The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-14

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MORE or less difficulty will be en-
A'A of vessels in docking at and
leaving the Channel wharf. The pecu-
Iliarities of the approaches to the wharf
| from the channel make it an arduous
| task to naneuver the big steamships
| in a quarter of the harb6r where only
cramped sea-room is obtainable. The
experience of the Nippon Maru yester-
day in getting out into the stream
from the Channel wharf indicates that
| perienced The Nippon Maru was to
sail at three The vessel lay at the
dock with her bow pointing townwards.
Her stern lines were cast loose and the
| tug Fearless took line to slew her
around in the harbor so that her bow
| would point out to sea. This action
caused the steamship to move forward
and she began to swing into dangerous
proximity to the Healani boat land
Iings. The steamship continued swing
| ing until her bow struck the wharf
with considerable force causing the
heavy timbers to creak- Then COM
menced a scraping down the wharfsnn-
til not only big splinters were tom
off the stringers, but the white and red
paint was scraped off the steamer in
quantities. it was stated by man
familiar with the construction OF
wharves that much heavy straining OF
the wharf by the various vessels which
will in future moor there, would cause
damage which would require thousands
of dollars to repair The harbor is not
of sufficient depth forty feet away from
the wharf to give the vessel a clear
swing.
Sierra Due on Monday.
The Sierra, from the Colonies, is due
here on Monday, and may arrive in port
during the afternoon. The following
passengers are booked to leave ON the
vessel
IT, r. Gait, wife and two children; Miss
e. J. Carter, Miss u. Clark, W. G. Smith,
Sam Mahelona, George A. Howard, L.
IF. Dredge, wife, three children and maid;
A. Young, Miss Rice, Miss Spieker, Mrs.
A. c. Lovekin, Prof. w. D. Alexander
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith, A
f, Along Mrs. C. o. j and daugh-
ter Capt. G. B. Hudson, Miss NJ. r. Al
exander Mr. Cotter, Mrs A. A. Montana,
Miss Margaret Dawson, William Thomp-
son, G. w. Goodale, B. F. Dillingham;,
Charles r. Keder, wife and child, Miss
Valentine NJ. r. Higgins, 9. j. Hutch
ms, H. K, Selby, Mrs. w. O.. AtWater,
and child, r. /. Moore, c. c. Kennedy,
Mrs. Basil Ricketts, and maid. Rev. John
osborne and wife, j. A. Gilman and wife,
T. Give Davies, w. F. Wilson, C. A.
Hartwell, William. James, Rev. E. ]. III.
Van Deerlin and son, o. w. Carter and
wife, A. C. Gehr. Miss Paris. A. ].
Campbell and wife, three children and
maid, j. w. Bergstrom, G. S. Mckenzie,
Is T. Alexander, Mrs. K. F. Barnard, A.
II. Wagner, c. C. Kennedy and wife.
". H. Blood. Mr.. and Mrs. Holland.
German Officer Climbs Aboard
While the Nippon Maru was swinging
away from the Channel wharf yesterday
afternoon, Lieutenant Fulda, a German
army officer, who is one of the through
two minutes late. A tow line was sti1l
ashore, and without comment the dough
ty officer dropped his umbrella on the
wharf, took hold of the rope and start
ed up toward the bow of the steamship
hand over hand He made no errors In
his ascent, but at each pull of his hands
showed that he was experienced in such
matters When the rail of the vessel
was reached several Japanese sailors
gave him assistance and he was landed
on deck without mishap. He sauntered
leisurely toward the main deck as If the
incident was not even worth thought.
although he was heartily applauded by
his fenow passengers. Rope climbing
is one of the athletic accomplishments
of the German army officer, as a part of
their training
Rains in the Hamakua District.
Purser Simerson of the Mauna Ieoa
which arrived yesterday from the Ha-
| makua coast of Hawaii, reports that teh
drought in the Hamakua district has
finally been broken. On Wednesday
| night the welcome rain fell In quanti-
| ties sufficient to cool off the atmosphere
and soak into the dry, dusty earth of the
district. From the reports gained by the
purser, 26 of an inch of rain fell that
night. Before leaving Kailua on Thurs
day morning the purser received a tele-
phone message from Honokaa that heavy
h0d oil all
night. The purser of the Maui, which
came from Paauhau and Kukaiau states
that rains fell at both places on the same
date. Although the rain was sporadic,
yet the people of the district believe that
transforms will come now and again. An