Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-26
ALANEDA'S BAD COAL
SHIFTING FUEL OFF
The FARALL0NES
Sighted Many Vessels on Trip Down.
Quick Passage Up May Be
Made An Oil
Burner.

At an early hour this morning the
Oceanic steamship Alameda was of
the harbOr. At 80 o'clock she was
alongside the Oceanic wharf, and a
few minutes later her passengers wcro
coming ashore.
The Alameda sailed from San Fran
cisco on the 18th instant at . o'clock
In the afternoon. She was expected
here yesterday afternoon at an early
hour. Her failure to show up here at
the expected time was caused by de-
lay off the Farallones, where she was
hove to for several hours while coal
was being shifted from bunker to
bunker The Alameda was not sup.
piled with as good quality Of coal at
san Francisco as she usually carries
aud when she got to sea II was found
| that the fuel was of such poor quality
that 1t was almost impossible to make
steam. As consequence Chief Engi.
Inocr Horgan decided to use coal from
other bunkers than those immediate.
/ " adjoining the furnaces. The shift.
| iug of the coal occupied some time and
/ this was the cause of the delay of the
| Alameda. As matter of fact, she
was not much behind schedule time In
making port. but people have become
SO accustomed to the Alameda arriv.
| ing here ahead of time that they are
surprised when she fails to put in an
/ appearance at least ten or twelve
/ hours ahead of regular time. The Ala
media was six or seven hours of the
! FarallOnCs.
over eighteen hundred tons OF car.
20 were brought for this port. The
Alameda brought twenty-five cabin
p9sscngprs and seventeen passengers
in the storage including a number Of
japanese. who are members OF the.
airiCal company which Is going to eX.
hihit its talent here.
Fair weather was experienced
throughout the trip from tie Golden
Gate. On the Goth instant the DUric
Was passed ut o'clock in the after.
moon. On the 22d ship was passed
standing to the southwest. On the
18th an American ship was sighted
standing to the Cast-sOuthoast Her
name could not be made out and II is
not known what she was doing on that
tgCk. II she was bound for the Coast
she would have been standing to the
nurthward. ON the slime day At |
O'Clock in the afternoon the Alameda
passed the Nippon Maru bound for
san Francisco The American bark
Nicholas Thaycr was spoken on April
2Ist at 11.l9 o'clock in the morning.
She was standing to the north.nUrth-
westward.
The Alameda brought l65 bags Of
nail. She brought four days later
1 nsN NyI
there was concert aboard the Ala.
media. Some Of the theatrical Japan
csc from the steerage took part and
, save a very entertaining exhibition.
The Alameda. after the Mariposa
has been converted into an Oil-burning
; vessel is likely to be made into an oil
! burner also This will mean an in
: CiCasc of speed in the Alameda With
zeal II Is necessary to draw the fires
every watch. This occupies about
, twenty minutes to the watch, or two
hours day. This time Is practically
/ wasted as far as steaming is concern
cd and will be saved when the vessel
j., an oil burner.
On her last trip up to the Coast the
Alameda made splendid time. The
Sar Francisco Chronicle of April III
. hns the following to say in this mat
4 ter: "Onc OF the best trips ever made
by the steamer Alameda was finished
yesterday afternoon, when the vessel
y. arrived from Honolulu, after a run OF
!. Ave days, fifteen hours and thirty-twC
/. minutes from the island port. Fine
q We athpr was experienced throughout
= and the time was within twenty.cight
., minutes of the best ever made by the
Alameda. A total of 239 passengers
Il was brought by the steamer, including
4 az IN the stoeragc. and these were
/. principally made mp OF Portuguese
who have returned to this Coast to re
= main permanently"
/. Passengers on the Alameda report
that in addition TO the delay caused
l.! bad coal. there was an additions
delay caused by a slight accident tC
the machinery.