The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-11

lulu Saturday morning. Passed the
Surprise in the Hawaii channel on her
way to Kailua. The schooner Concord
was at Lahaina discharging lumber.
DRYDOCK DAMAGED.
NEW YORK, July S1.-Drydock No. 1
at the Brooklyn navy yard. which is
being repaired at an estimated expendi-
ture of 81, 000 900, Sprang leak today.
In a few hours there was ten feet of
water in the drydock, covering all the
tools and machinery used in the work
of reconstruction. The leak was caused
by the removal of the caisson from the
mouth of drydock No. 8, situated along j
side No. ., and the water filed No. 8. I
The leak has not yet been found. If the /
water continues to run into the dock
the repair work of six months will need
to be done over. The damage is already |
large.
SQUALLS COMING.
The Pilot Chart for August says: Oc- |
casional cyclonic storms of no great in
tensity may be encountered between
the parallels of 10 degrees north and
20 degrees north, along the sailing route
from San Francisco to the line and re-
turn. Heavy thunderstorms are also
likely to occur along the coast of Mex
leo and Central America and in the
doldrums or region between the trades.
Squally weather may be expected in the
vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. s.sisz
STEAMSHIP. MINNEHAHA.
| The new twin-screw steamship Min
nehaha of the Atlantic Transport Conn
pany arrived at New York July 10 on
! her maiden voyage from London. Tho
Z Minnehaha is one of the four largest
vessels ever built in the yards of Har-
land & Wolff, Belfast, for the Atlantic
Transport Company. The Minnea pc is.
one of the sister ships of the Minneha-
ha, was placed in commission early this
year. The other two, the Minnewaska
and the Minnetonka, which are not yet
completed, will be placed in commits
sion next spring. The vessels are iden-
teal, their dimensions being: Length,
$50 feet, beam IS feet, and depth A feet.
Their gross register is 1880 tons, and
. displacement $4,000 tons.
LINER TORONTO.
Messrs. Sanderson & Son, agents of
the Wilson and Phoenix Steamship
lines, were informed by cable on July Is
. that the new steamship Toronto will
leave Hull on September % on her
maiden trip to New York. The Toronto
is sister ship to the Consuelo. which
was recently added to the Wilson Line
fleet, and was built by William Gray OF
West Hartlepool. The new boat is q
twin-screw vessel of 5000 tons total
] lightweight, or measurement capacity
of $4,000 tons. She has a length of 45s
feet, breadth 81 feet and depth 81 feet
I The Toronto is equipped with triple ex-
: pansion engines, and 1t is expected tina,
she will develop speed of about Il
knots. She will have accommodations
: for saloon passengers. but is bull,
), chiefly as a cargo vessel. The steamship
is extremely high between decks. the
: exact height being eleven feet, and be-
t sides her ample cargo capacity, has per.
: manent fittings for 600 cattle.
e GENERAL SHIPPING.
i SAN FRANCISCO, August s.-The
E British ship Sutherlandshire, from Ant.
. werp for Kiaochau, went ashore on the
2 island of Sumatra and became tota
I loss. Thirteen of the crew were drown.
4 ed. The Sutherlandshire was booked
+ from Kiaochau for Portland, where she
: was to load wheat for Europe.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S.-The In
. surance companies are making an effor
q to locate and raise the pilot boat Bonita
q that was sunk by whale off the Far
e allones few days ago. Early yester
o day morning the tug Ida w went on
: to the spot where the vessel went dowr
and began dragging for her. The PHO
: boats kedge anchor was down wher
, she began to fill. SO the chances are sh,
q has not drifted very far. Should tn,
: Ida w locate the wreck an attempt will
a be made to raise and bring her into Sal
n Francisco, where she will be repaired.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S.-The cab
" in passengers from Sydney, n. s. w.
q and all the steerage passengers on tn
- mail steamer Alameda were lande,
n yesterday. The tug Reliance brough
" the passengers, and the tug Alert til
n baggage from the steamer and thel
% made a second trip to the quarantin
II station for the Sydney people and thei
~ baggage. The crew of the steamer wa
n then landed and the vessel was fumi
gated. The Alameda will dock thi
"a morning. In her specie tank there |
If 81, 500,0 900 in English sovereigns. Thes
40 will be landed and sent to the mint jus
IN as soon as the mail boat gets along
n, side.
10 NEWCASTLE, N. S. W., June 49,
Ship j. B. Brown for Honolulu: Jun
25, barkentine Benicia for Kihei; Jun
20, schooner Columbia for Mahukona
r. July l. ship Invincible and British shi
IL. Dechmont for Honolulu.
t: In port, July 4: Bark Abby Palme
gs British bark Dominion, ship Euterp,
IN ship Great Admiral, Norwegian bar
re Stporn for Honolulu.
s. Chartered to load: British bark Ad
at derby, .e-:tish ship Drumburton, BIRTHS
70 ship Perseverance, Norwegian bar
#. Prince Victor for Honolulu; barkentin
eft Wrestler for Kahului.
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