The morning call., 1893-04-24

AAlh or to the park TO put IN
M q quiet Sabbath day Of
y pleasure, 4 OF by any
means, Some people
and greater amusement climbing TO the
iecks of aud investigating the shipping at
the wharves, stopping to watch some lonely
fisherman hauling in bis line wrlggling
with shining little fish or to listen so the in
Vulnerable cranks who make the front their
headquarters on Sunday for the discussion
Of religion, politics and beer.
Yesterday was not the best sort of day
for waterfront sightseers, but still there
WAS enough going on to warrant trip from
Meiggs Wharf to the Mail dock
The reporters go over these grounds every
lay. and strange to say 1t does not get
HOMOGENEOUS. Why? Well, simply because
10 two days are alike in shipping circles
and there is always delightful newness in
the syeT-changing kaleidoscope of the bay.
Starting at the Merchants Exchange
signal station yesterday the first thing
worthy of notice was a full-rigged ship
coming in under all sail, A heavy feet
staEleI to arrive day before yesterday morn
ing, and vessels continued to come in up to
yesterday noon.
At sections 1, and Of the seawall all
" d NuANls n 4blH SAlbbCu VI klNuuu lto
between section l and FIsherman's wharf,
uecessiIatug a walk in the teeth of cold
wind. which blew dust In clouds from the
unfinished tracks Of the belt railway.
At FtsheTman'S wharf two Italians were
discussing the narrow escape OF /. LRcoste,
one Of their fraternity, who fell overheard
outside the heads while trying TO haul in
his net.
The man was swept beneath his boat and
came to the surface more dead than alive.
i companion fisher seeing his fix came 10
the rescue and helped him to regain his
boat.
just above Fisherman's wharf the big
fOuT-masted bark Sir Robert Fernie was
attracting great deal Of attention, crowd
constantly gathering TO examine her grace
Iul hull lines and maze of rigging.
The bark Menom is locked below the
Fernte waiting to take on IFS Chinese and
provisions for the Alaskan canueries. More
Chinese are being shipped to Alaska this
year than during any previous season.
The Chinese will occupy the foTecastle of
the Menom, which was built TO acCOmmo-
date crew of twelve men. The old conf
Darlson relative to sardlnes could not give
any idea Of how the Menom's Chinese will
be packed. To certainty some of them
will have TO sleep on deck in all kinds Of
weather or not sumber al all.
The Ted-StIck towboats' Office was visited
next. Il was a good day for tugs. Nearly
every entry on the blackboard OF the Mer-
chants Exchange was underlined towing"
so 10 WAS no wonder that one of the COM
pany's captains remarked enthusiastically,
Yesterday and to-day have kept US more
Than busy"
Just above Broadway No. is where the
Naval Battalion has its barge landing. One
section OF the reserve wenr rowing in the
morning TO Angel Island. Different sections
are given practice in rowing every Sunday,
and although the men have not as yet got
the sharp quick-rec0yeTy stroke of the man
0'-waT'S man down as pat as continual prac-
tlce will perfect they are improving rapidly
ana managed 10 make the r0wiocks click in
unison as they rounded the wharf and
pulled away for their destination.
The exciting part of the water front
lies between the Stockton steamers and the
Oakland ferries.
The French corvet attracted a good deal
Of notice and number of visitors. but the
runners for the two little tugs that to0k
SigbtseerS of to the ship attracted more
attention than anything else.
The man who wished to visit the French
man was indeed 10 be pitied. He was assured
that the opposition tug would not start for
two hours; that 1t leaked; that its boiler
was liable to explode any minute, and that
il could not 60 any faster than Whitehall
boat.
The oppsitiOn's runner gave the other
mans carrier an equally dangerous record.
1t was only those endowed with pugilistic
ability who reached the tug of their choice
without being bsected on the spot.
Alb ut 5000 people went TO Ell Campo, and
nearly $500 went to Sausaltn to the Young
Mems Hebrew Association picnic.
The FL Campo crowd contained a very
tough element One respectable passenger
stated that their conduct was outrageous.
Women were insulted, and decent men
dared not look crOsswise at one of the
hood ums without fear Of being set upon
and beaten by some OF "the gang" Some
half dozen messenEer-boys of the American
District Telegraph Company distinguished
themselves by getting drunk. No one knows
where they got their liquor, but ii was
TumOred that 1t was procured on the picnic
grounds.
On the Bay City fight took place below
which resulted In tough being stabbed in
the arm by an associate. General scrim-
maging and carousing was the order of the
day. sszzSs
On Mission street wharf an expounder of
the doctrines of Luther held forth, while
on an adjoining lumber pile believer in
spontaneous generation was telling a con-
course of sailors something about proto-
Dlasm.
An inebriated bystander could not grasp
the subject, but Gid try to grasp the lee
tureT, with the result that the meeting
nearly broke up in row.
The gentleman Of Celtic origin started a
side-shOw OF his own and tried to convince
his hearers that man wants but little here
below, but wants that little in long blac k
bottle, until the patro-wsgon carried him
away.
The Bdgic's Cinnamon were taking it
easy on board. not at all mindful of the
drear imposSlbility Of being landed at any
near date.
Their friends from Chinatown were con-
tinua.ly arriving to carry on confabs from
lhe wharf, but the revenue officers generally
cut these conventions very Short the reason
for this being that information might be
gwen to the villagers as TO how to answer
any questions put to them by the officials.
One heather appeared to be giving very
definite instructions to p woman on the
steamer, and had TO be told to move on sew
eral times before he would GO. few
sharp raps of a club brought him 10 his
senses, however, ana he retired muttering
and cursing.
There is not much freight on the wharf
Tor The steamer Collma, which sails on the
Zoth Tor Panama and way ports. Her total
cargo Will amount to about 500 tons
The ship John c. Potter arrived in the
afternoon from Honolulu reporting an ac-
cident to one of her crew at sea. On April
IA Thomas Foley, a seaman, fell from the
Iormast head to the deck. The falling man
ciulcbed at the rigging In his descent and
partially broke his fall, but not sufficiently
10 save MIN from having his collar bone
broken and suffering q compound fracture
oil both legs, besides internal Injuries
The sufferer showed wonderful vitality,
and still lives. He will be treated at the
Marine Hospital.
Ihe ships Barfillan and India of the coast
run came IN during the day and the
schooner Occidental, which recently had
sone uOuDle with her crew, sailed.