The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12

master. arrived yesterday at p. M,
twenty-five days from Eureka. She
brought 10000 feet of lumber for
Levers 8; Cooke.
The Holland torpedo boat, for
which Secretary Herbert will soon
award the contract, will be built of
plates one-half inch thick instead of
only three-eights of an inch, as here
tofore proposed.
The schooner King Cyrus, Chris
tiansen master, arrived yesterday
afternoon, sixty three days from
Newcastle. A fine passage with
light winds is reported. She brought
a large cargo of coal.
The barkentine Mary Winkelman,
Nissen master, arrived yesterday
morning, sixty-two days from New
castle. She experienced light weather
with n S E trades on her trip. She
brought cargo OF coal.
The three-masted schooner Queen
City was recently launched at Van
couver. She is 300 tons register and
will be commanded by Captain
Bierro. A dispatch says that she
will fly the Hawaiian flag.
The Alice Cooke will finish dis
charging her cargo Of lumber today,
when she will haul out into the
stream to make room for the o. Nj.
Kellogg, which has large cargo of
lumber for Levers & Cooke.
Beginning with the Philadelphia
and going toward Waikiki, the pos
itions of the vessels IN naval row are
as follows: schooner II. @. Wright,
schooner Robert Searles, schooner
o. III. Kellogg and barkentine Mary
Winkelman.
The schooner o. NJ. Kellogg, Iver-
son master, arrived yesterday after
noon, twenty-five days from Grays
Harbor. The captain reports fine
weather all the way with no trades.
She brought large cargo of lumber
and one passenger.
The schooner II. Q. Wright, Brum-
mer master, arrived yesterday morn
ing, twenty-five days from Departure
Bay. After leaving Cape Flattery
she struck II E winds; after that
south winds were experienced until
this port was reached.
The bark r. P. Rithet took the
greater part of 1927 bags of sugar
from the Claudine yesterday. Up to
noon yesterday she had about a
Thousand tons Of sugar aboard, which
is half of the amount required to
make up her cargo. The loading
will continue today.
A dispatch received in this city,
says the S. F. Report of Jan. oath
states that there is q fair prospect of
saving the the historic old bark
California, ashore on the rocks near
Callao, Peru. Two tugs have gone
to the vessel, and unless bad weather
should intervene the bark will be
foated. The California is owned by
Captain N. Blchard of this city.
Naval officers regard the Olympia
as the finest type Of her class af1oat
and the most superbly fitted out chip
in any navy. She Is unlike any
other of the cruiser type of ships
and is the largest protected one in
the navy. Her speed is upwards of
twenty-ope knots, and her coal-carry-
ing capacity exceeds that of every
other vessel of the United States
Navy, with the exception of the
triple screw cruisers COLUMBIA and
Minneapolis.
The order to build an American
cup defender was given to the
Hereshoffs on the Oath of last month
by Q. Oliver Iselin. Although moth
ing in regard to plans, type or
dimensions of the new boat will be
given out by the Hereshoffs. it is
very probable that the defender will
be a new design, much after the
plan of the Colonia. She will be q
deep boat and Tobin bronze will be
used in the construction. The rake
of the sternpost will be great, and
much more wetted surface on the
sides will be cut away than was the
case on the Colonia. There are
reports that the boat will carry ar
auxiliary center-board. The dimen-
sions talked about are: load water
line, about SO feet; over all, ia feet
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