The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
A FLEET MADE
PORT AND A
FLEET WENT OUT
Vessels From Every
Cline Came In.
MANY WERE DELAYED BY FOG
SAW NEITHER SUN, MOON NOR
STARS FOR DAYS.
Employees of the HarbOr Commission
Kicking" Over Warrant Orders.
Wreck of the Launch
Amy Raised.
MANY WERE DELAYED BY FOG
SAW NEITHER SUN, MOON NOR
STARS FOR DAYS.

One big fleet arrived in port yesterds--
and another sailed. Those that got away
were windbound and those that got in
couldn't make port sooner on account of
the dense fog that hung over the ocean
like pail.
For four days I did not get a glimpse
of sun, moon or stars said Captain
Jackson, of the French mail boat Tropic
Bird, yesterday. 1T was all guesswork
as to my position. 1 knew L was near
the Golden Gate, but that was all. Yes
terday morning at l o'clock L got
glimpse of the north star and laid my
course by it. -Four hours later l picked
up Point Reyes and then it was easy
sailing into port" Nearly all the other
masters that made port had an expert
ence similar to Captain Jackson's.
Between "a m. and 5 p. m. yesterday
over thirty vessels of all descriptions
made port and fifteen passed out. Those
that came in were from all parts Of the
earth and those that sailed were bound
for widely separated points. From diff
ferent points along the coast came sew
enteen schooners, mostly lumber laden;
from Hawaii came the schooners Emma
Claudina and H. c. Wright, sugar laden;
from Nanaimo and Departure Bay came
the ships Spartan and Lanctng and
steamer Bristol, coal laden; from south
ern ports came the steamer Santa Rosa
with passengers and general merchan-
disc; from Newcastle, Australia, came
the American barks Prussia and Sonoma,
coal laden; from Tahiti came the barken-
tine Tropic Bird laden with cocoanuts,
pearl shell, copra and vanilla beans; from
Antwerp came the British ship King
George with cement and general mer-
chandise and IT. from bardSe LiyerPf4iHII PEI came the
Among the departures was the steamer
China for the Orient, the whaler Gram
ms for the Arctic, the barks Ceylon,
Amy Turner and Martha. Davis for Ha-
wall and the ship Lucille for VladiVostok.
The Grampus will be gone three years.
She will pass two B1er but G only those
Of her crew who so elect will remain
away the whole time. Each year the
whaling tender will take up new men to
replace those who want to come home;
The barks Ceylon, Martha DAVIS ana
ANY Turner will test their speed to the
islands. The chances are that the Iur-
ieT The @i'G China took away an unusually
large cargo and full passenger list.
Among those who sailed on her was j.
r Hartwell, a Baptist missionary, VINO
ie returning to his labor among the
Chinese in the Teng Chou Tu district OF
tI1tie' The Tropic Bird, which got in yester-
dav. made a good round trip, making up
enough time to get away on her usual
Vovage the barkentine was caught in
storm and had to be repaired on her ar
rival here Instead, therefore, or getting
away on January l last she was eighteen
daVS late. The run down to Papeete was
made in twenty-stix days days al and Gaptadn
Savs She will be discharged, loaded and
ready to sail again on the 1st of April,
her regular time, with the French mail,
1S Tbe Pensacola was towed down from
Mare Island by the tug Vigilant yester-
daW and anchored off Goat Island She is
IN he used as a training ship by the navy.
The remains Of Peterson's launch Amy
were got up from the bottom OF the bay
,-esterday Strange to say, although the
Sasoline tank was forward of the engine,
fhe latter was not damaged; but the cabin
and after part of the boat was blown
70 pieces. The forward part of the launch
is not so badly wrecked, but the engine is
of any use again.
Many of the employees of the Harbor
Commission were in high dudgeon yester-
day. 1t was payday for the wharfngers,
collectors and sweepers, but instead of
getting the hard cash, as heretofore, they