The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-07
Wharf AND WAVE
Oceanic Liner Alameda For the
Colonies.
FOUR TRANSPORTS FOR MANILA
Onoway In From New York-Two
Lumber Schooners-Pathflnder
to Hilo-Items Marine.
FOUR TRANSPORTS FOR MANILA

a light cargo n a big list of passen.
gers. After taking on a full compile.
ment of coal she sailed for Sydney via
Apia and Auckland at s o'clock last
night. Among the returned kamaainas
was Captain VIM. Larsen. the popular
transfer man, who during the day was
relating a laughable incident on the
wharf about two confidence men who
tried 10 bunko him in the Bay City
They had coolies of money to invest in
the sugar business. wanted TO shin
hundreds of mules here; they knew all
the millionaires here, but Larsen led
them on until the b~ewhiskered little
game of draw was suggested, when
he opened up On the two willy gentle
men with that vocabulary which is
only used when the genial Captain is
behind a balky team or trying to hus-
tie trunks off Oceanic wharf on aus
tralia' day. The faces of the worthless
first took on a surprised and then a
panied look and hen they fled.
FIRE ON BARK S. C. ALLEN.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2S.-The
bark ). G. Allen, Captain johnson.
twenty-five days from Honolulu. in
ballast. was tOwed into port yesterday
after drifting about in the fog outside
for five days. Last Thursday night a
coal oil lamp exploded in the cabin
and the burning oil caused a lively
scramble for a few minutes. The crew
was called aft and preparations were
made for a lively night. but Captain
Johnson and his cabin boy succeeded
in ~smothering the flames before much
damage was done. The only thing of
alu burned was a picture. Captain
Johnson seems to be out of luck of
late. The bark has made some record
passages to Honolulu, going down the
last time in 1Ol2 days. but the return
voyages are always slow and tedious.
TRAMP ON SANG AT FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2S.-The
British tramp steamer On Sang. Cap
tain Young. arrived yesterday. twenty
days from Yokohama, carrying 1000
TONS of general merchandise. She had
the same kind of weather that the
transport Sherman experienced. The
wind shifted continually and blew a
stiff gale, making the sea very rough.
Last Saturday. in latitude 80 deg. 80
longitude $50 deg. Al min, she
saw the bark Forfarshire standing TO
the westward. The On Sang will make
only the return trip for the Pacific Mail
Company. she having been
with the Algoa TO take the
place of the City of Picking and City of
Rio de Janeiro on the China run The
4 1nr,, - N 4, ,,p,ntH ,-a--n1 ha y-inr a
capacity for , 1000 tons of cargo. She
is now headed this way. and is due to
on December 10Th. She. too.
will make but the one round trip. since
the Picking and the Rio will be released
by the Government when they return
to this port.
QUICK TRIP OF THE j. d. SPRECK-
ELS.
The brig John d. Spreckels arrived
off the port of San Francisco Novem-
Der % from Mahukona after a remark
ably fast trip. She left there on Octo-
her 18th and arrived at Mahukona on
9th. Since hat time she has
discharged her cargo and taken in a
new II and is again back in port. Cap
tain Christiansen is a record-breaker
for that sort OF work.
SALMON FOR JAPAN.
The steamer Togo Maru, which
for Victoria last Monday night,
will 90 TO Stevenson, B. c., at the
mouth of the Fraser river, and take on
| 800 tons of salmon, and the rest of
her cargo will be made up of lumber.
The shippers of the salmon are Japan
csc. who have worked up a good trade
in Japan for sailed salmon, but owing
TO The rush of freight they have had
great difficulty in getting their produce
to market.
TWO CARGOES FOR HAWAII.
The b%arkentine Irmgard sailed from
San Francisco November % for Homo
lulu with an assorted merchandise car
Among the principal exports were
the following: 100 bbls flour. SO bales
dry goods, 1876 gals and Isl cs wine,
I 200 lbs sugar, 23.60S lbs bread, 1S5
ctls corn. 200 cs, 20 bbls and 10 kits
$50 lbs butter. 925 lbs dried
$4,000 bricks. $500 lbs Goldfish. so
bxs candles, 10 bXs soap, 3,013 lbs
cracked corn. $50 ctlS wheat, 9,16S lbs
beans. 96S cS canned goods, 40 pkgs
beer. 1870 bbls lime, 40 bales salt, 81
IS meal. 10000 lbs lard. 81 pkgs grocer
les and provisions, 245 ctls oats, 1,947
lbs nuts. 1,064 SKIS bran, Ii, 1S2 lbs rolled
1S2 coils rope. 1927 TT lumber,
pkgs machinery. IL horses, % mules,
40 cs hardware. IL bales leather. l cs
fuse. 800 hogs. ( cOws. I cs electrical
goods. 11.140 lbs manufactured tobac-
20. POS cs boots and shoes. 8 cs hats and
$50 gals and 252 cs whisky, 100
SKIS potatoes. 476 ctls barley, 100 bXs
$3.50 lbs lead. A bales hay.
The bark Andrew WEIGH was cleared
1t San Francisco November % for Ho-
with a general merchandise
cargo. Among the principal shipments
we're the following: PIP bbls flour, 147
IS hardware, 607 bales hay, 200 bbls
al ctls oats, 3,201 lbs glucose. q
bxs candles, 6.2S5 lbs bread, 600 lbs
lard, 3 bales dry goods. $50 lbs dried