The morning call., 1892-02-02
SEA AND SHORE.
SeaIers Preparing to Go to Sea
Daring the Month.
Changes of Ship Captains-The Mabel Gray Is
on a Sandy Beach-Arrival of the COlima
Movements and Charters.

Several Of the sealers are almost ready
for sea and will leave this week, while the
balance of the San Francisco feet will be
at sea before the month is out So far as
known now only four war-vessels will be
dispatched to Behring Sea this season. They
are the Bear, MOhican, Thomas Ii. COrwin
| and Richard Rush. OF these the Mohlcan
and Rush are ready for sea, the former at
Mare Island and the latter lying in the
stream. The Corwn is at Sausalito under
going repairs, and the Bear is still in winter
quarters.
Piper. Alden & Co. have purchased the in
terest of Bennett & Hansen in the Berkeley
Transportation Company. What changes,
if any, viii be made in the service has not
yet been decided upon, but the ferry steamer
Hope will continue her regular trips.
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was cloudy, with a south wind Gig ht miles
an hour. The barometer stood % 80.
CHANGES IN COMMAND.
Captain ii. d. Leland has been appointed
to the command Of the steamer Los Angeles,
Captain James Began has succeeded Cap
tain Moreh0use in command of the ship
Dashing Wave, Captain Andrew Anderson
has taken charge of the schooner Aida, and
CAPTAIN Julius jaeger of the schooner
Esther.
The captain Of the barkentine City Of
Papeete did not like the looks of the weather
on Sunday afternoon and had his vessel
hauled out into the stream. She was tOwed
back yesterday morning, and the work OF
diSchaTging her cargo continued
The new tug Fearless. building for j. ID.
Spreckels x Bros at the Union Iron Works,
is nearly completed and Will be ready for
her trial trip by Saturday.
THE MABEL GRAY.
The schooner Mabel Gray is still on the
beach at Centeryille. She went ashore
about midnight on Friday during heavy
gale. II was pitch dark at the time, but the
place where she went ashore is a sandy
beach. Tie vessel so far as can he seen IS
uninjured, and the crew remained by the
vessel
a movement has been started along the
front to raise a subscription Tor Charles
Myberg and John Gilbert, the sailors who
so bravely launched a boat from the
schooner Annie Gee and rescued part Of the
crew OF tie Inflated steamer Maggie Ross
when wrecked upon the coast,
The mail steamer C0lIma arrived in port
from Panama yesterday morning. She was
nearly two days late, having been detained
by heavy shipments at way ports.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The movements yesterday were the Coun-
~ of Edinburgh to the refinery, Peter
Upland to Mission No. .. l. n Castle to
Mission No. l, ana Thstlebank for Port
Costa to the stream. Tod Y the Star Of
Austria will 80 to Oakland ard the Dunner-
dale and Portland LIOyds tow to sea.
Arrivals were the Newsboy from Moss
Landing and the Wellington from Departure
Bay with cargo of 1859 tons Of coal for
K. Dunsmuir i Sons.
Departures were the Los Angeles for
Wilmington ana the SchoOners Novelty and
Reporter for Coast ports.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following: British bark N0rthernhay,
1921 tons, leaves in ballast for a South
American nitrate port; British ship Mont
gomeryshiTe, 1901 tons, leaves in ballast for
2 South American nitrate port; schooner
Beulan, $50 tons. now at San Pedro leaves
I'm ballast to hahului and sugar theBce to
his port, chartered 10y J. d. Spreckcls &
Bros.