The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-13
THE ALAMEDA
WAS CROWDED
HAD FULL CARGO or FREIGHT,
BIG CROWD or PASSENGERS
AND HEAVY MAIL FOR HERE.

With 800 sacks OF mail, representing
a period OF seven days, the $. s. Ala
media arrived this morning ON time.
from San Francisco ihc vessel was
full i'm every department She brought
81 passengers i'm the cabin, had numer-
Gus i'm the steerage and carried 1868 tons
of freight.
The vessel sailed from San Francisco
November Z. She encountered very
rough weather shortly after clearing
The Heads. A strong blow ana swell
from the northwest came upon the ves-
sci and lasted FOR nearly eight hours.
The water was breaking on the upper
deck and the smoke stack was coated
with salt crustations. Practically ev-
erybody aboard was i'll. Several OF the
ships officers nearly succumbed to sea-
sickness.
Four sailing vesseis were sighted
during the trip, but none OF them were
spoken or their identity ascertain. on
November s at 1903 y. m, in Lat "a. 30
north, Long. 12S.12 west, schooner
standing west was sighted, at 1920 p.
m. of the same date a four-masted
schooner standing southwest by west
was sighted in Lat. 34.19 north. Long.
1881 west, and at S:35 p. m. of the
same day, a vessel was sighted stand
ing northwest i'm Lat. "a 16 north, Long
130.1S west. At 6:25 o'clock this morn
ing a ship, evidently the George Curtis.
was sighted off the Island of Oahu
DR.. st. Sure, the regular surgeon, did
not accompany the vessel this trip. He
laid off one trip to make business trip
to Amadore, California. His place is
being filled by DR.. d. II. Sherwood who
has been on the 5. 5. Mariposa on the
/ Tahiti run.
The Alameda made the run from San
Francisco in days and 10 hours
Aboard the vessel were the members OF
the Sanford company. The company
proved themselves to BE quite versatile
and entertained the other passengers
during the voyage with concerts. An
enjoyable concert was given last night.
r. l.. Halsey, who is to be an inspec-
tor at the local immigration station,
was a passenger.
w. Sanford and wife and fifteen
members of the company arrived on
the vessel for a six weeks engagement
at the Orpheum.
"A. S. Brown, the navy paymaster
who has been ordered to this place to
succeed the late Paymaster Stuart
Rhodes, arrived on the Alameda. He
was accompanied b., .. q. Haskell,
paymaster's clerk.
Captain a. j. Bradish, captain of po-
here on visit for his health
/ Andy Brown was also a returning
passenger from San Francisco. He
went to San Francisco as escort on be-
half of the local Masons, to the body
of the late United States Judge M. NJ.
Estee.
/ II. w. Fitzpatrick is connected with
the fruit department of the Miller and
Lux extensive interests in California.
| He is here on a visit.
! Thomas O'Dowda, the sugar boiler of
Eva, returned from an extended visit
, to Ireland.
NJ. Whitney was formerly an engineer
OF the local water works. He returned
with his family.
{. j. Hutchins, the insurance man,
was returning Honoluluan.
Dr. j. r. Mcdonald also returned
from visit to the Coast.
NJ. j. Lindsay is connected with the
freight department of Spreckels &s
Company in San Francisco. He is here
on a visit.
Mr.. Jenifer, the passenger agent of
the company, is making his usual trip
on the Alameda.