The herald., 1895-01-01

HS'o ANGELESs HERA
10 ~ were regarded ss great ourIosilies 8
oy the few inhabitanta.
The Clementine arrived in June,
1889. Had this good chip not ar
rived. California might not have been
what it is today; for Capt. Sutter would
not have built his fort and mill, and
there would have been no Marshall en-
ployed at the mill. and no gold found in
the mill race" On arrival, Capt,
Sutter end four other Swiss took the
Isabel, Nicholas, and a four.oared
vessel brought from the east, up the
Sacramento river. snd built the Tort"
The fleet" was armed with tp,o capnop.
The Corssir, under comw.and of Cap
tain W. 8. Hinoklev,, arrived in 1889
with the first grit mill, which was pat
up on Clav erect, between Montgomery
anu h.srney. The motive power was
siZ- r1ulss. Captain Hinckley became
eleslde OF the district in 1874.
The brig Pilgrim came out from Boss
ton ia 1884 "a q tender to another vessel,
and to be used in ascending the creeks.
where the larger vessels could not
venture.
Even before the discovery OF gold the
outside world had little idea OF the
tsxss and needs of the people of this
country, and many quaint and curious
cargoes we're landed at this port. In
lS4l the brig Jovin Carolina, from
Gusyaquil, South America, 4283 miles
distant. brought @ cargo OF cocoa. In
September, 1888, hermaphrodite brig.
tho Fearna1ght-brough q cargo
composed almost entirely of sugar cakes.
The sugar was put up in loaves, or cakes,
weighing about three pounds each. They
were such rarity that they sold "like
hot cakes" and grown people as well as
children scrambled for them. Coffes
composed the remainder of the cargo.
Another pioneer vessel wac the sohoon-
er Juliann, under command of Capt. w.
A, Lsidesdorf, which sailed from New
Orleans to this port by way OF the
Straits of Magellan in 1S4l.
To Capt. Nathan Spear belongs the
credit of establishing the salmon indus
try on this coast. Ia 1S41 he asce nded
the Sacramento river with the schooner
Isabel, and returned to Ysrba Buena
with O cargo OF salmon.
To the vessel Fama, Goat island owes
its present Objectionable name. Up to
1S43 the island had been known rs
Yerba Buana island. The Fama came
into port with herd of goats as part
of her csrgo-perhaps to be used as
ballast, or as bsttering rams in case
of attack. Measrs. Spear & Fuller pur-
chased six OF these goats and put the IN
on Yerba Buena island, in order that
they might occasionally have fresh
kid for the dinner table. The poachers
who went on the leland to shoot and
steal thess animals called it Goat island,
and only the older residents gave to
the island its proper name.
In the spring of 1S4l, General Nc.
Lsughlin and few others of the Hud-
son Bay company arrived from the
northwest in the brig Cowlitz, A few
Russian families lived where now stands
Fort Ross, and there the compeny eatab-
lished q trading post. General Nc
Laughlin established a camp where
Sacramento now stands, and for years
continued in this industry. At that
time the Island commonly known as
Mare island was inhabited by elk. They
swam in droves from the main shore for
grazing grounds. On one occasion the
Isabel collided with band of about
1000. and with difficulty ssiled through.
Up to 1874, and for some time after
ward, the diatrict from Montgomery
street to Kearny and from Washington
to jackson was salt water lagoon, and
Was connected with the bay by small
creek. When the tide came in the lake
was filed, but at all times it was deep
enough To reach Clarks point TO the
north it was necessary to wade across.
Alcalds Hinckley had bridge built,
which was, perhaps, the first hsrbor i'm
provement in the bay.
There are no records, go far es can be
ascertained. of the commerce of thie
port prior to 1846-the date OF the
establishment of the United States
custom house.
About this time, 1S43, another British
msn-of"war appeared and anchored
under Ssusalito's browning bluffs" in
the cove afterward's known as Pirates
point. The object of this warlike visit
was never made known, but it is eur-
mised that this ''enemy OF the robber
world" had her maritime eye on seour-
ing this har5or. Shortly afserward
commotion was created at Yerba Buens,
by the arrival OF q mysterious looking
vessel, which the astonished natives
were informed was French frigate, and
that it was under the direction of Mons.
De Moiras an Ambassador" who had
rowing commission. He spent several
weeks in the village, at the commercial
residence of Nathan Spear, on the north
west corner OF Montgomery and Clay
streets. He devoted considerable time
to inspecting the bay in the schooner
Isabel, which was very kindly fur
nished tho foreign Ambassador" for
that strange purpose, He predicted
that the bay and town would soon be
great field for commerce." and having
finished his secret mission the vessel re-
turned to France--the object OF her Welt
being unknown.
Tbs United States government also
had its eye to the windward, end in 1874
Commodore Wilkes, with fleet OF three
vessels, visited this port.
As it was q "long way round" and
commerce demanded more vessels than
had vet ventured to sail for this far-off
country, shipbuilding began very early
on this coast. As the coast line was ex-
tensive, and the woods we're full of suit.
able timber. those of an inventive turn
Of mind devoted their attention to ship
building-or rather to the construction
OF "coasters," for the vessels were rather
crude, and compared 10 others may now
be styled inventions"
The first eteamboAt that navigated the
bay OF San Francisco-the Beaver-wRs
built in 1884, in one OF the arms OF
Richardson's bay, by builder named
Williams. The lumber was hand sawed.
She ia now m the retired list at Ruz-