The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-20

exception is where a pile was placed so
close to the side of a big rock that it is
almost impossible to fit cap over it.
The piles are covered with copper and
the mistake was made in not covering
the surface clear to the point of the
pile.
The rock Instructions can be re-
moved by extensive use of giant pow
der, but to do it properly will require
several months 1 have made a report
to Mr.. Rowell and advised that suita-
BILE machinery for drilling be sent up
so that the work may be finished. This
rock is long one, but by blasting
out We can get a good depth of water
over it. The cheapest, and undoubted-
! ly the best plan would be to let the
rock remain and build the wharf over
it,"
Messrs. Morse and Houghtailing do
their work from boat on account of
the height of the wharf from the water
/ Morse dons his diving suit and enters
| the water at 1880 q. m, remaining q
couple of hours. when he returns to
earth for a short smoke and rest re-
naming only a few minutes. He goes
down again and comes up at 1880 for
luncheon and back again at 1870 D..
M, quitting work for the day at 4:3O.
Mr.. Houghtailing stays above and
holds the signal line. The suit worn
by the diver weighs several hundred
| pouHuS, tie SHOES OelnR heavily
weighted with lead. Morse says the
water has been quite cold during the
week.-Hilo Herald.
GENERAL ITEMS.
The Kinau brought the following car
go: 290 sacks potatoes, Is sacks corn,
1O1 sheep, 80 hogs. mule, IL bundles
hides, 209 packages sundries.
Diamond Head seems to be a monu-
ment erected by nature to mark the
spot where vessels may find good hold
ing ground-on the beach. The Dun
reagan is the latest to try the expert
ment. This keeps up the average, and
perhaps vessel owners may discover in
the dim future that Hilo has a fine
harbor-Hilo Herald
VICTORIA, B. c., August S.-The
steamer Doric, on her arrival at Yo-
kohama, reported that at. 9 p. m. on
July IA she passed steamer in mid
, ocean. They saw her lights and heard
whistle and afterwards lost sight OF
: her. Soon piece of wreckage was
, discovered. The Doric put back and
circled around for eight hours, but
, could find no trace of the vessel seen
SAN FRANCISCO. August lit Is
. reported that the new steamship Sier.
ra, lately built at Cramps shipyart
and scheduled to sail for this port soor
to take her place on the Australian
I route, will be detained for some week.
a at Philadelphia in order to have i'm
I Iportant improvements made. While II
. the east some weeks ago John d
Spreckels, 1t Is said, inspected various
new steamers and found that thu
Sierra was scarcely up to date in SOM
respects, although it was no fault o
. the builderss. He gave orders to hav,
!. the Sierra fitted up like those he hat
examined. AS result the steame
= Mariposa will make another trip t,
/. Sydney.
On Saturday the steamer Lehua wen
/. tout to where the wreck Of the William
carson was moored and recovered tw,
. large anchors and about 100 fathoms o
Ichain. Diver Terrill assisted in tn
work
i Steamer J. A Cummins did not sue
, iceed In pulling the schooner Norma OF
. the reef at Koolau on Saturday. Cap
tain Weisbarth returned to Honolul,
: on the Cummins, and may sell the Nor
S ma just as she lies.
y Bark Dunreggan moored to the quar-
: Iantine wharf on Saturday. After dis
charging she will have her bottom re
. paired.
WHAT VESSEL is THIS?
VICTORIA, B. c., August 9Th
e Japan Herald says the steamer Dori
: had quite an adventure between Homo
" lulu and Japan. On the night of Jul
+ 14th, about o'clock. light was see
!. from the Doric by both the officers an
= crew of the steamer and then a dis
e tinct sound of some sort was heard, az
= parently a steamers whistle. The Dori
y was hove to- but as the light had dis
,e appeared she proceeded on her wa
;, again.
. Shortly afterward, however a piec
of broken wreckage was sighted, paint
ed white and black, and the capital
ordered the steamer to be stoppe
again. A boat was lowered away an
an attempt made to procure the f1oa
,I ing board, but owing to 1t being fogg
i. and dirty weather, the boat returne
IS to the steamer without being able [
;e get the piece Of board they were afte
n The Doric then returned in the diret
~ tion whence she had at first heard tt
sound, and hove to, remaining in tn
Is location until daylight, burning Bit
a lights throughout the night, so as
IN make her location plain to anyone
l. distress, but nothing turned up.
~ The steamer then made large circ
10 at daylight but failing to locate ar
- object on the broad expanse Of wat,
~ she proceeded on her voyage.
u Spruance. Stanley & Co.'S Kentucb