The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-06
Booked for the otnsr Islands.

The following persons were booked to
sail Yesterday on the steamers Kinau
and Claudine, but owing to the storm
the vessels remained in port and VIII
probably sail today: For Hilo and way
ports. per steamer Kinau-Miss May
Logan, Miss S. Mills A. w. Van Val
kenberg and wife, J. D. Cougar and
wife, Dr. Grace and wife, Miss Grace,
Mrs. Clarke, J. C. Spencer and wife, }.
Lichtig, S. Lichtig, Mrs. Rallen, A.
WE'LL, J. G. Pratt. F. T. P. Waterhouse,
I. E. Eskew, J. M. Lydgate, Miss M.
Campbell, Mrs. c. w. Hadgson, ). r.
Rodgeos, T. S. Warden, Mrs. c. B. Kin
ney, Mrs G. w. Paly, w. II. Mixer
Miss l. Richardson, d. Dorwood, Jesse
Halves and wife, P. Murphy. f. w.
Dickerman, E. A. Won Amin, c. F. Solo
mon. Mrs. L. Keaohi, c. ]. Willes Ben
Bruins, H. w. White and wife.
For Maui ports per steamer Claudine
III. P. Baldwin and wife, Jno. w. Ram
kins, P. NJ Cook. Ed Hughes, Jas. L.
Taylor, J. j. Mcdonald, J. E. Raymond,
A. Comes, M. P. Comes, Carl Jensen, i.
E. Richardson, Miss M. B. Summons,
Mrs. G. A. Hansen, Dang Yang.
General Shipping.
Bernard N. Baker, president of the
Atlantic Transport Company, an
nounced on January II that if the snip
subsidy bill becomes law the Atlantic
Transport line of steamships will Inn
mediately be placed under the Amerl-
can flag There is no doubt, it is SAID,
that other corporations, In the event
of the measure passing Congress. Will
follow the example of the Atlantic
Transport Company. The company Is
organized under the laws of West VIZ
ginia, and is about to reorganize and
| Increase it's capital materially. They
| have two -thouSand-ton steamships
under construction at Sparrows Point
| Maryland
The Pan-American Steamship Com
pany, which was incorporated in Tren-
| ton. N j., on December p last, is &c
establish a line of freight steamships
and maintain a weekly service be
tween New York and China, Japan ant
/ the Philippine Islands. The compan!
has in view ten fast twin-serew steam
| ships, and others will be built as the!
| are needed. The company is capital
| lied at $5, 600, 900, divided into s2,00O,OO
preferred and $3,000,00O common stock
Among the shareholders are Genera
| Edward c. O'Brien Henry w. Q
Edge of Funch, Edge & Co.; Herber
Barber, of Barber & Co.; Charles A
Tones, of Shewan, Tones & Co., an
George B. Hopkins. General O'Brie
states that it was expected that tn
company's vessels would make tn
round trip in about 100 days, and tina
they would go through the SueZ ca
nal. He said the company would en-
deavor to bring to New York some c
the trade which is now monopoliZe
by the lines plying between the Pa
cific Coast and the Orient.
Two immense drydocks are in cours
of construction at Liverpool that wi
accommodate the largest ships We
built or contemplated, and yet hay
room to spare. The Canada dock, a.
most ready for use, is 925 feet 6 inche
in length, 124 feet 2 inches wide at til
top, and "a feet wide at the bottom
The entrance is "a fet in width an
carries 80 feet of water over the sill
The material is Portland cement an
concrete in parts Of eight to one, fir
ished with parts six to one. The doc
has three centrifugal pumps. capabl
of discharging 100000 cubic feet {
water in one and half hours. Tn
second dock is 1000 feet in length.
feet width of entrance, and will hay
81 feet depth of water over the sill.