The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-16

The talk of the waterfront yesterday
was the lateness of the Pacific Mail
steamship City of Picking. She was not
only looked for the first thing yesterday
morning but she was even expected
the night before. When she failed to
make her appearance during the day
there were the usual and many reasons
advanced for her being behind hand.
Some thought that possibly she had
attempted to make a record run from
San Francisco and that she had over
done herself and met with some acct
dent to her machinery; others were of
the opinion that she had encountered
unusually bad weather and had Sbeen
compelled to travel very slowly, while
others imagined that she had stopped
to render assistance to some vessel
damaged by heavy weather off the
Coast, or that, for some reason or
other, she was delayed in starting
from San Francisco.
The Mauna Loa Arrives.
The Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Mauna Loa, Cap
tain Simerson, arrived in port yesterday
morning from Lahaina, Kona and Kau
ports, reporting continued heavy gales
at the windward Islands. Ever since
the vessel left Honolulu she has met
with heavy weather and she experienced
great difficulty in landing freight on
the Hamakua coast. In fact, it was a
hard matter to work freight at any of
of the ports of call and altogether the
trip was one of the most eventful of
the Mauna Loa'S experience.
While the steamer was on the Kau
coast heavy gale was blowing all the
time. After crossing a channel which
was exceedingly rough, however, the
vessel arrived off Diamond Head yes
terday morning long before daylight.
All who have Travelled on the Mauna
Loa know that she is a boat who knows
how to behave herself in severe wealth
er and that she can be depended upon
to do as well as possible under the
worst circumstances She is not by
any means what is known as roller
and does not pitch any more than can
be helped in rough sea. Captain
Simerson is proud of the way she be-
haved and says that she knows how
to take care of herself.
When the Mauna Loa left Kailua the
little steamer Upolu was there with
which arrived from San Francisco on
Thursday last.
The Mauna Loa also reports that the
steamer Iwalani was to leave Honokaa
yesterday for this port with full load
of sugar.
Twilight May Depart.
The little schooner Twilight, which
arrived from Washington Island on the
23rd of last month, in distress, is still
able to Withstand the perils of the sea,
for at least a journey to the Coast,
according to the report of the special
commission appointed by the United
States Court to determine whether or
not she was seaworthy.
So she will be permitted to resume
her trip to San Francisco.
Yesterday morning Captains Clarke
and Haglund, who inspected the Twi-
light not long ago, made their report
to Judge Estee, stating that all neces-
sary repairs had been made to the
schooner and that she was in condi-
ton to proceed to the Coast.
The court, upon this information,
signed an order allowing the Twilight
to depart upon the payment of costs in
to the inquiry.
The Twilight arrived here on the
evening of Sunday, December %, Of
last year. She was thirty-nine days
from Washington Island and left there
bound for San Francisco with a load
of copra.
She was compelled to put into this
port for repairs, being in a very leaky
condition and having carried away con-
of her canvas during exceed
ing rough weather on her voyage from
Washington Island.
The Twilight did her best to make
San Francisco from Washington Is
land and put into Honolulu very much
against the will of her captain.
It was thought on the arrival OF the
Twilight here that she would never
leave this port but that she would re-
main to add her bones to Rotten