The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-27

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The great freighter Californian, on
her maiden trip, arrived in port yes
terday morning scarcely nine days
from San Francisco. The Californian
belongs to the Americana Hawaiian
Steamship Company and it was expect
ed that she would make her first voy-
age up north but the United States
Government on the 10th instant sud
denly chartered the big carrier as a
transport, and now she is on her way
to Manila with 9,433 measured tons of
government stores. Included in this
are 900 measured tons of chairs
The Californian was launched from
/ the Union Iron Works and is intended
for the trade between New York, San
Francisco and Hawaii. Her length is
435 feet over all, beam 50 feet depth
| so feet, gross tonnage 1857, and carry
ing capacity $3.50 tons. She cost about
half a million dollars and is the finest
| freighter that ever entered this harbor.
! She sailed from San Francisco at p.
IN. on the 18th instant, and her trial
/ trip was made on the morning of the
same day when she developed a speed
of II knots. She came down here at
| top speed almost, slowing down con-
/ eli il1G before
not wishing to get here during the
night. She averaged 1912 knots on the
passage and proved herself an all
round traveller for freighter.
! The keel for the Alaskan, another
| boat for the Americana Hawaiian
steamship Company of the same kind
as the Californian is being laid at the
Union Iron Works. She will be larger
than the Californian and will be ca
pable of attaining a speed of II knots.
The Oregon, Hawaiian and American
are now building in New York, and are
all for the same company.
The officers of the Californian are:
Captain Geo. ID. Morrison, commander;
first officer, F. III. Turner; second Off
Ger, j. F. Blain; third officer, VIM.
Holmes; chief engineer, w. Chisholm;
first assistant, Robert Donaldson;
second assistant, George Lasswell;
third assistant, Nj. Mackenzie. Army
men-E. NJ. HUE, quartermaster
clerk; A. j. Smith, commissary clerk.
Captain Morrison has for many years
commanded sailing vessels trading be-
tween New York and the Pacific Coast
First officer Turner served in the same
capacity on the transport Valencia and
second officer Blain held a position on
the same boat identical with that in
which he now serves. Chisholm and
Donaldson have been here before on
the Senator. Lasswell was for some
time on the Australia while HUE was
formerly on the Morgan City.
Captain Morrison came from New
York to take charge of the Californian
at San Francisco.
With the exception of the Algoa, the
Californian is the largest freighter that
ever came here; by measurement she
can carry 10000 tons. She will take
about 300 tons Of coal here and proceed
to Manila today or tomorrow. She
is lying at the new naval wharf dock
BOAT SMASHED.
Two pilot boat boys came near meet
/. ing a horrible death when the Califor-
MAN was coming up to the dock yes
terday morning. Two big navy Goa
barges were in the way and as they
were being shifted the big freighter
having a little speed on. caught one
of the barges and damned the two to-
wards the shore.
The pilot boat was returning from
the Elisa, trying to make the pilo
house, when the barges suddenly bang
!. ed her against a pontoon lying neal
the wharf now building. The boat
crushed amidship, sunk. Two native:
in the boat at the time. jumped into the
water only a second or two before the
crash came. thus escaping what nigh
have been a terrible death.
ANOTHER NEW LINE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-Anothel
steamship line is to make a termina
point of San Francisco, and the stud!
of the navigation problem on the Cen
trail and South American coast is get
ting very interesting to the Pacific
Mail Company. At the meeting of tn,
Harbor Commissioners to-day a com
munication was read from Balfour
Guthrie & Co., asking for accommoda
will be ready for business here in from
four to six months.
The shipping house did not mention
the name of the company for which i
was making inquiries, nor could any
information concerning it be CLEANED
at Balfour, Guthrie & Co.'S office. 1t i:
current rumor, though, that the firm
has become agents for the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company, which, i
was stated few weeks ago, would
send its first steamer to San Francisc,
about October. Before that time Grac,
81 Co. will have its through line from
New York in operation.
CRUSHED TOGETHER.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-Thirt,
miles south of Point Arena Light. &C
cording to the reckoning of Captain