The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

last season. In fact, the only one that
made anything like a good showing was
the Cape Horn Pigeon, which came in full
of oil and bone. Captain Scullun was so
well satisfied with his venture that he has
fitted out the brig Hidalgo and will make
another cruise 10 the Arctic.
Among the whalers that will never start
on a whaling cruise are the schooner La
Ninfa and the old bark Emma f. Harri-
man. Both have been put in the goldfish
ing business and in future will make
yearly trips to Bering Sea instead of to
the Arctic. Captain Dollard has chartered
the La Nlnfa and hopes 10 bring back $50
tons of fish. He is one OF the best known
masters in San Francisco and, although it
is five years since he made his last cruise
still he knows more about Bering Sea than
half the captains that trade there.
The La Ninfa has been laid up IN Oak
lard Greek for more than q year, and it is
10 be hoped that this new venture will be
a success. She will carry ten boats and a
crew of fifteen men and will be gone about
six months.
The Hartman, which is also being
transformed into a cod-fsher, is an old
timer. She was built at Searsport, Me-,
in 1862 and made her maiden voyage from
Nantucket. During her time she made a
fortune for her owners, but on her last
cruise she only brought in 120 barrels OF
oil. That was in 1898 and since then she
has been tied up in Oakland Creek. Both
vessels are beng fitted out at Fremont
street wharf and two gangs Of men are
kept constantly going on each. The try
ing OUT apparatus is being removed and
the vessels got ready for their new voca-
ton. The Hartman will take $50 tons of
salt with her, as the captain expects to
take at least 500 tons of fish if he gets any,
thing like a showing.
Lieutenant Commander Turner and
twenty men of the Naval Reserve left for
Mare Island on the tug Governor irwin
this morning to bring the monitor Co =
manche 10 San Francisco. On her arrival
here she will be anchored in the bay and
thereafter will be used as training ship.
Sergeant Hayes of the special police en-
ployed by the Harbor Commissioners
wants to find c. Z. Carlson. He has a
check for SIG belonging 10 him, drawn on
Temple Grove No. 10. u. a. o. D., for
sick benefits. 1t was picked up near the
Sausalito ferry. Sergeant Hayes can be
fou nd at the chief wharfnger's office.
Charles Ryan, one of the men employed
in unloading the coal cargo of the bark
Empire into the barge Colonel Baker met
with an awfully sudden death yesterday.
He was standing on the scaffold attending
to the hoisting bucket, when the rope
broke. In consequence he was dash ed TO
the deck, about twenty-six feet below, and
instantly killed. Ryan was well known
along the front and was a sober, hard
working man. His body was taken to the
Morgue.
Jerry Mccarthy a teamster, lost one of
his fingers on Main-street wharf yesterday.
Some time ago the Harbor Commissioners
decided that the iron mooring bits that had
been placed on the different piers were use
less and ordered them taken up and re-
placed with piles. The bits had been re-
moved from Main street and Mccarthy
was putting them into his wagon. AS he
was lifting one III his horses moved and
the heavy bit fell on the third finger of his
right hand, cutting it off clean at the sec
ond joint The wound was bandaged up
temporarily and Mccarthy went to DR..
Stanton for repairs.
Captain Patsy" Anderson, the genial
AMI skillful master of the steamer Pro-
greso, has determined to forsake the sea
and turn farmer. His ranch in the Santa
Clara Valley is in a hourishine condition
and Patsy" thinks he can steer it to bet
ter advan age BY remaining ashore. His
place in the Progreso will be taken by
CAPTAIN Stores, who was formerly master
OF the Willamette Valley, but ior the last
TWO years was chief officer of the vessel he
now cnmmandS