The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
SEA AND SHORE
Moving Day for Ships
Yesterday.
The Trial Today--Sad News Received
Boiling Eggs--Repairs to
Warren--Notes.

Yesterday was a busy day for the
harbor master and his assistants. The |
shifting of vessels is taking a good |
deal of time now. Some of the ships |
here are beginning to eat into the con- |
signees' profits in the matter of de- |
murrage, and the stevedores are being |
called upon to do a great deal of I'M
loading. This is one of the very few
Pacific ocean ports where captains are
not ordered by their owners to engage |
stevedores to load and discharge. 1t is
the rule to employ help all along the
Pacific Coast, and saves a great deal
of time and trouble, as the crews of
ships do not work nearly so well as
men whose regular business is hand
ling cargoes. The increase in the pilot
age was discussed very generally by
shippers yesterday, and "a strong kick
and hard kick and kick all together"
is very liable to be registered. There
was a great deal of bunting in evil
dence yesterday on the American ships
in port, most of them being quite
handsomely decorated in honor of
Washington's birthday. The arrival
of the Claudine was the only one dur
| ing the day. Some departments of the
Custom house were closed all day and
some half the day; but the old reliable
Surveyor and his men were on deck
as usual.
Sad News.
Steward William Griffin of the ship
| Glennesslin, who was one of the crew
that rescued a sailor who fell over
board when three days from this port.
has received some sad news. While
his attempt to save life was successful
an attempt to save the life of his son,
who fell from aloft while working on
the sails of the ship Hallon Hall in a
storm off the Columbia bar about six
weeks ago, was not. The boy was not
seen after he struck the water, al
though long search was made by the
life-boat.
Court of Inquiry.
The marine court, which is to as
semble at the British Consulate this
morning at 10 o'clock, will be consti-
tuted as follows:
Hon. VIM. Robert Hoare, H. B. Ms
Consul, president; Thos. Bisley Jones
master of the ship Champion of Liver
pool; Francis w. Chapman, master OF
the ship Lancing, of London; Captain
Evans, master of the bark Conway
Castle, of London.
The men will be represented by Geo
A. Davis, and the whole matter be.
tween master and men will be gone in
to. A large room in the Consulate has
been fitted up for holding the court
Being public tribunal, the court viii
: be open to all who desire to attend.
Shipping Facilities.
The harbor master at Fremantle
Australia, has taken up the question
of better shipping facilities for sailing
vessels, and so prevent if possible tn
lsemi-block which occurred som
months ago, when the harbor containe
about twice as many vessels as berth
for them. Finally he has decided o
o erecting loading stages at the Sout
quay, so that even if vessels could nc
ueItH dloHSSIue Inc quay Iney WlSI
without difficulty or extra expense b
able to load their timber cargoes. TIL
loading stage consists of pontoon, o
which a staging about level with til
- quay is erected. This staging is fitte
with tramlines, so that the timber, O
being taken off the trucks, can
lie placed on small trollies, which I'll
along to the side of the loading We
sci, which lies partly double-banke
on Two vessels alongside the quay, ar
there the timber is taken aboard
the usual way. 1t is intended to ere
more of these stages.-Sydney Heral
NOTES.
d, Over 200 feet CT the frame for Il
shed on tie channel wharf is IN hi