The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-17

r through the giving away of a
stern line the schooner S. c. Allen

r through the giving away of a
! stern line the schooner S. c. Allen
- yesterday afternoon crashed bow
| on into the dock and sheds of the
Oceanic Steamship Company and did
considerable damage to the sheds.
About twelve feet of the timber in the
caves and joists were splintered and
| rendered useless and the electric wires
with which the sheds are noneycombed
sailed yesterday afternoon at $3.50 for
San Francisco with a full cargo of SUI
gar About hall past two Captain Rose
| hill of the Harbor Masters department
| went aboard to work the vessel over
| from the stream to the Oceanic dock.
A stern line was secured to the Helene
and a bow line was sent over to the
dock According to Captain Rosehill S
account of the affair all went well de-
spite the breeze and current until the
Allen was within about twenty feet of
the dock She was then heading di-
rectly bow on. He was making ready
to swerve the vessel around so that she
would swing into the dock with her
bow pointing toward the Inter-lsland
wharves. Just then the stern line gave
way and with nothing to hold her back
~, ir,a Nv,
ing in on the bow line the vessel went
straight for the dock. Before the cap
tain had an opportunity of letting go an
anchor the jibboom chains and the
martingale had damned into the roof
of the shed. The timbers, joists, cor
rugated iron roofing and electric wires
were torn away, many pieces of wreck
age falling upon the dock. The vessel
bore away after the impact and after
some maneuvering was brought up
alongside. The giving away of the
stern line at% "a critical moment was
responsible for the accident as the
schooner was well under control up to
that time. Captain Fuller, harbor
and Fred Whitney, of w. G..
Irwin & Co., arrived at the dock after
the accident and made an inspection of
the damage done. Captain Clarke. who
has charge Of the dock, said it was
the first time he had ever seen vessel
to enter the warehouse. The
Allen will not get away for the Coast
until this morning.
Buoys Refitted for the Winter.
ITO cborYohetar E,1,ar and assistant
Marx have during the past week work
ed over all the chains and buoys in
Naval Row and made them ready for
the winter anchorages. The chains
which were found rusted were sent
ashore and new ones put in their places.
The floats were also changed. The gen.
eral emptiness which prevails in ship
ping circles along Naval Row made tae |
task of making the necessary changes
easy. When the strike |
n San Francisco is over and the yes
sells which have been tied up there have
an opportunity to get away for this |
port, Naval Row will present it's old |
-iuie dpp6dttLuCC-d VESSEL loI eNciy
buoy A score of coal vessels are on
the way from Newcastle, half of which |
will be arriving next month. From San
Francisco about forty sailing vessels
are scheduled to sail for Honolulu and
dozens of others from other ports. AS
all will arrive in the rainy season good
safe anchorages will be needed which
the Harbormaster has provided. About
twenty mornings were attended to.
Injur ctlon Threatened.
The watchman's cottage now being
built on the Naval Reservation by
contractor Campbell, who is employing
Japanese carpenters to do the work
seems to be annoying the trades or
CARNATIONS of Honolulu to the extent
that an injunction Is being seriously
considered against the contractor. 1t
was reported that the injunction would
be sought yesterday afternoon but no
move in the direction of Judge EStee's
court was made. The trades organiza-
tons state that the employment of the
Orientals on Government works is a
matter which they deem worthy of
bringing to the notice of all labor or
CARNATIONS elsewhere and are willing
to make the attempt to have the work
done on government property performed
by white, or at least, American labor
Last winter work on the naval reserves
at Philadelphia was performed by Ital-
ians, and, although labor unions threat
ened injunctions, the Italians continued
to do the work to the end.
"Dede" Dow, Able Seaman.
The ship George Curtis. from San
Francisco whose arrival off port Sunday
night was chronicled in yesterday morn
ing's Advertiser, came into the harbor
yesterday forenoon and moored at Brew
er's wharf. She made the trip In fifteen
days, with no incidents on the voyage.
She brings cargo of grain and general
merchandise and a deckload of nogs.
Among the nondescript crew which Cap
tain Calhoun picked up in San Francisco
was a passenger, who acted an able
seaman on the trip. The liable seaman
Is only fourteen years of age out being