The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-11

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rARLY yesterday morning the Gee
II anic steamship Alameda arrived
l. from San Francisco, making q
trip that has been seldom equaled
She was considerably DELAYED in get
ting away from the Coast on account
of the failure of the mail for the Col
onies to arrive on time. Finally, when
the mail was gotten aboard, in the
evening of Thursday, the 3rd instant
the vessel had to anchor in the stream
off San Francisco on account of q
heavy southeaster which was blowing
outside the harbor. Although the En-
glish mail was put aboard at 1876
o'clock in the evening, it was nearly
3 o'clock on the following morning be-
fore the Alameda got away. Five days
twenty-five hours and twenty-five min
utes was her time from pilot to pilot.
" Alameda's New Captain.
Charles Ferdinand Herman is the
new commander of the Alameda.
Herman is the man who brought
the Sonoma around the Horn from
Philadelphia to San Francisco in the
fastest time ever made on the rum 1t
will be remembered that the Sonoma
sailed from Philadelphia on the 18th OF
last November and arrived at Sar
Francisco on the 26th of December
Captain HERMAN was for fourteen
years connected with the Beaver line
of steamships operating between Mon
treal and Europe When that company
failed he became chief officer in other
steamship companies operating on the
Atlantic Coast. During the Spanish
American war he was chief officer
aboard the army transport Logan.
The Alameda has made a splendid
showing for her first trip in charge OF
the new commander.
Last Trip to Colonies.
This is the last trip of the Alameda
to the Colonies. After she has return
ed to the Coast @she will become one
of the vessels running between Homo
lulu and San Francisco only. Wher
1.-the Mariposa has received a thorough
loverhauling at San Francisco and is
ready to take up the. run between Saf
Francisco and this port the Alameda
go on the drydock and will be made
| into comparatively new vessel. 1t Is
| said that S15OOO0 is to be expended or
| her. She will receive new engines ane
boilers and will be able to make ont
and half knots per hour better speet
with her new power than with he
present machinery. New upper works
will also be put on the Alameda ant
she will be as good as new and fas
vessel to boot.
The Alameda's Cargo.
The steamship Alameda sailed yes
terday evening for Sydney and wa.
ports with a general cargo valued a
| $780, SIT, manifested as follows: Fo
Australia, s6o,434; for New Zealand
s37, SIG; for Samoa, 1864. The followin,
| were the principal Shipments:
| For Australia-6 csks bottled beer,
| crs bicycles and sundries, $500 lbs
| bluestone, At bales broomcorn, 1865 G.
canned goods, 1850 lbs Goldfish, 81, 10
| lbs dried fruit, AZ cs drygoods, 26 C.
electrical goods, 5 bbls fuse, SO pkg
groceries and provisions, cs glass
ware, IL cs hardware, $685. lbs hops
1000 feet lumber, 1850 lbs millstuffs
/ 900 doors, SO pkgs machinery, 254 roll
newspaper, 800 cs 60 bbls oil 26 cs OF
clothing, Z cs photograph goods, 43 c
paint, cs photo goods, Is pkgs print
| ing ink, 100 cs paper, 2,269 cs salmon
6 crs wagon material, SO cs whisky.
For New Zealand-S cs bicycles an
sundries, "a csks bottled beer, 10 bale
broomcorn, $40 pkgs car materia
! 1737 cs canned goods, $3.50 lbs Goldfish
25, $50 lbs dried fruit, 10 cs drygoods, 3
plgs groceries and provisions, 1924 Id
hops, Is kegs litharge, 1900 lbs lard,
pkgs machinery, 1853 cs metal polish,
pkgs printing ink, bbls oil, s cs pilot
goods, 400 bxs raisins, 65S lbs seed, !
cs shoes, 701 cs 20 kits salmon, C
wine.
For Samoa-25 bxs apples, goes 4,20
lbs bread, IL cs canned goods, rs pkg
groceries and provisions, cs hard
ware, Is bbls flour, 735 feet lumber, II
lbs nuts; crs onions, 20 crs potatoe:
10 bxs raisins, 60 cs 5 half-bbls salmon
5000 lbs sugar, cs whisky.
Caught Smuggling.
Dr. Holmes, a surgeon on the trans
port Grant, was neatly thwarted in a
attempt to smuggle bolt of choic
! Oriental silk ashore at San Francisco
Failing in his first effort, he promptl
passed the job up to his assistant,
Milthrop. The goods were confiscate
and Milthrop must face seriou
charge before the United States au
| thorities. For some time the custom
inspectors have found the army Off
GERS and transport attaches a trouble
some class when it came to the fin
discrimination between free and dutia
BILE goods. Finally a peremptory orde
was given out that all goods and bag
gage should be strictly searched, eve
the baggage of officers and other gov
eminent officials.
Tropical Fruits From Tahiti.
J. Lamb Doty, United States Consu
at Tahiti, arrived at San Francisco O.
the steamer Australia on the I'd in
slant, and is guest at the Occidental
! Since the Inauguration of the ocean,
| Steamship Company's new STEAMSHIP
service between the Coast and Tahiti
! Consul Doty has filled the position @
agent of the company at the other en-
of the line in addition to tending t
his consular duties. His trip to Sa,
Francisco, he says, is purely on bust
ness connected with his new position
and he expects to return on the Aus
! tralia on her next trip.
LAS a result of the Inauguration O