The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-02

BUSY SCENE AT
eseeese
ment was issued for candidates
who wished to take the examination for
warrant machinists in the navy to ap-
pear before a board convened by their
respective senior officers yesterday,
May 1st.
The examination took place on the
same day throughout the United states
and its foreign possessions.
Captain Winslow, commander of the
Solace, being the senior officer present
in Honolulu at the present time, con-
vened a board of officers consisting Of
line and engineer officers, and the ex-
animation took place yesterday.
Chief Machinist Cliff and Jack
Bryce of the tug Iroquois appeared
before the board and, needless to say,
fulfilled their friends expectations.
The Bark r. P. R1thet.
The bark r. P. Rithet, Captain Nc
Phail,' is discharged, and already has
about 1000 bags of sugar aboard She
has now to wait for the rest of her
cargo, and will probably not leave for
the coast until Sunday or Monday.
The Rithet arrived here on the 18th
| of April, and is receiving quick dis
patch.
Important Naval Changes.
Several important naval changes
ment on the 18th instant Commander
| d Tn
command of the Bennington, relieving
Commander 9. H. Arnold. Commander
William Smith has assumed command
of the Concord as the relief of Com
mander Colby. Commander E. H
Green has been detached from command
.of the Marietta and ordered to the com.
lmand of the Brutus. Commander J
K. Cogswell has been detached from
the Cavite station and ordered to the
command of the Marietta. All the yes.
lsels named are on the Asiatic station.
| ship-Bul1ding Venture.
A contract has been closed by ]. A
Sloan of Cleveland Ohio, for tract O.
land with a frontage of 900 feet on the
Puyallup River, in front of Tacoma
for the plant of the Tacoma Ship-build
ing Company. Title to property is con
ditioned on an investment of $500, 00
in plant and material, or the expendi
lture of s25, 900 in wages in five years
Big Steamer Line for Tacoma.
The Northern Pacific Steamship Com
,pany has made some important an
Inouncements regarding a new line o
steamships which the company viii
uric of the
around the globe, or, in other words
from Tacoma to Liverpool by way O.
the Western ocean, Suez canal ant
Mediterranean sea.
There has been in process of forma
ton for several months a line of ship:
to run between Puget Sound port:
land the far East, and in fact one boa
was dispatched on the new route a:
twas stated at the time, but the nego
Itiations for the eight ships which viii
be put on the route were only jus
Iclosed. and the announcement that they
Twill be assigned to regular sailings i:
confirmed by Northern Pacific officials
The ships are what is known as the
Glen ships in marine and transporta
ton circles. They are as follows: The
Glenlochy, 5000 tons; Glenroy, 10000
IGlenlogan Ga new ship; Glenturret
5000; Glenartney, 1920 tons; Glengyle
1000 tons, and Glenshiel of 1000 tons
Most of these steamers possess accom-
Imodations for forty or fifty passengers
The first sailing will be by the steam
ship Glenesk, which has been secured
in addition to those above named The
,Glenesk will sail from Tacoma about tbs
end of May, and will be followed II
June by the Glenartney, which makes
the eighth ship to be placed on the
route by the Northern Pacific STEAMSHIP
Company. Regular saiiings from Ia
coma will be made at Intervals O.
about six weeks. The 8orts at which
hama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai
Hongkong. Manila. Singapore, Colon,
DO and Alden passing thence through
the Suez canal en- route for England
The line viii give manufacturers an6
producers of all classes in the West
Central West. the Middle and EASTER
States a splendid new route to lant
their articles of manufacture in tn,
Orient quickly and cheapIy.
From overland points. that is to sa,
from cities in the interior and easter
portions of the United States. there viii
be delivered on the docks at Tacoma
machinery, beer, cotton, factory prod
ucts, raw cotton, bicycles, iron articles
etc., destined to the ports named. Their,
will be shipped from the Pacific coas
quantities Of grain, lumber and othe
Western products, while from Mime
sofa will come quantities of -four 1
is expected that millions of bushels o
grain will go to England by this route
The barks S. c. Allen and W. B
Flint and the barkentine S. G. Wilde
, will load merchandise at San Francisc,
. for Honolulu; the Carondelet, lumber a
Port Ludlow for West Coast, prior t
arrival; the Saltwater, lumber OF
Puget Sound for Cape Town, Delagoi
Bay or East London, Cos. prior to ar
rival.