The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-17
ON FRONT
MANY VESSELS ARE SOW OVER.
DUE
Sailing Fleet VIII Probably Depart for
Coast Ports This Week and Leave
HaIbor Deserted

This will probably be- the liyeIiest
week the water front has known i'm
long time, although shipping has been
very dun for the last two days. If all
of the vessels, which are preparing get
ready in time, the harbor will present
an empty appearance by the end of the
week.
The big ship Roanoke viii probably
be ready to go to sea tomorrow. She
will sail to San Francisco, her original
port of destination She is to carry as
ballast about 1000 tons of coal
The schooner Rosamond and banks
kaiulani and r.. =. Rithet have all been
fumigated and have been loading sugar
for several weeks. All of these vessels
are nearly ready TO sail and II is eX-
pected that they will get away within
"A couple of days for San Francisco. The
bark olympic is also loading sugar.
She will not be ready until after Christ
mas TO sail for San Francisco.
The lumber schooners Alice Cooke,
Mary T.. Foster, +. 5. Redneld and John
%. North are either discharged or near
~ so and they will also be ready with
in few days to sail for Port Townsend
and other Puget Sound ports. The
barkentine Joseph l.. Evston has about
finished discharging her coal and will
begin probably tomorrow to take bal
last for the Sound. The barkentine
Coronado has finished discharging and
began taking ballast today. She will
probably receive enough sugar ballast
to carry her to san Francisco. The
barkentine Archer is now loading sugar
at the railway wharf for San Francisco
and should be ready soon to depart.
The schooner Luzon is also apt to be
ready within a week to sail for the
Sound.
The majority of these vessels will get
away within this week and unless some
of the numerous vessels which are due
from various ports arrive, the harbor
Will be as bare as bone except for
island boats. The sChOoners Churchill
and Novelty and ship Prince Louis are
now considerably overdue from New
castle while the schooners Susie NJ.
Plummer and Robert Searles and bark
James Johnson should arrive at any
time from the same port.
From Tacoma, the ship $. d. Garlic
ton, Captain Amesbury is now A days
out. This is considerably overdue and
it is likely that reinsurance is being
quoted on the Coast against this yes
sci. The barkentine Quickstep is SO
days out, due at kahului from Tacoma.
The bark CeylOn is also % days out
from Port Gamble which is longer than
unusual The barkentine I&likitat is p
days from Port Ludlow. The brig Con-
suelo is now p days out from Eureka.
This vessel mas a record of 3 days and
20 hours from San Francisco to this
port, 50 not a little anxiety will be felt
until her arrival at Hilo is reported
From Gray's Harbor there is an over
due vessel, the schooner w. +. Witze-
mann. She is out 81 days, while the
schooner Muriel is out 80 days from the
same port Nothing has been heard
from the schooner BendiXOn which is
now Al days from Port Blakeley.
In addition to these vessels, practi-
cally all of which are overdue, are the
barkentines w. II. Dimond and S. G..
Wilder and banks, Amy Turner and
Gerard G. Tobey due from Francisco,
all out "a days.
The weather for the past month or
more however has been marked with
only occasional good winds in the wa
ters north of these islands. All of the
incoming vessels having reported en-
countering continual Gains. Slow pas
sages from San Francisco have been
the order but even this experience hard
ly explains so many vessels being over
due.
If the southerly wind, which has been
in force for the last three or four days,
continues it may help the Newcastle
fleet along, if the overdue vessels have
not already been driven to the north
ward of the islands. This wind will
also have the effect of driving the
northward bound boats along, if it con-
tinues. 1t would not be surprising to
hear of the German ship Lita, the bark
entine Encore and the British ship
Euphrates, all of which left here with
in the last few days breaking records
to the coast, with this sOutherly wind.
There are quite number of well in
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