The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-01

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THE American ship Benjamin F
Packard, which arrived off port
Wednesday evening. came into
the harbor and laid up to the Pacific
Mail wharf The Packard left Norfolk
or June Is, thus making the trip In
137 days The length of the trip caus-
ed some anxiety in shipping circles OF
San Francisco, where the Packard
reinsurance was quoted at Is per cent
when the Sonoma left that port. cap
tain Allen states. however, that TINS
is probably due not so much to the
length of the voyage alone. as to the
fact that the vessel carries Pocahontas
coal. which has a bad reputation for
being prone to spontaneous combus-
ton.
The Packard experienced hsht
weather and head winds during great
part of the trip, which -ccounts for
the length Of her voyage. on the
Horn she had bit of stormy weather,
and had few sails torn, but she sue
ceeded in rounding the Cape in ff-
teen days.
Most Of the crew are negroes. but
the vessel also has three Hawaiian
sailors on board. two of whom left
this port on an Hawaiian
steamer. while the third of the number.
Halemelo, left on the George d. Cur
It's about five years ago. Captain AL
len gives the same favorable report of
the Hawaiians as sailors, as was re-
Gently given by Captain Lyons, of the
Californian. He states that they make
fine seamen; that they make little
trouble either at sea or in port. and
that he only wishes that he nad more
of them. If the boys whom he took
are ready TO sail with the ship when
she leaves. Captain Allen VIII be glad
to take them. st present they are
enjoying a reunion with their friends
and relatives in Hawaii nei.
The Packard has 3.0561s tons of coal
ON board, all of which is consigned to
the government.
Hongkong Maru in Port.
The Hongkong Maru arrived off the
port yesterday at about 1890, and
eft Yokohama on October %, making !
he trip in 8 days. II hours and 5 |
minutes. During the whole trip fine |
weather. prevailed, but part of the time !
IN ugly swell was experienced.
Among the passengers for this port
vas z. Hartman, a we'll known sugar
xpert from Hawaii, who has been TAX
ng trip to Java to study the sugar
there. There was quite q
lumber of through passengers for San
francisco. OF Storage passengers the
daru brough Cinnamon and about
90 Japanese for this port. Among the
teerage passengers are four SikhS, /
Tho are en- route from India to San
francisco. where they will settle. They
reated quite a stir on the waterfront i
With their tall. well-built bodies, big
cards and snowy turbans. They in
end to engage in the silk peddling l.
BUSINESS in San Francisco or Oakland,
where they have friends. The Hong /
ong Maru will leave Honolulu today
S soon as she has landed all her
reight. AS she has about 920 tons for
his port. she will probably not be able
o sail before late in the forenoon.
Lloyd's Shipping Returns.
Lloyd's statistical summary of yes
els of all nations of 100 tons and up
Yards. shows that s4s vessels of ST.
SO tons were lost during the year 1900.
These comprised 296 steamers of 1885,
o. tons, and 552 sailers of 290,87S tons
The materials of construction of
hese were: Steel-100 steamers of 1885,
SIS tons, and 25 sailers Of 1878 tons;
steamers of 1901 tons; So
alters of SIS, S94 tons; wood and compo-
a OF nf
;ailers Of 1901 tons.
The nationalities of the vessels were
Is follows: SteamerS-BritiSh 153,
Norwegian %. German %. and so of all
lations; sailers-Norwegian 124, British
Is, American 49, German 81, and 1913 of
III MISUNDERSTANDING Star, October IS.
Annie johnson Arrives.
The American bark Annie Johnson
arrived in port yesterday afternoon.
md laid up to the Oceanic wharf at
about o'clock. The Annie Johnson
made the trip from San Francisco to
;alms and light winds; most of the lat
.er from unfavorable quarters She
brings between 100 and 1900 tons of
general merchandise, including a num-
per of drums of gasoline and two
arge boilers for the Hutchinson Plan
alton Company in Kau. This is the
irst trip Captain Williams takes as
master of the Annie Johnson, but he
S well acquainted with Honolulu. hav-
ng been here before as mate of sew
,ral vessels. the last one of them be-
ng the Abbey Palmer.
New Dredger Being Built.
A large number of carpenters are AZ
present busily at work at Emme $
wharf building a large dredger and (
couple of mud scows. The dredger,
which Is for Clark & Henery and Fer
is q Haas. will be used principally
or contract work for the government.
he first job II is going to do. being
he dredging OF Pearl Harbor bar. The
lredger. which will be of the clamshell
ype. will be 20 feet long. "a feet wide.
md 7 feet 8 inches deep. while the
nrn scnsys viii he % feet lnnn and ]