The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-01
GASkILL RETIRES.
The Deputy Surveyor Presented
With a Fine Silver Set.

With d Zine Silver set.
Yesterday was Varney w. GaskilPs last
day in the Custom-hOuse as Chief Deputy
Surveyor OF the Port.
He went out OF Office with blaze of glory
amid the popping Of champagne corks and
the presentation Of silyerware.
Some time ago Mr. Gaskin resigned his
place in the Custom-house to accept the
agency If several insurance companies, his
resignation TO take effect on February 1.
a number of the employees Of lie Custom
house who had grown to have great regard
for Mr.. Gaskll determined to celebrate his
retirement by presenting him with fitting
testimonial, and yesterday was the day
chosen.
The Occidental Hotel was the place Sc
lected for the presentation and the hour
fixed was 80 O'Clock. BY that time the
whole CuStom-hOuse brigade mad taken
possession of the dining-room Of the hotel.
Besides the members of the Gust ms
service were present mang Of the leading
representatives Of the shipping brokers
ana wholesale houses Among those pres
ent were: Paris kilburn. General John ii.
Dickinson. General Sheehan, Samuel Rud-
dell, j. Chapman, II. j. Mckusiek, the sue
ce,sOr Of Mr.. Gaskiil, John L. Dare. Garlic
ton Ricketts,, William III. Thornley, aud
hundred other employees of the customs
service The heads oil the following Custom
house brOking firms were also present: G.
ID Bunker IL Co.. Biunet IL Wheeler.
Sivayc IL H0yt. Charles Edward Huse IL
Co, Gardner 81 Thornton and e. Il. VOL
tr0ff IL Co.
Altogether there were over 200 mem bers
of the customs and repTese natives of lead
ing business houses present. Inspector Dan
O'Leary. the humorst of the Custom house,
opened the proceedings with a witty ad-
dress in which he stated that the employees
OF the Cust0m-house assembled as whole
had preferred certain charges against Mr..
Gaskill and that they desired him TO appear
before the bar OF the house to answer the
accusations made. He appointed Messrs.
Ruddell and Chapman to act as bailIfs to es-
cort the culprit into the room to be judged
by the assembled members Of the service.
The ballifs soon led in GaSkiIl, who
blushed ike a schoolboy and stood beside
his accusers looking every inch guilty.
The comic Dan O'Leary with solemn
mlen accused the prisoner at the bar in
ambiguous phrase of all sorts OF crimes.
and finally wound up by stating that the
real charges against him were magnlnimity,
courtesy, fairness and impartiality 70 his
subOrdinates while in office acting as Sur
veyor of the Port lie then. on behalf of
the weghers and inspectors OF the Custom
house and heads OF departments. presented
Mr. Gaskill with magnificent silver set.
consisting OF two dozen knives, forks and
spoons, carver, soup ladle and platter, all
handsomely worked The handles OF all the
knives were or mother-of- pearl. On tie
three-f foot velvet box in which the presents
were placed were inscribed the words:
"To Varney w. Gaskll, from his sincere
friends in the customs service"
On receiving this splendid testimonial
Mr.. Gaskll could hardly speak, he was SO
choked with emotion. He managed to state
that he had tried to treat everybody well
while in office. and SAID whatever success
the office had it was due to the suD0l d n ates,
for il is they who rule the world.
Mr. Gaskill was then wished prosperity
in his new undertaking. and after this part
I'd Il IN hour