The morning call., 1892-08-14
NOTES FR0M SEA AND SHORE.
Boom In Arrivals Expected in a Few
DAYS.


Boom in Arrivals Expected In a Few
Days.
Business was very quiet along the docks
yesterday and the general hope was ex-
pressed that things would soon take q
livelier form. Several ships are now due
and q boom may be expected in few days.
Among the arrivals were the steamer Co
lumbia from Portland, Or, with wheat and
general merchandise; the barges Kate and
Atlas from Stockton, with barley; the
steamer Progreso, Captain Pillsbury, from
New York VIA R4dondo, with a cargo of
general merchandise; the steamer Arago.
Captain Langhorne. from Coos Bay
The schooner Eolante also arrived from
San Juan del Sur with cargo OF ma
hogany. 1t took her rs days TO make
the trip, owing TO light winds. She was
within 500 miles of port on July .. and for
over three weeks was almost becalmed.
The departures were the steamers Arcata
for Coos Bay, Oregon for Portland and
the Point Evintera for Point Eyntera.
Yesterday the ship Drumalis was towed
from the rolling mills TO the stream; the
steamer Columbia from the seawaiI, where
she had been discharging 60o0 bags of
wheat, 10 SpeaT-street wharf; the barge
Atlas from Folsom street TO the seawall:
the ship Scottish L0chs from the stream TO
MARTINEZ, and the schooner Bangor from
the stream to Oakland.
The steamer City OF Sydney Is expected
to arrive at the Mail dock to-day from New
York.
The steamer Point Iona will begin tax
ing cargo for Grays Harbor tomorrow.
Tie steamer Humboldt did not sail yes
Jerday morning for Eureka. and will not
take her departure TIL this morning, in
order that Companies \ and = Of the Tenth
Infantry. who are now at Camp Columbus
may return home with her.
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at 4 o'cieck yesterday afternoon for IIb-
ur0n, having on board a stag party under
the chaperonage of Messrs. George and
Dietrich. At Q o'clock this morning the
yacht will leave Tiburon for trip around
the bay.
The contractors are making good progress
with section b, foot of Powell street. The
r0ckwork will be completed about the end
Of this month.
The United States lighthouse tender
Madrono left Green street wharf yesterday
morning and had the lenses for one of the
new lighthouses on board.
The auction sales of fruit on Jackson
street wharf have been on the whole success
ful, the prices realized being first class no to
Friday. Yesterday morning sales were
slow for several reasons. The two boats
were late In arriving aud several intend n q
purchasers left before the fruit arrived
Another thing that there is DOW an over
supply Of frn IR market. Gamers are
well stocked up and the same may be said Of
the trade generally There are more
peaches than the local trade can consume
and as the Gamers are filed ND with Bart
lett pears they have TO neglect peaches.
John Thies, a Dewsb1y who lives at 227
Second street, had narrow escape from
drowning on Friday afternoon in the pond
formed by section Of the seawalI While
waiting for the wagon to arrive at the fer
Ties with the evening papers he and John
Reynolds, residing at IA Natoma, formed a
raft and went for sail. Thies missed his
footing ana fell in. He sank twice, when
Reynolds pluekily jumped in and held him
up till assistance arrived. Botn were thor
oughly exhausted, and had to be sent 10
their homes. Reyaolds is only IA years Of
age.