The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-11-30
SHIPS FOR HAWAII
BEING BUILT HERE
The Mauna Loa' Will Sail
for Honolulu To-
Day.
She Will Take Pack a Number
OF Kanakas Who Are
Stranded
They Shipped as Wha ers and Were
Paid Off at the End CT the Trip
With a Dollar.

1aWall is SenulnS COnSlu6rdDle WORK 10
California shppuilders. The Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Company is replacing
nearly all its steamers and the Halls were
selected to do the work. Every vessel
turned out by the firm has proved a sue
cess, and in consequence the representa-
tives of the Hawaiian firm were not sur
prised when the Mauna Loa exceeded
expectations on her trial "trip.
The new steamer is now lying al Pacific
street wharf, and will probably sail for
Honolulu this afternoon. A picture of
the vessel ana her description have al
ready been gwen in THE CALL. Captain
Godfrey, the superintendent of the Inter
Island Navigation Company, and his
ia mily. will go down on the vessel. Cap
tain Fitzgerald, however, will be in COM
mand. Captain III. Johnson will be chief
officer and A Bromley will be chief engi
neer. c. Reach, the supervising engineer
of the company, will remain in San Fran
cisco 10 look after another steamer that is
now having her engines put in by the
Fulton Iron Works. Both vessels were
built by Hall Bros, and they are credit
TO San Francisco
The Mauna Loa's steerage will be well
filed. Whalers that leave here in the
winter make for the Southern seas short
handed. When they reach Honolulu they
ship a Kanaka crew for a cruise to the
Arctic. When the vessel got back last
month almost all hands were paid off
with 81. The catch was poor one and
all and sundry had to suffer. The Ea-
waiians were in predicament and they
appealed TO the Consul. The latter has
been paying their expenses for several
weeks, and now he has secured passage
for them to Honolulu on the Mauna Loa.
Each man has been given an outfit and
viii be taken better care OF than when he
was in the Arctic. Outside of the United
Kingdom there is no country on earth
that taxes be ter care of its citizens than
the Hawaiian republic.
The whalers who are to return on the
Mauna Loa look with envy on the whale
bone brought up from honolulu by the
Australia. There is nearly $40. 900 worth
OF the stuff, and the vessels that put it
ashore will continue the cruise in the
South seas The chances ere that some
OF the men who are now being sent home
by the Consul will risk another cruise in
the Arctic, but on tue next occasion their
ship may take eight or ten whales and
then their Lay" will amount to enough
to keep them for several years in their
island nome.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
Pomona sailed for Eureka yesterday.
Among the passengers were j. Campbell,
the well-known attorney. He has 10 APP
pear in a suit against the railroad COM
pany in the Superior Court of Humboldt
County tomorrow, so in that event he de-
cided TO travel bY water. Chief Steward
Curtis OF the Umatilla also went out in
command OF his own particular depart
ment on the Pomona. Chief Steward
Seeley has transferred his allegiance to
the Oceanic Steamship Company, so the
Pomona was left without one of her heads
of departments. AS the u matilda was laid
up for repairs and Chief Curtis had prac.
tically nothing to do the company sent
him out on the Eureka boat.
The only place Oh the water front yes
terday that presented a busy appearance
was at Howard g. There a double gang of
men were at work trying TO get the coal
out OF the Truckee. 1t is from the Beaver
Hill mine ar d latterly the steamers have
been unable TO bring the coal quick
enough to supply the demand. When the
CZarina is put on the run next month the
chances are that the supply will be equal
to the demand.
The tug Hunter arrived here few days
ago from Coos Bay. She wants thor
ougb overhauling and will go on the
Union Iron Works drvdock. At the pres
ent time she is lying at the Folsom-slreet
wharf, and compares very favorably with
the steel tugs OF the Spreckels fleet.
The San Francisco Laundry's gasoline
launch was carrying passengers to the
Bennington yesterday, but did not do
much business. As no passengers could
be secured at Clay street the boat was
moved around to the foot OF Folsom street.
When the captain ate m pied 10 tie up at
the slip the boatmen objected aud Tree
fight ensued. Finally the laundry boat
was driven away ard went back 10 Clay
street. IL was too cold for travel, and in
consequence none of the excursion boats
did any business.
The whaleback Progressist is now load
ing wheat at Port Costa. She came here
in June, 1895, and ever since has been car
rylng coal from Nanaimo for Dunsmuir &
Co. The contract expired a few weeks
ago. Before loading at BIRTHS Columbia
was taken out, and she brought down an
extra 1000 tons of coal. When all the
cargo was taken out the owners decided to
buy wheat and load the ship
At first size was ordered TO Sydney, New
South Wales, bnt since the Linlithgow
was lost in midocean and the II. w. Jarls-
berg broke down and put into Yokohama
Captain Pinkham has received instruc-
tions to go to Calcutta. Chief Engineer
Norton says there is no doubt but what
the Progressist will reach her destination
without any trouble, and has money to
wager that the whaieback will make
nearly as good time as the Mail boats
Jim" Black, one OF the Merchants Ex-
change reporters stationed at Meiggs
wharf, has no use for frosty mornings.
Last Saturday he had to board an incom-
ing steamer and icicles grew on his
whiskers. This caused MIN considerable
inconvenience. and James made bee line
Tor barber-shop. He got clean shave.
and now Nj. Fitzgerald, his superior Off
Ger, asserts that Black is the handsomest
man on the front.
The orchestra on board the ship Niobe
which is lying at Long wharf, is attract
ing a great deal of attention. 1t is COM
posed OF an accordion, triangle, base
drum, snaredrum and cymbals.
But these instruments are somewhat
unusual, the drums being formed out of
Hour and herring barrels the heads of
which have been replaced with tightly
stretched canvas; the triangle is com
posed OF a neatly strung marlinspike; the
Gym balls were once used as saucepan lids.
and the sticks for the drum were whitfield
into shape, the stick fol- the bass dram
having towel in place of the usual buck
skin ball. While playing these instru-
ments the crew keep up Jolly chorus
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