The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-05

almost month to this port from Ia
coma. The Cheney arrived here yester-
day morning and brought a load of coal
for the Oahu Railway and Land Com
pany She is at present lying at the
Pacific Mail wharf. Captain Charles
johnson is her master
Sometimes she had fair wind and
came along at a good rate and then
the wind would shift around. within
a few days, and the Cheney would be
bucking against stiff breeze which
would be almost head-wind. Her
mate says that he never saw such queer
weather and his log-book records winds
from all directions during the 20 days OF
the trip to substantiate his words. The
Cheney, although she had rough pas
sage, lost nothing by it except time
There are Two Steamships China.
John Enright, the statistician of the
waterfront, drew the attention of an
Advertiser reporter yesterday to an ar
ticle in an evening paper entitled.
"Munsey's Mentions the China" and
which confused the China in the Pacific
trade with the China of the Atlantic
trade The article in question was as
follows:
GIN the February number of Mum
sey's is an article on the development
of ocean steamships. The history of the
growth of the passenger fleet especially,
from the thirties to the present day,
| is told In the course of the article
mention is made of the China, the crack
vesse, Of the Pacif Mail fleet. This
boat was built in 1862 and according to
the chart in which her size and dimen-
sions are given she is way down in the
list which shows the progress of devel-
opment Nevertheless the old boat
seems still able to hold her own with
the new double-screw vessels of other
fleets that come here and is in many
respects a remarkable boat"
The China which comes to this port
was not built il 1862: she was con
lstructed in 1889, IS 440 feet in length, 40
fleet beam and was built for the Pacific
trade The China referred to in the ar
ticle above quoted, and which is herein
confused with the China in the Pacific
trade, was built in 1862 for the Atlantic
trade and is 325 feet in length, with a
beam of 40 feet and 51h inches.
Auckland Welcomed the Sierra.
When the Sierra, one of the three
iSDl6nQlQ new DOdtS VI tilC OSCchA>
Steamship Company arrived at Auck-
land New Zealand, on her trip down tc
Australia she was royalty welcomed al
that port. An Auckland exchange gives
the following account of the new steam
ships welcome there:
At the invitation of the Uniol
Steamship Company, who are agents
for the new steamers, number o
prominent citizens met in the smok
ing-room of the Sierra.
M. Niccol proposed the only toast o
the day, that of 1.-The Oceanic Steam
ship Company" He said this pleasin,
duty devolved upon him in the alb
sence of Mr.. Witheford, the chair
man of the Harbor Board. They al
knew what an interest Mr.. Withefor'
had taken in promoting ana advocat
ing the San Francisco mail service
and he had no doubt they were Target
indebted to Mr.. Witheford for havin
exerted his influence on Mr.. Spreckel
and induced that gentleman to pu
three magnificent steamers on tn
route Therefore they all regrette'
that Mr.. Witheford was not present I
welcome Captain Houdlette and TIL
good ship Sierra, the first of the ney
vessels They were all prepared
congratulate Captain Houdlette, bu
they should also offer their sympath
to the captain, because the fates ha
been against him on his first voyag
on the Sierra, number of clrcum
stances having combined to lengthel
the voyage slightly beyond what wa
believed would be its normal length
The Sierra met with extremely ba'
weather, and they all, of course, mad
allowances for vessel on her first tril
and they knew it would not be eithe
prudent or proper to press new shi
in the same way as would be possibl
when she had been in the service
little time There was no bushes
man among them who failed to recog
nize the advantages New Zealan'
would derive from more frequent AM
more rapid communication with tn
larger centers of population in tn
world. Much had been done in the las
twenty years or more during which
the service had been running between
San Francisco and Australia, calm.
at Auckland, but they confidently an
ticipated that during the first fev
years of the century which had jus
been entered upon much create
strides would be made, and they wer
therefore delighted to see the Sierr;
entering the port of Auckland just Il
the early days of the century. TIL
beginning of the century marke'
many momentous events. AS an Eng
lishman, he would point out that j
was momentous with reard to tn
solidifying of the empire. Then Their
was the federation of the Australian
colonies, and last, but not least, the.
were all delighted to recognize a NOR
pleasant state of feeling existing be
tween the two great nations, Englan
and America. They all recognized tn
consistent efforts of Mr.. F. Dilling
ham, United States Consul in New
Zealand, had made to promote tina
excellent feeling. He was sure MI
Dillingham; would persevere in tina
} line of action, and they all hoped wit
the best possible results. There wa
just one feature in connection with tn
Inauguration of the new service whic
grieved them ALL and he ventured t
refer to it. For many years the Sa
Francisco service was carried on unde
a partnership between the America
owners and the Union STEAMSHIP
Company of New Zealand and tn
service had been such an admirabl
one that had it been possible he wa
sure they would all have been de
lighted to see continuance of tn
partnership. But, unfortunately, uI
der the navigation laws of the Unite
States, a continuance of the partner
ship was not possible. They all re
GREETED that, and he hoped and be
lieved that before long they would fin
the great United States looking at I'll