The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-22

land and she is supposed to have deliv
cred the English mails at Sydney a
day ahead of time.
/ The Sierra arrived at San Francisco
on the 9Th instant and is now being
7 overhauled and will sail for Aus
tralasia on March 6. In few weeks
I the Sierra will be in first-ciass shape,
and then the company's feet will be
!. one of the finest in these waters.
Australia's Large Cargo. ss.ss.:
| The largest cargo of freight ever ia
ken from San Francisco for Tahiti
went out on the steamer Australia,
) which sailed thence on the 18th in
slant. Haste was exercised in getting
the Australia ready for the trip, the
vessel having arrived only a few days
prior from the South Pacific, after a
trip of fourteen days, the slow time
tbeing occasloned by disabled boilers
and strong head winds. The cargo ia
ken b. the steamer consisted of general
freight for Tahiti merchants, who have
not been slow to take advantage of the
steamship line connecting with San
Francisco. Only six cabin passengers
sailed, one of them being f. Petit, the
new Governor of Tahiti, who succeeds
Gently from Paris, and was accom-
panied by his secretary, NJ. Miro. Jo-
seph n. Scott. tax collector for the
city and county of San Francisco, and
Mrs. Scott are making the round trip
for the benefit of Mrs Scott's health.
The remaining passengers in the cabin
We're Rev. Father A. Durand and w.
b. Hunt. The Australia Will be due
at San Francisco on the return trip
about March 10.
John SsKimball at Frisco.
After a passage of nine days and
sixteen hours, the steamer John S.
Kimban, Captain Milton Thwing, ar
rived at San Francisco on February II
from Kahului with 19,400 bags of sugar
and 500 bags of cracked corn. The
KimbalI will sail as soon as possible
for Seattle to load again for Honolulu
in the line recently established con-
Meeting that city. Honolulu and San
Francisco.
Zealandia Has Sailed. -
on the afternoon of February Is. the
steamer Zealandia sailed for Port Los
Angeles from San Francisco to take
on board party of 500 Porto Rican
: laborers for the Hawaiian plantations
The men, with their families, have
been brought across the country on the
Southern Pacific railroad, and II Will
tax the capacity of the Zealandia to
bring the crowd to the Islands. Profit
I ing by past experience. the men in
charge of the Porto Ricans will land
them at Hilo, Kahului and other ports
nearestIto the plantations upon which
they are to be employed, avoiding Ho-
. nolulu, where many of the Porto XII
cans and negroes previously brought
down awaited themselves of opportuni-
: ties to work in Honolulu and refused
TO proceed to the plantations. The
Zealandia upon returning from Ha-
| wall to the Coast, will be temporarily
laid up.
Were7the Cramps to Blame?
The bursting of the steam pipe on
the steamer Ventura, by which acct
: dent five of that vessels crew We're
2 scalded TO death. is said by the chief
engineer to have been due TO defective
/ workmanship by the builders of the
vessel That was the statement to the
2 inspectors of Hulls and Boilers in san
[ Francisco during an investigation
: which was made to ascertain the cause
n l-of the disaster.
e The Ventura was on her first voyage
E at sea when the main steam pipe OF
e the port engine burst. There We're
[ nearly fifteen men in her engine-room
), and fireroom when the steam pipe gave
Il way, and not one of them escaped in
n jury.
8 Captain Hayward, master of the
e steamer, testified that the Ventura was
L steaming along at about 1512 knots
S when the accident occurred. That was
5 on the evening of January %. The day
e. before the steamer had covered 3Si
: knots.
: Chief Engineer Haines told of nu-
> merous breaks of pipes in the engine
!, room during the voyage, and all OF
them, he said were due to structural
= defects. He gave as his opinion tha
7 the copper of the main steam pipe
1T 49,. to- ~
= the ships crew, had been burned dur
ing the process Of its manufacture, ant
. he said if the pipe had been ''re-en
;, forced it would not have burst. Th'
y term 're-enforeing" means 10 en-
: gineers clamping the pipe at interval:
= in steel bands to strengthen IL He al
so said the hangers supporting tn
- pipe were not sufficient and that Their
- were no attachments provided b.
~ which the pipe could be drained of an.
: water that might collect IN It He toll
u of a suction pipe and an exhaust pip
. which had also given out, due, he said
:, to imperfect construction.
e Mr.. McGinn, nengineer, who mad
% the voyage on the vessel Representing
The builders, did not agree with En-
gineer Haines. He said the pipes di
not burst because of structural weak
3. ness, but he gave as his opinion tina
= the accident was caused by the boil
:, ers printing" meaning that the waite
~ in the boilers had followed the stear
- through the pipes and thus creating
=, abnormal pressure at points along tn
,s pipes by checking up the flow of tn
~ ~ steam.
le 10 Aid San Francisco.
- The singular spectacle is afforded,
- he year 1901, of the people or the cit
IL # Portland. Or, coming forward
~ 9ffer to assist the people OF San Frar
isco to get a through line of steam
RS from Portland to Manila. Eve
=, ince the Sth day of December last tt
Mt Yoharsf; - So ESrano;sl
- soard of Trade have been waiting
az ct from the Pacific Mail Steamshi
"a ompany some assurance concernir
~, ne intentions of the steamship mar
,aI Formers fro,l G.,