Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-28
News Of Shipping
Along Water Front


yesterday for repairs.
The James Makee is going to have a
thorough overhauling and is going to
be enlarged.
The Niihau brought 1858 bags II. A.
sugar which has been placed in the
George Curtis.
The Iwalani slid from the ways yes
terday after having had repairs made
to her steering gear.
The James Makee discharged 257O
bags Lihue plantation sugar into the
G. ID. Bryant yesterday.
The China discharged quite lot of
freight for local concerns. There yet
remains some heavy freight on the
wharf which was discharged from the
AoraDgi.
There was considerable kicking yes
terday by the officers of the China rela-
tice to the slowness of the stevedores
In ccaling the steamer They are next
to tneir job.
The Mikahala carried away yester-
day large cargo of general merchan-
disc 70 Kauai, as likewise a full passen-
ger list. She took up the usual run of
the W. G. Hall.
The Oceanic dock has been entirely
cleared of the vast amount of freight
discharged from the zealandia and an
air OF lonliness pervades this usually
live section Of the water front.
One hundred and forty-nine pack
ages of struggled goods were seized on
The transport Logan in San Francisco
on the Goth inst. The contents of the
packages were silks. embroideries. furs.
porcelain ware and cigars.
The China got away last night about
10 o'clock. The falling Of man into
The waters Of the harbor from the deck
of the steamer, and his subsequent res
cue by native was the only event that
occurred to cause any. excitement.
The eighth general meeting OF the
Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers took place in New York on
the Sth inst. and lasting for several
lays. The present officers were re-
elcated, and matters OF vital Importance
were discussed.
The transport Warren arrived at
Nagasaki. After coallng she will pro-
Gee to Taku, where she will take aboard
a regiment that has been ordered to
Manila. After the trip to Manila the
Warren will fcome home, arriving in
San Francisco about the middle O,
JJnuary.
The work of building Sir Thomas
llDton's new America cup challenger
Shamrock II has been started In Dem
ny's yard at Dumbarton, Glasgow,
within an enclosure. G. l.. Watson. the
zach, designer, has laid out the lines
of the framework, which will be con-
structed of nickel steel. The plates will
probably be of bronze.
IL would seem that the limit had been
reached In the construction of large
Atlantic liners, and when the Deuts-
chlard was successfully launched. there
were not a few among shipping cir
Giles that questioned the utility and adj
vantage to be gained in the mainten-
6nce and operation of these monster
piles of iron and steel.
The Fearless returned from sea last
evening without being able to locate
tho vessel sighted by the China. 1t WAS
supposed to be the bark st. Katharine
from San Francisco but several vessels
from that port are about due here. such
az the barkentine Planter, the w. G..
lewin and others it Is rather difficult to
form with any degree of accuracy the
name OF the vessel sighted by the Chi
ne. Quite naturally the agents here Of
these various vessels are quite anxious,
owing to the fact that all these vessels
carry live stock
The Government Naval Bureau Of
Equipment has recommended the in
s,allation of the Marconi system OF
wireless teiegraphy on board Of several
ships of the Navy provided II can be
done at a reasonable cost. Experiments
In this system OF signalling have PROV
ed successful In the main In the trials
made by SHIPS Of the North Atlantic
Squadron, although quite a serious de.
feet has been discovered. In the event
hat two vessels using the SYSTEM
should attempt to signal single port
or vessel simultaneously, the receiving
station or ship is found to be unable
to distinguish between the messages
sent TO IL.
A dusty" ocean highway sounds al
most incredible. Yet those who are
with sailing ships know that,
no matter how carefully the decks may
be washed down in the morning, and
how little work of any kind may be
done during the day, nevertheless, II
the decks are not swept at nightfall,