The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-12-10

The barkentine Amelia will fin
ish unloading lumber next Mon
day. She will leave on the follow
ing day for Puget Sound.
The steamer Pele arrived yester
day in ballast from Makaweli,
Kauai. She reports strong N.N.W.
winds in the channel. Shipwrights
are caulking her deck now.
The schooner Mary (. Foster
came off the marine railway yes
terday.
The steamer Kinau is due this
morning from Maui and Hawaii.
The foretopmast of the Hawaiian
bark Mauna Ala, which was dam
aged on the voyage hither from
Australia, has been repaired and
sent aloft again.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder will
leave next week for San Francisco.
The brigantine J. D. Spreckels
is expected at Kahului from San
Francisco this week.
One of the new seamless steel
ships lifeboats has been inspected
by experts on the Clyde, and very
favorable opinions have been ex-
pressed. The boats are of mild steel,
rolled in two halves, which are
riveted to keel that also forms
4 the stem and the stern post They
can thus be stored in pieces, and
be easily put together when wanted
The Norwegian bark Capella,
from Bay Vente for Fleetwood
England, abandoned October 22d
in lat. So and long. 81, was passed
October 80 by the Lord line steamer
Charlemont. The Capella wa:
then in lat. 5O.35, long. 39.5S. Sh'
; was in good condition, except tha
, her rudder head appeared twisted
off. All masts were standing ant
:, the fore lower topsails and main
topgallant sail were set. Capt. Ma
gill ran close to the Capella AM
blew the whistle for some time
Being satisfied that the vessel ha'
been abandoned he proceeded.
Il The P. and o. liner Australia i
, the latest addition to the com
: pany's fine fleet. Launched a
u Greenock on July 29th, she ha
{ just passed her measured mil
T, T. trials with great success, the 1000
e horse power engines workin
smoothly and giving the ship
speed of nearly nineteen knots a
hour.
= The dry dock of the Puget Scum
u Dry Dock Company, at Tacem
d has proved a decided success. III
Of steamer Willamette was docked b
,e the company on Oct. %, for il
i spection and examination by tt
= United States local inspectors, tt
or vessel having been stranded aft
OF the collision with the steamsh
~ Premier. The Willamette is 3;
feet over all. Her gross tonnage
c. 2562.14. In addition to this 81
Id carried 1000 tons of cargo, 300 to-
ed of fuel and 800 tons of rock balla'
81 making a total Of 4162 tons. 81
O. was hauled into the dock at 10;
lit AN, was raised and the Unit
at States inspectors made mlnu
survey of her bottom. At P.
le- the ship was again ahoat. T
Sc, dock shows no signs of strain VIII
on ever Maritime Register.
ay The first steamship ever bu
nd upon the twin-screw tubular S.
to tenn was recently launched at
ID English shipyard. The object
to the construction is to avoid the q
tructive washing of banks of rlv
tie and canals. This result is obtain
ok by placing the two screws right
'ur the center of the bottom OF
its, vessel. The water reaches tn
to through two tubes, one on each S
MT of the keel. The tubular, as
lar new vessel is named, is 81
it long, with breadth of Is feet a
l a tonnage of 180. The vessel
err expected to steam at about
my knots, and it will be employed
d L local trade between Hull and "
loa England.
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