The morning call., 1893-05-13
WHARF REPAIRS.
The Governors Tour of
Inspection.
The Monowai Arrives With an I'M
usually Large Passenger List.
Very Few for Chicago.

Yesterday Governor Markham, Harbor
Commissioners Bassett and Brown, Chief
Engineer Holmes. Chief Whariuger Boo
bar and Superintendent of Dredgers Kruse
made n trip about the wharves and bay in
the fire tug Governor Markham.
Lately considerd BILE complaint has been
made of the condition of the wharves
south Of the ferries, and the Governors
attention has been called to this.
The new section of the seawall was in
spected and teredo-proof piling was dis
cussed.
The trip was simply one OF general In
spection and did not last over an hour or
so, but the Governor saw enough to con-
vince him that the board has done some
good work north. He is DESTROYS of
making improvements south of the ferries.
A cable from Queenstown 10 the Mer-
chants Exchange yesterday reports the
steamer Campania as having arrived from
Sandy hook in days II hours and AZ
minutes, the quickest eastward passage on
record.
BY London cable the British ship Lady
Lawrence from Tacoma is reported as
having encountered heavy squalls on April
10. lost part OF her canvas and one of her
crew, who was washed overheard.
The Mon0wai of the Oceanic Steamship
Company arrived yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Tue steamer brought up the
largest number OF passengers that has
been carried by any trans-Pacific steamer
for some time, barring vessels on the China
route.
There were ia persons in the cabin and
| 163 In the steerage.
From Sydney to Auckland the Monowai
| encountered heavy head winds. which de-
| layed her some twenty hours, causing some
| anxiety among the friends of passengers
Mrs. Moors, who was to have come from
| Apia with twelve Fijlan women to Join the
| warriors now at Chicago in charge Of the
lady's husband, has been delayed and will
| arrive here on the Australia.
! Strange to say comparatively few of the
Monowars passengers are for Chicago,
| only thlrty-two OF the total list being des--
tined for the fair, and nearly all of these
came IN the steerage or second-class.
An immensely large number of immi-
grants, who can neither read nor write,
are booked as settlers for California.
Two-thirds OF the ships cabin passen-
gers are EN- route to Great Britain,
The British bark Scottish Wizard cleared
at the Custom-house yesterday for Liver.
pool, England. with cargo of genera
merchandise valued at S6i500 Itincludad
515l centals barley, rs, 910 pounds of copra.
400 cases canned fruit 206, $40 feet of red
wood lumber, 1911 pounds OF talIow. 77l(
centals of wheat and few cases of wine
and brandy, also in transit 214,2l0 pound:
of 0rchlla.
The barkentine Modoc. Captain Bosch
put into this port on March 81 last In dis
tress. She was bound from Port Blakele,
to Shanghai at the time, with cargo O
pine lumber-neary all big timhers-ans
sprung leak at sea. She has discharged
been repaired and loaded again, and yes
terday cleared at the Custom-house 70
Shanghai. She now has On board 49s, Ii
feet OF lumber valued at $4,000, and wa
cleared by Wilkens IL Co.
Ben Hickson, a fireman on The stear
schooner Tucker, was held up" early YES
terday morning by Alfred Mullgan, a
employe on the same boat, and robbed Q
$40. Muliigan " as captured by the pole
yesterday and charged with grand lareen,