The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-03

captain Sldpp, arrived ITOn dSohiieA
yesterday afternoon and was towed
into the harbor by the tug Fearless.
She was forty-two days making the
voyage from Tacoma, thirty-seven
days from Callam Bay. She has 2,519
tons of coal aboard for the Oahu Rail
way and Land Company.
For the first three weeks of the trip
the Howes met with very rough
weather and the fore-top-sails, the
main-sail and the fore and mizzen-
top-gallant-sails were carried away.
Captain Clapp is well known in Ho-
nolulu and on the Coast; he was a
whaler in the old days and visited
this port in the years 1858, 1859 and
1860. At that time he was on the
whaler William C. Nye. Captain
Clapp has been to Honolulu only a
few times during recent years. His
last visit to this port was while the
plague epidemic was on. ~
Although the tug Fearless towed the
JabeZ Howes into the harbor yester-
day afternoon, there was some mis-
understanding in regard to her dock
ing, and the Fearless left her lying at
anchor in the harbor off Brewers
of the tug Fearless had received or
ders in regard to the Howes as much
as two weeks ago. when she was ex-
pected The orders were that the
Howes was to be locked at the Rail-
way wharf, head foremost. Yesterday,
after the Fearless had brought the
vessel into the harbor. Captain Clapp,
of the Howes wanted his ship put in
to the Railway dock stern foremost.
Captain Brokaw said that his orders
were to put her in bow foremost, and
that If he did the job he would do 1t
right and according to orders. On ac-
count of the recent very heavy rains
a great deal of mud has accumulated
at the Railway wharves from the Nuu-
anu stream, and to put the vessel up
to one of the wharves at the present
time, in two or three feet of mud, is
not only a difficult task, but one that
Is likely to result in considerable ex-
pense to the vessel on account OF her
possibly having 20 be lightened before
she can be pulled off
The upshot of the matter was that
Captain Clapp decided to get the Eleu
to put his ship alongside the Railway
wharf. 1t was not quite o'clock
when the Eleu got ahold of the Howes
and started to take her to her wharf.
She tried first one way and then an
other but, although she hung onto the
ship for over an hour, she succeeded
in doing nothing more than to stick
her in the mud Of the harbor without
even getting her any nearer the wharf
than she had been when the Fearless
left her after towing her in from out
side.
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lClapp and the matter was talked over
The result was that Brokaw decided
to put the Howes alongside the wharf
stern foremost. The Eleu was dis
charged and the captain of the Fear
less went to bring his tug to the as
distance of the ship from Tacoma. Ii
was g o'clock in the afternoon when
1.-THE Fearless left her berth at the
Naval wharf for the purpose of put
ting the JabeZ Howes into her dock
and it was not quite $50 when the
tug returned to her berth. after having
succeeded in doing the job. The Fear
less, as the captain of the Howes re-
marked has the strength to shove a
vessel through several feet of mud
Then, again, Brokaw has the reputa-
ton of being pretty slick at his
business, and what he can't do with a
tug is hardly worth doing.
THE ALOHA ARRIVES.
The four-masted schooner Aloha ar
rived in port yesterday, twenty five
days from San Francisco. with a deck.
load of hay for the Hawaiian Tram
ways Company, Pains mule-car outfit
and general cargo. The tug Eleu go
her in. The Aloha came into port
without pilot. Head winds and heavy
seas were experienced by the schooner
for the first few days out of San Fran
cisco, after that light winds ant
Gains were met with. Captain FIR!
left the Coast on the day after thu
elections. He might have gotten ava,
a-day or two sooner had it not bee.
FOR his anxiety to know the result o
the elections. The Aloha is now lyin:
at the foot of Brewers wharf.
CAME HERE FOR A CREW.
The American schooner Bangor ar
rived off port yesterday from Lahaina
She came here manned by only he
captain, her mate, the cook and tn,
cabin boy. Her crew had deserted he
and the captain has come to Honolulu,
in search of men. The schooner i
lying at anchor outside the harbo
- now, her captain having come ashor
to attend to the business of his shir
lie mas been particularly unfortunat
in the matter of crews
RIOS PURSER Welded.
The popular purser of the Pacifi
Mail steamship Rio de Janeiro wa
welded last Friday evening, the youn.
4 lady being Miss Victoria Ellis. sister o
John and Sumner Ellis.
Ed Buffandeau has only been purse
on the Rio for a few trips On a recen
trip or the Rio from the Coast. Mis-
f4lls was a passenger. TIE youn:
couple met and loved and became en-
gagged. 1t was decided that the wed
ding should take place upon the ar
rival OF the steamer at this port on Fri
cay last. This happy plan was carrie,
OUT and the couple were united at tn
mouse or the Bishop of Panopolis short
~ after the arrival of the steamer
Mrs Buffandeau went up to the Coae
on the Rio with her husband