The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-08
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SGrUEDAT. DECEMBER s.Isss

DECEMBER >. Is5s.
sao Fr.ns1es capitalists arr rs..sIy Iey,IYFins the in,-ress
q hat port. ami EASEs IL IN its tse.atse- for accommodating
the commerce OF tss o7e4r- ef1aI to any q the Atlantic Torts.
livery year ~s hear q come ne~ PROJECT. Il has Ing had
marine railways ~ rsPzriBg ships. aud nov a c11.ract Is
been eiosed 80 esns.-letiag a dry d5-k a; i uu,srs P1ias, .nHe
three OF nu- miles soa-h = lie city Like no: q ;he enter
pu-s Sh5ch he= utzeas Plaza tL.- g o b. "a . u-4Lise sezle.
ARl = q - the -ss=st s,Juc tFy dlcz IL til Woril, with
eaF~rity % dock the Lr-est vessel aF1at except tie graf
EG.'sr-- It Wli Le 100 Ee- bong ia ths e-lr. lCJ ft side A.
the TO-, 50 fe; EtIe At the bottom, AMI ;Ary frt IN perpsn-
diesi1r Jrptl- Tie doS wI open INTO the bay. and vii -
eiO-ei - a fnatas sst~-au iron 5.al, zLca. shes lId -th
water uH sins se,1ss the mouth Z tie doc. tn KEEL AMI
prQtrtF-s - tbz ends Sizing in.o -rlv.. thus sEstuaIy
eiosias tie ioes, - that tie ~z-r ez a= p1m!-sI out. by
JrttiHs une water inUo ;he d1ck ant FaTIy ]ernfsyilg t- gate.
u vii ne, aEi being I9uE-r - the Up Than az The bsttru.
sOon Goats cot q III groove, and can then De to~ei o.; Ct tie
dock % ri vessels =aer er leave. The water IL. font % tie
pn5n; Is sufficiently deep % soat any v-s=e. The direction Of
the doex vii b no-heas; and -outhzest, - that l. viii no. BE
Affected BY storms Tt- taHks 0: tie dock are 70 y five feet
sbose hish water Tie c5uirsct price for the j1b : s250.cOO
and .e cOutrac:ors expert to finish th= work within a year.
Their ussa are at Sork. sBd much has already been done. The
oher Improvements, including 2 bu,k head, workshops, ani
machinery, viii e~s sICoOo or $4,000 The steam pump
vii have ae4PNsi'y to pump out the dock in tao h0ar., and
vii sc driven - a steam engin,, with a Gy wheel thirty feet
In aameter asI EGesa tons in weight
HocoAuiu hsrb1r Possesses one q the finest natural sites for
adry dock u any haroor in tie =orII, almost a yxhere be-
tween ths Steamboat wharf aad Fi.hsunaa's point Either a
cnrk or marine railway could be built at less expense than in
any ether port, and ~Lh such facilities Er repairing vessel.
The pnrs ~OuH II more frequentsd- TIE prospect i nov that
Fan francesca all draw u1eh business ia tMs line which
soGLi properly belong % Us
Itis-tsiei IN eur Eastern exchanges TIA; n treaty has re-
cenly bern eIncigIei betseen France, Belgium, Italy AMI
s~tEeTand, by sheh those countries are Constituted a Union.
as respects the weights, values, firm AMI currency Of their re-
sPeetivs eoinages. in god and silver. 70 change is made at
present. in the legislation relating To the copper motley Of each
Of the States The parties engage nt TO enin, nor allow TO be
colasi, b~aFfng their impressions and designs. any sJLI moneys
- wnaT Tor ~
IOE AID S., hIed a. u weight, values, Allowance. Or loss, and
diameter according % a certain scale The LoDion Tia>s re-
CARDS ths as an imPortan; -tep in the progress Of European
civilization, amounting ia eject 10 an announcement ;ha, in the
course q 'so or three years the coinage Of half Continental
EsrOPs Ei be Absolutely IDENTICAL The English pap=rs gen
orally favor the scheme, AL some q them think Tia, sic viii
soon find il kr her interest 20 adopt IL
II will iatsres; our whaling friends TO Ieara that the great
Petroleum sensation IS fast dying cut An exchange says.
I'VE % Lager hear 60 hrtunes being made in q day, and a ten
acre Tract % land selling fer a fabulous price. The oil regions
Of PennsyIvsnia arr all bot deserted, and property which soI
tr thousands upon thousands Of dollars n year ago, can now be
had for q song. The Lszre Of CsIyer, Penn & Co. prickei the
bGbot-, scattered the spectators To the four winds, and ruined
hundreds in financial point % yisw who had invested their
an IA the prospect OF striking 'iIe'"
LocaL COMMERCIAL.
The movements Of shipping the past week have been conhnei
mainly to vessels clearing for home ports and winter cruises.
The eargoes Of the honeward bound ships will be found report
ell below.
The schooner Mutton BGfgsT arrived Of the 6th,. from San
Francisco, amer = passage Of - days she briggs adyices from
that port % the 18Th There IS no change notice. in the mar
kt Zoe slAnd produce. Trade generally there is represented as
unusually dull
The bark BerHice arrived over % the 10Th. The Firefy
AMI S1yraiots had not yet arrived The BsrHiee would leave
Noy. 2Dth 10 25th- The China bound clipper ship Grace Dan
Hsg also about the latter date
The barks a. a. EIdTisge and J. a. FaIEeaBETg are both
due here from Portland, With cargoes Of lumber ard Oregon
produce They sailei sbou, Nov. To-
We note the arrival AZ san Frarcseo. Nov. IL. Of the Ha-
-aiian brig LsSGin1, from Chias, with q cargo Of tea to Ma
coniray q Co.
The hsks Co.et and Santa are kading rapidly -
ready to sail on Saturday nsvt, taking fai,sASERNI
The New York gold market had Va"
-ug o,,Tv--4rsuate but fttIe between
~-aLIs-. ..<h-s 1-'rsfs1S-, lie rate vsefIatins between AS
and Iis. staining at ths Las; point November L.
OIL had advanced IN New York-sales Of sperm having been
maize At 81 s., whale 1t 81 25GsI so. and bone II 81 As