Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-02
PANTRY BOAT ARRIVES
MAUNA L0A BRINGS
MANY GOOD THINGS
Sugar, Taro, Poi, Butter, Hogs, Cattle,
Coffee, Oranges, Lines, Bananas,
Not to Mention
Jam.

freight, the flagship of the lnter.Isl'
and Steam Navigation Company, the
sLeedy and ever punctual steamship
Mauna Loa Captain Simerson, is get.
ting to be known along Honolulus wa.
tcrfront as the pantry boat
The Mauna Loa never returns to
this port from lar regular trip to Ha.
wall and Maui ports without a goodly
cergo of fine things to eat. To be
sure, the tasty articles Of food come
in every conceivable form. Some Of
them come ION the hoof" in the shape
OF cattle. and some "on the hog In the
form of fine, fat pigs, while coffee. the
famous Kona coffee, taro, the best in
the market. butter, fruits of all kinds,
including bananas. oranges and lines
in generous quantities, jam, poi, vege.
tables of all varieties and other things
too numerous to mention, are nearly
/ always included in the cargo of the
returning Mauna Loa, to say nothing
Of the sugar she brings to be shipped
away to the Coast and around the
I Horn to far New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
/ The Mauna Loa arrived in port at
the usual early hour this morning,
shortly after o'clock. docking at the
Oceanic wharf.
Besides 1928 bags Of sugar for, c.
Brewer & Co. and Win. G. Irwin & Co.
the steamer brought over half hun.
dred bags of Kona coffee, sixty.two
sacks of taro, nearly one hundred
bundles OF bananas, thirty.four kegs
# butter, twenty.four cases of oranges
and lines. fifty.three cases of poha
jam, iifteen barrels of poi, six bundles
NJ hides. four pigs. twenty.eight head
of cattle. to say nothing of a couple
Of hundred packages OF miscellaneous
freight containing all kinds of farm
! products and one thing and another.
The discharging of the cargo was
commenced almost as soon as the
Mauna Loa locked The usual crowd
was on hand to claim goods they had
been looking for. This is always an
Interesting crowd and busy one. The
smaller consignees seem to be partic.
ularly anxious in regard to these
! things which they have been expect.
ing.
They create more fuss over a grunt-
ing porker that has been sent down
from Kau by relative to play main
'Cish at birthday luau than does the
man who gets his stun by the ton.
1t has been remarked that the Isl.
and steamers in the Paradise of the
Pacific are not unlike the suburban
accommodation trains that run into
big cities on the Mainland. Indeed,
the landing of passengers from an
island boat reminds the Mainland
nan very much Of the coming to
town OF his country cousin with cou.
pc of boxes of plants and flowers and
perhaps a couple of birds, chickens,
pigs or crate of fresh fruit. These
rural surroundings have their effect
on the men who make up the ships
company. Contentment and happy
dtmesticity beams from their faces,
and Captain Simerson and his son,
Purser Simerson, carry in their coun.
tenances that peace which comes
frGm a constant association with the
works of nature in the shape OF five
stock and garden.truck.
Several passengers arrived in the
Mauna Loa, including Cecil Brown,
Fred. Clark and John Kaae.
An attempt was made by the crew
of the Mauna Loa to locate the lost
gasoline launch of the steamer Hama.
loi, but without success
Purser Simerson reports a fine trip,
good weather being enjoyed through.
cut, with little or no rain. Naalehu
sugar mill stopped grinding on Mon.
day last and on the same day the Ho.
Euapo mill commenced grinding.
Light northeast winds and smooth
seas were experienced in the channel
coming home. The Gauna Loa goes
out again on her regular trip on Tues
cay next at noon.
Other steamers Of the Inter.Island
company arriving this morning were
the Noeau, Captain Wyman, from Ku.
kuihaele. and the Waialeale, Captain
Piltz, from Anahola. The former YES.
sci brought few passengers and 423G
bags of sugar arriving in port little
before o'clock. The latter boat
brought 1920 bags OF sugar and came
in about s o'clock Purser Paul Stiel
Of the Waialeale reports 111,394 bags
Of sugar awaiting shipment on the
Garden Isle. The Niihau was at Ma.
kaweli when the Waialeale left.
Last night about $40 o'clock the
steamer w. G. Hall, Captain S. Thomp.
son, arrived from Kauai ports with
5000 bags of sugar for Alexander 4
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