The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-02

1KARDLY a sound disturbed the
II peace and quiet of the water
III front Yesterday. No work was
done except on the Occidental
and Oriental steamship Gaelic at the
Pacific Mail wharf and the big Ameri-
can ship Iroquois at the Irmgard
wharf
All the other wharyes were deserted
from daylight to dark. A fresh breeze
blew from the mountains down over the
harbor, scattering the dust for which
the waterfront is famous over every
thing.
The holiday was observed by almost
everybody; flags flew from the masts
of many ships in token of New Year S
day those on the waterfront We're
dressed in holiday attire. little dinner
parties wSe IN happy progress on
board numbers of the vessels in port
and every one was merry and wishing
each other a happy new year and a
Happy new century as well.
/ From the monkey-gaf of the smart
little training ship Adams tloated
/ proudly to the breeze the Stars and
Stripes. the biggest flag in the harbor.
| fiuttering bravely on the first day of
the new century in which it is destined
to play such mighty part.
The steamer Maui of Wilder's line
was the possessor of the next biggest
flag in the harbor. The Maui was ~
ing at the Railway wharf with a large
American flag at her masthead: the
flag was the only sign of life aboard
and the flag was the only thing work
ing as far as the Maui was concerned;
it waved all day. adding beauty to the
harbor scene with its bright colors
showing boldly against the blues and
green's of the distant mountains and
making picture that would delight an
artist.
Many fashionable carriages were to
be seen along the waterfront Yesterday
People taking holiday drive realized
that a drive around Honolulu could not
be complete without a visit - the wa
teyfroEt.
CENTURY'S FIRST ARRIVALS.
The first vessels arriving in this port
in the twentieth century We're the
steamship Gaelic from the Orient. the
German ship Marie Hackfeld from
Bremen and the Chilean barkentine
Alta from Newcastle. The Gaelic ar
rived first, being sighted about o'clock
in the morning. Then the German yes
sci was brought into the harbor Early
in the afternoon the Alta was sighted
GAELIC FROM THE ORIENT.
The Gaelic, Captain Finch, locked at
the Pacific Mail wharf shortly before
8 o'clock yesterday morning. She sail
ed from Yokohama on the 22nd of last
month, experiencing a pleasant and un-
eventful voyage.
Christmas day was observed by
everybody on board the boat and the
saloon was decorated with holly and
flags, and the dinner was something
which made the passengers have very
GOOD opinion Of the steward.
The following will give some idea of
what one gets to eat on one of the
Occidental and Oriental steamships in
the middle of the Pacific on Christmas
day: Eastern oysters, frog la pou-
lette, praised quail aux petit pois, r:s
soles de volatile and lots of other good
things.
Yesterday the Gaelic discharged 30
tons of Oriental merchandise for this
port She also brought thirteen Chi
nese and seven Japanese for Honolulu.
There are many missionaries on the
Gaelic, from Japan, chiefly. They
are on the way to the States.
Among the passengers is Cap
tain c. r. S. DeKoven, who went 20
Taku with the United States transpo t
Egbert. and who is now on his way to
Washington to make his report
There was a great time aboard the
vessel when the old year and the old
century passed away and the new year
and the new century came in.
All the passengers and officers were
wide awake to see that the thing was
done properly and when the moment
of transition arrived there was a great
ringing of the ships bells and blowing
of her whistle and beating of the din
ner gong and making of a noise ganer-
ally. The Gaelic got away for san
Francisco little after midnight TAX
ing a very large mail from this port
for the outside world.
FROM BREMEN AND NEWCASTLE
One hundred and thirty-two DAYS
from Bremen with a big general cargo
the German ship Marie Hackfeld. Can
tain Wuhrmann, arrived in port yester-
day morning. The tug Fearless brought
llti into lDe IItti DOI DIS soon as the Gle
lie had locked. The Marie HackfeId is
fine looking vessel of LOO tons and
came consigned to II. Hackfeld & Com
pany.
In the early part of the afternoon lie
Chilean barkentine Alta. Captain
Thronagle, WAS sighted off Diamond
Head She is from Newcastle with coal
and was sixty-two days making the
voyage. She is a vessel of $50 tons
and was formerly owned in California.
AT THIS TINE A YEAR AGO.
Vessels in this harbor just one year
ago today, January l, 1900 We're as fol-
lows: Bark r. P. Rithet, schooner n
ID. Bendixen. bark S. C. Allen, shin ia
bez Howes, ship Santa Clara, bark
Sintram, ship H. F. Glade. ship
Eclipse, bark Beechdale, ship Kinfauns.
ship Poseidon. barkentine Trmgard
S. G. Wilder. bark Mohican. /
barkentine G. C. Perkins. ship Star of !
France, ship Gulf Stream. brig w. G..
Irwin. schooner Alien A.. schooner
Robert Levers, schooner Alice Cooke
schooner Winslow, bark Alden Resse
bark Martha Davis. ship Centennial |
ship Paul Tsenberg bark Diamond |