The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-01

Those vessels which have arrived
from the Coast within the last two
days, the Planter, st. Katherine ana
VIM. G.. Irwin, and the j. G. Glade
from Bremen, now all at wharves, were
busy yesterday getting ready to dis
charge their cargoes. The Eva end of
the harbor has taken on an appear
ance of business which it has not had
for a long time.
Yesterday morning the American
ship James Nesmith arrived from New
castle with a load of coal. She was
sixty-five days in making the passage
and came into port looking as spick
and span as a new vessel. She is at
present lying at anchor in the stream,
near the lighthouse. The barkentine
Planter has moved over to the Railway
wharf; those vessels now at the Eva
end of the harbor are the Kennebec,
j. c. Glade, VIM. G. Irwin, St Rather
inc, Prince Victor, Planter, G. d. Bry-
ant and George Curtis.
Early in the afternoon the tug Fear
less took the barkentine S. n. Castle
to sea- She is bound for San Francisco
a couple of passengers from this port.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
steamer Waialeale sailed for Hama
maulu, Ahukini, Anahola and Kilauea
and the Ke Au Hou got away for Ma
wiliwili, Koloa Eleele, Hanapepe, Ma
kaweli, Waimea, Kekaha and Niihau.
Shortly before 4 o'clock the Pacific
Mail steamship Rio de Janeiro was
sighted coming from the Orient. She
was due to arrive here early in the
morning but was delayed. She locked,
as usual, at the Pacific Mail wharf
about o'clock and Immediately com
menced coaling. She brought consider
able cargo for this port almost a
thousand tons of Oriental merchan-
disc.
The Rio sails today for San Fran
cisco and takes the following passen-
gers: A. Dreier, Miss r. P. Grimwood,
| d. G. Schweitzer and wife, Miss G.
Alexander, Miss Lucy Wilcox, H. A.
Baldwin and wife, NJ. Paine, c. N. Will
cox F. r. Van Buskirk, Nj. j. Riordan,
T. Bowden, Miss f. Warner, Mrs. l..
Andrews, Burnet =. Smith. j. A. Tut
hill, G. H. Walban, a. A. Young, Cap
tain Campbell, Miss G. l.. Beckwith, l..
a. Thurston, wife and child Frank @.
Kingdom and wife, Miss Breitling,
Miss Waldan, Mr.. Denning and wife
and Da Gasea.
The gasoline schooner Eclipse sailed
yesterday afternoon at o'clock for
Lahaina, Kihei, Maizena, and Kona
The steamer Hawaii of the Wilder line
sailed for Ookala and Pepeekeo late in
the day.
The steamer Kinau will arrive from
Hilo at noon today, the Mikahala is
due from Nawiliwili and the Lehua is
expected from Molokai. The Claudine
will arrive from Maui ports on Sunday
as usual.
There are now eleven deep-water
sailing vessels in port, as follows En-
terprise, George Curtis, Kennebec, G
d. Bryant, Bossuet, Prince Victor
Planter, VIM. G.. Irwin, ]. c. Glade
James Nesmith and st. Katherine.
The Mauna Ala is now 10 days out
from San Francisco for this port; the
Andrew WEIGH, 20 days; the S. c. AL
Zen, 10 days; the w. b. Flint, Is days;
the Archer, 10 days; the Aloha, 2;
days; the Olympic and the w. H. Di-
mond, Is days, and the steamer AL
bion. days.
The Annie Johnson, from San Fran
cisco for Hilo, is out % days, unless
she has already arrived.
The United States army transport
Meade is the next Government vessel
due to arrive here from the Coast.
The schooner Enterprise will prob
ably get away for San Francisco to-
day with Captain White in command
The various troubles of the schooner
have been settled but not until those
interested in her had learned much by
experience.
The Oceanic Steamship Company has
declared a dividend of 50 cents per
share, payable today.
CHINA BASIN LEASE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-Tht
China basin lease was signed this af
ternoon by Mayor Phelan and Harbo,
Commissioners Kilburn, Harvey ant
Herold. Governor Gage was not pres
ent. Ii was explained by President
kilburn that as the lease would have
to be ratified by the next Legislature
it would then come up for the gov.
ernor's signature.
The lease is for fifty years. and give.
to the San Francisco and San Joaquin
Valley Railway Company the use o.
1000 feet of waterfront by 200 feet il
depth. Should the seawall be EXTENDED
from Mission street to China basin be
fore the lease expires the entire length
constructed by the railway company
with a width of 100 feet, reverts to tn,
State.
Charles A. Nelson, president of TIN
Chamber of Commerce: r w. Dohr
mann. president of the Merchants AS
ISOLATION; Irving NJ. Scott, Captain
Marston and several others spoke il
favor of the execution of the lease
Captain Nelson said that he had no
had time to give the document mucl
consideration, but that he had sufficien
talth in the gentlemen having tn
matter in hand to know that they wer
working for the best interests of tn,
Iclty and State. Our commerce will
siberia, the Orient, the Philippines an,
Hawaii is just opening, and wharf ia
cllltles are in urgent demand. III
twenty years. he said, I'VE will prob
abiy have use for twice the presen
facilities"
irving NJ. Scott spoke in a simila,