The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-10
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK OF
JUST WHY WARSHIPS GET On
THE SAND SPIT.
Lieutenant Elliot Studies the Channel
Three Sugar Caygoes for the Alo-
ha-lrwin Ready for Sea.

The Archer still needs Few thous-
and bags to complete her cargo. 1t
will probably arrive over Sunday
The American ship Rufus +. Wool
is bound here from the coast with n
cargo of coal to stock the United
States sheds.
The Kaala brought up the broken
roller from Waialua, and safely land
ed it last night. She is all ready for
the Molokai trip this evening.
The he Au Hou and Jas. Makee ar
rived from Kauai ports this morning,
! the former bringing 3G97 and the lat
ter full cargo of sugar for Hackfeld
d Co.
The steerage passengers brought
down by the Gaelic, numbering 302 ia
panese and 2S Chinese, will be releas-
ed from quarantine today, their time
being up.
1t was inadvertently stated in yester-
days issue of The Star that the Dia-
mond Head cleared from San Fran
cisco for this port. She has instead
gone to San Francisco, to load coal.
The Glade hauled back last evening
to her old berth at the Irmgard, where
she will discharge few remaining
tons of cargo and take in the remain
der of her ballast, preparatory to sail
ing for San Francisco early in the
coming week.
The brig w. G. Irwin did not finish
at the Railroad wharf until this morn.
ing. and then she hauled back to the
Oceanic dock to top off her cargo from
the Helene and the warehouse. Cap
tain Williams says he will certainly
get away for the coast tomorrow.
The old schooner Kaulamanu was
hauled alongside the Amelia this
morning, and her masts taken out
The masts will probably go into one
of Allen q Robinson's other schoon-
ers. The old vessel will then be en-.
tirely dismantled and broken up.
The Aloha will receive today 1919
begs of sugar from the Ike Au Hou,
2647 from the Waialeale and $500 from
the James Makee. The Mikahala will
bring few thousand more on Sun
day, but not enough to complete a
full load for. the schooner. Captain
Dabel hopes to sail about Tuesday
next, even if his cargo is short.
The American bark Albert, Captain
Gritfiths, got in about dark last even
ing, and locked at the Railroad to
discharge some heavy pump machin-
cry for Oahu plantation. She brought
1900 tons of general merchandise to
IIackfeld & Co., 800 hogs and IA mules.
There were ten passengers in the eau
in. Captain Gritiiths reports a pleas
ant voyage and fine weather.
Lieutenant Elliot of the Philadelphia
was dispatched by Captain Dyer yes
terday TO accompany Pilot Macauley
when he took the steamship Coptic to
sea, in order that he might study the
: channel and the course pursued by the
pilot. The close call of the Naniwa
in going out last Tuesday morning
when she nearly got fast on the sand
spit, led the commander of the Ameri.
can cruiser to take a look ahead. Lieu
tenant Elliot has had more experience
in the channel than any of the Other
officers of the Philadelphia, and was
selected for the mission. When asked
why it was that the warships have, or
several occasions, had narrow escapes
from going on that same sand spit IL
making the channel without a pilot
the officer replied that Il government
officer who has Il great deal to do with
shipping invariably warns the com
manders of war ships to keep wei
away from the light house, and the
result is that they have invariably !
narrow escape from getting fast to the
rbottom. The pilots say that the deep
est water is close to the lighthouse
but it is just the opposite side of the
channel that is to be avoided.