The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-14

having been one of SO days in the snip
Seminole many years ago. a Little over
year ago, on his eight:eta trip around
the Horn, the trip was maGe in 139 days
and this time, on account of continual
light winds, the passage occupied i51
days. Captain Holmes has been at sea
fifty five years and was formerly mas
ter of the ship Charmer. He first came
to San Francisco in 1857 in the ship
Elizabeth F. Willis.
The Alexander Gibson sailed from
New York on July 1st. On September
7th, in the South Seas, r. H. Erickson,
a. sailor, fell overheard, and although
he managed to catch hold of rope
that was thrown to him, he could not
retain his hold in the rough sea and
was compelled to let go. He sank with
in ten feet of the stern of the ship.
Erickson was so years old and native
of Finland For ten days days prior to
December 1st the Alexander Gibson did
not average two knots an hour.
GENERAL ITEMS.
two steamship services from the port
of New York, one to Glasgow via Mo-
Vile, the other to Genoa, Naples and
course of construction an addition of
five new steamers to its large feet
which now consists Of about twenty
five steamers. With these five new
steamers and one recently completed,
an addition of $4,000 tons will be added
to the lines tonnage. The new steam
ers are to be named Columbia, cana
bria, Perugia Assyria and Numidia.
The Scindia, of $500 tons, just complet-
ed, sailed from Glasgow and Liverpool
direct u Calcutta November 10th on
her maiden voyage. The Columbla,
which is to be a fine vessel OF S,5OO
tons. will have superior accommoda-
tions for passengers and is to be placed
in the New Glasgow service. Both
the Calabra and Perugia are each to
be of 1000 tons and are to- be run on the
New York Mediterranean, service. They
will have ample accommodations for
passengers also. The Assyria and, the
Numidia will each be of 500 tons and
are intended for the company.s East
India service. fT
The Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrows' Point, below Baltimore, Md,
on November z began laying the keels
for two large passenger and freight
steamships. The new. vessels are for
the Atlantic Transport Company and
will run between New York and Lon
DON The dimensions of the vessels
will be: Length over all, 630 feet;
length between perpendiculars, 600 feet;
beam, 65 feet; depth of hold, A feet:
gross tonnage, 1920, and deadweight
carrying capacity. $4,000 tons, There
will be four cylinder engines. of, ZIG
pounds pressure In seach vessel The
steamships will be equipped with twin
screws and will haye a speed Of seven
teen knots an hour when loaded. They
will be built entirely of steel and sup
piled with modern appliances for load
ing and unloading. Accommodations
will be provided for 165 first class pas
sengers. They will cost s1,500,00o and
will be delivered next spring. The At
lantic Transport Company, which now
has seventeen vessels plying between
New York. Philadelphia, and Baltimore
and European ports has, also awarded
to the Harlan &aWolff Company of
Belfast. Ireland. . the, contGaetsi for two
vessels of the same. Dimensions and
designs as. those being built at Spar
rows Point, eg~ a@n.n ut,
SHIPPING NOTES, -
The Zealandia sails for San Francis
co this afternoon at four, O'Clock. from
the Oceanic wharf. Berger's band will
be in attendance as usual.
The United States Army transport
Aztec sails for Manila tomorrow: Her
live stock will be put on board in the
morning after several Days rest
ashore. .,f5 e. ,..,:-
The United States Naval training
ship Adams arrived IN Hilo last Mon
day after. several weeks. cruise lin .he
Pacific. She will come to- Honolulu aft
er stopping in Hilo for. a week or tive.
F. K. Perkins is expected to arrive On
the Sierra to relieve. Paynaster Sulli-
van from any further duty on the
training ship Adams I: - .i'''.ii
Mr.. Sullivan will be paymaster Oh the |
new battleshfp Wisconsin, 'f'y"
A soreness exists among the mule I
''skinners" aboard the transport Aztec |
on account of their having to white |
wash all the stalls. occupied by the |
mules and horses. aboard, the vessel. |
The men claim that inasmguch as they |
are expert packers rfskfnners'' and |
so forth. no such work should be re-
quired of them. . r' -.
AT 10 o'clock this morning the steam
er Upolu. Captain Dalton, sails for
and Kona ports. p.
Kawailani, the little Island schooner
which went ashore near Mokolfi rock,
has arrived in port in. safety -. I