The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-10

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A late San Francisco Examiner
says that the United States steam
ship Adams, on her return from
Bering sea, is TO be sent TO Homo
lulu, under the command of Cap
tain Price, U. S. n. 1t was be-
lieved that the Philadelphia would
be sent back to the islands, but the
Adams has been selected instead.
The Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Company has appealed
from Judge Morrow's decision in
the Smith case to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Smiths are the children of
Henry P. Smith of Sacramento,
who with his daughter Myrta, were
drowned when the City of Chester
collided with the Oceanic on Aug
ust %, 1888. They sued the Occi-
dental and Oriental Steamship
Company to recover 100000 dam
ages, and were awarded $11, 900 by
Judge Morrow, before whom the
case was tried.
New YORK, August 81. - The
steamer Scandal, which reached
port today, reports Tuesday she
sighted a wreck estimated to be
about thirty feet long. From the
small size of the wreck and it's po-
sition when sighted, it is not i'm
possible that it may have been the
little schooner-rigged Nina, in
which Captain Afretch, the Nor
wegian adventurer frem Milwaukee,
left this port to sail single handed
across the Atlantic. The vessel
left this port August 9th in any
thing but a sea-worthy condition.
Captain Rufus Calhoun, who re-
Gently purchased the hull of the
wrecked bark Archer, picked up off
Esquimalt, has petitioned Con-
gress to pass special Act author
izing the vessel which formerly
sailed under the British flag to fly
the American colors says the S. f.
Examiner. The Archer was aban-
doned at sea last winter off Van
conver island, and when the hull
was towed to Victoria it was pur-
chased by Captain Calhoun for
$4,000. He took the vessel to Port
Blakely and expended about $780,
900 getting her ready for sea. If
permission to float the American
colors is granted the Archer will
be placed in the Hawaiian-Cali
fornia sugar trade.
1t is reported along the water
front that a combine has been
effected between the Spreckels Tow
boat Company and the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company
by which the former is to share the
towing business at Astoria. The
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company has for long time had
the monopoly of the business at
Astoria and up the Columbia river,
but their tugs have not been ade-
euate for the work outside the bar
The tug Relief is to 60 north. She
is one Of the strongest of the Spree
kels fleet, and before going she
will be put on the drydock for an
overhauling. Captain Mccoy of
the Vigilant will take command of
her and Captain Randall will take
the place left vacant by Mccoy
Examiner.
The British ship Gosford, which
was scuttled and sunk near Santa
Barbara about year ago, is to be
broken up. The Gosford was
bound from Newcastle, Australia,
for San Francisco with a cargo of
coal. On the voyage fire broke
out in her hold, and it had
gained such Roadway in her coal
that the crew were powerless to
battle with it. She was spoken by
a passing vessel and her condition
was reported in port a few days
afterwards. The tug Fearless was
sent to her relief, but by the time
the vessel was reached her hold
was flaming furnace It was i'm
possible to quench the flames, and
to save as much of the ship as pos
sible, she was beached and scut-
tied. The Spreckels Towboat Com
pany made an attempt to raise the
vessel, but without success. Sew
eral times since plans have been
arranged for another attempt, but
they have as regularly been aban-
doned-Ex.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Arrivals-August 29th, barken-
tine w. Fl. Dimond, % days from
Honolulu.
Projected Departures-Sept. I'd,
schooner Transit; Sept. 4th, bark
S. c. Allen: Sept. Och, schooner