Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-17
Twilight ALL Right.
FAMOUS SCHOONER IS
SILL G0OD As new
Much Talked of Leak Has Not In
jured ship fJr GJvd rraCti-
cal U.s. - SAILS
Today.

One Of the proudest men along the
beach today Is Captain Kane Of the
staunCh little Island schooner rwi.
light, of The Leahi Navigation Com.
pany. Limited. Kane is so proud that
he il seriously considering the pur.
chase of new hat and n red necktie,
together with other luxuries oil n like
nature. The reason OF Kane's happi.
ness is quickly explained when the
Twilight is seen for that famous yes.
sci Is dazzling in splendid coat Of
new paint and has otherwise been i'm.
proved, altered and repaired.
It is a long time since the Twilight
blossomed forth in a coat OF paint as
gorgeous as her present attire. II a
schooner ever deserved adornment. 1t
is the Twilight, for the TwilighC has to
a certain extent been very much mis-.
understood craft. Just because she
came into this port once upon time
with little Of the green bilge on the
wrong side Of her sturdy ribs, some
Of the old sealawyers shook their
1t was said at one time that the
innocent little schooner was rotten.
This allegation has long ago been dis.
proved. One has but to take look
at little bag OF shavings and chips
of wood, borings from her keel and
ribs, now in the possession OF Henry
Macfarlane. the possCssor Of tho
sturdy Twilight
This afternoon at ) o'clock the Twi.
light will set sail for Koloa, Malia.
we'll Eleele and Waimca with 100000
feet Of lumber and fifty tons OF gen.
cral merchandise. She can carry as
much as 275.OO0 feet OF lumber when
she wants to, but she doesn't want to
this trip. She will return to port
from Kauai with paddy and firewood
Tho Twilight has a gross tonnage
OF 1874 and net tonnage OF l75. She
was built at Port Ludlow in 1874. is
ll2 IL feet long, 80 feet beam and has
depth OF . feet and s inches. She
came TO this port on December 90,
1900 from Washington Island, in dis
trpss. leaking badly and minus sails
and provisions AMI almost everything
else except tale of hardship, n few
pieces OF bareback In tho galley and
pint or so OF water III her casks.
She had a load of copra at that time.
She was surveyed and repaired in this
port and started out for San Francisco
(whither she was bound when she put
into Honolulu in distressl. on Satur.
day, January 10, OF last year. II was
after she started for San Francisco
heads and said she must be hood q
that she again sprang leak.
On January 81, 1901. the Twilight
put back TO Honolulu. She had rcen
out less than two days when II was
discovered that she was leaking. This
time the Twilight went ON tho dry.
dock for repairs.
On February Is ol last year tho
Twilight was sold at auction, being
knocked down to Charles Leunhard for
$3.50. Now she is owned by Henry
Macfarlane.
II sometimes happens that chip.
like man, gets a bad name through
no fault Of her own. The Twilight is
sound and good for many and many
an inter-lsland trip.
During the first two months that
MaCfarlane owned her she more than
paid for herself.
The Twilight was one OF the original .
boats Of the Matson line and has made
much money for her various owners
during her interesting career. She's
still as good as new" SAYS her master,
jolly Captain Kane.