The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-20

lev at breakneck speed, in the hope of
getting aboard the Sierra before it
steAmed away on it's long trip to the
AntipodeS.
I Miss Margaret Windeyer-for that
was the young lady's name-was visit
ing friends in Albany, N. Y. when she
received a summons to return to her
home in Sydney as fast as steam could
take her. The cablegram called her
hack to Australia on matter of ur-
gent Importance. Her presence was
needed in Sydney in connection with
some legal matter connected with the
estate of her deceased father, who was
a titled English gentleman, and in the
hope of catching the steamer Sierra
she took fast train to San Francisco.
Before she had been on the road very
long, however, she discovered that the
connecting train on the Central Pacific
was not due to reach here until 1925
o'clock yesterday morning, whereas
the Sierra was scheduled to sail at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. Through a
friend of the famf1y-President Will
liams of the Mendocino Lumber Com
pany-the steamship company was
urged to hold the steamer until the
train arrived, a bonus of two first
class fares being offered as an induce
ment. The steamship officials smiled
sadly at Williams, and Williams tele-
graphed to the girl that the thing was
impossible Williams then thought of
another scheme. He proposed to have
tug in waiting at the Oakland pier
and with Miss Windeyer aboard he
would pursue the Sierra out to sea and
| overtake her somewhere on her jour
ney. Tugboat officials told Williams
that tug steamed much slower than
/ the Sierra, and then nothing remained
but the hiring of a special train.
! Manager Fillmore of the Southern
Pacific Company refused to run spe-
cial from Ogden, but offered to have
| one in readiness at Wadsworth, New,
upon the arrival of the regular train
at that place. The regular reached
Wadsworth at As o'clock Wednes-
day night, and Miss Windeyer prompt
ly stepped into the day coach and start
ed on her wild flight toward San Fran
cisco. The special train of an engine
and one car reached the Oakland pier
at 9:15 o'clock yesterday morning, and
Miss Windeyer was landed at the foot
of Market street a $50 o'clock, where
she was met by Mr.. Williams and an
| attache of the passenger department
of the Southern Pacific in a carriage.
She got aboard the Sierra three min
utes before sailing time. The Sierra
did not sail until an hour later. The
special cost her exactly $780,"
Put In at Yokahama
! Word has been received at San Fran
cisco that the schooner A J. West, for
sty-eight days out from Manila for
sGray's Harbor, put into Yokohama on
May 8th for calking. The West is one
of the largest of the lumber fleet, well
known along the coast, and was in fine
condition when she left for Manila a
few months ago. The long time out
from Manila before Yokohama was
Preached indicates that the schooner
was caught in a severe storm, which
started her seams.
The Warren for Nome.
\ On the 18th instant the transport
/ James Barneson, sailed from San
4 Francisco for ST. Michael and Nome
via Seattle. Very few supplies were
taken by the Warren, but at Seattle
a full cargo will be taken aboard, in
I addition to all the coal necessary for
the round trip to Alaska. The repairs
to the transport, just completed, have
rejuvenated the vessel.
New Five-Masted Schooner.
A five-masted schooner, to be known
as the w. H. Marston, will be launched
r at North Beach The schooner Is of
100 net tons register, and will be the
largest of her class ever built on the
Pacific Coast. The cost was $S5, 900.
The vessel is owned by Captain w. H.
Marston, Mayor Of Berkeley, and asso-
ciates. and is to ply in the Hawaiian
trade.
/ Lost Anchors and Chains.
/ A dispatch received from London
states that the British ship Robert Fer
ME, from Hull for San Francisco. put
into Gravesend on May Sth, having lost
her anchors and chains. The ship
grounded somewhere on the English
coast, but further particulars are not
known.
Manchester Probably Lost.
The four niasted British ship Man
chester, out 261 days from New York
for Yokohama, is now quoted at 80 per
cent on the overdue list. The vessel
stood at 65 per cent for several weeks,
but when news was received at San
Francisco of the arrival at Yokohama
Of the German bark Burmah, which
left New York three months after the
Manchester sailed, carrying a similar
cargo of oil, the reinsurance rate on
the Manchester took a sudden advance.
Big Contract Awarded.
Swayne & Hoyt of San Francisco
have secured contract to deliver 49,
100000 railroad ties to Guayaquil, Ecu
ador. The contract was competed for
by other firms, notably some on Puget
Sound. Swayne & Hoyt have charter
ed the steamer Victoria to transport
the ties from Noyo to Guayaquil, and
eight trips will be necessary before the
last Of the big shipment is landed in
South America.
Transports Leaving Manila.
The transport Hancock, with the
Thirty-first Volunteer Regiment; the
transport Buford, with the Forty-first