The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-04

work on Shag rock and Arch rock to
secure a depth of thirty-rour rect OF
water over them. Redwood and Peta-
luna creeks also are in the line of I'M
provement. Altogether the betterment
of California rivers and harborS is
about $1,000, 900.
THE purpose of the coming of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee" said
Congressman Kahn, lis to gain person
al knowledge of the waterways, and to
find out what is needed, that means
may be provided to give what relief
can be afforded. l assume that a ma
jority of the committee Will come to
the Coast. From Congressman Bur-
ton I have learned that he has tried
to enlist the interest of all the mem
bers of the committee. The matter Is
of Importance. / viii accompany the
committee if it desires, when 1t ar
rives, and help it get all the. knowl-
edge that it needs of the various To-
calities where improvements may be
made, and also of waterways gener-
ally"
| Warsplte at Esqu,malt.
| H. M. S. Warspite is back in Esqui-
malt harbor with the pinnaces, jolly
boats, launches and barges fitting be-
tween her and the shore, having ar
rived there recently from her southern
cruise. She left on March I'd, and pro-
ceeded to Honolulu, where she coaled
with Australian coal, and to quote one
| of the engineers, "awfu stuff twas,
too Nine days were spent at the Pa
cific Paradise, and then the flagship
proceeded to Acapulco, and from there
to San Jose de Guatemala. Things
We're quiet at both Acapulco and Guat-
amala, not even a revolution disturb
| ing the monotony. for it was the off
season for revolutionists. All were
busy getting in the coffee crop, and as
the treasury will not be full until the
plantations have made their returns,
what is the use of a revolution, any
how? Leave was given at the Guata-
malan port, and a number of officers
and men went up over the railway line
to the capital. On the trip north call
was made at Acapulco, where the War
spite expected to meet the Condor, but
the sloop-of-war did not land there.
From Acapulco the flagship proceeded
via Magdalena Bay, where torpedo
practice was held, to San Diego. At
1.-THE lower Californian port celebra-
ton was held in honor of Admiral
Bickfords visit, the principal features
of which were a regatta, illumination
of the city and ball to the officers of
the flagship. Fog was encountered off
the southern coast. but the warship ar
rived day in advance of her program,
notwithstanding. a number of parrots
and turkeys were taken from Southern
America, but sad to say, the mortality
was great among the parrots, owing to
! tha cbapo1o of aliYpata
| In Hands Of New Owners.
| Captain Wilmsen of the German ship
! Otto Gildermeister, which arrived at
! San Francisco on March 18th, very
badly damaged, turned over the yes
sci on May 23d to Captain Ellis of Port
land, who, with other shipping men,
| bought the ship at auction recently for
$4,000. Captain Wilmsen will proceed
to Germany Immediately. The battle
ship will be repaired at San Fran
cisco, If the machinists' strike does not
/ interfere, and the new owners have
hopes of securing an American register
for the vessel. She will be known as
the Golden Gate.
Ship Nomenclature.
! In a late pamphlet issued by the
Treasury Department advice was given
to all custom officers to use their in
f1uence to prevent the giving of more
than one name, or of long and unpro-
nounceable names to vessels. A great
deal of difficulty is experienced with
vessels OF more than one name, as usu-
ally only one of the names is used, but
different parties will use different
names, some using the first and others
the last of the names. Trouble Is also
experienced in looking up a ship by the
index. There is no law regulating the
name which may be given to any yes
| sci. The department trusts that this
advice may moderate the inconvenience
complained Of
ExvalsEotes.
| Capt. Yates Stirling, commandant of
the naval station at San Juan, Porto
Rico, was reported in the press de-
spatches describing the wharf fire there
on April 30 as having rescued Mr. Butler,
a shipping agent whose retreat had been
cut off by the flames, which compelled
him to jump overheard. The fire was
much like the one that DESTROYED the
North German Lloyd piers I'm New York
j a year ago. Marines and soldiers did
valiant service as fire fighters and sew
eral were more or less burned, The TT
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