The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-22
all ALONG THE DOCKS
DEPARTURE OF ALERT FOR SAN
FRANCISCO.
Will Go Out of Commission-Steam
Whaler Off Port--Schoone Esther
Buhns in from Eureka-Semantha

The schooner Aloha went alongside
the w. G. Hall at the Inter Island
dock morning to receive sugar. She is
taking in cargo fast.
The James Makee is loading a large
quantity of railroad iron for the Ma
kee Sugar Company at Kappa. The
iron arrived in the Amy Turner.
The Japanese tramp steamship Shin
Shut Maru got away at O'Clock Sat
urday night. Her master had to pay
the government $1965 for taking care
of the rejected immigrants.
The American ship S. b. Sutton is
receiving cargo at the Oceanic dock
from the Helene and Mauna Loa. She
is getting deep in the water and ought
to be ready for sea by Wednesday.
The owners of the condemned bark
Rosalie have called for tenders for re-
pairs. If she can be repaired at
reasonable cost she will not be put
up at auction: otherwise she will be
sold piecemeal at public auction.
The following cargoes of sugar ar
rived from various ports yesterday:
BY the Claudine, 10,737 bags; Helene,
5000; w. G. Hall, 6422; Iwalani, $3.50,
and Ke Au Hou, 1862. The Claudine
brought so sacks of rice, s horses and
4 mules. The Helene cleaned out Pa
auhau.
First Officer Wilson of the steamer
Kaala has been promoted to the cap
taincy of the Kaena, vice Capt. Smyth,
who was compelled to retire on ac-
count of illness. Second Officer Jim
Harvey of the Noeau takes Capt. Will
sons place on the Kaala. Capt. Will
son is an old time navigator, but com
paratively new to the inter island
trade.
The Hawaiian bark Diamond Head,
formerly the Gainsborough, left Port
Blal<ely on the 4th inst. for this port,
lumber laden, and is expected almost
any day. She was run ashore on Dia-
mond Head last fall and purchased by
local people. Afterward she went to
San Francisco, was repaired at COM
paratively small cost, and fitted out as
lumber carrier.
The U. S. S. Alert weighed anchor
about o'clock this morning and
steamed slowly out to sea on her way
ea1
in the harbor was flying bunting in
honor of her departure and the tars
on the Marion gave their departing
comrades a hearty cheer The old gun
boat has started on what will probably
prove her last cruise. She will go out
of commission on reaching San Fran
cisco.
The big British ship Samantha,
Capt. Grove, put to sea this morning,
on her voyage to New York. She has
full cargo of sugar, about 1000 tons.
The exact amount of her cargo and
the consignees could not be ascer-
tanned, as the Star man was not per-
mitted to see her clearance papers. In
the absence of Collector General Cas-
tie and Deputy McStocker, the next
man in authority could not find time
to show proper courtesy to news
gatherer.
The American schooner Esther
Buhpe, Capt. o. Anderson, arrived in
port this morning, after an unusually
smart trip of eighteen days from
Eureka. She has a big cargo of lum-
Der, consigned to Levers o. Cooke.
The exact quantity is not known, as
Capt. Anderson did not have his state
ment in shape. As the Buhne was
working up the harhor she fouled the
schooner Kauikeaouli, which, in turn,
fouled two other small schooners.
There was quite tangle for few
minutes, but Capt. Fuller soon had
them Strengthened out.
The steam whaler jeanette, Capt.
Newth, arrived off port yesterday from
San Francisco, after pleasant run of
fourteen days. She is bound for the
happy hunting grounds to the north
ward and westward, and is on a hunt
for bone. She lay to outside, while
Capt. Newth came ashore in a boat to
get some supplies and post his letters.
The jeanette is brig rugged, with aux
iliary steam power, and can steam
eight knots in fine weather without
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Castle has ruled that a vessel off port,
if she has any communication with
shore at all, must enter and clear at
the custom house.