The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-22
SEA AND SHORE
The Schooner Eric
Brings News.
A Queer Accidental New Hosting
Machine--The Moss on the
Bark--Notes.

Yesterday was a busy one on the
front and in the harbor. The work Of
getting the ship Hilston was the first
for the tugboat. gang OF men were
taken out 10 the ship and her anchor
and chain hove in after much labor.
The HilsJons steam power Is not OF
the best. and the hundred fathOms Of
chain and the heavy anchor out
in thirty-five fathoms Of water was too
much for her donkey engine.
a schooner and two barks were re-
ported during the day by the lookout
at Diamond Head. The schooner was
the Eric, Captain RoOs, over a month
out from Tacoma for Yokohama, call
ing here TO put the captains sick wife
ashore. The bark Palmyra, sixty-fve
days from Newcastle, came into the
harbor shortly after noon, but the sec
ond bark reported did not show up dur
ing the day. She is probably the lola
nj, which left for HilO Wednesday
morning shortly after midnight. Cap
tain Mcclure OF the Iolani remained
here in attendance on his wife, Mate
Sweetser taking the vessel to Hilo.
The report of the steamer Cleve-
lands pilikia set the waterfront gos-
sips agoing about her reputation for
being a hOOdOo ship, and all sorts Of
conjectures were made as 10 where
she would be found-if she is found.
The big ship Lancing went to sea
yesterday and the strong winds sent
her along at a great rate when she set
her sails and squared away. The tug
boat had hard pull bringing the Pal
myra in against the strong breeze
sweeping down the channel. The Wal
aleale, from Kappa with sugar and the
Cummins, from Oahu ports, arrived
during the day.
Moss Oh the Bark.
The men of the st. Katherine were
engaged yesterday in cleaning the
moss from her side, which aecumulat-
ed there during the long voyage from
the Horn TO this port. AS IL Is true
that moss grows on the bark of a tree
only on one side, so it is true that moss
grew only on one side of the bark st.
Katherine. Captain Saunders says the
trip from the 5Oth parallel was a sue
cession of Gains. Those on board
amused themselves by fishing for
sharks, which were very plentiful. One
very large shark, when caught, was
hauled up alongside the ship. 1t was
cut open and three small sharks
squirmed out of the big one and fell
into the water.
In speaking of the trouble with the
second mate, Captain Saunders said it
was nothing except that the man was
totally unfit for the position he held.
as he did not know the first thing
about a mates duties. The story of
the man, who claims to have been so
brutally treated. Is. as usual, a sailors
yarn that upon investigation turns out
to be the result of some chastisement
inflicted for derelictiOn of duty. With
two ladies aboard the ship during the
entire voyage, it is hardly probable
that the brutal treatment complained
OF could have occurred.
New Hosting Machine.
The use Of gasoline as a power is
becoming much more common. Yester-
day there was installed a gasoline
hoist TO be used in discharging the
bark St. Katherine, at Irmgard wharf
The donkey engines are having al the
work they can attend to and there are
not enough of them to 60 around. This
is the first time that a gasoline hoist
has been used on the wharf. and the
operation will be watched with great
deal OF interest. The gasoline engine
on the schooner Surprise has proved a
great success and has done some
heavy lifting in the most satisfactory
manner. The claim is made for the
new hoist that it will do the work of
a donkey engine at less than half the
cost of fuel and that il is much easier
to handle. comparatively nOiseless and /
smokeless.