The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-09-15
WHARF AND WAVE.

mence on or about September rs.
The barkentine s. @. Wilder, from
San Francisco with general cargo, an
chored in the stream late yesterday af-
ternoon. 't
Captain p. Jorgensen is now i'm COM
mand OF the schooner Transit and Cap
tain c. p. Isigkeit of the schooner
Ralph J. Long.
The pump Of the new dredger at the
foot OF Alakea street Is being re-
placed by larger one. II Is claimed
the other apparatus is working very
satisfactorily.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. G.-The
brig Lurline arrived from Kahului yes
terday, having made the run in the
good time of nineteen days. The bark
Roderick Dhu, which left Hilo the day
not yet arrived.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.--The
Government has chartered two more
steamers to carry troops to Manila.
The Olympia. formerly the British
steamer Dunbar Castle, will come from
Seattle and the City of Rio de Janeiro
will be turned over just as soon as she
arrives here from the Orient.
Including the cargo of the bark Goa
linga, which safely reached the harbor
yesterday morning after a night on the
reef. the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company
have now 10000 tons of fertilizer
chemicals on hand. The schooner
Louis, due from nitrate ports, will
bring another large cargo this month.
The new White Star steamer Oceanic,
the largest ship in the world, arrived
at Liverpool August q, from Belfast,
Ireland, where she was built. She left
Belfast on August 90 and has been
making trial trip to test her engines.
The Oceanic Is to sail from Liverpool
for New York on her maiden voyage
on September q, and every first and
second-class berth has been engaged
for the trip. Her dimensions are:
Length, 704 feet; beam, ~ feet;
draught, 26 feet, and she registers H.
900 tons. Her engines are expected to
develop 5000 horse power.
Three new German steamship lines
are planned for operations in the Pa
cific and South Seas. The Norddeut-
scher Lloyd intends to run line from
Singapore to HerbertshOehe New Gui-
neal and Sydney and back every six
weeks, and second one from Hong
kong to Ponapoe. Herbertshoehe,
Friedrich Wilhelmshaven. and Sydney
and back once in six weeks. The third
is a line to be formed by the Jaluit
sn,,, 10 nj, x,tl
from Jaluit to Kussaie, Ponapoe. and
zap land later on to the Mariana and
Palau islands,, back to Jaluit.
Captain McPhail, for many years
mate of the bark Andrew Welch, who
brought down the yacht La Paloma
from San Francisco. takes command of
the bark II. p. Rithet on her arrival
here, vice Captain George Calhoun
transferred to the ship George Curtis
This Is the latest waterfront rumor
This makes five of Captain Drew's
mates who have been promoted to be
masters of vessels within the last few
years. When q man has served his
time under the skillful master of the
Andrew Welch .hip-owners are in the
habit of picking him out for more
responsible position without further
examination. A 15-ton piece of ma
chinery was discharged from the An
drew Welch yesterday most quickly
and without the slightest hitch.
The immigrants off the steamer Vic
toria, from Madeira, will be despatched
as quickly as possible to the various
plantations to which they are assigned.
\ good many will leave today on the
train for Oahu, Eva and Waialua plan
tations and by next Tuesday it is
thought all of them will have been sent
to their future homes. The officers of
the Victoria are: Captain John E..
Blakey, First Officer Laurence Casey,
Second Officer II. Hobbs. First Engi-
neer II. Burpon. Second Engineer NJ e.
Wilson, Third Engineer VIM. Cornet,
Ships Surgeon DR.. Devyer, Superin-
tendent of Immigrants Mr. lvens,
Storekeeper David Morrison. From
here the Victoria goes to San Francisco
where she will in all probability enter
the United States transport service
and carry troops to the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.-The
transport Grant will sail for Manila
about September 20. The Hancock's
repairs will not be completed for three
weeks, and it will be the first week In
October before she sails. The Sikh,
Belgian King and George w. Elder are
the only vessels Of the fleet that have
not taken on their white dress. The
Elder arrived yesterday and went at
once on the drydock. After she comes
off coal will be put aboard and then
she and the other two steamers will
be painted white. She will start for
Manila the last week in the month.
The Centennial and the Columbia will
be ready to sail this week, and both
will probably depart on Friday. The
Columbia will carry troops and the
Centennial horses. The work Of get
ting the Aztec and Sherman ready is
being rushed, and they will probably
sail on the 18th inst.