The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-25

preliminary trip beating the record OF
the cruiser New York, thus making
22t knots. She is one of the fastest
cruisers in the world and ranks next
10 the Columbia. It Is believed she
will make more than - knots and
win a bonus of $4,000 for the
builders.
The steamer China, on her LAST trip
up, broke the record. The actual run
ming time from Hongkong was y
days and 81 minutes. The distance from
Hongkong TO this port over the course
covered, Including q stop at Kobe,
which is $40 miles north of Yoke
hama, was about ZOO miles. This
would make the average days run
about $50 miles-a splendid showing.
The time from Yokohama TO this port
via Honolulu, was Is days, hours and
IL minutes. A stop of nearly TWEEN ty-
four hours is included in this record.
The distance is 1885 miles. From
Honolulu the time was > days, Il
hours and 10 minutes. The distance
is 20S9 miles. The average speed from
Honolulu was nearly $50 miles day.
This beats the previous record a few
hours. Chief Engineer Ferguson, in
speaking of the quick trip, said: 1.-The
time taken is exact. The trip was one
of the best / have seen in many vOy-
ages. The engines were never stop
ped between ports"
The German bark Paul Isenberg,
which arrived here on the Sth instant
from Honolulu, made the passage from
Liverpool to that port in 1l5 days, and
il is claimed by some of our English
shipping exchanges that she broke the
record. This is not so, however, for
in 1881 the British ship Oberon made
I, RI
lula in 10 days, and a few years pre-
vious vessel made the voyage from
London in 100 days. Perhaps some of
our Honolulu friends could give us
details as TO quick passages or record
breakers.
October 22d the abandoned Ameri-
can three masted schooner Drisco, of
24S tons, lumber-laden and water
logged, was sighted by the U.S.S. San
Francisco. 1t having been found inn
possible to tow the derelict, the next
morning three 34-pound gun cotton
torpedoes were attached to her keel
and exploded, doing great damage but
leaving her still afioat. Five more
torpedOes were exploded under her
keel, which broke her back and
frames. The San Francisco then
rammed the Drisco violently amid
ships. The blow broke her in two
parts, released her cargo and she COM
menced to sink. AS it was getting
dark and the derelict sinking, the San
Francisco fired few shells into her
stern, scattering her fragments, and
resumed her course to Key West.
When last seen the remains of the
derelict were in lat. % Is north, and
long. 70 II west.
Ten escaped convicts from Siberia
were picked up in the Okhotsk sea by
the whaler Charles w. Morgan last
Cape Horn Pigeon. They escaped
from Saghalien Island in an open
boat. They are now in Jail, and the
United States government officials
are in quandary what to do with
them.
Arrivals Nov. s, German bark
Paul Isenberg, Is days from Honolulu;
Nov. 10, brig Consuelo, 12k days from
Kahului; Nov. II, bark Ceylon, %
days from Honolulu; Nov. 10, s. S.
China, 5 days, II hours and 10 min
utes from Honolulu, and barkentine
s. n. Castle, Is days from Honolulu;
Nov. Is, schooner John @. North, 81
days from Honolulu: Nov. 16, bark
Harvester, 10 days from Hilo.
AUCKLAND, Nov. 9.-Arrived: SIS.
Mariposa, from Honolulu.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 9.-Arrived ::
Bark Detroit, from Honolulu.
New YORK, Nov. 7.-Cleared: Bark
Helen Brewer, for Honolulu.
AUCKLAND, Nov. 4.-Sailed, S. S.
Alameda, for Honolulu.
Projected Departures.-Ba Mauna
Ala cleared to sail Nov. Il; Nov. q,
S. S. China, for Honolulu, etc.; Nov.
%, S. S. Australia, for Honolulu, etc. !;
Dec. Is, S. S. Oceanic, for Honolulu,
ETC., bark c. d. Bryant, bark Ceylon,
barkentine S. G. Wilder, barkentine
S. y. Castle, all for Honolulu, bark
Annie Johnson, for Hilo; schooner
Anna and brig Consuelo, for Kahului,
bark Harvester for Hilo.