The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-17
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
Items Of Interest From Points
on the City Front.
Hungry Gus" and His Obstruction to Raw
cation Refrigerators Sent to Missionaries.
The Late Captain g. E. Hughes

Charles Kirk and John Franklin. in the
employ OF Cotton & Co. contractors for the
new ferTy-slips. went down into the waters
of the bay yesterday in search of McGinty.
They did not find him. but they got very
wet and when they we're fshed out neither
Of them looked to be dressed in his best
suit Of clothes" They were fixing supports
for the piie-driver, when Franklin went
over and Kirk, who is a fleshy heavy
weight, got excited and took header too.
When the whaling steamer Newport left
here for Point Barrow she took a refrig eTa-
tor along. IL subsequently appeared that
this eminently unusual addition to the fur
niture Of an Arctic steamer was for the
benefit Of the party Of missionaries who
lefs here two months ago for the mission
stations on the Yukon River. There is a
great deal OF speculation as to what the re-
frigerator is wanted for. 1t Is well known
that drinking hot tea cOols the drinker, and
that piece of ice can be Kept from melt
ing by wrapping it In a blanket. But the
refrigerator is something new and an ex-
PLANTATION Will be eagerly awaited.
50 far there have been more departures
OF wheat ships this month than during
either May or June, and the total for the
present month will probably equal the total
Of tie two months named. Wheat is weak
abroad. and farmers have been 10th to chip
their grain ia the face of a dull market. At
the same time a number of big ships are
-azEing the boneyards. and there is more
inquiry for vessels than for months past.
The big British ship Glencairn goes over
from Martinez to Eppinger's to-day to load.
and several other large carriers have been
notified to get ready for sea.
Tie captains OF towboats and small coast
Ing vessels having business at Mission Flat
have repeatedly complained of the obstruc-
ton caused by an old schooner, the Emily
Schroeder, being anchored right in the fair
way. There is q plain and direct rule in
the bylaws Of the State HarbOr Commits
sioners that no vessel shall be moOred or
anchored In the way of navigation or within
certain distance OF wharf, and il ia also
required that all vessels at anchor shall carry
riding lights at night. The Emily Schroeder
Systematically violates both rules. and as
a natural result has been in collision about
score OF times within the last two or three
months with boats making for the Mission
hats. a CALL reporter rowed over to the
schooner yesterday and found it TO be
anchored In line between the catte-wharf
anu Mission Rock, at the very point where
III would be most in the way Of incoming
ana outgoing coasters and tugs. The
Schroeder has been anchored on the spot
nearly two years, and is the picture of ruin
and neglect. Her sides are covered with
.eredOs and barnacles RICH. ND 10 the water
line, her topSldes are leaky from exposure
and every vestige Of paint has been bleaehed
i
only person found on board was an cid
man. Gustavas Jansen, better known as
Hungry Gus" from a legend that
when he ran the vessel down the
Mexican coast in bygone years the
crew WAS kept on short allowance all
the time. Gus is as eccentric and grim an
old-timer as ever even the favored days OF
49' gave prominence to, and it is said
that he came over in a United States vessel
In 1876. and has been on the coast ever
since. Gus" never goes ashore. and how
he lives is a mystery. All the sails are
lying in heap. just as they were let go two
years ago, and the decks are Uttered with
water-casks and rubbish of every descrip-
tI0B. Few deniZens of the water front be-
lieve that Gus or the Schroeder viii ever go
TO sea again; but ia the meantime the craft
is right IN the path OF tugs and sch0oneis
and unless she is moved by the proper
authorities or ''old Gus" sells her TO some
one VINO will move her the odds are in
favor CT ner being sent TO the bottoId some
DARK night and causing some tug to sink, too.
Charles LocEe and j. w. Campbell. whom
the police believe TO be confidence operators.
and who have been working the ferries for
some time, were booked for Yagrancy. ION