The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-08
WHARF AND WA We.

DIAMOND HEAD, Nov. :, 10 PM
Weather, thick, rainy wind, fresh
northeast.
y The British steamship China,
Commander Ward, left at 1919
o'clock yesterday morning with
her 33,486 packages (1467 tonDi
merchandise in transit for San
Francisco She took seven saloon
passengers from this port. A large
gathering of ladies and gentlemen
were present at the wharf to see
the steamer off, among them being
Rear Admiral Jno. Irwin and staff
and Capt. Nelson of the U. S. S.
Adams who were on hand to bid
farewell to the retiring commander
Of the Pacific squadron, Rear Adj
miral J. S. Skerrett and his staff.
As the China moved off from the
wharf, Admiral Skerrett's flag was
hoisted at the mizzenmast, and
then a salute of thirteen guns in
honor of the admiral was fired by
the U. S. Flagship Philadelphia.
Count Festetics de Tolna, of the
yacht Tolna, said yesterday that
he will most likely appoint Mr..
Tiroler, of the government dredger,
as his first officer and navigator.
1t is said that the two pontoons
which Captain Metcalfe has adver-
tised for are to be about 120 feet
long each and 9 feet deep. The
bottoms are to have 1Ox12 timbers,
while the decks will be covered
with exc timber. Each pontoon is
to have three alright apartments.
After being sunk by the Miowera's
sides, pumps will be used to pump
out the water, by which means the
steamer will be supposed to be raised
several feet. Almost all the leading
contractors are figurirs on the
amounts they are to bid for the
building Of the pontoons.
The steamer G. r. Bishop leaves
at 4 o'clock this afternoon for XII
lauea, Kalihiwai and Hanalei.
\Superintendent Engineer A. ".
Keech, of the l. I. S. n. Co.'s feet,
tried the engines of the steamer
Mikahala yesterday afternoon and
found them working very satisfac-
tory.
~ An oblong buoy, 20 feet long, was
picked up by the steamer w. G.
Hall several miles of Kaalualu
harbor, Kau, Hawaii, last Monday
morning, with % fathoms of 1 3 in.
chain attached to it, The buoy
was hoisted on deck and brought
to Honolulu. The chain and buoy
are thickly covered with barnacles.
Captain Campbell believes the buoy
belongs to these islands and has
been drifting about for several
years.
The four-masted schooner Aloha,
Captain r. DabeI, sailed yesterday
for San Francisco, with 22,626 bags
of sugar, weighing 2,559,62O lbs.
and valued at $74,10S.12.
The German bark Galveston is
about fifty-four days out from
Hongkong for this port, with a
| cargo or ChlneSe gOOuS consigned
to a Chinese firm here.
The barkentine Klikitat will fin
ish unloading her lumber next Fri
day, but Captain Cutler says he
will not be ready to leave for Puget
Sound until the first Of next week.
The P.M.S.S. China, on her last
trip, made the run between San
Francisco and Yokohama in 9 days
4 hours and i minutes. This is
the fastest on record, says the
Hongkong Press.
Marine experts familiar with the
ground are OF the opinion that the
steamer Miowera, at Honolulu, has
crushed the soft coral beneath her,
forming a sort of an easy cushion
upon the hard strata beneath, and
that she can he made to slide off
in the same direction she went on.
Auxiliary anchors, though none so
/ heavy as the one taken from here,
can be had from the men-of-war at
Honolulu, and, if necessary, three
anchors will be carried aft, all con-
nected with the tackle reeved on