The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-05

The Japanese steamer Aikoku Maru
went out yesterday morning at day
break, in command of pilot Shepherd,
to assist in towing off the Miowera.
A staunch wire cable was fastened to
the grounded steamers stern, and the
AikOku Maru was stationed several
hundred yards in the rear. She kept
her cable taut all day until relieved
by the steamer Hawaii yesterday
evening.
WHAT CAPTAIN DAVIES SAYS.
After being exactly thirty hours
continually engaged at towing at the
Miowera, the steamer Claudine re-
turned to the dock at 2:15 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Captain Davies was
seen from whom the following report
was obtained: "The Claudine reached
the Miowera at about 10 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, and has been tow
ing ever since. During Tuesday night
two of our nine-inch hawsers parted,
but were fastened again. The Miowera
is in better position now than she
was on Tuesday morning. The ship
is all right, only the rudder post is
carried away.
"You should have been out there to
see the Claadine pull this morning.
She used 155 lbs. of steam, making 80
revolutions minute, developing over
1000 horsepower"
The captain assured the reporter
that the Miowera, with the joint as
sistance of the Aikoku Maru and
Claudine, was shifted toward better
position at noon yesterday. and In his
opinion, IL there had been any kind of
a southerly swell at that time, the
vessel would have surely been floated.
A swell would have lifted the ground
ed vessel several feet from the coral
bottom, which would have made the
work easy for the towing steamers.
Captain Davies is of the opinion that
the Miowera can yet be fioated.
WHAT THE AGENTS SAY.
A meeting of the agents of the S. S.
Miowera, Theo. II. Davies & Co., was
held at their office on Kaahumanu
street yesterday afternoon. Capt. Jas.
Stott of the stranded steamer was pres
emit. The agents were represented at
the meeting by Messrs. t. r. Walker,
F. NJ. SwanZy and E. w. Holdsworth.
Capt. Stott returned to his vessel in
the afternoon. The meeting closed at
$50 o'clock last night.
From the agents the following brief
account of that important meeting
was obtained: The offer from the
Wilders S. s. Co. regarding the
Claudine's taking mails and passen-
gers to Victoria, B. c., has been de-
elined by the agents.
Up to- o'clock last night the Clau-
dine was not available, out The agents
of the Miowera expect a reply from
Wilder's s. s. Co. at 9 o'clock this
morning, and it will then be decided
whether the Claudine will go to Vie
toria or not. Negotiations with the
Japanese S. s. Aikoku Maru on the
same subject are still pending, and
the result will be known also at 8
o'clock this morning. Messrs. Theo.
III. Davies & Co. have used every en-
deavor to obtain a steamer to go to
Victoria in place of the Miowera, but
the chief obstacle has been with re-
gard to the amount of subsidy asked.
CAPTAIN sToTT's OPINION.
Theo. II. Davies & Co. received
word from Captain Stott, of the Milo
vera, at o'clock last night, in which
the captain expressed his firm belief
that the Miowera was at the time of
writing in a much more favorable
condition than she was in the morn
ing, and he had every hope that his
vessel would get off at high tide to-
day, which is at l o'clock this
afternoon. The steamer Hawaii has
been engaged to remain all night with
the Miowera.
Two of the big anchors from the
steamers hold were taken cut yester-
day and placed at some distance from
the stern, to prevent her from drifting