The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-20


A MOST interesting and exciting
N three cornered ocean race has
A just been terminated. Thirteen
days ago yesterday three vessels sailed
together from the port of San Francisco
bound for Honolulu. They We're the
barkentine Planter, the schooner Hell
enc and the bark r. P. Rithet.
Of course each captain thought that
he would bring his vessel in to port
first and have the pleasure of waiting
for the others to arrive and then to
Icrow over them when they should final
ly put in an appearance.
| CAPTAIN Chase of the Planter is the
happy and proud man in this case. II
will be remembered that the Planter
arrived here on Thursday, having CONF
down from the Coast in twelve days.
When Capt. Chase got into the harbor
the first thing he did was to look
around for the Helene and the X. +.
Rithet. When he failed to see either
the schooner or the bark and was in
formed that they had not yet arrived
he was as happy as a boy who has just
won his first foot-race and waited con-
tentedly for his friends to arrive that
ne might ask them how the weather
had been outside since he had come into
port.
The schooner Helene was the second
of the three to enter port, arriving yes
terday morning, not quite thirteen
days from the Coast Two or three
hours later the bark r. P. Rithet ar
rived.
The race was a good one and very
close Captains Chase and Christian
sen, of the Planter and Helene, poked a
Igreat deal of fun at Captain McPhail OF
the Rithet for being last.
Captain McPhail has made several
pretty good records with his bark, how
ever, and doesn't mind little beating
now and then.
The Helene and the Rithet managed
to keep together for the first two days
out of San Francisco. After that the
Helene got ahead IF the Rithet and
managed to keep in the lead.
The bark Rithet comes rather high
out of the water on the present trip
She has light cargo. A great part OF
it is hay and grain. She has few
pieces of machinery on deck, boilers fol
the Waialua plantation.
Three passengers arrived on the
Rithet, Mr.. and Mrs. Hathaway and
son, who are intending making tour
Iof the Islands.
Captain McPhail left his wife in Sar
Francisco on this trip. 1t will be re-
membered that his bride accompanied
him to Honolulu the last time.
n a. -
Rithet. He has been mate of her fol
some time. He was at one time the
mate of the schooner Robert Levers
He is we'll known in Honolulu and Sar
Francisco where he has many friends
The Helene is at the Irmgard wharf
The Rithet is at the old fishmarke
wharf
There seems to be something Of al
impression that the Rithet is a steam
ship. She is treated in much the sam,
way that a steamer is treated, at any
rate, for no sooner does she arrive thar
arrangements are made, or are attempt
ed, to discharge her in three or fou
days and fill her up with sugar anC
send her back flying to the Coast, al
within about ten days. There is a de
sire on the part of the agents to worl
the Rithet day and night. Today sh,
will commence to discharge, using he
donkey engine on the main hatch aftet
the machinery has been taken off he
deck, and an engine on the wharf t,
work her after hatch. Sugar is alread,
waiting for the bark and the probabil
: tiles are that the Rithet will be on he
way to San Francisco in little owe,
a week.
She will take passengers up with her
Two people have already spoken fo1
accommodations.
stevedores Delay Steamship.
The steamship Nippon Maru sailed
Tor San Francisco at 2:So p. m. yester
day. At 1870 o'clock the mail wa,
aboard and it was expected that thu
great boat would get away on SEIZED
ule time.
1t developed, however, that the steve
dores who were working Honolulu
freight in the forward hold had some
thing to say about the starting time
There was a pretty good force of then
getting Oriental merchandise ashore
and they were pretty nearly ali o
them natives. 1t seems that the Chi
nese in the steerage on the Nippon
Maru furnished the men while the.
We're at work with a quantity or sand
paper gin. The day was hot, the worl
was hard, the men were thirsty, tn
gin was cheap, the Chinese were will
ing to sell the liquid, and the resul
was that the greater number of tn
stevedores got more of the fluid aboar,
than was good for them while the.
were at work. They became careles
of time and everything else, as the,
got more and more gin. and the con
sequence was that when the hou
came for the vessel to leave the whar
all of her cargo for this port had no
been discharged and the ship had to b
held. AT 2:30 all the cargo was ashore
the gangway was taken down and
after most Of the stevedores ha