406 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN". 



Cisco makes a port of call it is recorded, and by studying this paper the 

 quarantine officer can actually keep in touch with every movement of 

 each ship. You will readily see how this helps to simplify the work. 



Map of San Francisco. 



This is a picture of San Francisco, and I think it is a good one ; how- 

 ever, the present purpose is not to display its civic beauties, but to illus- 

 trate one more cog in the machinery of the quarantine service. For 

 information as to the actual arrival of vessels, the State subscribes to 

 both the marine exchanges. Two observers are maintained by this 

 department ; one is stationed here at the point and one here inside at the 

 Federal Health Quarantine Station. The range of vision from the out- 

 side station is perhaps twenty miles on a clear day, and as soon as an 

 approaching vessel is near enough to be recognizable the observer calls 

 up all those on the line and reports, for instance, as follows : ' ' Sierra 

 passing in. ' ' The vessel now comes on up the bay, and, arriving at the 

 proper location, drops her anchor and awaits the arrival of the Federal 

 Health Officer. The inside reporter now calls up on the phone, ' ' Sierra 

 .at quarantine. ' ' This is followed by the final call, ' ' Sierra going to the 

 dock. " As a result of experience we are able to calculate the time that 

 wdll ordinarily elapse from the first call until the ship will be at the dock, 

 and arrange for the performance of other duties in the mean time. 

 Should the vessel reported be outside the regular liners, a reference to 

 the Guide shows where she is from and to whom consigned and at what 

 pier she may be expected to dock. Ships passing in during the night 

 must remain at quarantine in the bay until sunrise, and these arrivals 

 are reported by phone to the boarding inspectors at their residences. 



Quarantine Office. 



I have introduced this picture of the quarantine office at room 11 in 

 the Ferry Building, San Francisco, to show that during working hours, 

 should ail the force be scattered at different points on the dock and rail- 

 road yards inspecting arrivals of material, the clerk is always present to 

 receive and answer phone calls, and keep the inspectors informed of the 

 movements of vessels so that they may be prepared to meet the same 

 without any unnecessary loss of time. The office also contains a very 

 interesting museum, comprising the material that has been intercepted 

 at quarantine during the past twenty years, and is also a clearing house 

 for much general information on insect pests and plant diseases, as well 

 as upon matters concerning the regulations covering the movements of 



horticultural imports. 



Launch. 



Now we are getting closer to the actual work. This is the launch 

 "Argonaut," maintained for the use of the Federal doctors. This 

 boat leaves the dock every morning in the year, rain or shine, at the 

 moment of sunrise, which ranges from thirty-four minutes after four 

 in June, to fifteen minutes after seven in December. There is an 

 imaginary line across the bay over which no vessel from any port outside 



