The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-21
Bark Albert at Tacoma.

one OF the trimmeSt vessels seen in
Tacoma harbor in some time is the
staunch little three masted bark Albert,
! ga tons, Captain Griffiths, which is
loading flour and feed at the Puget
Sound Touring mills for Honolulu for
Williams, Dimond & Co., of San Fran
cisco. who own an interest in the yes
sci, says the Tacoma Ledger of Sep
TENDER s. The Albert will finish Mon
day or Tuesday with 1900 tons of fl our
and feed and expects to take a small
| deck-load of shingles, possibly from
| the Tacoma mill, but probably from
| Gamble or Ludlow.
The Albert halls from San Francisco
where she has been engaged in the. mer-
misunderstanding trade to the islands
She comes to Tacoma this voyage to
load owing to the strike at San Fran
cisco. She brought as cargo from Ho-
nolulu twenty-four electric automobiles.
which We're discharged at Seattle to he
returned to the manufacturers in Chi
cego Captain Griffiths says that an
automobile transportation company was
formed in Honolulu and purchased the
machines, which persisted in breaking
down continually, with the result that
they are being shipped back to the
manufacturer
captain Griffiths has been frequently
on Puget Sound and is a we'll known
Pacific coast mariner, having been en-
J gagged in the Hawaiian trade for TWEEN
ty-five years. The Albert was built al
Fort Blakely ten years ago and is now
noticeable for the fact that she is as
| sp1ck-and-span as a gold dollar and as
neat and well kept as though she haC
} been in commission but ten days She
is lifted with excellent accommodation.
Tor eight passengers, with baths com
Portable saloon, and not speck of dir
TO be found aboard her from stem t,
stern. Captain Griff1ths himself own
an interest in the little vessel. which
may account for her neat appearance
in addition to which Mrs Griffiths &C
companies him, which might also hay
something to do with the fine condition
in which the Albert is constantly kept
Fighting SchooIma'ams.
Among the schoolma' ans on boar
the transport Sumner are a couple VIII
- do not love each other. Worse still the
occupied the same cabin on the triI
and as an evident outbreak of this dis
Ike, discreet secrets of certain parts O
ladies toilet began to leak out anon
the passengers. A. confided to any on
who cared to listen that B. wore shoe
of most extravagant number while I
on the other hand spread the rumo
that AS lovely form was COTTONWOOD
pads at places.
Finally upon one quiet evening tn
A climax came. A. was reading, while T
was intending to retire. and consequent
ly she required that the light be turne
down in order that A should not b
able to report new discoveries to tn
rest of the passengers in the morning
Of course they agreed to disagree an
for some time the electric light wa
q switched off and on with very small in
tervals. A. finally capped the china
by pulling a revolver on the othe
thereby securing the mastership of tn
situation. 1t is not reported if she oh
| tanned the last word, but the light wa
not lit again.
The next morning the two ladies wen
: to the captain with their tale of woe
but being man of considerable wisdor
!. he declined to interfere The passen
] gers are now preparing beautifully II