The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-14

reagan, the VeSSei recently saved from
destruction on the reef off Diamond
Head, yesterday filed bond for $780,
900 to satisfy the salvage claims of the
Spreckels' Tugboat Company, pending
the final settlement of the matter in
admiralty. The vessel is now out of
the hands of the libelants and can COM
mence discharging her cargo. 1t Is
likely that the work Of unloading will
start this morning at the old fishmar-
ket wharf where the Dunreggan is at
present lying.
The United States Deputy Marshal
who walked the vessels decks Satur-
day and Sunday is not to be seen
aboard now. In his place a customs
guard has charge. The crew of the
big bark are at present busily engaged
in putting a new coat of green paint
on her iron sides while Herbert and
William Young are kept busy with
pumping her out with Union Gasoline
engine and examining her bottom In
| order to ascertain the extent of the
damages received on the Diamond
| Head reef.
Herbert Young spent many hours
yesterday in his diving suit, feeling
around under the vessels hull for loose
rivets, leaks, cracks, dents and DAM
/ age generally. He had exceedingly
hard work, being up to his waist at
times in the soft mud and ooze that
covers the bottom of the harbor. There
We're only three and a half feet of wa
| ter under the Dunreggan's keel and
Young had TO contend with bad light as
well as lack of elbow room and the
| yielding mud. The most water the
bark has had in her hold so far, was
% inches. Between pumpings she now
averages about 10 inches showing that
the pump is boss of the situation. Peo-
pie continued to visit the Dunreggan
yesterday and watched with much in
terest the operations of the divers.
AMERICAN DUE IN NOVEMBER.
The president and manager of the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany, o. T. Sewall and Captain w. D
Burnham, have completed their bust
ness on Maui and Hawaii and expect &c
return to San Francisco on the Mari
posa on Friday. They have been max
ing arrangements in these Islands fol
2 the running of the company's steam
ers. Captain Burnham says that al
present there is nothing to announce
concerning the result of their trip t.
the other Islands. The idea of going
to Maui and Hawaii was for the pur'
tpose of considering the ACCESSIBILITY o.
having the steamers stop at those Isl
ands. Both Mr.. Sewall and Captain
Burnham consider the conditions mos
favorable.
II. Hackfeld & Company, the agent.
for the American Hawaiian STEAMSHIP
Company announce that the steamer
American will leave New York direc
for Honolulu on or about Septembel
Is and will be due at Honolulu abou
November 30. The American is to b,
followed by the steamer Hawaiian
about two months later. Captain
Burnham, in speaking of the affairs o
the company, said: Mr.. Sewall anC
/ will meet with the shippers before W,
leave for the Coast and talk over rates
Everything has been arranged 70
starting our steamers as advertised
next month
GENERAL SHIPPING.
The bark Big Bonanza takes lumbe
from Puget Sound to Port Adelaide
, Australia at 60 shillings.
Captain A. b. Jonasen has takel
oI the Sc0bOItF fFee
}, and Captain H. d. Leland has takel
charge of the steamer Alexander Dun
can.
The United States steam collier Bru
tus recently grounded on a reef at tn
island of Guam. but got off withou
injury.
1t is reported that Frank White
master of the bark Mermaid. droppe
dead of heart disease on the street
of Nome on July 4th.
The old frigate-of-war Mohican, noV
at Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal, is
be placed in commission for service i
China
The big six-masted schooner build
ing at Camden, Me-, is ready fo
launching. She is 900 feet long on tn
keel, and 335 feet overall with bea,
Of 26 feet and a depth of Sc feet of hol,
She will be able to carry $500 tons
coal.
Captain Carlson, formerly master
the schooner Fred f. Sander, die
lately at private sanitarium near Sa
Bernardino, Cal.
The British ship Southernshire, fro
Rotterdam for Kia Chu, whence 81
was to go to Portland, Ore, to loa
wheat for Europe, grounded on a re,
near the island of Sumatra, on Jul
9th, and became a total wreck. Thi
teen of her crew We're drowned.
Captain Pillsbury has been detache
from the steamer San Juan, and
looking after the steyedoring work c
the Mail dock in San Francisco.
During the month of June, 1900, II
less than 26 sailing vessels of 49, 34 tor
and steamers of 1869 tons arrived
San Francisco, Cal, from ports
places in the Hawaiian islands.
The big pile raft at Astoria, Ore, wi
soon be on its way to San Francisco
tow of two steamers. 1t is 600 feet Ion
) 50 feet wide and So feet high, an
, draws % feet of water.
The four-masted schooner Merrima
/. now at Victoria, B. c., has been cha
N tered to load wheat at an America
l port at 40 shillings, the highest RAJ
ever paid from Victoria
Receipts of coal at San Francisc
Cal, for the week ending July IS. We
2S,S93 tons, of which vessels with 10
800 tons came from British Columbi
= | , vessels with 12793 tons from Wa CT