The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-27
ME trim little United states gun

boat Petrol, which arrived in
Honolulu harbor Thursday even
ing from Manila via Yokohama en-
route to San Francisco, with a long
''Homeward Bound pennant fiuttering
from the mizzenmast, will remain at
anchor in Naval Row near the light
house instead of mooring alongside the
Naval dock The Petrers coal ports
{ are too low to permit of the vessel be-
ing coaled at the dock, and what little
lighter. The voyage to San Francisco
will be made mostly under sail, al
though the captain will not let her fall
off more than a point or two to keep
enviable record in the battle of Ma
Mia Bay, when, as the smallest OF
Bpwey s suuadron;- It fell to her lot to
perform serious inshore work with the
Spanish war vessels. Steaming up
close to the doomed Spanish warships
she poured in hot shot and shell, and
not only finished the work of sinking
them, but burned the Mindanao, which
w
in port several days, and will probably
be joined soon by the Bennington.
Yorktown and Philadelphia, all heading
for this port.
Buy More Vessels.
H. P. Roth & Co., who have entered
into the Island trade with the schoon-
ers Waialua and Ada, which the com
h Nv
commenced to spread out and next will
include in their little fleet the schooner
Blanche and Ella. N. B. Lansing will
manage the new fleet of freighters,
which may be, increased at a future
date by other and larger boats, accord
ing to the demands of the trade.
The Zealandia.
The expected arrival of the steamship
Zealandia today from San Francisco
with three days later files of newspa-
pers and mail, together with the arriv
al of the several boats of the Island
steamer fleets, will make the water
front busy and attractive place. The
kinau from Hawaii will bring the
captain and crew of the bark Empire,
which burned at sea off Mahukona,
tfidWdI, yesterday
Steamer Line to Manila.
Probably the most important recog
milton Manila has received up to the
present time, says the Manila Times,
is the establishing of a through direct
line of steamers, from the west coast
of the United States to Manila. The
new line has been inaugurated by the
China Mutual Steam Navigation Co.,
Ltd, and will make regular direct trips
from Seattle puget SounD TO Manila.
via Japan. leaving out Honolulu, and
in conjunction with the Northern Pa
cific Railway lines, will be prepared to
contract for cargo from all points in
the States for conveyance of goods to
the Orient and Manila direct.
The new line will be of vast impor-
lance to Manila merchants as it will
expedite wonderfully the receiving of
American shipments. and avoid the
tedious and expensive system of trans
ferring cargoes at Hongkong for this
port, which has caused a great loss in
wear and tear and loss to the Manila
merchants.
At present the new line is not ex-
pected to call at Manila on return
trips. the volume of exports to the
western coast of the United States not
being sufficient to warrant this.
1t is proposed to inaugurate a semi
monthly schedule at present, and the
following steamers are already an
nounced to leave Seattle for Japan,
China and Manila, on the following
dates: Kintuck. July 10th; Chingwo,
July 26th; Hysor. August 10th, and Kali
SOW, August oath.
New Trans-Paciflc Record.
VICTORIA, B. c., July s.-Reaching
here yesterday afternoon the c. P. R.
steamship Empress of China established
a new eastbound record across the Pacif-
ic She left Yokohama on June q and
made the voyage in just 10 days and u
hours This fast tripawas an effort to
Ike up some of the time she lost by
n quarantine at Nagasaki. AS
previously stated, case of
as found among the Chinese