The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-24

the Sierra, the Rio and the Logan,
each bringing later news, went
through about the same experiences, as
far as weather was concerned, a COM
parisOn of their respective records
est.
The Sierra, said to be the finest
steamship afloat on the Pacific Ocean,
occupied z days and hours on the
trip; the Logan was exactly days
in making the trip, and the Rio de
Janeiro took 81 days
There are ninety-nine recruits and
casuals for the army in the Philip
pines aboard the Logan, besides the
following on the passenger list: Major
E. w. Halford, paymaster, U. S. A;
Captain w. H. Cowles, Fourth Infan-
| try; Second Lieutenant A. r. Dilling-
| ham, Thirteenth Infantry; DR.. William
l.. Wilmington, A. A S., U. S. A; DR..
Charles w. Thorp, A. A s., u. S. A;
w. w Thrall, clerk paymaster's de-
partment; l.. M. Jacobs, employee
Philippine Commission; ]. A. Burns,
! clerk, ordnance department; P. B. Nc
! Conville, l.. W. Banner, E. L. Bopp,
Paul Dave, e. B. Chitty, clerks, ord
nance department. George M. Thomas
Jr., employee military government;
Mrs. A. r. Dillingham;, Mrs. George A.
Skinner, two children and nurse; Mrs.
lC. l.. Hickman and two daughters. Mrs
| H. Black, Mrs, Gritty and sister, Miss
III. l.. Burlinson, Marie E. Moore, Hos
pital Steward George Graham, H c.,
U. S. A, and the following of the Hos
pital Corps: Acting Eteward R. E.
Cross, Privates Charles A. Begun, J..
w. Calclough, G. Fisher, r. G. Hall,
F. T. Reidt, James Sheridan, William
McGeachie, Noah Blaugh, AL. Coney,
Henry Fisher, w. K. Heller, Patrick
Reedy, R. l.. Richards, S. j. Chase,
Peter fischer, W. A Hamm, Herman
, Miller, w. w. Reagan, J. j. Shaw, j.
Meter; Sergeant Joseph Marthens,
Signal Corps, and c. E. Upper, A. S.
Hooe and James Lyman Of the Signal
Corps.
The Logan has to take aboard SOC
tons of coal at this port. She is being
coaled day and night, and will try to
get away this afternoon at O'Clock
. for Manila.
d The officers of the transport are as
; follows: Captain Stenson, comman-
. der; First officer Hopkins, Second Off.
Ger Kelly, Third Officer Lightburn
jennings, First Assistant Engineer
McKennon. -
: Captain Patton is the quartermastel
in charge of the Logan.
f COPTIC'S QUICK "TRIP.
i SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15-One o
the quickest trips on record from Chi
e ma, Japan and Honolulu, was made b.
e the Occidental and Oriental Company
: steamer Coptic, arriving late, Thursda.
e night. The time from Hongkong wa
: q days, 26 minutes; from Yokohama
G Is days 31s hours, and from Honolulu
e days 17R hours. Better time ha
e been made from Honolulu, notably b.
!, the Nippon Maru last January, whel
e the distance was covered in 5 days
q hours and 81 minutes, and by tn
China, in October, 1897, when the tri
n was made in days and IL hours, bu
:, the Coptic's time is not often equale
l. Or surpassed. 20 --y..e >.p.
: TRANSPORT THOMAS, COMING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18th
a transport Thomas is scheduled to sal
a Monday for Manila via Honolulu wit
; a cargo of commissary stores
el SHIPPING NOTES.
- he SloCh tIduSpOIL hlutuCh Is ca
: pected from Seattle at any time.
VI Two of the Navy wharves are nov
completed and have been accepted b
n the department. !.
n The steamer J. A. Cummins left fo
$ windward Oahu ports on Saturday
/; after having received a thorough over
IT hauling on the marine railway
is La Paloma, the schooner yacht, re
70 turned to port on Saturday. after com
d pleting a tour of the Islands in tn
lie interests of the wireless telegraph
system.
II A Japanese crew was recently pu
r aboard the American bark James Mes
% NTH. They know about.as much con
= corning their duties as would farr
is hands in the same position.
The Canadian-Australian steame
is Warrimoo, Captain Hay, due here froI
is Vancouver and Victoria last Saturday
2 has probably been delayed by tn
u, same severe weather which put tn
l. Sierra, the Rio and the Logan be
e hind
l. The French bark Bossuet,- which ha
"A been in the harbor for some tim
1t awaiting the arrival of new capital
d from France, sailed for the Sound We:
'r terday morning. The tug Fearles
gave her good, long tow outside tn
lie harbor and started sherswell on he
he voyage The new captain for til
TT Rossllet arrived here ON, the Sierra