The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-25
MARINE NOTES.


morning.
The Lehua will leave for Hawaii to-
morrow at 10 o'clock.
The Kaala came in last night with a
load from Waialua plantation.
The w. G. Hall arrived bright and
early from Maui and Hawaii bringing
good freight and passenger lists
Captain Hipa and crew of the wrecked
schooner Mary +. Foster arrived on the
Iwalani from Kauai this morning.
The British ship Cromdale has arrived
at London from Sydney after fast
passage OF so days, being the second
best passage OF the season.
Twenty-Five tramp steamers were
obliged to leave Philadelphia IN ballast
during the first ten weeks of this year
owing to inability to secure cargoes.
The original 1858 cable weighed 80
pounds per mile, and had a conductor of
seven copper wires of 221a gauge. Price
of deep sea wire per mile, 5000; price of
spun yarn and iron wire per mile, $3.50;
cost of outside coating of tar and gutta
perchs, $25 per mile; total cost per mile,
S4s5. At $4S5 per mile the total cost of
the $500 miles of deep sea wire was
81, 212, 500. To this add 25 miles of "shore-
end" wire, costing $3.50 per mile, and
it will be seen that the first ocean cable,
exclusive of instruments, cost 81 ,25O, 600.
The wrscking schooner San Pedro,
which was towed to Point Sur by the
tug Fearless, found the operation of
salving the wreck of the lost steamer
Los Angeles more difficult than was at
first expected A northwest wind
rolled in big sea over the rocky beach
and the steamers hull was fast con-
verted into kindling wood. Big sections
were spread along the beach and some
of the farmers seemed to derive more
profit from what was tossed up by the
sea than the wreckers did. The wool,
which formed the most valuable portion
of the vessels cargo, was either where
1t could not be reached with safety or
else it burst its bonds and was strewn
along the beach.
The Government Statistician has
issued an interesting return regarding
vessels registered in New South Wales.
Particulars regarding these showed that
there was total OF $3.50 steam and sail
ing vessels on the register on December
81, 1893, aggregating ll0,l95 tons AMI
manned by crews numbering 5945.
There were 475 steamers OF 20,997 horse
power, and 54,5l2 tons, manned by 1879
officers and men, and 494 sailing vessels
OF 80 1888 tons, manned by 1896 officers
and men. The materials used in con-
struction We're as follows: Wood 795,
OF 81, SSl tons; iron 1886, OF 37,7lS tons I;
steel 80, OF 1880 tons; composite s, Of
40, 666 tons. The sailing vessels are
made up as follows: Three-masted
schooners 3, OF 500 tons; barks 81 OF
10, I0S tons; brigs 7, OF 1918 tons; brig
antines 20, OF S24S tons; cutters 80, of
1884 tons; ketches so, OF 1854 tons light
ecs and barges 81, OF 1866 tons; luggers
III, OF 1854 tons; schooners III, OF 1854
tons; ships 3, OF 1926 tons; sloops and
yawls 8, OF l75 tons.
Some of the sealers operating in Jap
anese waters have met with disaster.
The American schooner Retriever came
into Yokohama few days before the
Rio sailed, ana of her crew of twenty
three there were only four left. The
others had been lost while out in boats.
Their friends had been in mourning
for four days when twelve of the
nineteen missing men were reported
landed at Oginahama, and the next
day they were in Yokohama, Captain
Snow was among those still missing
The twelve men OF the Retriever
were not the only ones who proyi