The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-14

! of the Sebastian Bach and then banged
| back again. The little old steamer Ka-
/ ena, which has seen better days 'also,
did some knocking around on its own
account and, among them, the hoodoos
| passed d night of much uneasiness.
| The windmill aboard the Sebastian
Bach was extremely anxious to go
around but it had been disarmed of it's
white wings, otherwise there would
have been nothing left of it this morn
ing.
/ Vessels arriving recently report very
high winds and it is thought that ex-
| ceedingly rough weather is being ex-
tperienced up north.
| The Charles Nelson Arrives.
| Ten days from Seattle, the British
american lines steamship Charles Mel
son, Captain Andersen, arrived in this
port yesterday morning. With the ex-
| ception of a little nasty weather the
! trip of the Nelson was devoid of in
cident. She is loaded with general
merchandise and has come consigned
to Alexander and Baldwin.
| The British-American line is to oper-
! ate three steamships between Seattle
and this port, the Charles Nelson, the
Centennial and the John S. Kimbail. A
steamer is to sail on the first and fiji
Iteenth of each month from Seattle for
Honolulu.
These vessels will carry passengers
to and from the Coast and will also
carry a great deal of cold storage mer-
Ichandise.
The Nelson has not, as yet, been
fitted up as cold storage carrier. This
will be arranged later. The route of
these steamers will be from Seattle to
Honolulu, thence to Kahului from Ka-
hului to San Francisco and from San
Francisco to Seattle again.
The vessels will take sugar to the
Coast from these Islands and will bring
down general merchandise and cold
storage supplies.
The Charles Nelson has been in this
port several times and is well known
here. Her captain is also well and ia
vorably known in this city and the Is
lands The first time he brought her
to Honolulu was in August of 1898,
when the steamer had been chartered
as transport by the United States
Government and came here with the
First New York regiment
She has been here twice since then,
en- route to Manila with troops She
was here in April, 1899, and again in
October of the same year.
| She is a good boat and is capable
| of carrying a great many passengers.
Three passengers were brought here
on the Nelson yesterday. One of them,
woman, intends returning with the
vessel when she goes to San Francisco.
No Love for Competitors.
The following interesting communica-
ton speaks for itself. The writer is
not good friends with Mccarthy:
Editor Advertiser: OF late in your
"Notes From the Waterfront I have no
ticed several articles appertaining to
shipping affairs. This morning, in par
ticular, mention was made of one Nc
Carthy, a self-styled shipping master, as
working in conjunction with the Sailors
Union AS an American-born seaman
and also member of THE Sailors I'm
ion of the Pacific" 1 wish, through your
valuable columns to emphatically deny
and contradict these statements that
cast aspersions upon the character of the
lseamen of the Pacific Coast and especial
lly on members of 1.-THE Sailors I'm
ion." The seamen and members of this
Union have never had anything to do
with any shipping-master other than the
United States Shipping Commissioners,
who is our guide and leader, and we ac-
lcept no other shipping authority. We
have, since our organization in 1886, been
trying with all our might and power to
do away with all these crimps and have
so far succeeded fairly well. These crimps
and men of McCarthy's ilk always work
lin an underhanded way. They go aboard
a deep-water ship upon her arrival and
Ientice the men ashore and in a few days
ship them aboard another vessel, as poor
IL
on the barkentine Alta Another instance
is the desertion of the sailor from the
u S. S. Iroquois. The man was found
in the shipping house. This
happens so often that it should be Stop
ped at once.
ROBERT L. MEYERS.
Sailors Union. Honolulu.
Wreck of Kilauea Hou.
Under instructions from the under
writer's transmitted through President
Wight, of the Wilder's S. S. Co., the
wreck of the steamer Kilauea Hou and
her gear, etc, were sold at sheriff.
sale on the beach at Hilo last Satur-
day. The hull of the steamer was sold
to the Matson line for $780, and her
engines, ropes, etc, were sold after
ward for sum even larger than that.
There were few bidders, and valuable
ropes and hawsers went for a song. An
effort is being made to right the
steamer and investigate the nature of
the damage done. When this is
learned she will be repaired and pulled
out into deep water. It is understood
the company had the steamer insured
Tor about $4,000, and that it had been
arranged to transfer the policies from
companies for which Hackfeld & Co
are agents to those of w. G. Irwin g.
Co., the day after the wreck occurred
What New Line Will Do.
When the line of steamers between
New York and Hawaii is established,
says the Hilo Herald, the Hilo mer-
chant may buy his goods in New Yorl,