The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-13
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
MUTlNY ABOARD SHIP HENRY b..
HYDE.
Latest News From the Coast-The >.
c. Allen and Alden Besse Make
Smart Noyages-News and Gossip.

The Andrew Welch sailed from San
Francisco for this port with a mer-
chandise cargo on the both ult.
The bark Diamond Head, now about
due here from the Sound, with lum-
Der, secured her charter at per
thousand.
The schooner Spokane went along
side the coal wharf this morning and
commenced discharging her big lum-
Der cargo.
The barkentine lrmgard has fin
ished loading sugar at the railroad
wharf and will sail for San Francisco
probably tomorrow.
The \. w. Spies has hauled along
side Sorenson's wharf to discharge IL
few tons of coal. She will probably
commence taking in sugar next week
at the railroad wharf.
According to the latest dispatches,
the barkentine Amelia, bound from
here to the Sound in ballast. had not
arrived, although she was 25 days out
from this port on the 31st ult.
The Edward May will soon move ov-
er to the railroad wharf. as the great
err portion of her inward cargo is rail
road materials. The s. c. Allen will
have the berth she occupies at the
Irmgard wharf
The bark Nuuanu will 90 to Kahu-
lui in tow of the steamer Claudine,
next Tuesday, if the weather permits.
There is not much sugar to be had
there as yet, and Captain Josseiyn
does not care to take the chances of
lying in the open roadstead longer
than absolutely necessary.
The bark Alden Bessa arrived from
the Coast last night, after a smart
voyage of fourteen days. Captain Pot
ter says he experienced much the same
kind of weather as did the Allen. The
Besse brings S13 tons of general mer-
chandise to Irwin g. Co.. and is dis
charging at the Oceanic wharf.
The captains of the Henry b. Hyde
and II. I. Hitchcock, SAYS recent San
Francisco Chronicle, are feeling very
glum over their inability to take adj
vantage for their owners of the high
freight rates now prevailing Both
vessels were chartered long prior to
their arrival here to 90 to Honolulu
and load sugar for New York AT a rate
equivalent to % shillings Had they
been open to charter now it would
have been very easy for them to get
grain charters from this port to the
United Kingdom at 33s 3D.. and prob
ably more. The tonnage at present
disengaged on this coast is only 1850
This time last year it was 107, 233.
The smart American bark s. C.. Al
len, Captain johnson, arrived i'm port
last night, twelve days from San Fran
cisco. with 1000 tons of general car
go, consigned to Davies g. CO.. and OCT
COO feet of redwood lumber for Alien
',,son Captain johnson reports
Nr'y S'ron% iratce, WIN a heavy sea
an the way across. The Allen left
port side by side with the Annie John
son, bound for Hilo, but distanced
her during the night and has not seen
her since. Captain johnson is n Inc
Ky man. He went up to the coast last
trip in twelve DAYS, and had ouick
dispatch there. He will have quick
dispatch here. as there is but one YES
sci ahead of him.
\ dispatch from Victoria. under
date of December 3Oth. says: The Old
steamer Cleveland. formerly the Ea-
hulul, which has probably been on
me rocks oftener than any steamer on
the Coast. always to float again. little
the worse for her latest mishap, will
soon be back on her run between the
Sound and San Francisco. The good
luck which saved her from going on
Starlight reef on the 10th of the pres
ent month, where she must have been
pounded to pieces, has stayed with
l,.;,
rocks at Lyall point, Barclay sound,
after making her way through the ar
at the entrance of the lit
tie sound. she has been fioated and
placed on the sandy beach at Anderson
point, two miles from where she was
struck, to be temporarily repaired.