The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-05-11

new vessel for the Hawaiian trade was
launched yesterday, 18th ult., under the name
of Anaa, about $50 tons. She was built for
the Spreckels Brothers, who have now seven
vessels in this trade, and expect to have twice
that number before long. The following are
her dimensions 1873 feet length over all,
30 $40 feet beam, 10 CLIO feet depth of hold.
at is the knmrty apple that catches the
worm" says a contemporary fact,
though apparent, is switching the proved away
from the present design. The eriy bird, Is
the fellow in hand now, suggested by the
above item, viz: Spreckels frere, Spreckels
Brothers Who with the above information,
well digested, will go back on the assertion
that they were the early birds. " Seven
vessels already in the trade-more to come
and what is more, plantation, already grind
ing, on land of exceeding fertility whose pro
duct, will show emphatically in the sugar i'm
ports of San Francisco and emphatically
probably, in dividends.
The same steamer which took news of the
passage of the treaty TO your port-carried al
SO this " early bird and that he had some
wit as well as pleasant song for the Islanders
the results have shown. The early bird not
only catches the worm, but feathers his nest
as well-a most proper and justiiiable outcome
of early habits. Lots of late birds, and slow
birds, find fault with the early bird-will in
sist that his plumage is black, that his song
is that of a syren, that he belongs to the car
niverous species, in short, that lie has no bust
ness to get up so early!
Your correspondent fell in with late bird
the other evening" stout car driver. 1t was
late. cold fog-laden wind was driving in
from the bay, and the drivers platform faced
the blast. 1t was a cheerless, dismal place,
Al. 1 I ,,,lV
car driver. but can make money, have made
it in thousands; left car driving and have had
to come to it again know how to speculate
in stocks, am in it all the the lime. | don't
envy the early or the lucky birds, they are
smarter than |, that's all. Why, used to know
Mark Hopkins in early days right well. He
got ahead, large, l only small. There's Stan
ford and Flood and Fair and Huntington, have
made lots of money, smart men. l don't be-
grudge them a cent of their gains; if they have
been smarter than l, that's my misfortune;
but / shall keep on trying, and some morning
l shall be up early and make a whack.
Cheerful bird, how many of US might copy his
philosophy with advantage.
The carving trade of the Islands is increas-
ing. somebody must be ready to do it. Spreck-
els Brothers appear to be the somebody, y
and the assertion that they will soon have
twice the number of vessels on, is not an idle
one.
You have some early birds among you1
inter-island coasters Those who have put a
wheel in the stern of their schooners, and
call upon steam as well as the winds-to
drive their enterprises-are likely to get on
SO well, as to provoke the late birds to chat
and fume over the numerically luck of early
birds.
The Bulletin of the 18th has an unusually
nice notice of your Custom House statistics
for the past year 1t has a friendly tone, and
arrays the facts in a favorable way, showing
that there bas been gain to this coast trade
This tone is rather a new one, and therefore
the more noticeable. A kindly and merited
word is also put in about the Collector General
This is the seventeenth year of Collector
Aliens incumbency. In this interval he
has never collected so much as he did last
year. The amount has been increasing ire
gularly from Sl59,ll7 in 1864 up TO Si02,-
Isl in 1850. The total for the whole period
is nearly 100000. 1t is claimed that this
amount has been collected at a cost to the
Government of less than per cent. This ex-
pense also includes the cost of guarding the
port, the storage and care of bonded goods, in
Guiding the kerosene warehouse, etc. The
economy of the service reflects credit on those
charged with its management.