The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-08


The waterfront was religiously quiet
Yesterday. Not a vessel put in or out
in daylight and not a sound came from
any of the vessels lazily swinging in
at the wharves. Even the tinkle OF
guitars and the wheeling of accordions
were strangely absent. The only signs
of activity were in the Customs House
men and wharf loungers who We're on
the alert for the first signal that the
Hancock was sighted. She was ex-
pected throughout the afternoon, and
the Army Department were prepared
to meet her. From the advices received
by the Quartermaster's Department it
was expected that the queen transport
would reach Honolulu harbor not later
than 6 O'Clock. The new quartermaster
OF the department is expected as a pas
senger.
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF BALLAST.
Harry Evans, the man who supplies
ships ballast, and Captain Sterling,
master of the American ship Great Adj
miral, are men of widely different ideas
as to weights and capacities. This was
developed in q little alteration which
took place on Friday and promised to
bring on no end of trouble. Harry
Evans had the contract to fill the hold
of the Great Admiral with a few tons
of choice ballast stone. Captain Sterl-
ing says the contract waste keep put
ting in stone until the vessel sank low
er and displaced SO much water around
her hull. Finally Evans stopped dump
ing rock into the voracious hold and
Captain Sterling wanted to know when
he intended finishing the job. Evans
said he had done all that was required.
The word was passed-ordinarily it
would be said the lie was passed-and
the two men clinched their argument
by setting up a fine example of experts
in the manly art of self defence. Both
men had to make a show of defending
themselves, but in the end neither was
much the worse for the battle The
ballast man says he came out on top,
and the seafaring man says the same
thing. After each had lost his wind,
both gave it up and went their respec-
tive ways.
HOPES WERE DASHED.
The hopes of every resident in Homo
lulu were raised to the expectant pitch
Saturday morning when the whistle
signalled a foreign vessel off Koko
Head. AS the transport Hancock was
being looked for it was thought she had
sailed a day or two earlier than expect
ed. 1t was not a foreign steamer, how
ever, only the Island ferry boat Kinau
oh -, ~
the news by phone the name of the
steamer became transposed and the
ever welcome three long blasts were
blown.
| ASPHALTUM OF NAVAL WHARF.
| The work of placing a two-inch layer
of rock asphaltum on the Naval wharf
is progressing. A strip extending from
the end Of the wharf at Richards street
! half way down to the Pacific Mail
wharf is finished and has the appear
ance of a solid, well-laid pavement
Strips of tarred paper are laid over the
cracks of the heavy planks, the entire
board surface is tarred and the asphal-
tum laid over all. This work will save
the surface of the boards which are be-
ginning to show signs of the heavy
traffic which passes over them daily.
NOTES.
The St. Jorn is, still discharging at TN,
Pacific Mail wharf.
Steamer Milahala brought up from La
hama 5,79G bags of sugar and 2Si bags o
coffee
The Claudine brought as freight: II
sacks potatoes, 1888 sacks corn, So bags
taro, 153 packages sundries.
Steamer he Au Hou brought $50 shee.
for Metropolitan Meat Company and !
bags taro from Nawiliwil
The Kinau brought to Honolulu a.
| freight, 262 sheep, Y hogs, 80 sacks corn
Is sacks potatoes, II bundles hides, j
cords wood and 100 packages sun1ries.
From the Mikahala it is learned that a
Hamakua there are awaiting shipmen
the following lots of sugar: II, A Co.
BIS: A. III. Co., 1900; II. S. Co., 100; 7
$ NJ, 200.
One of the big Naval coal barges is load
led with coal awaiting the arrival of tn,
Hancock. 1t is tied up at the Eva side o
the new United States Government whar
now in course of construction.
The schooner Fannie Adele required
tow line from the Ke Au Hou to get he
ed with her sailing and but for the it'll
steamer CHANGING near she would hav
had long stay outside.
The Island steamer Maui came int,
pert at 4:3O o'clock yesterday mornins
from Kahului. Lahaina and Hama. Sh
hac large passenger list and bcough
up considerable perishable freight con
lsfstinS of spuds, corn and taro.
! Sugar statistics furnished by Purse
Beckley of the Kinau for the Island O
Hawaii are as follows: Laupahoehoe. 4,
lvV; Ookala. $500: Paauhau, 10000; Homo
kaa, 5000; Kukuihaele, 10; Punaluu, 3,Ol5
Honuapo. lao. Total of Is, O65 bags.
The Picking, from China and Japan 6.
route to San Francisco. and the Rio Il
lJareiro, from the latter port en- route fo
Japan and China, are expected tomorrow
AS both boats are slow, there is little pos
lsibility of their coming in ahead of SEIZED
ule time.
The schooner AIillie Morris came in Sat
luroay from an investigation of the wrecl
loI the Norma to see whether it would b.
PC ssible to save her for practical pur
poses. The crew are of the opinion tina
the vessel is still in fair condition DESPITE