The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-08
SEA AND SHORE
Work on the Naval
Reservation.
Steam vs.. MuscIe--The AIdebaran
Arrives--Sugar on Kauai.
Harbor Notes.

SOuInerly Wlnd blowing and IL was q
long journey to the vessel, so the boat
boys tried to catch the schooner Louis,
in tow of the Eleu, which was just
rounding the lighthouse. They got
down to the work with will and the
way the pilot-boat went through the
water was a caution. The tug had
quite start on the whaleboat, and,
try as they would, the four sturdy
oarsmen could not catch up. The race
between steam and muscle lasted
about a haif-mile and was then given
up.
Naval Reservation.
When Uncle Sam gets through with
his corner of the harbor it will be a
model portion of the waterfront. The
naval slips and docks now in course
of construction are to be very up-to-
date in all their appointments. The
whole naval reservation. including the
coalsheds, is to be inclosed by a fence.
The ground not used for buildings will
beds. The docks will be very substan-
TALLY constructed and will be covered
with a layer of bitumen. This will
greatly aid in their preservation. Some
think that in this climate bitumen will
not be a success on account of the
heat; but In the large cities of the
East, where the temperature Is many
degrees higher in summer than II ever
gets here, the material is successfully
applied to streets. The slips will be
deep enough to accommodate a vessel
of twenty-eight feet draught. The work
is being done now as quickly as pos
sible, and six months time will mark
many changes and Improvements in
the district pre-empted for navy uses
by the Government.
BY Way of Honolulu.
The transports are TO give Hilo the
go-by. This is by order of Colonel
Bird, chief of the United States trans
port service. The facilities here are
so superior to those of the Rainy
City" that the best interests of the
service are found in making this port
the mid-ocean stopping place. One
special reason of the call here is on
account OF the great amount of army
coal now on hand. Then, again, it is
found impossible to make the many
necessary little repairs nearly always
required by the transports at Hilo. The
transports that have been retained in
the service are fast boats and will car
ry the mails between this port and the
Coast. The regular sailing schedule is
arranged for two steamers each month
each way; the vessels leaving San
Francisco on the LIST and 10th of the
month. An effort will be made to keep
the time up and regular line of
steamers will thus be established.
Ships Names.
/ bet and names of ships as long as a
UNCONVENTIONAL pennant, it would
seem as If the Russian navy was some
what handicapped. 1t Is true that Pc
ter the Great, the father of the Rus
sian navy, adopted the nautical vocab-
ulary Of Holland for ship terms in his
new navy, but there have been great
changes since Peters time, and Dutch
terms have been Russofied. Take, for
example, the names of three armored
ships-DvenadZat Apostoloff, George
Pobiedonosetz and the latest, not yet
| launched, named Kniaz Potemkin
! Tavricheski--and 1t does appear as If
unnecessary great numbers of letters
are wasted in naming Of ships, which
likewise extends to parts of the hull,
engines and ordnance.
NOTES.
The steamer Kauai is expected from
Kilauea on Friday.
/ Steamer Upolu leaves Friday at 70 m.
| for HOnoipu and Kona ports.
| The Mauna Loa has not been nut out
OF commission, but will be used on the
Kauai run.
According to last reports. there we're
135,4OO bags of sugar on Kauai when
the Hall left.
The American schooner Louis left
port yesterday. She went TO San
Francisco in ballast.
The Conway Castle, which arrived
here from Newcastle on January Sth,
sailed for the Sound yesterday.
The gasoline hoist on the schooner
surprise Is reported to have recently
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| trouble.
/ The Inverness-shire was still in
sight of land yesterday morning at s
O'Clock. She was to the west
ward. She left Tuesday afternoon.
The schooner Roy Somers, from San
Francisco, arri5 fed yesterday afternoon,
/ nineteen days from San Francisco with
a cargo consisting chiefly OF hay and
bricks. This b her first visit to this
port.
The British Pbark Alderbaran, from
Newcastle, arrived yesterday after a
very long vOyGge. She has thirty tons
OF freight for, Norfolk Island aboard
On account % unfavorable winds, she
was unable 10 make her first port, and
after trying persistently the captain
gave il up and came on here. The
bark brings about 700 tons of coal.