The morning call., 1893-05-19
WATERFRONT NOTES.
Better Service on the Stockton Run
A DecEkhand Injured.

Better Service on the Stockton Run.
A Deckliand Injured.
The steamer L. C. Walker has been
almost rebuilt at the Stockton Shipyard.
Electric lights have been put in her and
her cabins and staterooms entirely reno
vated. An extra boat is to be put on Sun
days, and hereafter the regular route will
be augmented by the Walker, two boats
leaving this city daily.
Inspector McGinniss seized eighteen tins
of opium on the Oceanic yesterday after
noon. No arrests were made.
Frank Paulson, a deckhand on the
schooner Point Iona. had three ribs frac.
tured on the steamers last trip to this
city. He was thrown from the deck load
by lurch of the vessel. He has Deen re-
moved TO the Marine Hospital.
The steamer South Coast arrived safely
in port yesterday morning and will go to
the drydock She is leaking badly.
At the meeting of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners yesterday afternoon Chief
Engineer Holmes was authorized to pro-
cure steam pump to keep the water
tanks at Mission No. 2 filled.
Chairman BasSett left in the morning
for a trip to Los Angeles and southern
seaport towns to investigate processes used
to prevent the toredo.
Members of the Theatrical Mechanics
Association have chartered the steamer
Caroline for bay excursion next Sun
day.
The ship Spartan succeeded in getting a
sober crew yesterday afternoon and put to
sea,
The ship Ronoake goes TO Oakland to-
day TO finish discharging.
The departures yesterday were the
steamer Bertha, for Stka, British ship
Riverside, for Liverpool, and barkentine
Irmgard, for Honolulu.
The barkentine Planter arrived in the
afternoon, fifteen days from Honolulu.
The steamer Rio Janeiro is due on Sat-
urday with eighty Chinese for California
Captain DunlevY of the North Harbor
station caused the arrest of j. Bloomfield
OF Port Costa Yesterday morning upon the
cashier of the Oregon improvement Com
pany from c. r. Lewis of that town.
Lewis claimed that Bloomfield was
guilty Of grand larceny, having stolen $50
of the Oregon Improvement Company 5
money from an open desk.
Captain Dnnlevy. after a careful inves-
tigation, did not think the evidence Of
oner, So did not book him for the theft,
but charged him with having obscene lit
erature and pictures in his possession.
Bloomfield having his pockets well filed
with this class of matter.
Up to late hour last night the barken-
tine S. G. Wilder had not arrived from
Honolulu, therefore the race between this
vessel and the barkentne Planter is de-
cided considera bly, in favor of the Planter.
The harkentine W. Fl. Dimond arrived
in at 10:15 P. NJ, sixteen days from the
islands. The last 1000 miles to this port
was made in the remarkably short time of
six days.
The barkentine Irmgard left for Hon.
olulu yesterday with cargo vaIued at
$4,000 1t included 22o barrels of flour, 21
rolls of leather. 200 cases of coal oil, 200O
pounds of bread, 81 barrels Of salmon, 90
packages of shipchandlery and 141 coils of
rope.
The schooner Volante cleared for Mexi-
can ports yesterday with cargo valued at
$4,000. The principal items were 100 kegs
of blasting powder, HOO cases of dynamite.
$4,000 feet of lumber and $40 cases of
kerosene. H~9- 7-t -1-z-
A letter was received yesterday from
Charles Lyman, president of the United
States Civil Service Commission, accepting
the resignation of Joseph Hollywood, sec
retary of the local board of examiners.
and appointing Samuel Haskins, a clerk
in the Auditors Office of the Custom h ouse.
to the position. Mr.. Hollywood, who had
to resign on account of his duties in the
Custom-house requiring all his time, will
act as a member OF the Board OF Ex-
aminers