Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-13
MARINE NEWS Toby
NOTES OF INTEREST FHOM THE
wATERFRONT.
Two Sealing schoouers AZ waimca
A B.rkent'"e Arrived-sobert
LEVERS on the Ways.

The Mikahala reports strong
winds and heavy rains on Kauai
The "whistling Johnny" brought
in load of Heeia product today,
Customs Inspector Groves is in
charge of the night watch at pres.
ent.
The Kaala was at Kahuku at
noon today, but had not begun
loading.
The s s Monowai for the Colo
MES left the Oceanic dock at
sharp last night.
The schooner II G Wright is to
return to this port with lumber
from Puget Sound.
The May Flint will haul over
to Oceanic dock on Wednesday
next to begin loading.
Yesterday the ship H. b. Hyde
had $3.50 bags OF sugar, and
needed 1000 more to complete her
cargo.
Tomorrow, high tide large 1:56
pm thigh tide small las p m; low
tide large 6:5S p m; low tide small
9: Dam.
The bark Andrew Welch was to
have sailed from San Francisco
for this port on Feb. 6, and the
bark Santiago for Hilo on the 9th.
A barkentine, supposed to be
the Planter, Captain Dow, with
coal from Australia, is coming in
to port as these lines are being
scratched.
When work on the little steam
boat Kaena is finished she will be
one of the incest babies in Homo
lulu. 1t is not known yet who
her master will be.
The tides in the Bay of Fundy
rise from 30 to 40 feet, and they
utilize them to draw piles that are
cumberers of the ground. They
run schooner alongside of the
pile, lash fast and up comes the
pile when the tide makes, says
The Engineer, New York.
On Thursday evening about 7
O'Clock, there was an exciting
race between two boats from the
U S S Alert in the harbor. The
start was made with a pistol shot.
AS the boats passed the Alert and
III NJ s Icarus, the crews were en-.
couraged with cheers and shouts.
The first boat in won.
On Feb 8 the sealing schooners
Director, Gilbert master, and An
ME L Paint, Bissett master, ar
rived at Waimea, Kauai, Deputy
sheriff L Olmsted acted as pilot
for the vessels. Both schooners
were 10 days out from Victoria,
b q, on a cruise. The Director
had 4 skins and the Paint 4S skins.
They sailed the next day in COM
pany, after taking aboard 1000
gallons of water each.
One of the passengers arriving
in the Monowai yesterday was
Captain Fletcher. He came from
"the old country" to relieve Cap
tain Lawson Of the British bark
Northbrook, which Tut into this
port in distress the day before
Christmas. Captain Lawson has
had some bad luck lately. 1t is
to be hoped he will get another
command when matters are ex-
planned to the owners.
According to advices received
from Sydney, n S w, the steam
ship Warrimoo, which sailed from
that port on Wednesday last, car.
ries very heavy shipments of
wool. The line has no trouble in
competing for this freight now,
shippers are beginning to realize
that by patronizing the Canadian
service the dispatch of their goods
is some seven or eight days more
speedy than via the Suez canal
route.-Victoria Colonist.
Seven large pieces of plate
glass were landed from the
British bark Routenbeck this
morning. The glass is for Levers
& Cooke, and will be placed in
new buildings to be erected in
town shortly. While one piece
was being placed in a warehouse
in King street, team attached to
drey with another piece became
frightened by monkey chained
near by, and made bolt. Lucki,
ly it was caught before getting
far the nlasa heinz uaru costlu