The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-16
WHARF AND WAVE
THE COAL LADEN DE TROIT
SAFE IN PORT.
Two Other Vessels Arrived Yes
terday After Lo0e Passages.

DIAMOND HEAD, Sept. 10, 10 Pm. :
weather, thick wind, light south
east.
Another long expected vessel, the
American bark Detroit, was anch-
ored inside the harbor at 6 o'clock
last evening. She was thirty six
days making the passage from Ma
naimo, British Columbia, to Homo
lulu, bringing a cargo of 2225 tons
of coal for the firm of Wilder Il
Co. Captain John Darrah is in
command Of the Detroit, and is &C
companied by his wife and family.
He reports that his unusually long
passage is owing to light winds and
Gains, the same state of weather
experienced by the ". H. Dimond
and S. c.. Wilder. Her biggest
days run was 105 miles, while the
lowest, for a number of days, was
two-knot rate. The Detroit was in
company with the w. H. Dimond off
Hawaii several days ago. She will
discharge her cargo at the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's wharf
The Detroit is considered one OF
the deepest vessels-if not the
deepest-that ever came into this
port. She is now drawing % feet
forward and % feet 6! inches aft.
The U. S. S. Philadelphia is only
drawing 1913 feet of water aft. The
Detroit was launched at Var
mouth, Maine, U. S. A, about q
years ago, and being built of the
best materials, she has stood the
test Of years we'll. Her registered
tonnage is 1883 tons. She was
formerly a full-rigged ship, but
that rig was abandoned about four
years ago and converted into a
bark. The advantage of the change
is that the vessel can sail with 100
tons ballast less, and can be hand
led at sea with a less number OF
men. Although the Detroit is
deeply laden, yet she is still high
out of water, and has led a gentle
man on shore to believe that the
vessel was in ballast.
The barkentine w. II. Dimond,
Captain Nelson, was towed into
port at noon yesterday, twenty
three days out from San Francisco
with a general cargo to the 0. S. S,
Co. She left San Francisco on
August %, and since then has
been almost drifting toward these
islands. Fair winds were expert
enced, but light winds and Gains
predominated. The highest run
per day made was 10 miles, while
the lowest was so miles. Weeks
were spent going at the rate of so,
60, 20 and 80 miles daily. The
Dimond was sighted off Diamond
Head yesterday morning, but ow-
ing to Gains and strong currents
flowing seward, the tug found the
Dimond at a distance nearly fifteen
miles off port. A little after noon,
she was locked at the O. S. S. Co. s
wharf, where her 800 tons of gen
eral merchandise will be landed.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder,
under command of Captain D. Nc
Neill, formerly Of the barkentine
Discovery, arrived yesterday after
noon, nineteen days out from San
Francisco with about nine hundred
tons Of cargo consigned to f. A.
Schaefer & Co. Captain Mcneil
reported that his long passage was
due to light winds and Gains, not a
decent days run being made during
the entire passage. To thoroughly
understand the real state of the
weather the captain asserted that
it took him three days covering a
distance of forty miles, or about as
far as from here to Waianae, on
this island. The highest daily run
made was 125 miles. The sea
being very smooth the captain and
crew whiled away their time fish
ing, and several good hauls Of deep
sea fish, such as will interest natur-
alists, were made. The Wilder is
locked at Brewers wharf.
The following vessels engaged in
the sugar trade are now laid up at
San Francisco for want of some
thing to do: Banks c. D. Bryant
and Forest Queen, and schooners
Geneva and Weatherwax. They
will start again when the sugar
season opens-about next Decem-
Der.
The steamer James Makee ar
rived at Waialua, Oahu, from Wal
lua, Kauai, yesterday morning to
load sugar for this port. The
James Makee arrived last night.
The bark Albert will leave next
Tuesday for San Francisco. The
bark Alden Besse will also leave
for the coast about Wednesday.
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