The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-23

| Islands are at present very DuSy study
| ing their little books so as to be ready
| for the examination which they expect
to have to pass before very long, when
| a Federal inspector of boilers and hulls
arrives here from the Mainland.
This Inspector Charles Lehners, well
| known to the engineers here, is expect
ed here very shortly. He may possibly
arrive on the next transport, or
| he may come early next month.
The probabilities are that all
OF the engineers at present employ
ed by the InterIsland and Wilder
Steamship companies, all of them COM
petent men as far as their work has
shown, will pass the examination with
out any trouble and need have no fear
of the Federal inspector. LehnerS has
been Deputy Inspector for Alaska and
will be Deputy Inspector Of Hulls and
Boilers for this district.
DULL DAY ALONGSHORE.
There wasn't enough excitement on
the waterfront yesterday to even keep
| the little pet kittens on the Pacific Mail
wharf awake. With no foreign bot
tom in port, very few island steamers
| in the harbor and the unusually small
number Of sailing vessels which at
present grace the waters between the
reef and the city, things were about
as quiet as they are on Sundays. The
| Eleu towed some garbage scows to sea
| to start the day with, the usual number
| of japanese fishing boats worked their
| way out to the fishing grounds, few
scattered games of 'seven-eleven"
went lazily on in certain sequestered
hooks around the wharves, While those
be counted on ones fingers and thumbs.
| The amount of wharf space now
available is naturally very great and
about fifteen deep-water vessels coul
be accommodated providing they were
| here.
| A large number of ships are expected
| at this port in the very near future,
however. and conditions are likely to
change for the better very soon.
SAVANNAH TO HONOLULU.
The ship Henry Willard, Capt. Quick
which sailed from Savannah on Oct. q
for Honolulu, takes out 2,249 tons 81
phosphate rock. This is the first cargC
oe rock fertilizer shipped to Honolulu
lCLASSED AND RATED RECENTLY
The American Bureau Of Shipping
during the week ending November
classed and rated the following vessels
in the Record of American and For.
eign Shipping American screw
steamer Santiago, American ship Will
liam N. Conner, American three-mast
ed schooner Horace p. Shares, Ameri
can three-masted schooner Rebecca J
Moulton. British three schoon
er Wentworth, and British three-mast
ed schooner Bessie Parker
TO REPLACE BURNED PIERS.
The four wooden piers of the Nortl
German Lloyd at Hoboken, which wer,
destroyed by fire some time ago, are t,
be replaced by three large steel piers
large force of men have been put t,
work removing the debris of the burned
piers. Pier No. will be the first of tn
new piers to be constructed, and this Il
to be finished by July / next. Mean
while, the German Lloyd will continu
berthing it's ships at the Cunard pie
and Brooklyn Wharf
TO BUILD STEEL VESSELS.
Edward Gaskin and Lewis Warfield
supported by New York capitalists
have bought from the Erie Railroad
Company the plant of the Union DR.,
Dock at Buffalo, New York, and will
continue the business under the name
of the Union Steamship Company. The
investment will amount to more thar
| sl,O0O,OOO. Mr.. Gaskin. who has beer
superintendent of the dock for several
| years, says that the new company will
make a speciality of building first-class
| steel vessels for lake and ocean SER
vice.
NEW DRY DOCK FOR NEW YORK
| Messrs. James Shewan & Sons, OF
| New York, have added another large
| and substantial dry dock to the exten-
| sive. docking plant on the East River
New York. The new dock was launch
ed at Elm Park Borough of Richmond
". Y, on October 31st, and was imme-
diately towed to the foot of East
| Fourth street, where it was placed in
position. The dock is 176 feet long
with outriggers of 30 feet on each end
is so feet wide and it's lifting capacity
| about 5000 tons. The dock is built en-.
| tirely of yellow pine. With this addi-
ton the Messrs. Shewan & Sons now
have four dry docks. which will enable
them to attend to all orders for dry
docking with promptness.
THE MORRO CASTLE.
The new steamer Morro Castle, of tn,
Ward Line, arrived at New York No
vember from Cramps Yard, PhiladeI
phia, where she was built. She is in
tended for the Havana trade and is il
command of Captain Cleveland Downs
Commodore of the Ward Line fleet
The MORO Castle is of 1000 tons gros.
measurement, and has a guaranteed
speed of 10 knots. produced by twir
bronze screws and triple-expansion en-
gines. She has draught of Is feet
two tunnels and two pole masts TIL,
vessel has a length of 400 feet on
beam of so feet and depth of hold o
36k feet. She has accommodations 70
1876 first saloon, 81 intermediate and 4
steerage passengers. In every way sh
is magnificently adapted to the Cubal
trade. besides being serviceable for th
naval reserve list.
| WILLIAM PENN STEAMSHIP COM