The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-05

has returned from a three-months
visit to Honolulu in company with
his wife. Mr.. Marchand made the
of King Kalakaua
during his stay and evidently
learned something of bis likes IN
view of the present which he has
prepared to be forwarded to the
King of the island realm. 1t is
two-gallon demijohn of good
straight whisky with the wicker
work gilded and decorated with Q
yellow ribbon representing the
royal colors.
The barkentine Discovery ar
rived April Gath, from Honolulu,
after a passage of twenty-one days.
She brought up seaman named
George F. Mousher, who was sent
up by the American Consul at
Honolulu. Mousher shipped from
here for the islands on the barken
tine Ella, which was lost down
there, and he was incapacitated for
duty on account of being subject to
eplleptic fits. He will be sent to
the Marine Hospital.
General Freig bit Agent B. Camp
bell of the Union Pacific to-day
received letter from Frank
Upton of Kobe, japan, stat
ing that the first steamship OF
the Portland-Japan line would sail
about the middle of May. The
prospects for the line doing bust.
ness here are very good, as the
Portland FIGURING Company is now
shipping from 5000 to 10000 bar
rels by every Canadian Pacific
steamer, and the trade is rapidly
increasing. The manager of the
company is confident that within
ten years Asia will consume the
whole -four output Of the Pacific
coast
The Coronado Beach Company
at San Diego is about to build an
iron pier out into tee ocean. 1t
will run out far enough to accom-
modate vessels of light draught,
and will afford splendid place for
fishing. It is Mr.. J. D. Spreckels'
idea, and he will be here next
month to arrange for its construc-
ton. 1t will probably be built from
a point nearly opposite the engine
house, and will be a substantial
and handsome structure.
Marine News.
The White Star Liner Majestic,
arrived on her maiden voyage from
Liverpool on April 10th. The great
vessel is 582 feet long and nearly
ten thousand tons gross. She made
the passage from Queenstown in
six days ten hours and thirty min
utes, the fastest maiden trip on
record.
A dispatch from the city of Mex
leo says: Gesshorn and Weepack,
representatives of the companies at
San Francisco, completed arrange
ments, before leaving here, with the
Company Martina Asiatica and
Mexicana, which holds a concession
from the Mexican Government for
a steam line between Mexico and
Asia. The steamers will bring
Chinese immigrants to Tehuante-
pee, to which place railway will
be built in less than one year.
A dispatch from New York dated
the 21st states that the Spreckels
Bros. Commercial Co. has secured
for the line between that port and
San Diego the ships Frederick Bill
lings, Benz. F. Packard and w. F.
Babcock to load at New York for
San Diego.
The schooner Puritan has left
San Diego for Honolulu with a
cargo of hay, grain, etc. She is the
first-vessel that ever cleared at San
Diego for the Islands.
A $4,000 subsidy has been raised
at Tacoma to induce the Pacific
Mail Company to make that port
the terminus of the Northern Paci-
fic Company's China line.
According to private advices re-
celVed IN San FRANCISCO, Captain
Metcalf, formerly commander of the
steamer Oceanic, has been selected
to fill the important post of Sur
veyor for Lloyds at that port.
The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser says: No action yet of the
Pacific Mail has been taken regard
ing the change of the terminus to
Tacoma, as both Gould and Hunt
ington are absent. It is possible
that such change is being held as
a club over the heads of the Union
Pacific by Gould. A dlckering is
believed to be going on. The loss
OF the Pacific Mails San Francisco
custom would undoubtedly be seri-
GUS to the Union Pacific.
The man-of-war Charleston has
made visit to Monterey bay when
her battery was tested again and
found successful. She will depart
for Honolulu in the course of a few
weeks.