The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-06

The o. & o. S. S. Doric, Captain
Smith, arrived from San Francisco yes
terday morning, docking at the Pacific
Mail wharf about . o'clock and bring
ing six days later mail and news from
the outside world. She brought 155
sacks of mail for this port. There
were no passengers to stop over here
and comparatively few for the Orient.
The trip from the Coast was made in
six days, seventeen hours and twelve
minutes. Promptly at o'clock in the
afternoon the big liner left for China
and Japan, moving out from the wharf
without the aid of tug, bringing her
nose to point to the mouth of the chan
mel with the assistance of strong off
shore breeze and her starboard anchor,
which had been dropped little dis
lance from the wharf when the vessel
locked in the morning.
When the Doric left she took one of
the largest cargoes Of condemned tea.
which has ever been sent back to the
Orient from this port. The shipment
comprised 229 packages. Including eigh-
teen different marks and about thirty
different consignments.
I Several sailing vessels arrived yes
terday. The schooner Jessie Minor,
Captain Whitney, came from Eureka
with cargo of redwood lumber con-
signed to Allen & Robinson: the Amer
lean ship John C. Potter, Captain
Meyer, came in from Tacoma with coal
and the American bark s. c. Allen ar
rived from San Francisco. Captain
Johnson is her master.
JOHN SMITH FOR HONOLULU.
The John Smith will load lumber at
Port Blakeley for Honolulu and not at
|Chemainus for Nagasaki as previously
reported. 4
MAY TAKE NAME OF CALIFORNIA.
There is every possibility that Cali
fornia will be honored by having a lat
tleship named after her. The weight
OF influence brought to bear on the
President and Secretary of the Navy
by the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco is beginning to bring about
the desired result. The representatives
of that state in the upper and lower
houses of Congress have combined and
are putting forth their efforts to secure
the coveted honor.
VI T lho VI TEN MINI AFlIOAI.
The clipper ship Roderick Dhu is be-
ing fitted throughout with electricity
and when the plant is installed she will
be the only sailing vessel afioat that is
lighted throughout with incandesceEt
lights. The Roderick Dhu has had
cold storage plant aboard for nearly a
Year and, thinking the matter over,
Captain Matson, the managing owner
and Captain Johnson, manager of the
ship. came to the conclusion that it
would not cost much to put in ,lyna-
mo. The consequence is that the Rosl-
ierick Dhu will sail In a few days from
San Francisco lighted throughout WITH
electricity.
ENTER HAWAIIAN TRADE.
The American ship Marion Chilcott
Is now owned in San FRANCISCO and nat
city in the future win be her home
pert. Captain William Matson will be
her managing owner and in company
with the Roderick Dhu. Falls of Clyde
Santiago and Annie Johnson she will
run in the Spreckels line to Hilo.
The Marion Chilcott was formerly
the British ship Kilbrannan She went
ashore at Port Townsend and was
there abandoned by her owners Later
the wreck was purchased by the steve
doring firm of Barneson & Chilcott,
and after some hard work that firm got
her off and repaired her at considerable
cost. The money expended on her was
more than required under the law laid
down by Congress to obtain for her an
American register, so the Kilbrannan
came under the American flag und n
the name of the Marion Chilcott
Since then she has been trading out of
Puget Sound ports and last year made
trip to Manila for Uncle Sam. car
frying supplies.
| The Marion Chilcott is now in Aus
tralian waters and Captain Rock has
gone to Port Adelaide to take her over
Tor Captain Matson. He will take her
to San Francisco and hereafter she Will
run between San Francisco and Hilo.
The Marion Chilcott was built at
Port Glasgow in 1882 and is 256 feet
long,. 50 feet beam and % feet deep.
she is great carrier ard has made
some OF the quickest passages of any
Iof the fleet on the Coast. The chances
are that when Captain Matson gets her
there he will turn her into a bark.
| 49, i@-i1 . OF TRANSPORTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-The
freight transport Aztec may not get
away FOR day or SO. The horses that
were to have gone on her have been
sidetracked and mules to replace the
animals lost on the Leelanaw will go
on her. In the meantime the big car
rier will have to remain tied I'D at the
wharf until the mules can be gathered
together and sent down to the front.
II looks from this that the .long-eared
breed is more of value in the Philip
pines just now than his better bred
cousin.
THE BARK r. p. RITHET.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-The
bark r. p. Rithet had a lively time of
1t on her last trip from Honolulu.
First of all, she struck dead calm
ana nearly went ashore before getting
away from the Island Of Oahu. Then
she was caught in heavy southeaster
and lost several sails Then she was
almost on top of the North Farallones
oefore the captain got his position. and
tnnally she nearly ran down tha iioh+