The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-28
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK OF
OVERDUE BRITISH BARK PUTS IN
Ar CALLAO.
Was out Of Waters Steamer Helene
Acknowledgement of Sugar-News
and Gossip of the Front.

The Baltimore is receiving ESQ tons
of coal from the sheds.
The Helene will sail tomorrow for
Maui ports, returning at her usual
time on Sunday morning.
The schooner w. II. Talbot has a
full cargo of sugar and will probably
sail for the Coast tomorrow.
The Archer will not get as much
sugar as expected, as only part of the
Helene's cargo goes into her.
The Transit is alongside the Mail
dock. awaiting sugar. She needs but
a few thousand more for full cargo.
Next week the Claudine will go back
on her old run, as the repairs on the
Kinau will be finished. and then the
Helene will run again to the Hamal<ua
coast.
The Dimond is taking sugar at the
Oceanic wharf. The Helene will put
$500 bags into her this afternoon. She
will probably get away early in the
coming week.
The heavy wind last night did not
hurt the shipping much. Captain
Griffiths had to "call out the watch
below" to keep up the Albert's top
sails that had been left to dry last
night, and Captain Mcneil had a
somewhat similar experience on the
Wilder.
The sugar ships now in port await
ing sugar are the Title r. Starbuck,
Nuuanu. Iredale, r. p. Rithet, Irm-
gard, Albert. w. G. Irwin, s. G. Will
der, A. w. Spies, Encore, Robert Lew.
ers and Martha Davis. After the 1st
of January sugar ought to be coming
in pretty lively.
Captain Thompson of the r. p.
Rithet is the proud possessor of a koa
wood writing desk that was made by
his carpenter on the last trip to the
Coast. 1t is very handsome piece Of
furniture, highly polished and trlm-
med with cedar, and it fits very neat
ly into a corner in his cabin.
Vessels are getting scarce OH the
Coast and charters are very high.
A year ago fine ships were rusting in
San Francisco harbor; today old hulks
that have been for years in Oakland
creek, are being overhauled and fitted
for sea. 1t is a harvest time for sea
faring people, and they realize it.
The little schooner Emma and Lou
lisa has only discharged portion of
her cargo, and is not working now.
Captain Lew Harris is anxious to sell
the little vessel and to let the future
owners discharge the rest of the car
go. He has had several offers, but
none of them up to his own figures.
The Helene arrived from Maui ports
with the Sunday school convention eX.
cursionists. The captain reports fine
weather on the Maui coast, but a very
rough night in the channel. The He
lene brought the following cargo:
6S33 bags sugar, PIT bags potatoes, 125
bags corn, 80 hogs, 1 horse, 40 barrels
cement, 30 barrels taru and 100 pack
ages of sundries.
The British ship Gwynne, now long
overdue from England. has at length
been heard from. The last mail from
the Coast brought advices TO Davies e.
Co., to the effect that she was oblIg-
ed to put into Callao for water, the
supply having run short, because of
the cattle aboard. She is well on her
way again. and is expected almost any
time. Some anxiety was expressed
for the vessel, as she has on board a
lot of fine stock for Paul Isenberg. 1t
appears from the advices received that
the stock is in good condition.