The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-11
HANCOCK TO LEAVE TO-DAY.

HANCOCK TO LEAVE TO-DAY.
The Army transport Hancock will
leave to-day for Manila by way of
Guam. She will carry a gruesome car
go from Honolulu, adding more to it at
Guam and at Manila. These are the
bodies of the soldiers who have died in
the service of their country One pas
senger from Honolulu will be taken
Miss Ethel Mossman, formerly a teach
err in the public schools, leaves for Ma
Mia to enter similar service there I'M
der Superintendent Atkinson. The stay
Of the Hancock in port has been
fraught with less trouble on the part of
the soldiers than many of the previous
The soldiers have behaved
very well and given little trouble to the
police.
CITY OF PEKING IN PORT.
The City of Picking came in from her
outside anchorage as soon as the Rio
was shifted over to the Wilder wharf.
She brought no passengers for this
port, and carried less than a dozen
all told. Eight hundred tons
VI lTtlSu were QlSCHdIScu mere. uC
Picking was delayed in her voyage by
the prevalence of heavy storms in the
China Sea and a typhoon which held
her in Yokohama harbor for two days.
When 1t subsidized she continued her
course. Among the passengers were
Captain Harry Leonard of the Marine
Corps who lost an arm in the fighting
around Tien-Tsin. The vessel will car
ry a large number Of passengers from
Honolulu. She is scheduled to leave at
noon to-day.
THE RIO DELAYED.
The Rio Janeiro was held in Homo
lulu longer than at first anticipated.
She was first scheduled to leave for
Japan and China ports at 10 o'clock
yesterday. Later it was announced OH
the Rios schedule board that she would
get away at l p. m. At o'clock she
was still in port taking on coal. The
delay was occasioned by her being
shifted from the Pacific Mail wharf to
the Wilder section to make room for
the Picking. Her stern extended far
out into the harbor and coal was taken
in at the forward ports. 1t was close
on to s o'clock when Pilot Cameron
gave the order to cast loose. The
Fearless handled her. A number of
Chinese and Japanese passengers We're
taken aboard and one cabin passenger
AMERICAN HAWAIIAN STEAM
SHIP co.
Messrs. Flint, Dearborn & Co. will
dispatch the first steamer of their line
to San Francisco shortly. Their first
steamer will be the Hyades, completed
at Sparrows Point, Md, June last. She
is owned by the Boston Towboat Co.,
but has been chartered by the Ameri-
can Hawaiian S. S. Co. to replace their
new steamer California, which was
taken by the United States Government
for the army transport service. The
Hyades is a large carrier, but as a full
cargo is waiting for her she will receive
prompt despatch. With the opening up
of the steam route between New York
and San Francisco the few American
clipperShips left will have to seek other
trades
OVERDUE LIST.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The Ma
rine Record has the following list of
loverdues:
Wachusett (sp) Newcastle, n. S. W.,
for Kahului, 135 days out, Sept %; rs
per cent.
Heathbank (Br. sp) Rio de Janeiro
for Newcastle, N. S. w, $50 days out,
Sept. %; 80 per cent.
Bretagne, from Antwerp for San
Francisco, 175 days out, Sept -; 10 per
cent.
Alex Mcneil. from Blakeley for Ere
mantle, 145 days out, Sept %; per
cent.
SHIP BUILDING ON THE COAST.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct Abe
Marks. Jerry Daily and William Downs
of the Merchants Exchange have pre-
pared a list showing the number of
vessels built on. the Pacific Coast from
January /, 1885, to September of this
year, together with the places of con-
struction and the tonnage.
| There has been big increase in the
ship-building industry during the past
two years. Among the points at which
vessels have been built are this city
North Bend, Eureka, Gray's Harbor
Port Ludlow, Hoquaim, Port Blakeley
Aberdeen, Marshfield, Fairhaven, Sc
/
Everett, New Whatcom and Portland
The vessels built are as follows:
Steamers-Aberdeen, Californian, Co.
ronado, Eureka, Grace Dollar, Iaqua
j. s. Kimball, Kvichak, Luella, Man
dalay, Newburg, Nome City, Rainier
Robert Dollar. Ruth, Samoa, Senator
Santa Ana, st. Paul, Santa Barbara
San Pedro, Sequoia, w II. Kruger
Schooners-Lottie Bennett Mahuko-
ma, Manila. Mary E. Foster, Philippine
Ruth E. Godfrey, r. c. Slade. Rosa
mond, r. r. Hind, Sehome, S. C. Alex.
ander, Santa Paula, Stimson, Stanley
William Olsen, Winslow, William II
Smith, Columbia, Commerce, Churchill
Dauntiess, Eric, Expansion, Fearless
Forest Home, F. NJ. Slade, Forester
Fred j. Wood, H. d. Bendixen, Helene
Henry Wilson, James A. Campbell. AID.
mlral, A. j. West, A M. Baxter. Ariel
kailua, Luzon, Ludlow, A. ]. Johnson
cambridge, Irene, James III. Bruce
James Rolph
Barkentine-Alta. Benicia. John Pal
mer. j. l.. Eviston. The Hawaii wa,
built at Dumbarton, England. for I'll.