The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-15

ment of frecrackers aboard for Homo
lulu, so the glorious Fourth IS sure to be
duly celebrated in the Paradise of the
Pacific.
Not a trace Of the missing box of SOW
ereigns has been found although the yes
sci has been searched from stem to stern.
The bullion tank has been fixed up in
such a manner that no one viii gain
access TO it any more, except the proper
person. Purser Smith. while ne cannot
very we'll be any more careful than he
has been in the past is confident that
no more gold Will be stolen while he holds
the keys.
These are busy days for the United
States inspectors Of huls and boilers. BY
July ! all sailing vessels Of 700 tons gross
and over. and all classes Of vessels of 100
tons gross and over carrying passengers
must be examined and certidcated before
they leave port.
The law referred to also requires that
the masters and chief mates Of the above
described vessels shall be examined and
licensed by the local Inspectors of steam
vessels TO entitle them 10 act in the ca
pacity named. and that it will be un-
lawful TO employ any person or for any
person TO serve as a master or chief
mate of sail vessels of over 700 tons who
is not licensed by the inspectors" The
penalty Tor a violation of this require
ment win be 800 for each offense.
For the past week or ten days Inspector
Of Hulls l3OllcS and Inspector of Boilers
Bulger have been busy from morning till
night. \ large number of vessels nave
been examined and Certi1icated and
dozens 81 masters and mates have re-
CeiVed their licenses. Hitherto it has not
been necessary to pass an examination
in order to 80 master Of IO0-ton vessel
and in consequence many man who has
ranked rs a master for years has been
compelled by the new law TO take out
his papers All or nearly all the men act
inig as mates on the coast have been
compelled 70 pass an examination, and
before doing SO had to rub up their navi-
cation in one of the schools.
The failure ou the part of an owner to
have his vessels hull inspected and Ger
titicared by July will subject him to a
penalty of $500.
The Carlisle City. another of the Santa
lEe steamers. arrived in port yesterday
and locked at the seawal. she has a
large consignment OF freight for this
port. After discharging it she Will 20 to
san Diego and load for the Orient She
also brought four Chinese and fifty-fiVe
japanese Tor this port. If these are not
landed by the une the steamer is ready
10 sail they will be put in the company 5
corral on Lombard street wharf
The Carlisle City took the long time OF
forty-four days to get here from Hong
kong. She stopped at Nagasaki. Kobe.
Yokohama ana Honolulu on the road 1t
tooG her ten and a half days TO come up
from Honolulu, or twelve hours longer
than 1t took the bark Roderick Dhu to
make the run from iIilo to San Fran
cisco last month.
There was a suspicion in police circles
that some trace OF the box of gold miss
ing from the Alameda might be found on
the Carlisle City 50 Detective Tom Glib
son boarded her as soon as she came to
an anchor. The big tramp was carefully
searched, but not the slightest Clew TO the
missing money could be found 1t was
thought that the robbers and their plum
der might have landed at Honolulu and
came on here on the Carlisle City.
The transport Pennsylvania was thirty
days and twenty-one hours coming from
Manila and tWenty-four days and five
hours from Nagasak. She has not been
OIL the drydOck since last November, and
is in consequence very dirty. She will go
on Hunters Point and be thoroughly over
hauled before going lack to Manila. She
came up in ballast and carried no pas
sengers.
Two new steamers will be added to the
coasting fleet in the course Of a few
weeks. They are the Abardeen. built for
Beade Bros. and the San Pedro for j.
r Hanify & Co. Both are to be first-cass
vessels in every respect and will carry
about $50. 900 feet of lumber each The San
Pedro will be a sister vessel to the New
burg and will be 333 tons net burden, 15s
feet inches long, "a feet beam and IL feet
inches deep.
The Abardeen will be a somewhat larger
vessel, her dimensions being 173 feet long,
81 feet inches beam and y feet inches
deep. Both vessels Will come down lum-
ber-laden and will be engined here.
The overdue German ship Neck arrived
at Nagasah yesterday. She was lSO DAYS
out from Barry, South Wales, with car
go Of coal, and Is per cent premium was
paid to Teinsure hull and cargo.
The transports Newport and Ohio sailed
from Manila yesterday for San Francisco.
They should make an interesting race