Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-11
new WOOle11s
GEO. A. MARTIN, Tailor, Boston Building.

runs and there Is very little that he has
not gathered in the way of informa-
ton concerning this famous class OF
old-time sailing vessel.
Among his valuables James Enright |
boasts a scrap-boOk. full of notes and
clippings which tells all about the
wrecks and varying fortunes 80;
launchings. records. dimensions,
wrecks and varying fortunes of scores
Of vessels, old and new. His notes
cover half Il century of the doings OF
wind and wood and tell also much OF
the present days accomplishments in
the way of steam and steel.
Enright Is an old sailor who has
sailed on the seven seas of the earth
many a time and oft He has been in
many ships and. even now. can give the
date of the beginning of any voyage he
ever made; the distance covered on
| that voyage: the time spent at sea; the
! best days run. and many other points
of interest.
| II you run across ta!lish, quick
! speaking, strong-featured. sharp-eyed
! sailor-man, who looks fOrty-ive. but
! Is really ten years older. sCribbling
| hastily in notebook and utterly
| ObliviOus to his dinner getting cold on
! the restaurant table. you may lay odds
J that you are In the presence Of James
/ Enrght and that he is iotting down
' the latest record of the fastest trans
Atlantic liner. or the dimensions of
the most recently launched windjam-
mer. Enright keeps posted on all these
things all the time and his scrap book
Is growing day by day.
Enright first came to Honolulu IN
1866. in the American whaling bark
Pacific of Sag HarbOr. l.. l.. Captain
French. master
| In July. 1866. Enright was ship
| wrecked on Bchring Island. He re-
! turned to Honolulu in November OF
I the same year. He then remained in
! this city for couple of years. wOr'l-
! ing for Captain J. VI. Dat. sailmakcr
and father of Postmaster Dat.
Enright followed the ser for over
| twenty years. being engaged most OF
! the time in the cOasting trade. He
! cisco and Honolulu. He has often vuy-
! aged with Captain Fuller, the present;
harbOrmaster at this port
The following are a few of tho
records of clipper ships. as shown by
James Enright's scrap-boOk:
j Dreadnaught, 1865, Sandy Hook to
Queenstown. 27GO miles, 8 days, II
hours.
/ Flying Cloud. 1851. 433h statute
miles in "a hours. on run from New
/ York to San Francisco, distance OF
1860 miles occupying SO days and rs
hours.
| Sovereign Of the Seas, 1851, New
! York to San Francisco. 1902 days,
/ fourteen days spent lying to off Val.
/ paraiso).
Sovereign of the Seas, 1852, Honolu
lu to New York. SO days.
Sovereign of the Seas, 1892, banks
Of Newfoundland to the Mersey. ~
days.
Sovereign Of the Seas, 1853, San
Francisco 10 New York. during this
1 voyage she covered 62i5 miles In -
days, an average of 1898 miles per day.
Best days record on this trip, noon ia
noon, 4l9 miles. The Sovereign of the
Seas once made as many as 437 miles
in "a hours.
/ Natchez, Canton to New York, "a
days.
Flying Dutchman. 1852 and 1868,
New York to San Francisco and re-
/ turn, 27.22O miles, POP days, Golden
! Gate to Cape Horn, $3.50 miles, 80 days
/ Trade Wind, 1853, San Francisco tn
New York, Is days.
| Lightning, 1854 Boston to Liver.
pool, 10 days.
| Comet, Liverpool to Hongkong 49,
O4O miles, "a days.
pool, 10 days, II hours and 25 minutes,
Red Jacket, New York to Melbourne,
1920 miles, SO days and II hours.
Andrew Jackson, New York to San
Francisco, so days, 4 hours.
Northern Light, San Francisco to
Boston, 70 days, s hours.
North Wind, The Downs to Port
Philip Head, Australia, 1880 miles ~
days.
I James Barnes, Boston to Liverpool
~ days and hours.
Young America, Liverpool to San
Francisco, 1880 miles. SO days.
Euterpe, New York to Calcutta, II,