The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-04
ALL ALONG THE DOCKS
SMART PASSAGE or THE snip
COMMODORE.
The Wilder and Dimond in Port y Big
Cargo of Mauna Loa-Praise for the
Heyei's Crew.

Inc =. u. wilder is dlScharging
freight at Brewers wharf.
With the exception of the Viking.
not a vessel leaves port today.
The Kauai will not go upon the
marine railway until next week.
The Viking did not get away yes
terday on account of an adverse
wind, but she sailed this morning.
The Noeau arrived from Hawaii
ports this morning with 1905 bags of
sugar, which will top off the Ritnet's
cargo.
The Il. i. Rithet will be loaded by
this evening or tomorrow morning.
and Capt. Thompson hopes to get
away in the afternoon.
The German ship j. c. Pfuger is
now 80 days out from Bremen for this
port. She is smart vessel, and is eX-
pected in at almost any time.
The w. II. Dimond is flying the
powder flag, which indicates that she
has ten tons of dynamite aboard. She
has commenced discharging in the
Oceanic wharf jog.
The Brenhilda is now taking on bal
last at Brewers wharf, after which
she will haul out into the stream.
Capt. Baxter did not receive orders
by the Doric, and must wait until he
does.
The Ceylon got a starter of 5000
bags from the Mauna Loa today. The
Helene will bring enough to finish her
and Capt. Calhoun expects to get off
on Saturday, or on Monday at the
latest.
The Mauna Loa is tied up at the
Oceanic wharf, with the Rithet on the
outside and the Ceylon astern. OF
her cargo, 5000 bags are going into
the Ceylon and the remainder into the
Rithet.
When the China last touched here,
en- route for the Coast, she had over
loo0 steerage passengers, for the most
part Chinese bound for Mexico. Near
~ all of her freight room was taken
up with passengers, and she carried
but about 1000 tons of cargo.
The Mauna Loa arrived Yesterday
afternoon with 1857 bags of sugar,
the largest cargo she has ever car
rled. Other items in her freight list
were: 81 bags ava, 81 bags or coffee,
81 bags potatoes, A hides, 80 head Of
sundries. Purser Matthews reports
400 bags of sugar left in Hamakua.
and 1900 bags in Kau. Hamakua is still
as dry as bone, but Kona and Kau
have been visited by light rains.
The S. G. Wilder and w. H. Dmond
arrived in late yesterday afternoon.
the former 10 days, and the latter IS
days from San Francisco. Both YES
sells reported fine weather all the way.
The Wilder brings $50 tons of general
cargo to Schaefer d Co.. and the Di-
-mond $50 tons, including a large
amount of feed stuff, to Irwin g. Co.
Capt. Mcneil is accompanied by his
family, who have just come down to
escape the heat on the Coast and en-
joy holiday.
The American ship Commodore
came down from the Coast in II DAYS,
arriving last evening, and making the
smartest trip of the year for the New
York sugar fleet. Capt. Davidson said
he might have done better on the
breeze he had had he tried for a rec
ord. The Commodore had scorch-
ing in the Oceanic dock fire at San
Francisco. which made it necessary to
replace the fore and main masts and
all the yards, sails and rigging there
on. Otherwise the vessel was not ma
terially injured. The Commodore is
now in the Pacific Mail dock jog,
where she will discharge $50 tons of
ballast and take in stiffenings. She
will then go to the railroad wharf,
and from there to the Oceanic Every,
where she will be handled with dis
patch. Capt. Davidson is accompanied
by his wife.
Capt. Nelson was an eyewitness
of the Oceanic dock fire in San Fran
cisco, and he has words of praise for
the officers and crew of the japanese
training ship Heyei, for the service
they rendered at the time. We're it
not for the deeds of daring of tha
Japanse many lives must have been
lost. A large number of people had
crowded on the end of a wharf adj
joining the burning wharf, and were
cut off from shore by the flames. The
smoke was so thick and the flames so
hot that shore boats dared not go to
the rescue. Five boats from the
Heyei were manned, however, and
dashed into the thick of the smoke
with wild yells as if charging an en-
envy. They were just in time, for al
ready people were throwing them
selves into the bay. The japanese
boats took off every man, woman and
child on the dock in safety.