The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-02

business during the pending year. The
old salts were glad. 1t was happy New
Years day on the water front.
As soon as the sun rose and Keeper
Hyslop of the Point LobOs signal station
had wiped the moisture off the six-inch
object glass of his big telescope, topmasts
began to stick up out of the edge of the
western sea like spikes on the back of a
porcupine. Here and there was an extra
tall spike, for several barks and ships
were inbound. but most of the spires were
fore-and -aft rugged and were sailing clev-
erly into tine light southeasterly: wind as
only SchoOner5 can sail.
There were all kinds of schooners and
all kinds of sails. The stereotype snow
white hull and long. rakish-looklng craft
Of the Captain Kidd variety and the plain.
stately-iookng little lumber-carrier, with
sails like those of the Flying DutcEman
and an oldish look about the model that
hin ted strongly of leakiDess, were there.
So was the "baldbeaded" schooner and the
craft that corries topmasts like yacht and
sails so close into the wind that ever and
anon as she rode an unexpected swell the
air shlvered in the inner bulge of her can
vas ana threatened to throw her bo0ms
around to the opposite side of the tack.
/. There were over twenty two-masters In
the bunch at o'clock in the morning, at
which time all were on the starboard tack,
beating down to the south channel The
breeze was light, but the swell was uncom-
fortably high. The bar showed its teeth
every now and then, but 1t was not break
ing into what sailors would call bad sea.
Every schooner had topsails and jibs set,
in addition to main and for esais. They al!
lin ed up against the hOri Zon like a feet Of
maDeuvering yachts. A tug fTOlicked
among them on a search for tow. On the
Marin side of the Golden Gate feet of
fishing smacks. to the number OF at least
thirty, was coming up with the tide, and
in the offing steamer was penclliDg the
sky with Its trailing smoke wrack. 1t was
as fine a marine spectacle as has been wit
messed at the heads On New Years day in
half-century.
Those of the schooner fleet that reached
an anchorage before O'Clock in the after
noon wer- The Guide, Sailor Boy, c. L.
Hill, Robert and Minnie. Mary and Eta
and James Townsend. The balance of the
fleet did not succeed in beating over the
bar, as the sun went down. and had to
wait for favoriDg tide. They were the
Orient. Eclipse. Ottilee Fjoru. San Buena-
ventura, WebfOot, Ruby NJ. Cousins, JOS
eph and Henry, Bender Brothers and
Lily.
Steamers, barks and ships augmented
the list of inbounds as the day progress ed.
The steamers Pomona, Umatilla, Column
bia and AlcatraZ followed in procession,
making pretty good time, as If anxious to
give their passengers chance to land and
enjoy the first day of 1895 ashore at San
Francisco. The barks Ca1rolton, Rufus
E.. Wood and Mercury and ship Two
Brothers all towed in and gave the tugs
some hing to do.
"Tickets 30 cents for the round. trip to
the cruiser PhiladelphiaW shouted the
Naval Battalion men at Clay-street wharf.
The battalion had chartered the steamer
Caroline and announced that it had ar
ranged to take people out to the warshp.
Nearly all the members of the reserve al
| tended the inspection of the vessel. but no
though the officers of the Philadelphia
acted as instructors to those of the reserve
who were anxious to learn something
about the handling of guns. Several hun
dred ladies were among the visitors dur
| ing the course of the day.
The Philadelpbia's crew showed great
| preference for the pretty girls and had lots
OF fun showing the fair damsels into the
darkest and most inaccessible parts OF the
vessels tween decks. The young ladies
| wore timid at first, but ls0on got used to
tramping along the barrow passageWays
with the steady step of old sailors. The
reserve man were dressed in fatigue uni
| form and looked very much like genuine
able seamen. 1t was pretty hard to tell
them apart from the regular tars OF the
/ navy. They staggered about the decks In
most seamanlike fashion and even fell to
| spinni yarns about dangerous cruises In
| their good cutter to that distant port
| knowB as Richardson's Bay. The reserve
| netted a neat sum by their enterprise.
4 Ona nf rho battalion nfficers aYDlafned