The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-30

strong argument against the proposeo
consolidation of naval bureaus. poiu.-
ING ont that in every large Sh1ppuliu-
ing plant the bureau system prevails
fo a more complete separation OF the
sneciaI branches of work than is prac-
iced in the navy. Ships of war are
of such construction, in his opinion,
hat it would not be safe to trust their
design to any one man, with the pros
meet of his carrying out thereon ms
pa rticular fads and experiments.
therefore, he argues, the members OF
the nresent Board Of Construction are
necessary advisers to the secretary Oh
the Navy and he asks the secretary 10
withdraw the recommendation mace
by him to the last Congress Tor con-
solidation.
The Engineer in Chief expresses the
,pinion that the personnel bill was
either a mistake or the proper course
has not been taken to carry out Its
intent.
The condition of the steam engi-
neering interests OF the navy IS Sald
the be even less satisfactory than last
wear and 1t is urged that in no other
way can relief be obtained than by the
immediate assignment to duty as un-
5erstudies and assistants to the ex-
perienced engineers of the navy the
Younger line officers in as great num-
bers as consistent with other duty. 1t
ed the assignment of line officers to
such duties, and that the practice
should be extended. AS a matter of
fact there are now available 100 less
engineer officers than just prior to the
passage of the personnel bill, which
act was intended to increase their
| numbers.
The suggestion is made that naval
cadets be trained in engineering aboard
the Cincinnati or the Raleigh after
these vessels are thoroughly modern
lied A considerable increase is want
ed in the number OF warrant machin-
lists who have given general satisfac
ton. The estimates for the various
navy yards and stations are as fol-
lows:
New York. s656,S35; Norfolk, $434, $50;
Boston, $2T6323; Mare Island, 1852, 525;
League Island, $161,457; Portsmouth,
S,S12; Port Royal, 1854; Washington.
D. c.. 1874, S47; Pensacola. $3.50; Key
West, s22,6 Newport, $9,379; Bremen
| ton, $9.5O2.
An appropriation is asked for ma
chine shop and foundry and smithy at
Honolulu, though no special estimate
is submitted.
SHIPPING ITEMS.
Captain Cameron of the bark Theo-
BALD has been appointed master of the
| bark J. c. Pfluger.
The ships Florence and Standard
will load coal at Tacoma for Honolulu;
The Antiopc, coal at Oyster Harbor,
and the r. z. Cheney. coal at Tacoma
for Kahului; the Cromartyshire cat
Port Los Angeles), wheat from Port
land to Europe, SIS Cd, prior to arrival;
| he Invincible, lumber from Port
Blakeley to South Africa; the Mildred,
lumber from Seattle to Honolulu; the
| Pitcairn. lumber from Fort Bragg to
MaZatlan
| The ship Erskine NJ. Phelps cleared
| at San Francisco on the nth instant
| for New York with the following car
go: 1885 cs, 5,640 bbls, 500 tierces SAL
mon; 4,353 pkgs scrap iron, sol gals
wine, 40 SKIS cement, 200 bbls fish oil.
l cs horns, 100 bales rags 10 crs ma
chinery, 2,299 SKIS mustard seed, Is cs
! drugs. 81 SKIS bone black, 100 bbls
| Dickled cherries, lis cs books, 1884 SKIS
silver lead ere. So cs copper paint, 2S, 7S0
SKIS brewing barley
| NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-A cablegram
| from London states that the British
ship Lansing, Captain Chapman, from
| Port Blakeley. June /, for Port Pirie,
! had arrived recently at an Australian
| port, name not given. A dispatch
/ from San Francisco yesterday stated
| that reinsurance at 90 per cent had
I been offered on the Lansing, which
carried a cargo of 200O,O00 feet of lum-
! her.