The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-23

vt WAS varied series of mishaps
which accompanied the attemptev
4 towage of the judges stand Satur
day evening. During the afternoon the
tug Eleu in backing cut one of the foul
anchor ropes, which. kept the barge
moored so she was lefttwith only three
all the races were finished, the Eler
came to tow the barge over to the
right and most of the occupants of the
barge got on board the tug to gel
ashore Everybody was too happy how
ever to remember to disconnect the
barge from her three remaining an
lchors so the Eleu started off pulling
or rather trying to pull the barge, an
chors and all. After little while she
managed to get her screw foul of one oil
the anchor lines SO she soon became sc
hopelessly twisted that she couldn't
| bulge. Happily one of the Young
brothers came along in a steam launch
He was hailed, and he in his turn start
ed to tow the Eleu He tugged at the
Eleu and the Eleu tugged at barge and
| the barge tugged at her anchors, and
a nary an inch did they bulge. Mr.
Petrie came along In a row boat. got a
| line from the steam launch and then
he also started Juggling at the whole
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look as if it was going to progress a la
the house that Jack built" when some
genius on board happened to remem-
Der that the barge was anchored Here
upon all attempt to tow the barge was
given up. and the Eleu was finally
brought up to her place by the Wilder
wharf
The barge was thus left to drift dis
consolately out in the stream She had
only two anchors and as these were the
two makai ones she started to drift
dangerously over towards the Quaran-
tine island. The people on board were
about dozen natives and G. w
,Smithies. This gentleman directed
the natives to shift one of the
anchors, so by this display of able sea-
iioiiSiiiP tiiC Ohi &c was hCPt lioll SOlllS
into quarantine. Every one else SEEM
ed to have forgotten the unhappy NOR
tails on the barge so Mr. Smithies let
the beer flow for the kanakas, who i'm
mediately organized a quintette club
and let their liquid" strains drift over
the water. Finally however the loneli-
ness of the position began to pail upon
them 1t is not reported, whether it was
because the beer was pau, or only be-
cause they simply became tired of play
ing Robinson Crusoe. At 9 o'clock
native swan ashore and secured a boat
in which the occupants of the barge
got ashore in time to enjoy the after
math of Regatta Day in the city.
Waterfront Dull
From a shipping standpoint the wa
terfront was unusually dull Saturday
afternoon and Sunday. Saturday morn
ing a number of island steamers came
in. The Claudine the Ke Au Hou, Nil
hau and Lehua were all at the dock be-
fore noon, and the only work on the
waterfront was going on at the Channel
wharf, where the Peru was discharging
in order to get away at o'clock
During Sunday the Hall and the Wal
aleale arrived in the morning, but 9TH
erwise nothing happened. The army
transport Sumner was busy coaling at
the Navy wharf. She expects to get all
her coal in by this morning.
Well Boats,
A Tacoma dispatch says: One of the
| most novel industries on the Pacific
| Coast is the expectation of live fish.
The industry is just in it's inception,
| but 1t promises to assume pretentious
proportion within another year. The
| increasing demand from Japan and 9TH
er countries for fresh fish, aud the good
market in all parts of the world is
responsible for the innovation. Max
Johnson, a large Puget Sound fish ship
! per, says the day is not far distant
when live fish will be sent by the ship
| load from Pacific Coast fisheries to
Oriental points and other parts of the
world. So far as this Coast is concern
ed, the plan is an innovation, but it Is
said that in England it has long been
in practice. The fish are shipped in
well boats" These have large tanks
or wells in which the fish are kept alive
until they reach their destination. After
being caught they are put in the tanks
in the well boat" and fed on theil
natural food until they get to the con-
signee. In this way the buyers gel
fresh fish in exactly the same condition
in which they are taken out of the wa
ter.
The people Of Japan have recently
taken hold of the idea Of well boats
with great enthusiasm. and five of these
crafts are now being constructed in
England by Japanese companies. Wher
finished these boats will be taken out
1000 or 1000 miles from the Japanese
coast, which Is about as near as they
can hope to. get the class Of fish they
want, according to Mr.. Johnson, who
has given the matter attention. There
are no fish on the Japanese coast neal
land, or rather those found near the
coast are of little use for market. Or
account of the remoteness of supply
the Japanese are coming to this coast
for fish.
| Within short time several "wel