The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-14
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
S. =. HITCHCOCK MAY RETURN TO
SAN FRANCISCO.
Leak Not Yet iscovered-Kaena
Breaks Her Shaft--Claudine's Expe-
rience-The Storm Over.

The S. S. Rio de Janeiro is due from
the Orient tomorrow.
The bark Edward May will sail for
San Francisco this afternoon with
full cargo of sugar.
The Mauna Ala came off the railway
this morning, and will soon go on the
berth to load sugar.
The Martha Davis will probably fin
ish loading tomorrow, and may get
away for the Coast in the afternoon.
The barkentine S. n. Castle is taxi
ing only Makaweli sugar, so that she
will be rather slow in loading this
trip.
The bark c. ID. Bryant topped off
her cargo from the w. G. hall this
morning, and will probably sail for
the Coast tomorrow.
Capt. Parker of the Waialeale re-
ports that during the storm on Friday
night. numerous balls of st. Elmo's
fire appeared in the rigging.
Inter Island Company steamers
brought down $4,000 bags of sugar last
week. But for Fridays storm, all the
records would have been broken.
The \. w. Spies was seen off hllo
last Thursday night, but had disap-
peared by the following morning,
standing out to sea to ride out tie
gale.
The Iwalani, w. G. Hall, Claudlne,
Makee and Noeau, were the arrivals
over Sunday bringing a total of 25,544
bags of sugar. Every coast vessel in
the harbor will be loaded this week.
Captain Cameron of the Claudine re-
ports that the barkentine John Smith,
70 days from New Castle, and schoor-
er Behring, from San Francisco, were
off Kahuui on Saturday morning.
/ The little steamer Iva rode out the
| gale at sea. She was was at Waialua
when it came on, and Capt. Townsend
at once stood out, running down to
! the leeward of the Island, and going
around to come home. He says an
other such experience would turn his
hair gray.
The Inter Island Company's steam
Point on Saturday morning bul was
taken to safe anchorage b. Capt.
Mosher. The tug Eleu went down af-
| ter her on Saturday night, but could
not find her. On Sunday, Capt. Mosh-
er arrived overland, and went down
again with the tug, bringing her up
safely and arriving this morning ear
| ly. The shaft will be repaired at once
and the Kaena will likely be ready
for sea again in about four days.
The Claudine arrived yesterday
morning with 9,30S bags of sugar and
miscellaneous freight. She had a
rough experience in Hama harbor on
Friday. The storm reached there in
the afternoon, and the wind blew a
living gale from the southwest, accor-
ing the night the Claudine broke her
steam mornings but both anchors held
and she was held additionally secure
by line on the rocks. Three inches
of rain fell at Hamoa on Saturday.
The brig Lurline was towed out of
Kahului, bound for San Francisco, on
Wednesday. She is making record
breaking trip. The George c. Perkins
is loading at Kahului. 1t blew hard
there until Saturday, but no damage
was done.
1t is possible and even probable that
the ship S. p. Hitchcock will have to
return to San Francisco to dock, in
order to discover leak that has thus
far baffled the local experts to find.
Capt. Gates has not yet given up how
just as soon as the dredger stops STIR
ring up the mud in the vicinity. 1t
was stated along the front this fore
noon that the Hitchcock's charter had
been cancelled, but this report is de-
MED at headquarters. 1t is stated on
the best of authority that Capt. Gates
cannot break his charter, but in case
he goes to San Francisco, must return
here to load sugar. He would like to
get out of the charter, it is under
stood, for he can get SO shillings for a
wheat cargo to the United Kingdom.
The Hitchcock could scarcely be spar
ed from the New York fleet, as it will
be difficult to secure a vessel in her
stead, even at the high rates now de-