The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
SEA AND SHORE
The u. S. A. T. Hancock
Here Again.
A Large Fleet of Vessels Arrives.
Island Steamers Take Large
Cargoes--NOtes.

Quite feet of vessels entered and
left the harbor yesterday. The fret to
arrive was the four masted British bark
City of Adelaide with coal from New
castle. She was sixty-one days on the
voyage up from the Colonies and
brought 1175 tons of coal to w. G.. Irwin
& Co. Captain George Greenwood has
his wife and child with him. The voy-
age was an uneventful one The Ameri-
can barkentine Robt. Sudden also from
Newcastle made longer trip than the
British vessel. She left Newcastle on
February Sth and her trip lasted seven
ty-three days. Neither vessel was put
in quarantine. The Doric left for the
Orient on time yesterday and her place
was taken at the Pacific Mail wharf by
the immense transport Hancock. The
Hancock is the longest of the transport
vessels, being over $40 feet long. 1t
was stated by Coast papers that it
would be impossible for the vessel to
enter the harbor here as she was draw
ing too much water. Her draught as
she is now is twenty-eight feet for
ward and twenty-eight feet six inches
aft and she had no difficulty in making
her dock. She will be coaled here and
take some water, probably not getting
away before Saturday. The Hancock
was formerly the Arizona and has made
several trips here. She has the Philip
pine Commissioners and families
aboard besides several army officers
and some hospital nurses. The crew
consists OF about $50 or 100 men all
told. The officers are as follows: Capt
III. X. Strube. First officer G. ]. Bru-
guiere, Second officer ID. S. Goodell,
Third Officer Geo. Ankeas, Fourth Off
Ger F. w. Mclaughlin, Purser Frank
+. Schepp. Chief Engineer +. L. Putzar.
Chief Steward A. NJ. Christie. Capt.
John J. Bradley, transport quarter
master.
The little schooner Pioneer was the
first of the outgoing vessels to get away.
She goes in ballast to the Sound. The
Noeau for Hamakua and Kau ports left
shortly after noon and the Lehua, Alice
Kimball. James Makee and Kauai got
away later in the day. All the island
vessels had large loads and the Inter
Island and Wilder wharves were very
busy UP to the time of departure of the
several boats.
Do Not worry.
The Custom House boys deny that
they feel any uneasiness about the ar
rival here of the Revenue Cutter Cor
win or any other revenue cutter. They
have heard no Tumors of any imme-
date changes in the force by the addi-
tion of men from the States. AS to
the work being kept up to the top notch
it is kept up as well as the slim force
will allow and the wonder is how with
the force at his command the Port Sur
veyor is able to do the good work that
is being done. At the present time
there are in the neighboThood of forty
ships in the harbor. The force TO pro-
teet the revenue is so wofully small
that it is a constant strain on all the
outside men of the Customs force to
keep the necessary watch. With YES
sells discharging at the wharves and in
the stream and about a mile of water
front to guard the lot of the Customs
men at the present time is any but an
enviable one.
l. L.