The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-26
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
FLYING TRIP OF BARKENTTNE
$. y. CASTLE.
Nine Days From the Faralones-Ja-
panese Steamship Arrives-N News
and Gossip of the City Front.

The L. $. s. Bennington is receiving
coal today.
Instead of returning here this
trip. the Jessie Miner took a cargo of
lumber to San Francisco.
The British bark Ethelbert. recently
here. sailed on the 18th inst, from
Astoria. Or. for Cape Town. with a
cargo of wheat.
The George c. Perkins finished dis
charging and hauled into the stream
this morning. preparatory to going
ON the marine railway for general
overhauling.
Captain Colcord has been appoint
ed to the command of the ship Henry
i. Hyde which is under charter TO
come here to load sugar for New
York. Captain Scribner, whom Col
cord succeeds. has gone east.
The Mikahala will go on the marine
railway as soon as her cargo is out, to
receive a scraping and painting. She
needs a new stern post. too, and other
repairs. The work will be done as
rapidly as possible. as there is plenty
of work for her to do.
The Mikahala arrived this morning
from Kauai with 1870 bags of Kilauea
and Hanamaulu sugar. She experience
ed bad weather on the entire voyage.
Going across the channel last night
the sea was so rough that the Mika-
haIa's anchor swung on to the deck,
knocking couple of planks out of the
bow. The damage was slight.
The schooner Robert Levers will
sail some time tomorrow for the Coast
with a full cargo of sugar. She re-
ceived the balance of her cargo this
morning from the steamer Mikaha1a.
Jack Reynolds goes as first mate He
came here three years ago as second
mate of the Levers, and was subse-
quently employed in the Inter Island
Company line Of steamers.
The principal items of the S. n Cas-
ties cargo are the following: 577 gals
wine, . coils rope, 1920 lbs and 80 cs
manufactured tobacco. $50 SKIS bran.
1000 bales hay. 1870 cs boots and shoes,
37,7O5 lbs rolled barley. 100 bbls lime,
50 SKIS mddlings. $50 bales paper, 10
cs soap, 35 pkgs groceries and provi-
sons, sions, Al cs dry goods, 7735 lbs
sugar, 81 cs clothing, Is cs hardware,
100 cs and 35 bbls salmon, 35 cs hats
and caps.
The barkentine s. n. Castle arrived
this morning, II days from San Fran
cisco, with 800 tons of general mer-
chandise. consigned to w. G. Irwin e.
Co. Captain Hubbard is on his 101st
voyage. and is out for record. He
sailed from San Francisco on the 10th
inst, but was becalmed one and one
half days in sight of the Farallones.
Then the fair wind came and never
once forsook the swift barkentine.
Over a summer sea she came with a
rush. getting in sight of the Islands
before shutdown last night. Captain
Hubbard hopes for quick dispatch
here.
The Japanese S. S. Riojun Maru,
Captain Moses, of the Seattle line. ar
rived in port this morning. IA days
from Yokohama. after Il very rough
passage, and anchored in the stream.
Health Agent Reynolds boarded her
outside the harbor and found on
board sos japanese contract laborers
for this port, all in excellent health.
He, however, as a matter of precau-
ton, hoisted the yellow flag, and did
not permit it to be hauled down or
the steamer brought alongside until
the immigrants We're all transferred
to the quarantine station, where they
will be kept for week. and until
their papers are examined. Of the
new corners 401 are men, 90 women
and 16 children. There are also two
cabin passengers for this port. The
Rioiun Maru has visited this port
twice before. She is steel steamer.
of 2912 tons, and has American and
English officers. She has $50 tons of
general merchandise, which will be
discharged at the Oceanic dock this
afternoon. Tomorrow at p. m. the
Riojun Maru will continue on her voy-
age to Seattle.