The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01

Business on the waterfront Is gradu-
ally assuming more healthy proper
tons and things are by no means as
dull in the harbor and alongshore as
they have been for many days at a
time during the last two or three
months.
Among the vessels now in port none
are larger than the American ship
Eennebec, Captain w. F. Lewis, which
arrived from Newcastle yesterday
morning She is a ship of 1886 tons and
with a great carrying capacity. The
Kennebec was So days on the voyage
from Australia: needless TO say. she
brought coal.
The next largest vessel now in port is
the G. f. Moody, 1915 tons.
The American ship Star OF Russia,
Captain Mortenson, sails shortly for
the Sound. She came here from New
castle on October End, with 1856 tons of
coal and is at the Railway wharf. The
will sail for the Sound. Lewis Rodd is
her commander. She arrived from
Newcastle on October 3rd.
The American schooner Mary f. Fps
|jfer. Captain Thompson. which brought
BIakeley on October 18th, cleared yes
terday for the Coast. The bark Alden
b, sse, Charles Potter, captain. is on
the berth for San Francisco; she takes
sugar Bark Irmgard. Captain Schmidt.
cleared yesterday for San Francisco.
She has a load of sugar.
The American ship Helen Brewer.
Captain A. F. Mckay, which arrived
from New York on October 10th with
1868 tons of general merchandise. is at
the Irmgard wharf discharging
The American bark Edward May, l..
G. Hanson. master. which arrived from
San Francisco on October 21st with
1000 tons of general cargo is destined
for San Francisco with sugar.
Schooner Helene, Christianson, mas
| ter. viii also carry sugar to the Coast.
She arrived here on October 22nd with
| 1000 tons of general cargo. The MohI-
can, which arrived here with the Hell
| enc, will take sugar to San Francisco.
too, early this month.
| Schooner III. ID. Bendixon. Olsen,
master. is unloading lumber which she
| brought from the Sound on the END of
last month.
Il
ney. Captain Brigham. is discharging
general cargo from San Francisco.
The Klikitat, Captain X. d. Cutler, is
landing lumber from Port Ludlow. The
bark Ceylon, Captain Willer. lately ar
rived from Laysan Island. is discharg
ing fertilizer at the Railway wharf
Schooner Robert Levers, Captain r.
Underwood, has almost a mI.ion feet
OF lumber for this port, and the ship
G.. F. Sargent has 1000 tons Of coal
The Golden Shore has also coal and the
bark s. G. Wilder, now at Emmes
wharf. has a large general cargo to dis
charge.
The American bark S. N Castle
which arrived on Tuesday from Sar
Francisco. has already started to un.
, load. With the above vessels and tn,
George Curtis and Martha Davis IL
. ort, to say nothing of the Enterprise
for sale; and the Sebastian Bach, Kai
rliloa and others N Hoodoo row. tn,
harbor is by no means dead.
A large number of vessels are du,
from Newcastle during the near future
, many vessels are on the berth at Sar
, Francisco for the Hawaiian Islands
and, during the next few months, YES
sells are scheduled for this port from
New York. Savannah, London, Ant
werp. Bremen, Hongkong, Nagasaki
liIIakodate and nitrate ports. -
, There are over twenty deep-watel
failing vessels in port at the presen
{time. On November 1st of last year
there were just nineteen. The EDWARD
May, Mary f. Foster. George Curt.
> end Charles L. Moody were here a
> this time last year together with tn,
Abbey Palmer, r. p. Rithet, Iolani. w
G.. Irwin, BERTHE Minor, Occidental, S
G. Allen, Chas. r. Wilson, Lucille, Thee
bald, o. NJ. Kellogg. John A. Briggs
. Woollahra. r. w. Bartlett and Grea
. Admiral. OF course the tugboat Iro
quois was here. The United State
|, cruiser Newark, Captain McCalla, wa
|. also In port year ago today
LOOKING FOR PAY DAY.
1 The customs men expected to be PAL
yesterday. Yesterday was alleged I
!, b. pay day. but no wages were forth
g coming and the inspectors are in sor
p straits. 1t Is a fact. well known to a
= who know the customs men, that man
= OF them are forced to borrow money
live until their money is delivered
them. The consequence is that II
q customs force, to a large extent, is II
helpless victim of usurers. Thes
, leeches charge them ten per cent D,
month on all moneys loaned, but II
boys need the money. have to have
and so are compelled to be victimize
Many OF them are married men and a
are steady, conscientious, economics
Industrious fellows, who can iii affol
to pay ten per cent of their salarie
when their pay is not forthcoming,
the ever ready usurers.
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LA,
The international Maritime COME
enee meets at Paris. The questions
be considered at the conference a,
FIRST the limited liability of shipow
eIs. second, the rendering assistar
at sea. with which fo 49,