The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-19
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some waterfronters had prophesied.
The vessel cast off exactly at 401 p.
m. and twenty-seven minutes later sh 2
had Strengthened out opposite the light .
house and went full speed ahead out
of the channel. AS the vessel went out
sternwards from the Hackfeld dock
through the harbor until opposite the
Naval slip, her maneuver can the bet
ter be appreciated. Her stern was
backed into the Naval slip. her bow was
swung around until she pointed direct
ly for the channel, and then with n
farewell blast of her deep whistle, the
vessel was off for San Francisco.
1t was the first time that vessel of
the Koreas size had ever attempted to
dock in the Eva end of the harbor.
The vessel was deeply laden when she
arrived from the Orient. having landed
1900 tons of freight here, but in spite
of her depth she found plenty of sea
room beneath her. There is a channel
averaging thirty-one feet which runs
from the lighthouse in fairly straight
line to the Hackfeld and Railroad
wharves. Had the big basin between
the Hackfeld, Oceanic and Brewer
wharves been dredged to the same
depth as the channel the Korea could
have made her turn in that section.
BY 3 o'clock the wharf became con-
gested with people and the decks of the
steamer were thronged with sightseers.
Masses of flowers We're carried away
by the passengers. The Hawaiian band
appeared on the dock and played for an
hour in honor of Gov. Taft.
Just before sailing time Secretary
Taft, accompanied by Secretary At
kinson and Captain Nick. Williamson,
u. S. A., went up the gangway. The
Secretary made his farewells on the
main deck. Governor Carter had gone
aboard n few minutes before with flow
ers for Secretary Taft. The Governor,
Secretary and other officials after
wards boarded the tug Fearless, with
the band, and serenaded the liner until
she left the channel.
Among those who departed from Ho-
nolulu We're w. o. Smith, who goes 20
Washington in the interest of the
Planters Association, and possibly for
the Hawaiian Electric Company. A.
Gartley general manager of the Ha-
waiian Electric Company, was also y
passenger en- route to Washington, to
appear in the matter of the franchise.
d. l.. Wilmington is also en- route to
Washington.
L. A. Thurston goes to San Francisco
on business. Clinton j. Hutchins also
went to San Francisco in the interest
of the remodelled Kona plantation
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Iron Works on the mill and other OPP
Grating machinery, including the rail-
road. ..r
Col and Mrs. Cunningham return to
Salt Lake City. Col. Cunningham was
an unsuccessful bidder for the Puuloa
Sheep Ranch. Z
DIR. and Mrs. r. p Myers We're a
mong the kamaainas who departed,
probably never to return. They were
hidden goodbye by a large number of
friends, the doctor saying that he went
away, an "unreconstructed Southerner
as of yore.'
VIZIER WAS DELIGHTED.
Persias Grand Vizier and his suite
devoted most of their time in port yes
terday to taking in the sights of the
city. They went to the Pail in the
forenoon and We're early aboard the
Korea, having lunched at the Young
Hotel. The crowds on the dock and
decks of the steamer interested the
party greatly. Several of the people
who met the Prime Minister here babe
him goodbye on the steamer.
Through his interpreter the Grand
Vizier said that Honolulu was a de-
lightful place. He had not expected to
find such large buildings in Honolulu
believing that it was an island city still
He said he was quite
to find well-built metropo-
Titan city, but it gave him an idea as
to what he should expect on much
grander scale in the cities on the main
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