The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-17

Coast, and the last l heard OF him was in
1890, when be went up from Valparaiso 10
Iquique and Pisagua, loaded nitrate and
started on the journey home l have not
the least doubt in my mind that the vessel
was nnseaworthy, and went down with all
hands"
sEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS.
The Harbor Commissioners will open
bids for the new tugbOat tomorrow, and
on the Goth inst. bids for the SecOnd-street
ferTy-slip Will be opened. The concrete
filling for the first of the big piers at the
MaTket-stTeet ferry has not yet been put in,
as the caissop is not sunk deep enough
The sand filling on the rear of the concrete
face Of seetlon B of the seawall is half
completed, and as soon as the plank road is
completed the fence will be torn down and
a short, safe cut bs established between the
Tibur0n, SaUsalito and MaTket-street fer
ries. The piles for the Powell-street
wharf will not be ready for six weeks.
The Pacific Mail C0mDany's steamer San
Jose arrived from Panama yesterday. She
was II days on the trip and brought A.
cabin and AZ Storage passengers. In the
cargo were i've packages OF treasure valued
at $500. All of the eight Chinese on the
steamer were vaccinated on the way uD.
Among the cabin passengers were Adolph
Meyer, president Of the ChampericO and
San Felipe Railroad, who is en- route for
Germany On a vacation; j. l.. Barillas, who
is DO relative Of the ex-Fresident; Elias
Toledo, prominent planter Of Guatemala.
and Edward EgaTs, capitalist Of Acapulco.
The steamer MlneOla, belonging to the
Atlantic and Pacific Company. arrived yes
terday, 65 days from New York and %
from Coronel, Chilean coal port. The pas
sage was a very quick one, the steamer COM
ing around the Horn instead Of through the
Straits of Magellan. She brings no news of
Importance.
The Austrian corvette FasRna will remain
until Saturday. the Austrian Government
having cabled special permission.
NOTES.
The schooner La Girohde struck the
pilng at Main-street wharf yesterday and
stove In a couple of planks. The bark
Canada chafed badly against the Folsom
street wharf and the hay schooner Maggie
Douglas collided with the tug Relief at
Howard No. 3, staving in her bulwarks. The
tug was uDlDJured.
Thomas Neylon, one of a stevedOres' gang,
while handling freight in the hold OF the
City of Picking on Sunday was jammed be-
tween the ships side and a load Of freight
He was terribly injured about the neck and
his jaw was broken.
The bark G. w. McNear sailed for Hawaii
yesterday with a non-uniOn crew, under
police protection.
The quarantine officials at Angel Island
are in a state of great anxiety about tho
with the yellow flag flying. The Oceanic
has 487 japanese and Chinese on board, and
as there are already 900 at the quarantine
station the prospect is anything but pleas
ant one.
The brig Fearless will leave this morning
with the visiting engineers party for trip
around the bay.
The removals for to-day include the Fred
Billings from stream to sea, the barkentine
Robert Sudder from the refinery TO the
Merchants DTydock, the bark Coryphene
from the stream 10 the refinery, baTkentne
Tam o. Shanter from seawall to Howard
No. g.
In the cargo Of the knight Commander.
which recently arrived after a passage Of
453 days from Antwerp. there were % pack
ages Of Statnary for Governor Ferry of Ia
coma. They arrived in good condition. A
large quantity of iron wire was found to be
so badly Tusted that the cOnsignees will not
pay duty on il, and it will be sold at auction
The British ship Rathdown is 200 days
out from Cardiff for this port She arrived
at Queenstown November with loss Of
foretopmast and one seaman drowned.
On January q she sailed again. On
February she was spoken in latitude 40
degrees north, longitude IA degrees west.
On February 20 she was again spoken In
latitude degrees north and longitude west.
The revenue steamer Bear sailed from
Port Townsend for BeTing Sea on the I4th
Inst She had very pleasant trip up the
coast.
The bar was breaking badly all day yes
terday.
The Esther Buhne. schooner, while on
the passage from San Pedro to Eureka was
IN collision with vessel supposed to be the
Swedish bark, Belted Will, bound from
Port Biakely Tor Hamburg. and is now re-
pairing damages at Bendixen's shipyard.