The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-11
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per S. S. alameda" San Francisco,
June 3rd, 1888.
From our special Correspondent

Atlantic, she being two days late in arriv-
ing at New York
The Canadian Pacific Company has made
another addition to their fleet OF steamers.
thus giving them five boats in the China
and Japan trade. The Parthia and Abys-
sinia have already been here, the Zambesi
| is just due, the Batavia is on the way from
| Yokohama to San Francisco, and the Port
| Adelaide was to have sailed from Hong
| kong on 1st inst. The Abyssinia took pa
| Chinese passengers larger number than
has been carried by any steamer of either
of the other lines for some time past. The
passenger rates for Chinese were reduced
from SOL to $25, corresponding cut being
made in freight rates. OF course the old
lines suffer from the competition, but it
| makes lively business at the office Of j ID.
| Spreckels & Bros.
| The Alameda carries several passengers
| and some freight for the Melbourne Expo
sition, She goes out with very full pas
| senger list, the whole OF her accommOda-
| ton having been secured.
At the Mills College commencement eX-
| erciseS held last week, the first part OF the
| programme was ended by vocal solo,
| g Adieu," sung by Miss Annie DOwsett of
| Honolulu, member OF the junior middle
| class.
/ The fourth sugar ship of the season, the
A. J. Fuller, !, 1872 tons, has been chartered
| by the American Refinery and is now load
| ing Hawaiian raWS for New \ DIRK.
An effort will be made during the con-
sideratiOn of the Tariff Bill to put sugar on
| the free list. Mr.. Searles has been working
to secure the passage OF the Mills Bill, as
far it relates to the sugar duty. a con
ference was held by Senator Aldrich, Re
| representatives. Reed, Mckinley, Brown and
Cannon, at which it was agreed to make a
careful canvass of the House to ascertain
if a maj Ority for free sugar can be obtained.
Searles and the Trust have since been
working for the entire abolition OF sugar
duties.
A new twin screw steamer for the GuiOn
line, to be built by the Fairfield Shipbuild-
ing and engineering company, will, it is
claimed, make the trip from queenstown
to New York in five days.
The White Star steamer Arabic has
sailed from Liverpool for San Francisco,
via SueZ, HOnI kong and Yokohama to
take the place or the lost San Pablo. She
is expected to arrive in San Francisco
about August 3rd.
At Boston Teemer defeated Gaudaur, in
a three mile race with turn, by two and a
half lengths. 1t is supposed to have been
a put-up lob. HOsmer and Ross rOWed d
21l mile Scull race on the Merrimac river,
HOsmer winning by halt a length. Time,
Is minutes.
The bark Julia Foard, formerly in the
Hawaiian trade, has been lost at karluk
shore, when heavy storm came up, driy-
ing her against the rocks.
A sequel to the Coleman failure was the
sale of the property OF the }. Lusk Can
ming Co., which had also assigned. The
property consisted of 9 acres of land at
Temescal, besides all the factory buildings |
and plant at San Lorenzo, and 1t was |
bought by a syndicate for $48, 900.
The German post office at Apla is now |
subordinate to the post office administers |
of nj
be sent to the Samoan Islands on terms |
and rates of the Postal Union. This is an |
admission of Germanys jurisdiction over |
the Samoan Islands.
Although Claus Spreckels only left San
Francisco on May 10Th, he has already let
the contracts for the construction of all the
buildings of his Philadelphia refinery.
Boring has been completed, pile driving IS
in order and on June 18th, just month
after he left here, all building operations
will be in full blast with men working dav
and night in three shifts. Mr.. Spreckels
has opened his Philadelphia office at the
Girard building, 116 South Third Street.
Three sugar ships, chartered at San
Francisco by the California Refinery, the
]. R. Kelley, George Curtis, and w. J.
Pirrie, have arrived at Manila to load
back The ship Loeb Eek and bark w. w.
Grape both sailed from Manila last month
with cargOes of sugar for this port
At the annual meeting of stockholders of
the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., the report
showed net earnings OF $44O, 4Zo.45. The
need of new steamers was referred to and
the Board is considering how to raise
money for the extraordinary expenditure.
The report deprecated the apathy of the
government in regard to steamship COM
panies and urged subsidy for carrying
the United States mails.
Hawaiian Commercial Coz stock has
and is now quoted at $19L |
Raw sugar remains unchanged at 81 cents
for Cuban SO, but the price Of Golden has
been advanced q cent in San Francisco.
Blaine has again positively declined to
permit of his nomination for President by
the Republican party Cleveland will be
the Democratic nominee with Thurman
Tor Vice President probably
The fight over the tariff. under the five
minutes rule, has began in lively man
ner. Mills takes the lead for the Demo 1
Gratis and he has already been pretty {
sharply attacked by Reed, Mckinley and t
Brown. A number of amendments to the T
Mills bill have been proposed by Demo +
rats and all were accepted. None of the
changes affect island affairs. ;
General Phil Sheridan has been lingering [
It the point of death, for the past ten days, /
suffering from an attack of disease of the {
leart. His death has been expected sew Y
,ral times but he seems to have eXtraOrdi- I
nary vitality. To-day he is somewhat better +
md his friends and relatives are more :
hopeful. A bill was introduced and quick
Y passed through Congress making him {
ieneral of the Army. 1t was passed in i
our minutes, signed by the President and S
onfirmed by the Senate. then handed to f
hrs. Sheridan. LII as he was the General y
insisted upon being propped up in bed to a
ign his letter of acceptance.
The following is the latest shipping news: u
SAN Observation-Disclosures: May 23d S. S. I
}ity of Picking, 10 days from Honolulu;
lay 9th bark Sarah S. Ridgeway, % days b
rom Kahului. Departures: May 22d S. s. v
australia for Honolulu; May 29th bktne I
!. N Castle; June I'd bktne. w. H. Di-
nOnd. -
SHIPPING NOTES.
PORT LUDLow-May Doth bark James A. =
ling for Honolulu. =
PORT TowNsEND-May 21st bark Memnon q
rom Honolulu. b
LIvERPooL-May 39th German ship H. W