The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-28
SEA AND SHORE
The Men of the Fleet
Are Happy.
Dr. Peterson's Busy Day-Big Ship
ments-The CaIa0ria's Boats
Two Novelties.


front especially az the Iuter-Islaui ana
Wilder wharyss. The Kauai and Mi
hau viii load and depart. and as there
is q big cargo for each OF them the|
wharf viii De a busy place.
Ont Of the darkness OF the pas. two
OF ,hr.e days the steamer men Al last
see ray of sunshine. Yesterday the.
crews OF the NilhaU. Kauai and w. G.
Han We're in0culated with the Urouh-
y.ac,ic and when their seven days, pro-
bdi0u is up they will be allowed
ashore when their vessels arrive here
again. They VIII be compelled 90 leave
their ship clothes in a specially CON.
siructtd room on the wharf. from this
room they VIII go 90 another and mt
on aug,hur suit OF clothes. which they
viii wear while on shore. In going.
back they Will first deposit their Stree.
clothes IN lockers. then bathe and put
on their snip clothes. which will have
been iumEa.ed. and go aboard. The
action OF the health authorities i'm Civ
Ing the men this treatment has made
them feel very happy. now chat they
know there is immediate hope Of get
ting shore liberty Dr. Peterson spent
nearly all day yesterday shooting the
men, taking the preventive was option
al with them, but with one or two eX-
teptiJus they all barred their arms 20
the needle. The threatened tie-up OF
the steamers Is now ayerted and the
men are anN.0Us.y waiting for the sew
gu.l day. As the steamers return from
the other Islands, their crews Will be
given the injection. so that by the end
OF another TWO weeks nearly all the
men viii be permitted 90 come ashore
on arrival.
The boats Of the Ca'abria were out
for practice yesterday. Three quite
large ones, rugged as sch0Juers. made
the trip % the entrance OF Pearl Har-
Dor and back 90 the cruiser. There was
very good wind and the boats sailed
very fast. They appeared TO be going
it much higher rate Of speed than the
local small boats make on cruises to
the lOchs. The Caiabria will be cOaled
today by the KaimilOa. which spent all
day yesterday alongside the Meade.
As the transports coal ports were I'M
DER water on account Of her big cargo.
she had TO take the 300 tons of coal i'm
baskets over the side This was very
SLOW work and took considerably lon
ger than was expected. The Meade will
get away today for Manila. She will
sail soon after the arrival Of the Mari
pOsa.
The yacht Rover was in gala dress
yesterday. \ reception aboard the lit
| tie vessel was greatly enjoyed by the
guests present and they were ali de-
lighted with Mr.. and Mrs. Fthiau's
hospitality.
Two Innovations.
The electric conveyor and the gaso-
line hoist both at work on the same
dock yesterday caused quite a crowd to
collect to watch operations. The hoist
has been working several days dis
| charging the St. Katherine and has
done fine work. Today there was a
| bundle of sheet iron plates to be lifted
which were very bulky and weighed in
ithe neighbOrhOOd of 5000 pounds. There
was quite discussion relative to the
gasoline hoist's ability to handle the
/ bundle and some bets were made by the
| steam donkey engine men that the new
conner on the wharf would not be able
10 carry the weight. Ii seems that the
hackers OF the hoist knew a good thing
and the steam money was prompt
ly covered by the gasoline men. The
ropes were made fast TO the mass of
iron, the foreman stevedOre blew his
whistle, the gasoline engine let forth
between a sneeze and a shout and up
came the iron plate out of the hold of
the st. Katherine like a shot out Of a
gun. II swung in the air for a moment
and was then deposited on the wharf
The gasoline engine had proved itself
capable and the donkey engine men
viii not buck up against new things
on the wharf very soon.
| The cOnyeyOr rugged up TO help dis
charge the s.. Francis was started 20
ing in the afternoon. IL is the iuven-
ton Of Captain McCabe of Seattle. who
is here The machines are in general
use in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
and are wonderful I'm their operation
and the amount OF work they accom-
lpiish. They do the work Of twenty men
| and do IL about twenty or thirty per
cent faster than men work. Several
hundred bales OF hay and sacks OF flour
were unloaded by it yesterday. but 10
had 10 be stopped as the freight 90 dis
charged could not bee removed fast
lenOUgh from the wharf The machine
was brought here specially 20 load
sugar but, as 10 is not practicable %
use il for this purpose under present
conditions. il has been turned into q
IdisChaTging apparatus.