The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-12

are intended to surpasS everything aftoat
/ in the novelty line 1t was announced
today that the company had decided TO
call two of the ships the Moltke and
Butcher after famous generals. While
| of the Pennsylvania class, the ships will
| be r., 900 tons, or 1000 tons less than the
J Pennsylvania, but will make sixteen
, knots, or two knots an hour more than
/ that type of craft.
The ships will have only a few upper
berths and will be fitted out with grill
rooms. gymnasiums and a piayroom for
children Each will have twin screws
and an indicated horsepower of 5000
Unlike the Pennsylvania class, the ships
are meant for the transportation of pas
sengers rather than for immense car
goes of freight.
Fishing on the Front.
There is quite a bit of fishing car
ried on from the wharves along the
waterfront, and the fish caught are of
good varieties. and also often of fair
size. 1t is especially natives who in
dulge In Isaak Waltons sport at these
places, but a fair proportion of the
anglers are Japanese and Chinese,
with an occasional Portuguese. The
native fishermen. who are the greatest
the sport is in the early morning and
in the evening, and that at such times
when a good high tide is coming in the
scaly inhabitants of the briny deep are
plentiful.
At the wharves along the Esplanade
and at the Oceanic and lumber
wharves it ia mostly akule. lai and
small uluas that are caught. but at
the Naval wharves. the Channel
wharf, and at time at the Brewer
wharf, the most popular fish of these
waters, the shining amaama, or null
let, can be caught There is also good
fishing from the lighthouse
and the sandspit.
The amaama bites but on bread |
Hneaded to a hard paste, and very |
often certain kinds of limu, or sea- |
weed are used successfully. For akule, |
ai and ulua, a bit of salt salmon, or |
stin better a piece of raw fish, is the !
best bait The akule generally come !
N large schools and can often be seen
playing near the surface of the water.
rhe natives in that case generally |
.atch them by playing their hook, or
more often two hooks on the same
inc, baited with a piece of fish, or an
Dpai Shrimp. on the surface. For the
Ither fish il is generally necessary to
at the hook go near the bottom.
Gasoline Torpedo Boat.
Prof. Emerson, of Primrose avenue. OF
orpedo boat such as is used in the
United States and Britain, and which in
,lace of being run by steam power is
by gasoline. The boat is 30
Get in length, drawn much on the lines
# a war canoe, and the motor generator
$ of % horsepower The motor is stu
tied amidships, with the gasoline tank
'er minute, and will develop a speed of
9 miles an hour. The motor is of the
lydro-carbon explosive type, with four
ylinders, operated by eight valves The
main object of the boat is to obtain speed
With a driving power. and one that is
noiseless and smokeless,
0 give no evidence of IT'S locality to the
Shipping Notes.
w. j. Gallagher has been appointed
light inspector on the custom house
orce.
The government band gave a concert
m board the transport Fitzpatrick before
he sailed yesterday afternoon.
Harry Knell, the well known freight
Jerk OF the Claudine, is going to be mar
led to a belle of Maui on Sunday.
Heavy winds and sea compelled the
schooner Kawailani which started for
he other side of the Island yesterday
morning, TO return to port.
The American bark w. b. Flint. Cap
ain Johnson, arrived at Kahului on
Wednesday just as the Claudine was
'ulling out from that port.
The steamer Hawaii brought a lot of J
jumping machinery from Maunalei plan
alton on Lanai. The RiSdon Iron Works :
re having employees take down the rest
f the pumping plants on that planta-
ion, and the rest of the lot will probably
a brought by the Lehua TO Honolulu. !
where it is to be stored.
The steamer Hawaii. which has been
aking the Lehuas route to Molokai and
iaui ports while that boat was laid up {
or repairs. will go back to her old route Z
he Hilo and Hamakua ports. on We'd q
esday. Her popular purser, Jerry Bur =
is busy taking leave of his
Many friends in this city as he expects
stay away for several months.
Lewis & Turk have been doing a rush .
lg business the last few days. Mr.. Nor ;
an. late of the George Curtis mas been ;
emit 10 Maui by them to join the Jane L. ;
tanford as second mate. Yesterday five
lore men were sent on the Noeau to join ! ,
hat same vessel. and next week ten
ailors will be shipped to Maui to join
be British ship Kinross. All these men
ill receive $40 a month wages
Ex-Judge William Rathburn came
rom Punaluu TO this city yesterday | 7
corning. He states that the Mile Nor
Is IS fast on the outer reef at Punaluu.
nd that the waves are continually
ringing her higher up. She is lying or q
ne side. and he thinks that this side =
lust be considerably damaged. AS tha y,