The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-11

Honomu, Pepeekeo aud Papaikou.
1t is reported that there is very lit
tie sugar On hand at the planta-
tions.
The four masted schooner Transit
arrived Yesterday afternoon, seven
teen days from San Francisco. She
locked at Brewers wharf to dis
charge about 400 tons Of general
merchandise.
The barkentine c. F, Croker
and the Lurline are at Hilo load
ing sugar from Hakalau, having
been relieved of their freight by the
steamers Hawaii and Kilauea Hou.
The scarcity CT sailors at San
Francisco has caused an advance
in wages $50 month for coast
wise voyages, and $25 month on
vessels running to this port.
The steamer Progresso from Pa
mama to San Francisco recently
put in at Santa Barbara, CAL, in a
disabled condition. The tug Mon
dICH W DIS SOub W hCI IC41Cls
A training ship will soon be
placed at the Mare Island navy
yard. It is not known what vessel
will be chosen for the purpose.
The u. S. S. Charleston has been
ordered to the Pacific Station. 1t
is possible that she will be sent
here.
The Emma Claudina leaves for
Fanning's Island. George Greig
will be passenger on her.
The schooner r. w. Bartlett will
leave for Laysan Island on Satur-
day.
The schooner C. S. Holmes left
Port Blakely on March 21st for this
port.
Three foreign arrivals yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
The following is a summary of
San Francisco shipping up to the
Oath ult:
Arrivals-March IS, bark Alden
Besse, % days; 10, bark S. c. AL
len, 163 days, from Honolulu; 10,
schr. Glendale, IS days from Kahu-
lui; %, German bark Nautilus, 81
days from Honolulu.
Departures-March 81, brig Con-
suelo, for Kahului %, Hawaiian
bark Andrew Welch, for Honolulu
%, barkentine Chas. F. Croker,
for Hilo.
Projected Departures-April 5,
steamer Mariposa, via Honolulu /;
April 10, steamer China, via Homo
lulu; May %, steamer Gaelic, via
Honolulu; April IA, steamer Aus
tralia, for Honolulu.
The chances are that, in short
time, there will be steam communi-
cation between Tahiti. the Mar
quesas and San Francisco. The
French Government is negotiating
with the Messageries Maritimes
Company, and it is confidently ex-
pected that the terms will be &C
cepted. The company's steamers
now run between Sydney, N. S. W.,
and Marseilles, France, calling at
Noumea, New Caledonia, both 60
ing and coming. 1t is proposed to
add Papeete, Honolulu and San
Francisco to the ports of call. To
secure a subsidy from the French
Government the company will
have to build 6OOO-ton steamers
with a guaranteed speed of seven
teen knots, and which may be
turned into cruisers when required.
These vessels are to be ready for
service by 1895.
The barkentine Katie Flick
niger, well-known here, recently
arrived at San Francisco, twenty
eight days from Japan. Captain
McRae reported that twenty-four
hours after leaving port she en-
countered a heavy northeast snow
squat with high sea running.
The gale lasted twenty-four hours
and carried away the starboard
and port bulwarks, broke the
pump, washed the water tanks
from the ringbolts on deck, blew
away several sails and washed
overheard everything movable on
deck.
The ship Undaunted, Captain
Lewis, bound for Queenstown,
struck on the bar at II A. NJ. Mon
day, March 10Th, says the San
Francisco Call. The pumps
were sounded and the ship was
found to be leaking badly and re-
turned to port with four feet OF