The morning call., 1893-09-28
Bol.A.TMEN'S DAY-
Regatta of the BiIoe-
:. Water Yacht Club.
FOUR SMALL BOYS ADRIFT
Accident to One of the Cruiser San
.:*:Francisco's Crew-A Codfisher
.. Arrives-Marine Notes.

=. The bilgewater yachts will sail TO-DAY
. as never did yachts before. Members Of
the Bflgewater Yacht Club. althonrb NOT
gifted with titles or records as all.round
yachtsmen ana lawn tennis PLAYERS CON
bined. are the Drawn and muscle of the
city front, and know more about calling q
boat in San Francisco Bav during SOM.
: westeF than the average yacht clubman
knows about manipulating one in smooth
water in Lake Merritt.
-: !Fhe: bilgewater yachtsman is no novice
g: 8. !: hand ling d saboat, for his long term of
':{seryieec as "a boatman on the front has
Il iNen::h i'm more knowledge OF this harbor,
:: 6: erratle currents and PUFFY SQUALLS than
iaIlyrcfa ss"of men in the yachting business.
- lMrfteha1E- boats, sloops and schooner
%,yacht IS. c6mpose the fleet of the Bilgewater
Club, and If ever a trimmer feet or more
experienced hands cast off for a DAYS
CRUISE: the bilgewater boys would be glad
: :to~hear Of it.
: must assemble at Fisherman s
:; wharf at -9:o'cl ock to-day" are the orders.
d. and "A pretty sight is promised when the
:: hlgHalls given to start, and some twenty
<hVe< slo03s and numerous whitehall boats
spread out their canvass and sail away for
Saucelto.
:. The sfoops that will join the Bilge-
= water regatta are a bout twenty in number
: and among them are the Magic, Volunteer,
Nellie" Mischief Annie, Katherine, Pride
;: Mflhe, Belvidere. Whitening Fleetwing.
w hIte Dove. Bonita, Stranger, Seventy
six. Black Maria, Unknown, Josie, Joe
sane, Sarah Gibson, Nellie Norwood.
= Clarfta. Hustler and Mount Eden.
= General Agent D. G. Vaughn of the
Oregon Pacific Railroad Company saws, in
reference to the reported libeling of the
steamer Willamette Valley, that Pas.
:senger Patrick GleesOn appeared satisfied
with the settlement made with him by the
company and he thinks that Gleason was
:. lnduced.to libel the steamer after receiy-
ing legal advice.
:''Glees0n was travelling on a Cancelled
O.: eXcurslon ticket" said Mr.. Vaughn, land
we gave him an opportunity to purchase
: a.eabTn passage, but he refused to do so. -
Inc Willamette Valley has sailed on
her regular trip north
-. our small boys In a very small boat
made noise enough to attract the attention
OIL several boatmen at FolsOm-street wharf
> Yesterday afternoon. The lads had lost
@.thelr: oars and were rapidly drifting
toward the saawall when the boatmen put
on to- their aid and towed them in.
bard-street pier is crowded with
=: freight discharged from No. 4, to be
:. received 90 the North American Naviga-
:: tion Company's steamer Keweenaw
large quantity of grain is being shipped.
On the steamer Colon, which arrived
from Panama some days ago, were six
me mbers of the crew of the cruiser San
j. Franclsco. During the "trip one OF these
men, whose name could not be learned
fell down hatchway and fractured bis
:: right leg.
-. The swinging lamp, which has tenn
poTaIIly substituted the electric light re-
Gently damaged by the collision Of the
steamer Del Norte with Powell-street
wharf, has been replaced by new electric
lfE6 pole.
The schooner Hera arrived yes,erd av
afternoon from the Okhotsk Sea with
178,o00 pounds of Goldfish for Thomas Nc
C0llam.
The ship Lonsdale goes from Union
street wharf to Port Costa to-day.