The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-09
SEA AND SHORE
Japanese LaborerS on
The Docks.
The lehua at kooIau--SuVey Of East
Africans Damage--A Rough
Day--NOtes,

miulubtp on ihe OFT Sc g. ru. a
/ equCnt Ia squa Is mpe led Re J..
! tarpaulius In many cas- = whe e o.
liable goods We c bcing NOV
lg did a big buslne in hall ahl
FOUND In the harbor and King
chooners to sea. The Mary Il. Fost
IN sugar for San r ancisco
J. w. Watson in ballast we're towed { |
ca during the afternoon ard with tn |
brisk wind blowing they both made
rapid progress toward Diamond Head
after they were dropped by the tug.
The harbor Is not nearly so crowded at
present as it has been, although the
accommodations are still much less
than desirable. The Inter Island wharf
has been given a very thorough clean
| ing in preparation for the shipping of
! freight under the new regulations. 1t
S thought that Monday will see this
! shipping scheme put in operation The
wind which blew very hard during the
| afternoon and early evening abated
about ~ o'clock. The foreign schoon
err reported off Koko Head in the after
noon failed to get around during the
avening; she will probably make port
early this morning.
Japanese Laboreis.
The Japanese are becoming a great
| factor on the water front and as time
goes on it is apparent that they will
ind more and more employment about
The shipping. In the neighborhood of
| .wo hundred little brown men a! now
| Engaged on the WhlryeS by the steam
| ship and stevedore companies and
| wherever a place appears they are on
hand by the score seeking employment.
they are not waiting to be employed
in all cases, but are taking contracts
FOR ballasting; some several huis OF
from five to twenty men each are en-
gagged in loading ships ready for bal
last.
Said one of the dock foremen, they
,re certainly good workers and cheap.
| They are ready for work at all times
! and do not lag over what they are do
ing. | find that they give satisfaction
IN every respect. The quarantine and
transport service have worked havoc
with the native dock labor rs and, as
the work must be done, we have been
;; forced to fall back on the Japs, who
we're the only available workmen or
Nand. They are being taken aboard the
,, steamers ard there Is no trouble IT
: ',eeping them. They do not attemnt tt
break quarantine as the native crews
do aud work cheaper, doing the work
rs we'll.
The transports which have been stop
ming here have done a great deal OF
l. ripht work for which the native Goa
h handlers md 'onpshoremen rot doub E
}, nav. This was apparently too mrct
: 0rosneritv for them, because they
y would spend the dav gambling anc
/ drinking. The Tars when set at task
q keen at it until the work is done. They
I, need but little watching ard are gen
u orally content with one dollar day
- The Lehua at Koolau.
= Henry Macfarlane telephoned to the
Wilder Co. yesterday that the Lehu;
=" was ashore on the other side of thi:
/ island. About O'Clock Captain DoAel
p telephoned TO allay any anxiety tina
~ might have been occasioLed by Mr.
MacfaIlane's message He stated tina
lie arrived off WaImal 10 early yester
day morning. Instead of laying out
tide the Captain started .nto the chan
eli and finding that the tide was very
,ow he went ahead very slowly. The
h vessel, which was built expressly fol
q ervice in shallow water, VI ted a1ou
three inches of clearing the eef Wher
&c he grounded she was under little way
e and went on easy. Instead of trying Il
J. get her off, as he might easily have
q done, the Captain waited for the tide
q 10 rise, not wishing to take chances
, of hurting the bottom of the st amer
II 4 short time after grounding the water
r had risen enough to allow the Lchua
: to pass over the reef on which she was
4 'esting. She was loHding when Cap
II tain Dover telerhoned and will prob
Q ably be back today.
Il NOTES.
The Asplce has still about 800 tons
V of coal to discharge.
r The Title Starbuck is alongside Irm
v gard wharf discharging.
% The Norwegian bark Soveig ha!
u cleared for the Sound in ballast.
X The Edward May, at Maxwell, /!
:. being loaded by the Ike Au Hou.
n The Highlands has taken the Der
"a wlckshire's place at Pacific Mall wharf
The steamer Kauai, from the Garder
Isle with 7,400 bags OF sugar, arrived
yesterday.
The Berwickshire is about ready t
e sail. She goes to the Sound In ballas
81 to load wheat.
s. The Kinau went from Makaweli t
% Kilauea to finish discharglng her gen
eral cargo She will bring load G
" sugar to this port on her return.
10 An offer to re-charter the Kinau ha
rt been refused by the Wi der Compan!
ne She will be used on the Hawaii run q
On soon as turned over to her owners,
nv A recent decision by United State
Is Circuit Court compels masters OF vel
nv SEES to provide safe and warm ROOF
vs. for the use OF sailors in cold weathe
In The ship Pactolus has finished di
~ charging at the railroad wharf. Ye
ha terday Captain Watts began shippin
is his crew. He will take about LOT
N tons OF sugar before leaving.