The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-21

, A lot of l 800 bags of sugar was ad
, ded to the cargo of the S. P. Hitchcocl
yesterday.
: There are three deserters poste,
from the ship H. P. Hyde, and one from
the U. S. S. Alert.
Commodore George Beckley expect.
to arrive with the steamer Helen.
about February 25th.
Capt H. H. Smyth will be assistant
wharf superintendent for the l. l. S
n. Co. under Captain Campbell.
1t is likely that the brig Lurline will
come off the marine railway today
She will sail shortly for Kahului.
News arrived by the Miowera that
II B. H. S. Icarus had sailed from Els
quimault for Honolulu. The Icarus is
a small vessel.
Workmen are engaged building the
frame of the house in the little steamer
Kaena The machinery will be hoisted
in about Saturday.
AS soon as the services of the dredg-
er can be commanded, work on the
new wharf at the railway terminus will
| begin.
"OTh VI ulSCndl lliO ASilhCl =
coal began at noon yesterday. Captain
Thompson expects to be all clear in
week.
If the Kilauea Hou had good luck
she should return this morning from
Hawaii with a full cargo of Kukaiau
and Honomu sugar.
Freight will be taken by the Lehua
this morning for Honohina, HonomI,
Hakalau and Pohakumanu. She will
sail at 4 o'clock p. m.
Captain Brown states that repairs
to the Lurline will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. Most of the work
was done along her bilge.
Captain Mckenzie of the bark Ma-
ti!da is quite a dog fancier. He has
fine young canine with him on this
trip, and owns several on the Coast.
After taking on water and supplies
the sealing schooner Casco sailed
about $50 last night on her cruise.
She will go by way of Japan to the
North.
Yesterday morning the Ardgowan
moved over to the Claudine's wharf
and began taking in the remainder CT
her ballast. She will sail sometime TO-
morrow.
The Mikahala's report of sugar left
on Kauai: Waimea, 1000 bags; KilaI-
ca, 24OO; Hanamaulu, $500; Ahukini,
1900; Makaweli, $500; Eleele, 5000.
Total, 5000.
Two large sugar boats and so sets
of oars arrived by the bark Alden
Besse for the Wilder Steamship Com
pany. They were made in San Fran
cisco.
Several days of cutting in hard rock
so choked up the neck of the dredger
that she had to lay off yesterday for a
cleaning. In the meantime her smoke
stack was given a new coat of paint.
A. Frank Cooke purchased the ferti-
lizer brought to this port ION spec"
by the schooner General Mcpherson.
The little vessel will go from here to
San Diego. She will take a cargo Of
rice on her own account.
Captain Williams took the brig VIM.
G. Irwin over TO the l. l. S. n. Co.'S
wharf yesterday morning to load $500
bags of sugar from the Mikahala. The
Irwin will sail Saturday with a full
load.
Capt. Jack Lee finished up his bust
ness and took the c. ID. Bryant to sea
al noon yesterday. He will give Cap
tain Hubbard of the S. n. Castle race
days start.
\ sailor of the c. d. Bryant was left |
behind by his vessel yesterday. He
went uptown for an hour, and in lhe |
meantime Captain Lee pulled in his |
hawser and sailed. The sailor will re-
ship on the Ardgowan.
In order TO be on hand when her
turn comes to discharge the j. NJ. Grit
fiths moved alongside the Honolulu ut
the Railway wharf yesterday. Captain
ATey never gets left. He has a cargo
of lumber for the Oahu Lumber Com
pany.
Besides new floor for the l. 1. S. n.
wharf, the shed over it has received |
extensive repairs. The jutting fronts
have been evened off and most of new
roof put on. Sweepers have been sent
all over, and now the whole place is Us
neat and clean as some parlors.
A board which used to span the
DOCK corner at the foot of Allen street
to Allen & Robinson's lumber yard,
has been removed, and now all chance
for pedestrians to round the wharves
Is a thing of the past. This old route
was a great convenience to pedestrians
a new life-buoy, invented by an
officer of the Austro-Hungarian Navy,
consists of a hollow metal ball, filled
with compressed air. and a pair of
wings of rubber-covered
cloth. On turning a screw, the air in
iates the wings, which then exert IN
water a lifting force of So pounds.
The bark Mary Hasbrouck. now at
New York, bears the distinction of be-
ng the only sailing vessel which sail
I'd between one American port and an
)ther without a name. She sailed from
Calais, Me-, to New York shortly after
being built under a special permit
rom the Government. She was then
sold at New York and given her DreS-