The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-25
Woman Was Insane.

morning shortly before the vessel left
her mornings, by the strange actions OF
a Chinese woman. The woman is said
by her husband and relatives to be
unbalanced mentally, and when in a
bad state of mind has the strength of
a man, which she uses indiscriminate-
ly. On this occasion she had barely
reached the deck, holding her infant in
her arms, before she had an attack
She swung her right fist in the di-
rection of her husband, on whom it
fell with a thud. He went down, and
she continued her drubbing until re-
strained by some. of the crew She
then began to cry suddenly during her
tears to attack her husband again.
This time she was a fury, and only
after the big Chinese steward envelop-
ed her in his powerful arms did she
desist. He carried her down between
decks and placed her in a room where
she could not vent her maniacal fury
on anything but bare walls.
Changes in Inter-Island.
/Chief Engineer Purdy, of the Niihau,
has resigned, and will accept a position
with the Honolulu Water Works Chief
Engineer Thompson, of the Ke Au
Hou, goes to the Niihau to fill the va
CoHCy, Will SOIlSuOH DIS HIS DIS
sistant. George Ward goes to the Re
Au Hou, William Court being assign
ed as his assistant. George Gardner
goes to the James Makee; Chief Platts
goes to the Iwalani, and Chief Norton
goes back to the Mikahala
Leaders of Atlantlc Liners.
A bewildering amount of provisions
have to be stored on the modern
transatlantic steamer A list of the
actual amount of provisions carried on
a recent eastward trip on the Ham
burg American liner Deutschland, and
the number of live stock which con-
tributed to meet the supplies for one
voyage was estimated from the actual
number of cattle. sheep, etc., that
would be required to make up the to-
tai weights in dressed meats.
The dimensions of the vessel are:
Length, 6s6 feet; beam, 81 feet and dis
placement, $4,000 tons; her highest av-
erage speed for the Whole trip is % 36
knots, and she has made the journey
from Sandy Hook to the Lizard In FIVE
days, seven hours and thirty-eigh
minutes. In considering the question
of feeding the passengers on vessel
Oh tDlS size the is suggested
that there are other hungry mouths
within the hull of the ship besides
those to be found in the dining saloons
of the passengers and the mess rooms
of the crew. These are the 112 furnaces
| in which the fuel of the sixteen boil
ers in the boiler room is consumed
at the rate of $40 tons per day. Now.
although the voyage from New York
| to Hamburg lasts only six or seven
! Eln
weather, the bunkers of the ship are
constructed to hold a sufficiently large
reserve of coal to cover all contingent
cies, her total coal capacity being
about 5000 tons, and at each voyage
care is taken to see that they are pref
ty well filed.
! The total number of souls on board
of the vessel when she has a full pas
senger list is 1,617, made up of 467 first
cabin, 300 second cabin, 300 steerage,
and crew of $50, the crew comprising
officers, seamen, stewards and the en-
CINE room force. Sixteen hundred and
seventeen souls would constitute the
total inhabitants of many an American
community that dignifies itself with
the name of city
! To feed these people for a period of
six days requires in meat alone, the
equivalent of IA steers, 10 calves, 20
ohCCp, ~ euQ HOGS. Ii Tie
focks of chickens, geese and game re-
CURED to furnish the three tons of
poultry and game that are consumed
were to join in the procession aboard
! the vessel they would constitute a con-
tingent by themselves of not less than
1,500 strong. The ships larder is also
stocked with 1,700 pounds of fish, 40C
pounds of tongues, sweetbreads, etc.;
1,700 dozen eggs, and IA barrels of oys-
NJ OLE NIa 4 ~
eggs packed in cases would cover a
considerable area, while the 1000 bricks
of ice cream would require 100 tubs tC
hold them. OF table butter there would
be taken on board 1900 pounds, while
the 1900 quarts of milk would require
81 cans to hold it, and the 800 quarts
of cream, cans
In the way of vegetables there are
shipped on board ITS barrels of pota-
toes, rs barrels of assorted vegetables
20 crates of tomatoes and table celery
| 200 dozen lettuce; while the require
ments of the dessert alone would cal
for four and a quarter tons of assorted
fresh fruits. For making up into the
daily supply of bread, biscuits, cakes
pies and the toothsome odds and ends
of the pastry cooks art, there are tax
en- on board at each trip 80 barrels OF
flour, each weighing 1875 pounds, this
| item alone adding a weight of eight
/ and one-half tons to the cooks stores
To this is also added $50 pounds OF
yeast and 600 pounds of oatmeal and
| hominy.
Shipping Notes.
The Zealandia should arrive here
from San Francisco on Saturday.
The Iwalani sails this morning at II
o'clock for Kukuihaele and Honokaa
The steamer Mauna Loa will sail to-
morrow at II m. for Lahaina, Maalaea
Kona and Kau.
The United States naval transport
Solace sailed from Shanghai for Hong
kong on July 9.
The transport Grant will probably
sail at noon today. The Buford viii fol
low tomorrow.
The new macadam pavement or
Brewers wharf is being rapidly laid