The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-11-03

An auxiliary gasoline schooner Tor
the Hawaii coast trade u building 10
Matthew Turner's yard al Benicia.
The i.ehua returns 90 the MolDkli
route next Monday. She has been
thoroughly overhauled anu painted.
The bark Haydn Brown. bark Helen
Denny and ship John e. Potter have
been chartered 10 load coal nj Newcas-
tie for Honolulu.
Twenty-nine United States Govern
men, TRANSATLANTIC transports are due
In November az this port from Manila
and San Francisco.
da. who was appointed yesterday to
the vacancy made by the promotion Of
Inspector Henderson. Inspector I.ans-
dale has resigned.
The big feet Of transports due this
week Will receive quick despatch by
United States Quartermaster Ruhlen.
Coal Is already piled up on the wharves
and on the Government scows.
Captain Slower. formerly sailing
master OF the schooner-yacht Norma. Is
now first mate Of the s. c. Allen. in
place OF Andrew Johnson, who has ia
ken command Of the bark McNear.
The bark S. G.. Allen and schooner
Mary +. Foster sailed for San Francis
co In ballast yesterday owing to lack
Of sugar in port The Mary Z. Foster
sailed through the windward passage
The cargo of the bark r. p. Rithet.
for San Francisco yesterday. consisted
of 1870 bags. 900. 200 lbs. sugar, val
ued at $37 1886 Captain McPhail took
advantage of fair wind to sail out Of
the harbor.
The harbor last evening contained
but sixteen deep-water sailing craft,
the smallest number for some time. A
number of coal vessels will arrive this
month, and In December the sugar
fleet for next year will commence to
put I'm an appearance.
The dredger at the foot of Richard
street has already eXcavated a 30-foot
berth alongside of the Waikiki end of
Pacific Mail wharf, extending nearly to
the pilOthouse. When the sea wall is
reached the dredger will start over
again, completing another excavation
towards the former site of the Kings
boathouse.
The following vessels were up and
leading AT San Francisco for the ISL
ands on the sailing of the Cache. Octo-
Der "a: For HOnOlulu-Steamer Mo-
ana. to sail November ! at 10 p. m. !;
bark Albert, 10 sail October %; bark
entine Planter. ship Fort George. bark
Mohican, bark Alden Besse, barkentine
S. n. Castle. For lilo Ship Falls of
Clyde.
The schooner Norma is all ready for
her cruise to the South Seas. The
Norma which sailed for Laysan Island
on Tuesday was reported in error as
the Norma for the South seas. Accom-.
panying Commodore Weaver on the
Norma is Ben Saylor. the billiardist
who goes as secretary for the Commo-
dore on the rest Of his trip around the
world.
The demand for metal increases the
value of old vessels. The Navy Depart
ment on October 13 disposed Of the sim
gle-turret monitors Ajax and Passaic.
The former was purchased by II. A.
Hitner's Sons OF Philadelphia for $780,
SCI and the Passaic by Frank Samuel
of the same city for $l9.7S6. The col
lier Hector was also sold for Sos, $50.
The appraised value of the three YES
sells was $4,000 and they brought
s1li,5O
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.-Among
the early arrivals today was a fleet of
sugar vessels from the Hawaiian ISL
ands, including the ship Falls of Clyde,
the bark Martha Davis, the barkentine
W. II. Dimond, the bark Diamond
Head, the bark Andrew Welch and the
brig Consuelo. The Consuelo made the
quickest run of any of them. seventeen
days from Mahukona. The sugar sea-
son Is over and none of the vessels
brought full cargoes. The Falls of
Clyde reports that in latitude 1920
north, longitude l4l.49 west, she passed
a bark in ballast painted black, with
double topgallant yards, bound for Pu-
get Sound or Portland; also an iron
ship In ballast, painted white ports,
main skysail, In the same position and
bound in the same direction. The d.
mOnd sailed from Honolulu on Octo-
Der 3 and had fine weather all the way.
She got of Point Reyes last Friday aft
'ernoon, but had thick and calm wealth
er until yesterday morning. when a
light breeze from the south brought her
to port.