The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-07
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of.
FINE WEATHER AND BIG SUGAR
SHIPMENTS.
Mauna Ala to be Overhauled Here
Deserted From the Tillie e. StarbucS
News and Gossip of the City Front.

Fine weather prevails over all the
Islands.
The Waialeale will make special
trip to Lahaina today.
The steamer from the Coast will be
the S. S. Alameda, due here on the 10th
inst.
The barks c. d. Bryant and Edward
May commenced loading sugar this
morning.
The French cruiser Duguay Trou-
in may get away tomorrow afternoon,
but on Wednesday morning at the lat
est.
The head buoy at Kukuihaele broke
loose from it's mornings last week, and
was picked up at Paauhou by the He
lene.
An effort is being made to dispatch
the Helene tomorrow but it is not at
all likely that she will get away before
Wednesday.
The Lehua got in yesterday with
1144 bags of sugar. On the way down
she landed forty-head of cattle at the
Molokai settlement.
The little steamer Iva took forty
eight Japs to Kaena Point last week.
A very heavy swell was encountered
down that way, and Capt. Townsend
lost an anchor.
The s. s. Gaelic arrived early yester-
day morning from the Orient, and
sailed at p. M. after discharging GA
tons of freight and 11S' Oriental pas
sengers. She had regular summer
trip.
The Mikahala. James Makee and the
Iwalani arrived in yesterday bringing
1854. 5000 and 1920 bags of sugar re-
spectively. The Iwalani came from
HamalIua and the others from Kauai
ports.
1t has been decided that the Mauna
Ala is to go on the marine railway
here for general overhauling. She
is now discharging rock ballast at the
coal wharf, preparatory to going on
the railway.
The Fort George will have her cargo
out by mid-week. Already she is TAX
ing in ballast. so that she will be all
ready to sail on short notice after she
has been surveyed and has her new
registry made out
The Helene arrived yesterday from
the Hakalau coast, with the biggest
sugar cargo of the season, consisting
of 1O,494 bags of sugar, and twenty
six head of cattle. She lay off the Ha-
wall coast long enough to see the bad
weather out.
The Northern Pacific line of steam
ers. running between Portland, Ore,
and the Orient. will make Honolulu a
regular port of call if sufficient bust
ness can be secured. The S. S. Mogu|
which called here week ago, was the
pioneer of the line.
The S. S. Amur went alongside the
Wilder wharf this morning and the
work of shifting her coal commenced
She has coal enough and to spare,
such as it is. 1t will take some lively
work to get her ready for sea by
Wednesday morning.
The government tug was engaged
this morning in carrying off stores To
the French cruiser Duguay Trouin.
There was some kick along the water
front about the government tug com
peting with private vessels.
Nearly 10000 bags of sugar were re-
ceived in port over Sunday, and things
are booming in the harbor. 1t is eN-
pected that the Inter Island company
alone will handle 10000 bags of sugar
this week. The weather is fine all ov-
er the Islands, and every landing Is
accessible.
The Claudine experienced fire
weather on the last trip, and arrived
up yesterday with 9676 bags of sugar,
thirty head of cattle, thirty hogs and
81 lot IF mispp llDnpOuS frpioht she
is discharging sugar at the Irmgard
wharf, where ii will be taken across
to the Tillie +. Starbuck, lying at
the same dock.
There were four assertions from the
Title f. Starbucl last night. As the
big ship will be ready to sail for New
York about the end of the week, and
sailors are hard to get, Captain Curtis
has offered a reward of $40 per man.
The sailors have no special complaint
but it is sailor-lke to desert when the
master is hard pressed.