The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-18
NO PLACE FOR CATTE.SAILORS UNIONATRR|N
A WILD LOT ON THE DECK OF THE
HAWAII.
Dredging has Made the Cattle Pen
Useless-Bullocks Ready to Clean out
The Town.

The steamer Hawaii arrived this
morning from Waimea, Hawaii, with
a deck load of cattle which were a
source of trouble to Captain Nicholson
on account of the filling up of the APP
proaches to the cattle wharves, by the
oahu Railway company's dredging.
There were seventy Withholding bull
locks on the deck of the Hawaii, and for
a time the captain was at a loss for
place to take them.
The Hawaii first locked at the coal
wharf Waikiki of the InterIsland dock,
where her cattle looked over the edge
of the vessel onto the wharf and SEEM
ed to be making ready to clear the
premises If discharging them was at
tempted.
None of the cattle appeared to be in
calm mood. After looking at their
wild eyes and long horns and observing
their dispositions captain Clarke con-
cluded that II would not be advisable
to attempt to discharge them at the
wharf. 1t was the opinion of most peo-
pie who looked at them that single
one Of them could clean out the wharf
in a few seconds, and that the seventy
head If they once got ashore could make
the whole city of Honolulu look like
China shop with bull in It,
There is nothing tame about Sam
Parkers cattle, as every native who has
helped to handle them knows. The work
of getting them on board the steamers
at Hawaii is one of the most exciting
Jobs in connection with island steamer
work. They have to be forced to swim
out to the steamer and when they get
alongside II is not very easy to hoist
them aboard.
The steamer at Waimea stands quite
distance from the shore, and the cat
| tie are brought out to her by small
hT1l loaded n
to the boats, but are made to swim
alongside.
When the bullock gets along side the
vessel they are given a rope or saddle"
and the steamers engines hoist them
aboard. The saddle is put on by ma
tive who takes a seat on the back of the
swimming bullock and gets him ready
to be hoisted. Anyone who has seen
Hawaii cattle knows that there is a
! good deal of excitement connected with
getting on their backs, whether they are
| in the water or not.
In some cases cattle are hauled on
by the neck. If a bullock has strong
objections to being saddled he must
accept the rope on his horns and neck
as a means of being hoisted on deck
for his journey.
On deck the cattle are all fastened
close to one another, and so tightly that
they cannot move their heads more than
few inches. Now and then one gets
loose, and then there is "a rough
house" till he is tied up again
"They may have good cowboys in
Texas and other American States" said
a horseman who has seen the work or
| Hawaii, but I don't believe there are
any that can give points to the men who
handle Sam Parker's bullocks They
are the widest, wickedest cattle that
ever breathed and any man that car
| herd them to shore and get them fixed
ready for shipment has a right to 6
first class cowboys certificate"
The cattle brought by the steamer
Hawaii this morning were finally taker
to the railroad wharf, where they were
put ashore in coral made for the pur-
pose, and taken to the slaughter house
/ at Iwilei.