The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-17

er is clear; wind, fresh; northeast.
The Noeau should be in from Kauai
ports today.
The Kaala will be taken from the
Marine Railway today.
The dredger is now but a few feet
away from the seawall near the Fish
Market.
A diver was kept busy yesterday ex-
amining into the condition of the bot
tom of the U. S. S. Alert.
The schooner Fred E. Sanders haul
ed over to the Nuuanu street wharf
yesterday, ready to take on more sugar.
The schooner Prosper hauled along
side the Fort street wharf yesterday
afternoon for the purpose of discharg
ing her cargo of lumber.
The American schooner Transit,
Jorgensen master, sailed yesterday
morning with a cargo of 1856 bags
of sugar for San Francisco.
The Kala, at 10 a. m, for Kahuku
and Punaluu, and the Likelike, at
p. m, for Kukaiau, Laupahoehoe and
Honomu, are on the boards to sail to-
day.
The Kilauea Hou which left yester-
day was in command of Jack Bennett,
formerly second officer on the Clau-
dine. Captain Weir is off for short
space.
The Iwalani will sail for Lahaina
Honokaa and Kukuihaele at 10 a. m.
tomorrow, by which time she will have
been fitted out completely with cleo
trio lights.
Barclay Walkers new yacht, which
is designed to replace the Ailsa, is
nearing completion on the Clyde. She
is expected to prove much better
boat than the Ailsa, now twelve years
old.
The CA. S. S. Miowera should be in
from Vancouver and Victoria this
morning. Her lateness is due to her,
being late in going up. The Warrimoo
is not due from the Colonies until
March oath.
The ship Samantha took on 1899
bags of Honomu sugar from the Le-
hua yesterday. She needs about II 900
bags more to omplete her cargo, all of
which, it is expected, she will be able
to get this week.
The schooner Mile Morris will sail
for Waialua on the Sarah and Eliza's
route this morning, laden with a cargo |
of general merchandise. John Nelson, |
the skipper, is rather expecting to have
a new schooner to be captain of soon. |
The barkentine S. G. Wilder hauled |
from Brewers to Wilder's wharf yes
terday morning, where, during the day |
she took 1887 bags of Claudine sugar. |
The Wilder will haul over to the Gee
anic wharf today, there to take on l.
$40 bags more.
The American barkentine Klikitat, |
Cutler master, arrived in port yester-
day morning, 10 days from Port Town
send. with a cargo of 100000 feet of |
lumber, consigned to Wilder & Co. |
Fine weather was the experience of the |
Klikitat throughout the entire trip.
The American barkentine S. N. Cas-
tie, Hubbard master. sailed yesterday |
morning with a cargo of 1900 bags |
of sugar and 1,760 bags of rice as we'll |
as several sundry packages. 1t will be
to hear which of the |
two sailing vessels that left yesterday |
will get to San Francisco |
first-the Castle or the Transit.
Japan's new battleship Yashima,
soon to have her trial, is described as
being 400 feet on the water line, with
412 over all, while her displacement,
with 700 tons of coal and all armament
tons. This is little more than that of
our heaviest ironclads, but about $500
tons less than that of the English Ma
iestic class. Her speed with forced
1raught is to be 1914 knots an hour; at
natural draft 16A knots.