The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-30

month and met with light winds and
Gains until % n. was reached The
trades were expected when once the
tropics were entered but never a Whit
of a trade wind showed up. A heavy
north westerly swell kept the Irwin
a-rolling and the cabin boy doing
gymnastics on the deck.
Not until the Irwin was within three
degrees of this port did she get any
wind that amounted to anything.
She brought a lot of plantation ma i
chinery on her decks and number OF
wagon frames also Her cargo con-
sists of general merchandise.
4 large number of turkeys and chick /
ems are included in the TWINS deck (
load. They were brought down for the |
Thanksgiving and Christmas trade.
CAPTAIN GenerauX commands the Ir- !
win and he is a jolly skipper, too |
There were six passengers on the brig,
as follows: Mrs. Olcott and Mrs. Evans
and the Messrs Ido Hurtte, Wright
and Rittenhouse.
Two stowaways were discovered in
the big pipes loaded on the Twins
deck after she got to sea. One of the
men was a seaman and was put to
work with the crew and the other fell
low made himself very handy with the
chickens, feeding them and cleaning
out their coops.
The cook aboard the Irwin is some
thing of an inventive genius besides
being a champion hash-maker. He
rugged up a dumb waiter from the gal
ley to the cabin, on the trip down, and
saved himself and Mr.. Copeland from
New York, the cabin boy great deal
of work. The dumb waiter consisted
of nothing more nor less than one of
the large iron pipes, piled up on the
deck, which happened to be placed just
in the right position. A small board
was laid in the pipe and large basket
with a pulley attachment completed
the machinery of the dumb waiter.
DUNREGGAN SURVEYED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-The
British bark Dunreggan, which went
ashore at Honolulu and was towed off
subsequently by the tug Fearless, has
been surveyed at Tacoma to ascertain
the amount of damage. 1t has been
estimated that it will cost $4,000 to re-
pair her. In addition to the cost of
repairs the bark's owners and under
writers had to pay the Fearless $4,000
for towing her out of her dangerous
position.
Four more vessels have been listed
as overdue and the following rates of
reinsurance offered on them: Norwe
gian bark Pax and British ship Rath-
dawn, forty EIGHT days from Yokoha-
ma for Portland, 10 per cent; Norwe-
gian bark Sofala, forty-one days from
Yokohama for Puget Sound, 10 per
cent; British ship Westgate, sixty six
days from Hongkong for Puget Sound,
10 per cent.
The steamer Gypsy sailed this after
noon for Santa Cruz and returned to
port on account of having blown out
a gasket.
The ship Henry Willard, twentyseven
q days out from Savannah for Honolulu,
! has been bought by Hind, Rolph & Co.
:, of this city.
= The steamer Valencia arrived this
morning from Seattle. She will have
new boilers put in before she again
!. goes to sea.
: BIG STEAMER FOR THE COAST.
= SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-The
: American steamer Hyades is on her
way here from New York, consigned to
e Williams, Dimond & Co. She has on
: board the cargo intended for the
e American, the second steamer built for
n the American-Hawaiian Company
: which could not be got ready in time
IS to take the freight scheduled for her
II After the Hyades is discharged she will
go on the coast in the coast trade, hav-
! ing been chartered for two years by the
n Pacific Coast Company.
8 The Hyades is practically new
s boat. She was built last year by the
If Maryland Steel Company at Sparrow
1t Point. near Baltimore, and was form.
n erly owned by the Boston Towing Com.
= pany. Recently she was purchased by
e San Francisco men. She is 325 feet in
e length, 40 feet in breadth and % feet
o in depth of hold. She has triple expan-
sion engines, the cylinders being TWEEN
& ty-one, thirty-five and fifty-six inches
7 in diameter, with 42-inch stroke. She
o is a double-decker and has water bal
: last tanks.
+ The American, whose trip the Hyades
e Is making, is also on the way, being
twelve days out. She is to be followed
by the Hawaiian and Oregon. All of
i, the Americana Hawaiian Company, to
o ply between this port, Honolulu and
! New York.
IL ELIHU THOMPSON DUE.
t SEATTLE, Nov 19.-Steamer Elihu
II Thompson sailed for Honolulu last
d night with one of the most valuable
y cargoes ever shipped from this port to
the Hawaiian Islands. 1t consists of
S $50 tons of beer, lime, feed. frozen
e meats and general merchandise.
e Capt. 3. B. Whitney commands the
II Thompson, which has for several
a months been engaged in the Nome
II trade.