chinese in
! transit TO China. From Panama comes the
! news that no great amount Of work is being
I
! have stopped work and the men are en-
! ployed in putting up houses for the army of
/ workmen expected in the spring.
The second of the large caissons to be
! used in the foundation OF section A of the
I sea-Wall was placed IN position at low
water yesterday. Work on this section of
! the sea-wall is being pushed as rapidly as
/ possible, but as the men can only work at
/ low water, not great deal can be done in
/ day.
! The weather outside the heads yesterday
| was foggy, with a northwest wind 20 miles
! an hour The barometer stood 1912,
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Moves were the CTompt0n 10 Port Costa
/ Bear to Howard No. 3, Alice to Howard
| No. ., AragO to the Mali dock, Meri1neth to
! Howard No. 1, AIreOll to Green-street and
! the Grasspndale 10 Oakland To-day the
| Professor Koch will come down from Port
! Costa. the Emanuel Accama will 20 to the
/ sea-wall, Columbia TO Beale, Firth Of Gro
marty aud Achilles to Port Costa, Ellsland
! to the stream, Arcata to Oakland Creek and
! the McNear, Sumatra and Stoekbrdge tow
! to sea.
! Arrivals were the steamers Point Arena
| from Mend0CinO. Humboldt from Eureka,
! Gipsy from Moss Landing, Whites bOIO from
! Point Arena, San MhteO from COmoX and
! Los Angeles from Newport; the British
! ship Narcissus from Newcastle New South
! Wales. with a cargo Of 1905 tons OF coal for
! BalfOur, Guthrie " Co., and the schooners
! Bill the Butcher. Christina Steffens, Co
roma and Wing and Wing from Coast ports.
| Departures were the steamers San Juan
! for Panama, Crescent City for Crescent
! City. Bonita for Port Hartford, Corona for
! San Diego, the snip James DrummOnd Tor
! New York, the Spartan for Seattle, barks
! Andrew Welsh for Honolulu and Cowlitz
! for the Sound.
| LATEST CHARTERS.
| Latest reported charters are:
Die oh lis
| lumber from Puget Sound to Port Prize, e.
IS, chartered by the Pacific Pine Lumber
! Association.
Schooner Robert Levers, 99G tens, will
! return to Honolulu in the Hawaiian line.
Schooner Golden Shore, 6G4 tons, mer-
/ cItoudiSa IN Hpno1ulrt IN tho UJouroiiof, lima