The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-21
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD, Feb. 20.-9 PM:
Weather, clear; wind, light f

Seabury, arrived yesterday after
noon about six days from San Fran
cisco, she having left the latter port
on the 14th inst. The China an
chored outside. She resumed her
voyage for the Orient about II
o'clock last night, taking S Euro
pean cabin and 43 Chinese steer
age passengers from this port, the
latter consisting of 80 men, , wom-
en- and s children. The China had
in transit 1868 packages of mer-
chandise for Japan and 66,470
packages for China.
The schooner Liholiho viii sail
for Laysan Island with Manager G.
D. Freeth about next Monday.
The steamer James Makee is ex-
pected TO leave for Kilauea and
Hanalei next Thursday afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Arrivals.-Feb. 4th, bkt. s. \.
Castle, % days from Honolulu; Sth,
brig Consuelo, IS days from Kahu-
lui and schr. Transit. . days from
Honolulu 9th, 5. s. Australia, Il
days from Honolulu and schr. Mary
Dodge, % days from Makukona
18th, blk. s. c. Allen, 10 days from
Honolulu.
HoyGKoxG.-Feb. 6th, arrived,
prior to date, bark Coloma, from
Portland, via Honolulu.
Departmental. 9Th, blk. Albert
for Honolulu; 18th, bkt. ". H.
Diamond for Honolulu.
Projected Departures.--Feb.1 18th,
3. $ Australia for Honolulu; March
Sd, :. 5, Monowai for Honolulu and
the Colonies April 4th, s. 5. Gaelic
for Honolulu, China and Japan :;
Feb. 18th, bkt. Discovery, blk. r. P.
Rithet, bkt. s. \. Castle and schr.
Transit all for Honolulu; bk. Anne
Johnson for Hilo.
" The steamer City Of Picking has
at last arrived safe in port. She
came in in tow of the tug Vigilant.
Spreckels got $4,000 for bringing
her in. The memorandum of the
vessel is as follows: Sailed from
Yokohama January 10th, at II AN.
Experienced fresh westerly winds
| the first ten days. January DIST,
6 80 AN, latitude 40 n, longitude
146:16 w, 1120 miles from San
Francisco, our shaft broke in the
sleeve and we proceeded under sail.
From that time till our arrival we
experienced east and northeast
winds, increasing at times to the
force of a gale, and at no time did
we have As hours of westerly winds.
During the ID days from time of
accident ship made 1340 miles I'M
der sail. When the shaft broke
Acknowledgment Venker sprang
to the machinery and stopped the
engines, which threatened to rack
the vessel to pieces. The searching
steamer San Juan has returned from
her unsuccessful search.
Captain Staples, of the ship Robt.
L. Belknap, cables from Singapore
that the ship Robt. L. Belknap and
cargo are total loss; very little
insurance on ship.
On the recent voyage of the
steamer Pomeranian from New
York to Europe two mates and sew
eral OF the crew, as well as a num-
Der of passengers, were washed
overheard and drowned.
The Shipowners' Association is
gradually getting its vessels to sea
with non-union crews. There has
been no violence, although the
union men are watching every
movement.
The Oceanic Company's steamer
Australia, Captain HouIIette,
which arrived at 8 o'clock on the
morning of the 9th inst. from
Honolulu, had stormy trip and
was fourteen hours late. On Sun
day morning last a northerly gale
of great violence was experienced
and the steamer was hove to.
About II o'clock big roller struck
the steamer on the port side amid
ships. The only damage done was
the smashing in of the door to the
stateroom Of the purser, Laurie J.
Ryan, and the flooding of both
that and the Office adjoining.
Everything was afoat even to the
| jolly purser himself, who luckily
escaped with only few bruises.
The gale lasted .thirty-six hours
S. F. Chronicle.
The North American Navigation
Company is busily engaged in get
ting vessels to start its Panama
line with. No action has been
taken by the Treasury Department
on the petition for permission to
use foreign instead of American
! bottoms.
Spreckels has received a judg.
ment against the derelict schooner
Folant, and she will soon be sold
to pay expenses.
| The steam Yrecker Whitelaw
was totally wrecked On the Marin
/ County coast on the 18th inst. The
accident occurred at night and was
due to the breaking Of steel cable
and the fouling of the steamers