The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-04

THE Globe Navigation Company's
steamer Tampico. which has beer
expected in this port for severa
days. arrived yesterday morning. after
a rough trip. She left Seattle November
II and struck heavy weather on tn,
18th. The vessel rolled heavily before
a southerly gale, and enormous waves
kept washing over her deck, notwith-
standing the fact that the steamer was
quite high ont OF the water. The
weather grew so bad that the vessel
had to heave to several times; one time
for eight hours. During the storm one
unusually heavy wave broke the fore
castle head rail and swept a number
OF articles which had been dashed on
the forward deck, down on the main
deck. Captain Reed statea that the
vessel acted wonderfully we'll IN the
heavy seas, and that she showed her
self to be a splendid sea boat. The
using of the steamers OF the Great
Lakes type. such as the Meteor. the
Eureka and the Tampico. has been
somewhat in the nature of an expert
ment. and 1t is gratifying to the owns
ers and agents of the company that
their vessels are proving themselves to
be a success. even under the mos. ad-
verse circumstances. On November 10
the Tampico sighted the American
ship General Fairchild, bound south.
on her way from the Alaskan Gamer
les to San Francisco. She was sighted
in latitude IS degrees 81 minutes north.
and longitude 129 degrees IS minutes
west.
The Tampico brings a very large
cargo. She has 1000 tons of general
merchandise and structural iron. and
has about 400 cases of vegetables on
deck. She is at present lying at the
Irmgard wharf, where the work OF dis
charging her cargo was begun yester-
day. On account of the peculiar con-
struction of the vessel the unloading
can be carried on very rapidly, and the
company's agent in this city. Mr..
Beebe, expects that the Tampico will
be able to leave this port for the Coast
on Saturday. She will not take any
cargo away from this port.
Rosecrans Sails for Manile.
The United States army transport
Rosecrans left this port for Manila yes
terday afternoon. The machinery has
been repaired while she was in this
port. and yesterday forenoon and the
early part of the afternoon was devot-
ed to a thorough cleaning up of the
vessel All the soldiers had shore leave
in order to give the tars a chance to
clean the ship. and the bluejackets
spared neither labor nor water in slush-
ing the sides and decks OF the steamer
The soldiers were glad to have another
chance to see this city. and nearly all
around up town.
There has been very little social life
and exchange of calls while the Rose
Grams was in this port, chiefly on ac-
count of the indisposition of Major
Roach, who is in command of the
troops on board. Major Roach con-
tracted malarial fever while he was
serving in the Cuban campaign, and
although he has been in the States for
two years since them, during which
time he showed no sign of the sickness,
TO bring the old trouble back again,
and the major kept very quiet while
here. With the exception of the con-
cert given by the Territorial Band on
board the transport, and a call paid
by Rear Admiral Robley Evans on Ma
jor Roach and his adjUtant. very little
has occurred on board the vessel dur
ing her local stay.
Concerning the affair OF the soldiers
selling their overcoats to Chinese and
japanese storekeepers. Major Roach
said yesterday that the greater part OF
the clothing had been recovered, but
that it would be very difficult, IL not
an impossibility, to recover it all on
account OF the sickness Of the Orient
ais. Major Roach stated that il was a
common practice among these people
TO alter the coats as soon as they got
them in their possession by dying them
and furnishing them with other kinds
Of buttons. Most OF the clothing was
then sent TO Japan after 1t had been
thus altered beyond recognition.
The Roseorans left the Pacific Mail
dock yesterday afternoon at about
O'Clock. Every one on board hopes tina,