The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-03
ALL ALONG THE DOCKS.
LATEST SHIPPING DATA FROM SAN
FRANCISCO.
Arrivals and Departures - The Race -
The Coal Fleet-Rain Interferes
Here


brig Courtney Ford and barkentine
Skagit have been chartered to load
lumber at the Sound for Honolulu.
The race to San Francisco be-
tween the Willie r. Hume
and Robert Levers resulted in a
tie, the vessels making the passage
in twenty days.
The following vessels are chart
cred at Newcastle, N. S. W., to
load coal for Honolulu: Ship c.
f. Sargent, barks Fortuna, Leah,
Melrose, Garcia, Sea King and
Sonoma.
K. R. G. Wallace has retired
from the pursership of the steamer
Claudine. w. p. Johnson goes on
the steamer Kilauea as freight clerk
and w. Lewis in the same capacity
on the steamer Lehua.
The steamer Claudine emptied
the most of her sugar cargo on the
Oceanic Steamship Co.'S wharf.
The wharf is packed with sugar.
There is sufficient of the article on
the wharf to load the ship Iroquois.
The tug Eleu, schooner Alice
Cooke and barkentine S. N Castle
had their flags flying at half-mast
today out of respect to the late J
4. Waterhouse. The deceased
took great interest in shipping and
was familiar figure on the water
front.
The revenue cutter Corwin re-
turned to Victoria, B. c. on Feb.
2Ist from a voyage around Van
couver Island in search of the Brit
ish bark Cadzow Forrest, which was
blown to sea on Jan. 4. No trace
of the missing vessel or her crew
was found.
The matches of the merchantmen
in port were closed down this morn
ing and work was literally suspend
ed, awaiting the breaking up of the
weather. The ship Iroquois will
likely suspend work for the day.
The island steamers were forced 10
let up taking in freight for part of
the forenoon.
The IS. City of Picking, Smith
commander, arrived at 3 O'Clock
this morning from San Francisco,
after a very pleasant passage. The
Picking left San Francisco on Feb.
rs at 3:4S p. Ill. She will leave
for Yokohama and Hongkong at
$50 o'clock this evening.
The japanese steamer Chiyoda
Maru, Captain Ishigawa, arrived
this morning, 10 days from Kobe,
Japan, consigned TO Theo. II
Davies & Co. The steamer exper-
fenced very heavy weather part Of
the passage. She brought 737
Japanese laborers, $500 men, I2e
women and 9 children), and $50
tons of freight, and will sail again
for Japan on Saturday or Monday
The Chiyoda has japanese officer:
and crew from captain down. o
the steamers immigrants Cos are
under contract.
The American bark Alden BeSse
Captain Potter, was towed into
port at o:3o o'clock this morning
70 days from San Francisco. Sh,
spoke the barkentine Chas. L
: Croker on Feb. rs in long. I44.I
w. lat. 81 5 N. bowling along will
, fair wind. The Croker is from
} Hilo bound for San Francisco
Among the Alden Besse's cargo i
: the following: 40 bales hay, 80,
bbls lime, 90 carboys acid, I5o
kegs nails, 63,444 lbs bran, 1887
lbs rolled barley, 1926 bales bags
E IA bdls dry goods, S. coils rope
: $50 bbls cement.
The following are the arrivals a
San Francisco from ports in tn
Hawaiian Islands since last ad
vices: FEB. IS, Hawaiian bark Sar
tiago, Fl days from Hilo, via He
nolulu 20 days; Feb. 70, S. Mono
wal, 7 days - hours; schoone
Transit, II days, Honolulu; Eel
II, barkentine Willie r. Hume, 2
c days, schooner Robert Levers, ?
!, days, Honolulu; Feb. IS, schoone
Il John d. Tallant, I9 days, Kahulu
!, Feb. 20, bark Andrew WEIGH, ?
!, days, Honolulu; Feb. 20, bark A
q bert, II days, Honolulu. Depar
: ures from San Francisco for the HI
waiian Islands: Feb. IS, ship Keni
II worth, Honolulu; Feb. 10, shi
& Henry Willard, Hilo; Feb. 70, bark
Il entine c. c. Funk, Honolulu; Eel
81, Hawaiian steamer Iva, Homo
n pu; schooner Mary Dodge, Kahulu
i Feb. 20, bark II. Hackfeld, Hon'
lulu; Feb. 20, bark Santiago, Hil'
vi PASSENGERS.