The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-17
NEWS OF THE WATERFRONT
An Unusually Busy Day With Many Island
Boats and Ocean Steamships
Coming and. Going.

YESTERDAY was an unusually busy
steamer day. Not only was there
- a large number of Island steamers
lgetting away but two ocean steamships
took their departure and one arrived.
The Occidental & Oriental steamship
Doric Captain Smith, sailed from the
Pacific Mail wharf about noon for the
lOrient. a good crowd being present to
lsee the vessel off.
Almost at the same time Wilder
steamer Kinau, Captain Clarke, left
for Hilo and way ports with a large
passenger list and the 1nter-lsiand
Steam Navigation Companys poat
Mauna Loa, Captain Simerson, sailed
for Maui, Kona and Kau ports with a
lgood-sized list.
In the evening, about o'clock, the
Oceanic steamship Sierra, Captain
Houdlette, sailed from the Oceanic
wharf for San Francisco and the steam
ers w. G.. Hall. Maui, Lehua and James
Makee went out on their regular routes.
There was an immense crowd on the
Oceanic wharf when the Sierra sailed.
Many Honolulu people went away and
their friends were on hand with an
abundance of leis and the usual charac-
torial Band was out in force and Cap
tain Berger lived up to his reputation
as a leader in the soothing and inspir-
ing art of music.
Two gangways We're in use at the de-
pa1ture of the Sierra. This was greatly
appreciated by the crowds of people
who hope, no doubt, that the same wise
plan will be carried out in the future
Too often for comfort has there been
only one gangWay in commission at the
getting away of steamships to San
Francisco, and the result has been
great deal of Inconvenience and delay
in clearing the ship of visitors and
moving away from the wharf.
Shortly after o'clock the Mariposa,
from the Colonies, was sighted.
She was in the harbor and discharg-
ing her passengers not long afterwards
Mar1posa From the Colonies.
The Oceanic steamship Mariposa,
evening from Sydney, Auckland and
Page Page. docking at the quarantine
wharf She had large through pas
senger list and brought four cabin pas
sengers for Honolulu
Although the Mariposa left Sydney
two days ahead of time she arrived
here only on schedule time, losing the
two days gained by an encounter with
a heavy gale. If it had not been for.
the rough weather met with the popu-
lar vessel would have arrived here for
ty-eight hours sooner than she did.
The Mariposa sailed from Sydney on
June 20 at 4:04 p. M, leaving Auckland
New Zealand at 500 p. m. on July
and leaving Page Pago on the 9th in
slant at 1924 p. m. She arrived here
at 6:43 o'clock last evening.
The time from Sydney was II days,
% hours and II minutes; the time from
Auckland IL days, 20 hours and so min
utes; the time from Page Page days,
% hours and 81 minutes.
Purser C. NJ. Fulcher reports that be-
tween Sydney and Auckland the Mari
posa experienced a very heavy south
southwesterly gale. So violent was the
storm that it was necessary for the
steamship to lie hove to for over thir-
ty-nine hours Although it was impos-
sible for any of the passengers to be on
deck during the fury of the gale and
things on the decks were pretty well
banged about, the staunch boat came
through the storm without sustaining
injury
From Auckland the vessel encounter
ed heavy southwesterly swell and
rough sea for three days, thence to
port moderate swell and frequent
rain squalls were met with.
The passengers for Honolulu By the
Mariposa were E. Buffendeau, a resident
of this city and formerly purser of the
steamship Rio de Janeiro; A. s. Peters,
A. G. Comstock and G. H. May.
NThe list of the through passengers is
as follows: H. Allander, M. t. Bar
ney, A. J. Bondurant, D. H. Bayldon,
A. Lacey Clarke, G. II. B. Corbett, C.
N. Candee, C. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. f.
j. Donnal. Mr.. and Mrs. H Hudson
and two children. Walter Holdship. P
B. Hoadley, J. Harris, Geo. Harper, A.
Kingsley, Mrs. and Miss Lundy. Miss
K. Lobbett, E. C. Matthews, E. Ma
son, j. McCloskey, Mrs NJ. B. Gift. Miss
Mary Williamson. T. E. Moorhouse,
A. MacNeil, Rev. Medcalf, Mr.. and Mrs.
George c. Penboss, r. H. Pershouse
A. p. Pershouse, F. B. Purdie, A. H.
Pollard, Rev. Byron ]. Rees. Mrs. Rey-
nall, j. NJ Sinclair, Miss Silver. Mr.
Taylor, Mr.. Terrace. Mr.. Won Heyder
R. V. Webster. F. Harmon.
Samoa Line Is No More.
The enquiry in this city yesterday at
the offices of F. A. Schaefer & Co. by
a gentleman who contemplated going to
Samoa, for information concerning
rates, ELECTED the information that the
steamship line recently established be-
tween this port and Samoa was a thing
of the past
There Is not enough business between
the two groups of islands, it is said, to
support a steamship line and the Ha-
Iwaii-Samoa enterprise has therefore fall
len through