The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22

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contract ever let by the board. In order
- 40 the Work the Harbor Commits
,ioners will have to anticipate their re-
.eipts. permission to do SO having been
yranted by the last Legislature.
Shipowners and merchants Will De
,,eased at the news that the prelim-
nary work has been at last begun.
LIGHT VESSEL TO BE WITH
DRAWN.
WASHINGTON, Oct 10.-The Light
house Board gives notice that ABOUT
November 1, 1900, light vessel NO. ~,
moored about three and quarter
niles outside the bar off the entrance |
tn San Francisco harbor, will be tenn
porarily withdrawn from her station
for repairs. and the station will be |
marked by a gas buoy painted req with
Light vessel moorings in black, ana
showing a fixed white light. Light
vessel No. 20 will be returned TO her
station as soon as repairs are COM
plete and the buoy withdrawn, OF
which due notice will be given.
The leave of absence of Captain
Francis H. Schoefel, Ninth Infantry,
Department of California, has been ex-
tended the month, and the leave of alb
sence of Captain Charles r. Noyes,
twenty days. Hospital Steward Victor
E. Koenig, Eleventh Covalry, New
York city, instead of returning to San
Francisco, as ordered, is now discharg-
ed his services being no longer need
ed.
BIDS FOR NEW WAR VESSELS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-There
promises to be lively competition for
building the new battleships and cruis-
Of he CHI r,h
tries already have their representatives
here securing the specifications for the
ships preparatory to submitting bids.
These include some yards which thus
far have not done any Government
work.
The present low price of steel is ex-
pected by naval officials to result in
giving the Government the advantage
of low bids. The builders state that
steel shapes and frames can be bought
for 1 40 cents per pound, as against
21a cents short time ago.
NEW STEAMER LINE.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 10.-Off Della
ware Capes there is steaming today
ship that is to be the first to open
regular steamship service between the
East, the Pacific Coast and Hawaii.
The vessel is the American, built at
Roach's shipyard at Chester, Pa, and
she is making her official trial trip.
When it is completed she will come to
Philadelphia, where cargo is awaiting
her. The American is the pioneer ship
of the American Hawaiian Steamship
Company, which will establish a regu-
lar line of steamers between this port,
Pacific Coast ports and the Hawaiian
Islands. She is to be followed by other
new ships, named the Hawaiian Ore
gonian, Californian, Alaskan and Ari-
conan. The last two vessels will be of
4 30, nsf
also have accommodations for a num-
Der of saloon passengers. The Ameri-
can is $500 tons register. She is ex-
pected to arrive here next Monday and
5000 tons of cargo are now on the
wharves waiting to be put in her hold.
dashed TO THE MAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11-MichaeI
Brown, a seaman on the whaling bark
| Balaena, which recently returned from
the Arctic, has had warrant issued in
the United States District Court for
the arrest of his captain, Bert Will
liams, whom he accuses of extreme
cruelty.
Brown states that on June 18th while
the Balaena was anchored in Langdon' s
Bay, he took his rifle and went on a
short hunting trip. Upon his return
he was accosted by Mate Porter and
told that he would not be permitted to
| take his rifle into the forecastle. He
says it was his custom to keep firearms
in the quarters, and protested against
the mates order. He and the mate had
an alteration, which was reported to
the captain, who ordered him in irons
and, after chastising him, dashed him
to the miZZen mast, where he remained
from o'clock in the evening until 2
o'clock the next morning. The Their
mometer was below zero, and when
carried to the deck he was numb with
cold and unable to move. Not satisfied
with that punishment, Brown states
that in his helpless condition he was
kicked and abused by the mate and
lcaptain.
Browns statements are corroborated
by several other members of the crew
MISCELLANEOUS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.-Captains
Bolles and Buiger, local inspectors OF
steam vessels, held an investigation
yesterday of the circumstances of the
Stranding of the steamer Jeanne on the
rocks off Point Arena on September 80
+. II. Mason was master of the VeSse
and succeeded in getting the Jeanne of
the rocks on October 9Th. The inspect
orS after hearing the evidence took the
case under Amusement
The steamer America Maru, now in
port, brought in it's cargo 422 cases OF
opium. an entry for which was made
. EtSlcIudN DIT the CQSIOHl mouse. he
value of the opium, with duty paid is
about $276,S32. The duties amount to
$109,S12. This represents a weight in
opium of 1902 pounds. Under the
present tariff duty is assessed at Sc a
pound
The California Dry Dock Company
has accepted the bid of the City Street
Improvement Company for construct
ing the new dry dock at Hunters Point
adjoining the present dry dock The
bid was between $450000 and $460,0OO
conditioned upon the machinery to bt
used. and includes cement to be used il
construction.
Captain Marshall, master of the
Spreckels' tug Reliance, and one of tn,
best known tugboat men on the Coast
has been appointed captain of the new
Army transport tug Slocum, which ar
rived a few days ago from New York
Captain Evelyn, who brought the tn:
to the Coast, returns to other dutie
at New York
The Norwegian steamer Norman Isle
i arrived, Al days from Java and 81 day
from kutchinotza, with a cargo of 450
tons of sugar. consigned to the Bank o
california. The voyage of the steame
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