The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-04-07
Shipping News.

Shipping News.
The Hawaiian bark w. B. Godfrey,
previously reported stranded, is a total
wreck. The vessel and cargo were sold
for e45O.
The Hawaiian bark Alicia, from New
castle, n. S. W., for San Francisco, put
into Apia, February LIST, leaking; she is
discharging cargo. Later-after dis
charging all except 300 tons of cargo she
drifted and fouled the brig Sea Wait, and
afterward went ashore; she was con-
demned and vessel and cargo sold for
$3.50. By the loss of the Alicia at
Samoa the local insurance companies
and agencies are losers to the extent of
$4,000.
A Vancouver, B. c., dispatch says
that the Union Steamship Co. has made
arrangements to greatly enlarge its
wharves, so as to admit the largest sea-
going vessels; work will be begun next
week.
The Hawaiian brig George H. Dou-
glass, which for a number OF years has
been in the trade between this port and
the Hawaiian Islands, has within the
past two days been purchased from her
owners by Wightman Brothers. The
terms of the sale have been reserved.
Her new owners will place the brig in
the South Sea island trade. She will be
made ready for her first voyage under
her new owners as soon as her Hawaii
an sugar cargo can be discharged.
There will be some opposition in the
Alaska excursion traffic this summer,
and it will be divided among the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, Northern
Pacific Railway Company and the Cana
dian Pacific Company. 1t is said that
the two latter companies will fit up the
steamers Danube and Scandinavia,
respectively, to compete with the p. G.
S. S., which has heretofore had a
monopoly of the business.
The ship Merioneth sailed out of this
port at IL o'clock this morning bound
with load of wheat for Cork, Ireland.
At her mizzen flew the championship
flag presented to her short time ago by
j. ID. Spreckels & Co., for having made
the fastest trip on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
days-from Cardiff, Wales, to this port.
The Merioneth has made the run be-
tween here and Liverpool in ninety
days. Captain Thomas, her master,
proposes beating all previous record this
time.
There is quite flutter in naval circles
over rumors of movements of vessels
now on this station Both San Fran
cisco's new cruisers are to be taken away
from her il rumor speaks correctly, and
that very soon. The San Francisco, now
Admiral Browns flagship, is destined
for Chile, Valparaiso being the first port
of call. 1t is not at all improbable that
the Pacific Squadron will be divided into
two fleets, under Admirals Brown and
McCann. The latter officer is now at
Callao with the Pensacola, and the Ian
caster has just fitted out at New York to
go to Rio de Janeiro and take the Pensa-
cola's place. With the San Francisco at
Valparaiso it is supposed that Admiral
Mccain will go to Buenos Ayres and
transfer to the Lancaster. The Balti-
more is now in Southern waters some
where and may be sent here. The
Charleston's next destination is supposed
10 be China, Yesterdays Washington
dispatches to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Fleet Surgeon Woods, Fleet En-
gineer Inch and others of the staff have
not moved to the San Francisco with
Admiral Brown, and the San Francisco
will sail without them.