The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-05

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spectacle as was to be seen yesterday
With forty sailing vessels in the port
to say nothing of number of the
steamers of the two Island fleets, the
United States tug Iroquois and host
of little craft, each and every floating
thing clad in it's gorgeous array of col
ors, such a picture was there for the
beholding as to make happy the heart
of the most exacting admirer of the art
of decoration.
From the naval reservation, where
lay the Iroquois bedecked in a hundred
flags of every hue, the Stars and Stripes
floating big and brave above everything
| else, to the usually busy railway
lwharves, where a dozen vessels were
rnoored alongside the piers, vying one
with the other in the matter of holiday
attire, the waterfront was one gay and
brilliant scene of silent celebration.
This celebra ton was not less eloquent
or enthusiastic for it's silence, for did
not the patriotic show of colors speak
loudly and in no uncertain terms for
the sentiments of the shippers and
owners of the gallant ships which made.
beautiful the harbor in their Fourth of
July dress?
| Shortly after sunrise hundreds of en-
! signs and signal flags were flung to the
breeze. AS the day was dawning all
was hustle on the craft in the harbor.
Each captain superintended the work
of decorating his ship himself and was
not going to be outdone by any other
skipper.
The harbor is at present pretty we'll
crowded with vessels, although there is
room for several more, and the great
forests of masts, on ordinary days
merely forest of bare poles and yards,
was yesterday resplendent with the gay
foliage of countless flags.
The vessel which bore the most flags
was probably the American bark Mo-
hican, Captain Kelly, lying at the rail-
way wharf. Every mast every spar of
the famous bark seemed to be hiding
beneath a covering of bunting.
Silence pervaded the harbor during
the hours of daylight. Nearly all of the
captains and crews seemed to be
ashore. When darkness fell, however,
sweet strains of music, the music of
many instruments, began to be heard |
from numbers of the vessels lying in the |
stream and alongside the wharves.
Aboard the Island steamers native |
crews fingered the joyful guitar. The |
notes of enhancing music swept over |
the waters of the bay and the rhythmic |
tread and shuttle of happy feet on the
hard decks could be heard, so still was
everything otherwise by many on other |
vessels and ashore
A few firecrackers were exploded, but |
those who had been ashore all day
seemed to much prefer ending the day
with music. The songs of sailors gath
cred on forecastle heads, loud, vibrat /
ing, strong, sea songs of men who go
down to the sea in ships, added to the
general tone of an appreciation of a day
of recreation which comes only too sell
dom to men who slave before the mast.
The Tug Fearless Busy.
Captain Brokaw and his crew of the
tug Fearless were about the only busy
people on the waterfront yesterday, out
side of the crews of the five vessels
which made port from Australia, San
Francisco and the Sound.
From early in the morning until late
in the afternoon the Fearless was kept
running out to ships off port and bring
ing them into the harbor, dropping
them in the stream or putting them
where they could moor alongside a
wharf. The vessels arriving were the
oark Edward May, the ships Emily
Reed and Elwell and the schooners
Helene and Jessie Minor.
The Bark Edward May.
The first vessel to be brought into the
harbor on the morning of Independence
Day was the American bark Edward
May. Captain Hansen, $50 tons, 151s
days from San Francisco, with a large
cargo of general merchandise consign-
ed to Alexander & Baldwin. Her cargo
consists chiefly of hay, feed, grain and
provisions. She experienced good
weather all the way down from the
Coast, sighted nothing on the way and
brought no passengers. She at present
les at the foot of Allen street. /,
The Ship Emily Reed.
The fine-looking ship Emily Reed,
Captain Baker, 1.466 tons, 40 days from {
Newcastle with full cargo of coal con-
signed to H. Hackfeld & Co., arrived t
yesterday, anchoring in the stream near I
he lighthouse. s
The Reed is a splendid vessel and |
came into port looking as spick and
span as a new ship. In fact, most of ]
Ter gear is new and she has new fore
md main topmasts; also a new main !
oWer-mast, the latter being of steel. :
The Reed sailed from Sydney in jan s
lary Tor this port with a load of coal ! I
she ran into terrific gale when only | /
lew Gays out, was partially (7isma St r