The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14

Tuesday is ever the most busy day
of the week on the waterfront, then it |
is that many of the fleet of island |
steamers get away for their respective
ports laden with general merchandise.
machinery and one thing and another
that is supplied the other islands from
or through Honolulu. Yesterday was
no exception to the general rule and all
was hustle and confusion along shore.
Countless drays. carrying the freight to :
the steamers were crowding each other
on the Esplanade and stevedores and
steamers crews were kept hustling
from daylight until the last warning
whistles of the departing vessels filled
the harbor with their noisy din be-
tween the hours of 4 and o'clock.
| Shortly aften noon the Kinau sailed
| for Hilo and the usual way ports with
number of passengers for the Rainy
| City and her hold full of the luxuries
as well as the necessities of life.
| At o'clock the steamer Waialeale
departed for Anahola, Hanamaulu and
Ahuikini, with Captain Green in COM
| mand as usual. The Maui sailed for
Lahaina, Kahului, Nahiku, Hama, Ha-
moa and Kipahulu at o'clock; Cap
| tain Sach was on the bridge. The
steamer w. G. Hall sailed for Nawili-
will, Koloa, EleeIe and Niihau also at
3 o'clock, and the Lehua went at the
same hour bound for Molokai ports
and Lahaina.
The gasoline schooner Surprise, Cap
tain Nystrom, sailed for Nawiliwili,
Koloa, Eleele, Makaweli, Hanapepe,
Waimea and Kekaha late in the after
noon.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
United States Navy transport Solace,
Captain Winslow, got away for the
Philippines via Guam. The story of her
departure, together with the facts of
the ending of the trouble between the
transport people and the customs au
thorities, appears in another column.
Arrivals yesterday We're: the steamer
Mauna Loa, Captain Simerson, from
Lahaina, Kona and Kau ports; the
steamer Ke Au Hou. Captain Mosher,
from Anahola. The Mauna Loa brought
the following cargo: 1915 bags of SUI
gar, $50 bags of coffee, III punches of
bananas, q kegs of butter, 6 bales of
tobacco, 6 bundles of onions, 5 bundles
of hides, hogs, 80 head of cattle, 277
packages of SundrieS.
The Ke Au Hou had a rough time OF
it at Kilauea, having two boat loads
of freight capszed while attempting tC
land the goods. At Anaholo she had
the same experience and, after landing
two boat loads of freight, she was com
PEELED to put to sea. According to al
reports, however, the weather is mod
Grating on the windward side of Kauai
Carrying a good load of sugar, tn
schooner Helene put to sea yesterday
bound for San Francisco; Captain
Christensen is her master. The bark
entine Gardiner City also sailed; she i
bound for the Sound in ballast. Cap
tain Walton is her commander.
The fire in the Government coal pill
at the corner of Allen and Kilaue
- streets, which is still burning, ha
2. caused trouble other than that whic
D directly appertains to the coal itself.
3 seems that the water pumped from tn
, harbor onto the fire has managed t
: find it's way into the warehouse of tn
= Inter-Island Steam Navigation Com
z. pany, situated nearby. and that it ha
q damaged the contents of the ware
house to a certain extent.
X
e is at present laid up for extensive re
9 pairs. She is lying at the foot of til
Z InterIsland wharf and has had her oil
.ys foremost removed to give place to
&, new one. The canvas on her hurricar
7 deck is also being taken up and ne
! canvas will be put down. When the.
q improvements have been made and II
z vessel has received new rigging and
Z fresh coat of paint all around insit
Il and outside, she will have the appea
&, ance of an entirely new boat.
4 President John Ena of the Inter-Is
! and Company is at present under IL
q weather and is confined to his house.
2 FORCED WAY THROUGH ICE.
= VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 3O.-The Unit
" States Coast Survey steamer McArth
-Te arrived here this morning en- route fro
-fs Alaskan points to the Sound. The YES.
1 left Seattle September 9Th and her wo
q of making chart corrections took her
eTs far north as Cape Spencer, at the entran
4 OF Cross Sound, which is a point whe
z Nome-bound craft taking the in-shc
sTe passage have to veer off into the op,
- The vessel called in at Muir glacier S
entered the bay at night, being one of
U few ships to get within sight of the g
eTs cier this year. On leaving the bay s
49, W
through thick ice, which had formed d.
eszs ing the short time she was in port
She reports that sealers are again
- deavoring to consolidate The owners
two-thirds of the schooners have ayr
ID pool their interests.
Chinese cook of the sealer Ida T
jumped overheard on the way from U
laska because his cookstove smoked
NEW STEAMER
The Pacific Coast Steamship Comp;
has contracted for the construction OF
splendid new steamer. She will be go
long, 40 feet beam and 10 feet inc
depth of hold. She will carry 1850 t
IN OF freight and coal and will accommod
To- hrst-class cabin passengers and
second-class passengers. Everything
the equipment of the vessel will be N
ern. She will be fitted throughout
electric lights and electric hoists, so
the jar and discomfort that accompa
the discharging of cargo by means
steam will be done away with
The new vessel Is to be named the s
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