The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-04

Port Blakeley, is seldom seen In this
harbor. The Campbell was built at
carpenter came in for a share of the
cruelty too.
Aboard ship the carpenter is generally
supposed to be on the side of the officers
in case of any trouble with the crew. 1t
seems, however that the carpenter of the
Balclutha, according to the stories of the
men, sided with the crew to the extent
of sympathizing with them In their af-
Fiction.
I'VE were driven like lot of cattle"
said one of the Balclutha's crew to re-
porter yesterday; the mates kept up
working all of the time and did every
thing they could to make our lives a
burden If we didn't jump lively enough
to suit them they would tap US on the
head with Delaying pin. We had some
rough weather coming up and that did
not add to our comfort. The two mates
made up their minds when we left Aus
! tralia that they would give US a taste
of hell ship" before we got here.
Some of the fellows say that they will
| lay for the mates and do them up the
| first chance they get while they are
here. The trouble is, however, that all
the boys won't stand together; some of
them have already deserted ship and I
vessels before the weeks out"
| In the complaint of the men nothing Is
said against the captain of the ship; all
the charges the men make are against
the two mates. Some of the men wit
messed the affair between the mates and
| the carpenter on Sunday morning. If
| they don't get out of town they may be
able to throw some light on the affair.
The Winter Deckload
"A very important change will be made
in the law by the act which has just
been passed by both branches of the Do
minion Legislature, and the maritime
provinces should materially benefit I'M
der the new condition. said proini-
nent shipping man to a representative of
the Telegraph of ST. John, N. B.. on
May 6.
For many years vessels have been
prohibited from carrying more than
limited deckload to the West Indies and
other places except South America when
sailing from Canada between The 1st of
October and the 18th of March. The
anomaly, of the old law is at once APP
parent when it is considered that under
| it, vessels could take full deckloads
| around Cape Horn to Chilli, Peru, etc,
and yet could only take three feet of
deckload to ports in Africa, the voyage
! towards the equator being almost iden-
! tical in each case.
"A lot of valuable information has been
| furnished to the department of marine
this year by St. John parties, who have
| also given them the practical opinions of
local ship-owners and ship-masters, as
we'll as the opinions of Yarmouth, Wind.
sor and other nova Scotia shipping peo-
pie. When the bill concerning the safety
! of ships came before the Senate a short
| time ago the matter was again taken up
vigorously by Hon, Senator Wood and
others and with the satisfactory result
that the marine department consented to
amend the bill by providing that the
three-foot deckload from Canada in the
winter season should apply on when the
vessels are bound either to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
or to the continent of Europe north of
Cape Finnisterre in Spain, and not being
a port or place within the Mediterranean
Sea
vessels will, therefore, now be able
to carry deckloads all the year round to
Portugal, the Mediterranean, Africa,
Australia, the West Indies or North and
South America, etc, which places Cana
da in about the same position as the
United States. This should materially
assist in developing trade from the mar
thine provinces In the winter season, and
no doubt 1t will be especially valuable in
assisting to work up business with
South Africa, which should prove a fine
market for New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia spruce"
|
Will See Coast Harbors.
/
Congressman Julius Kahn, now in
San Francisco, has received advices
from Washington that lead him to
think that nearly all the members of
the Congressional Committee on Rivers
and Harbors will come to California
| this month. He said that before he
| left the East for home he had a talk
with Congressman Burton, who is the
| chairman Of the House committee con-
corning the journey of the committee
members, and he thinks 1t probable
that their visit to California may have
a very beneficial effect. California had
large interests represented In the pro-
visions of the river and harbor bill as
| it was reported from the committee at
| the last session. Among the items was
| one of $612, 600 for the improvement or
Oakland harbor. The San Joaquin and
| Sacramento rivers were to be benefited
| by the expenditure of sums aggregat-
| ing s250000. There is also recon-
mendation for the disbursement Of
S21600e unexpended money for the