Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-01
News Of Shipping I
Along Water Front !

The Oceanic Steamship Company has
declared a dividend of 80 cents pei
share payable today
The Rio de Janeiro discharged about
200 tons of general freight for this port
and took on the necessary coal to carry
her through to Frisco.
The United States transpor. Aztec
left the Coast on the 22d inst in charge
of Captain Trask. with 400 horses anC
cargo of supplies for Manila. As usual
the stock will be given chance to So
cure a rest here.
The Keauhou which arrived from
Kauai ports last Thursday. reports the
following sugar remaining on the isl
and: NJ. A. X, 300; l.. p. 1900; Ma
mond W., 200; X. $. NJ. 1000. G. 4 r.,
So; II. NJ, 1900; V. X. 200. Total, 1868
bags.
The ship Henry Willard which has
been purchased by Hind. Rolph & CO.
will enter the Hawaiian Australian
trade and upon discharging her cargo
of phosphatos here consigned to II.
Hackfeld Il Co.. will take on cargo
of sugar for San Francisco.
Quite a number of vessels cleared
from San Francisco and other points on
the 2lst and 22d inst. for various ports
In the island group. The Archer for
Honolulu from San Francisco. the Me.
tina Nelson for Kahu!ui from San Fran
cisco. the barkentine Skagit for lille
from Port Ludlow.
The ship Henry Willard. Captain
Quick, now out 20 days from Savannah.
Georgia. to Honolulu with a cargo Of
phOsphates consigned to H. HaCkfeld
n Co.. has been sold to Hind. Rolph n
Co. delivered here empty. She was
built In 1882 and has registered ton
mage of 1853 tons. The sale was con-
summatod with the managing owner,
Arthur Sewall OF Bath. Me.
1t Is reported that the effects Of the
recent Kana storm wera strongly felt
at Koolau Captain Scarf Of 'hc ]. A.
Cummins is quoted as saying that all
the rice and fish ponds III the district
have been ruined and the whole of the
low land is a waste of mud. During
the big storm the rain gauge for IS
hours registered 10 inches. THIS was
at Heeia. At Wamanalo It raincd
lO.lO inches in is hours.
The steamer Elihu Thompson left
Tacoma on the 18th for Honolulu with
a 1250-ton cargo consisting of beer
lime. frozen meats and general mar-
chandise. About half of the cargo was
taken on at Tacoma, the remainder at
Seattle
The Thompson has been in the Nome
trade during the summer. this beirg
her first trip to the Islands since the
close Of the season. Captain Whiteney
Is In command. She will bring a return
cargo of island products and during
the winter will make regular trips to
Honolulu.
The transports Samoa, Nuneberg Al
isha and Bosnow have all discharged
their cargoes of horses at Taku con-
signed to the German Government aud
the men in charge of the horses re-
turned on the Rio de Janeiro to the
Coast this morning. These four steam
ers succeeded In landing most of their
horses in fairly good shape. Following
are the number of horses and mules
carried by each steamer and the losses
sustained: Samoa. $50. loss 20; Nuen-
berg, $40, loss GG Alisha. 500. loss 10;
Bosnow, 100, loss &C. The horses pur-
chased for the German Government in
Australia did not fare so well. Ono
steamer succeeding in landing 100 ami
mails out of total of 500,
1t has been openly stated that it is
the intention of Captain Lewis of the
ship Eennebec which leaves here in
few days for Port Townsend to load
lumber for Australia to ship a Japan
csc crew. Considerable feeling has
been aroused over the matter. and IN
attempt to ship the little yellow men
may cause friction. During an inter
view with Captain Lewis yesterday on
board the Kenncbcc, he informed the
marine reporter Of the Bulletin that he
had been considering the proposition
of shipping Japanese crew, but Uuoa-
toned the ACCESSIBILITY Of doing so. as
II being doubtful as to whether ne could
secure capable sailors and a crew that
would be able to stand the heavy
weather one must naturally expect dur
ing this season of the year. II Is quite
evident that Captain Lewis has mad
rather hard experience in shipping
crews and says that eight bells and pay
day Is about the average ideas of the
majority of sailors.
Vancouver. b. C., Nov. 2l.--A plan Is
now before the Federal Government
and will probably be carried out for the
construction of fleet of lumber yes
sells with the aid of a subsidy. Prob