The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-12
NEWS OF THE WATERFRONT

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rious ports on the Mainland coast. The
bark Archer. Hardwick, arrived after
nineteen days voyage, and locked
yesterday morning at Brewers wharf
She brings general cargo. The
schooner F. S. Redfeld, commanded
by Capt. n. F. Jorgenson, was towed
in by the Fearless, and Is now AT AL
lens wharf. She left Port Ludlow
Wash, twenty-five days ago, and made
fine trip, light winds and without
j incident, She brings 602 900 feet of Ium-
Der consigned to Levers & Cooke.
Among the departures were the
schooner Nokonis and the bark Albert.
for the Sound, and the ship ]. B.
Thomas, for San Francisco with a
small cargo of sugar. The schooner
Sehome also got away during the af-
ternoon. - The Albert carries a cargo of
automobiles, which are being sent
back to the manufacturers.
Promoting Another Steamship Line.
Philippine industrial edition OF the San
Francisco Bulletin, is a passenger on
| the United States army transport XII
patrick, which, departed yesterday
lnorning for Manila. He goes to Ma
fnila not only as a newspaper represen-
| tative, but also as the promoter OF a
steamship line which is proposed for
| a through San Francisco Manila
route. Mr. Carey hopes to interest the
business element of Manila. He Is of
| the opinion that the Philippines would
| be properly exploited if there was
direct steamship line to its capital
city. AS Honolulu is pretty much on
| a line with the archipelago, having a
| large trade with various countries, as
well as being tourist attraction, Mr..
| Carey thinks that this city would be
port OF the projected new line.
| Fitzpatrick Comes and Goes.
! The United States army transport
| Fitzpatrick, sister ship of the transport
Buford, arrived in Honolulu Saturday
about noon, and sailed again yesterday
| forenoon about 9 o'clock. She made a
| slow trip of nine days, ana Will make
no great haste, to arrive at Manila.
| Mr. Robert McAdory and his mother,
| Mrs. McAdory, were the only passen-
gers for this port. The quartermaster
| secured few fresh, tropical provisions
and fruits, and without coaling, was
ready to go the same afternoon she
| arrived On her previous visit TO this
port smallpox broke out on board, and
/ none of the passengers We're allowed
| to come ashore, although she remained
outside the harb6r nearly two weeks.
She coaled at the mouth of the chan
| mel and was unfortunate enough to
| have fire in her bunkers soon after
| putting to sea.
| Difficult to- Dock. "
| The steamer Helene arrived last
evening from Maui ports, bringing a
score of first-class passengers and
| siXty-three on deck The steamer left
kahului at o'clock yesterday morn
ling and had a fine trip. Inside the
| harbor, however, the Helene was
| caught by the high tide and a strong
wind blowing up the channel, and as
she was about to swing into her
wharf she was carried past and oppo-
site the second kinau wharf. Twice
her captain essayed to bring her into
| the slip, but each time she was swung
away Finally, a tow line was thrown
| over a stanchion at the end of the
wharf, and after much pulling the little
lsteamer came into the slip handily.
| Steamers in q Bad Way.
Both Island steamer companies are
Wilder steamers Kinau, Maui and Mo-
| -,
! the Mokolii also being on the out of
! commission list The Inter-Island
Company's steamer Waialeale is
, awaiting repairs on the Marine Rail-
way, owing to a leak somewhere in her
! hull One or two others have not been
making regular trips, but have been
/ in the hands of the experimenting en-
, gineer. The probabilities are that sew
| eral of the vessels will be detained
Z Z, 1T
sugar is about all in port from the 9TH
er Islands, and the passenger traffic is
light.
a Long Race.
An international sailing race half
, way around the world started from
New York the first week in August
The racing ships are the Acme and
: the Brilliant The Acme was built in
Maine, and flies the stars and stripes
The Brilliant was launched a few
months ago at Glasgow. These vessels
are the latest additions to the big sail
, ing fleet of the Standard Oil Company
They loaded at Bayonne, N j., and
, their sailing dates We're almost identi-
cal The two ships will follow the
same course, reaching Yokohama by
,, way of the China Sea.
1t is natural that there should be
race under the circumstances. The Of
ficials of the company proposed it, and
found the captains more than willing
The Acme has never sailed a voyage
before. She registers 1887 tons, has
four masts, thirty-siX sails and carries
crew of thirty-three men. The Bril-
liant was launched in April and made
fast voyage across the Atlantic. She
is somewhat larger than the Acme. She
registers $500 tons. She is fitted TO
carry water ballast.
/ Shipping Notes.
Steamer Iwalani will bring in a good
cargo of Kauai sugar this week.
! Purser Christian of the w. G.. Hall
reports 4 small Island schooner arriv-
ing at Eleele on Saturday.
A strong, Niihau wind at Waimea,
Kauai. makes. it very difficult for the
boats crews to unload vessels there.
! The barkentine Skagit is due any
day now from Port Gamble; also, the
schooner William Olsen from the same
port.