The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-01


Two weeks have passed with no word
from the little island schooner Rob
Roy and grave fears are entertained
by water-fronters as to her safety. She
left here for Hanalei on the Island of
Kauai about three weeks ago, and ar
rived at her destination without ac-
cident, stayed there long enough to
load rice for Honolulu and then started
home Word of her starting on the re-
turn trip was brought here by an ISL
and steamer; the ordinary time in
which she ought to have made the trip
passed by and still nothing is known
of her present condition or where
abouts.
1t is hardly possible that the Rob
Roy is delayed by bad weather for the
weather of recent days has been any
thing but rough.
Captain George, a native, is in COM
mand of the craft while the crew is
composed of Japanese. Japanese sail
than native or haole SALTS" and it is
just possible that the Japanese crew
have laid off from work and are laid
up with stomach-aches or tooth-aches
or something. Then the schooner may
have struck luau or a school of red
fish.
Notwithstanding the anxiety that is
felt concerning the overdue vessel, she
is not the first little island boat which
has been lost for while only to bob
up again serenely. A very bad man re-
marked yesterday that perhaps the
Rob Roy was busy laying nets in the
ocean to make ready for the time when
the Custom House expects to dump a
few thousand tins of opium out at sea.
The Rob Roy is insured for $1,000
and is owned by Segasta, a Japanese.
She is a twenty-five ton schooner. Her
bottom is forty years old although her
upper works are almost new. The Rob
Roy was once owned by the Dowsett
Estate and was sold to the present
owner couple of years ago.
Since the Rob Roy left Hanalei, the
schooner Blanche and Ella has made
two round trips between Kauai and
this port.
Japanese Sailors.
Lewis & Turk delivered a Japanese
crew aboard the American ship Henry
B. Hyde yesterday morning, in good
and sound condition. The captain of
the above vessel was short of men and
expects very soon to clear away for
New York with a big load of sugar.
He needed men right away and the Jap
anese came the most readily to hand
Daeo,r~c EHzl
1t is rarely that a man falls over
board in >midocean and after eleven
hours of torturing doubt is picked I'D
by his ship again after all hope had
| fled. Harry Warner, an apprentice boy
on the British ship Barfillan, had such
an experience, and he is not likely to
! forget it in hurry He is brother OF
| Captain Warner, late chief officer of
the st. Paul and now master of the
big Nome steamer c. d. Lane. In a
letter to his brother he says that had it
not been for Captain Arthur of the
Barfillan, who persisted in keeping up
the search after every man on board
mad given him up for dead, he would
never nave been heard from again.
Inc Barflllan was on her way from
Cardlf for Santa Rosalia and had near
ly reached her destination when the
accident happened. Young Warner was
out on the bowsprit fishing when he
lost his balance and fell overheard. A
lifebuoy was Immediately thrown to
him, the sails put aback and a boat
lowered. For three hours the boat
roWed back and forth over the spot
where the young man had fallen, but
not trace of him could be found.
The boat was called back and then
rth hun MI
cap. He reasoned that the wind that
was constantly carrying the Barfillan
TO Reward would have no effect on the
lifebuoy and its occupant, supposine
young Warner had succeeded in reach
Ing 1t. He accordingly started In work
ing the Barfillan to windward. and af-
ter eight hours of persistent searching
the l1febuoy with Warner hanging in it
more DEAD than alive was found. He
was got aboard quickly, and two DAYS
iater was as we'll as ever. 1t was he
lore breakfast when Warner fell over
BOARD, and the sun had set and dark
ness was coming on before he was
rescued. Many another captain would
nave given up the search long before.
out Arthur stuck to it and rescued his
mans. F. Call, May 20.
Interesting Comparison.
IN letter to Representative Joseph
y. Ramsdell the Secretary of the NAVY
gives an interesting comparison of the
cost of the Oregon's trip around Cane
horn and what it would have cost by
the Panama Canal or by the Nicaragua
canal. had either been built. It shows
a saving OF $43,3S5 by the Nicaragua
Canal, and $42,433 by the Panama
Canal.
Actuai time to make the trip through
the straits, 6S days; average speed with
coal taken on board in San Francisco
per day, 26O knots; time by Nicaragua
canal Including delay of three DAYS in
getting through canaD, II DAYS: time
oy Panama Canal Gncluding two DAYS
In getting through canaD. 10 davs.
saving in time by Nicaragua Canal 81
days: saving In time by panaraa 1,asS.